to disparage	to belittle, to criticise unfairly
travesty	an absurd imitation of sth
smug	conceited, too proud
make-up	a person's character trairt
meek	too obedient, submissive, humble
bashful	too timid, shy
to emasculate	to weaken sb of his strength or force
to have a lot ginger	to be a person that has energy and is high-spiritous
echelon	rank, stratum in society
to make the hoi polloi laugh	to tell jokes that the masses, ordinary people enjoy
commonplace	happening generally, prevalent
ludicrous	absurd, ridiculous
dejected	depressed, sad
intricate	cunning, complex, difficult to follow
trite	commonplace, hackneyed
fictitious	invented
pivotal	of great importance, central, essential
stringent	strict
garish	brightly coloured
specious	sounding true, but actually wrong
accolade	praise, approval
charitable	giving money
vindicated	cleared of blame, suspicion
patently	obviously, unmistakenly
deferential	respectful
peevish	irritable, easily annoyed
endorsement	support
to endorse	to espouse, to support
innocuous	harmless
anomalous	different from normal
auspicious	favorable, likely to succeed
urbane	well-mannered, refined
prudent	wise, shrewd
convival	truthful, sociable
imperious	proud and arrogant
heinous	very wicked
venial	not serious, excusable
to assail	to attack
scanty	small in size and amount
malignant	deadly
furtive	secret, sly
cryptic	arcane, mysterious
vigilant	watchful, alert
benign	kind, mild, gentle
superficial	showing outward appearance
overt	not secret or hidden; obvious
erratic	unstable, showing jerky movements
imminent	that cannot be avoided
to avert	to prevent
untenable	that cannot be defended
to admonish	to scold, to urge, to warn
overrated	not deserves so much praise
salubrious	helpgiving
copious	plentiful, abundant
deluge	flood
to wilt	to droop, to wither