(adj.) done for show, striving to make a big impression; claiming merit or position unjustifiably; making demands on one's skill or abilities, ambitious
What is pretentious?
100
(v.) to rob of goods by open force (as in war), plunder; (n.) the act of looting; booty
What is pillage?
100
(adj.) having sympathetic insight or understanding, capable of keen appreciation
What is perceptive?
100
(adj.) impartial; calm, free from emotion
What is dispassionate?
200
(v.) to confuse; to disturb the composure of
What is disconcert?
200
(adj.) marked by conspicuous or pretentious display, showy
What is ostentatious?
200
(v.) to commit sacrilege upon, treat irreverently; to contaminate, pollute
What is desecrate?
200
(adj.) sharp, keen, penetrating (with a suggestion of decisiveness and effectiveness)
What is incisive?
200
(adj.) poorly dressed, shabby; lacking smartness and good taste
What is dowdy?
300
(n.) a state or scene of uproar and confusion
What is bedlam?
300
(adj.) grand in an impressive or stately way; marked by pompous affectation or grandeur, absurdly exaggerated
What is grandiose?
300
(adj.) deserving blame, worthy of condemnation
What is culpable?
300
(adj.) prudent, shrewdly conceived and developed; artful, expedient
What is politic?
300
(adj.) charming, attractive, pleasing (often suggesting a childlike charm and innocence)
What is winsome?
400
(n.) dismay, confusion
What is consternation?
400
(adj.) overbearing, arrogant; seeking to dominate; pressing, compelling
What is imperious?
400
(v.) to impose by fraud; to pass off as worthy or genuine; to bring about by stealth, dishonesty, or coercion
What is foist?
400
(adj.) exceeding ordinary knowledge and understanding
What is recondite?
400
(adj.) severe or stern in manner; without adornment or luxury, simple, plain; harsh or sour in flavor
What is austere?
500
(adj.) passing aimlessly from one place or subject to another, rambling, roving, nomadic
What is discursive?
500
(adj.) making a show of virtue or righteousness; hypocritically moralistic or pious, self-righteous, canting, holier-than-thou
What is sanctimonious?
500
(n.) faithlessness, treachery
What is perfidy?
500
(adj.,part.) sparkling, twinkling, exceptionally brilliant (applied to mental or personal qualities)
What is scintillating?
500
(adj.) pleasant, courteous, lighthearted; smooth and polished in manner and appearance