of the most contemptible kind chronologically misplaced ostentatiously lofty in style
aberration anathema cajole a state or condition markedly different a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied influence or urge by gentle urging, from the norm by excommunication caressing, or flattering abjure annex callous formally reject or disavow a formerly held attach to emotionally hardened belief antediluvian calumny abnegation of or relating to the period before the a false accusation of an offense the denial and rejection of a doctrine or biblical flood camaraderie belief antiseptic the quality of affording easy familiarity abrogate thoroughly clean and free of disease- and sociability revoke formally causing organisms candor abscond apathetic the quality of being honest and run away, often taking something or showing little or no emotion or animation straightforward somebody along antithesis capitulate abstruse exact opposite surrender under agreed conditions difficult to penetrate apocryphal carouse accede being of questionable authenticity engage in boisterous, drunken yield to another's wish or opinion approbation merrymaking accost official acceptance or agreement carp approach and speak to someone arbitrary any of various freshwater fish of the family aggressively or insistently Cyprinidae based on or subject to individual discretion accretion or preference caucus an increase by natural growth or addition arboreal meet to select a candidate or promote a acumen policy of or relating to or formed by trees shrewdness shown by keen insight cavort arcane adamant play boisterously requiring secret or mysterious knowledge impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, circumlocution archetypal reason an indirect way of expressing something of an original type after which other things admonish are patterned circumscribe scold or reprimand; take to task arrogate draw a geometric figure around another adumbrate figure seize and take control without authority describe roughly or give the main points or circumvent ascetic summary of surround so as to force to give up someone who practices self denial as a adverse spiritual discipline clamor in an opposing direction aspersion utter or proclaim insistently and noisily advocate a disparaging remark cleave a person who pleads for a person, cause, or assiduous separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp idea instrument marked by care and persistent effort affluent cobbler atrophy having an abundant supply of money or a person who makes or repairs shoes possessions of value a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse cogent aggrandize powerfully persuasive bane embellish; increase the scope, power, or cognizant importance of something causing misery or death bashful having or showing knowledge or alacrity understanding or realization liveliness and eagerness self-consciously timid commensurate alias beguile corresponding in size or degree or extent a name that has been assumed temporarily influence by slyness complement ambivalent bereft something added to embellish or make uncertain or unable to decide about what sorrowful through loss or deprivation perfect course to follow blandishment compunction amenable flattery intended to persuade a feeling of deep regret, usually for some disposed or willing to comply bilk misdeed amorphous cheat somebody out of what is due, having no definite form or distinct shape especially money concomitant derivative emollient following or accompanying as a a compound obtained from another a substance with a soothing effect when consequence compound applied to the skin conduit despot empirical a passage through which water or electric a cruel and oppressive dictator derived from experiment and observation wires can pass diaphanous rather than theory conflagration so thin as to transmit light emulate a very intense and uncontrolled fire didactic strive to equal or match, especially by congruity imitating instructive, especially excessively the quality of agreeing; being suitable and enervate dirge appropriate weaken mentally or morally a song or hymn of mourning as a memorial connive to a dead person enfranchise form intrigues (for) in an underhand disaffected grant freedom to, as from slavery or manner servitude discontented as toward authority consign engender discomfit give over to another for care or call forth safekeeping cause to lose one's composure ephemeral constituent disparate anything short-lived, as an insect that lives one of the individual parts making up a fundamentally different or distinct in only for a day composite entity quality or kind epistolary construe dispel written in the form of letters or make sense of; assign a meaning to to cause to separate and go in different correspondence directions contusion equanimity disrepute an injury in which the skin is not broken steadiness of mind under stress the state of being held in low esteem contrite equivocal divisive feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for open to two or more interpretations sins or offenses dissenting with the majority opinion espouse contentious dogmatic choose and follow a theory, idea, policy, showing an inclination to disagree pertaining to a code of beliefs accepted as etc. authoritative contravene evanescent dour go against, as of rules and laws tending to vanish like vapor showing a brooding ill humor convivial evince duplicity occupied with or fond of the pleasures of give expression to good company the act of deceiving or acting in bad faith exacerbate corpulence duress make worse the property of excessive fatness compulsory force or threat exhort covet eclectic spur on or encourage especially by cheers wish, long, or crave for selecting what seems best of various styles and shouts or ideas cupidity execrable edict extreme greed for material wealth unequivocally detestable a formal or authoritative proclamation dearth exigent ebullient an insufficient quantity or number demanding immediate attention joyously unrestrained debacle expedient egregious a sudden and violent collapse appropriate to a purpose conspicuously and outrageously bad or debauch reprehensible expiate a wild gathering involving excessive elegy make amends for drinking expunge a mournful poem; a lament for the dead debunk remove by erasing or crossing out or as if elicit expose while ridiculing by drawing a line call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or defunct response extraneous no longer in force or use; inactive embezzlement not belonging to that in which it is demagogue contained the fraudulent appropriation of funds or a leader who seeks support by appealing to property extol popular passions emend praise, glorify, or honor denigrate make corrections to extant charge falsely or with malicious intent still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost expurgate inchoate licentious edit by omitting or modifying parts only partly in existence; imperfectly lacking moral discipline considered indelicate formed linchpin fallacious incontrovertible a central cohesive source of support and containing or based on incorrect reasoning impossible to deny or disprove stability fatuous incumbent litigant devoid