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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abetting | to approve, encourage, or support |
| abeyance | suspended action |
| abject | Wretched; as low as possible, lacking pride, humble, showing lack of self-respect |
| ablution | washing |
| abnegation | renunciation; self-sacrifice; self-abnegation |
| aboriginal | Being the first of its kind in a region, primitive, native, indigenous |
| abrogate | To nullify, to abolish |
| abscission | cutting off; separation |
| abscond | to leave secretly and hide, often to avoid the law. |
| abstemious | sparing in eating and drinking; temperate |
| acclivity | sharp upslope of a hill |
| accoutre | equip; N. accoutrement |
| accretion | Growth or increase in size by gradual addition; increase by natural growth |
| acerbic | Having sour, bitter, or astringent taste or character; harsh or severe as in temper or expression |
| acidulous | slightly sour (in taste or manner); sharp; caustic |
| acme | peak; pinnacle; highest point |
| acrid | bitter (to the taste or smell); sharp; bitterly pungent |
| acrophobia | fear of heights |
| adamantine | resembling adamant (stone once believed impenetrable), hardness or luster of diamond, unyielding |
| addle | make or become confused; muddle; drive crazy; become rotten (egg) |
| adjourn | to suspend untill another time in precise usage |
| adjure | entreat earnestly; enjoin solemnly |
| adjutant | staff officer assisting the commander; assistant |
| adorn | decorate |
| adumbrate | To shadow forth, give faint outline of, forecast or typify |
| advert | refer |
| aerie | nest of a large bird of prey |
| alacrity | eager and cheerful readiness |
| alluvial | pertaining to soil deposits left by running water |
| ameliorate | To make or become better; improve |
| amity | friendship; peaceful relationship as between nations |
| anathema | denunciation of anything as accursed |
| animadvert | comment critically with disapproval |
| anodyne | drug that relieves pain or trouble; opiate |
| aphasia | loss of speech due to injury or illness |
| aphorism | pithy maxim or saying |
| apiary | a place where bees are kept |
| aplomb | poise, assurance |
| apocryphal | Of questionable authenticity or authority |
| apoplexy | stroke; loss of consciousness caused by too much blood in the brain |
| apostate | one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs |
| apothecary | druggist; pharmacist |
| apothegm | pithy compact saying |
| apotheosis | elevation to godhood; an ideal example of something |
| appellation | name; title |
| apposite | appropriate; fitting |
| apprise | inform |
| approbation | approval |
| appurtenances | subordinate possessions; something added to a more important thing |
| apropos | With reference to; regarding |
| aquiline | curved, hooked |
| arboreal | of or living in trees |
| ardor | heat; passion; zeal |
| arid | Very dry; boring and meaningless |
| arroyo | gully; narrow channel formed by rainwater |
| ascetic | One who practices rigid self-denial, especially as an act of religion devotion |
| assiduous | Constant in application or attention, diligent |
| atavistic | displaying characteristics of a previous cultural era |
| aver | To claim to be true; to affirm |
| avuncular | Of or having to do with an uncle |
| bapid | lacking liveliness or force |
| bemused | to cause to be bewildered, or engrossed in thought |
| blanch | To become pale in color |
| blandishment | speech or action intended to coax someone into doing something |
| blithe | Carefree; lack of concern; light hearted |
| bucolic | Rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants |
| cadge | to get something by taking advantage of someone |
| capacious | having capacity, spacious |
| caprice | impulse |
| capricious | Impulsive; changing ones mind quickly and often |
| castigate | To criticize or punish severely |
| catharsis | The release of emotional tension after an overwhelming experience |
| chary | wary; cautious; careful; wary shy; timid |
| claque | group of followers hired to applaud at a performance |
| cogent | appealing to intellect or reason; convincing |
| colloquial | conversational, used in informal speech |
| commodious | Spacious and convienent; roomy |
| conflate | to bring together; ignore distinctions between, confuse |
| contiguous | closely connected in space or time |
| contingent | dependent on something not certain to occur |
| corporal | Of the body; a non-commissioned officer ranked between a sergeant and a private |
