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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abstruse | obscure |
| anathema | outrage |
| comportment | bearing |
| emissary | ambassador |
| icon | idol |
| juxtapose | side by side |
| pall | sicken |
| queruolus | complaining |
| sublimate | channel |
| versimilitude | truthfulness |
| acquiesce | give in |
| annunciation | announcement |
| debase | degrade |
| ephemeral | short term |
| importune | beg |
| meretricious | cheap |
| paradox | contradiction |
| recluse | hermit |
| suborn | bribe |
| verity | truth |
| acquisitive | greedy |
| antithesis | opposite |
| demise | death |
| epitaph | writing on tombstone |
| incumbent | holding an office |
| meritorious | admirable |
| paragon | model |
| redemption | forgiveness |
| succumb | give in |
| acrid | bitter |
| aver | to affirm |
| diadem | crown |
| extrude | force out |
| induce | start |
| muster | raise |
| penchant | ruler |
| redoubt | fort |
| unrequited | unreturned |
| acute | severe |
| castigate | scold |
| echelon | level |
| gregarious | sociable |
| interlope | to intrude |
| necromany | witchcraft |
| peripatetic | nomadic |
| regalia | clothing |
| altercation | fight |
| chasten | scold |
| egregious | terrible |
| hegemony | leadership |
| internecine | civil war |
| opportunist | taking advantage |
| puissant | powerful |
| requiem | mass |
| accredited | to give worth |
| congenial | friendly |
| superficial | surface |
| pernicious | harmful |
| deleterious | harmful |
| auxiliary | helping |
| cohesive | united |
| unsavory | distasteful |
| demonstrative | open |
| credulous | naive |
| credible | truthful |
| inscrutable | mysterious |
| supercilious | arrogant |
| munificent | generous |
| haughty | thinking highly of oneself |
| gentrify | improve |
| ingenuous | creative |
| gratuitous | uncalled for |
| garner | gather |
| censure | criticize |
| perfunctory | hasty |
| salubrious | healthy |
| fabrication | extension of the truth |
| vindictive | revengeful |
| brevity | shortness |
| terse | brief |
| virulent | deadly |
| maudlin | emotional |
| enervated | weaken |
| beleaguered | under attack |
| besmirched | damaged reputation |
| indubitable | unquestionable |
| pragmatic | practical |
| sanguine | hopeful |
| atypical | not typical |
| amoral | not moral |
| despondent | severe depression |
| slothful | lazy |
| tumultous | rocky |
| Terms | 93 |
| Creator | mozentera |
| Created | November 16, 2007 |
| Groups | None |
| Subjects | None |
| Access | Anyone |
| Edit | Creator Only |