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| Description of impetuous (adjective: more impetuous; most impetuous; less impetuous; least impetuous) rash; hasty; acting on impulse Samples of impetuous Young men and women are often impetuous in their decision making. Highly nervous, he rushed into combat like a wound-up spring, diving on his foe in the impetuous manner that cost the life of many an inexperienced young aviator.
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| Description of digress (verb: digressed; digressing; digresses) to depart from the subject under consideration Samples of digress His difference of opinion caused the politician to digress from his party and its platform.
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| Description of diffident (adjective: more diffident; most diffident; less diffident; least diffident) shy Samples of diffident He seemed overly diffident to his boss at his promotion party. He was diffident, seemingly vague, declaring a lack of knowledge and ignorance of education and of teaching, and that he knew only what he had learned through his own work as a painter.
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| Description of crafty (adjective: crafty; craftier; craftiest; less crafty; least crafty) sly Samples of crafty The policemen wasn't sure he would catch the burglar; for the criminal had proved quite crafty.
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| Description of gruesome (adjective: more gruesome; most gruesome; less gruesome; least gruesome) horrifying; terrible Samples of gruesome The accident scene was quite gruesome; even to the seasoned policemen.
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| Description of insipid (adjective: more insipid; most insipid; less insipid; least insipid) uninteresting (e.g. conversation); bland Samples of insipid The girl's insipid small talk caused annoyance to the rest of the group.
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| Description of detest (verb: detested; detesting; detests) to hate strongly Samples of detest I detest politicians and their lying, said the college student. I don't like not having enough money and I don't like not having enough sex and I detest the way the children dress and I detest going to your mother's every week and I loathe the way you clench your teeth and I loathe the way you never help and I hate the way you never ask but I love you.
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| Description of cumbersome (adjective: cumbersome; more cumbersome; most cumbersome; less cumbersome; least cumbersome) bulky Samples of cumbersome It was hard to fit the cumbersome couch through the front door.
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| Description of disdain (verb: disdained; disdaining; disdains) to look down on with scorn Samples of disdain The woman gave him a look of disdain when he asked her for a date. Often disdaining to wear a left-hand glove, he tore into the bowling to such effect that he scored around 62 runs per hour, a rate beaten by no "proper" batsman in cricket history except Jessop.
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| Description of ingenuous (adjective: more ingenuous; most ingenuous; less ingenuous; least ingenuous) naturally simple; not complicated Samples of ingenuous Her life on the farm was ingenuous compared to her cousin's in the city. She ran her tongue nervously over her lips, tasting the honey-coral lipgloss she'd applied carefully in an effort to banish her image as the ingenuous young art student, fresh from college.
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