| corporeal | of or having to do with material, as opposed to spiritual; tangible. |
| craven | Coward; despicably fearful person |
| defenestrate | to throw someone or something out a window |
| demotic | Of or relating to common people; popular |
| denuded | without the usual covering |
| descry | to make clear, to say |
| desiccate | to dry out thoroughly |
| destitute | forsaken |
| detritus | remains of something destroyed |
| diatribe | fulmination: thunderous verbal attack |
| didactic | intended to teach or instruct |
| dilettante | One with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge; dabbler |
| discursive | Covering a wide field of subjects, rambling; proceding to conclusion by reason |
| effluent | The quality of flowing out; something that flows out, such as a stream from a river |
| egregious | separated from the herd, distinguished in a negative way |
| enervate | To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of |
| ennui | Dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy |
| ersatz | An imitation or a fake, usually inferior; artificial |
| erudite | scholarly; displaying deep intensive learning. |
| evanescent | Tending to disappear like vapor; soon disappearing from memory |
| exculpate | To demonstrate or prove to be blameless |
| exenterate | to take the bowels out of |
| exigent | urgent, pressing, requiring immediate action or attention |
| extant | in existence, still existing |
| extemporaneous | Improvised, done without preparation |
| fecundity | quality or power of producing fruit |
| garrulous | verbose; talkative; rambling |
| glib | Marked by ease or informality to the point of being insincere or deceitful; nonchalant; superficial |
| gossamer | fine cobweb on foliage; fine gauzy fabric; very fine |
| hackneyed | Rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage; lacking in freshness or originality |
| halcyon | calm and peaceful; peaceful and happy |
| hinterland | District inland from coast or river |
| idiom | Expression of a language that cannot be understood from its elements (e.g. keep tabs on); structural character of a language |
| immutable | not capable of change; that cannot be changed; that will never change |
| impunity | exemption from punishment |
| Inchoate | In an initial or early stage; incomplete; disorganized |
| Incorrigible | not capable of being corrected |
| indolent | faineant: disinclined to work or exertion |
| ineluctable | Inevitable |
| iniquity | Gross immorality or injustice; wickedness; a sin |
| insidious | beguiling but harmful |
| Insipid | lacking zest or excitement; dull |
| inveigle | to obtain by deception or flattery |
| invidious | likely to provoke envy |
| Irascible | prone to outbursts of temper, easily angered |
| jejune | Empty, barren, uninteresting |
| jingoism | Extreme nationalism characterized especially by a belligerent foreign policy |
| Laconic | using few words; terse |
| languid | lacking liveliness or force |
| lassitude | weakness characterized by lack of energy |
| Loquacious | talkative |
| lurid | graphic or shocking; unnatural red glow of fire |
| macerate | To soften by soaking or steeping in a liquid |
| malaprop | Unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar |
| malinger | To evade responsibility by pretending to be ill |
| masticate | To chew; to grind into a pulp |
| mellifluous | Flowing with sweetness or honey; smooth and sweet |
| mendacity | the condition of being untruthful; dishonesty |
| mercurial | characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood; fleeting |
| misanthrope | one who hates people |
| mollify | To calm or soothe; to soften or reduce rigidity |
| moribund | in a dying state |
| nascent | Coming into existence or development. |
| neophyte | A beginner or novice |
| noisome | harmful, offensive, destructive: |
| obdurate | hardened against influence or feeling; intractable. |
| objurgate | To reprove, blame, berate |
| obstreperous | Noisy, clamorous, vociferous, unruly |
| obviate | to prevent by anticipatory measures; to make unnecessary |
| occlude | to close or shut off; to obstruct |
| ochre | yellow or reddish-brown earth used in paints or dyes |
| panegyric | A writing or speech in praise of a person or thing |
| parochial | pertaining to a parish, narrow-minded |
| peccadillo | a small sin or fault |
| pedagogue | An educator; one who instructs in a pedantic or dogmatic manner |
| pedagogy | the art or profession of training, teaching, or instructing |
| pedantic | Showing preference for rules or formal book learning; making an excessive display of one's own learning |
