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BILK | to cheat; defraud |
NOMINAL | existing in name only; negligible |
BLIGHT | to afflict; destroy |
BLITHE | joyful, cheerful, or without appropriate thought |
NUANCE | a subtle expression of meaning or quality |
FERVID | intensely emotional; feverish |
SPECIOUS | deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious |
SOLECISM | grammatical mistake; blunder in speech |
JETTISON | to discard; get rid of as unnecessary or encumbering |
LAMENT | to express sorrow; to grieve |
GULLIBLE | easily deceived |
FLORID | excessively decorated or embellished |
FANATICAL | acting excessively enthusiastic; filled with extreme unquestioned devotion |
EPHEMERAL | lasting a short time |
SEDITION | behavior that promotes rebellion or civil disorder against the state |
GLIB | fluent in an insincere manner; offhand; casual |
ABDICATE | to give up a position, right, or power |
IRASCIBLE | easily made angry |
FLAG | to decline in vigor, strength, or interest |
FETID | foul-smelling; putrid |
GLOWER | to glare or stare angrily and intensely |
MONASTIC | extremely plain or secluded |
PEDANT | someone who shows off learning |
PATHOGENIC | causing disease |
CHAUVINIST | someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which he/she belongs |
GUILE | deceit; trickery |
SOBRIQUET | nickname |
NASCENT | starting to develop; coming into existence |
BELFRY | bell tower; room in which a bell is hung |
BANAL | predictable; cliched; boring |
CRESCENDO | steadily increasing in volume or force |
FRUGALITY | tending to be thrifty or cheap |
CORROBORATE | to support with evidence |
AUSTERE | severe or stern in appearance; undecorated |
LUMINOUS | bright; brilliant; glowing |
GROVEL | to humble oneself in a demeaning way |
SANGUINE | ruddy; cheerfully optimistic |
STRATAGEM | trick designed to deceive an enemy |
EMULATE | to copy; to try to equal or excel |
HEGEMONY | the domination of one state or group over its allies |
EXPURGATE | to censor |
PARLEY | discussion, usually b/w enemies |
FECUND | fertile; fruitful; productive |
DISSEMBLE | to present a false appearance; to disguise one's real intentions or character |
SPORTIVE | frolicsome; playful |
VERDANT | green with vegetation; inexperienced |
INIQUITY | sin; evil act |
CONDONE | to overlook, pardon, or disregard |
FALLOW | dormant; unused |
OROTUND | pompous |
DOGMATIC | dictatorial in one's opinions |
TAWDRY | gaudy, cheap, or showy |
SULLY | to tarnish; taint |
VERNAL | related to spring; fresh |
DROLL | amusing in a wry, subtle way |
FURTIVE | secret, stealthy |
CIRCUMSPECT | cautious; aware of potential consequences |
MALINGER | to evade responsibility by pretending to be ill |
ELOQUENT | persuasive and moving, especially in speech |
RETICENT | silent; reserved |
AUDACIOUS | fearless and daring |
DIATRIBE | an abusive, condemnatory speech |
SARDONIC | cynical; scornfully mocking |
ASSUAGE | to make something unpleasant less severe |
DESICCATE | to dry out thoroughly |
LAMPOON | to ridicule with satire |
SURFEIT | excessive amount |
GRIEVOUS | causing grief or sorrow; serious and distressing |
FRENETIC | frantic; frenzied |
INGENUOUS | showing innocence or childlike simplicity |
LAPIDARY | relating to precious stones or the art of cutting them |
ZEAL | passion; excitement |
INEXORABLE | inflexible; unyielding |
MISANTHROPE | a person who dislikes others |
ABYSS | an extremely deep hole |
PRAGMATIC | practical, as opposed to idealistic |
MISSIVE | a written note or letter |
NETTLE | to irritate |
ABSTAIN | to choose not to do something |
SYCOPHANT | a self-serving flatterer; yes-man |
