Inured
Get accustomed to something
I am inured to mosquito bites
Approbation
Approval or praise
Euphemism
A mild term substituted for a harsh word
Downsizing is a euphemism for cuts
Bombastic
high sounding but with little meaning or impact
Opprobrium
Harsh criticism
Critical opprobrium generated by his films
Gregarious
Sociable
He was a gregarious man
Ardor
Great enthusiasm or passion
He kissed her with an ardor that left her breathless
Ebullient
Cheerful and full of energy
Ebullient mood at a marriage
Confound
Cause surprise or confusion
Rise in prices confounded expectations
Rescind
Cancel
Govt rescinded the directive
Invective
Insulting, abusive
He burst forth into invective
Chicanery
Deception to achieve goals
political chicanery
Deride
To ridicule
decision was derided by the community
Prodigal
Spending money recklessly and on wasteful things.
Prodigal habits die hard
Grandiloquent
Being fancy or pretentious
Grandiloquent celebration
Morose
grumpy, gloomy, sad.
She was morose when she got back home
Burgeon
Begin to grow rapidly
Burgeoning demand for data scientists
Zealot
Fanatic and uncompromising
Religious zealot
Compendium
Collection of concise but detailed information about a particular subject
An invaluable compendium of information about coding
Mollify
To calm someone down
Mollify riots
Penchant
Strong liking for something
He has a strong penchant for adopting dogs
Penury
State of being very poor
He couldn’t bear living in penury
Irresolute
Uncertain
She stood irresolute outside his door
Specious
Superficially correct but actually wrong
Specious argument
