NOUNS
An instance of bad fortune; mishap
What is a misadventure?
Full of or showing high-spirited merriment; cheerful
What is jocund?
So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; monotonous
What is tedious?
To speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly.
What is prate?
To walk leisurely; to stroll
What is amble?
The characteristic parts of a person’s face
What is a lineament?
Exceedingly harmful; causing harm or ruin; injurious
What is pernicious?
Marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint
What is discreet?
To make believe with the intent to deceive.
What is feign?
often or always fearful or worried about something; tending to worry in a way that is not healthy or reasonable
What is neurotic?
Boring verbosity; overly long and wordy
What is prolixity?
Given to excessive moralizing; given to using brief and meaningful sayings
What is sententious?
Not engaging in sexual relations; celibate
What is chaste?
To attribute or credit to
What is impute?
practical; concerned with the facts at hand
What is pragmatic?
A song or hymn of mourning, especially for a dead person
What is a dirge?
Showing a brooding ill humor; maintaining gloomy silence
What is sullen?
Humorously vulgar; lewd
What is bawdy?
To express disapproval of; scold; reproach
What is chide?
the act of having one’s sins cleansed away
What is absolution?
an exaggerated representation
What is a caricature?
Not in keeping with accepted standards of what is proper; unbecoming
What is unseemly?
Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; harmful; menacing
What is baleful?
To reduce in amount, degree, or intensity.
What is abate?
an institution for rest and recuperation or a mental hospital
What is a sanitarium?