LACHRYMOSE | tearful |
PASTICHE | piece of literature or music imitating other works |
FORD | to cross a body of water by wading |
CONTRITE | deeply sorrowful or repentant for a wrong |
PULCHRITUDE | beauty |
ENUMERATE | to count, list, or itemize |
NAIVE | lacking sophistication or experience |
JUNCTURE | point of time, especially where two things are joined |
CANARD | a lie |
GREGARIOUS | outgoing; sociable |
WINSOME | charming; happily engaging |
VACILLATE | to physically sway or be indecisive |
ITINERANT | wandering from place to place; unsettled |
SACROSANCT | extremely sacred; beyond criticism |
DIURNAL | existing during the day |
TACITURN | silent; not talkative |
ENDEMIC | belonging to a particular area; inherent |
TOADY | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors |
NEOLOGISM | new word or expression |
SUPPLANT | to replace (another) by force; to take the place of |
DYSPEPTIC | suffering from indigestion; gloomy and irritable |
DOCTRINAIRE | rigidly devoted to theories without regard for practicality; dogmatic |
GESTATION | growth process from conception to birth |
EFFICACY | effectiveness |
TALON | claw of an animal, especially a bird of prey |
TERRESTRIAL | earthly; down-to-earth; commonplace |
NEOPHYTE | novice; beginner |
ENGENDER | to produce, cause, or bring about |
DEFACE | to mar the appearance of; vandalize |
OBSTINATE | stubborn; unyielding |
LARGESS | generous giving (as of money) to others who may seem inferior |
EDIFY | to instruct morally and spiritually |
VENERATE | to respect deeply |
STENTORIAN | extremely loud |
HYPERBOLE | purposeful exaggeration for effect |
PLETHORA | excess |
OSTENSIBLE | apparent |
MALLEABLE | capable of being shaped |
OSTENTATION | excessive showiness |
WAVER | to fluctuate b/w choices |
DIRGE | a funeral hymn or mournful speech |
OPAQUE | impossible to see through; preventing the passage of light |
DECORUM | appropriateness of behavior or conduct; propriety |
PLACATE | to soothe or pacify |
PLASTIC | able to be molded, altered, or bent |
OSSIFY | to change into bone; to become hardened or set in a rigidly conventional pattern |
TIRADE | long, harsh speech or verbal attack |
SERAPHIC | angelic; sweet |
LANGUID | lacking energy; indifferent; slow |
ARBITRATE | to judge a dispute b/w two opposing parties |
SCINTILLA | trace amount |
MAR | to damage or deface; spoil |
VENERABLE | respected because of age |
GAMBOL | to dance or skip around playfully |
VERACITY | filled with truth and accuracy |
VERBOSE | wordy |
VEX | to annoy; irritate; puzzle; confuse |
CONTUMACIOUS | rebellious |
MULTIFARIOUS | diverse |
ETHOS | beliefs or character of a group |
REPAST | meal or mealtime |
REPLETE | abundantly supplied; complete |
JARGON | nonsensical talk; specialized language |
FATUOUS | stupid; foolishly self-satisfied |
KINDLE | to set fire to or ignite; excite or inspire |
EBULLIENT | exhilarated; full of enthusiasm and high spirits |
GARRULOUS | tending to talk a lot |
INTREPID | fearless; resolutely courageous |
FAWN | to grovel |
ZEALOT | someone passionately devoted to a cause |
CANDID | impartial and honest in speech |
SYBARITE | a person devoted to pleasure and luxury |
PRISTINE | fresh and clean; uncorrupted |
MOLLIFY | to calm or make less severe |
PHILANTHROPY | charity; a desire or effort to promote goodness |
STOLID | unemotional; lacking sensitivity |
PECCADILLO | minor sin or offense |
VESTIGE | a trace; remnant |
FORTUITOUS | happening by chance; fortunate |
POTENTATE | monarch or ruler with great power |
SYNCOPATION | temporary irregularity in musical rhythm |
AUGUST | dignified; grandiose |
PARADOX | a contradiction or dilemma |
