Insidious

Synonyms

• stealthy, subtle, surreptitious, cunning, crafty, treacherous, artful, sly, wily, shifty, underhanded, indirect; informal sneaky.

Bellicose

Synonyms

• aggressive, hostile, warlike, warmongering, hawkish, antagonistic, pugnacious, truculent, confrontational

Acquiesce

Synonyms

• accept, consent to, agree to, allow, concede, assent to, concur with, give the nod to; comply with, cooperate with, give in to, bow to, yield to, submit to; informal go along with

Gauche

Synonyms

• awkward, gawky, inelegant, graceless, ungraceful, klutzy, inept; lacking in social grace(s), unsophisticated, uncultured, uncultivated, unrefined

Capricious

Synonyms

• fickle, inconstant, changeable, variable, volatile, unpredictable, temperamental

Importunate

Synonyms

• clamorous, disturbing, dogged, harassing, persevering, persistent disturbing, dogged

Circumnavigate

Synonyms

• Circle, compass, move around

Precipitous

Synonyms

• steep, sheer, perpendicular, abrupt, sharp, vertical

Enervate

Synonyms

• exhaust, tire, fatigue, weary, wear out, devitalize, drain, sap, weaken, enfeeble, debilitate

Feign

Synonyms

• fake, sham, affect, give the appearance of, make a pretense of