Words of Which I Am a Fan (1)

- impetuous: done quickly or without care; moving forcefully. She was headstrong and impetuous.
- ubiquitous: found everywhere. Indifference towards the greater good is a trait ubiquitous in mankind.
- staggering: astonishing or deeply shocking. The amount of trash processed by the city's waste management is simply staggering.
- compounding: composing of two or more separate elements. Bringing in under qualified people to work on the project is only compounding the group's problems.
- laconic: using very few words. Favoring a more laconic communication style, he does not provide any detail or descriptions in his writings.
- cantankerous: bad-tempered, argumentative and uncooperative. At the nursery home, the nurses always had a hard time getting the cantankerous old man to take his medication.
- (to) canker: to infect with pervasive and corrupting bitterness. His negative attitude began to canker the mood at the party.
- pervasive: spreading widely throughout an area or group (usually in a bad way). The word pervasive and guacamole have no direct relationship".
- inequity: lack of fairness or justice. Most societies have to deal with the pervasive inequity of income inequality.
-frivolous: lacking in seriousness; of little weight or importance. The system needs to change to minimize the numbers of frivolous lawsuits.
- bucolic: relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside or country life. The church is lovely for its bucolic setting.
- pugnacious: having a quarrelsome or combative nature. During an election year dueling politicians become increasingly pugnacious.
