Innuendo - an allusive or oblique remark or hint, typically a suggestive or disparaging one.

"she's always making sly innuendoes"

synonyms insinuation, implication, hint, suggestion, intimation, overtone, undertone, whisp
:
er, allusion , reference,
Inveighing - protest or complain bitterly or vehemently; to protest strongly or attack
vehemently with words; rail (usually followed by against) speak or write about (something)
with great hostility.
"he liked to inveigh against all forms of academic training"
synonyms:

fulminate, declaim, protest, rail

Fulminate - Express vehement protest.

"all fulminated against the new curriculum"
synonyms protest, rail, rage, rant, thunder, storm, declaim, inveigh, speak out, make/take a
:
stand; More
Also - explode violently or flash like lightning.
"thunder fulminated around the house"
synonyms:

explode, flash, crack

Disquietude (Disquieting) anxiety, anxiousness, uneasiness

Presage predict something harmful, ominous, premonition, baleful
Consanguineous main meaning - having the same ancestry or descent; related by blood.
Consanguine Tremulous trembling, frightened, quavering
Quaver tremble, shake, quiver
Coltish
Chary of
Effcacious
Imperious

Forebears
Vestigial
Derivative
Evanescen
Facile
Skittish
Immutable
Excoriate
Obloquies
Artifice
Parsimony
Tepid
Dissipation
Antediluvian
Canny
Desultoru
Metastasize
Parlous
Semiotic
Providential
Ergonomic

Sangfroid
Vainglorious
Consecrate
Truism
Distension
Repertory
Bucolic
Tendentious
Arcadian
Tony
Licentious
Efete
Halcyin
Anemic

Ineffeable
Arrogate to take by force, annex, seize and control without authority
Inane silly, idiotic, stupid

Objurgate strongly disapprove against something

Chimera illusion, fantasy
Reprisal retaliation, payback, revenge, vengeance
Bristle react angrily or be offended
Unstinting generous, devout, unfailing
Broadside strong verbal attack
Philistine lacking charm, grace, ignorant about culture
Brook put up with, tolerate
Untrammeled not confined or restricted, limited
Deign Do something that one considers to be below ones dignity,
condescend, lower yourself, debase yourself
-

The masters never deigned to answer questions from the servants

Recrudesce - to break out or happen again, revival, become active again

Quiescent dormant, being at rest; quiet; still; inactive or motionless: a

quiescent mind.

Exemplar an example of something to be imitated an exemplar of hard

work

Antic ridiculously odd

Unprepossessing creating a neutral or unfavorable first impression
-

Students expecting a hot teacher where disappointed by the

unprepossessing new English lecturer

Solicitude excessive concern, solicitous I wanted to help him but he didnt

appreciate my solicitude

Effervescent Vivacious, winsome,

Browbeat be imperious, domineering, frighten the police browbeaten the

black kid into accepting false guilt

Percipient Highly perceptive, aware, insightful, sensitive

Appurtenant auxiliary support, additional support, cavalry The lecture

slides are appurtenant to the prescribed text books

Rapprochement reconciliation, restablishment of cordial relations

Apothegm same as aphorism general, trite saying

Baleful ominous, onerous, (premonition like), threatening

Doleful evoking sadness

Asperity bitterness, harshness, caustic, acerbic manners, roughness,

severity
Propitious showing good signs, favorable signs, encouraging, promising

Unpropitious Unpromising, discouraging signs, baleful

Provident careful consideration for future, an act to secure for the future,
far-seeing, visionary

Improvident Not looking after ones future, not giving careful consideration,
not good for the future
-

He was both meticulous and provident, setting aside a portion of his

salary for his retirement account

Presentiment Premonition, baleful sign, ominous

Unflappable unperturbed, unaffected

Cosset Treat with excessive indulgence I constantly feel the need the
need to smack the rich, uncouth and cosseted brats of Delhi

Impetuous hasty, rash, undue deliberation

Lacerate biting, cutting, sharp, distress

Surreptitious stealthily, furtively, covertly, secretly, discreetly

Apposite very appropriate Shreyas big juicy tits were apposite for her
beautiful bod
Dovetail go well together, combine well together, fit together

Messi and Suarez dovetailed brilliantly last season beating that pansy
bitch Ronaldo

