word: recalcitrant

recalcitrant 

Definition:	(adjective) Marked by stubborn resistance to and defiance of authority or guidance.
Synonyms:	refractory
Usage:	Neither could he mobilize his army to go forth to war, nor could he punish his recalcitrant subjects. Discuss.

word: gauche

gauche 

Definition:	(adjective) Lacking social polish; tactless.
Synonyms:	unpolished, graceless
Usage:	Wendy was quite friendly, but her lack of manners made her seem gauche in formal settings. Discuss.

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word: inured

inured

Definition:	(adjective) Made tough by habitual exposure.
Synonyms:	hardened
Usage:	Doctors become inured to death. Discuss.

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word: impede

impede 

Definition:	(verb) Be a hindrance or obstacle to.
Synonyms:	hinder
Usage:	By questioning every proposal, she is impeding the progress of our project. Discuss.

word: Innocuous

Innocuous 

Definition:	(adjective) Having no adverse effect.
Synonyms:	harmless
Usage:	That mushroom may look innocuous, but it is in fact deadly. Discuss.

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Word: spendthrift

spendthrift 

Definition:	(noun) One who spends money recklessly or wastefully.
Synonyms:	scattergood, spend-all, spender
Usage:	You talk as if a miser on Monday were always a spendthrift on Tuesday. Discuss.

word: languorous

languorous

Definition:	(adjective) Lacking spirit or liveliness.
Synonyms:	lackadaisical, languid, dreamy
Usage:	The sun was low in the west, and the breeze soft and languorous that came up from the south, charged with the seductive odor of the sea. Discuss.

word: asperity

asperity 

Definition:	(noun) Harshness of manner; ill temper or irritability.
Synonyms:	sharpness
Usage:	Mr. Nickleby looked very indignant at the handmaid on being thus corrected, and demanded with much asperity what she meant. Discuss.

word: vacillate

vacillate 

Definition:	(verb) To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
Synonyms:	hover, oscillate, vibrate
Usage:	I vacillated about what to say for so long that the man on the phone asked if I was still there. Discuss.

word: intransigent

intransigent 

Definition:	(adjective) Refusing to moderate a position, especially an extreme position; uncompromising.
Synonyms:	adamant, inexorable, adamantine
Usage:	My father is an intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendency. Discuss.

word: cantankerous

cantankerous 

Definition:	(adjective) Ill-tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable.
Synonyms:	bloody-minded
Usage:	I am an extremely considerate neighbor, yet the cantankerous old lady next door is constantly lodging complaints about me with our landlord. Discuss.

abysmal

Definition:	(adjective) Extremely or hopelessly bad or severe.
Synonyms:	dreadful, terrible, awful, appalling, dismal, dire, ghastly, hideous, atrocious, godawful
Usage:	We have been having abysmal weather lately, but the Sun is finally expected to make an appearance next week! Discuss.

word: abeyance — (noun) The condition of being temporarily set aside. (“I can thing of many, estecially in our political gladiator type political and economical arena”))

abeyance 

Definition:
Synonyms:	suspension
Usage:	Every other feeling as it rushed upon him was thrown into abeyance by pity, deep respectful pity, for the man who sat before him. Discuss.