GRE Vocab Flashcards
Memorize GRE words (709 cards)
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Abate
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v. to lessen in intensity or degree
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Aberrant
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adj. deviating from the norm
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Abjure
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v. to renounce of reject solemnly; to recant; to avoid
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Abrogate
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v. to abolish or annul by authority; put down
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Abscission
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n. act of cutting off or removing
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Abscond
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v. to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide
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Abstain
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v. to refrain from an activity
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Abstruse
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adj. hard to understand
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Accolade
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n. an expression of praise; an award
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Accretion
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n. growth, increase by successive addition, build up
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Acerbic
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adj. having a sour or bitter taste or character
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Acumen
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n. quick, keen, or accurate knowledge or insight
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Admonish
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v. to reprove; to express warning or disapproval
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Adroit
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adj. adept, dexterous
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Adulation
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n. excessive praise; intense adoration
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Adulterate
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v. to reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients
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Adumbrate
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v. to foreshadow vaguely, intimate, suggest, or outlibe sketchily
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Advocate
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v. to argue for or support a cause
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Aesthetic
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adj. dealing with, appreciative of , or responsive to art or the beautiful
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Aggrandize
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v. To increase in intensity, power, or prestige; to make appear greater
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Alacrity
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n. eager and enthusiastic willingness
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Alchemy
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n. a magical or wonderful transformation
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Alloy
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v. to commingle; to debase by mixing with something inferior
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Amalgamate
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v. to combine several elements into a whole
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Ambiguity
n. uncertainty in meaning
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Ambivalence
n. the quality of having opposing ideas or feelings
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Ameliorate
v. to make better or more tolerable
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Amenable
adj. agreeable; responsive to suggestion
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Anachronism
n. something or someone out of place in terms of historical or chronological context
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Anathema
n. a solemn or ecclesiastical curse; accused or thoroughly loathed person or thing
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Anodyne
adj. soothing
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Anomaly
n. deviation from the normal order, form, or rule; abnormality
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Antagonize
v. to irritate or cause hostility
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Antipathy
n. aversion, dislike
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Antithetical
adj. diametrically opposed, as in antithesis
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Apathy
n. lack of interest or feeling
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Apocryphal
adj. of dubious authenticity or origin; spurious
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Apogee
n. farthest or highest point; culmination; zenith
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Apostate
n. one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions, a betrayer of a cause
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Apotheosis
n. deification, glorification to godliness, the perfect example
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Apposite
adj. appropriate, pertinent, relevant, apropos
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Apprise
v. give notice to, inform
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Approbation
n. an expression of approval or praise
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Appropriate
v. to take for one's own use, confiscate
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Arabesque
n. complex, ornate design
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Arcane
adj. mysterious, abstruse, esoteric, knowable only to initiates
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Archaic
adj. outdated; associated with an earlier, perhaps more primitive time
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Arduous
adj. strenuous, taxing, requiring significant effort
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Arrant
adj. impudent; in every way, being completely such, bare-faced, utter
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Arrest
v. to suspend; to engage
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Articulate
v. to enunciate or pronounce clearly; to express oneself clearly
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Artless
adj. completely without guile; natural, without artificiality
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Ascetic
n. one who practices rigid self-denial, especially as an act of religious devotion
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Asperity
n. severity, rigor; roughness, harshness; acrimony, irritability
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Aspersion
n. an act of defamation or maligning
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Assiduous
adj. diligent, hardworking
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Assuage
v. to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify
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Astringent
adj. having a tightening effect on living tissue; harsh; severe
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Attenuate
v. to rarefy, weaken or make thinner, lessen
