Words That Move Things Forward or Into Motion
Positive Descriptions
Vague and Uncertain Words
Negative Descriptions
Words Relating to Personality
100
To affirm, declare confidently
What is to aver
100
Abundantly productive; abundant, profuse
What is opportune
100
puzzled, not knowing what to do, at a loss
What is nonplussed
100
Deeply unhappy or dejected; without hope, beyond consolation.
What is disconsolate
100
The way a person behaves, overall impression made by comportment, manner
What is demeanor
200
To encourage, assist,aid or support
What is to abet
200
showing unusually early development
What is precocious
200
A collection of diverse or miscellaneous items; a general mixture
What is potpourri
200
Frightful, horrible, ghastly
What is grisly
200
courteous yielding to the wishes and ideas of another person
What is deference
300
To support, prop up, strengthen
What is to buttress
300
abundantly productive; abundant, profuse
What is prolific
300
winding, twisted, crooked; complex and devious
What is tortuous
300
Showing no feeling or emotion; inanimate, motionless
What is impassive
300
given over to dissipation and self-indulgence, immoral
What is profligate
400
To provide such defense or protection
What is to bulwark
400
willing to follow advice or authority, tractable, responsive
What is amenable
400
A confused hodgepodge of sounds, hubbu
What is brouhaha
400
unfavorable, unlucky, suggesting bad luck for the future
What is inauspicious
400
easily made angry, bad-tempered
What is choleric
500
to promote trouble or rebellion
What is foment
500
self-righteous, characterized by moralizing
What is sententious
500
puzzling, perplexing, inexplicable, not easily understood
What is enigmatic
500
stubborn, unyielding
What is obdurate
500
firm in purpose or opinion, unyeilding, obdurate, inflexible.
What is adamant