| Term | Definition |
|---|
| contentious | quarrelsome, disagreeable, belligerent |
| mendacious | dishonest |
| commodious | roomy, spacious |
| perfidious | faithless, disloyal, untrustworthy |
| auspicious | having favorable aspects, promising |
| tenable | defensible, reasonable |
| captious | tending to find and call attention to faults |
| irascible | easily angered |
| quixotic | idealistic but impractical |
| extenuate | to lessen the seriousness, strength, or effect of |
| expiate | to atone for, make amends for |
| sanguine | ruddy, cheerfully optimistic |
| apotheosis | model of excellence or perfection of a kind |
| assiduous | diligent, persistent, hard-working |
| ersatz | an artificial or inferior substitute or imitation |
| culpable | guilty, responsible for wrong |
| restive | impatient, uneasy, restless |
| vilify | to slander, defame |
| spurious | lacking authenticity, fake |
| obviate | to make unnecessary, to anticipate and prevent |
| eclectic | selecting from various sources |
| dilatory | slow, tending to delay |
| panache | flamboyance |
| immutable | unchangeable, invariable |
| onerous | burdensome |
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