| pellucidity | Perfectly clear, translucent |
| penchant | strong liking |
| perfidy | Intentional breach of faith; treachery; |
| pernicious | extremely harmful, potentially causing death; deadly |
| perspicacious | Acutely perceptive; having keen discernment |
| petulant | Easily or frequently annoyed, especially over trivial matters |
| phlegmatic | calm, sluggish, unemotional |
| pillory | expose to ridicule or public scorn |
| pith | The essential or central part; soft spongy substance that fills the stems of certain plants |
| pithy | Concise and full of meaning; terse |
| polemical | controversial; argumentative; argued |
| prattle | to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner |
| predilection | a disposition in favor of something; preference |
| preen | to dress up; primp |
| prelude | serve as an opening |
| prevaricate | To stray from or evade the truth; to lie |
| probity | Adherence to the highest principles; integrity |
| proclivity | a natural predisposition or inclination |
| prodigal | Given in abundance; lavish or wasteful |
| propitious | presenting favorable circumstances |
| prosaic | dull; unimaginative; uninspired |
| Pulchritudinous | beautiful |
| pungent | Sharp, stinging or strong; (often of taste or smell) |
| pusillanimous | cowardly, timid, or irresolute; petty: |
| putrefy | to rot; decay; give off foul odor |
| quaff | to drink deeply |
| querulous | prone to complaining or grumbling; quarrelsome |
| quiescence | inactivity; stillness; dormancy |
| quintessence | pure highly concentrated essence of a thing (5th element supposed to compose heavenly bodies) |
| quotidian | occurring/recurring daily; commonplace; banal; everyday |
| ratiocination | methodical, logical reasoning |
| rebarbative | Serving or tending to repel |
| recalcitrant | Obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage; disobedient |
| recast | To cast again or anew; put something into a new form |
| recidivism | A tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior, especially criminal behavior |
| recondite | Not easily understood; ambiguous |
| redoubtable | Awe-inspiring; worthy of honor; to be feared and respected |
| refulgent | radiant; shiny; brilliant; gloriously bright; shining |
| reputed | pertaining to that which is supposed to be true |
| reticience | quality of being reticent, reserved; reluctant |
| retrench | make economies or reduce expenses; to cut out; excise |
| riposte | Retaliatory action, maneuver, or retort |
| salient | Noticeable; prominent |
| salubrious | Promoting health or well-being (esp of the climate) |
| saturnine | having a gloomy or morose temperament |
| sedulous | diligent, persistent; hardworking |
| soporific | Causing sleep or tiredness |
| specious | Seemingly true, but actually false; deceptively attractive |
| spurious | lacking authenticity or validity; false; not genuine, authentic, or true |
| sublime | Majestic, noble, grand, inspiring awe |
| sylvan | Wooded; Characteristic of a forest |
| taciturn | Habitually untalkative; silent |
| torpid | lethargic; sluggish; dormant; sleeping |
| torpor | A state of mental or physical inactivity; lethargy |
| trenchant | sharply preceptive keen penetrating; strongly and effectively expressed |
| trout | To publicly praise or promote; trying to get people to buy goods or services, esp in a annoyingly insistent way |
| truculent | fierce and cruel; eager to fight |
| turbid | Having dregs disturbed, muddy, thick |
| turpitude | depravity; baseness: |
| tyro | beginner; person lacking experience in a specific endeavor |
| unfettered | not bound by shackles or chains |
| unstinting | generous |
| vacillate | To waver indecisively between one course of action or opinion and another |
| verdant | Green with vegetation; covered with green growth. |
| vernacular | Belonging to the country of one's birth (usu applied to language or idiom) |
| vicarious | Acting for another; sharing in the experience or feelings of another through the imagination |
| vitriolic | Corrosive; caustic; bitterly scathing |
| vituperate | to use harsh, condemnatory language; curse, abuse in words |
| vociferous | Noisy; clamorous |
| votaries | sworn adherent, devoted admirer |
| wag | A humorous or merry person |
| waspish | like a wasp, narrow-waisted or irascible |
| wastrel | One who is recklessly wasteful, especially with money |
| welter | Confused mass; a jumble |
| wend | To proceed or go along |
| wince | An involuntary movement or startled gesture; flinch |
| zaftig | Full and shapely figured, plump |
