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plebeian
adj. belonging or pertaining to the common people; common,
commonplace, or vulgar..
quiddity
n. the quality that makes a
thing what it is; the essential nature of a thing..
rambunctious
adj. difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous;
turbulently active and noisy..
ribald
adj. vulgar or
indecent in speech, language, etc.; coarsely mocking, abusive, or
irreverent; scurrilous..
sententious
adj. abounding in pithy aphorisms or maxims; given to
excessive moralizing; self-righteous..
spoony
adj., Informal. foolishly or sentimentally amorous;
foolish; silly..
supercilious
adj. haughtily disdainful
or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression..
surly
adj. churlishly rude or bad-tempered: a surly
waiter; unfriendly or hostile; menacingly irritable; dark
or dismal; menacing; threatening..
temporal
adj. pertaining to or concerned
with the present life or this world; worldly..
tergiversation
v.i., to change repeatedly one's attitude or opinions with
respect to a cause, subject, etc.; equivocate; to turn renegade.
tetchy
adj. peevish; testy; touchy;
irritable..
unconscionable
adj. not guided by conscience; unscrupulous;
excessive; extortionate: an unconscionable profit..
unctuous
adj. characterized by excessive piousness or moralistic
fervor, esp. in an affected manner; excessively smooth, suave, or
smug..
untrammeled adj.
not restricted or hampered..
usury
n. the lending or practice of lending money at an
exorbitant interest; an exorbitant amount or rate of interest..
vacillate
v.i. to waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive or
irresolute; waver; totter; stagger; to oscillate or fluctuate..
vagary
n. an unpredictable or erratic action, occurrence,
course, or instance;
a whimsical, wild, or unusual idea, desire..
vengeance
n.
infliction of injury,
harm, humiliation, or the like, on a person by another.. (read
'vengeance' in writing)
vivacious
adj. lively; animated; full of pep..
votary
n., adj.
a person who is bound by solemn religious vows; an adherent of
a religion or cult; a person who is devoted or addicted to some
subject or pursuit..
waspish
adj. like or suggesting a
wasp,
esp. in behavior; quick to resent a trifling affront or injury;
snappish; irascibly or petulantly spiteful..
winsome
adj.
sweetly or innocently charming; winning; engaging: a winsome
smile..
wiseacre
n. a person who possesses or affects to possess
great wisdom..
wizened
adj. withered; shriveled: a wizened old man; wizened
features..
zany
adj., n., ludicrously or whimsically comical; clownish; one
who plays the clown or fool in order to amuse others..
zeitgeist n. the
spirit of the time; general trend of thought or feeling characteristic
of a particular period of time..
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