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Abate to make less in amount, degree, etc.; to subside, become less; to nullify; to deduct, omit Accolade an expression of praise Adulation excessive praise; intense adoration Aesthetic artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciation of the beautiful Ameliorate to make better or more tolerable Ascetic one who practices rigid self-denial, esp. as an act of religious devotion Avarice extreme greed for material wealth Axiom a universally recognized principle Burgeon to grow rapidly or flourish Bucolic pertaining to the countryside; rural; rustic cacophany dissonance, harsh discordance of sound Canon an established set of principles or code of laws, often religious in nature Castigation severe criticism or punishment catalyst a substance that accelerates the rate of a chemical reaction without itself changing; a person or thing that causes change Caustic burning or stinging; causing corrosion Chary wary; cautious; sparing Cogent forceful, convincing, relevant, to the point Contentious argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement Contrite regretful; penitent; seeking forgiveness Culpable deserving blame Dearth a lack, scarcity, inadequate supply, a famine Demur to question or oppose Didactic intended to teach or instruct Discretion cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions Disinterested free of bias or self-interest; impartial Dogmatic asserting opinions as if they were facts; opinionated; asserted without proof; doctrinaire Ebullience intense enthusiasm Eclectic made up of a variety of sources or styles Elegy a mournful poem, esp. one lamenting the dead Enigmatic mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand Ephemeral brief; fleeting Esoteric intended for or understood by only a small group Eulogy a speech honoring the dead Facetious playful; humorous Harangue to deliver a pompous speech or tirade Heretical characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards Impecunious not having enough money to pay for necessities Incipient beginning to come into being or to become apparent Innocuous unlikely to harm or disturb anyone Intransigent uncompromising; refusing to be reconciled Inveigle to obtain by deception or flattery Odious evoking intense aversion or dislike Penurious penny-pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous Pious extremely reverent or devout; showing strong religious devotion Preen to dress up; to primp; to groom oneself with elaborate care Prodigious abundant in size, force, or extent; extraordinary Quienscence state of being at rest; dormancy Stoic indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; steadfast Supplant to take the place of, supersede Torpid Sluggish, inactive, dull prodigious enormous; marvelous; extraordinary; Ex. prodigious amount/memory incredulous disbelieving, skeptical sidereal relating to the stars etiolated weak or sick; drained of color or vigor banal common, ordinary, lacking freshness, hackneyed stoicism calm indifference to pleasure or pain ambivalence having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes