Querulous habitually complaining

Parody a composition that imitates or misrepresents a style

Prattle speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly

Parsimony extreme stinginess

Ambiguous having more than one possible meaning

Ambivalence mixed feelings or emotions

Articulate express or state clearly

Debunk expose while ridiculing

Recluse one who lives in solitude

Abstemious marked by temperance in indulgence

Arrogance overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner

Iconoclastic characterized by attack on established beliefs

Intervene be placed or located between other things

Ignominy a state of dishonor

Illicit contrary to accepted morality or convention

Hardy having rugged physical strength

Whimsical determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity

Idiosyncrasy a behavioral attribute peculiar to an individual

Hackneyed repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

Insularity the state of being isolated or detached

Insuperable incapable of being surpassed or excelled

Insipid lacking interest or significance or impact

Insolvent unable to meet or discharge financial obligations

Impudence the trait of being rude and impertinent

Instigate provoke or stir up

Intimidate compel or deter by or as if by threats

Intractable difficult to manage or mold

Inherent existing as an essential constituent or characteristic

Exuberance joyful enthusiasm

Venerate regard with feelings of respect and reverence

Raze tear down so as to make flat with the ground

Inane devoid of intelligence

Debilitate make weak

Obdurate stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

Archaic so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period

Dubious fraught with uncertainty or doubt

Exalt praise, glorify, or honor

Divergent tending to move apart in different directions

Aesthetic characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste

Affable diffusing warmth and friendliness

Culpable deserving blame or censure as being wrong or injurious

Circumlocution an indirect way of expressing something

Derision the act of treating with contempt

Derivative a compound obtained from another compound

Alleviate provide physical relief, as from pain

Anecdote short account of an incident

Apocryphal being of questionable authenticity

Apprehensive in fear or dread of possible evil or harm

Doctrinaire a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions

Document a representation of a person's thinking with symbolic marks

Artifact a man-made object

Arable capable of being farmed productively

Arid lacking sufficient water or rainfall

Depose force to leave an office

Decorum propriety in manners and conduct

Advocate a person who pleads for a person, cause, or idea

Assuage provide physical relief, as from pain

Arbitrary based on or subject to individual discretion or preference

Acknowledge declare to be true or admit the existence or reality of

Appease make peace with

Assiduous marked by care and persistent effort

Authoritarian characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule

Aspiration a cherished desire

Ebullient joyously unrestrained

Eccentric conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual

Ephemeral anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day

Fitful occurring in spells and often abruptly

Depravity moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles

Deprecate express strong disapproval of; deplore

Apathy an absence of emotion or enthusiasm

Artisan a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft

Incontrovertible impossible to deny or disprove

Lofty of imposing height; especially standing out above others

Frivolity the trait of being not serious or sensible

Hedonism an ethical system that values the pursuit of pleasure

Heedless marked by or paying little attention

Listless lacking zest or vivacity

Acrid strong and sharp, as a taste or smell

Accessible capable of being reached

Austere of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor

Acquiesce agree or express agreement

Amorphous having no definite form or distinct shape

Audacious disposed to venture or take risks

Bequeath leave or give, especially by will after one's death

Benevolent showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding

Analogous similar or equivalent in some respects

Abstract existing only in the mind

Abstruse difficult to understand

Affirmation the act of asserting or stating something

Aggregate a sum total of many heterogeneous things taken together

Adversity a state of misfortune or affliction

Ascendancy the state when one person or group has power over another

Acclaim enthusiastic approval

Belie be in contradiction with

Eloquence powerful and effective language

Elucidate make clear and comprehensible

Elusive skillful at evading capture

Emaciated very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold

Coercion using force to cause something to occur

Curtail terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end

Cynical believing the worst of human nature and motives