Ossify Make rigid, set into stone, become old and rickety

Ribald vulgar humour

Patent Glaringly obvious He made a patent spelling mistake

Celerity alacrity, speed, quickness

Machinate scheme, rendevouz, plan out, plot

Intimate indirectly suggest Shreya intimated through her gesticulations

that I should suckle her big juicy tits

Untenable- unfeasible, weak, cannot be supported, unsound, unsupportable

Invidious Tending to rouse ill will, animosity, or resentment: invidious

accusations. 2. Offensive and unfair:
unpleasant, odious, resentful, undesirable, unenviable

Puissant Powerful, mighty, authoritative, strong Over time, the young King
Joffrey grew into a puissant emperor whose enemies trembled at his name
Incontrovertible Irrefutable, indefensible, , indisputable, undeniable
incorrigible,

She was an incontrovertible liar by now, with several people raising

claims

Staltwart- dependable, Unstinting figure

Corollary A practical consequence of something

Recrimination make mutual accusations The two brothers were pointing

fingers and making recriminations of each others guilt

Inimitable cannot be replaced, cannot be imitated, matchless

Inviolate sacred, sacrosanct

Encumber hold back, restrict, burden, hinder

Immure Enclose within walls, confine or restrict

Dispensation special privilege, allowance, expemption from a rule,

indulgence, special consideration

Hobble hinder, restrict, burdened, hold back, encumbered

Denouement finale, final act, coda, conclusion

Quail recoil, tremble, flinch, shudder, draw back with fear or pain

Anemic weak, lacking energy, vigor, phlegmatic, sick

Portentous ominous, baleful, premonition

Mordant caustic, biting, truculent in style

Recapitulation recap, summary

Primacy main goal, main aim, primary goal

Artless guileness, innocent, callow, nave

Fealty - fidelity, allegiance, fealty, loyalty, devotion

Felicitous apt, appropriate, fitting well-suited for the occasion, Admirably suited;
-

A felicitous speech on the future of economic reforms

Ineluctable - inevitable, incapable of being evaded; inescapable, inexorable

Inexorable impossible to stop, alter, resist, inevitable, ineluctable, unyielding;
unalterable:
Peremptory final and unassailable, undeniable. Not refutable, unquestionable
Eg a peremptory command, decision to attack the boundary
Veridical - Truthful; veracious: veridical testimony.

Casuistic - specious, deceptive, or oversubtle reasoning, especially in questions of morality;

fallacious or dishonest application of general principles, resolving
Immure to confine within or as if within walls/to enclose within walls, confine in prison,
incarcerate
Acquisitiveness Greed, avarice and eagerness for wealth, possessions etc,
Deliberative (deliberate) carefully weighed/considered, studied, intentional
-

Cautious study, steady, careful study

Circumspect- Wary and unwilling to take risks. "the officials were very circumspect in
their statements"
synonyms:

cautious, wary, careful, chary, guarded,

Circumspection caution, prudence warineness

-

circumspection is required in the day-to-day exercise of administrative powers

Normative - establishing, relating to, or deriving from a standard or norm, especially of

behaviour. relating to, or prescribing a norm or standard:
"negative sanctions to enforce normative behaviour"
Genuflect - show deference or servility. Bow down
"politicians had to genuflect to the far left to advance their careers
Perfunctory performed merely as a routine, hasty, superficial, done with little interest or
care, mechanical- perfunctory courtesy,
Excogitate to think out, devise, invent, think over, strategize, ruminate
Abstemious sober, self-restrained from vice, self-denying, teetotal
Abjure reject, abandon formally

Abscission cut off, separate

Accretion augmentation, growth, increase, accumulation
Abate reduce in size, decrease
Exigent Urgent, Pressing need/concern. Something that requires immediate action,
demanding, tough,
-

The removal of sleeping guests at the burning hotel was an exigent concern

Exegetic - (Exegesis) Critical explanation or analysis, especially of a text.

