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GRE General Vocabulary Set 1 Flashcards

Studying this set, along with the others I created, got me a 162 on the verbal section and I didn't even have time to learn all of the words. On top of that, there were words that I didn't learn, from these sets, that were on the GRE. Had I learned them, my score would have been higher. I hope these sets help you get a solid score too. This is a list I've compiled using selections from the first 300 words of the Kaplan 900 GREwords list as well as the first ETS Power Prep II practice test and va

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Repudiate

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to reject with disapproval.

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Confound

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to perplex or amaze, especially by a sudden disturbance or surprise.

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Recapitulate

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to review by a brief summary.

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Polarize

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to divide into sharply opposing factions.

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Facetious

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lacking serious intent; concerned with something nonessential, frivolous, or amusing.

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Frivolous

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characterized by lack of seriousness or sense; self-indulgently carefree; unconcerned about or lacking any serious purpose; of little or no weight, worth, or importance; not worthy of serious notice.

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Painstaking

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taking, or characterized by taking, pains or trouble; expending or showing diligent care and effort; careful.

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Arcane

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known or understood by very few; mysterious; secret; obscure; esoteric.

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Duplicity

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deceitfulness in speech or conduct, as by speaking or acting in two different ways to different people concerning the same matter.

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Discrepancy

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an instance of difference or inconsistency.

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Mendacity

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an instance of lying; a tendency to lie.

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Prevarication

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a false or deliberate misstatement; lie.

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Base

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of little or no value; worthless; morally low; without estimable personal qualities; dishonorable; inferior.

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Inculcate

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teach persistently and earnestly.

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Avarice

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insatiable greed for riches.

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Garrulous

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excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, especially about trivial matters.

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Solicitous

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anxiously desirous; careful or particular.

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Munificent

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extremely liberal in giving; very generous.

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Laconic

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brief in speech; using few words; concise.

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Fastidious

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excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please. Also- requiring or characterized by excessive care or delicacy; painstaking.

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Tacit

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understood without being openly expressed; implied; silent; saying nothing; unvoiced or unspoken.

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Taciturn

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inclined to silence; reserved in speech (can also mean stern and silent).

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Laudable

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deserving praise; commendable.

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Anoint

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to rub or sprinkle on with any liquid. Also- to dedicate to the service of God.

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Apposite

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suitable; well-adapted; pertinent; relevant; apt.

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Pertinent

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Pertaining or relating directly and significantly to the matter at hand.

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Ahistorical

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without concern for history or historical development.

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Anachronism

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something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time, especially a thing or person that belongs to an earlier time.

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Germane

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closely or significantly related; pertinent; relevant.

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Irascible

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easily provoked to anger; very irritable. Also- characterized or provoked by anger.

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Pugnacious

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inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.

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Fitful

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coming, appearing, acting, etc., in fits or in spells; recurring irregularly.

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Doctrinaire

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noun- an impractical theorist.

Adj.- dogmatic about others’ acceptance of one’s ideas; fanatical. Also- merely theoretical; impractical.

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Eclectic

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selecting or choosing from various sources.

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Indefatigable

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incapable of being tired out.

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Jettison

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to throw off (something) as an obstacle or burden; discard.

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Collusion

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a secret agreement, especially for fraudulent or treacherous purposes; conspiracy.

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Propagate

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to reproduce (itself, its kind, etc.), as an organism does.

to spread (a report, doctrine, practice, etc.) from person to person; disseminate.

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Disseminate

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to scatter or spread widely, as though sowing seed; broadcast; disperse.

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Promulgate

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to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).

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Ubiquitous

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existing or being everywhere, especially at the same time; omnipresent.

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Blight

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any cause of impairment, destruction, ruin, or frustration.

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Inscrutable

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not easily understood; mysterious; unfathomable; impenetrable.

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Ersatz

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serving as a substitute; synthetic; artificial.

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Collude

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to act together through a secret understanding, especially with evil or harmful intent.

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Cupidity

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eager or excessive desire, especially to possess something; greed; avarice.

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Alacrity

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cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness.

