From Lazy to Lively
From the Latin for "long live, vigorous.
Meaning lively and animated
What is Vivacious
Firmly devoted
What is Steadfast?
To praise for great work, typically in public
What is to Laud?
To reject, to renounce
What is to repudiate?
Praise given for a job well done
What is kudos?
Highly and vigorously enthusiastic
What is Ebullient?
Someone who pretends to have knowledge they don't to hoodwink you
What is a Charlatan?
To express disappointment
What is to Reproach?
Sticking to a fixed way of doing something despite changes in circumstances.
What is doctrinaire?
To insult by ignoring
What is slight?
It comes from the Latin root word for pain and lethargic and languid are two common synonyms.
What is Indolence?
Faithfulness, loyalty
What is Fidelity?
Putting down someone or something, Derisive
What is derisory?
Claiming one's opinion as though it were the unarguable truth.
What is Dogmatic?
To respect deeply
What is Venerate?
or
What is revere?
Cheerful and promptness in response.
What is Alacrity?
A synonym of the word cozen, which implies clever trickery.
To deceive
What is Hoodwink?
The word comes from England, by way of the Tower of London. Centuries ago, lions were kept in the Tower of London as an object of curiosity, drawing droves of spectators.
To treat as a celebrity
What is Lionize?
Trying to instruct or impart knowledge, but typically in a way that is slightly condescending.
What is didactic?
To insult, put down
What is belittle?
The ancients believed that if you were too full of this, you would feel sluggish.
But now its associate with being Apathetic and unemotional
What is Phlegmatic?
To cheat or swindle, usually involving money
What is to Bilk?
Expressing approval
What is approbative?
From the latin for "to draw back". Forswear is a synonym.
To take back a statement or an offer
What is to retract?
Describing a word or phrase that has a negative association.
What is pejorative?