| abase | lower; degrade; humiliate; make humble; make (oneself) lose self-respect |
| abash | To make ashamed; to embarrass |
| abask | in enjoy warmth and light |
| abate | To reduce in amount or intensity; decrease |
| aberrant | deviating from normal or correct. |
| aberration | deviation from the normal; mental disorder |
| abet | assist usually in doing something wrong; encourage |
| abhor | detest; hate |
| abide | Comply with; tolerate |
| abjure | To renounce or reject; to officially disclaim |
| abode | dwelling place; home |
| abortive | unsuccessful; fruitless |
| abrade | To irritate by rubbing; to wear down in spirit |
| abridge | To cut short, to condense |
| absolve | To forgive or free from blame |
| abstruse | obscure; profound; difficult to understand |
| abut | border upon; adjoin |
| accede | To comply with; consent to |
| accolade | award of merit; strong praise and approval |
| accord | agreement |
| accost | approach and speak first to a person |
| accrue | come to one as a gain; accumulate over time |
| acerbity | bitterness of speech and temper |
| acetic | vinegary |
| acquiesce | To comply passively; to give in |
| acrimonious | stinging; caustic; bitter in words or manner; N. acrimony: bitter ill-natured animosity in speech or behavior |
| actuate | motivate; activate; cause to act |
| acuity | sharpness (of mind or senses of sight or hearing) |
| acumen | mental keenness; sharpness of judgment; ability to judge quickly and well |
| adamant | hard, inflexible, obdurate |
| adherent | supporter; follower |
| adjoin | be next to |
| adjunct | something attached to but holding an inferior position |
| adroit | skillful (in using mind or hand) |
| adulation | flattery; admiration that is more than is necessary or deserved |
| Advent | arrival |
| adventitious | accidental; casual; happening by chance |
| aegis | shield; protection; defense |
| affable | easily approachable; easy to talk to; warmly friendly |
| affected | false, artificial |
| affidavit | written statement made under oath (for use as proof in a court of law) |
| affront | insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect |
| agglomeration | jumbled mass, heap |
| aggrandize | To increase in power or reputation; to make larger or greater |
| aggregate | sum; gather into a mass or whole; accumulate |
| aghast | filled with great surprise or fear; horrified |
| agnostic | one who is skeptical of the existence or knowability of a god or any ultimate reality |
| agog | highly excited; intensely curious |
| alcove | nook; recess |
| alimentary | supplying nourishment |
| allay | calm; pacify |
| allege | state without proof |
| alleviate | To make more bearable (usually pain) |
| alloy | mixture as of metals; something added that lowers in value or purity |
| allude | To refer indirectly to something |
| allure | entice; attract; tempt |
| amalgam | combination of different things; mixture of metals (containing mercury) used for filling holes in teeth |
| amenable | obedient; compliant; readily managed |
| amorphous | formless; lacking shape or definition |
| anachronistic | Out of the proper time |
| anathema | Solemn curse, One that is cursed or damned |
| ancillary | serving as an aid, accessory |
| angular | sharp-cornered; having an angle; not rounded (body); bony; lean; gaunt; stiff in manner |
| animated | lively; spirited |
| animosity | active enmity |
| anneal | reduce brittleness and improve toughness by heating and cooling (metal or glass) |
| annul | make void |
| anoint | consecrate; put oil on (in a religious ceremony) |
| anomalous | abnormal; irregular |
| anomaly | irregularity |
| antecede | precede |
| antediluvian | ancient; outmoded; (literally,before the flood) |
| anthropoid | manlike; resembling a human being |
| anthropomorphic | having human form or characteristics |
| antipathy | aversion; dislike or opposition |
| antithesis | contrast; direct opposite of or to |
| apathy | lack of caring; indifference |
| apex | tip; summit; climax; highest point |
| apogee | highest point; the point farthest from the earth |
| apparition | ghost; phantom |
| arbiter | person with power to decide a matter in dispute |
| arboretum | place where different trees and shrubs are studied and exhibited |
| arcade | a covered passageway usually lined with shops |
| arcane | esoteric; secret; mysterious; known only to the initiated |
| archaic | Characteristic of a much earlier, often more primitive period, especially one that develops into a classical stage of civilization |
| archetype | prototype; primitive pattern |