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Abdicate

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to renounce or relinquish a throne, right, power, duty, etc.

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Inchoate

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not yet completed or fully developed.

not organized.

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Investiture

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the formal bestowal, confirmation, or presentation of rank, office, or a possessory or prescriptive right.

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Unconscionable

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not guided by conscious; unscrupulous.

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Unscrupulous

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conscienceless; unprincipled.

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Nominal

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being such in name only.

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Jocular

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given to, characterized by, intended for, or suited to joking or jesting; facetious.

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Dirge

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a funeral song or tune, or one expressing mourning in commemoration for the dead.

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Arrogate

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to claim unwarrantably or presumptuously or to attribute to another.

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Fetid

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having an offensive odor; stinking.

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Tumid

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seeming to swell; bulging; turgid.

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Turgid

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swollen; inflated; overblown; tumid; or pompous.

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Pomp

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stately or splendid display; splendor; magnificence; ostentatious or vain display, especially of dignity or importance.

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Stately

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majestic; imposing in magnificence, elegance, etc.; dignified.

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Ostentatious

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characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others; intended to attract notice.

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Fervid

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heated or vehement in spirit, enthusiasm, etc..

burning; glowing; intensely hot.

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Potentate

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a person who possesses great power as a sovereign, monarch, or ruler.

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Imprecation

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a curse; malediction.

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Malediction

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a curse; imprecation.

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Laud

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to praise; extol.

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Extol

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to praise highly; laud; eulogize.

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Eulogy

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a high praise or commendation commonly but not necessarily for a deceased person.

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Estimable

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Worthy of esteem; deserving respect or admonition; laudable.

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Abridge

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To shorten, condense, or lessen in length.

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Abyssmal

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Extremely wretched; bottomless.

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Acquiesce

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To comply passively; to give in.

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Affinity

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sympathy; attraction; kinship.

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Aggrandize

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to make great

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Allusion

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an indirect reference.

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Altruistic

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unselfish concern with the welfare of others.

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Amnesty

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an official pardon for a group of people who violate the law.

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Anomalous

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irregular; abnormal; unusual.

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Augment

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to increase or enlarge.

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Austere

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stern in manner or appearance; strict in morals.

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Aversion

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strong or fixed dislike; a feeling of repugnance.

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Repugnant

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distasteful; objectionable; offensive; averse.

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Averse

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having a strong feeling of opposition, antipathy, repugnance, etc.; opposed.

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Antipathy

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a natural, basic, or habitual repugnance; aversion; an object of natural aversion or habitual dislike.

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Banal

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commonplace; trite; unoriginal.

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Trite

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lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition.

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Esoteric

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understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; recondite.

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Recondite

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dealing with abstruse or profound subjects; esoteric.

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Abstruse

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hard to understand; recondite; esoteric.

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Begrudge

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to envy another’s possessions; to concede reluctantly.

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Concede

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to acknowledge as true, just, or proper; admit.

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Benediction

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a blessing; a good wish.

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Benign

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gentle; not harmful; kind.

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Blanch

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to turn pale.

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Blithe

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happily; lighthearted; joyful.

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Botch

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to spoil by poor work; bungle.

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Bungle

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to do clumsily, awkwardly, or inadequately; botch.

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Bracing

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invigorating; to prepare.

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Vigor

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active strength or force; healthy physical or mental energy or power; vitality; energetic activity; energy; intensity; force of healthy growth in any living matter or organism.

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Vitality

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exuberant physical strength or mental vigor; capacity for survival or for the continuation of a meaningful or purposeful existence; power to live or grow.

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Broach

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to open up a subject for discussion.

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Bulwark

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something used as a defense; a strong protection.

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Cache

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a hiding place; something hidden in a secret place.

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Callous

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unfeeling and insensitive.

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Candor

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truthfulness; great honesty; frankness.

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Capitulate

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to surrender; to stop resisting.

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Catharsis

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an emotional purification; an emotional release.

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Caustic

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severely critical or sarcastic; capable of burning, corroding, or destroying living tissue.

