6448603106 | Acerbic | adj. Sour or bitter in taste | ![]() | 0 |
6448603107 | Aloof | adj. Remote in manner | ![]() | 1 |
6448603108 | Apprehensive | adj. In fear or dread or possible evil or harm | ![]() | 2 |
6448603109 | Apathetic | adj. Showing little or no emotion or animation | ![]() | 3 |
6448603110 | Ambivalent | adj. Uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow | ![]() | 4 |
6448603111 | Audacious | adj. Disposed to venture or take risks | ![]() | 5 |
6448603112 | Banal | adj. Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse | ![]() | 6 |
6448603113 | Bellicose | adj. Having or showing a ready disposition to fight | ![]() | 7 |
6448603114 | Brusque | adj. Marked by rude or peremptory shortness | ![]() | 8 |
6448603115 | Bucolic | adj. Devoted to raising sheep or cattle. Rustic | ![]() | 9 |
6448603116 | Callous | adj. Emotionally hardened | ![]() | 10 |
6448603117 | Candid | adj. Openly straightforward and direct without secretiveness | ![]() | 11 |
6448603118 | Capricious | adj. Determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity | ![]() | 12 |
6448603119 | Conciliatory | adj. Making or willing to make concessions | ![]() | 13 |
6448603120 | Condescending | adj. Characteristic of those who treat others with arrogance | ![]() | 14 |
6448603121 | Contemptuous | adj. Expressing extreme scorn | ![]() | 15 |
6448603122 | Caustic | adj. Capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action | ![]() | 16 |
6448603123 | Cautionary | adj. Serving to warn | ![]() | 17 |
6448603124 | Choleric | adj. Characterized by anger | ![]() | 18 |
6448603125 | Churlish | adj. Having a bad disposition; surly | ![]() | 19 |
6448603126 | Cynical | adj. Believing the worst of human nature and motives | ![]() | 20 |
6448603127 | Demoralized | adj. Made less hopeful or enthusiastic | ![]() | 21 |
6448603128 | Demure | adj. Affectedly shy especially in a playful or provocative way | ![]() | 22 |
6448603129 | Diffident | adj. Showing modest reserve | ![]() | 23 |
6448603130 | Dilatory | adj. Wasting time | ![]() | 24 |
6448603131 | Disdainful | adj. Showing arrogant superiority to those one views as unworthy | ![]() | 25 |
6448603132 | Didactic | adj. Instructive; especially excessively | ![]() | 26 |
6448603133 | Derisive | adj. Expressing contempt or ridicule | ![]() | 27 |
6448603134 | Earnest | adj. Characterized by a firm, humorless belief in one's opinions | ![]() | 28 |
6448603135 | Ebullient | adj. Joyously unrestrained | ![]() | 29 |
6448603136 | Eclectic | adj. Selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas | ![]() | 30 |
6448603137 | Effusive | adj. Uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm | ![]() | 31 |
6448603138 | Enervating | adj. Causing weakness or debilitation | ![]() | 32 |
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