| argot | slang; speech spoken by only a small group of people |
| aria | operatic solo; a song sung by one person in an opera or oratorio |
| arraign | charge in court; indict |
| arrears | being in debt; money that should have been paid; work that should have been done |
| arrhythmic | lacking rhythm or regularity; N. arrhythmia |
| assuage | To make something harsh less severe; pacify, calm, relieve |
| astringent | having a tightening effect on living tissue; severe; binding; causing contraction |
| attenuate | Reduce in force, amount or degree; weaken |
| audacious | Recklessly daring, bold, brave; Not held back by what is conventional or proper |
| austere | Severe or stern in appearance; undecorated |
| avarice | greed, especially for wealth; greed for wealth or gain |
| avow | To acknowledge openly and boldly; confess |
| banal | Unoriginal; commonplace; predictable; trite |
| barefaced | unconcealed, shameless, or brazen |
| baroque | Extravagantly ornate; flamboyant; complex in ornamentation |
| barren | Desolate; Not capable of producing offspring; Lacking liveliness |
| begrudge | To envy anothers possessions |
| belligerent | Eager to fight; hostile, aggressive |
| benign | Harmless; kind; gentle |
| berate | To scold or criticize harshly |
| boggle | To hesitate in fear or doubt; To become overwhelmed in astonishment |
| bombast | pompous speech |
| boor | A person with rude, clumsy manners; a peasant |
| bracing | Invigorating; refreshing |
| breach | a lapse, gap or break, as in a fortress wall. To break or break through. |
| broach | To bring up a subject for debate |
| bulwark | Something used as a defense |
| burgeon | To grow or flourish; sprout |
| burnish | To polish |
| buttress | to support. a support |
| cache | A hiding place, or the object hidden in a secret place |
| cacophony | Harsh, jarring, discordant noise; dissonance |
| cajole | To coax with insincere talk, teasing, or flattery; to trick into doing something |
| callow | Being young or immature |
| candid | Free from predjudice, impartial and honest; open and sincere |
| candor | Truthfulness; great honesty |
| canon | an established set of principles or code of laws, often religious in nature; a regulation or dogma decreed by a church council |
| capitulate | To surrender under specific conditions, come to terms |
| castigation | severe criticism or punishment |
| catalyst | Something that brings about a change in something else |
| caustic | capable of dissolving by chemical action; highly critical |
| censure | An expression of strong disapproval or harsh criticism |
| chastise | To criticize severely; punish by beating |
| chauvinist | One with prejudiced belief in favor of a group to which he or she belongs |
| chicanery | deception by trickery |
| circumspect | cautious and aware of circumstances and potential consequences |
| clemency | A disposition to show mercy, especially toward an offender or enemy |
| clique | An exclusive group |
| coalesce | To grow together to form one; fuse or unite |
| complaisant | willingly compliant or accepting of the status quo |
| conflagration | a great fire |
| consecrate | To sanctify; to make sacred; to immortalize |
| contrite | regretful, penitent; seeking forgiveness; filled with or showing deep regret for having done wrong |
| convoluted | intricate or complicated |
| copious | Abundant; plentiful; lavish. |
| corroborate | To support or strengthen with evidence |
| credulous | too readily beliving or trusting; gullible |
| culpable | deserving blame |
| cupidity | Greed; excessive desire |
| cursory | Performed quickly and without much attention to detail |
| cynicism | an attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness |
| dearth | A shortage |
| decorum | polite or appropriate conduct or behavior; dignified and socially acceptable behavior; propriety; properness |
| deft | Skillfil |
| delineate | To describe in words or gestures with great detail. |
| delude | To deceive; to have false illusions |
| demur | to question or oppose |
| depravity | Moral corruption or degradation |
| deprecation | belittlement. |
| depredation | the act of preying upon or plundering: |
| derision | scorn, ridicule, contemptuous treatment; ridicule or mockery, ridicule, mockery |
| diatribe | a bitter abusive denunciation. |
| diffident | lacking self-confidence, modest |
| disabuse | to free a person from falsehood or error: |
| discordant | conflicting, dissonant, or harsh in sound; nor in agreement; conflicting |
| disentangle | To free from confusion |