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Censure

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the act of blaming or condemning.

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Circumspect

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careful; thought through.

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Clemency

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disposition toward mercy; mildness.

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Coalesce

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to come together as one; to fuse or unite.

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Colloquial

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conversational; used in informal speech.

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Convey

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to transport; to conduct; to communicate.

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Copious

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abundant; lavish.

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Corroborate

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to support with evidence.

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Craven

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cowardly.

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Cursory

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brief; without much attention to detail.

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Dearth

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a shortage.

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Deference

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respectful submission or yielding to the judgment, opinion, will, etc., of another; respectful or courteous regard.

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Deft

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dexterous; nimble; skillful; clever.

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Delineate

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to describe or picture in words; to detail.

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Deprave

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to make morally bad or evil; vitiate; corrupt.

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Desecrate

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to treat with disrespect.

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Diatribe

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a bitter, sharply abusive denunciation, attack, or criticism.

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Didactic

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instructive; intended to educate.

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Diffuse

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wordy; not concentrated; to spread widely.

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Digress

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to stray from the main subject.

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Discount

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to deduct; to disregard.

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Docile

A

easily taught; submissive.

131
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Dogmatic

A

arrogantly assertive; positive about unproven ideas.

132
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Ebb

A

to decline; to recede.

133
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Eccentric

A

not conventional; a little kooky.

134
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Efface

A

to erase; to rub away the features; obscure.

135
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Egregious

A

extremely bad; flagrant.

136
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Embellish

A

to add to; to exaggerate; garnish; ornament

137
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Garnish

A

to provide or supply with something ornamental; adorn; decorate.

138
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Emigrate

A

to move to a new century; to move to a new place.

139
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Emissary

A

a messenger or representative; an agent.

140
Q

Emulate

A

to imitate; to strive to equal.

141
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Enigma

A

a puzzle; a baffling situation; something obscure.

142
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Enshroud

A

to cover; to enclose with a dark cover.

143
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Exacting

A

greatly demanding; requiring close attention.

144
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Exorbitant

A

extravagant; exceeding what is usual.

145
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Extravagant

A

spending much more than is necessary or wise; wasteful; exceeding the bounds of reason, as actions, demands, opinions, or passions.

146
Q

Expunge

A

to erase; to strike out.

147
Q

Facade

A

the principal front of a building; a false appearance.

148
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Faction

A

a group, or part of a large group, united on an issue.

149
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Fidelity

A

a state of being faithful; loyal.

150
Q

Fodder

A

raw material for a given end.

151
Q

Foray

A

an initial venture; to raid in search of plunder.

152
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Furtive

A

secret, done by stealth; sly.

153
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Galvanize

A

to arouse suddenly; to stimulate; spur to action.

154
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Gamut

A

the full range of something.

155
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Garner

A

to gather and store away; to acquire by effort.

156
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Genteel

A

refined; polite; aristocratic.

157
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Gratuitous

A

given, done, bestowed, or obtained without charge or payment; being without apparent reason, cause, or justification.

158
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Grimace

A

to make an ugly disapproving facial expression.

159
Q

Grovel

A

to beg persistently; to degrade oneself.

160
Q

Guile

A

cunning duplicity; purposeful deceit.

161
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Harbinger

A

a precursor; an indication; one that foreshadows what is coming.

162
Q

Herald

A

to give notice of; hail or greet.

163
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Heresy

A

any belief that is strongly opposed to established belief or practice.

164
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Homage

A

reverence; respect; an expression of high regard.

165
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Hubris

A

excessive pride; arrogance; exaggerated self confidence.

166
Q

Hyperbole

A

extravagant exaggeration used as a figure of speech.

167
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Immaterial

A

insignificant; unimportant.

not material; incorporeal; spiritual.

168
Q

Immutable

A

something that is unchangeable; permanent.

169
Q

Imperious

A

commanding; lordly; arrogant.

170
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Impotent

A

lacking power; helpless; unable to perform sexual intercourse.

171
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Incipient

A

beginning to be; in an earlier stage.

