abate,subside

acrimonious,vitriolic,mordant,ascerbic,splenetic,irascible,peevish,choleric,petulan
t

aphorism, adage, maxim, epigram, apothegm, axiom

aggregate,amalgamate,incorporate,dissolution(antonym)

aclarity,insipid(antonym),stolid(antonym),phlegmatic(antonym),impassive(antonym)

alleviate,ameliorate,placate,mollify,appease,assuage,propitiate,mitigate,conciliate
,attenuate,exacerbate(antonym)

apposite,appurtenant,germane,congruous

approbation,sanction

apocryphal,spurious

arduous,onerous

artless,guileless

ascetic,abstemious,recluse

assiduous,meticulous,fastidious

audacious,effrontery,presumptious,overweening

banal,hackneyed,trite

bombastic,ostentatious,grandiloquent

bolster,reinforce,buttress

bucolic,rustic,pastoral

capricious,whimsical,volatile,mercurial,fickle

castigate, admonish, invective, reproach, vituperation, lambasting, upbraid,

calumny, vilification, denunciation, opprobrium

chicanery,dupe,mendacity,perfidy

cogent,lucid

compendious,pithy,laconic,succinct

convoluted,tortuous

cower,grovel

demur,balk

denigrate,deride,disparage

derogatory,disparaging,pejorative,denigrating
diatribe,harangue,tirade

digression,tangential

dissonance,discordant,incongruity

dogmatic,intractable,intransigence,obdurate,austere,recalcitrant,refractory,tractab
le(antonym)

domineering,peremptory,imperious

ephemeral,perennial(antonym)

engender,burgeon,proliferate,abate(antonym),subside(antonym)

equivocate,prevaricate,ambiguous

exhort,enjoin,admonish

expurgate,bowdlerize

facile,superficial,jejune

fawning,obsequious

fervor,ebullient

frivolous,facetious,facetous

insularity,partisan

fallacious,specious

fledgling,neophyte,inchoate

foment,goad

gainsay,repudiate,recant,rescind

garrulous,loquacious,voluble,verbose,reticent(antonym),taciturn(antonym)

indigenous,penury

insolent,impudent,impertinent

kowtow,fawn,obsequious,sycophantic

lassitude,lethargy,langour,sporadic,soporific,torpor

levity,frivolity

maudlin,lachrymose,mawkish

mulct,fleece

nettle,rankle

oscillate,vacillate
panegyric,eulogy

phlegmatic,impassive,stolid,imperturbable,irascible(antonym)

quiescent,latent,dormant

raffish,rakish

recondite,obscure,esoteric,profound,abstruse,involved

resolution,resolve,irresolute(antonym)

remiss,lackadaisical,derelict

slapdash,haphazard

surreptitious,furtive

truculent,belligerent,pugnacious,bellicose

incipient- rudimentary, embryonic, inchoate

perfunctory- desultory, cursory, careless

hortatory- exhortatory, didactic, pedagogic, moralistic

abjure- renounce, forswear

deprecate- denounce

herald- harbinger