____ ambiguity (n); ambiguities (n); ambiguous (adj)

____ austere (adj); austerely (adv); austereness (n)

____ contemptuous (adj); contemptuously (adv); contemptuousness (n)

____ elusive (adj); elusiveness (n); elusively (adv); elusory (adj)

____ intangible (adj, n); intangibleness (n); intangibility (n); intangibly (adv)

____ meticulous (adj); meticulousness (n); meticulously (adv)

____ platitude (n); platitudes (n); platitudinous (adj); platitudinal (adj)

____ propinquity (n)

____ unencumbered (adj); encumbered (adj) encumber (v)

____ visceral (adj); viscera (n); viscerally (adv)

A.  1/ showing or expressing disdain; 2/ scornful; 3/arrogance; 4/ haughty

B.  1/ incapable of being perceived by the sense of touch; 2/ not definite or clear in the mind; 3/ not having physical substance

C.  1/doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning or intention

D.  1/characterized by or proceeding from instinct rather than intellect; 2/ earthy; 3/ crude

E.  1/grave; sober; solemn; severe 2/ lack of adornment;3/ purposeful avoidance of  luxury or ease

F.  1/ cleverly or skillfully evasive; 2/puzzling; 3/ hard to express or define

G.  1/ showing extreme care for minute details; 2/exact; 3/ precise; 4/ thorough

H.  1/ nearness in place; 2/ similarity in nature; 3/ closeness; 4/ kinship

I.  1/ not burdened with cares or responsibilities 2/ free of obligations

J.  1/ a trite or banal remark or statement made as if it were original or significant; 2/ lack or originality; triteness