| asinine |
silly or willfully stupid. |
| craven |
shamefully timid or afraid; cowardly. |
| criteria |
a set of standards or tests by which to judge or decide something. |
| dalliance |
a wasting away of time; loitering; dawdling. |
| equable |
not varying extremely or suddenly; uniform; stable. |
| harangue |
a long, vehement, and often pompous speech or piece of writing, especially such a speech delivered in public; tirade. |
| inscrutable |
impossible to comprehend or interpret; mysterious. |
| malady |
an illness of the body or mind. |
| malevolent |
wishing or doing evil to others; ill-willed; malicious. |
| pertinacious |
tenacious in purpose, opinion, or the like; persevering. |
| revere |
to respect or admire greatly. |
| subsume |
to classify, consider, or include (an idea, proposition, or the like) in a more comprehensive or general category or principle. |
| tenable |
able to be upheld, affirmed, supported, or defended; logical. |
| unctuous |
excessively or falsely earnest or amiable. |
| vehement |
intensely emotional; impassioned; heated. |