Sociology

Supercilious

Arrogant, Haughty

Eschew

To avoid, to abstain from

Ephemeral

Lasting a very short time

Renege

To go back on a promise or commitment

Fatuous

Foolish, unintelligent, stupid

Mordant

Caustic, Sarcastic

Visceral

Feelings rather than reasoning

Perfidious

tending to betray

Persnickety

Precise or overprecise

Complacent

Smugly self satisfied

Audacious

Bold, Daring

Ignoble

Dishonorable

Recalcitrant

Willfully disobediant

Hubris

Overbearing pride or presumption

Narcissist

Totally self absorbed

Feckless

Careless, Irresponsible

Catharsis

Freeing or eliminating repressed emotion

Spurious

Plausible but false

Scuttlebutt

Gossip, Rumor

Histrionic

Overly dramatic

Superfluous

Serving no useful purpose

Hyperbole

Exaggerated statements

Nefarious

Wicked or evil

Contentious

Likes to argue

Hedonism

Living for pleasure

Ubiquitous

Present everywhere

Deleterious

Harmful to living things

Libido

Sex drive

Untenable

Not defendable

Chaste

Abstaining from sex

Surreptitious

To observe being observed, secret

Rebuff

Rejected of another’s advances

Disheveled

Untidy, ruffled, disordered

Rectitude

Moral integrity

Repudiate

Disown

Rankle

Disappointment, persistent resentment

Abate

To make less active or intense

Redundant

Unnecessarily repetitive

Sophomoric

Wise fool, conceited but immature

Caveat

Warning or stipulation

Tenacious

Holding fast, persistent

Volition

Act of the will

Megalomaniac

Mental disorder prod. delusions-grandeur

Fastidious

Very careful, fussy

Clemency

Mercy

Taciturn

Saying little

Hackneyed

Repeated too often

Rogue

Dishonest or unprincipled person

Precocious

Exceptionally early development or maturity

Foment

Instigate or stir up