Jettison Furtive Indigent Picayune

Allay Convivial Demur Garish

Counterpart Embellish Misanthrope Bestial

Coterie Ephemeral Effrontery Illusory

Pertinacious Felicitous Inordinate Raiment

A person or thing closely

resembling or

corresponding to another;

a complement

- match

COUNTERPA

RT

Festive, sociable, having

fun together; genial

- Fun loving, jovial, merry

CONVIVAL

Circle of acquaintances; a

close-knit, often exclusive

group of people with a

common interest

COTERIE

To object or take exception

to

- protest, object to

DEMUR

Shameless boldness;

impudence

- gall, nerve, impertinence

EFFRONTER

Y

To calm or pacify; set to

rest; to lessen or relieve

- reduce, alleviate; pacify

ALLAY

To decorate, adorn, touch

up; to improve by adding

details

- garnish

EMBELLISH

A person who hates or

despises people

- People-hater

MISANTHROP

E

Appropriate, apt, well

chosen; marked by well-

being or good fortune;

happy

- fortunate, well put

FELICITOUS

Clothing, garments

-apparel, attire

RAIMENT

Misleading, deceptive;

lacking in or not based on

reality

- specious, spurious,

imaginary, fanciful

ILLUSORY

Lasting only a short time;

short-lived; fleeting

- transient, evanescent,

fleeting

EPHEMERAL

Done slyly or stealthily;

sneaky, secret, shifty,

stolen

- clandestine, covert,

surreptitious

FURTIVE

Beastlike; beastly, brutal;

subhuman in intelligence

and sensibility

- depraved, loathsome,

animal

BESTIAL

Very persistent; holding

firmly to a course of

action or a set of beliefs;

hard to get rid of

- Refusing to be denied,

stubborn, dogged

PERTINACIO

US

Glaring, tastelessly showy

or overdone in a vulgar or

offensive way

- gaudy, flashy, tawdry

GARISH

INDIGENT

Needy, impoverished

- penniless, poverty-

stricken, destitute

Far too great, exceeding

reasonable limits;

excessive

- exorbitant, extravagant

- Too much

INORDINATE

To cast overboard, to get

rid of as unnecessary or

burdensome

- cast off, discard, abandon

JETTISON

Of little value or

importance; paltry,

measly; small-minded

- inconsequential, piddling

PICAYUNE