172
Q

Incontrovertible

A

not disputable; not open to question

173
Q

Indigenous

A

native; produced or living in a particular area.

174
Q

Indigent

A

poverty stricken; needy.

175
Q

Infamy

A

a reputation for evil/criminal deeds.

176
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Insidious

A

sly; treacherous; having a gradual effect.

177
Q

Insipid

A

lacking taste; dull; bland.

178
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Intrepid

A

fearless; having fortitude and endurance.

179
Q

Irreverent

A

disrespectful; gently or humorously mocking.

180
Q

Jargon

A

a specialized vocabulary of a group; an obscure language.

181
Q

Jaunt

A

a short pleasure trip.

182
Q

Juxtapose

A

to place close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.

183
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Legacy

A

something handed down from the past; a bequest.

184
Q

Bequest

A

a disposition in a will; a legacy.

185
Q

Levity

A

lack of seriousness; frivolity.

186
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Listless

A

a lack of spirit; spiritless.

187
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Magnanimous

A

noble in spirit; generous; giving.

188
Q

Malaise

A

a feeling of depression, uneasiness, of being unwell.

189
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Marshal

A

(when used with objects) to gather together something for a purpose; to arrange in order.

190
Q

Maverick

A

a person who breaks away from the crowd; a non conformist.

191
Q

Meander

A

to wander aimlessly.

192
Q

Mercenary

A

working or acting merely for money or other reward; venal.

193
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Venal

A

willing to sell one’s influence, especially in return for a bribe; mercenary.

194
Q

Moot

A

of no matter or consequence; not important.

195
Q

Myriad

A

an immense, possibly indefinite, number of things; multitude.

196
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Nemesis

A

a powerful rival; usually an unconquerable opponent.

197
Q

Nomadic

A

without a permanent home; constantly wandering.

198
Q

Obviate

A

to make unnecessary; to avert; to preclude.

199
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Preclude

A

to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of.

200
Q

Odious

A

hateful; evil; vile.

201
Q

Vile

A

highly unpleasant, offensive, or objectionable.

202
Q

Odyssey

A

a long difficult journey marked by changes in fortune.

203
Q

Ogle

A

to stare at in a disrespectful way.

204
Q

Oligarchy

A

a government in which the power is in the hands of only a few.

205
Q

Opportunist

A

a person who takes advantage of opportunity with no regard for principle.

206
Q

Osmosis

A

gradual or subtle absorption; an unconscious process of absorption.

207
Q

Oust

A

to eject; to banish; to expel.

208
Q

Overture

A

an opening move; a preliminary offer.

209
Q

Palatable

A

pleasant in taste; agreeable in feeling.

210
Q

Paltry

A

a tiny or insignificant amount; meager; scant.

211
Q

Scant

A

barely sufficient in amount or quantity.

212
Q

Meager

A

deficient in quantity or quality; lacking fullness or richness; scanty; inadequate; having little flesh; lean; thin; maigre.

213
Q

Maigre

A

containing neither flesh nor its juices, as food permissible on days of religious abstinence.

214
Q

Pariah

A

an outcast

215
Q

Paucity

A

scarcity; smallness in number or amount.

216
Q

Pedantic

A

boringly; scholarly; academic in mode.

217
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Penchant

A

a strong liking for something; a predilection.

218
Q

Predilection

A

a tendency to think favorably of something in particular; partiality; preference.

219
Q

Peruse

A

to study; to read over leisurely.

220
Q

Pique

A

to hurt or rile the feelings of someone; irritate.

To arouse an emotion; excite.

221
Q

Poignant

A

emotionally moving.

222
Q

Polemic

A

a powerful argument to defend a thesis.

223
Q

Precept

A

a rule or principle to guide conduct.

224
Q

Pretentious

A

showy; self-important; make unjustifiable claims to excellence.

225
Q

Prolific

A

producing in large quantities or with great frequency; highly productive.

226
Q

Prosaic

A

dull; unimaginative; lacking excitement.

227
Q

Provincial

A

limited in outlook; narrow in ideas.

