unthinking and careless untutored and infantine unusual and unexpected unuttered and unutterable unwholesome and vile upright and credible uproar and confusion upstart and braggart urbanity and unction [unction = exaggerated earnestness] utter and disastrous V vacillation and uncertainty vague and indistinct vain and profitless validity and value vanities and vices vapory and chaotic varied and animated varnish and falsehood vassals and inferiors vast and superlative vehement and clamorous veiled and unreadable www.Inspiring-Quotes-and-Stories.com 218 venality and corruption venerable and interesting veracity and fidelity verbally and literally versatility and sympathy vexation and anxiety vibrating and sonorous views and experiences vigilant and inflexible vigorous and graphic violent and ill-balanced virtuous and wise virulence and invective [invective = abusive language] visible and apparent visionary and obscure vistas and backgrounds vital and vigorous vitiate and poison [vitiate = reduce the value] vituperation and abuse [vituperation = abusive language] vivacious and agreeable vivid and varied void and nothingness volatile and fiery www.Inspiring-Quotes-and-Stories.com 219 volubly and exuberantly [volubly = ready flow of speech] volume and impetus voluminous and varied voluntarily and habitually vulgar and artificial W wandering and erratic wanton and unnecessary war and revelry warp and woof [warp = lengthwise threads] [woof = crosswise threads] wasteful and circuitous waxing and waning weak and perfidious wealth and distinction wearisome and dull weighed and winnowed weighty and dominant weird and fantastic wheezing and puffing whims and inconsistencies wholesome and beautiful wholly and solely www.Inspiring-Quotes-and-Stories.com 220 wicked and malicious widened and amplified wild and irregular wily and observant winking and blinking winning and unforced wise and beneficent wistful and dreamy wit and jocularity [jocularity = given to joking] withered and wan woe and lamentation wonder and delight work and utility worldly and ambitious worth and excellence wrath and menace wretched and suppliant Y yearning and eagerness yielding and obedience yoke and bondage young and fragile www.Inspiring-Quotes-and-Stories.com 221 youthful and callow [callow = immature] Z zeal and vehemence zenith and climax zest and freshness zigzag and deviating SECTION III FELICITOUS PHRASES A ability, humor, and perspicacity [perspicacity = perceptive] abrupt, rough, and immoderate abstruse, metaphysical, and idealistic abundant, varied, and vigorous accessible, knowable, and demonstrable accomplished, inventive, and deft-fingered accuracy, ease, and grace acquire, classify, and arrange action, incident, and interest active, learned, and liberal acts, activities, and aims actual, stern, and pathetic www.Inspiring-Quotes-and-Stories.com 222 acuteness, honesty, and, fearlessness addition, correction, and amplification adventurous, eager, and afraid affected, pedantic, and vain [pedantic = attention to detail or rules] affluent, genial, and frank aggressive, envious, and arrogant agreeable, engaging, and delightful air, woodland, and water alarmed, anxious, and uneasy alert, hopeful, and practical amazement, resentment, and indignation ambiguous, strange, and sinister amiable, genial, and charitable amusing, sympathetic, and interesting ancient, subtle, and treacherous annoyances, shifts, and inconveniences anxious, fearful, and anticipative appearance, conversation, and bearing approbation, wealth, and power [approbation = warm approval; praise] apt, explicit, and communicative ardent, undisciplined, and undirected arrogance, conceit, and disdain artificial, rhetorical, and mundane www.Inspiring-Quotes-and-Stories.com 223 artistic, progressive, and popular aspirations, dreams, and devotions assured, stern, and judicial astonishment, apprehension, and horror attainments, possessions, and character attention, forbearance, and patience attract, interest, and persuade augmenting, furthering, and reenforcing austere, calm, and somber authority, leadership, and command avarice, pride, and revenge awakened, girded, and active awe, reverence, and adoration awkwardness, narrowness, and self-consciousness B barbarous, shapeless, and irregular beautiful, graceful, and accomplished beggar, thief, and impostor belittling, personal, and selfish birth, rank, and fortune bitter, baleful, and venomous bland, patient, and methodical blessing, bestowing, and welcoming www.Inspiring-Quotes-and-Stories.com 224 blind, partial, and prejudiced blithe, innocent, and free bluster, swagger, and might body, soul, and mind boisterous, undignified, and vulgar bold, original, and ingenious bombastic, incongruous, and unsymmetrical bountiful, exuberant, and luxurious brain, energy, and enterprise brave, authoritative, and confident breadth, richness, and freshness breathless, confused, and exhilarated brief, isolated, and fragmentary brilliancy, energy, and zeal broad, spare, and athletic broken, apologetic, and confused brotherhood, humanity, and chivalry brusqueness, rudeness, and self-assertion brutish, repulsive, and terrible busy, active, and toiling C calculated, logical, and dispassionate www.Inspiring-Quotes-and-Stories.com 225 calm, earnest, and genial candor, integrity, and straightforwardness capricious, perverse, and prejudiced careful, reasoned, and courteous cautious, prudent, and decisive caviling, petulance, and discontent [caviling = finding trivial objections] censured, slighted, and despised certain, swift, and final chance, doubt, and mutability character, life, and aims charitable, just, and true charm, grace, and glory cheerful, modest, and delicate childish, discordant, and superfluous chill, harden, and repel circumstances, properties, and characteristics civilized, mild, and humane clear, cloudless, and serene cleverness, independence, and originality coarseness, violence, and cunning coherent, interdependent, and logical cold, cynical, and relentless color, intensity, and vivacity www.Inspiring-Quotes-and-Stories.com 226 [...]