Adamant: unyielding; a very hard substance

Adroit: clever, resourceful

Amatory: sexual
Animistic: quality of recurrence or reversion to earlier form
Antic: clownish, frolicsome
Arcadian: serene
Baleful: deadly, foreboding
Bellicose: quarrelsome (its synonym belligerent can also be a noun)
Bilious: unpleasant, peevish
Boorish: crude, insensitive
Calamitous: disastrous
Caustic: corrosive, sarcastic; a corrosive substance
Cerulean: sky blue
Comely: attractive
Concomitant: accompanying
Contumacious: rebellious
Corpulent: obese
Crapulous: immoderate in appetite
Defamatory: maliciously misrepresenting
Didactic: conveying information or moral instruction
Dilatory: causing delay, tardy
Dowdy: shabby, old-fashioned; an unkempt woman
Efficacious: producing a desired effect
Effulgent: brilliantly radiant
Egregious: conspicuous, flagrant
Endemic: prevalent, native, peculiar to an area
Equanimous: even, balanced
Execrable: wretched, detestable
Fastidious: meticulous, overly delicate
Feckless: weak, irresponsible
Fecund: prolific, inventive
Friable: brittle
Fulsome: abundant, overdone, effusive
Garrulous: wordy, talkative
Guileless: naive
Gustatory: having to do with taste or eating

Heuristic: learning through trial-and-error or problem solving

Histrionic: affected, theatrical
Hubristic: proud, excessively self-confident
Incendiary: inflammatory, spontaneously combustible, hot
Insidious: subtle, seductive, treacherous
Insolent: impudent, contemptuous
Intransigent: uncompromising
Inveterate: habitual, persistent
Invidious: resentful, envious, obnoxious
Irksome: annoying
Jejune: dull, puerile
Jocular: jesting, playful
Judicious: discreet
Lachrymose: tearful
Limpid: simple, transparent, serene
Loquacious: talkative
Luminous: clear, shining
Mannered: artificial, stilted
Mendacious: deceptive
Meretricious: whorish, superficially appealing, pretentious
Minatory: menacing
Mordant: biting, incisive, pungent
Munificent: lavish, generous
Nefarious: wicked
Noxious: harmful, corrupting
Obtuse: blunt, stupid
Parsimonious: frugal, restrained
Pendulous: suspended, indecisive
Pernicious: injurious, deadly
Pervasive: widespread
Petulant: rude, ill humored
Platitudinous: resembling or full of dull or banal comments
Precipitate: steep, speedy
Propitious: auspicious, advantageous, benevolent
Puckish: impish
Querulous: cranky, whining
Quiescent: inactive, untroublesome

Rebarbative: irritating, repellent

Recalcitrant: resistant, obstinate
Redolent: aromatic, evocative
Rhadamanthine: harshly strict
Risible: laughable
Ruminative: contemplative
Sagacious: wise, discerning
Salubrious: healthful
Sartorial: relating to attire, especially tailored fashions
Sclerotic: hardening
Serpentine: snake-like, winding, tempting or wily
Spasmodic: having to do with or resembling a spasm, excitable, intermittent
Strident: harsh, discordant; obtrusively loud
Taciturn: closemouthed, reticent
Tenacious: persistent, cohesive,
Tremulous: nervous, trembling, timid, sensitive
Trenchant: sharp, penetrating, distinct
Turbulent: restless, tempestuous
Turgid: swollen, pompous
Ubiquitous: pervasive, widespread
Uxorious: inordinately affectionate or compliant with a wife
Verdant: green, unripe
Voluble: glib, given to speaking
Voracious: ravenous, insatiable
Wheedling: flattering
Withering: devastating
Zealous: eager, devoted

Amazing

Wonderful or surprising.

Boring

Not interesting.

Cool

Very good; excellent.

Disappointing

Not as good as you had expected.

Enthralling

Keeping someone's interest and attention completely.

Fascinating

Very interesting.

Goofy

A causal word mostly used in American English meaning 'silly'.

Horrible.

Terrible; awful.

Intriguing

Interesting because it is unusual or mysterious.