-

An exegetic account of the fall of the Roman empire

Vacillating indecisive, switching between two decisions, fickle

Indeterminable - Impossible to fix or measure: indeterminable traces of poison
Lissome Lithe, supple; flexible
Forbearance patience, self-control, restraint
Punctilious meticulous, fastidious, punctual, painstaking
Priggish
Impious
equable
voluble wordy, talkative
puckish
Prurient overtly sexual, lasciviousness, licentiousness, salaciousness thoughts, Lustful,
lewd desires
triage
gauche - loud
Tendentious Biased, Partisan, - Barkha Dutt, naturally, wrote a tendentious article
against the Hindus of India
evenhanded
Putative - Commonly regarded as such; reputed; supposed: the putative boss of the mob
abstruse
sublimate - purify, refine, make socially acceptable
inexorable
parlous

semiotic
ergonomic
mores tendentious martial tony arcadian effete fealty sequestered - (of a place) isolated and hidden away.
"a wild sequestered spot"
synonyms:

secluded, cloistered, hidden away, concealed, tucked away

peripatetic
travelling from place to place, in particular working or based in various places for
relatively short periods.
"the peripatetic nature of military life"
synonyms:

nomadic, itinerant, travelling, wandering, roving, roaming, migrant,

migratory, ambulatory, unsettled, vagabond, vagrant

"his peripatetic way of life"
highfalutin
(especially of speech, writing, or ideas) pompous or pretentious.
"you don't want any highfalutin jargon"
synonyms:

pretentious, affected, high-sounding, high-flown, lofty, grandiose,

sophistry
the use of clever but false arguments, especially with the intention of deceiving.
"trying to argue that I had benefited in any way from the disaster was pure sophistry"
a fallacious argument.

Incongruous (Incongruity ) Out of place; inappropriate, unbecoming, inappropriate,

Simulacrum - "likeness, similarity") is a representation or imitation of a person or thing. A
Substitute, imitation, a representation of something similar to something
heuristic - Something that incites and guides discovery. Serving to indicate or point out;
stimulating interest
the sweet drabness of home
Motif - a dominant or recurring idea in an artistic work.
"superstition is a recurring motif in the book"
synonyms:

theme, idea, concept, subject, topic, leitmotif, element, motive, trope

"the room is one of the recurring motifs in Pinter's work"

velyn boasted with chilling jocosity that he saw his children "once a day for 10
a risky gambit
- gambit
an act or remark that is calculated to gain an advantage, especially at the outset of a
situation.
"his resignation was a tactical gambit"
synonyms:

stratagem, machination, scheme, plan, tactic, manoeuvre, move, course of

action, line of action, device, operation; More

Venal - open to bribery; mercenary, easily corruptible
Mercantilist commercial, capitalist, economic
Effusive vivacious, demonstrative, enthusiastic
Blithe casual, nonchalance, lack of due concern, carefree
-

He showed blithe disregard for the rights of others

Wizened shriveled, wrinkled, dried up, to become dry as a result of ageing or failing
vitality
Obviated - To anticipate and prevent or eliminate (difficulties, disadvantages, etc.) by
effective measures

Jai obviated the crisis by being smart

Vituperative malicious, angry criticism, invective, abuse, scathing language

Anodyne - a medicine that relieves or allays pain.
-

Also insipid, bland, tame, dull, unexciting

Foible a behavioral characteristic peculiar to a person (quirk, eccentricity)

Besotted infatuated, smitten, love-struck, fanatical
Callow Lacking adult maturity or experience; inexperienced, nave, immature, raw
Proscribe - to denounce or condemn (a thing) as dangerous or harmful; prohibit ban,
forbid, bar, exclude, make illegal
Contrite property of being remorseful, sorry for ones wrongs, repentant, apologetic,
regretful, penitent
Phlegmatic Sluggish temperament. Not easily excited to action or display of emotion;
apathetic; sluggish, unconcerned, indifferent (Basically UN-ENERGETIC)
Leery openly distrusting and suspicious
Spurious Inauthentic, counterfeit, fake, not genuine, imitation, false
Specious - deceptively pleasing. Plausible but false, superficially pleasing or plausible.
Seemingly well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious
Hollow, erroneous, baseless

