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| Definition | Answer |
|---|---|
| (v.) 1)To disapprove of strongly; 2)To belittle; to depreciate | Deprecate |
| (n.) 1)Shade; shadow; hence, something that affords a shade; 2)A vague or indistrict indication or suggestion; a hint; 3)Reason for doubt; suspicion; 4)Suspicion of injury or wrong; offense; resentment | Umbrage |
| (adj.) Beginning to exist or appear | Incipient |
| (v.) To surrender under agreed conditions | Capitulate |
| (n.) A whispering or rustling sound; a murmur | Susurrus |
| (adj.) Able to contain much; roomy; spacious | Capacious |
| To look or stare angrily or with a scowl (intransitive v.); An angry or scowling look or stare (n.) | Glower |
| (adj.) Richly melodious; pleasant sounding; musical | Canorous |
| (adj.) Dark; gloomy | Tenebrous |
| (n.) Lack of knowledge or awareness; ignorance | Nescience |
| (n.) The state of being bright and radiant; splendor; brilliance | Effulgence |
| (transitive v.) To express strong disapproval of; to criticize severely | Objurgate |
| (adj.) 1) Limber; supple; flexible; 2)Light and quick in action; nimble; agile; active | Lissome |
| (n.) Light, playful talk; banter | Badinage |
| 1)Presenting favorable circumstances or (adj.) conditions; 2)Favorably inclined; gracious; benevolent | Propitious |
| (adj.) Having the power to compel conviction; appealing to the mind or to reason; convincing | Cogent |
| (adj.) Biting; caustic; sarcastic | Mordant |
| (adj.) Full of excitement or interest; in eager desire; eager; keen | Agog |
| (adj.) 1)Marked by a disposition to find fault or raise objections; 2)Calculated to entrap or confuse, as in an argument | Captious |
| (adj.) Of or belonging to the summer | Aestival |
| (adj.) 1)Jumping or passing from on thing or subject to another without order or rational connection; disconnected; aimless; 2)By the way; as a digression; not connected with the subject; 3)Coming disconnectedly or occuring haphazardly; random | Desultory |
| (adj.) Prone to anger; easily provoked to anger; hot-tempered | Irascible |
| (adj.) 1)Overflowing with enthusiasm or excitement; high-spirited; 2)Boiling up or over | Ebullient |
| (n.) A leader of a movement or activity; also, a leading indicator of future trends | Bellwether |
| (adj.) 1)Having lost motion or the power of exertion and feeling; numb; benumbed; 2)Dormant; hibernating or estivating; 3)Dull; sluggish; apathetic | Torpid |
| (v.) To understand, especially in a profound and intimate way. Slang. | Grok |
| Suitable to be eaten; edible (adj.); something suitable to be eaten; food (n.) | Comestible |
| Required by the nature of things or by circumstances; indispensable (adj.); That which is required or necessary; something indispensable (n.) | Requisite |
| (adj.) 1)Friendly, warm; kindly; sympathetically cheerful and cheering; 2)Mild, pleasant; comfortable; favorable to life or growth | Genial |
| (adj.) More than is wanted or is sufficient; rendered unnecessary by superabundance; unnecessary; useless; excessive | Superfluous |
| (adj.) 1)Tending to form a group with others of the same kind; 2)Seeking and enjoying the company of others | Gregarious |
| (adj.) Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; learned | Erudite |
| (adj.) Marked by lighthearted unconcern or indifference; carefree; nonchalant | Insouciant |
| (adj.) 1)Lacking in harmony, compatibility, or appropriateness; 2)Inconsistent with reason, logic, or common sense | Incongruous |
| (adj.) 1)Cheerful; merry; gay; lighthearted; 2)Causing joy or pleasure; agreeable; pleasant | Winsome |
| (adj.) Being of striking appropriateness and relevance; very applicable | Apposite |
| (adj.) 1)Apparently right; superficially fair, just, or correct, but not so in reality; 2)Deceptively pleasing or attractive | Specious |
| (adj.) Very liberal in giving or bestowing; very generous; lavish | Munificent |
| (adj.) Refusing to compromise; uncompromising | Intransigent |
| (n.) 1)Fewness; smallness of number; scarcity; 2)Smallness of quantity; insufficiency | Paucity |
| (adj.) 1)Inanely foolish and unintelligent; stupid; 2)Illusory; delusive | Fatuous |
| (adj.) Habitually silent; not inclined to talk | Taciturn |
| (adj.) 1)Easy to speak to; receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; 2)Gracious; benign | Affable |
| (n.) Assurance of manner or of action; self-possession; confidence; coolness | Aplomb |
