adj. cumbrous (a) burdensome and clumsy; bulky; unwieldy (b) lying flat on the back; inert; inactive; averse to taking action; indifferent; passive (c) opposed; contrary (d) understood by only a chosen few; confidential; private
adj. pedantic (a) burdensome and clumsy; bulky; unwieldy (b) emphasizing minutiae or form in scholarship or teaching; strict; meticulous (c) equivalent to; equal to (d) gentle; polite; agreeable; pleasant; kind; boring; apathetic
adj. dolorous (a) extremely dry; parched; barren; unimaginative (b) sarcastic; doubting the sincerity of others; pessimistic (c) sorrowful; mournful; painful (d) separate; individual
adj. disconsolate (a) without hope; sad; dejected; depressed (b) unpredictable; irregular; unsettled (c) understood but not plainly stated; without doubt; indirectly suggested; implied; unconditional; contained within (d) lack of feeling; impartial; calm; unbiased
adj. mottled (a) smooth and slippery; speaking or spoken in a smooth manner; easily fluent; careless; insincere (b) unidentified; disguised; concealed; anonymous; unknown (c) spotted or streaked with varied colors (d) friendly; good-natured; easy to talk to |
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n. jeopardy (a) person who advocates extreme basic changes (b) person skilled at telling stories (c) sending off; shipment; message; communication; promptness (d) danger; peril; hazard
adj. vicarious (a) taking the place of another; felt, received or done in place of another; indirect (b) suited; pleasant; agreeable; affable (c) mentally distressed; distracted; crazed; bewildered; hysterical (d) honest; truthful; sincere; frank; straightforward; open
adj. exotic (a) unusual; striking; foreign; out of the ordinary (b) changeable; fickle (c) not easily discouraged or defeated; unconquerable (d) insensitive; materialistic; rude; ill-mannered
adj. flagrant (a) pertaining to or used in a court of law; rhetorical; argumentative (b) constantly changing or varying in pattern or scenes (c) glaringly wrong; shameless; notorious; offensive (d) deadly; causing distress or death; destructive
adj. sallow (a) ill-natured; quarrelsome; contentious; irritable (b) unequal; different; unlike; contrasting (c) sick; having a sickly yellow coloring (d) sacrificing moral principles in order to attain power; politically cunning; crafty |