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ubiquitous

existing or being everywhere

bawdy

indecent; lewd; obscene

circumspect

watchful and discreet; cautious; prudent

elegiac

expressing sorrow or lamentation

churlish

boorish; rude

ambivalent

uncertainty or fluctuation, esp. when caused by inability to make a choice

contemptuous

showing or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful

profuse

pending or giving freely and in large amount, often in excess

declamatory

merely oratorical or rhetorical

aberration

the act of departing from the right, normal, or usual course

petulant

moved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation

genial

warmly and pleasantly cheerful

self-effacement

the act or fact of keeping oneself in the background

admonitory

tending or serving to admonish; warning

inexorable

unyielding

acquiescent

disposed to consent easily

vituperative

characterized by abusive language and venomous censure

entropic

looking like it will inevitably socially decline and degenerate

interloper

someone who intrudes in to a region or field of trade without a proper license

efficacy

capacity for producing a desired result or effect

insipid

without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities

torpid

inactive or sluggish

lugubrious

mournful, dismal, or gloomy

censure

strong or vehement expression of dissaproval

feckless

ineffective

propitious

presenting favorable conditions

aplomb

imperturbable self-possesion

unctuous

characterized by excessive piousness or moralistic fervor

envoy

a diplomatic agent

vicarious

performed, exercised, received, or suffered in place of another

pecuniary

of or pertaining to money

licentious

sexually unrestrained

vacuous

without contents; empty

capricious

subject to caprice or whim

impetus

a moving force

moribund

in a dying state, near death

reticent

disposed to be silent or not to speak freely

vacillate

to waver in mind or opinion

garrulous

excessively talkative in a rambling roundabout manner

imperious

domineering in a haughty manner

morose

gloomily or sullenly ill-humored

auspicious

promising success

bellicose

inclined or eager to fight

resplendent

shining brightly

langour

lack of energy or vitality

corporeal

of the nature of the physical body

ebullient

overflowing with fervor, enthusiasm or excitement

turgid

swollen

akimbo

with hand on hip and elbow bent outward

lassitude

weariness of body or mind from strain

subversive

tending to subvert

suppliant

expressive of supplication

cajole

to persuade by flattery or promises

encumber

to impede or hinder

pusillanimous

lacking courage or resolution

capacious

capable of holding much

diurnal

of or pertaining to a day or each day

mitigate

to lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief, harshness, or pain

fungible

being of such nature or kind as to be freely exchangeable or replaceable

recourse

access or resort to a person or thing for help or protection

dissolute

indifferent to moral restraints

sundry

various or diverse

timorous

full of fear

ponderous

of great weight

brevity

shortness of time or duration

pertinacity

the quality of holding tenaciously to a purpose

parapet

fortification

impute

to attribute or ascribe

droll

amusing in an odd way

palpate

to examine by touch

peremptory

leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal

surfeit

excess; an excessive amount

allay

to put to rest

extricate

to free or release from entanglement

ignominious

marked by or attended with ignonimy

paplitate

to pulsate with unusual rapidity from exertion, emotion, disease, etc.

amity

friendship

inundate

to flood

ambulatory

of, pertaining to, or capable of walking

ennui

a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest

exonerate

to clear, as of an accusation

inscrutable

incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized

prognosticate

to forecast or predict from present signs or indications

wizened

withered; shriveled

sedition

incitement of discontent or rebellion against a government

derisive

characterized by or expressing ridicule

jocund

cheerful

sanguine

cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident

bereft

deprived

prolixity

extend to great length

sinecure

an office or position requiring little or no work

visage

the face

accouterments

The equipment, excluding weapons and clothing, of a soldier.

impugn

to challenge as false another's statements

viand

an article of food

habliments

clothes or clothing; clothes as worn in a particular proffession

cavil

to raise irritating and trivial objections