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| willing to carry out the orders or wishes of another without protest; "too acquiescent to challenge authority" |
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| utterly unyielding in attitude or opinion in spite of all appeals, urgings, etc. |
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| an odd, peculiar, or strange condition, situation, quality, etc. ; irregularity |
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| severely critical or sarcastic: a caustic remark. |
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| Common sense ideas, the assumption that things are as expected unless other wised specified |
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1. Having the same tastes, habits, or temperament; sympathetic. 2. Of a pleasant disposition; friendly and sociable: a congenial host. 3. Suited to one's needs or nature; agreeable: congenial surroundings. |
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| Something that causes one to look at thoughtfully, to study, or to consider as a possibility |
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| showing or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful |
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| going rapidly over something, without noticing details; hasty; superficial: a cursory glance at a newspaper article. |
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| discouraging through fear |
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| to laugh at in scorn or contempt; scoff or jeer at; mock. |
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| lack of similarity or equality; inequality; difference: a disparity in age; disparity in rank. |
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| Given to or marked by deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech. |
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| to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke: to elicit the truth; to elicit a response with a question. | |
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| Someone who is devoted to the pursuit of sensual pleasure, especially to the enjoyment of good food and comfort. |
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| A speech or writing in praise of a person or thing, esp. a set oration in honor of a deceased person. |
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| Acting or intended to encourage, incite, or advise. |
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| Lacking serious intent; concerned with something nonessential, amusing, or frivolous |
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| Ridiculously clumsy; absurd |
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| Marked by disrespectful levity or casualness |
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| insidious cunning in attaining a goal; crafty or artful deception; duplicity |
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| To intimidate or to dominate in a blustering way, to behave like a bully |
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| Arrogantly domineering or overbearing |
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| Beginning to exist or appear |
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| disagreeing with circumstances; unsuitable, inappropriate |
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| The state or quality of being incredulous; a withholding or refusal of belief; skepticism; unbelief; disbelief. |
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| to charge with an offense or crime; accuse of wrongdoing; castigate; criticize |
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| without interest or concern; not caring; apathetic |
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| Disinclined to exert oneself; habitually lazy |
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| An indirect or subtle, usually derogatory implication in expression |
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| not within proper or reasonable limits; immoderate; excessive |
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| to look into or examine (one's own mind, feelings, etc.). |
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| To give vent to angry disapproval; protest vehemently |
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| Firmly and long established; deep-rooted; habitual |
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| pertaining to judgment in courts of justice or to the administration of justice |
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| without interest, vigor, or determination; listless; lethargic |
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| lacking in adroitness; unskillful; awkward; bungling; tactless |
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| numerous and varied; greatly diverse |
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| servilely compliant or deferential; obedient |
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| deserving or causing hatred; hateful; detestable |
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| causing or evoking pity, sympathetic sadness, sorrow |
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| making an excessive or inappropriate display of learning. |
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| visually charming or quaint, as if resembling or suitable for a painting |
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| conformity to established standards of good or proper behavior or manners |
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| to bring into agreement or harmony; make compatible or consistent |
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| to disapprove of strongly; censure |
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| disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved; reluctant or restrained |
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| scornful, mocking; disdainfully humorous |
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| marked by care and persistent effort |
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| an artifice or expedient used to evade a rule, escape a consequence, hide something |
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| one who is indifferent and free from passion |
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| cleverly amusing in tone; "a bantering tone"; "facetious remarks" |
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| performed, exercised, received, or suffered in place of another |
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| tending or threatening to break out into open violence; explosive; evaporating rapidly; passing off readily in the form of vapor |
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