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Audacious
adj. daring and fearless; recklessly bold
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Augury
n. omen, portent, the reading of omens
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August
adj. majestic, venerable
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Auspice
n. protection or support, patronage
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Auspicious
adj. favorable, propitious, successful, prosperous
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Austere
adj. without adornment; bare; severely simple' ascetic
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Avarice
n. greed, especially for wealth
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Aver
v. to state as a fact; to confirm or support
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Axiom
n. a universally recognized principle; a generally accepted or common saying
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Baleful
adj. sinister, pernicious, ominous
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Bane
n. cause of injury, source of harm; source or persistent frustration
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Beatify
v. to bless, make happy, or ascribe a virtue to; to regard as saintly
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Bedizen
v. to adorn, especially in a cheap, showy manner; festoon, caparison
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Beguile
v. to influence by trickery, flattery, ect; to mislead
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Belie
v. to give false impression of, to misrepresent
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Bellicose
adj. belligerent, pugnacious, warlike
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Benign
adj. favorable, harmless
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Bent
n. leaning, inclination, proclivity, tendency
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Blandish
v. to coax with flattery, toady or fawn
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Blithe
adj. carefree, merry
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Boisterous
adj. loud , noisy, rough, lacking restraint
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Bolster
v. to provide support or reinforcement
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Bombastic
adj. pompous; grandiloquent
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Boor
n. rude of insensitive person; lout; yokel
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Bridling
v. to control or hold back, restrain
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Broach
v. to bring up, announce, begin to talk about
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Brook
v. to tolerate, endure, countenance
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Bucolic
adj. rustic and pastoral; characteristics of rural areas and their inhabitants
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Burgeon
v. to grow rapidly or flourish
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Burnish
v. to polish, rub to a shine
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Byzantine
adj. labyrinthine, complex
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Cacophony
n. harsh, jarring, discordant sound; dissonance
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Cadge
v. to sponge, beg, or mooch
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Cajole
v. inveigle, coax, wheedle, sweet talk
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Calumniate
v. to slander, make a false accusation
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Canny
adj. careful, cautious, knowing
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Canon
n. an established set of principles or code of laws often religious in nature
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Capricious
adj. inclined to change one's mind impulsively; erratic; unpredictable
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Cardinal
adj. of basic importance or consequences; primary
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Carnality
n. something relating to the body or flesh
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Castigation
n. severe criticism or punishment
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Catalyst
n. substance that accelerates the rate of a chemical reaction without itself changing; a person or thin that causes change
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Causality
n. the relationship between cause and effect
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Caustic
adj. burning or stinging; caused corrosion
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Censure
v. to criticize severely; to officially rebuke
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Chaos
n. condition of confusion or unpredictability
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Chary
adj. wary; cautious; sparing
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Chasten
v. to chastise or correct; subdue
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Chauvinist
n. one blindly devoted to a group of which one is a member
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Chic
adj. stylish and fashionable; sophistication in dress
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Chicanery
n. trickery or subterfuge
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Chimera
n. an illusion
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Choleric
adj. tending toward anger
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Churlish
adj. boorish, vulgar, loutish, difficult and intractable
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Circumscribe
v. enclose within bounds; limit or confine, especially narrow
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Clangorous
adj. making a loud, resonant sound
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Coalesce
v. to come together; to fuse or unite
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Coda
n. concluding section to a musical or literary piece; something that concludes or completes
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Cogent
adj. appealing forcible to the mind or reason; convincing
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Color
v. to change as if by dyeing, influence, distort, or gloss over
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Commensurate
adj. matching, corresponding, or proportionate in degree, size, amount, or other property
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Complaisance
n. the willingness to comply with the wishes of others
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Confound
v. to cause to the confused; to frustrate
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Connoisseur
n. an informed and astute judge in matters of taste;
| expert
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Contrite
adj. regretful; penitent; seeking forgiveness
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Convention
n. a generally agreed-upon practice or attitude
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Convoluted
adj. complex or complicated
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Corrigible
adj. capable of being set right, correctable, reparable
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Countenance
v. to approve of or tolerate
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Cozen
v. to deceive, beguile, hoodwink
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Craven
adj. contemptibly fainthearted, pusillanimous, lacking any courage
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Credulous
adj. tending to believe too readily; gullible
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Crescendo
n. a gradual increase in intensity, particular in music
