Common...ish
influence or power
clout
feeling of remorse or guilt
contrite
impossible to prevent
inexorable
easily annoyed; likely to argue
overly confident; overstepping appropriate bounds; presuming to enjoy a social status or access to privileges that others believe one doesn’t deserve
presumptuous
very respectful; showing solemn respect
reverent
to gain favor with someone through deliberate effort
ingratiate
pompous or extravagant in language, style or manner
grandiloquent
to imitate
emulate
to lessen
abate
having a strong smell; invoking thoughts and memories of something; suggestive or evocative
redolent
Suggesting that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen; ominous
portentous
vicarious
experienced indirectly, as by watching or reading about someone else rather than by doing it oneself
A daydream; the condition of being lost in thought, especially about pleasant things
surreptitious
keep secret because it would not be approved of
Meretricious
Appearing attractive but having little value
Indiscernible
impossible to perceive clearly; imperceptible or indistinct
debauch
to ruin or debase, particularly in a moral sense
dearth
scarcity or a lack of something; deficiency
Magnanimous
showing a generosity of spirit; high-minded and forgiving, especially toward someone who may have attempted to harm one; free from petty vindictiveness