Word | Definition | Synonym |
malodorous | stinking, putrid, musty | bad, foul, rotten |
sanguinary | murdurous, bloody | homicidal, murdering |
tactile | of or relating to the sense of touch | touchable |
placid | serenely free of interruption or disturbance | calm |
amour | a usually illicit love affair | lover |
liguist | one who speaks several languages | ----- |
mission | the act or an instance of sending | calling, purpose |
primacy | the state of being first | ----- |
ambiguity | the state of being uncertain | uncertainty, vagueness |
intact | untouched especially by anything that harms or diminishes | entire, flawless, perfect, undamaged, unhurt, whole |
aberrant | straying from the right or normal way | different, odd |
amiable | generally agreeable | cordial, gracious, courteous, kind |
odorous | applies to whatever has a strong distinctive smell whether pleasant or unpleasant | scented |
progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line | ancestor |
paramour | an ancestor in the direct line | lover |
deflected | to turn aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction | avert, divert, turn |
placated | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions | avert, divert |
emitted | to throw or give off or out | release |
confirmed | to give approval to | validate, make true |
flexible | characterized by a ready capability to adapt to new, different, or changing requirements | elastic, stretchy |
errant | straying outside the proper path or bounds | straying |
contingent | straying outside the proper path or bounds | forefather |
inflexible | incapable of change | stiff |
multiligual | using or able to use several languages | ----- |
sanguine | consisting of or relating to blood | bloody |
firmament | heavens | sky |
anthology | a collection of selected literary pieces or passages or works of art or music | omnibus |
prime | the earliest stage | youth |
primer | a small introductory book on a subject | ----- |
handbook | a book capable of being conveniently carried as a ready reference | manual, guide |
anthology | a collection of selected literary pieces or passages or works of art or music | omnibus, collection |
code | a system of symbols (as letters or numbers) used to represent assigned and often secret meanings | ----- |
suitor | one who is saught to be married | paramour, lover |
paradox | a statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense and yet is perhaps true | ----- |
devotion | the fact or state of being ardently dedicated and loyal (as to an idea or person) | faithfulness, attachment |
district | a territorial division (as for administrative or electoral purposes) | area, neighborhood |
contagious | communicable by contact | communicable |
aberrant | straying from the right or normal way | odd, peculiar, strange |
deodorize | to eliminate or prevent the offensive odor of, to make smell better | ----- |
freshen | to become fresh in appearance or vitality | ----- |
pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking | moldable |
rigid | appearing stiff and unyielding | stiff |
nutritious | nourishing | good, healthful |
surly | menacing or threatening in appearance | discourteous, ill-mannered, rude |
addendum | a supplement to a book | appendix |
agenda | a list or outline of things to be considered or done | ----- |
concur | to act together to a common end or single effect | unite |
manumit | to release from slavery | free |
intuit | to apprehend by intuition | ----- |
enslave | to reduce to or as if to slavery | opress |
confirm | to give approval to | validate |
justify | to prove or show to be just, right, or reasonable | claim |
opponent | one that takes an opposite position | enemy, foe, competitor |
agent | one that acts or exerts power | executor, performer |
deputy | a person appointed as a substitute with power to act | agent |
wayward | following one's own capricious, wanton, or depraved inclinations | inconstant |
erroneous | containing or characterized by error | counterfactual, inaccurate, incorrect |
placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions | appease, assuage, conciliate, mollify, propitiate, sweeten |
pacify | to allay the anger or agitation of | appease, assuage, conciliate, |
cater | to provide a supply of food | pamper, spoil |
progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line | ascendant, forebear, forefather |
forebear | forfather | ----- |
descendent | moving or directed downward | brood, children |
patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people | architect, author, creator |
emit | to throw or give off or out (as light) | flow, give off, pour, void |
banish | to require by authority to leave a country | cast out, deport, displace, exile |
complacence | calm or secure satisfaction with oneself or one's lot | conceitedness, consequence, egoism, egotism |
contentment | (the quality or state of being | ------ |
comportment | to be fitting | accord, check, correspond |
gibberish | unintelligible or meaningless language | babble, drivel |
foundation | a basis | base, bedrock, footing |
tactile | perceptible by touch | palpable, touchable |
tangible | capable of being perceived especially by the sense of touch | palpable, tactile, touchable |
touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation | cranky, cross, |
lingo | strange or incomprehensible language or speech | jargon, slang |
dialect | a regional variety of language | idiom, speech, tongue |
approachable | capable of being approached | ------ |