| buxom |
of a woman, having a full figure and healthy appearance. |
| cupidity |
exceptional desire for money or other material possessions; greed. |
| cynicism |
an attitude of doubt or mistrust toward human nature and the possibility of good or selfless motives. |
| euphemism |
the word or expression so substituted. |
| expendable |
considered able to be replaced, given up, or sacrificed. |
| habituate |
to make accustomed to. |
| inconsequential |
having no significant effect or result; not important. |
| intermittent |
alternately stopping and starting with pauses in between. |
| naysayer |
a person who refuses, denies, or opposes, especially because of cynicism or pessimism. |
| pompous |
showing an exaggerated sense of own's own importance. |
| regression |
the act or condition of return to an earlier form or less advanced state; biological or psychological reversion. |
| scanty |
barely adequate; meager. |
| tepid |
not quite warm; lukewarm. |
| winsome |
attractive or charming. |
| wrest |
to take away with, or as if with, a twist or pull. |