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Sublime

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(adj)
-lofty or grand

-synonyms: august, exalted, resplendent

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Ersatz

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-adj
-fake
-synonyms: sham, spurious

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Mitigate

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-verb
-to soften; to lesson
-synonyms: allay, assuage, temper

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Apocryphal

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-adj
-of question authority or authenticity
-synonyms: fictitious

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Cosset

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-verb
-to pamper; to treat with great care
-synonyms: dandle

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Venerate

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-verb
-to respect deeply
-synonyms: revere

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Deleterious

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-adj
-subtly or unexpectfully harmful
-synonyms: inimical, injurious

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Gregarious

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-adj
-outgoing, sociable
-affable, congenial

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Collusion

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-noun
-a collaboration, complicity, conspiracy
-synonyms: connivance, intrigue, machination

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Phalanx

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-noun
-a compact or close-knit body of people, animals, or things
-synonyms: legion, mass

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Euphony (no synonyms)

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-noun
-Sweet, harmonious sound

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Assail

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-verb
-to attack; to assault
-synonyms: beset, storm

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Ignoble

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-adj
-having low moral standards, not noble in character, mean
-synonyms: vulgar

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Augury

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-noun
-a prophecy, a prediction of events
-synonyms: auspice, harbinger, omen, portent, presage

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Fecund

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-adj
-fertile, fruitful, productive
-synonyms: prolific

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Symbiosis

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-noun
-cooperation, mutual helplessness
-synonyms: association, interdependence

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diaphanous

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-adj
-allowing light to show through; delicate
-synonyms: gauzy, tenuous

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Tangential

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-adj
-digressing, diverting
-synonyms: digressive, extraneous, inconsequential, peripheral

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Palliate

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-verb
-to make less serious; to ease
-synonyms: extenuate, conciliate, propitiate

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Nascent

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-adj
-starting to develop, coming into existence
-synonyms: embryonic, inchoate, incipient

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Pugilism (no synonyms)

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-noun
-boxing

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unequivolcal

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-adj
-absolute, certain
-synonyms: unambiguous

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Rococo

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-adj
-very highly ornamented, relating to an 18th century artistic style of elaborate ornamentation
-synonyms: intricate, ornate

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invidious

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-adj
-envious, obnoxious or offensive, likely to promote ill-will
-synonyms: discriminatory, jaundiced

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gradation

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-noun
-a degree or stage in a process, a variation in color

-synonyms: nuance, subtlety

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Affected (no synonyms)

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-adj
-phony, artificial

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Machination

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-noun
-plot or scheme
-synonyms: cabal, design, intrigue

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Mannered (no synonyms)

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-adj
-artificial or stilted in character

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winsome (no synonyms)

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-adj
-charming, happily engaged

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Insurrection

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-noun
-rebellion

-synonyms: mutiny

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Fetid

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-adj
-foul-smelling; putrid
-synonyms: malodorous, noisome, rank

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Posit (no synonyms)

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-verb
-to assume as real or conceded; to propose an an explanation

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Monotony

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-noun
-no variation; tediously the same
-synonyms: drone, tedium

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Redress

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-noun
-relief from wrong or injury
-synonyms: amends, indemnity, quittance, reparation, restitution

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neophyte

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-noun
-novice; beginning
-synonyms: apprentice, greenhorn, tyro

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Perfunctory

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-adj
-done in a routine way
-synonyms: apathetic, automatic, mechanical

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Axiom

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-noun
-premise;postulate; self-evident truth
-synonyms: adage, aphorism, apothegm, maxim, rule

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peripatetic

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-adj
-wandering from place to place, especially on foot
-synonyms: itinerant, nomadic, wayfaring

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Guile

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-noun
-deceit, trickery
-synonyms: artifice, chicanery, connivery, duplicity

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Listless

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-adj
-lacking energy and enthusiasm
-synonyms: fainéant, indolent, languid, lackadaisical, torpid

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Abase

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-verb
-to humble; to disgrace
-synonyms: demean

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Flag

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-verb
-to decline in vigor, stregthen, or interest
-synonyms: ebb, slacken, subside, wane

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Innocuous

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-adj
-harmless
-synonyms: insipid

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Curmudgeon

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-noun
-a cranky person, usually an old one
-synonyms: coot

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Implacable

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-adj
-unable to be calmed down or made peaceful
-synonyms: irreconcilable, obdurate, obstinate, unyielding

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Hoary

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-adj
-very old, whitish or gray from age
-synonyms: antediluvian, venerable

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Lachrymose (no synonyms)

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-adj
-tearful

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loquacious

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-adj
-talkative
-synonyms: effusive, garrulous, verbose

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Dilettante

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-noun
-someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic
-synonyms: dabbler, superficial, tyro

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Antipathy

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-noun
-extreme dislike
-synonyms: animus, enmity, repugnance

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Abstemious

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-adj
-moderate in appetite; practicing moderation or abstinence
-synonyms: continent, temperate

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Decorous

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-adj
-proper, tasteful, socially correct
-synonyms: comme il faut, courteous

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Esoteric

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-adj
-known or understood only by a few
-synonyms: abstruse, arcane

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Gullible (just synonyms)

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-synonyms: credulous, exploitable

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Pejorative (no synonyms)

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-adj
-having bad connotations, disparaging

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Abscond

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-verb
-to leave secretly
-synonyms: decamp

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Cupidity

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-noun
-greed, strong desire
-synonyms: avarice, covetousness, rapacity

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peregrinate

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-verb
-to wander from from place to place; to travel, especially on foot
-synonyms: transverse, trek

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Rarefy

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-verb
-to become thinner or sparser
-synonyms: attenuate

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Impious

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-adj
-not devout in religion
-synonyms: irreverent

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Torpor

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-noun
-extreme mental and physical sluggish
-synonyms: apathy, languor

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Molt

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-verb
-to shed hair, skin, or an outer layer periodically
-synonyms: cast, defoliate, desquamate

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Ardor

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-noun
-intense and passionate feeling
-synonyms: fervency, fervidity, fervidness

