obdurate: stubborn obfuscate: muddle, cause, confuse oblivion: forgetfulness, obscurity oblivious: unmindful, wholly absorbed, inattentive obloquy: disgrace, slander, infamy obsequious: servile, submissive obstinate: hard to treat or control, stubborn obstreperous: noisy, boisterous obtrude: intrude or forward, stick out, project obtuse: stupid, blunt occident: the West occult: secret, supernatural, mysterious odious: vile, hateful officious: bossy, intrusive olfactory: concerning the sense of smell omnipresent: ubiquitous, universally present omniscient: all- knowing onerous: burdensome onomatopoeia: words formed in imitation of natural sounds | opalescent: lustrous, iridescent opaque: not transparent, dark optimum: most favorable opulence: abundance, extreme wealth opus: work, composition oracular: ambiguous, or mysterious, prophetic ordain: grant holy orders, predestine, command or decree ordinance: decree orifice: small opening, mouth like opening ornithologist: scientific student of birds orthodox: conservative in belief, traditional osseous: bony, made of bone ossify: harden or change into bone ostensible: professed, pretended, apparent ostentatious: trying to attract attention, showy, pretentious overbearing: arrogant, decisively important, bossy ovoid: egg-shaped |