of intelligence necessary as a duty or responsibility; a party to a lawsuit fetter morally binding maelstrom a shackle for the ankles or feet inexorable a powerful circular current of water flagrant not to be placated or appeased or moved maudlin by entreaty conspicuously and outrageously bad or effusively or insincerely emotional reprehensible inimical maverick foil not friendly someone who exhibits independence in hinder or prevent, as an effort, plan, or injunction thought and action desire a judicial remedy to prohibit a party from mawkish forbearance doing something effusively or insincerely emotional good-natured tolerance of delay or inoculate maxim incompetence inject or treat with the germ of a disease to render immune a saying that is widely accepted on its own fortuitous merits occurring by happy chance insidious mendacious fractious working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way given to lying easily irritated or annoyed modicum instigate garrulous a small or moderate or token amount provoke or stir up full of trivial conversation morass insurgent gourmand a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks in opposition to a civil authority or a person who is devoted to eating and government underfoot drinking to excess mores interlocutor grandiloquent the conventions embodying the a person who takes part in a conversation lofty in style fundamental values of a group intimation gratuitous munificent a slight suggestion or vague understanding unnecessary and unwarranted very generous inure hapless multifarious cause to accept or become hardened to unfortunate and deserving pity having many aspects invective hegemony nadir abusive language used to express blame or the dominance or leadership of one social censure the lowest point of anything group over others negligent intransigent heterogenous characterized by undue lack of attention or impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, consisting of elements that are not of the or reason concern same kind neophyte inveterate iconoclast any new participant in some activity habitual someone who attacks cherished ideas or noisome institutions irreverence a mental attitude showing lack of due offensively malodorous idiosyncratic respect noxious peculiar to the individual knell injurious to physical or mental health impecunious the sound of a bell rung slowly to obdurate not having enough money to pay for announce a death necessities stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing laconic impetuous obfuscate brief and to the point characterized by undue haste and lack of make obscure or unclear thought largesse obstreperous impinge liberality in bestowing gifts noisily and stubbornly defiant infringe upon legerdemain officious impute an illusory feat intrusive in a meddling or offensive attribute or credit to libertarian manner inane an advocate of freedom of thought and onerous speech devoid of intelligence not easily borne; wearing ostensible predilection rife appearing as such but not necessarily so a predisposition in favor of something excessively abundant ostracism preponderance sanctimonious the act of excluding someone from society exceeding in heaviness; having greater excessively or hypocritically pious by general consent weight sanguine palliate presage confidently optimistic and cheerful lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or a foreboding about what is about to happen scurrilous extent of probity expressing offensive reproach panacea complete and confirmed integrity semaphore hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases proclivity an apparatus for visual signaling paradigm a natural inclination serendipity a standard or typical example profligate good luck in making unexpected and pariah unrestrained by convention or morality fortunate discoveries a person who is rejected from society or promulgate sobriety home state or announce the state of being sober and not intoxicated partisan by alcohol proscribe a fervent and even militant proponent of solicitous something command against protean full of anxiety and concern paucity taking on different forms solipsism an insufficient quantity or number prurient the philosophical theory that the self is all pejorative that exists expressing disapproval characterized by lust spurious pellucid puerile plausible but false transparently clear; easily understandable displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity staid penchant pugnacious characterized by dignity and propriety a strong liking ready and able to resort to force or violence stolid penurious having or revealing little emotion or pulchritude excessively unwilling to spend sensibility physical beauty, especially of a woman pert subjugate punctilious characterized by a lightly saucy or make subservient; force to submit or impudent quality marked by precise accordance with details subdue pernicious quaint surfeit exceedingly harmful attractively old-fashioned indulge (one's appetite) to satiety pertinacious quixotic surreptitious stubbornly unyielding not sensible about practical matters marked by quiet and caution and secrecy phlegmatic quandary swarthy showing little emotion state of uncertainty in a choice between naturally having skin of a dark color unfavorable options philanthropic tangential recalcitrant of or relating to charitable giving of superficial relevance if any stubbornly resistant to authority or control pithy tome redoubtable concise and full of meaning a large and scholarly book inspiring fear platitude toady relegate a trite or obvious remark a person who tries to please someone to assign to a lower position gain an advantage plaudit remiss torpid enthusiastic approval failing in what duty requires in a condition of biological rest or plenitude reprieve suspended animation a full supply postpone the punishment of a convicted travesty plethora criminal a composition that imitates or extreme excess reprobate misrepresents a style portent a person without moral scruples trenchant a sign of something about to happen rescind having keenness and forcefulness and potentate penetration in thought cancel officially a ruler who is unconstrained by law trite requisition preclude repeated too often; overfamiliar through an authoritative request or demand overuse make impossible, especially beforehand truculent defiantly aggressive turpitude a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice ubiquitous being present everywhere at once umbrage a feeling of anger caused by being offended upbraid express criticism towards utilitarian having a useful function veracity unwillingness to tell lies vestige an indication that something has been present vicissitude a variation in circumstances or fortune vilify spread negative information about virtuoso someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field vitriolic harsh, bitter, or malicious in tone vituperate spread negative information about vociferous conspicuously and offensively loud wanton a lewd or lascivious person winsome charming in a childlike or naive way yoke join with stable gear, as two draft animals zephyr a slight wind wily marked by skill in deception tirade a speech of violent denunciation