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| keen, accurate judgment or insight |
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| to state as a fact; to declare or assert |
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| to disguise or conceal; to mislead |
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| characteristic of or often found in a particular locality, region, or people |
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| tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing |
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| happening by accident or chance |
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| relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in subject matter |
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| pompous speech or expression (adj. form: grandiloquent) |
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| devotion to pleasurable pursuits, esp. to the pleasures of the senses (a hedonist is someone who pursues pleasure) |
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| the consistent dominance of one state or ideology over others |
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| given to intense or excessive devotion to something (noun form: idolatry) |
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| immunity from punishment or penalty |
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| in an initial stage; not fully formed |
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| unfortunate; inappropriate |
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| without taste or flavor; lacking in spirit; bland |
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| extremely talkative (noun form: loquacity) |
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| the condition of being untruthful; dishonesty (adj. form: mendacious) |
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| one who hates all other humans (adj. form: misanthropic) |
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| unyielding; hardhearted; intractable |
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| exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |
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| disgrace; contempt; scorn |
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| the profession or principles of teaching, or instructing |
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| overly concerned with the trivial details of learning or education; show-offish about one’s knowledge |
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| having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout |
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| the essential or central part |
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| a superficial remark, esp. one offered as meaningful |
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| controversial; argumentative |
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| recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish |
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| given or coming forth abundantly; extravagant |
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| to grow or increase swiftly and abundantly |
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| prone to complaining or grumbling; peevish |
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| characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment (noun form: rancor) |
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| obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage |
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| to refuse to have anything to do with; to disown |
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| to invalidate; to repeal; to retract |
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| promoting health or well-being |
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| able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance |
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| seeming true, but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive; plausible but false |
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| lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit |
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