| bauble |
a showy or gaudy trinket or ornament of little value. |
| delude |
to cause to hold a false belief; mislead; deceive. |
| fractious |
inclined to be irritable and quarrelsome; cranky. |
| gargantuan |
(sometimes capitalized) of enormous proportions; huge; gigantic. |
| gratuitous |
given or done without sufficient reason or justification; unwarranted. |
| indisposed |
slightly and temporarily ill, as with indigestion or a cold. |
| juxtapose |
to bring together for the purpose of side-by-side comparison or contrast. |
| remittance |
money that is sent to someone or some place, usually in payment. |
| retraction |
a withdrawal or disavowal of an opinion, promise, or the like. |
| spendthrift |
one who is extravagant or wasteful with money; squanderer. |
| timely |
happening at just the right moment. |
| uncharacteristic |
not typical of a particular person, group, or thing, and therefore notable. |
| unpalatable |
not acceptable or pleasing to the sense of taste. |
| verbose |
using or characterized by many or superfluous words; wordy. |
| whimsy |
an odd, fanciful, or capricious notion, or such notions collectively. |