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Ambiguity |
unclear or doubtful in meaning |
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Ambivalence |
State of having conflicting emotional attitudes |
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Anomaly |
Something irregular, deviating from the norm (adj: anomalous) |
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Assuage |
To make less severe |
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Austere |
Stern, unadorned, strict, severe |
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Belie |
To contradict; misrepresent; give a false impression |
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Causality |
involving a cause |
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Confound |
to baffle; perplex; mix up |
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Contentious |
Quarrelsome, causing quarrels |
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Conventional |
Practice widely observed in a group; accepted custom |
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Disingenuously |
Not candid; crafty; insincere |
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Dismiss |
To put away from consideration; reject |
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Disparage |
To belittle; to reduce in esteem |
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Ebullient |
Exhilarated; enthusiastic |
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Eclecticism |
Selecting from various sources |
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Exculpate |
To clear of blame; vindicate |
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Exigent |
Requiring immediate action |
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Extraneous |
Not essential |
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Garrulous |
Very talkative; wordy |
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Guileless |
Free of cunning or deceit;artless |
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Impair |
To damage; injure |
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Irresolute |
Unsure of how to act; weak |
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Laconic |
Using few words |
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Laudable |
Praiseworthy |
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Meticulous |
Very careful; fastidious |
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Fastiduous |
Meticulous attention to detail |
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Partisan |
One-sided; committed to a party, group, or cause; prejudiced |
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Repudiate |
To reject as having no authority |
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Skeptic |
One who doubts |
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Solicitous |
Concerned; attentive; eager |
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Ahistorical |
unconcerned with history or tradition |
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Arcane |
Known or understood by only a few; mysterious; esoteric |
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Credulity |
disposition to believe something on little evidence; gullibility |
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Cynical |
skeptical of the motives of others; pessimistic |
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Demarcation |
A separation; a distinction |
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Hubris |
Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance |
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Inalienable |
That cannot be transferred to another or others |
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Multifaceted |
having many aspects, abilities |
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Munificent |
Very liberal in giving; generous |
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Nuance |
a subtle difference in colour, meaning, tone, etc |
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Oracular |
wise and prophetic; Enigmatic; obscure |
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Orthodox |
Adhering to the accepted or traditional and established faith, especially in religion |
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Paradoxical |
A seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true; inexplicable |
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Pertinacious |
Stubbornly or perversely persistent |
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Recapitulate |
To repeat in concise form |
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Taciturn |
Habitually untalkative |
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Tensile |
Capable of being stretched or extended; ductile |
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Unorthodox |
Breaking with convention or tradition |
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Aberrant |
deviating from what is normal |
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Abeyance |
Temporary suppression or suspension |
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Abscond |
to depart secretly |
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Abstemious |
moderate in appetite |
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Banal |
commonplace; trite; devoid of freshness or originality |
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Beneficent |
doing good |
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Bombastic |
pompous; using inflated language |
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Boorish |
Rude; insensitive |
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Burgeon |
to flourish; to grow or develop quickly |
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Cacophonous |
unpleasant and harsh sounding |
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Deference |
Respect; regard for another's wish |
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Delineate |
to represent or depict |
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Denigrate |
to slur someone's reputation |
