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| pretended; sham; counterfeit: feigned enthusiasm. |
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| haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression. |
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| markedly unusual in appearance, style, or general character and often involving incongruous or unexpected elements; outrageously or whimsically strange; odd: bizarre clothing; bizarre behavior. |
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| easy and sprightly in manner or bearing: to walk with a jaunty step. |
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| lacking definite form; having no specific shape; formless: the amorphous clouds. |
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| a feeling of quiet pleasure or security, often while unaware of some potential danger, defect, or the like; self-satisfaction or smug satisfaction with an existing situation, condition, etc. |
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| haughty manner or spirit; arrogance. |
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| existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation. |
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| an effort to appear to have a quality not really or fully possessed; the pretense of actual possession: an affectation of interest in art; affectation of great wealth. |
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| zealous; ardent; impassioned: a vehement defense; vehement enthusiasm. |
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| barren or laid waste; devastated: a treeless, desolate landscape. |
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| an intricate combination of paths or passages in which it is difficult to find one's way or to reach the exit. |
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| not interested or concerned; indifferent or unresponsive: an apathetic audience. |
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| failing to succeed; unsuccessful: an abortive rebellion; an abortive scheme. |
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| stopping or ceasing for a time; alternately ceasing and beginning again: an intermittent pain. |
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| to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to ascertain the facts. |
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| to make more certain; confirm: He corroborated my account of the accident. |
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| Obsolete. possessing or spending more than enough or necessary; extravagant. |
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| lost in thought; deeply engrossed or preoccupied. |
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| intended to cause delay, gain time, or defer decision: a dilatory strategy. |
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| of discouraging or awesome strength, size, difficulty, etc.; intimidating: a formidable problem. |
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| threatening or portending evil, harm, or trouble; ominous: a sinister remark. |
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| lasting only a short time; brief; short-lived; temporary. |
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| a mark, trace, or visible evidence of something that is no longer present or in existence: A few columns were the last vestiges of a Greek temple. |
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| being in a state of agitation or tumult; disturbed: turbulent feelings or emotions. |
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| associated with something by chance rather than as an integral part; extrinsic. |
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| the state of being completely forgotten or unknown: a former movie star now in oblivion. |
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| extremely hungry; famished; voracious: feeling ravenous after a hard day's work. |
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| anything profound, unfathomable, or infinite: the abyss of time. |
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| dependence on chance or on the fulfillment of a condition; uncertainty; fortuitousness: Nothing was left to contingency. |
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| pertaining to a feast or to festivity; convivial. [Obs.] "A convival dish." --Sir T. Browne. |
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| readily angered; peevish; irritable; quarrelsome: an incorrigibly fractious young man. |
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| willingness to believe or trust too readily, esp. without proper or adequate evidence; gullibility. |
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| To speak to in a playful or teasing way. |
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| to indicate or make known indirectly; hint; imply; suggest. |
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| the quality or fact of being prodigal; wasteful extravagance in spending. |
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| a personally offensive act or word; deliberate act or display of disrespect; intentional slight; insult: an affront to the king. |
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| suspended or withheld for or until a certain time or event: a deferred payment; deferred taxes. |
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| lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow: a languid manner |
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| wordy or diffuse: a garrulous and boring speech. |
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| no longer in effect or use; not operating or functioning: a defunct law; a defunct organization. |
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| distracted; deeply agitated. |
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| an act or instance of placing close together or side by side, esp. for comparison or contrast. |
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| extremely attentive to punctilios; strict or exact in the observance of the formalities or amenities of conduct or actions. |
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| showing contempt for accepted standards of honesty or morality by one's actions, esp. by actions that exploit the scruples of others. |
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| abundance; abundant quantity. |
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| without logical or meaningful connection; disjointed; rambling: an incoherent sentence. |
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