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Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Audacious | Bold |
| Courageous | Bold |
| Dauntless | Bold |
| Capricious | Changing Quickly |
| Mercurial | Changing Quickly |
| Volatile | Changing Quickly |
| Dither | Hestitate |
| Vacillate | Hestitate |
| Oscillate | Hestitate |
| Waver | Hestitate |
| Teeter | Hesitate |
| Abrupt | Acts Quickly |
| Impetous | Acts Quickly |
| Apace | Acts Quickly |
| Precipitate | Acts Quickly |
| Headlong | Acts Quickly |
| Credulous | Innocent/Inexperienced |
| Naive | Innocent/Inexperienced |
| Gullible | Innocent/Inexperienced |
| Novitiate | Innocent/Inexperienced |
| Ingenous | Innocent/Inexperienced |
| Tyro | Innocent/Inexperienced |
| Abstruse | Difficult to Understand |
| Bemusing | Difficult to Understand |
| Esoteric | Difficult to Understand |
| Opquae | Difficult to Understand |
| Recondite | Difficult to Understand |
| Ambigous | Difficult to Understand |
| Cryptic | Difficult to Understand |
| Inscrutable | Difficult to Understand |
| Paradoxical | Difficult to Understand |
| Turbid | Difficult to Understand |
| Arcane | Difficult to Understand |
| Enigmatic | Difficult to Understand |
| Obscure | Difficult to Understand |
| Perplexing | Difficult to Understand |
| Articulate | Easy to Understand |
| Evident | Easy to Understand |
| Pellucid | Easy to Understand |
| Cogent | Easy to Understand |
| Limpid | Easy to Understand |
| Eloquent | Easy to Understand |
| Lucid | Easy to Understand |
| Astute | Smart/Learned |
| Perspicacious | Smart/Learned |
| Canny | Smart/Learned |
| Erudite | Smart/Learned |
| Aspersion | Criticize/criticism |
| Calumny | Criticize/criticism |
| Defame/defamation | Criticize/criticism |
| Diatribe | Criticize/criticism |
| Gainsay | Criticize/criticism |
| Inveigh | Criticize/criticism |
| Obloquy | Criticize/criticism |
| Rebuke | Criticize/criticism |
| Reprove | Criticize/criticism |
| Vituperate | Criticize/criticism |
| Belittle | Criticize/criticism |
| Castiage | Criticize/criticism |
| Denounce | Criticize/criticism |
| Disprage | Criticize/criticism |
| Harangue | Criticize/criticism |
| Lambaste | Criticize/criticism |
| Opprobrium | Criticize/criticism |
| Remanstrate | Criticize/criticism |
| Revile | Criticize/criticism |
| Berate | Criticize/criticism |
| Decry | Criticize/criticism |
| Deride/derisive | Criticize/criticism |
| Excoriate | Criticize/criticism |
| Impugn | Criticize/criticism |
| Objurgate | Criticize/criticism |
| Pillary | Criticize/criticism |
| Reprehend | Criticize/criticism |
| Tirade | Criticize/criticism |
| Bacchanalian | Carousal (wild) |
| Disspiated | Carousal (wild) |
| Lipidinous | Carousal (wild) |
| Ribald | Carousal (wild) |
| Turpitude | Carousal (wild) |
| Debauchery | Carousal (wild) |
| Iniquity | Carousal (wild) |
| Licentious | Carousal (wild) |
| Salacious | Carousal (wild) |
| Depraved | Carousal (wild) |
| Libertine | Carousal (wild) |
| Reprobale | Carousal (wild) |
| Sordid | Carousal (wild) |
| Candor/candid | Truth |
| Indisputable | Truth |
| Probity | Truth |
| Verity | Truth |
| Fealty | Truth |
| Indubitable | Truth |
| Sincere | Truth |
| Frankness | Truth |
| Legitimate | Truth |
| Veracious | Truth |
| Apocryphal | Falsehood |
| Dissemble | Falsehood |
| Erroneous | Falsehood |
| Feigned | Falsehood |
| Perfidy | Falsehood |
| Spurious | Falsehood |
| Canard | Falsehood |
| Duplicity | Falsehood |
| Ersatz | Falsehood |
| Guile | Falsehood |
| Prevaricate | Falsehood |
| Chicanery | Falsehood |
| Equivocate | Falsehood |