228
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Prudent

A

careful; cautious.

229
Q

Quaint

A

pleasantly old fashioned; picturesque.

230
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Quintessential

A

the most perfect example of.

231
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Quixotic

A

foolishly impractical and idealistic.

232
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Raucous

A

boisterous; harsh sounding; noisy and disorderly.

233
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Rebuff

A

to snuff; to refuse in a blunt or rude way.

234
Q

Rebuke

A

to criticize or reprimand sharply.

235
Q

Relegate

A

to dismiss to a less prominent position; banish.

236
Q

Reprehensible

A

deserving of blame.

237
Q

Reprove

A

to gently criticize.

238
Q

Rescind

A

to cancel; to repeal.

239
Q

Resplendent

A

brilliant; gloriously bright.

240
Q

Rustic

A

primitive; rural; lacking city comforts.

241
Q

Abate

A

to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.

242
Q

Saccharine

A

excessively sweet.

243
Q

Sardonic

A

disdainful; scornfully mocking.

244
Q

Scintillate

A

to sparkle; to gleam; to be animated or brilliant.

245
Q

Servile

A

submissive; behaving like a slave.

246
Q

Indolent

A

having or showing a disposition to avoid exertion; slothful.

247
Q

Spurious

A

false; fake; not genuine.

248
Q

Steadfast

A

loyal; faithful; firmly fixed in place, position, or direction.

249
Q

Stoic

A

showing indifference to pain; apathetic.

250
Q

Strident

A

loud; harsh; grating.

251
Q

Grating

A

a fixed frame of bars covering an opening; harsh; discordant; rasping.

252
Q

Vitiate

A

to impair the quality of; to debase; corrupt; pervert.

253
Q

Debase

A

to reduce in quality or value; adulterate.

254
Q

Incorporeal

A

not corporeal or material; insubstantial.

255
Q

Corporeal

A

of the nature of the human body; material; tangible.

256
Q

Stymie

A

to get in the way of; to hinder; to block.

257
Q

Succint

A

concise; clearly expressed with a few words.

258
Q

Surfeit

A

abundance; an excessive amount.

259
Q

Surmise

A

to think or infer with certain or strong evidence; conjecture; guess.

260
Q

Table

A

to lay aside for future discussion, sometimes indefinitely.

261
Q

Inundate

A

to flood; cover or overspread with water; to overwhelm.

262
Q

Teem

A

to swarm; to be prolific or fertile.

263
Q

Tenet

A

a principle, belief, or doctrine so as held by a group.

264
Q

Tenuous

A

thin in consistency; of slight importance or significance; unsubstantial.

265
Q

Tepid

A

lukewarm; halfhearted; unenthusiastic.

266
Q

Terse

A

concise; brief; free of extra word.

267
Q

Tirade

A

a long, angry speech.

268
Q

Tortuous

A

full of twists, turns and bends; devious.

269
Q

Tout

A

to brag publicly; to praise highly.

270
Q

Travesty

A

any grotesque or debased likeness or imitation.

Can also be a parody.

271
Q

Tryst

A

an appointment to meet, especially one made secretly by lovers.

272
Q

Tumult

A

noisy commotion; uproar.

273
Q

Turpitude

A

shameful wickedness; evil; depravity.

274
Q

Unilateral

A

on one side alone.

275
Q

Urbane

A

suave; sophisticated; polished.

276
Q

Usurp

A

to seize and hold by force or without legal right; to employ wrongfully.

277
Q

Vapid

A

lacking or having lost life, sharpness, or flavor; insipid; flat.

278
Q

Vehement

A

intense; forceful; marked by strong spirit; violent.

279
Q

Verbose

A

characterized by the use of many or too many words.

280
Q

Vestige

A

the trace or remains of something, which may no longer exist.

281
Q

Viable

A

workable; capable of living and growing; able to succeed.

282
Q

Vie

A

to compete; to contest.

283
Q

Vilify

A

to defame; to slander; to blacken the character of.

284
Q

Virulent

A

extremely poisonous; malignant; full of hate.

