jocund

sprightly and lighthearted in disposition, character, or quality.

"A poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company."

valor

strength of mind or spirit that enables a person to encounter danger with firmness

bravery, heroism, courage

ichthyic

of or relating to fish

caitiff

a cowardly and despicable person

recant

to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly

debase

to reduce the value of

a currency is debased if its value in terms of gold or other precious metal is reduced

reprimand

a severe, formal, often public or official rebuke

fancy

to visualize or interpret as

to like

to believe mistakenly or without evidence

garrulous

chatty; full of trivial conversation

edict

a proclamation having the force of law

fallow

land left unplowed and unseeded during a growing season

galvanic

having an electric effect

intensely exciting

"a galvanic performance"

dilatory

intended to delay

tending to postpone or delay

"He was dilatory in his work habits."

dauntless

invulnerable to fear or intimidation

jargon

confused, unintelligible speech or highly technical speed

improvident

not foreseeing and providing for the future (in the moment kind of person)

happy-go-lucky

"haste is blind and improvident"

dastard

a sneaking, malicious coward

convivial

fond of feasting, drinking, and good company

sociable

latent

present or potential but not evident or active

"latent talent"

dormant

surly

inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace

ill-natured

efface

remove completely from recognition or memory

to obliterate

cameo

any small engraved or carved work in relief (raised three dimensional shape)

jocose

characterized by joking

humorous

"The jocose man soon had the guests laughing."

facsimile

exact copy or reproduction

exaltation

an excessively intensified sense of well-being, power, or importance

facile

easily accomplished or attained

"too facile a solution for so complex a problem"

fallacy

any unsound or delusive mode of reasoning, or anything based on such reasoning