PERMEATE | to penetrate |
PERVADE | to be present throughout; to permeate |
ECLECTIC | selecting from or made up from a variety of sources |
CACOPHONY | harsh, jarring noise |
KUDOS | fame, glory, or honor |
AMALGAMATE | to combine; to mix together |
BURNISH | to polish |
USURY | the practice of lending money at exorbitant rates |
DOGMA | a firmly held opinion, especially a religious belief |
BIFURCATE | to divide into two parts |
CURMUDGEON | cranky person, usually old |
EPICURE | person with refined taste in food and wine |
SURLY | rude and bad-tempered |
TANGENTIAL | digressing; diverting |
IGNOBLE | having low moral standards; not noble in character; mean |
MIRTH | frivolity; gaiety; laughter |
IMPERTURBABLE | not capable of being disturbed |
AMELIORATE | to make better; to improve |
LAUD | to give praise; to glorify |
ANACHRONISM | something out of place in time |
SOPORIFIC | causing sleep or lethargy |
ANOMALY | deviation from what is normal |
DISTEND | to swell, inflate, or bloat |
IMPASSE | blocked path; dilemma with no solution |
ANTAGONIZE | to annoy or provoke to anger |
ESCHEW | to shun; to avoid (as something wrong or distasteful) |
EXIGENT | urgent; requiring immediate action |
CATALYST | something that brings about a change in something else |
DIVINE | to foretell or know by inspiration |
IDIOSYNCRASY | peculiarity of temperament; eccentricity |
EXCULPATE | to clear from blame; prove innocent |
DUPE | to deceive; a person who is easily deceived |
CHAOS | great disorder or confused situation |
EUPHONY | pleasant, harmonious sound |
CONNOISSEUR | a person with expert knowledge or discriminating tastes |
LARCENY | theft of property |
EUPHEMISM | use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distasteful one |
LASSITUDE | a state of diminished energy |
JOCULAR | playful; humorous |
APATHY | lack of interest or emotion |
ARBITRARY | determined by chance or impulse |
METICULOUS | extremely careful; fastidious; painstaking |
ENERVATE | to reduce in strength |
RUSTIC | rural |
DILATE | to make larger; expand |
XENOPHOBIA | a fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers |
ZEPHYR | a gentle breeze; something airy or insubstantial |
NOISOME | stinking; putrid |
METAPHOR | figure of speech comparing two different things |
ELEGY | a sorrowful poem or speech |
PROFLIGATE | corrupt; degenerate |
CALUMNY | a false and malicious accusation; misrepresentation |
SAGACIOUS | shrewd; wise |
PROPITIATE | to conciliate; to appease |
HAPLESS | unfortunate; having bad luck |
PALATIAL | relating to a palace; magnificent |
GARNER | to gather and store |
POLYGLOT | a speaker of many languages |
LUCID | clear and easily understood |
EMBELLISH | to add ornamental or fictitious details |
PUNGENT | sharp and irritating to the senses |
ABERRANT | deviating from what is normal or expected |
BOMBASTIC | pompous in speech and manner |
BOLSTER | to support; prop up |
BEVY | group |
VISCOUS | thick and adhesive, like a slow-flowing fluid |
GRADATION | process occurring by regular degrees or stages; variation in color |
MORES | fixed customs or manners; moral attitudes |
VOLATILE | easily arouse or changeable; lively or explosive |
ADVOCATE | to speak in favor of |
MITIGATE | to soften; to lessen |
ALLEVIATE | to make more bearable |
PARRY | to ward off or deflect, especially by a quick-witted answer |
TACIT | done without using words |
MONOTONY | no variation; tediously the same |
MOLT | to shed hair, skin, or an outer layer periodically |
ACME | highest point; summit; the highest level or degree attainable |
ADULTERATE | to make impure |
SLAKE | to calm down or moderate |