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Heterogeneous

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-adj
-composed of unlike parts; different; diverse
-synonyms: motley

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Potentate (no synonyms)

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-noun
-a monarch or ruler with great power

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Tirade

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-noun
-a long, harsh speech or verbal attack
-synonyms: diatribe, fulmination, harangue, obloquy, revilement, vilification

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Cabal

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-noun
-a secret group seeking to overturn something
-synonyms: coterie, mafia, mod

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Chaos (synonyms)

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-muddle, scramble, snarl, turmoil

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Jettison (no synonyms)

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-verb
-to discard; to get rid of as unnecessary or encumbering

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Rhetoric (synonyms)

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-eloquence, oratory

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Prudence

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-noun
-wisdom, caution, or restraint

-synonyms: astuteness, circumspection, discretion, frugality, judiciousness, providence, thrift

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Terrestrial

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-adj
-earthly, down-to-earth, commonplace
-synonyms: mundane, sublunary, tellurian, terrene

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Pungent

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-adj
-sharp and irritating to the senses
-synonyms: acrid, caustic, piquant, stinging

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Impetuous

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-adj
-quick to act without thinking
-synonyms: impulsive, precipitate

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Sardonic

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-adj
-cynical, scornfully mocking
-synonyms: acerbic, caustic, satirical

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Obsequious

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-adj
-overly submissive and eager to please
-synonyms: deferential, servile, subservient

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Discern

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-verb
-to perceive or recognize

-synonyms: descry, espy

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Investiture

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-noun
-ceremony conferring authority
-synonyms: inaugural, inauguration, induction

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Repast (no synonyms)

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-noun
-meal or mealtime

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Monastic

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-adj
-extremely plain or secluded, as in a monastery
-synonyms: austere, regimented, self-abnegating

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Precipitate

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-adj
-thrown violently or brought about abruptly, lacking deliberation
-synonyms: headlong, impetuous

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Bonhomie

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-noun
-good-natured geniality, an atmosphere of good cheer
-synonyms: affability, amiability, cordiality, geniality

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Condone

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-verb
-to overlook, pardon, or disregard
-synonyms: exculpate, remit

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Mirth

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-noun
-frivolity, gaiety, laughter
-synonyms: jollity

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Parley (no synonyms)

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-noun
-discussion, usually between enemies.

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Sagacious

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-adj
-shrewd, wise
-synonyms: astute, judicious, perspicacious, sage

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Iconoclast

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-noun
-one who opposes established beliefs, customs, and institutions
-revolutionary

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Distaff (no synonyms)

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-noun
-the female branch of the family

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Pariah (synonyms)

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-derelict, leper, offscouring

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Inimical

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-adj
-hostile, unfriendly
-synonyms: dissident, recalcitrant

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Deface

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-verb
-to mar the appearance of, to vandalize
-synonyms: impair, spoil

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Cloying

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-adj
-sickly sweet, excessive
-synonyms: fulsome

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acidulous

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-adj
-sour in taste or manner
-synonyms: acerbic, acetous, piquant, pungent

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elegy

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-noun
-a sorrowful poem or speech
-synonyms: dirge

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eclectic (no synonyms)

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-adj
-selecting from or made up from a variety of sources

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Aesthetic (no synonyms)

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-adj
-concerning the appreciation of beauty

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Proclivity

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-noun
-a natural inclination or predisposition
-synonyms: penchant, predilection, predisposition, propensity

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Overwrought

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-adj
-agitated, overdone
-synonyms: ornate

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Insipid

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-adj
-lacking interest or flavor
-synonyms: banal, full, vapid

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Droll

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-adj
-amusing in a wry, subtle way
-synonyms: cosmic, risible

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Boor

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-noun
-a crude person, one lacking manners or taste
-synonyms: clod, lout, oaf, vulgarian, yahoo

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Occlude

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-verb
-to stop up; to prevent the passage of
-synonyms: barricade, close

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Arbitrary

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-adj
-determined by chance or impulse
-synonyms: wayward

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Aerie

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-noun
-a nest built high in the air; an elevated, often secluded, dwelling
-synonyms: stronghold

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Nadir (no synonyms)

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-noun
-lowest point

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Corroborate (synonyms)

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-buttress

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Probity

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-noun
-complete honesty and integrity
-synonyms: rectitude

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Doctrinaire

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-adj
-rigidly devoted to theories without regard for practically; dogmatic
-synonyms: dictatorial

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Gambol

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-verb
-to dance or skip around playfully
-synonyms: caper, cavort, frisk, rollick, romp

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Pallid

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-adj
-lacking color or liveliness
-synonyms: ashen, blanched, wan

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Pervade

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-verb
-to be present throughout; to permeate
-synonyms: imbue, infuse, permeate, suffuse

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Misanthrope

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-noun
-a person who dislikes other
-synonyms: curmudgeon

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Polemic

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-noun
-controversy, argument, verbal attack
-synonyms: denunciation, refutation

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Anodyne

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-noun
-something that calms or soothes pain
-synonyms: narcotic, nepenthe, opiate

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Enigma

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-noun
-a puzzle, a mystery
-synonyms: conundrum, perplexity

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Transitory (no synonyms)

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-adj
-temporary, lasting a brief time

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hegemony (no synonyms)

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-noun
-the domination of one state or group over its allies

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Pusillanimous (no synonyms)

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-adj
-cowardly, without courage

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Upbraid

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-verb
-to scold sharply
-synonyms: berate, chide, rebuke, reproach, tax

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ameliorate (no synonyms)

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-verb
-to make better, to improve

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Adulterate

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-verb
-to make impure
-synonyms: debase, doctor, load

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solecism

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-noun
-grammatical mistake
-synonyms: blooper, faux pas, vulgarism

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Cacophony

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-noun
-a harsh, jarring noise
-synonyms: chaos, clamor, din, discord

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Amulet

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-noun
-an ornament worn as a charm against evil spirits
-synonyms: talisman

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efficacy

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-noun
-effectiveness
-synonyms: dynamism

