| abate |
to become less in amount or intensity. |
| adept |
having great skill or ability. |
| bombast |
boastful, pompous, or otherwise overblown utterances. |
| hedonistic |
adhering to or characterized by the principle that pleasure should be the primary aim in life. |
| morbid |
in an unhealthy, gloomy mental state; preoccupied with sickness, abnormality, or death. |
| nebulous |
hazy, confused, or indistinct. |
| nonconformity |
refusal or failure to adjust one's behavior and actions to accord or comply with societal customs, values, or the like. |
| paucity |
smallness of number or amount; scarcity. |
| pedantry |
the act or practice, or an instance, of flaunting one's learnedness or of being overly insistent on scholarly formalities or details. |
| personable |
pleasing in appearance or manner; friendly; attractive. |
| recurrent |
happening again or repeatedly. |
| rudimentary |
of or pertaining to the basic or first principles; elementary. |
| satiate |
to glut or fill to excess; oversupply; surfeit. |
| skepticism |
distrust or disbelief, or a general tendency to doubt and question. |
| suave |
polished and urbane. |