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Austere
severe or stern in apperance
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Banal
predictable, cliched, boring
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Bolster
to support, to prop up
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Bombastic
pompous in speech and manner
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Cacophony
harsh, jarring noise
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Candid
impartial and honest in speech
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Capricious
changing ones' mind quickly and often
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Castigate
to punish or criticize harshly
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Catalyst
something that brings about a change in something else
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Chaos
great disorder or confusion
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Chauvinist
prejudiced in favor of a group that one belongs to
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Chicanery
deception by means of craft/quile
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Cogent
convincingand well reasoned
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Condone
to overlook or disregard
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Convoluted
intricate : complicated
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Corroborate
to provide supporting evidence
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Credulous
too trusting : guillible
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Crescendo
steadly increasing volume/force
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Decorum
appropriateness of behavior/conduct
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Deference
respect : courtesy
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Deride
to speak of or treat with contempt
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Desiccate
to dry out thoroughly
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Desultory
jumping from one thing to another : disconnected
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Diatribe
an abusive, condemnatory speech
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Diffident
lacking self-confidence
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Dilatory
intended to delay
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Dilenttante
someone with an amateurish and superfical interest in a topic
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Dirge
a funeral hymn or mournful speech
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Disabuse
to set right : to free from error
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Discern
to perceive : to recognize
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Disparate
fundamentally different
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Dissemble
to present a false apperance : to disguise ones intentions
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