credulous

ready to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence<accused of swindling credulous investors>

PUNCTILIOUS

 marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions

1.       She's very punctilious about grammar.

2.       <old-money aristocrats with a punctilious sense of propriety>

PHILISTINE 

 a native or inhabitant of ancient Philistia

often not capitalizeda : a person who is guided by materialism and is usually disdainful of intellectual or artistic values

ECCLESIASTICAL

 of or relating to a church especially as an established institution

: suitable for use in a church

HAUTEUR

arrogance, haughtiness

Examples of HAUTEUR

1.       <she looked at him with the hauteur of someone who is accustomed to being instantly obeyed>

VOLITION

 an act of making a choice or decision; also : a choice or decision made

: the power of choosing or determining : will

Examples of VOLITION <Tourette's syndrome is a neurological disorder marked by recurrent tics and vocalizations that are beyond the sufferer's volition or control.>

OBLOQUY

: a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language

: the condition of one that is discredited : bad repute

DEMURintransitive verb 

archaic : delay, hesitate

: to file a demurrer

: to take exception : object —often used with to or at
dont hesitate to demur
the divorce was demurred 

 RESCIND

transitive verb : to take away : remove

a : take back, cancel <refused to rescind the order>b : to abrogate (a contract) and restore the parties to the positions they would have occupied had there been no contract

: to make void (as an act) by action of the enacting authority or a superior authority : repeal

BESMIRCH

HOARY

: gray or white with or as if with age

: extremely old : ancient <hoary legends>

1.       a hoary tale of revenge

2.       He bowed his hoary head.

3.       a man hoary with age

DOGMATIC

: characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts <a dogmaticcritic>

: of or relating to dogma (see dogma)

QUIXOTIC:

 foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals;especially : marked by rash lofty romantic ideas or extravagantly chivalrous action

: capricious, unpredictable

SYBARITE

[from the notorious luxury of the Sybarites] : voluptuary,sensualist

: a person whose chief interests are luxury and the gratification of sensual appetites

DIRGE: 

a song or hymn of grief or lamentation; especially : one intended to accompany funeral or memorial rites

: a slow, solemn, and mournful piece of music

: something (as a poem) that has the qualities of a dirge

CASUISTRY:

 a resolving of specific cases of conscience, duty, or conduct through interpretation of ethical principles or religious doctrine

: specious argument : rationalization

: to bring into accord with reason or cause something to seem reasonable: as

AFFLATUS

ASSUAGE

transitive verb: to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease <unable to assuage their grief>

: pacify, quiet <vainly strove … to assuage an implacable foe — Edward Gibbon>

: to put an end to by satisfying : appease, quench <assuaginghis thirst>

FOUNDER

intransitive verb: to become disabled; especially : to go lame

: to give way : collapse

: to become submerged : sink

: to come to grief : fail

intransitive verba : to send forth new growth (as buds or branches) : sproutb : bloom

: to grow and expand rapidly : flourish

Definition of FETID

obstinately defiant of authority or restraint

a : difficult to manage or operateb : not responsive to treatmentc : resistant <this subject is recalcitrant both to observation and to experiment — G. G. Simpson>

 marked by an inclination to please or oblige

: tending to consent to others' wishes

capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration : purchasable; especially : open to corrupt influence and especially bribery : mercenary <a venallegislator>

: originating in, characterized by, or associated with corrupt bribery <a venal arrangement with the police>

the quality or state of being straight

: moral integrity : righteousness

: the quality or state of being correct in judgment or procedure

 a sound, healthy, or prosperous state : well-being

obsolete : body politic, commonweal

a : the quality or state of being happy; especially : great happiness <marital felicity>b : an instance of happiness

: something that causes happiness

: a pleasing manner or quality especially in art or language <afelicity with words>

: an apt expression

BOWDLERIZE

ransitive verb: to expurgate (as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar

: to modify by abridging, simplifying, or distorting in style or content

: troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand <importunate creditors>

: troublesome

transitive verba : to renounce upon oathb : to reject solemnly

: to abstain from : avoid <abjure extravagance>

of  a person who belongs to the universal Christian church

: a member of a Catholic church; especially : roman catholic

of FACTIOUS

of ATAVISM

a : recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombinationb : recurrence of or reversion to a past style, manner, outlook, approach, or activity <architectural atavism>

: one that manifests atavism : throwback

PROCLIVITY

RUSE: 

a wily subterfuge(Definition of SUBTERFUGE

: deception by artifice or strategem in order to conceal, escape, or evade

: a deceptive device or stratagem

BURLESQUE

: a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation

: mockery usually by caricature

: theatrical entertainment of a broadly humorous often earthy character consisting of short turns, comic skits, and sometimes striptease acts