Abscond

to depart clandestinely;

to steal off and hide

Aberrant

deviating from the norm

(noun form: aberration)

Alacrity

eager and enthusiatic

willingness

Anomaly

deviation from the normal order,

form or rule; abnormality

(adj. form anomalous) 

Approbation

 an expression of approval

or praise

Arduous

strenuous, taxing;

requiring significant effort 

Assuage

to ease or lessen;

to appease or pacify 

Audacious

daring and fearless;

recklessly bold

(noun form: audacity) 

Austere

without adornment; bare;

severely simple;

ascetic (noun from austerity) 

Axiomatic

taken as a given;

possessing self evident

truth 

Canonical

 following or in agreement with

accepted, traditional standards

(noun form: canon) 

Capricious

inclined to change one's mind

impulsively, erratic,

unpredicatable

 Censure

to critize severely;

to officially rebuke

 Chicanery

trickery or subterfuge

Connoisseur

an informed and astute

judge in matters of taste;

expert

Convoluted

complex or complicated

Disabuse

 to undeceive;

to set right

 Discordant

conflicting; dissonant

or harsh in sound

Disparate

 fundamentally distinct

or dissimiliar

Effrontery

extreme boldness;

presumptuousness

 Eloquent

well - spoken,

expressive, articulate

Enervate

 to weaken;

to reduce in vitality

Ennui

dissatisfaction and

restlessness resulting

from boredom or apathy

Equivocate

to use ambiguous language

with a deceptive intent

(adj. form equivocal)

Exculpate

 exonerate;

to clear of blame

Exigent

urgent, pressing;

requiring immediate action

or attention

Extemporaneous

 improvised; done

without preparation

 Filibuster

intentional obstruction,

esp. using prolonged

speechmaking to delay

legislavative action

Fulminate

to loudly attack

or denounce

 Ingenuous

 artless; frank and

candid; lacking in

sophistication

 Inured

 accustomed to accepting

something undesirable

 Irascible

easily angered;

prone to tempermental

outbursts

 Laud

 to praise highly

(adj. form laudatory)

 Lucid

clear;

easily understood

Magnanimity

 the quality of being generously

noble in mind and heart,

esp. in forgiving

(adj. form magnanimous)

Martial

 associated with war

and the armed forces

 Mundane

 of the world; typical

of or concerned

with the ordinary

 Nascent

coming into being;

in early developmental

stages

Nebulous

vague; cloudy;

lacking clearly defined

form

 Neologism

 a new word, expression,

or usage; the creation

of use of new words or senses

Noxious

harmful, injurious

 Obtuse

lacking sharpness of intellect;

not clear or precise

in thought or expression

Obviate

 to anticipate and

make unneccessary

 Onerous

troubling; burdensome

Paean

 a song or hymn of

praise and thanksgiving

 Parody

a humorous imitation intended

for ridicule or comic effect,

esp in literature and art

 Perennial

recurrent through the year

ormany years; happening

repeatedly

Perfidy

 intentional breach of faith;

treachery (adj. form perfidious)

 Perfunctory

 cursory; done without

care or interest

 Perspicacious

acutely perceptive;

having less discernment (noun form: perspicacity)

 Prattle

 to babble meaninglessly;

to talk in an empty and idle manner

Precipitate

 to cause or happen before

anticipated or required

 Predilection

 a disposition in favor of

something; preference

 Prescience

 foreknowledge of events;

knowing of events prior to

their occuring

(adj. form prescient)

 Prevaricate

 to deliberately avoid

the truth; to mislead

Qualms

misgivings; reseverations;

causes for hesitancy

Recant

to retract, esp.

a previously held belief

 Refute

 to disprove; to

successfully argue against

 Relegate

 to forcibly assign, esp.

to a lower place or position

Reticent

quiet, resevered;

reluctant to express

thoughts and feelings

 Solicitous

 concerned and attentive;

eager

 Sordid

 characterized by filth,

grime, or squalor; foul

Sporadic

occuring only occasionally,

or in scattered instances

 Squander

 to waste by spending

or using irresponsibly

 Static

 not moving, active,

or in motion; at rest

 Stupefy

 to stun, baffle or amaze

 Stymie

to block; thwart

 Synthesis

the combination of parts to

make a whole

(verb form: synthesize)

 Torque

 a force that causes motion

Tortuous

winding, twisting,

excessively complicated

 Truculent

 fierce or cruel;

eager to fight

 Veracity

truthfulness; honesty

 Virulent

 extremely harmful or poisonous;

bitterly hostile or antagonistic

 Voracious

having an insatiable

appetite for an activity or pursuit;

ravenous

Waver

to move to and fro;

to sway; to be unsettled

in opinion