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Culpable
adj. deserving blame
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Cynicism
n. an attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness
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Damp
v. to diminish the intensity or check something, such as a sound or feeling
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Daunt
v. to intimidate or dismay
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Dearth
n. smallness of quantity or number; scarcity; lack
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Debacle
n. rout, fiasco, complete failure
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Debunk
v. to expose as being pretentious, false, or
| exaggerated
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Decorum
n. politeness or appropriateness of conduct or behavior
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Deleterious
adj. injurious; harmful
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Demur
v. to question or oppose
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Denigrate
v. blacken, belittle, sully, defame, disparage
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Denouement
n. an outcome or solution; the unraveling of a plot
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Deprecate
v. to disparage or belittle
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Depredate
v. to plunder, pillage, ravage or destroy; to exploit in a predatory manner
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Derision
n. scorn, ridicule, contemptuous treatment
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Derivative
adj. unoriginal, obtained from another source
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Desiccate
v. to dry out or dehydrate; to make dry or dull
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Desuetude
n. disuse
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Desultory
adj. random; thoughtless; marked by a lack of plan or purpose
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Detraction
n. slandering, verbal attack, aspersion
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Diaphanous
adj. transparent, gauzy
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Diatribe
n. harsh denunciation
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Didactic
adj. intending to teach or instruct
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Diffident
adj. reserved, shy, unassuming; lacking in self
| confidence
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Digress
v. to stray from the point; to go off on a tangent
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Dilate
v. to become wider or more open
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Dilatory
adj. causing delay, procrastinating
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Dilettante
n. one with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge
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Din
n. loud sustained noise
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Dirge
n. a mournful song or poem for the dead
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Disabuse
v. to undeceive; to set right
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Discomfit
v. to defeat, put down
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Discordant
adj. conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound
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Discretion
n. cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions
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Disinterested
adj. free from self-interest unbiased
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Disparage
v. to slight or belittle
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Disparate
adj. fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
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Dissemble
v. to disguise or conceal; to mislead
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Dissolution
n. disintegration, looseness in morals
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Dissonance
n. lack of harmony; conflict
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Distrait
adj. distracted; absentminded, especially due to anxiety
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Divulge
v. to disclose something secret
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Doctrinaire
adj. fanatical; merely theoretical impractical
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Doggerel
n. trivial, poorly constructed verse
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Dogmatic
adj. authoritatively and or arrogantly assertive of principles, which often cannot be proved; stubbornly opinionated
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Dross
n. slag, waste or foreign matter, impurity, surface scum
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Dulcet
adj. melodious, harmonious, mellifluous
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Dupe
n. one who is deceived
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Dynamo
n. generator; forceful, energetic person
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Ebullience
adj. the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings
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Eccentric
adj. departing from norms or conventions
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Eclectic
adj. composed of elements drawn from various sources
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Edifying
adj. enlightening, informative
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Efficacy
n. the ability to produce an intended result
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Efflorescence
n. the state or a period of flowering; an example or result of growth and development
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Effrontery
n. extreme boldness; presumptuousness
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Effusive
adj. gushing; excessively demonstrative
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Egress
n. exit
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Elegy
n. a mournful poem, especially one lamenting the dead; any mournful writing or piece of music
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Eloquent
adj. well-spoken; expressive; articulate
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Emollient
adj. soothing, especially to the skin making less harsh; mollifying
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Empirical
adj. based on observation or experiment
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Encomium
n. glowing and enthusiastic praise; panegyric, tribute, eulogy
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Endemic
adj. characteristic off or often found in a particular locality, region, or people; restricted to or peculiar to that region; indigenous
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Enervate
v. to weaken; to reduce in vitality
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Engender
v. to cause, produce, give rise to
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Enigmatic
adj. mysterious, obscure, difficult to understand
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Ennui
n. dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy
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Enormity
n. excessive wickedness, evilness
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Ephemeral
adj. brief; fleeting, short-lived
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Epicure
n. one devoted to sensual pleasure, particularly in food and drink; gourmand, sybarite
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Episodic
adj. loosely connected, not flowing logically, occurring at intervals
