Pretentious and long-winded; pompous; using inflated language

mnenonic: Like a BOMB of pretentiousness ready to explode. 

Context clue: "a bombastic orator"  

timidity; shyness

mnemonic: he doesn't have CONFIDENCE, but rather he has DIFFIDENCE 

deceptive; false; misleading; unreal

"an attractive but illusory promise" 

Mnemonic: Illusion 

subside; moderate; lessen in intensity; put an end to 

Mnemonic: More (fishing) bait = diminished fish and diminished hunger 

separate; unconnected; consisting of distinct parts; isolated

mnemonic: E-T-E is choppy (versus eet which is smooth)

impudence; shameless boldness; sheer nerve; impertinence; insolence

mnemonic: conFRONT - "eff" you

cowardly; contemptibly timorous; spineless

Craven (raven is spineless) -

He is cravin a backbone.  

obliging; eager to please; overly polite

mnemonic - ComPLEASEant (eager to "plais") 

not fully formed; incipient; rudimentary; undeveloped

mnemonic: When you're "In Choate" you are still a stupid, not fully developed high school students  

brainless; inane; smugly foolish

mnemonic: Fat people are stupid 

trickery to deceive someone; deceoption; fraud; evasion 

mnemonic: those deceptive chicano mexicans are always trying to cross the border