| (adj.) 1)Inclined to keep silent; reserved; uncommunicative; 2)Restrained or reserved in style; 3)Reluctant; unwilling | Reticent |
| (n.) 1)Manner or bearing, especially as expressive of mood, attitude, or personality; demeanor; 2)Aspect; appearance | Mien |
| (adj.) 1)Talking much, especially about commonplace or trivial things; talkative; 2)Wordy | Garrulous |
| 1)To stay as a temporary resident; to dwell for a time (intransitive verb); 2)A temporary stay (n.) | Sojourn |
| (n.) Pompous or pretentious speech or writing | Bombast |
| (n.) Eager or excessive desire, especially for wealth; greed; avarice | Cupidity |
| (adj.) Scornful, mocking; disdainfully humorous | Sardonic |
| (n.) Clearness of understanding or insight; penetration, discernment | Perspicacity |
| (n.) A feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction arising from lack of interest; boredom | Ennui |
| (adj.) Full of or expressing high-spirited merriment; lighthearted; mirthful | Jocund |
| (n.) 1)A splendid or impressive array; 2)Ceremonial attire; 3)A full suit of armor; a complete defense or covering | Panoply |
| (adj.) Lasting but a short time; fleeting | Fugacious |
| (adj.) Incapable of being expressed in words; unspeakable; unutterable; indescribable | Ineffable |
| (v.) To indicate as in future; to foreshadow; to bode | Portend |
| (intransitive v.) To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or to avoid committing oneself to anything definite | Equivocate |
| (adj.) 1)Sharp and harsh, or bitter to the taste or smell; pungent; 2)Caustic in language or tone; bitter | Acrid |
| (v.) To throw out of a window | Defenestrate |
| (adj.) Disdainfully arrogant; haughty | Supercilious |
| (n.) Complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness | Probity |
| (adj.) Serving or tending to irritate or repel | Rebarbative |
| (adj.) Capable of being forgiven; not heinous; excusable; pardonable | Venial |
| (adj.) 1)Fierce; savage; ferocious; barbarous; 2)Cruel; destructive; ruthless | Truculent |
| (adj.) 1)Fatty; oily; greasy; 2)Having a smooth, greasy feel, as certain minerals; 3)Insincerely or excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech; marked by a false or smug earnestness or agreeableness | Unctuous |
| (n.) Rapidity of motion or action; quickness; swiftness | Celerity |
| (adj.) 1)Characterized by intensity of emotions or convictions, or forcefulness of expression; 2)Characterized by or acting with great force or energy; strong | Vehement |
| (adj.) Having or showing acute mental discernment and keen practical sense; shrewd | Sagacious |
| (adj.) Deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful | Perfidious |
| (adj.)Susceptible of being persuaded or moved by entreaty | Exorable |
| (n.) A man is overly concerned with or vain about his dress and appearance; a dandy | Fop |
| (transitive v.) To conduct or behave (oneself) in a particular manner | Comport |
| (transitive v.) 1)To entice by soft words or flattery; to coax; 2) To gain or get by flattery or guile | Wheedle |
| (transitive v.) 1)To renounce under oath; 2)To renounce or reject solemnly; to recant; to reject; repudiate; 3)To abstain from; to shun | Abjure |
| (adj.) Existing or being everywhere, or in all place, at the same time | Ubiquitous |
| (adj.) 1)characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning; 2)servilely compliant or deferential; 3)obedient; dutiful | Obsequious |
| (adj.) Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, esp. in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner | Lugubrious |
| (adj.) Flowing as with honey; smooth; flowing sweetly or smoothly | Mellifluous |
| (adj.) 1)Lewd; lustful; 2)Tending to arouse sexual desires | Lascivious |
| (adj.) 1)Melancholic; gloomy; 2)Irritable; ill-natured; peevish | Atrabilious |
| (n.) a slight offense; a petty fault | Peccadillo |
| (intransitive v.) To accept or consent passively or without objection | Acquiesce |
| (transitive v.) To make clear or manifest; to render more intelligible; to illustrate | Elucidate |
| (adj.) Stubbornly resistant and defiant of authority or restraint | Recalcitrant |
| (adj.) 1)Sparing in eating and drinking; temperate; abstinent; 2)Sparingly used or consumed; used with temperance or moderation | Abstemious |
| (adj.) 1)Given to deception or falsehood; lying; untruthful; 2)False; untrue | Mendacious |
| (intransitive v.) To act in concert; to conspire; to plot | Collude |
| (adj.) Exaggeratedly sweet or sentimental | Saccharine |
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