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Oscillate
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Swing back and forth
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Impetuous
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Done without thought or care
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Apace
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Swiftly, quickly
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Headlong
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With reckless haste
5
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Credulous
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Gullible
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Novitiate
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The period or state of being a novice
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Tyro
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A beginner
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Bemused
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Puzzled, confused
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Turbid
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Obscure in meaning or effect
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Cogent
A
Clea, logical, convincing
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Limpid
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Clear of any darkness (clear sight or musicality)
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Canny
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Showing good judgement
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Shrewd
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Sharp powers of judgment
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Berate
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Scold or criticize angrily
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Carousal
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Drink plentiful amounts of alcohol
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Bacchanalian
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Characterized by drunken revelry
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Libidinous
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Showing excessive sexual drive
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Turpitude
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Wickedness
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Depravity
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Moral corruption
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Debauchery
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Excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures
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Iniquity
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Immoral or grossly unfair behavior
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Licentious
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Unprincipled in sexual matters
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Salacious
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Treating sexual matters in an indecent way (usually showing too much interest)
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Depraved
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Morally corrupt, wicked
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Libertine
A person who behaves without moral principles (frequently in ways relating to sexual matters)
26
Reprobate
An unprincipled person (usually used in a humorous way)
27
Sordid
Involving ignoble actions
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Squalid
Extremely dirty or unpleasant (usually because of poverty or neglect)
29
Fealty
A vassals sworn loyalty to a lord
30
Probity
The quality of having strong moral principles
31
Verity
A true principle or belief (usually one of fundamental importance)
32
Dither
Indecisive
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Dissemble
Disguise one's true motives
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Equivocate
Use ambiguous language to conceal motives
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Specious
Superficially possible but actually wrong
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Asperity
Harsh in tone or manner
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Mordant
Showing a sharp critical quality
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Acidulous
Sharp, bitter/bitter-tasting
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Trenchant
Vigorous incisive in decision or style
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Acrimonious
Angry and bitter
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Mordacious
Using bitter sarcasm, invective
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Invective
Insulting, abusive, or highly critical language
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Encomium
A speech of praise
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Eulogize
Praise highly in speech or writing
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Minatory
Expressing or conveying a threat
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Perfidious
Deceitful or untrustworthy
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Insidious
Proceeding in a gradual subtle way that nonetheless bring about harm
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Craven
Cowardly
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Recreant
Cowardly, unfaithful to a belief
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Diffident
Modest or shy because of a lack of self confidence
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Pusillanimous
Showing a lack of courage or determination
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Banal
Lacking in originality to the point that it is boring
53
Insipid
Lacking flavor
54
Platitude
A statement (usually of moral content) that is overused
55
Trite
An overused remark or opinion
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Fatuous
Silly or pointless
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Prosaic
Lacking poetic beauty
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Quotidian
Of or occurring everyday
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Enervate
Cause someone to feel drained of energy, weaken
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Obviate
Remove, avoid
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Vitiate
Spoil or impair quality or efficiency of something
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Stultify
Cause to lose enthusiasm or initiative
