semantic		hesitate, waver, oscillate, flatter, fluctuate
connive		to overflow - syn: deluge
cajole		make less severe - syn: assuage
stigmatize		chasten, rebuke, reprimand, reprove, reprehend
proclivity		clamorous, vociferous, turbulent, unruly, uproarious, disorderly
predilection		skillful, expertise in a certain field - syn: intrepidity
prowess		of the earth, dull - syn: secular
voracious		a bias in favor of something - syn: prepossession
lethargy		person falsely claiming to be an expert in something - syn: quack
ostracize		flagrant, shocking, outrageous, conspicuous, extraordinary, gross, enormous
complacent		irresolution, indecision
avarice		cupidity, greed, covetousness, parsimony, niggardliness, miserliness
fortuitous		accidental, chance, adventitious, random, casual
hackneyed		tart, piquant, biting, piercing, caustic, incisive, acrid, nippy, racy
culmination		deviation, divergence, disorientation, insanity, distortion, abnormality
coalesce		meddlesome, interfering, obtrusive, bossy
obstreperous		cynical
inscrutable		extremely harsh, bitter - synonym: acrid
nebulous		blend, unite, fuse, cohere, consolidate, merge
alleviate		smug/uncritical satisfaction with oneself - syn: gratified
formidable		ability to make good judgment/quick decisions - syn: discernment
castigate		unusual way of behaving - syn: aberration
Charlatan		climax or high point - syn: zenith
Acrimonious		rigidly severe in character - syn: rigid
epitome		perspicacity, astuteness, acuteness, shrewdness, wisdom, penetration
officious		self-assertive, irritatingly proud - syn: contumelious
impasse		odious, hateful, loathsome, flagrant, villainous, nefarious, abhorrent, execrable, flagitious
idiosyncrasy		no longer able to work effectively - syn: spent
bumptious		fawning, toadyish, slavish, sycophantic, abject subservient
obsequious		poverty-stricken - syn: impecunious
mundane		secretly allow to occur - syn: conspire
egregious		inclination, disposition, bent, penchant, propensity, proneness
deviate		deadlock, cul-de-sac
expedient		to go off course from the norm - syn: diverge
indigent		summary/part of a whole - syn: compendium
equivocal		chronic, habitual, ingrained, persistent, hardened
laudable		worthy of being praised - syn: commendable
pungent		so overused it's become stale/dull - syn: bromidic
truculent		wheedle, inveigle, coax, allure
intrinsic		incomprehensible, mysterious, impenetrable, esoteric
austere		essential, belonging naturally - syn: inherent
acumen		meaning, clarity of ideas
heinous		awakens terror - syn: redoubtable
misanthropic		to mark with disgrace/disapproval - syn: brand
juxtapose		misty, shadowy, obscure, confused, indefinite, indistinct
effete		ambiguous, evasive, dubious, enigmatic, indefinite
inundate		comparison of two like things - syn: similarity
inveterate		to isolate from (esp. society) - syn: expatriate
analogy		gluttonous, rapacious, insatiable, omnivorous
equanimity		composure, placidity, self-possession, stoicism, imperturbability
ambiguous		can have more than one possible meaning - syn: amphibolic
ambivalence		working to benefit oneself (not always moral) - syn: propititous
aberration		to place side by side - syn: adjacent
parsimonious		pugnacious, defiant, fierce, scathing, belligerent
sagacity		extremely stingy - syn: avaricious
vacillate		inaction, indifference, dullness, listlessness