Jaunty

Showing that you are happy and confident.

Kooky

A causal word mostly used in American English to describe a person who is

strange in their appearance or behaviour.

Languid

Moving or speaking slowly with little energy, often in an attractive way.

Majestic

Beautiful, powerful or causing great admiration and respect.

Nauseating

Making you feel like you are going to vomit.

Obstinate

Unreasonably determined, especially to act in a particular way and not to change at

all, despite argument or persuasion.

Petty

Unimportant and not worth giving attention to.

Quaint

Attractive because of being unusual and especially old-fashioned.

Relevant

Connected with what is happening or being discussed.

Sentimental

Describes someone who is strongly influenced by emotional feelings, especially

about happy memories of past events.

Timid

Shy and nervous; lacking confidence; easily frightened.

Underrated

To rate or evaluate too low; better than people think it is.

Vibrant

Energetic, exciting and full of enthusiasm.

Wacky

Unusual in a pleasing and exciting or silly way.

Xenophobic

Extreme dislike or fear of foreigners, their customs, their religions, etc.

Yummy

An informal adjective meaning 'very tasty or delicious'.

Zany

Crazy in a fun and funny way.

abashed
feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious

aberrant
markedly different from an accepted norm

abhorrent
offensive to the mind

abiding
unceasing

abject
most unfortunate or miserable

abortive
failing to accomplish an intended result

abounding
existing in abundance

abrasive
sharply disagreeable

abstracted

taken out of or separated from

acrid
harsh or corrosive in tone

adhoc
done for a specific purpose, without regard for larger or future issues

adjoining
having a common boundary or edge

aloof
remote in manner

ambiguous
having more than one possible meaning

auspicious
tending to favor or bring good luck

axiomatic
evident without proof or argument

barbarous
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering


bawdy
humorously vulgar

boorish
ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance

brash
presumptuously daring

cagey
characterized by great cautious and wariness

capricious
determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason

cloistered
providing privacy or seclusion

craven
lacking even the rudiments of courage

dapper
marked by smartness in dress and manners

debonair
gentle, courteous

decorous
characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct

didactic
instructive (especially excessively)

direful
causing fear or dread or terror

divergent
diverging from another or from a standard

draconian
of or relating to Draco or his harsh code of laws

efficacious
producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect

elated
exultantly proud and joyful

erratic

liable to sudden unpredictable change

ethereal
characterized by lightness and insubstantiality

exultant
joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success

fallacious
containing or based on a fallacy

furtive
marked by quiet and caution and secrecy

garrulous
excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, especially about trivial
matters

heady
extremely exciting as if by alcohol or a narcotic

incandescent
emitting light as a result of being heated

innate
not established by conditioning or learning


insidious
working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way

irate
angry; enraged

languid
lacking spirit or liveliness

loutish
ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance

macabre
shockingly repellent

nebulous
lacking definition or definite content

nondescript
lacking distinct or individual characteristics

obsequious
attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner

onerous
not easily borne

ossified
set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs, changed into
bone

overwrought
deeply agitated especially from emotion

parsimonious
excessively unwilling to spend

penitent
feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds

picayune
(informal terms) small and of little importance

piquant
stimulating to the taste or mind; spicy, pungent; appealingly provocative

placid
pleasantly calm or peaceful

plucky

showing courage in the face of danger

quixotic
not sensible about practical matters

recondite
difficult to penetrate

sordid
morally ignoble or base; vile

spurious
not genuine, authentic, or true

squalid
morally degraded

succinct
briefly giving the gist of something

tacit
understood without being openly expressed; implied

tawdry
cheap and shoddy


tenuous
having little substance or significance

torpid
slow and apathetic

truculent
defiantly aggressive

ubiquitous
being present everywhere at once

vacuous
devoid of significance or point; complacently or inanely foolish

verdant
green with vegetation; covered with growing plants or grass

vivacious
vigorous and active

voracious
excessively greedy and grasping

waggish
witty or joking

wistful
showing pensive sadness; full of longing or unfulfilled desire

aback
by surprise