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big 80 WOD
vocabulary
| Syn | vocab |
|---|---|
| genealogy,ancestry | pedigree |
| after-death | posthumous |
| monetary,financial | pecuniary |
| gaudy,vulgar | tawdry |
| ardent,enthusiastic | zealous |
| infamy,dishonor | ignominy |
| grandiloquence,wordiness | bombast |
| cryptic,mystifying | enigmatic |
| adroit,skilled | dexterous |
| ghastly,gruesome | macabre |
| assisting memory | mnemonic |
| digress,roam | meander |
| tawdry,cheaply attractive | meretricious |
| vulnerability,weakness | achilles' Hell |
| satire,ridicule | lampoon |
| inane,foolish | asinine |
| indigent,poor | impecunious |
| timorous,shy | diffident |
| captivate,enchant | enthrall |
| vanguard,leader | bellwether |
| uninhibited,sincere | candid |
| infernal,fiendish | diabolical |
| slothful,idle | indolent |
| mania,obsseion | fetish |
| fortuity,chance | serendipity |
| disparage,slander | denigrate |
| paramount,essential | cardinal |
| gaunt,weary | haggard |
| austere,severe | spartan |
| duplicity,insincerty | hypocrisy |
| diminish,decrease | curtail |
| unfeasible,impractical | utopiah |
| nethermost point,low point | nadir |
| narrative,tale | anecdote |
| patronage,favoritism | nepotism |
| platitude,watchword | shibboleth |
| stringent,inflexible | procrustean |
| prodigious,gigantic | titantic |
| burlesque,mockery | force |
| conspicuous,prominent | blatant |
| purloin,steal | plagiarize |
| ludicrous,ridiculous | preposterous |
| transitory,momentary | ephemeral |
| haphazard,aimless | desultory |
| auspicious,favorable | opportune |
| mundane,orsinary | prosaic |
| exaggeration,overstatement | hyperbole |
| skeptic,unbeliever | agnostic |
| comprehend,understand | fathom |
| preceptor,instructor | mentor |
| inconsequential,unimportant | trivial |
| sycophant,freeloader | parasite |
| overt,straightforward | aboveboard |
| vague,fuzzy | nebulous |
| modicum,trifle | pittance |
| malevolent,menacing | sinister |
| oblivion,transition | limbo |
| incredulous,suspicious | skeptical |
| erratic,unstable | mercurial |
| apex,peak | zenith |
| devastation,ruin | haboc |
| parody,mockery | travesty |
| sarcasm,mockery | irony |
| authoritarian,slave driver | martinet |
| goad,critic | gadfly |
| whipping boy,victim | scapegoat |
| amenable,obedient | docile |
| pandemonium,chaos | bedlam |
| gualm,misgiving | scruple |
| reverence,respect | homage |
| child prodigy,brilliant | precocious |
| quxotic,fantastic | chimerical |
| ostracize,reject | boycott |
| decadent,eshausted | effete |
| precursor,herald | harbinger |
| persona non-grata,outcast | pariah |
| sonorous,loud | stentorian |
| jargon,empty talk | cant |
| repudiate,reject | spurn |
| mortification,distress | shagrin |
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