Adjectives
Listless
Lacking energy or enthusiasm
Pyre
A heap of combustible material, especially one for burning a corpse as part of a funeral ceremony
Rue
regret bitterly (lament)
Volitile
Liable to change rapidly and unpredictably, especially for the worse (tense)
Lurid
Presented in vividly shocking or sensational terms (melodramatic)
Tawdry
Showy but cheap and of poor quality (gaudy)
Syncopation
A displacement of the beat or accents in music or rhythm, so that strong beats become weak and vice versa
Ruminate
Think deeply about something (mull over)
Wanton
Oblique
Not explicit or direct in addressing a point
Torrid
Full of difficulty or tribulation
Tome
a book, especially large heavy and scholarly (volume)
Mar
impair the quality or appearance of
Winsome
Attractive or appealing in appearance or character
Placate
Make someone less angry or hostile
Vapid
Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging; bland
Vestige
A trace of something that is disappearing or doesn't exist any longer (remnant)
Mirth
Amusement, especially as expressed in laughter (high spirits)
Wizened
Shriveled or wrinkled with age (withered)
Platitude
A remark or statement, especially one with a moral content, that has been used too often to be interesting or thoughtful (cliche)
Viscous
thick, sticky consistency between solid and liquid
Waffle
Lengthy but trivial or useless talk or writing
Overwrought
Wry
Using or expressing dry, especially mocking humor (ironic)
Prodigal
A person who leaves home and behaves recklessly, but later makes a repentant return