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Epithet
n. disparaging word or phrase
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Epitome
. embodiment; quintessence
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Equanimity
n. composure, self-possession
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Equable
adj. not able to be easily disturbed
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Equivocate
v. to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent
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Errant
adj. traveling, itinerant, peripatetic
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Erratic
adj. without consistency
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Erudite
Adj. very learned; scholarly
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Eschew
v. to shun or avoid
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Esoteric
adj. intended for or understood by a small, specific group
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Essay
v. to test or try; attempt, experiment
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Estimable
adj. worthy, formidable
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Eulogy
n. a speech honoring the dead
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Evanescent
adj. tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing
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Evince
v. to show clearly, to indicate
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Exacerbate
v. to make worse or more severe
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Exact
v. to demand, call for, require, take
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Excoriate
v. to censure scathingly , to upbraid
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Exculpate
v. exonerate; to clear of blame
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Exemplar
n. typical or standard specimen; paradigm, model
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Exhort
v. to incite, to make urgent appeals
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Exigent
adj. urgent; pressing; requiring immediate action or attention
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Exonerate
v. to remove blame
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Expatiate
v. discuss or write about at length; to range freely
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Expiate
v. to atone or make amends for
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Expurgate
v. to remove obscenity, purify, censor
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Extant
adj. existing, not destroyed or lost
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Extemporaneous
adj. improvised; done without preparation
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Extirpate
v. to destroy, exterminate, cut out, pull out by the roots
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Facetious
adj. playful; humorous; not serious
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Fallacy
n. an invalid or incorrect notion; a mistaken belief
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Fallow
adj. untilled, inactive, dormant
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Fanatical
adj. zealous; single-mindedly obsessed with one thing
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Fastidious
adj. excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please
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Fatuous
adj. silly, inanely foolish
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Fawn
v. flatter or praise excessively
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Feckless
adj. ineffectual; irresponsible
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Felicitous
adj. suitable expressed, well chosen, apropos; delightful
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Fervent
adj. greatly emotional or zealous
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Fetid
adj. stinking, having a heavy bad smell
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Fetter
v. to shackle, put in chains, restrain
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Fickle
adj. a likeliness to casually change one's mind
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Filibuster
n. intentional obstruction, usually using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action
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Filigree
n. an ornamental work, especially of delicate lace-like patterns. resembling such a pattern
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Flag
v. to sag or droop; to become spiritless, to decline
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Flip
adj. sarcastic, impertinent
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Florid
adj. flushed with color, ruddy, ornate
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Flout
v. to demonstrate contempt for
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Foment
v. to stir up, incite, rouse
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Forbearance
n. patience, willingness to wait
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Ford
v. to wade across the shallow part of a river or stream
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Forestall
v. to act in a way to hinder, exclude or prevent an action; to circumvent or thwart
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Forswear
v. to renounce, disallow, repudiate
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Fortuitous
adj. happening by fortunate accident or chance
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Fracas
n. noisy fight or quarrel, brawl
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Fractious
adj. quarrelsome, rebellious, unruly, cranky
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Froward
adj. intractable; not willing to yield or comply; stubbornly disobedient
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Frugal
adj. prudent in saving; not wasteful
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Fulminate
v. to attack loudly or denounce
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Furtive
adj. marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious
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Gainsay
v. to deny, dispute, contradict, oppose
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Galvanize
v. to startle into sudden action, stimulate
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Gambol
v. to skip about playfully, frolic
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Garner
v. to gather and save, store up, acquire
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Garrulous
adj. pointlessly talkative, talking too much
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Gauche
adj. crude, awkward, tasteless
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Germane
adj. relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in subject matter
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Glib
adj. marked by ease for informality; nonchalant; lacking in depth; superficial
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Gossamer
adj. delicate, insubstantial or tenuous; insincere
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Grandiloquence
n. pompous speech or expression
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Gregarious
adj. sociable; outgoing; enjoying the company of other people
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Grouse
v. to complain or grumble
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Guile
n. trickery, duplicity, cunning
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Hackneyed
adj. rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage
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Halcyon