FRACTIOUS | unruly; rebellious |
ENCOMIUM | warm praise |
INVECTIVE | abusive language |
SALUBRIOUS | healthful |
EFFIGY | stuffed doll; likeness of a person |
ARCHAIC | ancient; old-fashioned |
SENTIENT | aware; conscious; able to perceive |
DISTAFF | the female branch of a family |
SINECURE | a well-paying job or office that requires little or no work |
PUSILLANIMOUS | cowardly; without courage |
DEFERENCE | respect; courtesy |
ARTICULATE | able to speak clearly and expressively |
SATIATE | to satisfy fully or overindulge |
REPOSE | relaxation; leisure |
REPUDIATE | to reject the validity of |
REQUITE | to return or repay |
PUERILE | childish, immature, or silly |
INTRACTABLE | not easily managed or manipulated |
PARIAH | an outcast |
POSIT | to assume as real or conceded; propose as an explanation |
PALLIATE | to make less serious; ease |
ESOTERIC | known or understood only by a few |
PROPRIETY | the quality of behaving in a proper manner; obeying rules and customs |
PROLIFERATE | to increase in number quickly |
INTERREGNUM | period between reigns |
PRODIGAL | lavish; wasteful |
MILITATE | to operate against; work against |
MYOPIC | lacking foresight; having a narrow view or lang-range perspective |
ENIGMA | a puzzle; a mystery |
AMBIGUOUS | doubtful or uncertain; can be interpreted several ways |
DICTUM | authoritative statement |
OVERWROUGHT | agitated; overdone |
ABATE | to reduce in amount, degree, or severity |
ERRATIC | wandering and unpredictable |
INUNDATE | to overwhelm; to cover with water |
HOMOGENEOUS | of a similar kind |
SUBLIME | lofty or grand |
INNOCUOUS | harmless |
IMPLACABLE | unable to be calmed down or made peaceful |
STIGMA | a mark of shame or discredit |
IMPETUOUS | quick to act without thinking |
HETEROGENEOUS | composed of unlike parts; different; diverse |
CAPRICIOUS | changing one's mind quickly and often |
EULOGY | speech in praise of someone |
LOQUACIOUS | talkative |
LETHARGIC | acting in an indifferent or slow, sluggish manner |
DISSONANCE | a harsh and disagreeable combination, especially of sounds |
SYMBIOSIS | cooperation; mutual helpfulness |
FORESTALL | to prevent or delay; anticipate |
SPARTAN | highly self-disciplined; frugal; austere |
EFFRONTERY | impudent boldness; audacity |
AXIOM | premise; postulate; self-evident truth |
EXACERBATE | to make worse |
EXONERATE | to clear of blame |
PUGILISM | boxing |
CHICANERY | deception by means of craft or guile |
DITHER | to act confusedly or without clear purpose |
PROBITY | complete honesty and integriity |
NADIR | lowest point |
ESTIMABLE | admirable |
PRUDENCE | wisdom, caution, restraint |
CARTOGRAPHY | science or art of making maps |
EXPLICIT | clearly stated or shown; forthright in expression |
STASIS | a state of static balance or equilibrium; stagnation |
FOMENT | to arouse or incite |
VARIEGATED | varied; marked with different colors |
INGRATE | ungrateful person |
VICISSITUDE | a change or variation; ups and downs |
VIM | vitality and energy |
VITUPERATE | to abuse verbally; berate |
VOLUBLE | talkative; speaking easily; glib |
WAN | sickly pale |
WANTON | undisciplined; unrestrained; reckless |
ABJURE | to reject; abandon formally |
ABASE | to humble; disgrace |
ACIDULOUS | sour in taste or manner |
ALACRITY | speed or quickness |
TOME | book, usually large and academic |
QUERULOUS | inclined to complain; irritable |
QUIESCENT | motionless |
PEREGRINATE | to wander from place to place; to travel, especially on foot |
DESULTORY | jumping from one thing to another; disconnected |
AMORTIZE | to diminish by installment payments |
PERFIDIOUS | willing to betray one's trust |
