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) Icon to get a pronunciation of the word.) Icon to get a pronunciation of the word.| relieve, calm | allay |
| beastlike, brutal | bestial |
| sociable, festive | convivial |
| exclusive circle of people with a common purpose | coterie |
| one that closely resembles another | counterpart |
| object; oppose | demur |
| shameless boldness; nerve | effrontery |
| add details to, exaggerate | embellish |
| lasting a very short time, short-lived | ephemeral |
| having happiness or good luck; appropriate | felicitous |
| secretive, sneaky, done to escape notice | furtive |
| tastelessly showy; so colorful as to be in bad taste | garish |
| misleading; deceptive; causing illusion | illusory |
| extremely poor | indigent |
| excessive; too much | inordinate |
| get rid of something unwanted; throw away | jettison |
| people-hater | misanthrope |
| unwilling to give up; stubborn | pertinacious |
| of small value or importance; trivial | picayune |
| clothing | raiment |
| claim without proof | allege |
| complete, utter, downright | arrant |
| playful conversation; discussion with a lot of jokes | badinage |
| make calm; win over | conciliate |
| command to cancel a previous order or command | countermand |
| level or rank | echelon |
| to make worse | exacerbate |
| very stupid; unreal | fatuous |
| impossible to deny or prove wrong | irrefutable |
| large, unstoppable force or power that crushes whatever is in its way | juggernaut |
| showing no interest or enthusiasm | lackadaisical |
| long list of things that someone talks about | litany |
| gruesome or frightening, usually involving death | macabre |
| lack; few in number | paucity |
| predict or foreshadow; give warning of | portend |
| demolish; destroy to the ground | raze |
| take back a statement made earlier | recant |
| soak, fill, or load to capacity | saturate |
| to shed, get rid of (esp. skin) | slough |
| gloomy, bitter, and overly serious | saturnine |
| 1. smelling; 2. reminding you of something | redolent |
| shining brightly | refulgent |
| a word used to test to membership to a certain group; slogan | shibboleth |
| beginner | tyro |
| never stopping | unremitting |
| shout of enthusiastic approval by many people | acclamation |
| relating to rural life | bucolic |
| slander; make hurtful untrue comments | calumniate |
| careful; afraid of risks | chary |
| conspiracy; secret agreement for illegal purpose | collusion |
| amateur; someone who is interested in something but doesn't know very much | dilettante |
| not easily upset | imperturbable |
| amount of increase | increment |
| an order; command | mandate |
| ridiculously small | paltry |
| sudden outburst | paroxysm |
| overly ambitious display of knowledge; excessive attention to details or rules | pedantry |
| traveling, esp. by foot | peregrination |
| waver; sway back and forth (often in decision) | vacillate |
| containing harsh, angry, abusive criticism | vituperative |