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WWW List 61-90 Words
All of the derivatives in these lists
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| confuse | perplex |
| abundant | copious |
| cross | traverse |
| book lover | bibliophile |
| study of populations | demography |
| cheerful | sanguine |
| showy | ostentatious |
| small universe | microcosm |
| toss out the window | defenestrate |
| intent or hatred | animus |
| perplexed | nonplussed |
| prohibition | interdiction |
| of like measure | commensurate |
| beginner | neophyte |
| not believing | incredulous |
| to object | demur |
| sharp | poignant |
| languor | lassitude |
| understand | apprehend |
| amazing | prodigious |
| lazy | indolent |
| flippant style | persiflage |
| indefinite | ambiguous |
| conflicting feelings | ambivalence |
| low-class | declasse |
| thought-to-be | putative |
| make soft | mollify |
| sociable | gregarious |
| heated dispute | altercation |
| second self | alter ego |
| to engage in love affairs | philander |
| unauthentic works | apocrypha |
| slanted | tendentious |
| to trouble with requests | importune |
| pithy saying | apothegm |
| mania | cacoethes |
| maxim | precept |
| truthful | veridical |
| physical beauty | pulchritude |
| completely remove | expunge |
| sharpness of temper | acerbity |
| breach of faith | perfidy |
| semitransparent | translucent |
| bad noise | cacophony |
| touchable | tangible |
| concern for others | altruism |
| funeral ceremonies | obsequies |
| departure | exodus |
| sadly thoughtful | pensive |
| healthful | salubrious |
| modest or affectedly modest | demure |
| to wave | undulate |
| friendly | amiable |
| lessen | abate |
| clear and calm | serene |
| servilely following | obsequious |
| calm | sedate |
| lower oneself | condescend |
| belief in nothing | nihilism |
| small space | interstice |
| logical arguement | dialectic |
| reckless | temerarious |
| specious reasoner | sophist |
| scholarly | erudite |
| publicly condemn | denounce |
| intense desire or lust | concupiscence |
| edible | esculent |
| holding stubbornly | pertinacious |
| person in conversation | interlocutor |
| concise wisdom | aphorism |
| self-taught person | autodidact |
| outcome, unraveling | denouement |
| in the middle of things | in medias res |
| get around | circumvent |
| free from blame | exculpate |
| greed | cupidity |
| of low quality | mediocre |
| rules of ceremony | protocol |
| disgusting | odious |
| face | visage |
| speak dogmatically | pontificate |
| untruthful | mendacious |
| wife-doting | uxorious |
| mention be denial | apophasis |
| sharp reprimand | rebuke |
| rebuke | objurgation |
| sleep-inducing | soporific |
| joy | euphoria |
| two-part division | dichotomy |
| revalation | epiphany |
| from various sources | eclectic |
| supernatrual | numinous |
| begger | mendicant |
| complacently stupid | fatuous |
| being forgotten | oblivion |
| favorably disposed | propitious |
| repay | requite |
| loss of speech | aphasia |
| faithless person | nullifidian |
| laughable | risible |
| persevering | assiduous |
| gloomy and remote | saturnine |
| stupidly empty of ideas | vacuous |
| from the throne | ex cathedra |
| small-minded | pusillanimous |
| noble | sublime |
| burning a heretic | auto da fe |
| enthusiastic | ebullient |
| exemption from punishment | impunity |
| enlightened intellects | illuminati |
| state dominance | hegemony |
| major mental illness | psychosis |
| mental disorder | neurosis |
| oily | oleaginous |
| to travel | peregrinate |
| repeate | reiterate |
| rambling | desultory |
| obsession | idee fixe |
| forerunner | precursor |
| beautiful sound | euphony |
| thinned | attenuated |
| from outside | extraneous |
| deep | profound |
| diligent | sedulous |
| infancy | incunabula |
| an upstart | parvenu |
| an obsequious parasite | sycophant |
| a slow movement | adagio |
| disuse | desuetude |
| preliminary statement | prolegomenon |
| devotion to pleasure | hedonism |
| self-infatuation | narcissism |
| aristocratic | patrician |
| evil unbeliever | miscreant |
| solid ground | terra firma |
| just begun | inchoate |
| walking | peripatetic |
| surrounding | ambient |
| thin | tenuous |
| malleable | ductile |
| by chance | fortuitous |
| substitute | surrogate |
| indirectly refer | allude |
| partially dressed | dishabille |
| devotee to luxury | Sybarite |
| indifference to sensation | stoicism |
| farewell speech | valediction |
| scornful | supercilious |
| dying | moribund |
| explanatory | expository |
| swift retort | riposte |