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Abet
Encourage or assist someone in doing something wrong
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Mainstay
Something that something else is based on
65
Stalwart
Loyal, reliable, hardworking
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Ancillary
Providing necessary support to primary activities
67
Countenance
Support
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Munificent
Very generous
69
Sustenance
The maintaining of someone or something in regards to overall existence
70
Churlish
Rude in a mean-spirited and surly way
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Misanthropic
Disliking humanity or avoiding mankind
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Intransigent
Unwilling to change ones views or agree on something
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Recalcitrant
Being uncooperative to authority
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Obstinate
Stubbornly refusing to change ones opinion
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Untoward
Unexpected, inappropriate, inconvenient
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Inexorable
Impossible to stop or prevent
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Obdurate
Stubbornly refusing to change ones opinion of course of action
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Refractory
Stubborn or unmanageable
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Vexing
Make someone feel annoyed or frustrated
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Intractable
Hard to control or deal with
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Renitent
Resistant
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Inchoate
Just beginning and thus not fully formed
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Callow
Inexperienced, immature
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Largess
Generosity in bestowing money or gifts
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Philanthropic
Person or organization looking to promote others
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Unstinting
Given or giving without restraint
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Clement
Merciful
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Rapacious
Aggressively greedy or grasping
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Compendious
Presenting essential facts in a clear concise way
90
Pithy
Concise and forcefully expressed
91
Curt
Rudely brief
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Grandiloquent
Pompous or extravagant in language
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Prolix
Using or containing too many words
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Circumlocution
Use of many words when fewer would do
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Rhetoric
Artful or persuasive speaking, persuasive/impressive but also shallow
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Garrulous
Excessively talkative
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Periphrastic
Indirect
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Turgid
Tediously pompous, swollen
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Despotic
Tyrannical
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Peremptory
Insisting on immediate attention, not open to appeal or challenge
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Rancor
Bitterness or resentfulness
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Anathema
Someone or something that is vehemently disliked
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Enmity
State of being in opposition to or hostile toward something
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Odium
Widespread hatred towards someone
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Dilettante
Someone with an interest with an amateur background
106
Novitiate
Period or state of being a novice
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Fledgling
A person or organization that is immature
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Proselyte
Someone just converted from one opinion or party to another
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Neophyte
A person new to a subject skill or belief
110
Tyro
A beginner or novice
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Indolent
Wanting to avoid activity
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Inert
Lacking the ability or strength to move
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Lassitude
A state of physical or mental weariness
114
Quiescent
A state or period of inactivity
115
Slake
Quench or satisfy
116
Redress
To remedy, to set up right again
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Expiate
To atone for guilt or sin
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Exculpate
To show someone is not guilty of wrong doing
119
Palliate
To make something less severe without actually dealing with the problem
120
Destitute
Without the basic necessities of life
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Indigent
Poor
122
Esurient
Hungry or greedy
123
Impecunious
Having little or no money
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Ardent
Enthusiastic or passionate
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Ardor
Enthusiasm or passion
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Doctrinaire
Someone who pretends to be a doctor
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Tendentious
Intended to promote a specific point of view
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Zealot
Someone fanatical and up compromising in his or her own ideals
129
Spartan
Characterized by austerity or a lack of comfort and luxury
130
Stoic
A person who can endure pain or hardship
131
Temperate
Showing moderation or self restraint
132
Ambulatory
Moveable, mobile
133
Peripatetic
Traveling from place to place
134
Ostensible
Stating or appearing to be true (but in fact not necessarily true)
135
Dissemble
Conceal ones true motives
136
Fulsome
Flattering to an excessive degree
137
Discomfit
To make someone feel uneasy or embarrassed
138
Forfend
Avert, keep away, prevent
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Occlude
Stop, close up, obstruct
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Fetter
Restrict or restrain
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Anachronism
A thing appropriate for a period where it actually doesn't exist
142
Riposte
A quick clever reply to an insult
143
Droll
Unusual in a way that provokes dry amusement
144
Gibe
A taunt
145
Coquettish