285
Q

Malignant

A

disposed to cause harm, suffering, or death deliberately; very dangerous or harmful in influence or effect,

286
Q

Vivacious

A

lively; spirited.

287
Q

Volatile

A

evaporating rapidly; tending or threatening to break out into open violence; explosive; changeable; tending to fluctuate; fleeting; transient.

288
Q

Wanton

A

immoral; lewd; deliberate maliciousness; having no regards for others.

289
Q

Lewd

A

inclined to, characterized by, or inciting to lust or lechery; obscene or indecent.

290
Q

Lechery

A

unrestrained or excessive indulgence of sexual desire.

291
Q

Waver

A

to be indecisive or inconstant; to fluctuate in opinion.

292
Q

Winsome

A

sweetly or innocently charming; winning; engaging.

293
Q

Wistful

A

yearning; sad longing; a gentle desire.

294
Q

Zeal

A

fervor for a person, cause, or object; eager desire or endeavor; ardor.

295
Q

Ardor

A

fervor; passion; intense devotion, eagerness, or enthusiasm; zeal.

296
Q

Zealot

A

an excessively zealous; fanatic.

297
Q

Zenith

A

the highest point.

298
Q

Renounce

A

to give up voluntarily or by formal declaration; to repudiate.

299
Q

Aristocracy

A

a class of persons holding exceptional rank and privileges, especially the hereditary nobility; a governing body composed of those considered to be the best or most able people in the state; any class or group considered to be superior, as through education, ability, wealth, or social prestige.

300
Q

Pungent

A

sharply affecting the organs of taste or smell; biting; acrid; acutely distressing to the feelings or mind; poignant; mentally stimulating or appealing.

301
Q

Biting

A

nipping; smarting; keen; cutting; sarcastic.

302
Q

Acrid

A

sharp or biting to the taste or smell; bitterly pungent; irritating to the eyes, nose, etc.; extremely or sharply stinging or bitter; exceedingly caustic.

303
Q

Baroque

A

extravagantly ornate; flamboyant; characterized by bold ornamentation.

304
Q

Bold

A

not hesitating or fearful in the face of actual or possible danger or rebuff; courageous and daring; not hesitating to break the rules of propriety; forward; impudent; beyond the usual limits of conventional thought or action; imaginative.

305
Q

Propriety

A

conformity to established standards of good or proper behavior or manners; appropriateness to the purpose or circumstances; suitability; rightness or justice.

306
Q

Impudent

A

of, pertaining to, or characterized by impertinence or effrontery; mischievous or disrespectful.

307
Q

Impertinent

A

intrusive or presumptuous, as persons or their actions; insolently rude; uncivil; irrelevant.

308
Q

Insolent

A

boldly rude or disrespectful; contemptuously impertinent; insulting.

309
Q

Presumptuous

A

unwarrantedly or impertinently bold; forward.

310
Q

Effrontery

A

shameless or impudent boldness; barefaced audacity.

311
Q

Discerning

A

keenly perceptive; shrewd.

312
Q

Shrewd

A

astute or sharp in practical matters; keen; piercing; artful and crafty.

313
Q

Astute

A

of keen penetration or discernment; sagacious; clever; cunning; ingenious; shrewd

314
Q

Artful

A

slyly crafty or cunning; deceitful; tricky; skillful or clever in adapting means to ends; ingenious; done with or characterized by art or skill.

315
Q

Ingenious

A

characterized by cleverness or originality of invention or construction; cleverly inventive or resourceful.

316
Q

Artless

A

free from deceit, cunning, or craftiness; ingenuous; natural; simple; lacking art, knowledge, or skill; poorly made; inartistic; clumsy; crude.

317
Q

Artifice

A

a clever trick or stratagem; a cunning, crafty device or expedient; guile; skill; cleverness; artful.

318
Q

Ingenuous

A

free from reserve, restraint, or dissimulation; candid; sincere; artless; innocent; naive.

319
Q

Dissemble

A

to disguise or conceal under a false appearance; feign.

320
Q

Feign

A

to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of; to imitate deceptively; pretend.

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