| Sham | Falsely present as the truth, a thing that is not what it purported to be |
| Skirt | Attempt to avoid; go round and past the edge of |
| Sluggish | Slow moving or inactive |
| Spartan | Lack of comfort or luxury, austere |
| Truculent | Pugnacious |
| Hostile | Showing or feeling opposition or dislike, Unfriendly |
| Belligerent | hostile and aggressive |
| Benificent | generous and doing good |
| Cavalier | Showing a lack of proper concern; offhand |
| Distressed | Suffering from anxiety, sorrow or pain |
| Dwindling | Gradually decreasing in size, strength or amount |
| Eclipse | Deprive of significance or power |
| Encyclopedic | Comprehensive in terms of information |
| Exacerbate | make worse |
| Exasperated | Extremely irritated or frustrated |
| Fungible | Replaceable, mutually interchangeable |
| Hackneyed | having been overused |
| Incongruous | Not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings |
| Laconic | Using very few words |
| Magisterial | Having or showing great authority; domineering |
| Onerous | Involving a great deal of effort, trouble or difficulty, arduous |
| Opprobrium | Harsh criticism or censure, public disgrace |
| Parsimonious | Very unwilling to spend money or resources, Niggardly |
| Peripheral | Secondary, subsidiary; relating or situated at the edge of something |
| Tempestuous | Characterized by strong and turbulent or conflicting emotions |
| Tenable | Able to be maintained or defended against attack |
| Transgression | An offence, act that goes against law, code of conduct or rule |
| Verisimilitude | Appearance of being true or real |
| Vitiate | Spoil or impair the quality or efficiency |
| Affinity | A natural liking and understanding of someone or something, empathy |
