clamor
loud noise
contract
to become smaller
duplicity
deceit, deception
equivocal
vague
irresolute
unable to decide
rescind
to cancel
stagnant
motionless
uniform
alike, same
untenable
unable to be defended
vilify
speak evil of
affable
good-natured
apocryphal
fictitious, made-up
desultory
random, casual, half-hearted
garbled
distorted
irascible
bad-tempered
loquacious
talking too much
obtuse
stupid
opaque
difficult to understand
paucity
lack
recapitulate
to sum up, recap