| to cut short | truncate |
| go beyond | transcend |
| lying face-down | prostrate |
| accidental | adventitious |
| to violently revile | vituperate |
| secretary | amanuensis |
| able to walk | ambulatory |
| painting of a night scene | nocturne |
| pronouncement | dictum |
| inexpressible | ineffable |
| mercy killing | euthanasia |
| to elaborate | expatiate |
| false | specious |
| fear of foreigners | xenophobia |
| oily | unctuous |
| seclude | cloister |
| obscure | recherche |
| state severely | asseverate |
| discerning wisdom | sagacity |
| friendly and kind | affable |
| pain reliever | anodyne |
| ridiculing institutions | iconoclasm |
| biting | mordacious |
| balance | equipoise |
| obsolete | superannuated |
| something unequaled | nonpareil |
| touching | contiguous |
| stubborn | intractable |
| blatant | egregious |
| childishness | puerilism |
| villainous | nefarious |
| harmonious agreement | congruity |
| to mentally chew | ruminate |
| enlighten | edify |
| mutual interdependence | symbiosis |
| fear of death | necrophobia |
| trivial teaching | pedantry |
| backward-looking | retrospective |
| decadent | fin de siecle |
| fiercely savage | truculent |
| plead in protest | remonstrate |
| abstruse | recondite |
| sharp | incisive |
| abusive criticism | diatribe |
| manner of living | modus vivendi |
| equilibrium | homeostasis |
| loud outcry | clamor |
| chronic relapse | recidivism |
| violently criticize | inveigh |
| to corrupt | vitiate |
| wastefully extravagent | profligate |
| very diverse | multifarious |
| restoration of friendship | rapprochement |
| in a vacuum | in vacuo |
| not authentic | apocryphal |
| disgrace | opprobrium |
| shy | diffident |
| binding | stringent |
| hater of women | misogynist |
| nearness | propinquity |
| trembling | tremulous |
| high fashion | haute couture |
| compulsive arson | pyromania |
| fixed prejudice | stereotype |
| formal discussion | disquisition |
| innumerable | myriad |
| chronic self-reference | egotism |
| overly discriminating | fastidious |
| temporary | transient |
| to object earnestly | expostulate |
| sharp | pungent |
| of lakes | lacustrine |
| delusions of greatness | megalomania |
| inharmonious | dissonant |
| nearsightedness | myopia |
| a haunt | purlieu |
| artistic shading | chiaroscuro |
| dancing | choreography |
| art of trimming shrubs | topiary |
| development of individual | ontogeny |
| metaphysics of being | ontology |
| medicine of tumors | oncology |
| word of mouth | viva voce |
| to howl | ululate |
| sly | insidious |
| excellent model | paragon |
| poor | impecunious |
| conceal through pretense | dissemble |
| affected holy | sanctimonious |
| tomb inscription | epitaph |
| empty tomb | cenotaph |
| producing offspring | procreant |
| hasty and superficial | cursory |
| short-lived | ephemeral |
| dictatorial | peremptory |
| without end | ad infinitum |
| disdainful snobbery | hauteur |
| an assorted collection | omnium gatherum |
| hopeless scoundrel | reprobate |
| hypocrisy | pharisaism |
| repay | remunerate |
| embarrassing mishap | contretemps |
| overstatement | hyperbole |
| related | germane |
| hybrid language | lingua franca |
| declaration of intent | manifesto |
| extremely generous | munificent |
| very numerous | multitudinous |
| double meaning | amphiboly |
| priestly | sacerdotal |
| full of complaint | querulous |
| filled | replete |
| sacrifice | immolate |
| stubborn | refractory |
| outpouring | effusion |
| a triple panel | triptych |
| relating to fish | piscine |
| contemptuous insult | contumely |
| cause | etiology |
| unconquerable | inexpugnable |
| insight | perspicacity |
| combination | synthesis |
| large epidemic | pandemic |
| deeply respect | venerate |
| forgivable | venial |
| appropriate | apposite |
| a foreshadowing | adumbration |
| to obscure | obfuscate |
| shamelessness | impudicity |
| to whip | flagellate |
| enthusiastic praise | encomium |
| stubborn disobediance | contumacy |
| to stain someone's reputation | stigmatize |
| state of dullness | hebetude |
| snoring | stertorous |
| an intense liking | penchant |
| make young again | rejuvenate |
| sickly person | valetudinarian |
| moving from a distance | telekinesis |
| circle within a circle | epicycle |
| difficult to understand | abstruse |
| incongruously different | disparate |
| language peculiar to a group | idiom |
| offensively interfering | obtrusive |
| state of concern | solicitude |
| shining | refulgent |
| quick, witty reply | repartee |
| from before the Flood! | antediluvian |
| elaborate eulogy | panegyric |