adj. calm and peaceful, prosperous
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Hallow
v. to set apart as holy
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Happenstance
n. a chance happening or event
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Harangue
v. to deliver a loud, pompous speech or tirade
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Harbinger
n. anything that foreshadows a future event; an omen ' a sign
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Harrow
v. to distress, create stress or torment
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Hedonism
n. devotion to pleasurable pursuits, especially to the pleasures of the senses
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Hegemony
n. the consistent dominance or influence of one group, state, or ideology over others
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Heretical
adj. violating accepted dogma or convention, unorthodox
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Hermetic
adj. airtight, impervious to outside influence
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Heterodox
adj. unorthodox, heretical, iconoclastic
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Hidebound
adj. narrow or rigid in opinion, inflexible; oriented toward or confined to the past; extremely conservative
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Hirsute
adj. hairy, shaggy
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Homily
n. a sermon or morally instructive lecture, a platitude
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Homogeneous
adj. same throughout
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Hortatory
adj. Urging to come course of conduct or action; encouraging
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Hubris
n. arrogant presumption
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Hyperbole
n. an exaggerated statement, often used as a figure of speech
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Iconoclast
n. one who attacks of undermines traditional conventions or institutions
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Idolatrous
adj. given to intense or excessive devotion to something
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Idyll
n. a carefree, lighthearted pastoral or romantic episode or experience, a literary or musical piece describing such
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Ignominious
adj. shameful, dishonorable, ignoble, undignified, disgraceful
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Illiberality
n. quality of being narrow-minded, bigoted
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Imbroglio
n. difficult or embarrassing situation
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Imminent
adj. about to happen; impending
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Immutable
adj. capable of change
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Impassive
adj. revealing no emotion or sensibility
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Impecunious
adj. lacking fund; without money
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imperious
adj. commanding, masterful, arrogant, domineering, haughty
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Imperturbable
adj. marked by extreme calm, impassivity and steadiness
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Impetuous
aid. hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement
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Implacable
adj. not capable of being appeased or significantly changed
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Importune
v. to ask incessantly, beg, nag
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Impudent
adj. shamelessly bold; insolent, impertinent
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Impugn
v. attack or assail verbally, censure, execrate, deny
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Impunity
n. immunity from punishment, penalty or harm
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Impute
v. to attribute to a cause to source, ascribe, assign as a characteristic
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Inalienable
adj. cannot be transferred
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Inchoate
adj. in a initial stage, not fully formed
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Incipient
adj. beginning to come into being or to become apparent
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Indecorous
adj. violating generally accepted standards of good taste or propriety, unseemly
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Indefatigable
adj. not easily exhaustible, tireless, dogged
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indemnify
adj. to guard to secure against anticipated loss
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Indifferent
adj. having no interest or concern, apathetic; showing no bias or prejudice
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Indolent
adj. lazy, listless, torpid
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Ineluctable
adj. certain, inevitable
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Inert
adj. unmoving, lethargic, sluggish, not reactive chemically
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Ingenuous
adj. artless, frank and candid, lacking in sophistication
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Inherent
adj. ingrained with one's nature, intrinsic, firmly established, essential
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Inimical
adj. damaging, harmful, injurious, hostile, unfriendly
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Inimitable
adj. one of a kind, peerless
330
Iniquity
n. wickedness, gross injustice
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Injudicious
adj. showing lack of judgment, unwise, imprudent, indiscreet
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Innervate
v. to supply with nerves, energize
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Innocuous
adj. harmless; causing no damage
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Inscrutable
adj. incapable of being discovered or understood, mysterious
335
insensible
adj. unconscious, unresponsive, unaware, unaffected, numb
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Insipid
adj. without taste of flavor, lacking in spirit, dull
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insouciant
adj. unconcerned, carefreee, nonchalant
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Insular
adj. parochial, narrow-minded, like an island
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Interdict
v. prohibit, forbid, bad, halt
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Intimate
v. to imply, suggest or insinuate
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intractable
adj. not easily managed or directed, stubborn, obstinate
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Intransigent
adj. refusing to compromise
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Intrepid
adj. steadfast, courageous
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Inundate
v. to cover or overwhelm, to flood
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Inured
adj. accustomed to accepting something undesirable
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Inveigh
v. to attack verbally, denounce, deprecate
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Inveigle
v. to obtain by deception or flattery
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Inveterate
adj. deep routed, ingrained, habitual
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Invidious
adj. tending to arouse envy or ill will in others
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Irascible
adj. easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts
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Itinerate
v. to travel from place to place
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Jejune
adj. vapid, uninteresting; childish, immature;lacking nutrition
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Jibe
v. to agree, to be in accord
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Jocose
adj. giving to joking; humorous
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Kinetic
adj. having to do with motion; lively; active
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Labile
adj. readily open to change, unstable
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Lachrymose
adj. causing tears, tearful, showing sorrow
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Laconic
adj. using few words; terse
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Lassitude
n. listlessness, languor, weariness
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Laud
v. to praise highly
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Lavish
adj. extravagant
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Lethargic
adj. characterized by lethargy or sluggishness
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Libertine
n. someone unrestrained by morality or convention or leading a dissolute life
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Limn
v. to draw, outline in detail
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Limpid
adj. transparent, serene, clear and simple in style, untroubled
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Lionize
v. to treat something as an object of great interest or importance; to treat a person as a celebrity
367
List
v. to tilt or lean to one side
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Loquacious
adj. extremely talkative
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Lucid
adj. intelligible, sound, clear
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Lumber
v. to move heavily and clumsily or with a rumbling sound
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Luminous
adj. characterized by a brightness and the emission of light, enlightened, clear
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Magnanimity
n. the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, especially in forgiving
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Malevolent
adj. having or showing often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred
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Malfeasance
n. the performance of a public official of an act that is harmful or illegal
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Malinger
v. to feign illness so as to avoid work
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Malleable
adj. capable of being shaped of formed, easily influenced
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Martial
adj. associated with war and the armed forces
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Martinet
n. a rigid disciplinarian
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Maunder
v. to talk or move aimlessly mutter
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Maverick
n. independent individual who does not go along with a group or party
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Melancholy
adj. tending toward sadness
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Mellifluous
adj. sweetly flowing, usually used to describe words or sounds
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Mendacity
n. the condition of being untruthful, dishonesty
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Mendicant
n. a beggar, supplicant
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Mercurial
adj. character by rapid and unpredictable change in mood
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Meretricious
adj. tawdry, pretentious, attractive but false, showy, having to do with prostitution
387
Meticulous
adj. characterized by extreme care and precision, attentive to details
388
Mettlesome
adj. courageous, high-spirited
389
Militate
v. to have weight or bearing on, to argue (against)
390
Milk
v. to exploit, to squeeze every last ounce of
391
Minatory
adj. menacing, threatening
392
Mince
v. pronounce rt speak affectedly or too carefully, euphemized, take tiny steps, tiptoe
393
Misanthrope
n. one who hates humankind
394
Misogynist
n. one who hates women
395
Mitigate
v. to make or become less severe or intense, moderate
396
Mollify
v. to calm or soothe, reduce in emotional intensity
397
Monotony
n. tedious lack of variety or change
398
Morose
adj. sad, sullen, melancholy
399
Multifaceted
adj. having many aspects
400
Multifarious
adj. varied, motley, greatly diversified
401
Mundane
adj. of the world. typical or concerned with the ordinary
402
Nadir
n. low point, perigee
403
Nascent
adj. coming into being; in early developmental stages
404
Natty
adj. trimly neat and tidy, dapper
405
Nebulous
adj. vague, cloudy, lacking clearly defined form
406
Neologism
n. a new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses
407
Neophyte
n. a recent convert; a beginner; novice
408
Nettle
v. to irritate, annoy,or provoke
409
Nexus
n. a connection, tie, or link; center or focus
410
Nice
adj. exacting, extremely or even excessively precise; done with delicacy or skill
411
Noisome
adj. offensive, especially to one's sense of smell, fetid
412
Nonplussed
adj. baffled, in a quandary, at a loss for what to say, do or think
413
Normative
adj. of or pertaining to an assumed norm regarded as the standard of correctness in behavior, speech, writing
414
Nostrum
n. cure-all, placebo, questionable remedy
415
Noxious
adj. harmful; injurious
416
Obdurate
adj. unyielding, hard-hearted, inflexible
417
Obeisance
n. gesture that expresses deference, such as a bow or curtsy
418
Obfuscate
v. to deliberately obscure, to make confusing
419
Objurgate
v. to reproach or vehemently denounce; to scold
420
Obsequious
adj. exhibiting a fawning attentiveness; subservient
421
Obstinate
adj. stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising
422
Obstreperous
adj. noisy, loudly stubborn, boisterous
423
Obtain
v. to be established, accepted, or customary, prevail
424
Obtuse
adj. lacking sharpness of intellect, not clear or precise in thought or expression
425
Obviate
v. to anticipate and make unnecessary
426
Occlude
v. to obstruct or block
427
Occult
adj. hidden, concealed, beyond comprehension
428
Odious
adj. hateful; arousing strong feeling of dislike
429
Officious
adj. meddlesome, pushy in offering one's services where they are unwanted
430
Onerous
adj. troubling, burdensome
431
Opaque
adj. impermeable by light; dense in mind
432
Opprobrium
n. disgrace, contempt, scorn
433
Oscillation
n. the at of state of swinging back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm
434
Ossified
adj. changed into bone; made rigidly conventional and unreceptive to change
435
Ostensible
adj. seeming, appearing as such, professed
436
Ostentatious
adj. characterized by or given to pretentiousness
437
Overweening
adj. presumptuously arrogant, overbearing, immoderate
438
Paean
n. a song or expression of praise and thanksgiving
439
Palliate
v. to make something appear less serious, gloss over, mitigate
440
Panacea
n. a remedy for all diseases of ills; an answer or solution for all problems or difficulties
441
Panache
adj. a grand or flamboyant manner
442
Pandemic
adj. widespread; occurring over a large area of affecting an unusually large percentage of the population
443
Panegyric
n. formal expression of praise
444
Paradigm
n. something that serves as a model, example, or pattern; the framework of assumptions and understandings shared by a group or discipline that shapes its world view
445
Paradox
n. a contradiction; a seemingly self-contradictory statement that seems true nonetheless
446
Paragon