Saccharine excessively sweet, maudlin

Stridency (Strident) - sounding harsh and unpleasant hoarseness, creaking, rough,
discordant sound
Euphony Pleasant sound, agreeable, harmonious sounds, melodious (Opposite of strident)
Appellation - A name, title, or designation, label
Lubricious (think lubricant) - arousing or expressive of sexual desire; lustful; lecherous,
Salacious, Full of or displaying sexual desire
Lugubrious - mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or
unrelieved manner
-

sad, gloomy, or mournful, depressing, melancholic

Abjured - to reject (something) formally recant, revoke, renounce, retract

Amenable easily agreeable, willing, malleable, open to, acquiescent
Turpitude corruption, immorality, vile, shameful, depravity, repulsiveness
Incipient In initial stages, beginning stage, beginning to exist or appear (an incipient
tumor), coming into existence
Nebulous Vague, inchoate, Imprecise, hazy, vague, indistinct, or confused:
-

a nebulous recollection of the meeting

Tenuous - Weak or insubstantial; flimsy: shaky, feeble, fragile, unsubstantiated

a tenuous argument ie a weak, un supported argument, a tenuous claim against the

BJP

Blandishment - The use of flattery to get something or to get someone to do something. To

coax with flattery
-

Flattery, fawning behavior, sycophantic

Gainsay Speak out against, Deny, Contradict, Refute, Dispute, Disagree

-

I cant gainsay the fact that Nimisha is stunning

Nugatory of no real value; trifling; worthless, Invalid, Useless

Ingenuity (Ingenious) Inventive, Clever, Resourcefulness, Original, Innovative
Ingenuous Candid, free from reserve, restraint, Sincere or dissimulation; ALSO Nave,
Callow, Unsophisticated, Artless, Guileless, Innocence
Sophomoric - Exhibiting great immaturity and lack of judgment Nave, callow, Immature
Guileless, Juvenile
Quixotic - Impracticality in pursuit of ideals, Idealistic, Unrealistic, Nave, Straight, Callow
Hoi-polloi - the majority, the masses, the common people
-

The ruling class have greatly lost the respect the hoi-polloi once had for them

Dulcet - pleasant to the ear; melodious, Euphonic, mellifluous sounds, harmonic - the
dulcet tones of the cello
Baneful extremely destructive, pernicious, terrible, harmful, ruinous, deleterious
consequences - (different from Banal which means boring, placid, pedestrian,
unimaginative, prosaic, trite, hackneyed)
Officious - offering unwanted advice or services, often in an overbearing way. Marked by
excessive eagerness in offering unwanted services or advice to others Extreme
solicitousness, overbearing

Poultice moist cloth applied as medicine on body, therefore probs something that
ameliorates, placates, heals
Mores - Rules and customs The social mores of Singapore stand in stark contrast to
Chinas.
Antedated Predated
Annotated - supplied with or containing explanatory notes, textual comments,
Prescient Foresight. Clairvoyance. Long term thinking.
Preternatural Supernatural, abnormal
Pith crux, gist, motif, central theme
Pithy Concise, Succint, Brief in statement and straight to the point, terse
Indemnify (Not Insure Against) - to compensate for damage or loss sustained, expense
incurred, - reimburse, compensate, repay, recompense,
Vicissitude Variations, Ups and downs
Obtuse vague, nebulous, equivocal
Askance disapproving, suspicious
Obstreperous (Not obstinate) Hostile, Aggressive, Fractious. Difficult to control, Noisily
unruly or defiant:
Lackey minion, henchmen servile chut
Dissolute Morally unrestrained; given to immoral or improper conduct, Licentious,
Lascivious, Indulgent in vice, depraved - (not related to Resolute or Irresolute)
Pallid pale, white, pasty
Impecunious poor, destitute, impoverished
Insouciance nonchalance, lack of concern, indifference, apathy, cavalier attitude

Profundity quality of being profound, erudition

Simpatico
Providential fortunate, lucky, beneficial, advantageous The year 1994 was truly
providential for us as we had our first child then
Provenance Origin, Source of Origin,
Inured to Accustomed to, hardened to, Become used to, habituated to,
Syncopated Unexpected, Deviation from normal practice, a shifting from the
normal(usually refers to dance or music)
Agglormerate
Inveigle
Hector harangue,
Beholden to
Decamped
Fester
Fealty
Felicitous
Wag
Feckless
Parsimony
Punctillious
Specter
Stanchion

Vitreous
Discerning
Encumbrance
Obtuse
Cantankerous
Heuristic inciting and guiding discovery
Simile
Truculent
Gainsay
Imbues
Supplant
Supine
Supplicate
Fatuous
Vacuous
Lugubrious
Flagrant
Patent Patently
Moot
Buttress
Simulacrum

Modishness
Maladroit
Patrician
Dissembled
Sophistry
Disquieting
Trepidation
Impudent
Comestible
Infirmity
Equanimity