1.

haughty: being arrogant, talking down to people

2. hedonist: person who acts in pursuit of pleasure
3. hypothesis: unproven theory, educated guess
4. impetuous: rash, impulsive
5. impute: to assign or attribute to someone
6. inconsequential: without consequence, trivial, doesn't matter
7. inevitable: unavoidable, definitely going to happen
8. intrepid: fearless
9. intuitive: knowing something by instinct
10.jubilation: extreme happiness, joy
11.lobbyist: person who takes one side or the other, and persuades government
officials
12.longevity: long (particularly long life)
13.mundane: boring, ordinary
14.nonchalant: casual, calm, at ease
15.opulent: wealthy
16.orator: speaker
17.ostentatious: flaunting wealth
18.parched: freed from water, dried up
19.perfidious: disloyal
20.pragmatic: practical
21.precocious: gifted/talented beyond one's years
22.pretentious: being self important, thinking you are better than others
23.procrastinate: to delay, often unnecessarily
24.prosaic: ordinary
25.prosperity: wealth
26.provocative: causes a fuss, inflammatory, likely to get people riled up
27.prudent: careful, wise
28.querulous: irritable, prone to argument
29.rancorous: hateful, unpleasant
30.reclusive: hermit, withdrawn
31.reconciliation: coming back together after a disagreement
32.renovation: being new, being redone
33.restrained: controlled, not free
34.reverence: deep respect
35.sagacity: wisdom
36.scrutinize: to look at carefully
37.spontaneous: being impulsive, acting without thinking
38.spurious: false, untrue
39.submissive: mild, meek
40.substantiate: to confirm, prove
41.subtle: shy, small, not showy
42.superficial: shallow
43.superfluous: unnecessary, too much
44.surreptitious: secret
45.tactful: polite
46.tenacious: persistent stubborn
47.transient: temporary, impermanent
48.venerable: respectable because of its age
49.vindicate: to free from blame
50.wary: careful, watchful