QUIXOTIC | overly idealistic; impractical |
PERFUNCTORY | done in a routine way; indifferent |
AMULET | ornament worn as a charm against evil spirits |
QUOTIDIAN | occurring daily; commonplace |
DIAPHANOUS | allowing light to show through; delicate |
TORPOR | extreme mental and physical sluggishness |
TRANSITORY | temporary; lasting a brief time |
PROCLIVITY | a natural inclination or predisposition |
ANALGESIA | a lessening or pain without loss of consciousness |
ABSCOND | to leave secretly |
ANALOGOUS | similar or alike in some way; equivalent to |
ANODYNE | something that calms or soothes pain |
ANTIPATHY | extreme dislike |
TRENCHANT | acute, sharp, or incisive; forceful; effective |
APOCRYPHAL | of questionable authority or authenticity |
APOSTATE | one who renounces a religious faith |
ABSTEMIOUS | moderate in appetite |
APPROBATION | approval and praise |
TURGID | swollen as from a fluid; bloated |
ACCRETION | a growth in size; an increase in amount |
AERIE | a nest built high in the air; an elevated, often secluded, dwelling |
TYRO | beginner; novice |
UMBRAGE | offense; resentment |
ARDOR | intense and passionate feeling |
ARROGATE | to claim without justification; to claim for oneself without right |
ASSAIL | to attack; assault |
UNCONSCIONABLE | unscrupulous; shockingly unfair or unjust |
UNEQUIVOCAL | absolute; certain |
UPBRAID | to scold sharply |
HERMETIC | tightly sealed |
HOARY | very old; whitish or gray from age |
AESTHETIC | concerning the appreciation of beauty |
ATTENUATE | to reduce in force or degree; weaken |
AUGURY | prophecy; prediction of events |
AFFECTED | phony; artificial |
AGGRANDIZE | to increase in power, influence, and reputation |
DECLIVITY | downward slope |
HUSBAND | to manage economically; to use sparingly |
EQUIVOCATE | to use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead |
DECOROUS | proper; tasteful; socially correct |
DELETERIOUS | subtly or unexpectedly harmful |
DEMAGOGUE | a leader or rabble-rouser, usually appealing to emotion or prejudice |
DEMUR | to express doubts or objection |
RACONTEUR | witty, skillful storyteller |
ERSATZ | fake |
ERUDITE | learned; scholarly; bookish |
PEJORATIVE | having bad connotations; disparaging |
PENURY | an oppressive lack of resource (as money); severe poverty |
DERIDE | to speak of or treat with contempt; to mock |
RAREFY | to make thinner or sparser |
REDRESS | relief from wrong or injury |
REJOINDER | response |
DIFFIDENT | lacking self-confidence |
DILATORY | intended to delay |
EXPONENT | one who champions or advocates |
PERIPATETIC | wandering from place to place, especially on foot |
NUMISMATICS | coin collecting |
PERSPICACIOUS | shrewd, astute, or keen-witted |
OBDURATE | hardened in feeling; resistant to persuasion |
DILETTANTE | someone with an amateurish or superficial interest in a topic |
RESTIVE | impatient, uneasy, or restless |
PHALANX | a compact or close-knit body of people, animals, or things |
DISABUSE | to set right; free from error |
DISCERN | to perceive or recognize |
PHILISTINE | a person who is guided by materialism and is disdainful of intellectual or artistic values |
DISPARATE | fundamentally different; entirely unalike |
JINGOISM | belligerent support of one's country |
INQUEST | an investigation; an inquiry |
KEEN | having a sharp edge; intellectually sharp; perceptive |
LATENT | potential that is not readily apparent |
INCULCATE | to teach; impress in the mind |
OBLIQUE | indirect or evasive; misleading or devious |
LAVISH | extremely generous or extravagant; giving unsparingly |
OBSEQUIOUS | overly submissive and eager to please |
