Def: a. desolate, windswept, and bare  b. cold and gloomy; unpromising

Syn: barren, harsh

Ant: balmy

Forms: (noun) bleakness

Def: a. to check or destroy the growth of   b. something that impairs growth or causes ruin

Syn: wither, ruin

Ant: foster, norish

Def: a. merry and carefree   b. overly unconcerned; reckless

Syn: jocund, jovial

Ant: morose, dour

Forms: (noun) blithenes; (adverb) blithely

Def: Noisy and rowdy

Syn: vociferous, riotous

Ant: halcyon, muted

Forms: (noun) boisterous (adverb) boisterously

Def: pompous or inflated in language

Syn: grandiose, swollen 

Ant: plain, direct

Forms: (noun)bombast

Def: rude or unrefined

Syn: vulgar, gauche

Ant: urbane, suave

Forms: (noun) boor, boorishness

Def: a. (verb) to refuse to buy, use, or deal with as a way to protest (or force acceptance of) some form of behavior     b. (noun) an instance of such treatment

Syn: ban, proscribe

Ant: patronize, endorse, sanction

Def: overly bold, hasty, and thoughtless

Syn: rash, reckless

Ant: cautious, prudent

Form: (noun) brashness

Def: a boastful or swaggering show of false  bravery; false courage in general

Syn: swagger, bluff

Ant: valor, daring

Def: Overly short or abrupt

Syn: blunt, terse

Ant: polite, cordial

Forms:  brusqueness

Def: to mismanage or make a mess of

Syn: botch, mar

Ant: expert, adroit, dexterous
Forms: (noun) bungler

Def: A complicated system of administrative agencies and officials: the officials themselves

Forms:  (noun) bureaucrate;(adjective) bureaucratic

Def: a. (noun) a support or reinforcement    b. (verb) to support or reinforce

Syn: prop, brace

Ant: weaken, impair

Def: to persuade or obtain by flattery or deciet

Syn: wheedle, coax

Ant: dissuade, deter

Forms: (noun) cajolery, cajoler

Def: Unfeeling or insensitive

Syn: indifferent, unresponsive

Ant:  compassionate, sensitive

Forms: (noun) callousness, (adverb) callously

Def: A false statement deliberately made up to injure a person

Syn: slander, libel

Ant: flattery, adulation

Forms: (verb) calumniate; (adjective) calumnious

Def: a. fair and impartial    b. frank or outspoken      c. informal or unposed

Syn: unbiased, impromptu

Ant: biased, artful

Forms: (noun) candor, candidness (adverb) candidly

Def: foul-tempered and quarrelsome

Syn: peevish, contrary

Ant: lovable, affable

Forms: (noun) cantankerousness; (adverb) cantankerously

Def: a. quick to find petty faults or raise trifling objections; overly demanding or fussy     b. intended to trap, confuse or show up

Syn: picky, tricky

Ant: uncritical, laudatory 

Forms: (noun) captiousness; (adverb) captiously

Def: a. broad or widely inclusive   b. general or universal; worldwide

Syn: wide, global

Ant: narrow, provincial

Forms: (noun) catholicity