| Fallacious | Falsehood |
| Mendacious/Mendacity | Falsehood |
| Specious | Falsehood |
| Acerbic | Biting (as in wit or temperament) |
| Asperity | Biting (as in wit or temperament) |
| Mordant | Biting (as in wit or temperament) |
| Acidulous | Biting (as in wit or temperament) |
| Caustic | Biting (as in wit or temperament) |
| Trenchant | Biting (as in wit or temperament) |
| Acrimonious | Biting (as in wit or temperament) |
| Mordacious | Biting (as in wit or temperament) |
| Acclaim | Praise |
| Encomium | Praise |
| Fawn | Praise |
| Accolate | Praise |
| Eulogize | Praise |
| Laud/Laudatory | Praise |
| Aggrandize | Praise |
| Extol | Praise |
| Venerate/veneration | Praise |
| Baleful | Harmful |
| Inimical | Harmful |
| Minatory | Harmful |
| Baneful | Harmful |
| Injurious | Harmful |
| Perfidious | Harmful |
| Deleterious | Harmful |
| Insidious | Harmful |
| Pernicious | Harmful |
| Craven | Timid/Timidity |
| Recreant | Timid/Timidity |
| Diffident | Timid/Timidity |
| Timorous | Timid/Timidity |
| Pusillanimous | Timid/Timidity |
| Trepidation | Timid/Timidity |
| Banal | Boring |
| Insipid | Boring |
| Platitude | Boring |
| Trite | Boring |
| Fatuous | Boring |
| Mundane | Boring |
| Prosaic | Boring |
| Hackneyed | Boring |
| Pedestrian | Boring |
| Quotidian | Boring |
| Adulterate | Weaken |
| Inhibit | Weaken |
| Undermine | Weaken |
| Enervate | Weaken |
| Obviate | Weaken |
| Vitiate | Weaken |
| Exacerbate | Weaken |
| Stultify | Weaken |
| Abet | Assist |
| Bolster | Assist |
| Espouse | Assist |
| Proponent | Assist |
| Advocate | Assist |
| Corroborate | Assist |
| Mainstay | Assist |
| Stalwart | Assist |
| Ancillary | Assist |
| Countenance | Assist |
| Munificent | Assist |
| Sustenance | Assist |
| Antithetic | Hostile |
| Irascible | Hostile |
| Truculent | Hostile |
| Churlish | Hostile |
| Malevolent | Hostile |
| Vindicative | Hostile |
| Curmudgeon | Hostile |
| Misanthropic | Hostile |
| Implacable | Stubborn |
| Intransigent | Stubborn |
| Recalcitrant | Stubborn |
| Untoward | Stubborn |
| Inexorable | Stubborn |
| Obdurate | Stubborn |
| Refractory | Stubborn |
| Vexing | Stubborn |
| Intractable | Stubborn |
| Obstinate | Stubborn |
| Renitent | Stubborn |
| Burgeoning | Beginning/young |
| Inchoate | Beginning/young |
| Callow | Beginning/young |
| Incipient | Beginning/young |
| Engender | Beginning/young |
| Nascent | Beginning/young |
| Altruistic | Generous/Kind |
| Largess | Generous/Kind |
| Philanthropic | Generous/Kind |
| Beneficent | Generous/Kind |
| Magnanimous | Generous/Kind |
| Unstinting | Generous/Kind |
| Clement | Generous/Kind |
| Munificent | Generous/Kind |
| Avaricious | Greedy |
| Miserly | Greedy |
| Venal | Greedy |
| Covetous | Greedy |
| Perjurious | Greedy |
| Mercenary | Greedy |
| Rapacious | Greedy |
| Compendious | Terse |
| Pithy | Terse |
| Curt | Terse |
| Succinct | Terse |
| Laconic | Terse |
| Taciturn | Terse |
| Bombastic | Overblow/wordy |
| Grandiloquent | Overblow/wordy |
| Prolix | Overblow/wordy |
| Verbose | Overblow/wordy |
| Circumlocution | Overblow/wordy |
| Loquacious | Overblow/wordy |
| Rhetoric | Overblow/wordy |
| Garrulous | Overblow/wordy |
| Periphrastic | Overblow/wordy |
| Turgid | Overblow/wordy |
| Authoritarian | Dictatorial |
| Hegemonic/hegemony | Dictatorial |
| Tyrannical | Dictatorial |
| Despotic | Dictatorial |
| Imperious | Dictatorial |
| Dogmatic | Dictatorial |
| Peremptory | Dictatorial |
| Abhorrence | Hatred |
| Antipathy | Hatred |
| Loathing | Hatred |
| Rancor | Hatred |
| Anathema | Hatred |
