| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Charlatan | someone who is fake or pretends to be something they're not. |
| Hackneyed | made commonplace or trite; stale; banal |
| Bigot | a person who is utterly intolerant of any differing creed, belief, or opinion. |
| Aloof | – detatched, |
| Flagrant | – Conspicuously or reprehensible or outrageously bad. |
| Propensity – | An inclination to do something. |
| Iconoclast | – One who attacks and seeks to overthrow tradition. |
| Tacit | – Not spoken. Implied or inferred by actions or statements. |
| Incongruous | – Lacking in harmony, incompatible. |
| Ubiquitous | – Existing or being everywhere. Omnipresent. |
| Turbulent | – In a state of agitation or tumult, disturbed. |
| Cryptic | deliberately mysterious or seeming to have a hidden meaning |
| Enigma | – mystery or something that is not easily explained |
| Pious- | devoutly religious |
| Scrupulous | – rigorously precise or thorough or having or showing careful regard for what is moral |
| Pompous | – self-important |
| Heinous | Grossly wicked or reprehensible |
| Dearth | A scarce supply; a lack |
| Malice | A desire to harm others or to see others suffer; extreme ill will or spite. |
| Ephemeral | Lasting for a markedly brief time |
| Quixotic | – Extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; impulsive and often rashly unpredictable |
| Sullen | – Showing irritation or ill humour by a gloomy silence or reserve |
| Paucity | – Smallness of quantity; scarce |
| Austere | rigorously self-disciplined and severely moral; serious; hard |
| Brusque | abrupt in manner; blunt; rough |
| Demeanor | facial appearance |
| Contrite | filled with a sense of guilt and the desire for atonementInane: Lacking sense or meaning; silly |
| Benign | -Showing or expressive of gentleness or kindness or being harmless |
| Slander | defame: charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; |
| Vilify | To say defamatory things about someone or something; |
| Garrulous | Excessively or tiresomely talkative; excessively wordy and rambling |
| Atrophy | wasting away. |
| Cacophony | unpleasant noise |
| Parsimony | frugality, unwillingness to spend money |
| Temerity | boldness, reckless confidence that might be offensive |
| Supercilious: | contemptuously indifferent, full of contempt and arrogance |
| Fervent: | showing passionate enthusiasm, or glowingly hot (glowing as a result of intense heat |
| Taciturn -( | Habitually silent; not given to converse; not apt to talk or speak. |
| Refulgent | Casting a bright light; radiant; brilliant; resplendent; shining; splendid; as, refulgent beams |
| Surreptitious- | done in a concealed or underhand way to escape notice, especially disapproval |
| Myopic | – Narrow minded; lacking tolerance or understanding |
| Banal | – lacking originality or spunk |
| Insipid – | without stimulating, distinctive or interesting qualities; vapid example: the soup was rather insipid |
| Innocuous – | not injurious or harmful; harmless, not likely to be irritating or offending |
| Tirade – | a long vehement speech, a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation. |
| Assuage | – to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate; to appease |
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