Playful flirtatious mannerisms
146
Simper
Smile or gesture in a coquettish way, coy
147
Coy
Pretense of shyness to be alluring, reluctant to give details
148
Jocular
Characterized by joking
149
Raillery
Good humored teasing
150
Elegiac
Having a mournful quality
151
Lugubrious
Looking or sounding sad or dismal
152
Plaintive
Sounding sad or mournful
153
Doleful
Expressing sorrow, mournful
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Threnody
A lament
155
Lament
A passionate expression of grief and sorrow
156
Noisome
Having an extremely offensive smell
157
Rebarbative
Unattractive or objectionable
158
Fetid
Smelling extremely unpleasant
159
Odious
Repulsive
160
Invidious
Likely to arouse anger or resentment
161
Abeyance
A state of disuse or suspension
162
Disuse
The state of not being used
163
Abrogate
Repeal or do away with
164
Renege
Go back on a promise
165
Decamp
Depart suddenly or secretly
166
Recidivism
Decoding a person who repeatedly offends
167
Dolorous
Feeling or expressing great sorrow
168
Elegy
A poem or serious reflection
169
Knell
A bell rung for a funeral
170
Moribund
In terminal decline, at the point of death
171
Wraith
A ghost or ghostlike image of someone
172
Obsequies
Funeral rites
173
Macabre
Disturbing or horrifying because of death or injury
174
Sepulchral
Relating to a tomb
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Fictitious
Not real or true
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Facsimile
An exact copy
177
Vicarious
Experienced in imagination based on the actions of someone else
178
Discursive
Digressing from subject to subject
179
Digressing
Leave the main subject temporarily
180
Sojourn
A temporary stay
181
Expatiate
To speak or write at length or in detail
182
Peregrination
Tavel or wander around from place to place
183
Peripatetic
Traveling from place to place
184
Abatement
Reduction or lessening of something
185
Hiatus
A pause or gap in a sequence or series
186
Lull
Calm or send to sleep
187
Respite
A short period of rest or relief
188
Aperture
An opening, hole, or gap
189
Interregnum
An interval or pause (sometimes related to government)
190
Orifice
An opening (pipe or tube or something in the body)
191
Interstice
An intervening space (especially a very small one)
192
Rent
An opening or gap resembling a tear in piece of fabric
193
Salutary
Health-giving (producing good effects)
194
Compendium
A collection of precise but detailed information
195
Cursory
Hast and therefore not thorough or detailed
196
Adage
A short statement conveying a general truth
197
Axiom
Statement or proposition established to be true
198
Epigram
A pithy saying or remark expressing an idea in a clever way
199
Truism
A statement obviously true that therefore provides no wisdom
200
Aphorism
A pithy observation that contains a general truth
201
Pithy
Concise or forcefully expressed
202
Bromide
A trite and/or unoriginal idea or remark
203
Platitude
An overused statement regarding moral content
204
Apothegm
A concise saying or maxim
205
Maxim
A short pithy statement expressing a general truth
206
Dictum
A shirt statement that expresses a general truth or principle
207
Sententious
Having a strong opinion on what someone should of should not do
208
Conjugal
Relating to marriage or the relationship between husband and wife
209
Endogamous
Custom of marrying within the local community only
210
Progenitor
A place where a living thing originates
211
Consanguineous
Relating to people descending from the same ancestry
212
Filial
Of or due from a son or daughter
213
Scion
A decadent of a notable family
214
Distaff
Of or concerning women
215
Fratricide
The killing of ones brother or sister
216
Askance
With attitude or a form of disapproval and/or suspicion
217
Carom
Strike and rebound
218
Oblique
Neither parallel nor at a right angle
219
Sinuous
Having many curves and turns
220
Serrated
Having or denoting a jagged angle
221
Denoting
Being an indication of
222
Undulating
Move with a smooth or wavelike motion
223
Careen
Turn on its side, tilt
224
Sidle
Walk in a timid and/or unobtrusive way (often sideways)
225
Unobtrusive
Not conspicuous or attracting attention
226
Descry
Catch sight of
227
Assay
To determine the content or quality of
228
Anachronism
A thing that is appropriate for a time that is actually out of its original period of time
229
Anterior
Nearer the front, earlier
230
Synchronous
Existing or happening at the same time
231
Antecede
To come before something (in time)
232
Archaic
Very old or old-fashioned
233
Temporal
Relating row worldly as appose to spiritual affairs
234
Antedate
Precede in time, come before
235
Diurnal
Of or during the day
236
Epoch
A period of time marked by a noticeable event or particular characteristic
237
Penultimate
Second to last
238
Bilious
Associated with nausea
239
Pettish
Childishly bad-tempered and petulant
240
Dudgeon
A feeling of deep resentment or offense
241
Umbrage
Offense or annoyance
242
Pique
A feeling of irritation from a slight ones pride
243
Slight
An insult due to the failure of showing proper respect
244
Waspish
Readily expressing anger or irritation
245
Foible
A minor weakness or eccentricity in someone's character
246
Eccentric
Unconventional and slightly strange
247
Chagrin
Distress or embarrassment
248
Diffidence
Modesty or shyness resulting from a lack of self confidence
249
Gaucherie
Awkward embarrassing or unsophisticated
250
Compunction
Feeling of guilt following an unjust action
251
Expiate
Atone for guilt or sin
252
Rue
Bitterly regret
253
Asperity
Harshness of tone or manner
254
Fell
A terrible evil or ferocity
255
Vitriolic
Filled with bitter criticism or malice
256
Vituperation
Bitter or abusive language
257
Dour
Relentlessly severe or gloomy
258
Mordant
A sharp critical quality (often in relation to humor)
259
Enjoin
Instruct or urge someone to do something
260
Hector
Talk to someone in a bullying way
261
Belabor
Argue or elaborate in an excessive way
262
Exhort
Strongly urge someone to do something
263
Martinet
A strict disciplinarian
264
Cavil
Make petty or unnecessary objections
265
Augur
Portend a good or bad outcome
266
Portend
Be a sign or warning that something is about to happen (usually something momentous)
267
Adventitious
Happening by chance
268
Portent
A sign that something momentous is about to happen
269
Kismet
Destiny, fate
270
Propitiate
Win or re-gain favor of
271
Serendipity
The occurrence or development of events by chance
272
Talisman
A ring thought to have magic powers
273
Raucous
Making or having very harsh noises
274
Din
A loud or prolonged noise
275
Strident
Loud harsh, grating
276
Grating
Sounding harsh or unpleasant
277
Dissonant
Lacking harmony
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