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ebullient

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-adj
-exhilarated, a full of enthusiasm and high spirits
-synonyms: ardent, avid, bubbly, zestful

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Vim (no synonyms)

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-noun
-vitality and energy

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Militate (no synonyms)

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-verb
-to operate against, work against

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Eloquent (no synonyms)

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-adj
-persuasive and moving, especially in speech

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Lumber

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-verb
-to move slowly and awkwardly
-synonyms: galumph, hulk, lurch, stumble

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meretricious

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-adj
-gaudy, falsely attractive
-synonyms: specious, tawdry

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Stratagem

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-noun
-trick designed to deceive an enemy
-synonyms: artifice, feint, maneuver, ruse, wile

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Vacillate

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-verb
-to physically sway; to be indecisive
-synonyms: dither, falter, fluctuate, oscillate, waver

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Libertine

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-noun
-a free thinker (usually used disparagingly); one without moral restraint
-synonyms: hedonist

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Plethora

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-noun
-excess
-synonyms: glut, overabundance, superfluity, surfeit

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Erratic

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-adj
-wandering and unpredictable
-synonyms: capricious, inconstant, irresolute, whimsical

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Dirge

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-noun
-a funeral hymn or mournful speech
-synonyms: elegy, lament

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Talon (no synonyms)

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-noun
-claw of an animal, especially a bird of prey

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Paragon

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-noun
-model of excellence or perfection
-synonyms: apotheosis, ideal, quintessence

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Crescendo

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-noun
-steady increase in volume or force
-synonyms: acme, capstone, crest, culmination, meridian

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diffident

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-adj
-lacking self-confidence
-synonyms: self-effacing

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Abstain

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-verb
-to choose not to do something
-synonyms: forbear, refrain

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Deride

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-verb
-to speak of or treat with contempt, to mock
-synonyms: gibe, jeer

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Capricious

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-adj
-changing one’s mind quickly and often
-synonyms: mercurial, whimsical

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Blight

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-verb
-to afflict, to destroy
-synonyms: plague

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Obviate

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-verb
-to prevent, to make unnecessary
-synonyms: forestall, preclude, prohibit

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Zeal

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-noun
-passion, excitement
-synonyms: ardency

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anachronism

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-noun
-something out of place in time
-synonyms: archaism, incongruity

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dilatory

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-adj
-intended to delay
-synonyms: flagging, laggard

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Dyspeptic

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-adj
-suffering from indigestion; gloomy and irritable
-synonyms: acerbic, melancholy, morose, solemn

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Demagogue

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-noun
-a leader or rabble-rouser, usually one appealing to emotion or prejudice
-synonyms: agitator, inciter, instigator

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acme

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-noun
-the highest point; the summit; the highest level of degree attainable
-synonyms: apex, peak, summit

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Leery

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-adj
-suspicious
-synonyms: distrustful, guarded, wary

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Craven

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-adj
-lacking courage
-synonyms: fainthearted, spineless, timid

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epicure

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-noun
-a person with refined taste in food and wine
-synonyms: bon vivant, connoisseur, gastronome, gastronomist, gourmand, gourmet

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zephyr

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-noun
-a gentle breeze; something airy or unsubstantial
-synonyms: breath; draft

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Orotund

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-adj
-pompous; rich or full sounding
-synonyms: aureate, bombastic, declamatory, euphuistic, grandiloquent, magniloquent, oratorical, sonorous

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Slake (no synonyms)

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-verb
-to calm down or moderate

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Contumacious

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-adj
-rebellious
-synonyms: factious; insubordinate, insurgent, mutinous, seditious

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Perfidious (no synonyms)

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-adj
-willing to betray someone’s trus

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Metaphor (synonyms)

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-synonyms: allegory

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Catalyst

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-noun
-something that brings about a change in something else
-synonyms: goad, impetus, spur

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Neologism

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-noun
-new word or expression
-synonyms: slang, coinage

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Ingrate

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-noun
-an ungrateful person
-synonyms: cad, churl

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Abate

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-verb
-to reduce in amount, degree or severity
-synonyms: ebb, lapse, relent

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Sanguine

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-adj
-ruddy, cheerfully optimistic
-synonyms: rubicund

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puerile

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-adj
-childish, immature, or silly
-synonyms: infantile, jejune

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Limpid

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-adj
-clear, transparent
-synonyms: lucid, pellucid, serene

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Sybarite

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-noun
-a person devoted pleasure and luxury
-synonyms: hedonist, sensualist

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Pare

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-verb
-to trim off excess, to reduce
-synonyms: clip, peel

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restive (no synonyms)

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-adj
-impatient, uneasy, or restless

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toady

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-noun
-one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors
-synonyms: parasite, sycophant

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Disparate (no synonyms)

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-adj
-fundamentally different, entirely unlike

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Largess

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-noun
-generous giving (as of money) to others who may seem inferior
-synonyms: benevolence, boon

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Exigent (no synonyms)

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-adj
-urgent, requiring immediate action

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Fanatical

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-adj
-acting excessively enthusiastic, filled with extreme, unquestioned devotion
-synonyms: frenzied, zealous

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Multifarious

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-adj
-diverse
-synonyms: assorted, legion, motley, multifold, multiform, multiplex, populous

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Impasse

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-noun
-a blocked path, a dilemma with no solution
-synonyms: cul-de-sac, deadlock, stalemate

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Deference

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-noun
-respect, courtesy
-synonyms: obeisance, reverence, veneration

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Calumny (no synonyms)

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-noun
-a false and malicious accusation, misrepresentation

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Connoisseur (synonyms)

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authority, epicure, expert, gastronome, gourmet

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Obdurate

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-adj
-hardened in feeling, resistant to persuasion
-synonyms: intransigent, recalcitrant, tenacious, unyielding

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Inure (no synonyms)

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-verb
-to harden, accustom

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Whimsical

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-adj
-lightly acting in a fanciful or capricious manner, unpredictable, playful
-synonyms: capricious, frivolous, fanciful

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Quotidian (no synonyms)

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-adj
-occurring daily, commonplace

