reticent

adj

Habitually silent or uncommunicative; disinclined to speak readily; reserved

virulent

adj

Extremely poisonous or injurious; bitterly antagonistic or spiteful; full of hate and enmity

repudiate

v

To refuse to have anything to do with; to disown or cast off publicly

prodigal

adj

Exceedingly or recklessly wasteful

deter

v

To keep or discourage from doing by instilling fear, anxiety, doubt, etc.

extol

v

To praise highly; to laud

insipid

adj

Not exciting or interesting; dull; lifeless

deference

n

Courteous regard or respect; yielding in opinion, judgment, wishes, etc.

pragmatic

adj

Practical; concerned with actual practice, everyday affairs, etc., not with theory or speculation

ascetic

n, adj

A person who leads a life of contemplation and rigorous self-denial; self-denying; austere

dogmatic

adj

Stating opinion in a positive or arrogant manner

didactic

adj

Used or intended for teaching or instruction

disparate

adj

Distinct or different in kind; essentially not alike

ephemeral

adj

Short-lived; transitory

prosaic

adj

Matter-of-fact; commonplace; dull and ordinary

disparage

v

To belittle; to speak slightingly of; to show disrespect for

fastidious

adj

Very critical and discriminating; refined in a too dainty or oversensitive way

mitigate

v

To make or become milder, less severe, less rigorous

engender

v

To bring about; to cause; to produce

vernacular

n, adj

Using the native language of a country or place