n. something regarded as a model of excellence or perfection in some way
447
Pariah
n. an outcast, a rejected and despised person
448
Parody
n. humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, especially in literature and art, also something so bad as to be potentially mistaken for an intentional mockery
449
Parry
v. to block, evade or ward off, as a blow
450
Parsimonious
adj. cheap, miserly
451
Partisan
adj. one-sided, committed to a party, biased or prejudiced
452
Pastoral
adj. having the simplicity, charm serenity, or other characteristics generally attributed to rural areas; pertaining to life in the country
453
Paucity
adj. scarcity, a lacking of
454
Peccadillo
n. a slight offense; literally, a minor sin
455
Pedagogy
n. the art or profession of training, teaching, or instructing
456
Pedantic
adj. ostentatious display of learning, excessive attention to minutiae and formal rules, unimaginative
457
Pedestrian
adj. commonplace, trite, unremarkable
458
Pellucid
adj. clear in meaning, expression, or style' translucent
459
Penchant
n. strong inclination, a liking
460
Penitential
adj. expressive of regret for one's wrong doing
461
Penurious
adj. penny-pinching, excessively thrifty; ungenerous
462
Peremptory
adj. admitting of no contradiction, putting an end to further debate, haughty, imperious
463
Perennial
adj. recurrent through the year or many years, happening repeatedly
464
Perfidy
n. intentional breach of faith, treachery
465
Perfunctory
adj. cursory, done without care of interest
466
Peripatetic
adj. itinerant, traveling, nomadic
467
Pernicious
adj. extremely harmful, potentially causing death
468
Personable
adj. pleasing in appearance, attractive
469
Perspicacious
adj. acutely perceptive, having keen discernment
470
Peruse
v. to examine with great care
471
Pervade
v. to permeate throughout
472
Petrous
adj. like a rock; hard, stony
473
Petulant
adj. impatient, irritable
474
Philanthropic
adj. humanitarian; benevolent
475
Philistine
n. a crass individual guided by material rather than intellectual or artistic values
476
Phlegmatic
adj. calm, sluggish, unemotional, stoic
477
Pillory
v. to punish, hold up to public scorn
478
Pine
v. to yearn intensely, to languish, to lose vigor
479
Pious
adj. extremely reverent or devout
480
Piquant
adj. agreeable pungent, spicy, stimulating
481
Pique
n. resentment, feeling of irritation due to hurt pride
482
Pirate
v. to use or reproduce illegally
483
Pith
n. the essential or central part
484
Placate
v. to appease, to calm by making concessions
485
Plaintive
adj. mournful, melancholy, sorrowful
486
Plangent
adj. pounding, thundering, resounding
487
Plastic
adj. moldable, pliable, not rigid
488
Platitude
n. a superficial or trite remark, especially one offered as meaningful
489
Plethora
n. an overabundance, a surplus
490
Pluck
n. courage, spunk, fortitude
491
Plumb
v. to measure the depth (as with a plumb line), to examine critically
492
Plummet
v. to plunge to drop straight down
493
Poignant
adj. distressing, pertinent, touching, stimulating, emotional
494
Polemical
adj. controversial, argumentative
495
Portentous
adj. ominously significant or indicative
496
Pragmatic
adj. practical rather than idealistic
497
Prate
v. chatter, babble
498
Prattle
v. to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner
499
Precarious
adj. uncertain, risky, dangerous
500
Precept
n. rule establishing standard of conduct, a doctrine that is taught
501
Precipitate
adj. acting with excessive haste or impulse
502
Precursor
n. something that precedes and indicates or announces another
503
Predilection
n. a disposition in favor of something, preference
504
Preeminent
adj. superior to others; surpassing
505
Preempt
v. to replace, to supersede, to appropriate
506
Preen
v. to dress up, primp, groom oneself with elaborate care; in animals, to clean fur or feathers
507
Premonitory
adj. serving to warn beforehand
508
Prescience
n. knowing of events prior to their occurring
509
Presumptuous
adj. overstepping bounds, as of propriety or courtesy taking liberties
510
Prevaricate
v. to deliberately avoid the truth, mislead
511
Pristine
adj. pure, uncorrupted, clean
512
Prize
v. to pry, press or force with a lever
513
Probity
adj. adherence to highest principles, uprightness
514
Proclivity
n. a natural predisposition or inclination
515
Prodigal
adj. recklessly wasteful, extravagant, profuse, lavish
516
Prodigious
adj. abundant in size, force, or extent; extraordinary
517
Profligate
adj. excessively wasteful, recklessly extravagant
518
Profuse
adj. giving or coming forth abundantly, extravagant
519
Prolific
adj. producing large volumes or amounts, productive
520
Prolix
adj. long-winded, verbose
521
Promulgate
v. to make known by open declaration, proclaim formally, or put into operation
522
Propensity
n. a natural inclination or tendency, penchant
523
Propinquity
adj. nearness in time or place, affinity of nature, kinship
524
Propitiate
v. to appease or pacify
525
Propitious
adj. auspicious, favorable
526
Propriety
n. appropriateness, conformity with standards of acceptable behavior
527
Prosaic
adj. dull unimaginative
528
Proscribe
v. to outlaw or prohibit
529
Provident
adj. frugal, looking to the future
530
Puerile
adj. childish, immature
531
Pugnacious
adj. contentious, quarrelsome, giving to fighting, belligerent
532
Punctilious
adj. precise, paying attention to trivialities, especially in regard to etiquette
533
Pundit
n. an authority on a subject, one who gives opinions
534
Pusillanimous
adj. cowardly, craven
535
Putrefy
v. to rot, decay, and give off a foul odor, become gangrenous
536
Quaff
v. to drink deeply
537
Quail
v. to shrink back in fear, lose courage
538
Qualify
v. to limit
539
Qualms
n. misgivings, reservation, causing for hesitancy
540
Queries
n. question, inquiries, reservation
541
Querulous
adj. prone to complaining or grumbling, quarrelsome
542
Quiescence
n. still, motionlessness, quality of being at rest
543
Quotidian
adj. occurring or recurring daily, commonplace
544
Rail
v. to complain about bitterly
545
Ramify
v. to be divided or subdivided, branch out
546
Rancorous
adj. characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment
547
Rapacious
adj. voracious, greedy, plundering, subsisting on prey
548
Rarefy
v. to make or become thin, less dense, refine
549
Recalcitrant
adj. obstinately defiant of authority or guidance, difficult to manage
550
Recant
v. to retract, especially a previously held belief
551
Recapitulate
v. to summarizes, to repeat concisely
552
Recondite
adj. hidden, concealed, difficult to understand, obscure
553
Reconnoiter
v. to engage in reconnaissance, make a preliminary inspection of
554
Recumbent
adj. leaning, resting, prone
555
Redolent
adj. fragrant, suggestive or evocative
556
Redoubtable
adj. awe-inspiring, worthy of honor
557
Refulgent
adj. radiant, shiny, brilliant
558
Refute
v. to disprove, successfully argue against
559
Regale
v. to delight or entertain, feast
560
Relegate
v. to forcibly assign, especially to a lower place or position
561
Remonstrate
v. to protest, object
562
Renege
v. to fail honor a commitment, go back on a promise
563
Rent
v. torn, split apart, pierced as by a sound
564
Repine
v. to feel or express dejection or discontent, long for
565
Repudiate
v. to refuse to have anything to do with, disown
566
Rescind
v. to invalidate, repeal, retract
567
Resolute
adj. adamant, steadfast, determined
568
Restive
adj. impatient of control, restraint, or delay; restless; uneasy
569
Reticent
adj. quiet, reserved reluctant to express thoughts and feelings
570
Reverent
adj. marked by, feeling, or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect
571
Rhetoric
n. the art or study of effective use of language for communication and persuasion
572
Risible
adj. hilarious, provoking laughter
573
Rubric
n. authoritative rule, heading, title, or category
574
Rue