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Ranconteur

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-noun
-a witty, skillful storyteller
-synonyms: anecdotalist, monologist

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Hermetic

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-adj
-tightly sealed
-synonyms: impervious

188
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Voluble (no synonyms)

A

-adj
-talkative, speaking easily, glib

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Mores

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-noun
-fixed customs or manners, moral attitudes
-synonyms: conventions, practices

190
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Invective

A

-noun
-abusive language
-synonyms: denunciation, revilement, vituperation

191
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distend

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-vern
-to swell, inflate, or bloat
-synonyms: broaden, bulge

192
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Maudlin

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-adj
-overly sentimental
-synonyms: bathetic, mawkish, saccharine, weepy

193
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Wanton

A

-adj
-undisciplined, unrestrained, reckless
-synonyms: capricious, lewd, licentious

194
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Dictum

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-noun
-an authoritative statement
-synonyms: adage, aphorism, apothegm, decree, edict

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Myopic (no synonyms)

A

-adj
-lacking foresight, having a narrow view or short-range perspective

196
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Lissome

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-adj
-easily flexed, limber, agile
-synonyms: lithe, supple

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Cartography

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-noun
-the science or art of making maps
-synonyms: topography

198
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Nominal

A

-adj
-existing in name only, negligible
-synonyms: minimal, titular

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cogent (no synonyms)

A

-adj
-convincing and well-reasoning

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Imbue

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-verb
-to infuse, dye, wet, or moisten
-synonyms: charge, impregnante, permeate, pervade

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Inquest

A

-noun
-an investigation, an inquiry
-synonyms: probe

202
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specious

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-adj
-deceptively attractive, seemingly plausible but fallacious
-synonyms: illusory, ostensible, sophistic, spurious

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Analgesia (no synonyms)

A

-noun
-a lessening of pain without loss of consciousness

204
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Bevy

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-noun
-a group
-synonyms: troop

205
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Fractious

A

-adj
-unruly; rebellious
-synonyms: contentious, peevish, quarrelsom

206
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Foment

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-verb
-to arouse or incite
-synonyms: inflame, instigate, kindle

207
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Diurnal (no synonyms)

A

-adj
-active or occurring the day

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Interregnum (no synonyms)

A

-noun
-a period between reigns

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Meticulous (synonyms)

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finicky, fussy, punctilious, scrupulous

210
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Castigate

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-verb
-to punish or criticize harshly
-synonyms: admonish, chastise, chide, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reprove, scold, tax, unbraid

211
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Amortize (no synonyms)

A

-verb
-to diminish by installment payments

212
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iniquity

A

-noun
-a sin; an evil act
-synonyms: enormity, vice, wickedness

213
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Inexorable

A

-adj
-inflexible, unyielding
-synonyms: adamant, obdurate, relentless

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syncopation (no synonyms)

A

-noun
-temporary irregularity in musical rhythm

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Variegated

A

-adj
-varied; marked with different colors
-synonyms: diversified

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Surfeit

A

-noun
-excessive amount
-synonyms: glut, plethora, repletion, superfluity, surplus

217
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Hapless

A

-adj
-unfortunate, having bad luck
-synonyms: ill-fated, ill-starred, luckless

218
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licentious

A

-adj
-immoral, unrestrained by society
-synonyms: lewd, wanton

219
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numismatics (no synonyms)

A

-noun
-coin collecting

220
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Vex

A

-verb
-to annoy, irritate, puzzle, or confuse
-synonyms: annoy, chafe, exasperate, irk, nettle

221
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Bombastic

A

-adj
-pompous in speech and manner
-synonyms: bloated, declamatory, fustian, grandiloquent, grandiose, high-flown, magniloquent, orotund

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Repudiate

A

-verb
-to reject the validity of
-synonyms: disavow, disown

223
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Wizened

A

-adj
-shriveled, withered, wrinkled
-synonyms: atrophied, desiccated, gnarled, wasted

224
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Frugality

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-noun
-tending to be thrifty or cheap
-synonyms: economy, parsimony, prudence, sparingness

225
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Husband

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-verb
-to manage economically, to use sparingly
-synonyms: conserve, ration

226
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Itinerant

A

-adj
-wandering from place to place; unsettled
-synonyms: nomadic, vagrant

227
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Grievous

A

-adj
-causing grief or sorrow; serious and distressing
-synonyms: dire, dolorous, grave

228
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abjure

A

-verb
-to reject; to abandon formally
-synonyms: forswear, recant, retract

229
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Mendicant

A

-noun
-beggar
-synonyms: panhandler, pauper

230
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Profligate

A

-adj
-corrupt, degenerate
-synonyms: dissolute, improvident, prodigal

231
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Prodigal

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-adj
-lavish; wasteful
-synonyms: profligate, spendthrift, wasteful

232
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exponent (no synonyms)

A

-noun
-one who champions or advocates; supporter

233
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Stolid

A

-adj
-unemotional, lacking sensitivity
-synonyms: apathetic, impassive, phlegmatic, stoic

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Palatial

A

-adj
-relating to a palace, magnificent
-synonyms: stately

235
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Encomium

A

-noun
-warm praise
-synonyms: citation, eulogy, panegyric, salutation, tribute

236
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Parry

A

-verb
-to ward off or deflect, especially by a quick-witted answer
-synonyms: evade

237
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Dogma

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-noun
-a firmly help opinion, especially a religious belief
-synonyms: creed, doctrine, tenet

238
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Philanthropy (just synonyms)

A

-noun
-altruism, humanitarianism

239
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Tome

A

-noun
-a book, usually a large and academic one
-synonyms: codex, volume

240
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Sully

A

-verb
-to tarnish, to taint
-synonyms: besmirch, defile

241
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incarnadine

A

-adj
-blood-red in color
-synonyms: reddened, ruddy

242
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Sycophant

A

-noun
-a self-serving flatterer, a yes-man
-synonyms: bootlicker, fawner, lickspittle, toady

243
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Attenuate

A

verb
-to reduce in force or degree; to weaken
-synonyms: debilitate, devitalize, dilute, enervate, enfeeble, rarefy, sap

