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genial

This is mainly a word for pleasant kindness. Besides people or animals, climates and weather can be genial, which means they too are warm and sunny

banish

to expel or get rid of

surly

Surly behavior is always frowned upon. Surly's roots are in sirly, as in sir, meaning arrogant, haughty and superior. To be rude, snotty, sullen, mean and cranky can be added to the list

commendable

worthy of high praise

benign

Someone or something that is benign is gentle, kind, mild, or unharmful: a benign soul wouldn't hurt a fly

derisive

abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule

rankle

gnaw into, make resentful or angry

assail

attack in speech or writing

sentimental

Call a person sentimental if he or she is led more by emotions than by reason. If you have a sentimentalattachment to a favorite stuffed animal, you'll probably even bring it to college with you

inadvertent

happening by chance or unintentional or unexpectedly

augment

Do you need to make something bigger, better, or stronger? Then you need to augment it. To augmentis to increase the amount or strength of something

urbane

Urbane people are sophisticated, polished, cultured, refined. Spend enough time in an urban setting–-going to concerts and museums, spending time in crowds––and you'll be urbane too.

pristine

unspoiled, untouched, immaculately clean and untouched

perennial

lasting an indefinitely long time, eternal, everlasting

assuage

The most common things that we assuage are fears, concerns, guilt, grief, anxiety, and anger. these are all things we seek relief from. Latin root suavis, "sweet" — think of adding a bit of honey to something unpleasant

smattering

A smattering is a small but inexact amount of something. If you know a smattering of things about Australia, then you don't know much

debase

reduce the quality or value of something

detrimental

causing harm or injury, usually followed by to

hamstrung

the literal meaning is to cripple a person or animal by cutting their hamstrings 2. severely restrict the efficiency or effectiveness of

irresolute

uncertain on how to act or proceed

vacuous

decoid of intelligence, matter or significance

buck

resist, buck the trend

cornucopia

an abundant supply of something good

fickle

liable to sudden unpredictable change, especially in affections or attachment

grovel

To grovel is to beg like a hungry dog. You don't have to be a canine though; you might grovel for a better grade