| trite | lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale |
| cumbersome | burdensome; troublesome. |
| effervescence | to show enthusiasm, excitement, liveliness |
| meretricious | alluring by a show of flashy or vulgar attractions; tawdry. |
| reticence | disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved. |
| odious | deserving or causing hatred; hateful; detestable. highly offensive; repugnant; disgusting. |
| complacent | pleased, esp. with oneself or one's merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied. |
| efficacious | capable of having the desired result or effect; effective as a means, measure, remedy, etc. |
| fatuous | foolish or inane, esp. in an unconscious, complacent manner; silly. |
| prodigious | extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc. |
| vacuous | without contents; empty. lacking in ideas or intelligence. |
| trepidation | tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation. |
| antiquity | the quality of being ancient; ancientness |
| guise | general external appearance; aspect; semblance |
| plausible | having an appearance of truth or reason; seemingly worthy of approval or acceptance; credible; believable |
| impugn | To attack by words or arguments; to call in question; to make insinuations against; to oppose or challenge as false; to gainsay. |
| ubiquitous | existing or being everywhere, esp. at the same time; omnipresent |
| abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance |
| certitude | the state of being or feeling certain |
| admonition | entle or friendly reproof; counsel or warning against fault or oversight |
| gravitas | high seriousness |
| progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line |
| hackneyed | lacking in freshness or originality |
| onus | a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc. burden of proof. |
| innate | existing in one from birth; inborn; native. 2.) inherent in the essential character of something |
| concomitant | existing or occurring with something else, often in a lesser way; accompanying; concurrent |
| vacillate | to waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive or irresolute |
| confer | to consult together; compare opinions; carry on a discussion or deliberation. |
| redound | to have a good or bad effect or result, as to the advantage or disadvantage of a person or thing. |
| illusory | causing illusion; deceptive; misleading. |
| aptitude | capability; ability; innate or acquired capacity for something; talent. 2.) readiness or quickness in learning; intelligence. 3.) the state or quality of being apt; special fitness. |
| inept | without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit. 2.) generally awkward or clumsy; haplessly incompetent. |
| contempt | the feeling with which a person regards anything considered mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn. |
| mendacious | telling lies, esp. habitually; dishonest; lying; untruthful. |
| promiscuous | composed of all sorts of persons or things. not restricted to one class, sort, or person. |
| ethos | the distinguishing character, sentiment, moral nature, or guiding beliefs of a person, group, or institution |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence; a symbolic representation |
| assuage | to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate |
| trifle | an article or thing of very little value. a matter, affair, or circumstance of trivial importance or significance. |
| xenophobic | an unreasonable fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers or of that which is foreign or strange. |
| exultant | highly elated; jubilant; triumphant. |
| sanctimonious | making a hypocritical show of religious devotion, piety, righteousness, etc. |