ameliorate
to improve
auspicious
favorable
benevolent
kind
bilk
to cheat
depravity
moral corruption
desecrate
to profane a holy place
diffident
showing modest reserve
efface
to erase
envenom
to cause bitterness and bad feeling
euphony
pleasant sound
fastidious
hard to please
harangue
noise; attacking speech
histrionic
characteristic of acting or a stage performance
insipid
bland
insolent
marked by casual disrespect
jocular
joking
mordant
harshly ironic or sinister
obsequious
attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
pragmatic
practical
prosaic
dull
provincial
narrow-minded
remuneration
payment for work done
saccharine
overly sweet
scrupulous
diligent
supercilious
arrogant
sycophant
a bootlicker
taciturn
quiet
tawdry
of little value
tenuous
flimsy; not solid