| A | B |
|---|
| brusque | abrupt, blunt, curt |
| uncivil | brusque RW - impolite |
| tactless | brusque RW - lacking in skill or grace in dealing with others; easy if one sees only one's own position and fails to put oneself in the other person's place |
| surly | brusque RW - rude, haughty, bad-tempered, and thus blunt in an unkind way |
| churlish | brusque RW - boorishly blunt in an ill-natured way |
| blatant | brusque RW - disagreeably loud, noisy, or gaudy |
| obstreperous | brusque RW - unruly, noisy, and boisterous |
| abusive | brusque RW - physically cruel or verbally insulting |
| caustic | brusque RW - cutting, biting, stinging, sarcastic |
| impudent | brusque RW - rash, bold, or insolent in a self-superior way |
| tactful | brusque ANT |
| civil | brusque ANT |
| gracious | brusque ANT |
| candid | frank, honest, truthful |
| candidus | candid ROOT - white, whiteness |
| delinquent | wanting, failing, overdue |
| dour | sullen, gloomy, sour |
| dismal | dour RW - gloomy, cheerless, or woeful |
| melancholy | dour RW |
| obese | fat, stout, corpulent |
| obedere | obese ROOT - to devour |
| corpulent, corpulence | obese RW |
| adiposity | obese RW - obesity and corpulence |
| furtive | sly, stealthy |
| furtivus | furtive ROOT - stolen |
| surreptitious | furtive RW - secretiveness |
| lucid | clear in (and to) the mind |
| lux, lucis | lucid ROOT - light |
| glib | lucid RW - explanation that sounds simple and fluent, but really is careless or shallow |
| coherent | lucid RW - something that holds or sticks together well |
| macabre | grim, gruesome, death-haunted |
| weird | macabre RW - eerie, unearthly, or mildly horrible |
| grim | macabre RW - a person who is firm, relentless, or merely determined; or an event that stirs a deep, awesome regret |
| ghastly | macabre RW - shocking, harrowing, ghostly, or spectral |
| aghast | macabre RW - as if you have seen a ghost |
| gruseome | macabre RW - sickening, unappetizing, or loathsome |
| grisly | macabre RW - extremely revolting and nauseating (moreso than gruesome) |
| mature | ripe, fully developed |
| nebulous | vague, hazy, indefinite |
| nebula | nebulous ROOT - mist or cloud |
| pensive | deeply thoughful, wistful |
| penssare | pensive ROOT - to think |
| wistfulness | pensive RW - a somewhat sadder state than pensiveness |
| reverie | pensive RW - a state of daydreaming |
| ruminate | pensive RW |
| placid | calm, serene, unruffled |
| tranquil | placid RW - having the special charm of inner and outer calm |
| demure | placid RW - reserved and modest, often falsely so |
| sedate | placid RW - calm but with less charm and a hint of being somewhat rigid or complacent |
| bovine | placid RW - calm like a cow, unexcitable, and probably imaginative |
| imperturbable | placid RW - calm and very difficult to stir up, though often quite rigid or tense |
| stoical | placid RW - calmness based on a cultivated, willful indifference to pain and pleasure |
| plaintive | sad, mournful |
| plaintiff | plaintive RW - the person in a lawsuit that signs the complaint and thus starts the legal proceedings |
| plausible | appearing true or reasonable |
| incredible | plausible ANT |
| unbelievable | plausible ANT |
| potent | powerful, very effective |
| potentate | potent RW - mildly comic word for a ruler or monarch |
| pungent | sharp, stinging, keen |
| pique | pungent RW - to arouse one's curiosity sharply |
| piquant | pungent RW - lively and interesting, mildly pungent |
| aromatic | pungent RW - sweet, spicy, fragrant odor (like cinnamon) |
| rigorous | rigidly severe, exacting |
| rigid | rigorous RW - stiff, unbending |
| rigor mortis | rigorous RW - the stiffness/rigidity of death |
| austere | rigorous RW - harsh, stern, severe in habit and discipline |
| stringent | rigorous RW - strict, very tightly drawn |
| scruplulous | rigorous RW - very exact in following the rules; implies the presence of ethical motives |
| punctilious | rigorous RW - a person who is very precise in adhering to the rules; implies exactness and discipline as an ends in themselves |
| wanton | senseless, malicious, reckless |
| wan | wanton ROOT - deficient |
| teon | wanton ROOT - educate, bring up |
| discreet | wanton ANT |
| cautios | wanton ANT |
| judicious | wanton ANT |
| provident | wanton ANT |
| responsible | wanton ANT |
| wary | cautious, watchful (in facing danger) |
| chary | wary RW - frugal or cautious in giving |
| wily | crafty, cunning |