244
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Onerous

A

-adj
-troublesome and oppressive; burdensome
-synonyms: arduous, backbreaking, cumbersome, exacting, formidable, taxing

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Salubrious

A

-adj
-healthful
-synonyms: bracing, curative, tonic

246
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lavish (adj)

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-exuberant, luxuriant, opulent, profuse, superabundant

247
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Blithe

A

-adj
-joyful, cheerful, or without appropriate thought
-synonyms: merry

248
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Wan

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-adj
-sickly pale
-synonyms: ashen

249
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paradox

A

-noun
-a dilemma
-synonyms: ambiguity, incongruity

250
Q

polyglot (no synonyms)

A

-noun
-a speaker of many languages

251
Q

Edify (no synonyms)

A

-verb
-to instruct morally and spiritually

252
Q

Erudite (no synonyms)

A

-adj
-learned; scholarly; bookish

253
Q

Reticent

A

-adj
-silent, reserved
-synonyms: laconic, taciturn, undemonstrative

254
Q

Levity (no synonyms)

A

-noun
-an inappropriate lack of seriousness’ an overly casual atmosphere

255
Q

endemic

A

-adj
-belonging to a particular area; inherent
-synonyms: indigenous

256
Q

Tacit

A

-adj
-done without using words
-synonyms: implicit

257
Q

Rustic (synonyms only)

A

-bucolic; pastoral

258
Q

Usury

A

-noun
-the practice of lending money at exorbitant rates
-synonyms: loan-sharking

259
Q

Credulous

A

-adj
-too trusting, gullible
-synonyms: susceptible

260
Q

Soporific

A

-adj
-causing sleep of lethargy
-synonyms: hypnotic, narcotic, slumberous, somnolent

261
Q

Naive (synonyms only)

A

-guileless, ingenuous

262
Q

Mercurial

A

-adj
-quick, shrewd, and unpredictable
-synonyms: volatile

263
Q

Laud

A

-verb
-to give praise; to glorify
-synonyms: acclaim, commend, exalt

264
Q

Mendacious (no synonyms)

A

-adj
-dishonest

265
Q

Glower (synonym only)

A

lower

266
Q

Kinetic

A

-adj
-relating to motion; characterized by movement
-synonyms: dynamic

267
Q

Lionize

A

-verb
-to treat as a celebrity
-synonyms: regale, feast

268
Q

Zenith

A

-noun
-the point of culmination; peak
-synonyms: acme, pinnacle

269
Q

Perspicacious

A

-adj
-shrewd, astute, or keen-witted
-synonyms: sagacious

270
Q

Xenophobia

A

-noun
-a fear of hatred of foreigners of strangers
-synonyms: chauvinism

271
Q

Ingenuous

A

-adj
-showing innocence or childlike simplicity
-synonyms: artless, guileless

272
Q

Accretion (no synonyms)

A

-noun
-a gradual growth in size; an increase in amount

273
Q

Officious (no synonyms)

A

-adj
-too helpful; meddlesome

274
Q

Inculcate

A

-verb
-to teach; to impress in the mind
-synonyms: indoctrinate, instill

275
Q

Fawn

A

-verb
-to grovel
-synonyms: bootlick, pander, toady, grovel

276
Q

Abyss

A

-noun
-an extremely deep hole
-synonyms: chasm; void

277
Q

Martinet

A

-noun
-strict disciplinarian; one who rigidly follows rules
-synonyms: stickler, tyrant

278
Q

Amalgamate

A

-verb
-to combine; to mix together
-synonyms: admix, coalesce, commingle, commix, fuse, mingle

279
Q

Apostate

A

-noun
-one who renounces a religious faith
-synonyms: defector, deserter

280
Q

Latent

A

-adj
-potentially available, but not readily apparent
-synonyms: dormant, inert, quiescent

281
Q

Ethos

A

-noun
-the beliefs or character of a group
-synonyms: ethic

282
Q

Disabuse

A

-verb
-to set right; to free from error
-synonyms: undeceive

283
Q

Burnish

A

-verb
-to polish
-synonyms: luster; scour

284
Q

contrite (no synonyms)

A

-adj
-deeply sorrowful and repentant for a wrong

285
Q

Lassitude

A

Lassitude
-noun
-a state of diminished energy
-synonyms: debilitation, enervation, languor, listlessness

286
Q

Furtive

A

-adj
-secret; stealthy
-synonyms: clandestine, shifty, surreptitious, underhand

287
Q

Sinecure (no synonyms)

A

-noun
-a position requiring little or no work but giving the holder status or financial benefit.

288
Q

Canard

A

-noun
-a lie
-synonyms: falsity, prevarication

289
Q

Arbitrate

A

-verb
-to judge a dispute between two opposing parties
-synonyms: adjudge, adjudicate, intermediate

290
Q

Divine

A

-verb
-to foretell or know by inspiration
-synonyms: auger, foresee, intuit, presage

291
Q

Jocular (no synonyms)

A

-adj
-playful; humorous

292
Q

Estimable

A

-adj
-admirable
-synonyms: commendable, creditable, laudable, meritorious, venerable

293
Q

Intractable (no synonyms)

A

-adj
-not easily managed or manipulated

294
Q

Pithy

A

-adj
-profound or substantial yet concise, succinct, and to the point
-synonyms: compact, laconic, terse

295
Q

Knell

A

-noun
-sound of a funeral bell; omen of death or failure
-synonyms: chime, peal, toll

296
Q

Legerdemain

A

-noun
-trickery
-synonyms: chicanery, conjuring

297
Q

Trenchant

A

-adj
-acute, sharp, or incisive; forceful; effective
-synonyms: biting; caustic; cunning; keen

298
Q

Sacrosanct

A

-adj
-extremely sacred; beyond criticism
-synonyms: inviolable

299
Q

Maelstrom

A

-noun
-whirlpool; turmoil; agitated state of mind
-synonyms: eddy; turbulence

300
Q

Impervious

A

-adj
-impossible to penetrate; incapable of being affected
-synonyms: impregnable