... www.Inspiring-Quotes-and-Stories.com 244 R raise, refine, and elevate rapid, robust, and effective rapt, emotional, and mystic raptures, transports, and fancies rash, violent, and indefinite readiness, skill, and accuracy reading, reflection, and observation reaffirmed, amplified, and maintained real, earnest, and energetic regard, esteem, and affection relaxation, recreation, and pleasure religion, politics, and... www.Inspiring-Quotes-and-Stories.com 241 overriding, arrogant, and quarrelsome P pain, toil, and privation pale, ugly, and sinister parable, precept, and practise partial, false, and disastrous passion, tenderness, and reverence patient, gentle, and kind peace, order, and civilization pellucid, animated, and varied [pellucid = transparently clear] permanent, true, and real perplexed, tedious, and obscure... pity, sympathy, and compassion placable, reasonable, and willing [placable = easily calmed; tolerant] place, fame, and fortune placid, clear, and mellow plague, pestilence, and famine plan, purpose, and work pleasant, friendly, and amiable pleased, interested, and delighted pleasure, enjoyment, and satisfaction plenty, content, and tranquillity plodding, sedentary, and laborious poise, dignity, and reserve... ghastly, hateful, and ugly gibes, sneers, and anger gifts, graces, and accomplishments www.Inspiring-Quotes-and-Stories.com 2 34 gladness, exaltation, and triumph glean, gather, and digest gloomy, silent, and tranquil glow, grace, and pleasantness good, gentle, and affectionate gorgeous, still, and warm grace, simplicity, and sweetness gracious, mild, and good gradual, cautious, and well-reasoned gratitude,... labors, anxieties, and trials large, rhythmical, and pleasing laughter, ridicule, and sneers lead, attack, and conquer learning, profundity, and imagination legislation, education, and religion levity, indolence, and procrastination www.Inspiring-Quotes-and-Stories.com 238 libelers, reviewers, and rivals liberating, vitalizing, and cheering liberty, justice, and humanity light, easy, and playful literature,... [sanguinary = Accompanied by bloodshed] fustian, padding, and irrelevancy [fustian = pompous, bombastic, and ranting] G gaunt, desolate, and despoiled gay, easy, and cordial generous, large-hearted, and magnanimous genial, frank, and confiding genius, learning, and virtue gentle, firm, and loving genuineness, disinterestedness, and strength germinate, develop, and radiate gesture, accent, and attitude ghastly,... conceited, and contemptuous self-conscious, artificial, and affected self-exacting, laborious, and inexhaustible selfishness, coarseness, and mendacity [mendacity = untruthfulness] sense, grace, and good-will sensibility, harmony, and energy sensitive, ardent, and conscientious serene, ineffable, and flawless [ineffable = indescribable] serious, calm, and searching settled, adjusted, and balanced shallow, false,... happiness, and affection grave, disastrous, and wanton gravity, sweetness, and patience gray, monotonous, and uninteresting great, grand, and mighty greed, lust, and cruelty grim, lean, and hungry gross, ignorant, and impudent growth, progress, and extension guide, philosopher, and friend H habits, tastes, and opinions hard, stern, and inexorable harmony, peace, and happiness www.Inspiring-Quotes-and-Stories.com... innocent, and laudable www.Inspiring-Quotes-and-Stories.com 240 neatness, order, and comfort necessary, just, and logical neglect, rashness, and incompetence new, strange, and unusual niggardly, sordid, and parsimonious [grudging, wretched and frugal] noble, laudable, and good noise, clatter, and clamor null, void, and useless O obscure, difficult, and subtle observation, discrimination, and comparison... sagacity, and firmness [sagacity = farsighted; wise] sleekness, stealth, and savagery slovenly, base, and untrue slow, reluctant, and unwelcome smirking, garrulous, and pretentious [garrulous = excessive and trivial talk] smooth, sentimental, and harmonious smug, fat, and complacent sneers, innuendoes, and insinuations social, esthetic, and intellectual solitary, sedentary, and lifeless sound, human, . inventive, and deft-fingered accuracy, ease, and grace acquire, classify, and arrange action, incident, and interest active, learned, and liberal acts, activities, and aims actual,. alarmed, anxious, and uneasy alert, hopeful, and practical amazement, resentment, and indignation ambiguous, strange, and sinister amiable, genial, and charitable amusing, sympathetic,. pedantic, and vain [pedantic = attention to detail or rules] affluent, genial, and frank aggressive, envious, and arrogant agreeable, engaging, and delightful air, woodland, and water alarmed,