| make unnecessary | obviate |
| to reflect on | redound |
| a throwback | atavism |
| pleasing in taste | sapid |
| slope | gradient |
| to block a passage | occlude |
| payment | emolument |
| indigestion | dyspepsia |
| writing table | escritoire |
| inherent | intrinsic |
| disparaging name | epithet |
| cautious | circumspect |
| place name | toponym |
| shapeless | amorphous |
| unnecessary | superfluous |
| to form layers | stratify |
| sneering remarks | sarcasm |
| bitterness | acrimony |
| a self-contradictory truth | paradox |
| laborious | onerous |
| make callous | indurate |
| sticking together | conherent |
| of common ancestry | cognate |
| an opening | aperture |
| castoff skin or shell | exuviae |
| just beginning | incipient |
| chain together | concatenate |
| not consisting of matter | incorporeal |
| brilliantly clear | perspicuous |
| innocent and naive | ingenuous |
| driving force | impetus |
| at first sight, obvious | prima facie |
| an end | surcease |
| by the very fact | ipso facto |
| full | plenary |
| dizzying | vertiginous |
| wearing away | attrition |
| one of a kind | unique |
| to flood | inundate |
| to obtain | procure |
| sorcery | necromancy |
| rapidly changing images | phantasmagoria |
| abnormality | anomaly |
| prevent in advance | preclude |
| limited | circumscribed |
| false sentimentality | bathos |
| a semblance or sham | simulacrum |
| think deeply | cogitate |
| at the front | anterior |
| an error in writing | erratum |
| arctic | hyerborean |
| measurable | finite |
| essential complaint | gravamen |
| a bruise | contusion |
| firearm outpouring | fusillade |
| stretch out | distend |
| proportionate | pro rata |
| urging | exhortatory |
| bloody | sanuinary |
| manlike | anthropoid |
| uncalled-for | gratuitous |
| hindering baggage | impedimenta |
| self-styled | soi-disant |
| pertaining to touch | tactile |
| resemblance | similitude |
| dot-painting | pointillism |
| muddy or muddled | turbid |
| swollen | turgid |
| complete transformation | permutation |
| call together | convoke |
| full of mourning | lugubrious |
| evident | manifest |
| root out | extirpate |
| excess | surfeit |
| crystal clear | pellucid |
| tearful | lachrymose |
| one helped by a protector | protege |
| fighting with shadows | sciamachy |
| intuitive religious knowledge | gnosis |
| the Western world | Occident |
| to gesture | gesticulate |
| job benefit | perquisite |
| cleverly simple | elegant |
| quick-tempered | irascible |
| specious reasoning | casuistry |
| not correctable | incorrigible |
| showing new life | renascent |
| reclining | recumbent |
| change of shape | metamorphosis |
| great loss of life | holocaust |
| to base upon | predicate |
| intricately complicated | convoluted |
| sociable person | extrovert |
| introspectiveperson | introvert |
| persuasively expressive | eloquent |
| to sparkle | scintillate |
| maze | labyrinth |
| runny nose or throat | catarrh |
| foundation | substratum |
| boring | insipid |
| conscious | sentient |
| to wall in | immure |
| universal | ecumenical |
| good-naturedness | bonhomie |
| of varied compisition | heterogeneous |
| to kiss | osculate |
| final demand | ultimatum |
| columned or pillard | hypostyle |
| a surge of harmony | diapason |
| a curse | anathema |
| bony | osseous |
| an opposite thought | antithesis |
| trivially verbose | garrulous |
| standing out or projecting | salient |
| wise | sapient |
| to desert | tergiversate |
| native | indigenous |
| peculiarity | idiosyncrasy |
| flat, trite remarks | platitude |
| present everywhere | ubiquitous |
| brief and clear | succinct |
| to worsen | aggravate |
| shady | umbrageous |
| a delusion | ignis fatuus |
| dispersion of people | diaspora |
| bring to being | engender |
| bombastic | grandiloquent |
| sudden convulsion | paroxysm |
| not disclosed | ulterior |
| totally reject | ostracize |
| rich | opulent |
| hardhearted | obdurate |
| pathological thief | kleptomaniac |
| of rare quality | exquisite |
| little man | homunculus |
| important person | magnifico |
| geology of prehistoric life | paleontology |
| call forth | evoke |
| include | subsume |
| to slander | calumniate |
| three-pronged spear | trident |
| freedom from restriction | latitude |
| insensible to pain | impassive |
| spread through | permeate |
| not bothered, carefree | insouciant |
| discreditable tendency | proclivity |
| unwelcoming person | persona non grata |
| without foresight | improvident |
| insincere | disingenuous |
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