| disparage | to slight or belittle; suggest; to depreciate by an indirect means; speak slightingly about |
| disparate | fundamentally distinct or dissimilar; so different in kind or degree that they cannot be compared |
| dissemble | to conceal one's real motive, to feign |
| divulge | to disclose something secret; to make known (as a confidence or secret) |
| docile | Manageable; obedient; teachable |
| dogmatic | stubbornly opinionated |
| ebullience | the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings; high spirits; exhilaration; exuberance |
| efficacy | effectiveness; capability to produce a desired effect |
| effrontery | extreme boldness; presumptuousness; rudeness without shame; impertinence; impudence; arrogance |
| elegy | a mournful poem, especially one lamenting the dead |
| emollient | softening; something that softens |
| empirical | based on observation or experiment |
| emulate | to strive to equal or excel |
| encomium | Warm praise; commendation |
| endemic | prevalent in or native to a certain region, locality, or people: |
| engender | To produce, cause, or bring about |
| enigma | puzzle; mystery: |
| ephemeral | lasting for only a brief time, fleeting |
| equivocal | ambiguous; unclear; subject to more than one interpretation -- often intentionally so: |
| esoteric | intended for or understood by only a few: |
| eulogy | a spoken or written tribute to the deceased |
| exacerbate | to increase the bitterness or violence of; to aggravate: |
| facetious | playful; humorous; intended to be amusing, often inappropriately; joking or jesting often inappropriately; waggish |
| fallacy | an invalid or incorrect notion; a mistaken belief |
| fathom | a measure of length (six feet) used in nautical settings. to penetrate to the depths of something in order to understand it: |
| fawn | to seek favor or attention; to act subserviantly |
| florid | flushed with a rosy color, as in complexion; very ornate and flowery: |
| flout | to demonstrate contempt for, as in a rule or convention; to treat with disdain, scorn, or contempt; scoff at; mock |
| fortuitous | happening by fortunate accident or chance; happening by chance or coincidence |
| fulminate | to loudly attach or denounce; protest strongly and loudly; to send forth censures or invectives |
| furtive | marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious; done secretly and quietly so as not to be noticed; done by stealth; surreptitious |
| germane | relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in subject matter; relevant; being at once relevant and appropriate; fitting |
| grandiloquence | pompous speech or expression |
| gregarious | sociable; outgoing; enjoying the company of other people; liking to be with other people; tending to associate with others of one's kind; social |
| guile | skillful deceit |
| guileless | honest; straightforward |
| hapless | unfortunate |
| harangue | to deliver a pompous speech or tirade; to address in a ranting way |
| hedonism | devotion to pleasurable pursuits, especailly to the pleasures of the senses; belief that pleasure should be the main aim in life |
| hegemony | the consistent dominance of one state ideology over others; leadership especially by one state in a group of states |
| heretical | violating accepted dogma or convention; unorthodox |
| homogenous | similar in nature or kind; uniform: |
| hubris | arrogant presumption or pride; arrogant pride; exaggerated pride or self-confidencehbristic |
| iconoclast | one who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions |
| idolatrous | given to intense or excessive devotion to something; worshiping idols |
| Impecunious | Penniless;Poor |
| Imperious | Commanding |
| imperturbable | marked by extreme calm, impassivity and steadiness; not easily troubled or worried; calm; marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness; serene |
| impetuous | hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement; acting or done quickly and with little thought or care; rash or impulsive |
| implacable | not capable of being appeased or significantly changed; inexorable; not to be appeased, mollified, or pacified |
| Improvidence | An absence of foresight; a failure to provide for future needs or events |
| impunity | immunity from punishment or penalty; with impunity with freedom from punishment or injury |
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent; in its early stages; beginning to happen |
| indelible | permanent; unreasable; strong |
| ineffable | undescribable; inexpressible in words; unspeakable |