301
Q

Wily

A

-adj
-clever; deceptive
-synonyms: crafty

302
Q

Demur

A

-verb
-to express doubts or objections
-synonyms: dissent, expostulate, remonstrate

303
Q

Ingratiate

A

-verb
-to gain favor with another by deliberate effort; to seek to please somebody so as to gain an advantage
-synonyms: curry favor

304
Q

Catalyst

A

-noun
-something that brings about a change in something else
-synonyms: accelerator; goad; impetus; spur; stimulant

305
Q

Alacrity

A

-noun
-speed or quickness
-synonyms: celerity, dispatch, haste

306
Q

Wraith

A

-noun
-a ghost or specter; a ghost of a living person seen just before his or her death
-synonyms: apparition, bogeyman, phantasm

307
Q

Irascible

A

-adj
-easily made angry
-synonyms: cantankerous, ornery

308
Q

Audacious

A

-adj
-fearless and daring
-synonyms: doughty, gallant, game, intrepid, mettlesome, plucky, stout, stouthearted, valiant, valorous, venturesome, venturous

309
Q

Prescient

A

-adj
-having foresight
-synonyms: augural, divinatory, mantic, oracular, premonitory

310
Q

stasis

A

-noun
-a state of static balance or equilibrium; stagnation
-synonyms: inertia

311
Q

Opine (no synonyms)

A

-verb
-to express an opinion

312
Q

Fatuous

A

-adj
-stupid; foolishly self-satisfied
-synonyms: preposterous

313
Q

engender

A

-verb
-to produce, cause, or bring about
-synonyms: beget, spawn

314
Q

Jingoism

A

-noun
-belligerent support of one’s country
-synonyms: chauvinism

315
Q

Dissonance

A

-noun
-a harsh and disagreeable combination, especially of sounds
-synonyms: dissension, dissidence, strife

316
Q

Fortuitous

A

-adj
-happened by chance; fortunate
-synonyms: haphazard, propitious, prosperous

317
Q

panoply

A

-noun
-impressive array
-synonyms: fanfare; pomp

318
Q

Dissemble

A

-verb
-to present a false appearance; to disguise one’s real intentions of character
-synonyms: affect; dissimulate

319
Q

venerable

A

-adj
-worthy of respect or reverence due to age, wisdom, dignity, or position
-synonyms: revered

320
Q

Tawdry

A

-adj
-gaudy, cheap or showy
-synonyms: meretricious

321
Q

panache

A

-noun
-flamboyance or dash in style and action; verve
-synonyms: flair

322
Q

Catholic (no synonyms)

A

-adj
-universal; broad and comprehensive

323
Q

Prattle

A

-noun
-meaningless; foolish talk
-synonyms: drivel; blather

324
Q

Dilate

A

-verb
-to make larger; expand
-synonyms: amplify; expatiate

325
Q

Surly

A

-adj
-rude and bad tempered
-synonyms: gruff

326
Q

Pedant

A

-noun
-someone who shows of learning
-synonyms: doctrinaire; nit-picker, pedagogue; sophist

327
Q

euphemism (just synonyms)

A

-circumlocution; delicacy

328
Q

Unconscionable

A

-adj
-unscrupulous; shockingly unfair or unjust
-synonyms: indefensible

329
Q

Pathogenic

A

-adj
-causing disease
-synonyms: infecting; noxious

330
Q

Indolent

A

-adj
-habitually lazy or idle
-synonyms: fainéant; languid; slothful

331
Q

Livid (just synonyms)

A

-ashen, pallid

332
Q

Chauvinist

A

-noun
-someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which he or she belongs
-synonyms: jingoist; partisan

333
Q

Jargon

A

-noun
-nonsensical talk; specialized language
-synonyms: argot; cant; idiom

334
Q

Philistine

A

-noun
-a person who is guided by materialism and is disdainful of intellectual or artistic values
-synonyms: boor, bourgeois, vulgarian

335
Q

Requite

A

-verb
-to return or repay
-synonyms: compensate; reciprocate

336
Q

Tyro

A

-noun
-beginner; novice
-synonyms: fledgling, greenhorn, neophyte, tenderfoot

337
Q

Viscous

A

-adj
-thick and adhesive, like a slow-flowing fluid
-synonyms: gelatinous, glutinous

338
Q

-Aberrant

A

-adj
-deviating from what is normal or expected
-synonyms: anomalous, divergent, errant

339
Q

Coffer

A

-noun
-a strongbox; a large chest for money
-synonyms: exchequer, treasury

340
Q

Chicanery

A

-noun
-deception by means of craft or guile
-synonyms: artifice, craftiness, pettifoggery, sophistry, subterfuge

341
Q

Coterie

A

-noun
-an intimate group of persons with a similar purpose
-synonyms: set

342
Q

Verdant (no synonyms)

A

-adj
-green with vegetation; inexperienced

343
Q

Indiosyncrasy (no synonyms)

A

-noun
-peculiarity of temperament; eccentricity

344
Q

Quiescent

A

-adj
-motionless
-synonyms: dormant; latent

345
Q

Emulate

A

-verb
-to copy; to try to equal or excel
-synonyms: ape

346
Q

Eclectic

A

-adj
-selecting from or made up from a variety of sources
-synonyms: broad, catholic

347
Q

Ostensible

A

-adj
-apparent
-synonyms: represented, surface

348
Q

Abeyance

A

-noun
-temporary suppression or suspension
-synonyms: deferral; dormancy; remission

349
Q

abdicate

A

-verb
-to give up a position, right, or power
-synonyms: cede, relinquish, yield

350
Q

vicissitude

A

-noun
-a change or variation
-synonyms: inconstancy; mutability

351
Q

Kudos

A

-noun
-fame, glory, or honor
-synonyms: accolade, encomium, homage

352
Q

Stentorian

A

-adj
-extremely loud
-synonyms: clamorous

353
Q

Salient (no synonyms)

A

-adj
-prominent; of notable significance

354
Q

Sobriquet (no synonyms)

