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Vocab Def.+Syn.

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to make easier or milder, relieve assuage
to quite, calm assuage
to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench assuage
mitigate, alleviate assuage
to draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person elicit
evoke, extract elicit
to plead on behalf of someone else intercede
to serve as a third party or go between in a disagreement intercede
intervene, mediate intercede
to make a pretence of, imitate simulate
to show the outer signs of simulate
pretend simulate
to ris above or beyond, exceed transcend
surpass transcend
to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming ameliorate
amend, better ameliorate
to urge strangly, advise earnestly exhort
entreat, implore, adjure exhort
to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds infringe
encroach, impinge, intrude, poach infringe
to spread through, penetrate, soak through permeate
to think or believe without certain supporting evidence surmise
to conjecture or guess surmise
infer, gather surmise
to have an intense dislike or hatred for abominate
loathe, abhor, despise, detest abominate
to sympathize with, have pity or sorrow for, share a feeling of distress commiserate
to direct or order enjoin
to prohibit enjoin
charge, command enjoin
to make amiends, make up for expiate
redeem, atone expiate
to use coaxing or flattery to gain some desired end wheedle
cajole, inveigle wheedle
courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to affable
genial, amicable, cordial affable
to increase in greatness, power, or wealth aggrandize
to build up or intensify aggrandize
to make appear greater aggrandize
augment, amplify, enhance, exalt aggrandize
scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic erudite
a natural inclination or pedilection toward propensity
proclivity, penchant propensity
to disown, reject, or deny the validity of repudiate
disavow, renounce repudiate
a warning or caution to prevent misunderstanding or discourage behavior caveat
admonition caveat
to free from entanglements or difficulties extricate
to remove with effort extricate
disentangle, extract extricate
to mock, treat with contempt flout
scoff, scorn flout
funereal, typical of the tomb sepulchral
extremely gloomy or dismal sepulchral
doleful sepulchral
tending to cause sleep, relating to sleepiness or lethargy soporific
a damaging or derogatory statement aspersion
the act of slandering or defaming aspersion
to punish severely castigate
to criticize severely castigate
a leader who exploits popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power demagogue
a delusion marked by a feeling of power, wealth, talent, etc., far in excess of reality megalomania
aposition requiring little or no work sinecure
an easy job sinecure
to lower in character, quality, or value debase
to degrade, adulterate debase
to cause to deteriorate debase
cheapen, corrupt, demean debase
to commit sacrilegeupon, treat irreverently desecrate
to contaminate, pollute desecrate
defile, violate desecrate
to make milder or softer mitigate
to moderate in force or intensity mitigate
relieve, alleviate mitigate
to talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion prate
chatter, prattle, blab prate
the act of restoring someone or something to the rightful owner or to a former state or position restitution
making good on a loss or damage restitution
compensation, restoration restitution
a combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose coalition
alliance, federation coalition
a hint, inderect suggestion, or refernce (often in a derogatory sense) innuendo
insinuation, intimation innuendo
wearied, worn-out, dulled (in a sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence jaded
sated jaded
worthy, deserving recognition and praise meritorious
praiseworthy, commendable meritorious
a special right or privilege prerogative
a special quality showing excellence prerogative
saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose drivel
foolish, aimless talk or thinking drivel
nonsence drivel
a summary, condensed account epitome
an instance that represents a larger reality epitome
model, archetype epitome
belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent intrinsic
originating in a bodily organ or part intrinsic
immanent, organic intrinsic
weariness of body or mind, lack of energy lassitude
fatigue, lethargy, torpor, languor lassitude
strict, severe stringent
stern, rigorous, tough, urgent, imerative stringent
resulting from chance rather than from an inherent cause or character adventitious
accedental, not essential adventitious
incidental, fortuitous, lucky adventitious
roundabout, not direct circuitous
indirect, meandering circuitous
a natural or habitual inclination or tendency (especially of human character or behavior) proclivity
penchant, propensity proclivity
resistant to lawful authority seditious
having the purpose of overthrowing an established government seditious
mutinous, rebellious, subversive seditious
bitter, sarcastic, highly caustic or biting (like a strong acid) vitriolic
withering, acerbic vitriolic
shapless, without definite form amorphous
of no paricular type or character amorphous
wihout organization, unity, or cohesion amorphous
formless, unstructured amorphous
incapable of being understood inscrutable
impssible to see through physically inscrutable
incapable of being changed or called back irrevocable
irreversible, unalterable irrevocable
coarsely abusive, vulgar or low (especially in language, foul-mouthed scurrilous
obscene, filthy, abusive scurrilous
thin or filmsy in texture sleazy
cheap sleazy
shoddy or inferior in quality or character sleazy
ethically low, mean, or disreputable sleazy
inferior, tawdry sleazy
self-evident, expressing a universally accepted principle or rule axiomatic
tending to be troublesome fractious
unruly, quarrelsome, contrary factious
unpredictable, refractory, recalcitrant factious
beneficial, helpful, healthful, wholesome salutary
salubrious salutary
a cause of afflicioun or suffering scourge
a source of severe punishment or criticism scourge
dull, uninteresting, tiresome vapid
lacking in sharpness, flavor, liveliness, or force vapid
insipid vapid
abnormal, irregular, departing from the usual anomalous
atypical, unusual, aberrant anomalous
abrupt, blunt, with no formalities brusque
curt, tactless, gruff, rough brusque
very wicked, offensive, hateful heinous
evil, odioius heinous
stealthy, secret, intended to escape observation surreptitious
accomplished by fraud surreptitious
furtive, covert, sneaky surreptitious
performed, suffered, or otherwise experienced by one person in place of another vicarious
imagined vicarious
performing acts of kindness or charity beneficent
conferring benefits, doing good beneficent
humanitarian, magnanimous, charitable beneficent
pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse cadaverous
emaciated cadaverous
trifiling, unimportant inconsequential
trivial, negligible inconsequential
very careful and exact, attentive to finepoints of etiquette or propriety punctilious
prcise, scrupulous punctilious
inspiring fear or awe redoubtable
illustrou, eminent redoubtable
formidable, awesome redoubtable
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