v. regret, feel remorse
575
Sagacious
adj. having sound judgment, perceptive, wise
576
Salacious
adj. appealing to or causing sexual desire, bawdy
577
Salient
adj. prominent, protruding, conspicuous, highly relevant
578
Salubrious
adj. promoting health or well-being
579
Salutary
adj. remedial, wholesome, causing improvement
580
Sanctimony
n. self-righteousness, pretended piety
581
Sanction
n. authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance
582
Sanguine
adj. cheerful, confident, optimistic
583
Sap
v. to enervate or weaken the vitality of
584
Sartorial
adj. of or pertaining to clothing or style
585
Satiate
v. to overindulge, satisfy to excess
586
Satire
n. a literary work that ridicules or criticizes human vice through humor or derision
587
Saturnine
adj. gloomy, dark, sullen, morose
588
Scintillating
adj. animated, witty, brilliantly clever
589
Scurvy
adj. contemptible, despicable
590
Sedulous
adj. diligent, persistent, hardworking
591
Seine
n. a large net hung out and dragged in to catch fish
592
Sere
adj. withered, arid
593
Seminal
adj. like a seed, constituting a source, originative
594
Serendipitous
adj. come upon or found by accident; fortuitous
595
Shard
n. a piece of broken pottery or glass, any small piece or part
596
Simper
v. to smirk; to say something with a silly, coy smile
597
Sinecure
n. position requiring little or no work and usually providing an income
598
Singular
adj. exceptional, unusual, odd
599
Sinuous
adj. winding, curving, moving lithely, devious
600
Slake
v. to satisfy, quench, lessen the intensity of
601
Sodden
adj. soaked or drenched, unimaginative, dull
602
Solder
v. weld, fuse or join, as with a soldering gun
603
Solicitous
adj. concerned and attentive, eager
604
Solvent
adj. able to meet financial obligations
605
Sophistry
n. fallacious reasoning; plausible but faulty logic
606
Sophomoric
adj. exhibiting immaturity, lack of judgment, pretentious
607
Soporific
adj. causing drowsiness, tending to induce sleep
608
Sordid
adj. characterized by filth, grime, or squalor, foul
609
Sparse
adj. thin, not dense, arranged at widely spaced intervals
610
Specious
adj. seeming true, but actually false, misleadingly attractive
611
Spendthrift
n. one who spends money wastefully
612
Splenetic
adj. bad-tempered, irritable
613
Sporadic
adj. occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances
614
Spurious
adj. lacking authenticity or validity, false, counterfeit
615
Squalid
adj. sordid, wretched and dirty as from neglect
616
Squander
v. to wastes by spending or using irresponsibly
617
Stanch
v. to stop the flow of a fluid
618
Static
adj. not moving, active or in motion; at rest
619
Steep
v. to saturate or completely soak
620
Stentorian
adj. extremely loud and powerful
621
Stint
v. to restrain, be sparing or frugal
622
Stoic
adj. indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain, steadfast
623
Stolid
adj. calm, impassive
624
Striated
adj. striped, grooved, or banded
625
Strut
n. a structural support used to brace framework
626
Stupefy
v. to shun, baffle, or amaze
627
Stymie
v. to block, thwart
628
Subpoena
n. a court order requiring appearance and/or testimony
629
Subtle
adj. not obvious, elusive,difficult to discern, crafty or sly
630
Succinct
adj. brief, concise
631
Succor
n. assistance, relief in time of distress
632
Sundry
adj. various, miscellaneous, separate
633
Supercilious
adj. disdainful, arrogant, haughty, characterized by haughty scorn
634
Superfluous
adj. exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
635
Supine
adj. inactive, lying on one's back, apathetic, mentally or morally slack
636
Supplant
v. to take the place of , supersede
637
Suppliant
adj. asking humbly, beseeching
638
Supplicant
n. beggar, one who prays or begs for something
639
Surfeit
v. to feed or supply in excess
640
Sycophant
n. someone who tries to flatter or please for personal gain, parasite
641
Synthesis
n. the combination of parts to make a whole
642
Table
v. to remove (as a parliamentary motion) from consideration
643
Taciturn
adj. not talkative, silent
644
Talisman
n. something believed to have magic power or bestow good luck
645
Tamp
v. to drive in or down by a series of blows
646
Tautology
n. repetition, a redundancy a circular argument
647
Tawdry
adj. cheap, gaudy, showy, tacky, indecent
648
Temperance
n. moderation of self-restraint; self-control
649
Tenacity
n. the quality of adherence or persistence to something valued
650
Tendentious
adj. biased, showing marked tendencies
651
Tender
v. to offer formally
652
Tenuous
adj. having little substance or strength, flimsy, weak
653
Tepid
adj. characterized by a lack of force or enthusiasm; lukewarm
654
Terse
adj. brief and concise in wording
655
Timorous
adj. timid, fearful, diffident
656
Tirade
n. a long and extremely critical speech, harsh denunciation
657
Toady
n. sycophant, flatterer, yes-man
658
Torpid
adj. lethargic, sluggish, dormant
659
Torque
n. a force that causes rotation
660
Torrid
adj. scorching, ardent, passionate, hurried
661
Tortuous
adj. winding, twisting, excessively complicated
662
Tout
v. to publicly praise or promote
663
Tractable
adj. docile, obedient, easily led
664
Transient
adj. fleeting, passing quickly, brief
665
Travesty
n. mockery, caricature, parody
666
Trenchant
adj. sharply perceptive, keen, penetrating, biting, clear-cut
667
Trite
adj. lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use of excessive repetition
668
Truculent
adj. fierce, scathing, eager to fight
669
Tumid
adj. swollen
670
Turbid
adj. muddy, having sediment stirred up, clouded to the point of being opaque, in a state of turmoil
671
Turgid
adj. swollen, bloated, pompous, excessively ornate
672
Turpitude
n. depravity, baseness
673
Tyro
n. novice, beginner in learning
674
Ubiquitous
adj. existing everywhere at the same time, constantly encountered, widespread
675
Umbrage
n. offense, resentment
676
Undulate
v. to move in a wave-like fashion, fluctuate
677
Unfeigned
adj. genuine, not false or hypothetical
678
Untenable
adj. indefensible, not viable, uninhabitable
679
Untoward
adj. troublesome, unruly, unseemly, adverse
680
Upbraid
v. to scold, censure, rebuke, chastise
681
Urbane
adj. sophisticated, refine, elegant
682
Usury
n. charging an exorbitant or illegal rate of interest
683
Vacillate
v. to waver indecisively between one course of action or opinion and another, sway from one side to the other
684
Variegated
adj. multicolored, characterized by a variety of patches of different color
685
Vaunt
v. to brag or boast
686
Venal
adj. capable of being brought or bribed, mercenary
687
Venerate
v. to revere
688
Veracity
n. truthfulness, honesty
689
Verisimilitude
n. appearing true or real
690
Veritable
adj. authentic, real, genuine
691
Vestigial
adj. possessing a mark or visible evidence of something that is no longer present or in existence; a very slight trance of amount of something
692
Vexation
n. annoyance, irritation
693
Vigilant
adj. alertly watchful
694
Vilify
v. to defame, characterize harshly
695
Virulent
adj. extremely harmful or poisonous, bitterly hostile or antagonistic
696
Viscous
adj. think, sticky
697
Vitiate
v. to reduce the value of debase, spoil, make ineffective
698
Vituperate
v. to use harsh condemnatory language; abuse or censure severely
699
Vociferous
adj. crying out noisily
700
Volatile
adj. readily changing to a vapor; changeable; fickle, explosive
701
Voluble
adj. characterized by a ready and continuous flow of words; fluent; talkative
702
Voracious
adj. having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit, ravenous
703
Waft
n. a light breeze, a puff
704
Waver
v. to move to and fro, to be unsettled in opinion
705
Welter
v. to write, to toss about, to be in turmoil
706
Wend
v. to go, proceed, walk
707
Whet
n. to sharpen or stimulate
708
Whimsical
adj.imaginative; unpredictable
709
Zealous
adj. fervent, ardent, impassioned
