total.pardo

Lacking flavor or zest; not tasty.

Lacking qualities that excite, stimulate, or interest; dull.

insipid

1. The study of causes or origins.

2. The branch of medicine that deals with the causes or origins of disease.

1. Assignment of a cause, an origin, or a reason for something.

2. The cause or origin of a disease or disorder as determined by medical diagnosis.

etiology

adj.

Generally regarded as such; supposed. See synonyms at supposed.

putative

adj.

1. Green with vegetation; covered with green growth.

2. Green.

3. Lacking experience or sophistication; naive.

verdant

adj.

1. Constant in application or attention; diligent: an assiduous worker who strove for perfection. See synonyms at busy.

2. Unceasing; persistent: assiduous research.

assiduous

n.

A small, often select group of persons who associate with one another frequently.

coterie

To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of: “the luxury which enervates and destroys nations” (Henry David Thoreau).

enervate

n., pl. pré·cis (prā‘sēz, prā-sēz‘).

A concise summary of a book, article, or other text; an abstract.

http://www.answers.com/Precis?ff=1

adj.

1. Of or relating to a dystopia.

2. Dire; grim: “AIDS is one of the dystopian harbingers of the global village” Susan Sontag.

dystopian

adj.

Causing vomiting.

n.

An agent that causes vomiting.

emetic

1 : habitually complaining 2 : fretful , whining
querulous

adj.

Of or relating to farce.

Resembling a farce; ludicrous.

Ridiculously clumsy; absurd.

farcical

n., pl. -glios.

1. A difficult or intricate situation; an entanglement.

2. A confused or complicated disagreement.

2. A confused heap; a tangle.

imbroglio

A coastal region; a shore.

The region or zone between the limits of high and low tides.

littoral

adj.

1. Proceeding from a known or assumed cause to a necessarily related effect; deductive.

2.

1. Derived by or designating the process of reasoning without reference to particular facts or experience.

2. Knowable without appeal to particular experience.

3. Made before or without examination; not supported by factual study.

a priori