| Detestation | Hatred |
| Malice | Hatred |
| Antagonism | Hatred |
| Enmity | Hatred |
| Odium | Hatred |
| Dilettante | Beginner/Amateur |
| Novitiate | Beginner/Amateur |
| Fledgling | Beginner/Amateur |
| Proselyte | Beginner/Amateur |
| Neophyte | Beginner/Amateur |
| Tyro | Beginner/Amateur |
| Indolent | Lazy/Sluggish |
| Languid | Lazy/Sluggish |
| Phlegmatic | Lazy/Sluggish |
| Torpid | Lazy/Sluggish |
| Inert | Lazy/Sluggish |
| Lassitude | Lazy/Sluggish |
| Quiescent | Lazy/Sluggish |
| Lackadaisical | Lazy/Sluggish |
| Lethargic | Lazy/Sluggish |
| Slothful | Lazy/Sluggish |
| Ameliorate | Pacify/Satisfy |
| Defer | Pacify/Satisfy |
| Placate | Pacify/Satisfy |
| Slake | Pacify/Satisfy |
| Appease | Pacify/Satisfy |
| Mitigate | Pacify/Satisfy |
| Propitiate | Pacify/Satisfy |
| Soothe | Pacify/Satisfy |
| Assuage | Pacify/Satisfy |
| Mollify | Pacify/Satisfy |
| Satiate | Pacify/Satisfy |
| Absolve | Forgive/make amends |
| Exonerate | Forgive/make amends |
| Redress | Forgive/make amends |
| Acquit | Forgive/make amends |
| Expiate | Forgive/make amends |
| Vindicate | Forgive/make amends |
| Exculpate | Forgive/make amends |
| Palliate | Forgive/make amends |
| Destitute | Poor |
| Indigent | Poor |
| Esurient | Poor |
| Impecunious | Poor |
| Ardent/ardor | Favoring/not impartial |
| Partisan | Favoring/not impartial |
| Doctrinaire | Favoring/not impartial |
| Tendentious | Favoring/not impartial |
| Fervid | Favoring/not impartial |
| Zealot | Favoring/not impartial |
| Abnegate | Denying of Self |
| Spartan | Denying of Self |
| Abstain | Denying of Self |
| Stoic | Denying of Self |
| Ascetic | Denying of Self |
| Temperate | Denying of Self |
| Ambulatory | Walking about |
| Peripatetic | Walking about |
| Itinerant | Walking about |
| Meander | Walking about |
| Disingenuous | Insincere |
| Ostensible | Insincere |
| Dissemble | Insincere |
| Unctuous | Insincere |
| Fulsome | Insincere |
| Discomfit | Prevent/Obstruct |
| Forfend | Prevent/Obstruct |
| Inhibit | Prevent/Obstruct |
| Encumber | Prevent/Obstruct |
| Hinder | Prevent/Obstruct |
| Occulde | Prevent/Obstruct |
| Fetter | Prevent/Obstruct |
| Impede | Prevent/Obstruct |
| Aberrant | Eccentric/dissimilar |
| Discrete | Eccentric/dissimilar |
| Iconoclast | Eccentric/dissimilar |
| Anachronism | Eccentric/dissimilar |
| Eclectic | Eccentric/dissimilar |
| Anomalous | Eccentric/dissimilar |
| Esoteric | Eccentric/dissimilar |
| Chortle | Funny |
| Flippant | Funny |
| Levity | Funny |
| Riposte | Funny |
| Droll | Funny |
| Gibe | Funny |
| Ludicrous | Funny |
| Simper | Funny |
| Facetious | Funny |
| Jocular | Funny |
| Raillery | Funny |
| Disconsolate | Sorrow |
| Elegiac | Sorrow |
| Lugubrious | Sorrow |
| Plaintive | Sorrow |
| Doleful | Sorrow |
| Forlorn | Sorrow |
| Melancholy | Sorrow |
| Threnody | Sorrow |
| Doler | Sorrow |
| Lament | Sorrow |
| Morose | Sorrow |
| Abeyance | Withdrawal/Retreat |
| Abortive | Withdrawal/Retreat |
| Demur | Withdrawal/Retreat |
| Remission | Withdrawal/Retreat |
| Retrograde | Withdrawal/Retreat |
| Abjure | Withdrawal/Retreat |
| Abrogate | Withdrawal/Retreat |
| Recant | Withdrawal/Retreat |
| Renege | Withdrawal/Retreat |
| Abnegation | Withdrawal/Retreat |
| Decamp | Withdrawal/Retreat |
| Recidivism | Withdrawal/Retreat |
| Rescind | Withdrawal/Retreat |
| Defile | Disgusting/Offensive |
| Noisome | Disgusting/Offensive |
| Reportative | Disgusting/Offensive |
| Fetid | Disgusting/Offensive |
| Odious | Disgusting/Offensive |
| Invidious | Disgusting/Offensive |
| Putrid | Disgusting/Offensive |