Mid-Term Synonyms

Terms	Definitions
affable	genial, amicable, agreeable, cordial
amorphous	formless, unstructured, nebulous, inchoate
ascribe	impute, credit, attribute
bombastic	inflated, highfalutin, high-flown, pretentious
cajole	wheedle, inveigle, soft-soap, sweet-talk
castigate	chastise, rebuke, censure, upbraid
caveat	admonition, word to the wise
circuitous	indirect, meandering, winding
commiserate	feel sorry for, empathize
concoct	create, fashion, rustle up
debase	cheapen, corrupt, demean, depreciate
desecrate	profane, defile, violate
elicit	call forth, evoke, extract, educe
epitome	abstract, digest, model, archetype
expedite	accelerate, facilitate, speed up
gossamer	filmy, sheer, airy, feathery, gauzy
heinous	evil, odious, abominable, outrageous
hiatus	pause
inadvertent	accidental, unconsidered
infer	gather, deduce, presume, guess, speculate
infraction	violation, transgression, breach, offense
infringe	encroach, impinge, intrude, poach
insurgent	revolutionary, rebellious, mutinous
intercede	intervene, mediate
intrinsic	immanent, organic
jaded	sated, surfeited, cloyed
mitigate	lessen, relieve, alleviate, diminish
precept	principle, maxim
propensity	natural bent, proclivity, propensity
scathing	searing, harsh, ferocious, savage
scurrilous	obscene, filthy, abusive
simulate	feign, pretend, affect
stalwart	sturdy, stout, valiant
surmise	infer, gather
tenuous	flimsy, insubstantial, vague, hazy
transient	impermanent, ephemeral, evanescent
vicarious	surrogate, substitute, imagined, secondhand
autonomy	home rule

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