- brusque: abrupt,blunt, curt
- candid: frank, honeset, truthful
- delinquent: wanting, failing, overdue
- dour: sullen, gloomy, sour
- furtive: sly, stealthy
- lucid: clear in (and to) the mind
- macabre: grim, gruesome, death-haunted
- mature: ripe, fully developed
- nebulous: vague, hazy, indefinite
- obese: fat, stout, corpulent
- pensive: deeply thoughtful, wistful
- placid: calm, serene, unruffled
- plaintive: sad, mournful
- plausible: appearing true or reasonable
- potent: powerful, very effective
- pungent: sharp, stinging, keen
- rigorous: rigidly severe, exacting
- wanton: senseless, malicious, reckless
- wary: cautious, watchful (in facing danger)
- wily: crafty, cunning