| infelicitous | unfortunate; inappropriate; not appropriate in application or expression |
| Ingenuous | unsophisticated; artless; straightforward; candid |
| inimical | damaging; harmful; malevolent |
| Innocuous | Harmless; having no adverse affect; not likely to provoke strong emotion |
| Insular | of or pertaining to an island, thus excessivley exclusive |
| intractable | not easily managed or directed; stubborn; obstinate; uruly; refractory; stubborn |
| intransigent | stubborn; immovable; unwilling to change: |
| intrepid | steadfast and courageous; fearless; brave; fortitude |
| inured | accustomed to accepting something undesirable; adapted |
| juncture | Critical point; meeting |
| Latent | present or potential but not evident or active |
| laud | to praise highly; glorify |
| lucid | clear; translucent: |
| Lugubrious | weighty, mournful, or gloomy especially to an excessive degree |
| Magnanimity | generosity and nobility |
| malevolent | malicious; evil; having or showing ill will |
| malleable | Capable of being shaped |
| martial | associated with war and the armed force; of or associated with war; brave, of associated with war |
| misnomer | incorrect name or word for something |
| misogynist | one who hates women |
| mitigate | to make less forceful; to become more moderate; to make less harsh or undesirable |
| nebulous | vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined for; hazy; indistinct; vague |
| nefarious | wicked, evil: |
| noxious | harmful; injurious; harmful; poisonous |
| obfuscate | to deliberately obscure; to make confusing; to make obscure or unclear; deliberately make something confused or difficult to understand |
| obsequious | exhibiting a fawning attentiveness; characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning; (to somebody) too willing to obey or serve; too respectful (especially in the hope of getting a reward or favour from somebody) |
| obstinate | stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising; refusing to change one's opinion or chosen course of action; stubborn |
| obtuse | lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression; slow to understand; stupid |
| onerous | troubling; burdensome; needing effort; burdensome |
| opprobrium | disgrace, contempt; scorn |
| ossified | turned to bone; hardened like bone; Inflexible: |
| ostentatious | characterized by or given to pretentiousness; characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others |
| pedestrian | Mediocre; ordinary |
| penury | poverty; destitution; extreme poverty |
| perfidious | deliberately treacherous; dishonest |
| perfunctory | cursory; done without care or interest; done as a duty without care; routine |
| peruse | to examine with great care; to examine or consider with attention and in detail; study; read something, especially carefully and thorougly |
| petty | Unimportant; of lesser standing |
| placate | To appease or pacify |
| platitude | a superificial remark; a trite or banal statement; unoriginality |
| plethora | excessively large quantity; overabundance: |
| ponderous | heavy; massive; awkward; dull: |
| pragmatic | concerned with facts; practical, as opposed to highly principled or traditional: |
| precipice | cliff with a vertical or nearly vertical face; a dangerous place from which one is likely to fall; metaphorically, a very risky circumstance |
| precipitate | to fall; to fall downward suddenly and dramatically; to bring about or hasten the occurrence of something: |
| precursor | something (or someone) that precedes another: |
| prodigious | abundant in size, force, or extent; extraordinary |
| profilgate | excessively wasteful; recklessly extravagant; prodigal |
| profuse | given or coming forth abundantly; extravagant abundant/lavish |
| proliferate | To grow or increase in number very quickly |
| propensity | a natural inclination or tendency; penchant |
| propitiate | To conciliate or appease |
| propriety | correct or appropriate behavior; obedience to rules |
| prudence | Wisdom, caution, showing good discretion |
| quandary | Dilemma; predicament |
| quiescent | being quient or inactive; motionless |
| quixotic | foolishly impractical; makred by lofty romantic ideals; noble, unselfish or gallant in an extravagant or impractical way; generous |
| rancorous | characterized by bitter, long lasting resentment; bitterness; spitefulness |
| rarefy | to make thinner or less dense |
| recapitulate | state again or summarize the main points of; summarize; to repeat the principal points or stages of |
| receptive | able or quick to receive new ideas, suggestions, etc. |