A

-noun
-nickname

355
Q

Hyperbole

A

-noun
-purposeful exaggeration for effect
-synonyms: magnification

356
Q

Liberal

A

-adj
-tolerant or broad-minded; generous or lavish
-synonyms: bounteous; latitudinarian, munificent

357
Q

inchoate

A

-adj
-not fully formed, disorganized
-synonyms: amorphous

358
Q

Expurgate

A

-verb
-to censor
-synonyms: bowdlerize

359
Q

dogmatic

A

-adj
-dictatorial in one’s opinion
-synonyms: imperious; magisterial, peremptory

360
Q

apathy

A

-noun
-lack of interest or emotion
-synonyms: phlegm, stolidity

361
Q

plastic (synonyms)

A

-ductile, pliant

362
Q

Circumspect

A

-adj
-cautious; aware of potential consequences
-synonyms: heedful, prudent, solicitous

363
Q

Lament (synonyms)

A

-bewail, deplore, grieve

364
Q

Panegyric

A

-noun
-elaborate praise; formal hymn of praise
-synonyms: homage

365
Q

Seraphic

A

-adj
-angelic; sweet
-synonyms: cherubic

366
Q

Ribald

A

-adj
-humorous in a vulgar way
-synonyms: coarse

367
Q

Précis (no synonyms)

A

-noun
-short summary of facts

368
Q

politic

A

-adj
-shrewd and practical in managing or dealing with things; diplomatic
-synonyms: tactful

369
Q

pulchritude

A

-noun
-beauty
-synonyms: comeliness

370
Q

Opprobrium

A

-noun
-public disgrace
-synonyms: disrepute, ignominy, infamy, obloquy

371
Q

desiccate

A

-verb
-to dry out thoroughly
-synonyms: parch

372
Q

Satiate

A

-verb
-to satisfy fully or overindulge
-synonyms: cloy, glut, gorge, surfeit

373
Q

Zealot

A

-noun
-someone passionately devoted to a cause
-synonyms: militant

374
Q

Lampoon (no synonyms)

A

-verb
-to ridicule with satire

375
Q

Equivocate

A

-verb
-to use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead
-synonyms: ambiguous, evasive

376
Q

Missive (no synonyms)

A

-noun
-a written note or letter

377
Q

Arrogate

A

-verb
-to claim without justification; to claim for oneself without right
-synonyms: presume

378
Q

Inter

A

-verb
-to bury
-synonyms: entomb, inhume, sepulcher, sepulture

379
Q

Ossify (no synonyms)

A

-verb
-to change into bone; to become hardened or set in a rigidly conventional pattern

380
Q

Bilk (no synonyms)

A

-verb
-to cheat; to defraud

381
Q

Gestation

A

-noun
-the growth process from conception to birth
-synonyms: gravidity

382
Q

Coalesce

A

-verb
-to grow together to form a single whole
-synonyms: amalgamate, condense

383
Q

Belfry

A

-noun
-a bell tower; the room in which a bell is hung
-synonyms: spire; steeple

384
Q

Veracity

A

-noun
-filled with truth and accuracy
-synonyms: candor, exactitude, fidelity, probity

385
Q

Florid

A

-adj
-excessively decorated or embellished
-synonyms: baroque, flamboyant, ornate, ostentatious, rococo

386
Q

Diatribe

A

-noun
-an abusive, condemnatory speech
-synonyms: fulmination, harangue, invective, jeremiad, malediction, obloquy, tirade

387
Q

Sportive

A

-adj
-frolicsome; playful
-synonyms: frisky

388
Q

Juncture

A

-a point of time, especially one where two things are joined
-synonyms: confluence

389
Q

Enervate

A

-verb
-to reduce in strength
-synonyms: debilitate, enfeeble, sap

390
Q

Inundate

A

-verb
-to overwhelm; to cover with water
-synonyms: deluge, engulf

391
Q

Vernal

A

-adj
-related to spring; fresh

392
Q

Anomoly

A

-noun
-deviation from what is normal
-synonyms: aberrancy; preternaturlness

393
Q

Turgid

A

-adj
-swollen as from a fluid; bloated
-synonyms: distended

394
Q

Dupe

A

-verb
-to deceive
-synonyms: beguile, cozen, delude, hoodwink, humbug

395
Q

Keen

A

-adj
-having a sharp edge; intellectually sharp; perceptive
-synonyms: acute

396
Q

Fallow

A

-noun
-dormant; unused
-synonyms: idle, unseeded

397
Q

Imprecation

A

-noun
-a curse
-synonyms: damnation

398
Q

Peccadillo

A

-noun
-a minor sin or offense
-synonyms: lapse

399
Q

Effrontery

A

-noun
-impudent boldness; audacity
-synonyms: bashness, gall, presumption, temerity

400
Q

Convoluted

A

-adj
-intricate and complicated
-synonyms: Byzantine, knotty, labyrinthine

401
Q

Intrepid (no synonyms)

A

-adj
-fearless; resolutely courageous

402
Q

Plebeian

A

-adj
-crude or coarse; characteristic of commoners
-synonyms: unrefined

403
Q

Oblique

A

-adj
-indirect or evasive; misleading or devious
-synonyms: glancing; slanted; tangential

404
Q

Judicious

A

-adj
-sensible; showing good judgment
-synonyms: circumspect, prudent, sagacious, sapient

405
Q

Austere

A

-adj
-severe or stern in appearance; undecorated
-synonyms: dour

406
Q

Eschew

A

-verb
-a shun; to avoid (as something wrong or distasteful)
-synonyms: elude, evade

407
Q

Laconic

A

-adj
-using few words
-synonyms: pithy, taciturn, terse

408
Q

Scintilla

A

-noun
-trace amount
-synonyms: iota, mote

409
Q

Permeate

A

-verb
-to penetrate
-synonyms: imbue, infuse, pervade, suffuse

410
Q

Imperturbable

A

-adj
-not capable of being disturbed
-synonyms: dispassionate, serene, stoical

411
Q

Phlegmatic

A

-adj
-calm and unemotional in temperament
-synonyms: apathetic

412
Q

mar

A

-verb
-to damage or deface; to spoil
-synonyms: impair

413
Q

Impugn (no synonyms)

