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Flagitious

Criminal / villainous

Truculent

Eager or quick to argue or fight

Pugnacious

Eager or quick to argue or fight

Bellicose

Eager or quick to argue or fight

Obstreperous

Ready for a fight

Opprobrious

Expressing scorn or criticism

Vituperative

Expressing scorn or criticism

Denigratory

Expressing scorn or criticism

Lackadaisical

Lacking enthusiasm or determination / carelessly lazy

Pejorative

Expressing scorn or criticism

Libelous

Expressing scorn or criticism

Scurrilous

Expressing scorn or criticism

Vitriolic

Expressing scorn or criticism

Fatuous

Silly/ foolish/ especially marked by ill founded hope or desire

Lagniappe

Something extra tossed in for good measure

Aesthete

A person who has or professes to have refined sensitivity towards the beauties of art or nature

Aesthete

A person who has or professes to have refined sensitivity towards the beauties of art or nature

Quixotic

foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals; especially : marked by rash lofty romantic ideas or extravagantly chivalrous action / capricious, unpredictable.

Galluses

Suspenders

Fletcherize

To chew food slowly and thoughtfully

Convivial

Friendly, lively, enjoyable

Dilatory

Slow, lazy, sluggish, lax

Paean

Song or shout of praise

Piquant

Pleasantly sharp taste

Poignant

Moving, sorrowful

Portent

Omen, indication

Sonorous

Capable of producing a deep or ringing sound

Balky

Uncooperative

Salvo

a simultaneous discharge/volley of artillery or other guns in a battle

Sporadic

Scattered, isolated, occasional

Tenets

Basic principles

Detente

Easing of tensions

Acrimony

Bitterness

Placid

Not easily upset or excited

Chafed

Rub abrasively/become or make annoyed because of some restriction or inconvenience

Ambivalence

State of having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something

Amnesty

Official pardon

Anachronism

the action of attributing something to a period to which it does not belong

Autodidact

A self taught person

Chicanery (pronounced shikaynery)

The use of deception or subterfuge to achieve one's purpose

Distaff

Of or concerning women

Euphemism

Polite substitute

Exhort

Strongly urge

Panacea

a solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases

Chimera (pronounced kaimeera)

An impossible fancy

Contumacious

stubbornly perverse or rebellious; willfully and obstinately disobedien

Adjure

Urge or request

Vicariously

Experiencing something second hand, or through someone else

Ablution

Act of washing oneself

Ignominious

(Adjective)


deserving or causing public disgrace or shame.

Cupidity

Greed for money or possessions

Alleviate

Make less severe

Curtail

Reduce

Asseverate

Affirm

Augment

Increase

Capricious

Changeable, inconstant