| recluse | a person who lives in seclusion or apart from society, often for religious meditation. person who lives alone and avoids other people |
| redundant | Superfluous; exceeding what is needed |
| relegate | To banish; to put to a lower position |
| renege | to fail or honor a commitment; to go back on a promise; fail to keep a promise; one's word, etc. |
| reproof | the act of censuring, scolding, or rebuking. |
| repudiate | To reject the authority or validity of |
| rescind | to repeal or annul |
| reticent | Silent, reluctant, reserved, to keep to oneself |
| retinue | group of attendants accompanying an important person; a group of retainers or attendants |
| retort | make a quick, witty or angry reply, esp. to an accusation or challenge; to pay or hurl back; return |
| reverent | marked by, feeling or expressing profound awe and respect; feeling or showing reverence |
| rhetoric | Skill in using language effectively and persuasively |
| sagacious | having a sharp or powerful intellect or discernment. |
| sanguine | cheerful; confident: |
| sate | to satisfy fully or to excess |
| solace | Consolation; comfort during a time of grief |
| solicitious | concerned and attentive; eager; full of concerns or fears; apprehensive |
| squalid | sordid; wretched and dirty as from neglect; very dirt and unpleasant |
| stigma | A mark or token of disgrace or shame |
| stoic | indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; steadfast |
| stoke | To stir up and feed fuel to (very often to a fire) |
| stolid | Unemotional; lacking sensitivity |
| succinct | brief, concise, expressed briefly and clearly; concise |
| succumb | To give in; to yield |
| superficial | only covering the surface: |
| supplant | to take the place of; supersede |
| surfeit | excess; overindulgence; satiate |
| tacit | Without using any words; implied by actions |
| taut | Stretched tightly |
| temperate= | exercising moderation and self-denial; calm or mild |
| tenacity | firmness; persistency; adhesiveness |
| terse | brief and concise in wording; using few words; curt |
| thrifty | Not wasteful; economical; penny-wise |
| tirade | Long, agressive speech; usually given in an attacking manner |
| tortuous | winding; twisting; excessively complicated |
| tractable | ability to be easily managed or controlled: |
| transitory | Lasting a short time; temporary |
| transpire | To take place; to come about |
| truncate | To shorten by cutting |
| ubiquitous | Present everywhere at the same time; Omnipresent |
| unfeigned | genuine |
| unprecedented | Unheard of; having no previous example |
| untenable | indefensible; that cannot be defined; not viable |
| urbane | sophisticated; refined; elegant |
| vacuous | empty; without contents; without ideas or intelligence: |
| vagary | whim, an unpredictable action |
| vainglorious | Boastful, pompous |
| vascillate | To sway physically (oscillate) or indecisively (hesitate) from one side to another. |
| vaunt | To speak boastfully; brag |
| veneer | 1. A thin surface layer; 2. deceptive superficial show, facade |
| venerate | To honor, worship or respect |
| veracious | Truthful, honest |
| veracity | Filled with truth and accuracy |
| verbose | Wordy |
| vex | To annoy or bother |
| vigilant | alertly watchful; looking out for possible danger, trouble |
| vilify | to defame; to characterize harshly; slander, say evil things |
| virulent | Extremely poisonous |
| visage | Face; appearance |
| viscosity | The sticky or thick consistency or a liquid |
| vital | Essential for continued existence; relating to life |
| vivacious | Lively, cheerful; high spirited |
| vogue | Modern fashion |
| volatile | Tending to vary often; changeable; explosive |
| voluble | Ready flow of speech; fluent |
| voracious | having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous |
| waffle | Speaking or writing vaguely with little result |
| waft | To cause to go gently and smoothly through the air or over water |
| warrant | Authorization given by a superior |
| waver | To fluctuate between choices; to show indecision. |
| wean | To gradually detach from a strong habit |
| wont | A customary practice, habit |
| wretched | extremely pitiful or unfortunate |
| xenophobia | The fear of foreigners |
| zeal | Strong devotion toward advancing a goal or cause; passion |
| zeitgeist | The spirit of a specific time; the outlook characteristic of a period |
| zenith | point directly overhead in the sky; summit, peak |
| zephyr | Gentle breeze; west wind |
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