A

-verb
-to call into question; to attack verbally

414
Q

repose (no synonyms)

A

-noun
-relaxation; leisure

415
Q

Impecunious

A

-adj
-poor; having no money
-adj
-biting in wit
-Synonyms: destitute; impoverished; indigent; needy; penniless

416
Q

tactiturn

A

-adj
-silent, not talkative
-Synonyms: laconic, reticent

417
Q

volatile

A

-adj
-easily aroused or changeable; lively or explosive
-Synonyms: capricious, erratic, fickle, mercurial

418
Q

Propriety

A

-noun
-the quality of behaving in a proper manner; obeying rules and customs
-Synonyms: decorum

419
Q

Specious

A

-adj
-deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious
-Synonyms: illusory, ostensible, sophistic, spurious

420
Q

Quixotic

A

-adj
-overly idealistic; impractical
-Synonyms: capricious

421
Q

Pasriche

A

-noun
-a piece of literature of music imitating other works
-Synonyms: medley, spoof

422
Q

Seraphic

A

-adj
-angelic; sweet
-Synonyms: cherubic

423
Q

Dogmatic

A

-adj
-dictatorial in one’s opinions
-Synonyms: doctrinaire; domineering; imperious; magisterial; peremptory

424
Q

Umbrage

A

-noun
-offense; resentment
-Synonyms: asperity, dudgeon, ire, pique, rancor

425
Q

Burgeon (no synonyms)

A

-verb
-to grow and flourish

426
Q

Kindle (no synonyms)

A

-verb
-to set fire to or ignite; to excite or inspire

427
Q

Embellish

A

-verb
-to add ornamental or fictitious details
-Synonyms: bedeck, embroider

428
Q

Spartan (no synonyms)

A

-adj
-highly self-disciplined; frugal; austere

429
Q

Aggrandize

A

-verb
-to increase in power, influence, and reputation
-Synonyms: apotheosize, augment, dignify, ennoble, exalt

430
Q

Frenetic

A

-adj
-frantic, frenzied
-Synonyms: corybantic, delirious, feverish

431
Q

Lapidary (no synonyms)

A

-adj
-relating to precious stones or the art of cutting them

432
Q

Eulogy

A

-noun
-a speech in praise of someone
-extol, laud

433
Q

Banal

A

-adj
-predictable, cliched, boring
-Synonyms: bromidic, fatuous, hackneyed, innocuous, insipid, jejune, musty, platitudinous, prosaic, quotidian, shopworn, threadbare, trite, vapid

434
Q

Declivity

A

-noun
-a downward slope
-Synonyms: grade

435
Q

Querulous

A

-adj
-inclined to complain, irritable
-Synonyms:peevish, puling, sniveling

436
Q

Magnate

A

-noun
-powerful or influential person
-Synonyms: dignitary, luminary, nabob, potentate, tycoon

437
Q

Idiosyncrasy

A

-noun
-peculiarity of temperament, eccentricity
-Synonyms: oddity

438
Q

Vernal (no synonyms)

A

-adj
-related to spring; fresh

439
Q

Yoke (no synonyms)

A

-verb
-to join together

440
Q

Replete

A

-adj
-abundantly supplied; complete
-Synonyms: abounding

441
Q

Enumerate

A

-verb
-to count, list, or itemize
-Synonyms: tabulate, index

442
Q

Grovel (only synonyms)

A

-bootlick, kowtow, toady

443
Q

Approbation

A

-noun
-approval and praise
-Synonyms: adulation, commendation, exaltation, extolment, hail

444
Q

Desultory

A

-adj
-jumping from one thing to another; disconnected
-Synonyms: haphazard, indiscriminate

445
Q

malinger

A

-verb
-to evade responsibility by pretending to be ill
-Synonyms: shirk

446
Q

Forestall

A

-verb
-to prevent or delay; to anticipate
-Synonyms: obviate, preclude

447
Q

lugubrious

A

-adj
-sorrowful, mournful, dismal
-Synonyms: funereal, woeful

448
Q

Ephemeral

A

-adj
-lasting a short time
-Synonyms: evanescent, transient

449
Q

Keen

A

-adj
-having a sharp edge, intellectually sharp; perceptive
-Synonyms: acute

450
Q

Opaque (no synonyms)

A

-adj
-impossible to see through; preventing the passage of light

451
Q

Effigy (no synonyms)

A

-noun
-a stuffed doll; a likeness of a person

452
Q

Archaic

A

-adj
-ancient; old-fashioned
-Synonyms:antediluvian, bygone, dowdy, fusty, obsolete, outmoded, passe, superannuated, superseded

453
Q

Prevaricate

A

-verb
-to lie or deviate from the truth
-Synonyms: equivocate; perjure

454
Q

Ambiguous

A

-adj
-doubtful or uncertain; can be interpreted several ways
-Synonyms: dubious, nebulous, obscure

455
Q

Ostentation

A

-noun
-excessive showiness
-Synonyms: conspicuousness, pretentiousness

456
Q

Proliferate

A

-verb
-to increase in number quickly
-Synonyms: propagate

457
Q

Mar (no synonyms)

A

-verb
-to damage or deface; to spoil

458
Q

Penury

A

-noun
-an oppressive lack of resources (as money); severe poverty
-Synonyms: destitution; impoverishment

459
Q

Supplant

A

-verb
-to replace (another) by force; to take the place of
-Synonyms: supersede

460
Q

Glib (no synonyms)

A

-adj
-fluent in an insincere manner; offhand casual

461
Q

Ford

A

-verb
-to cross a body of water by wading
-Synonyms: transverse

462
Q

Vituperate

A

-verb
-to abuse verbally; to berate
-Synonyms: castigate, reproach

463
Q

Fervid

A

-adj
-intensely emotional; feverish
-Synonyms: vehement; zealous

464
Q

Garner

A

-verb
-to gather and store
-Synonyms: acquire, amass, glean, reap

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