disparaging: he didn't accomplish a thing - he was just a victim of good fortune.
eg: They were disparaging Truman's achievement
equivocating
eg: He was equivocating.
titillate: giving momentarily happiness (tickle)
eg: They titillate you.
adulate: showing someone ingratiating, almost servile attention, worship and flatter them fulsomely
eg: They adulate such celebrities
proscribing: forbidding
The doctor is proscribing harmful items in your diet
obviate (verb): remove (a need or difficulty)
eg: Your characteristic and temperament obviate such fears.
militate: neurotic people unconsciously wish to fail (something which works against [you])
eg: It militate against success
maligning: slander
He's maligning everyone.
condone: forgive
eg: you condone them
placate: change hostility to friendliness
eg: You try to placate him
resentment: bitter indignation at having been treated unfairly.
polygamous: having more than one mate.
infidelity: the action or state of being unfaithful to a spouse or other sexual partner.
accentuate: make more noticeable or prominent
fulsomely: complementary or flattering to an an excessive degree
servile: having or showing an excessive willingness to serve or please others
ingratiating: get favour by flattering or pleasing
ravenous: extremely hungry
gustatory (adj): concerned with tasting or the sense of taste
apologists: a person who offers an argument in defense of something controversial
cushy: (a job or situation) undemanding, easy, or secure
ballot: voting system
tangible (noun, adj): perceptible by touch. clear & definite; real
slander (noun, verb): defame
vague: of uncertain, indefinite, or unclear character or meaning
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