| connotation | | timorous uncertain agitation : APPREHENSION |
| blatant | | incapable of being avoided or evaded |
| lagniappe | | something given or obtained gratuitously or by way of good measure |
| flagrant | | knowledgeable of something especially through personal experience; also : MINDFUL |
| eulogy | | to interfere with or slow the progress of |
| miscreants | | marked by or fond of conspicuous or vainglorious and sometimes pretentious display; showy |
| vacuous | | to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses; FLUCTUATE, OSCILLATE |
| destitute | | devoid of serious occupation : IDLE |
| overt | | to meet or satisfy a need |
| transient | | existing or being everywhere at the same time : constantly encountered : WIDESPREAD |
| incredulous | | to be necessary, proper, or advantageous for |
| decisive | | to lower in rank or reputation : DEGRADE; speak slightingly about |
| impede | | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : EERIE, MYSTERIOUS |
| articulate | | totally lacking in something specified |
| audacity | | marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application |
| odious | | to inform against : ACCUSE |
| accolade | | evil in nature, influence, or effect : INJURIOUS |
| expedite | | one who behaves criminally or viciously |
| uncanny | | bold or arrogant disregard of normal restraints |
| emulate | | noticeable or marked departure from accepted norms of behavior |
| morose | | suffering extreme poverty; lacking something needed or desirable |
| assiduous | | having a sullen and gloomy disposition |
| elicit | | expressive of affected, unwarranted, or exaggerated importance, worth, or stature |
| trepidation | | destruction or surrender of something for the sake of something else; something given up or lost |
| denounce | | to clear from accusation or blame |
| exonerate | | to strive to equal or excel: IMITATE |
| deviation | | passing through or by a place with only a brief stay or sojourn |
| ubiquitous | | RESOLUTE, DETERMINED |
| vacillate | | pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity |
| behoove | | to compel to an act or choice |
| tumultuous | | obviously inconsistent with what is right or proper as to appear to be a flouting of law or morality |
| ostentatious | | having a huge appetite : RAVENOUS |
| disparage | | bitter deep-seated ill will |
| suffice | | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true: SKEPTICAL |
| malign | | conspicuously bad |
| coerce | | completely obvious, conspicuous, or obtrusive especially in a crass or offensive manner |
| egregious | | a commendatory formal statement or set oration |
| inevitable | | an expression of praise |
| sacrifice | | exciting or deserving hatred or repugnance |
| rancor | | marked by violent or overwhelming turbulence or upheaval |
| cognizant | | open to view : MANIFEST |
| idyllic | | serenely free of interruption or disturbance |
| pretentious | | to draw forth or bring out (something latent or potential) |
| dubious | | expressing oneself readily, clearly, or effectively |
| ostracize | | to exclude from a group by common consent |
| voracious | | to execute promptly |
| indigent | | questionable or suspect as to true nature or quality; unsettled in opinion : DOUBTFUL |
| placid | | the suggesting of a meaning by a word apart from the thing it explicitly names or describes; something suggested by a word or thing : IMPLICATION |