appease

(v) to make calm, soothe, to relieve, satisfy; to yield to

s:  pacify, mollify, placate, propitiate

a:  enrage, provoke, irrate

belated

(adj) late, tardy

s:  delayed, behindhand

a:  early, ahead of time

calamitous

(adj) causing great misfortune

s:  disastrous, catastrophic, ruinous, fatal

a:  fortunate, beneficial, salutary

cite

(v) to quote, to mention; to summon to appear in court; to commend, recommend

s:  refer to enumerate, subpoena

a:  ignore, disregard

conventional

(adj) in line with accepted ideas or standards, trite

s:  ordinary, commonplace, orthodox

a:  outlandish, bizarre, unorthodox

decoy

(v) to lure into a trap; (n) a person or thing used to lure into a trap

s:  (v) entice, entrap; (n) lure, bait

delve

(v) to dig; to search deeply and thoroughly into

s:  probe, investigate

ensue

(v) to follow in order, come immediately after and as a result

s:  result

a:  precede, come before

gallantry

(n) heroic, courage, respect and courtesy; an act or statement marked by a high level of courtesy

s:  bravery, chivalrousness, valor, daring

a:  cowardice, boorishness

impart

(v) to make known, tell, to give, pass something on

s:  transmit, bestow, grant

a:  withhold, keep back, conceal

judicious

(adj) using or showing good judgment, wise, sensible

s:  thoughtful, prudent, shrewd, astute

a:  foolish, thoughtless, ill-considered

mediate

(v) to bring about an agreement between persons or groups, act as a go-between; (adj) occupy a middle position; indirect, acting through an intermediary

s:  (v) settle, arbitrate, umpire, referee

milieu

(n) the setting, surroundings, environment

outlandish

(adj) strange, freakish, weird, foreign-looking, out-of-the-way geographically remote; exceeding reasonable limits

s:  peculiar, bizarre, odd, unorthodox, unconventional

a:  convention, orthodox, staid, sober

overbearing

(adj) domineering, haughty, bullying; overpowering, predominant

s:  high-handed, overriding

a:  meek,unassuming, self-effacing

pert

(adj) high-spirited, lively, bold, saucy; jaunty

s:  vivacious impudent, fresh

a:  sullen, glommy, morose, peevish

quirk

(n) a peculiar way of acting, a suddent twist or turn

s:  peculiarity, oddity, eccentricity

regale

(v) to feast, entertain agreeably

s:  amuse, divert

shiftless

(adj) lazy, lacking in ambition and energy; inefficient

s:  careless, sloppy, lackadaisical

a:  energetic, hardworking, ambitious

taint

(n) a stain or spot; a mark of corruption or dishonor; (v) to stain or contaminate

s: (n) blot; (v) soil, tarnish,pollute

a:  (v) purify, decontaminate, cleanse