KINETIC | relating to motion; characterized by movement |
LEERY | suspicious |
OBVIATE | to prevent; to make unnecessary |
LEGERDEMAIN | trickery |
KNELL | sound of a funeral bell; omen of death or failure |
LEVITY | an inappropriate lack of seriousness; overly casual |
OCCLUDE | to stop up; prevent the passage of |
OFFICIOUS | too helpful; meddlesome |
LIBERAL | tolerant or broad-minded; generous or lavish |
LACONIC | using few words |
INIMICAL | hostile; unfriendly |
INCHOATE | not fully formed; disorganized |
ONEROUS | troublesome and oppressive; burdensome |
OPINE | to express an opinion |
PHLEGMATIC | calm and unemotional in temperament |
LIBERTINE | a free thinker, usually used disparagingly; one without moral restraint |
PITHY | profound or substantial yet concise succinct, and to the point |
LICENTIOUS | immoral; unrestrained by society |
PLEBEIAN | crude or coarse; characteristic of commoners |
LIMPID | clear; transparent |
PLUCKY | courageous; spunky |
LIONIZE | to treat as a celebrity |
LISSOME | easily flexed; limber; agile |
POLEMIC | controversy; argument; verbal attack |
OPPROBRIUM | public disgrace |
LISTLESS | lacking energy and enthusiasm |
POLITIC | shrewd and practical in managing or dealing with things; diplomatic |
RHETORIC | effective writing or speaking |
LIVID | discolored from a bruise; reddened with anger |
LUGUBRIOUS | sorrowful; mournful; dismal |
LUMBER | to move slowly and awkwardly |
MACHINATION | plot or scheme |
CLOYING | sickly sweet; excessive |
RIBALD | humorous in a vulgar way |
ROCOCO | very highly ornamented |
IMPUGN | to call into question; to attack verbally |
COALESCE | to grow together to form a single whole |
COFFER | strongbox; large chest for money |
COGENT | convincing and well-reasoned |
WHIMSICAL | lightly acting in a fanciful or capricious manner; unpredictable |
WILY | clever; deceptive |
COLLUSION | collaboration; complicity; conspiracy |
WIZENED | shriveled; withered; wrinkled |
WRAITH | a ghost or specter; a ghost of a living person seen just before his/her death |
YOKE | to join together |
ZENITH | the point of culmination; peak |
ICONOCLAST | one who opposes established beliefs, customs, and institutions |
CONVOLUTED | intricate and complicated |
COSSET | to pamper; treat with great care |
COTERIE | an intimate group of persons with a similar purpose |
CREDULOUS | too trusting; gullible |
CRAVEN | lacking courage |
CUPIDITY | greed; strong desire |
DEBUTANTE | young woman making debut in high society |
SALIENT | prominent; of notable significance |
PRATTLE | meaningless; foolish talk |
PRECIPITATE | to throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation |
PRECIS | short summary of facts |
JUDICIOUS | sensible; showing good judgement |
INTRANSIGENT | uncompromising; refusing to be reconciled |
INSIPID | lacking interest or flavor |
INVIDIOUS | envious, obnoxious, or offensive; likely to promote ill-will |
INVESTITURE | ceremony conferring authority |
INURE | to harden; accustom become used to |
IMPRECATION | a curse |
PALLID | lacking color or liveliness |
PANACHE | flamboyance or dash in style and action; verve |
ABEYANCE | temporary suppression or suspension |
PANEGYRIC | elaborate praise; formal hymn of praise |
CASTIGATE | to punish or criticize harshly |
PANOPLY | impressive array |
BONHOMIE | good-natured geniality; atmosphere of good cheer |
PARAGON | model of excellence or perfection |
BOOR | crude person, one lacking manners or taste |
BURGEON | to grow and flourish |
MAELSTROM | whirlpool; turmoil; agitated state of mind |
MAGNATE | powerful or influential person |
MALEDICTION | a curse; a wish of evil upon another |
MANNERED | artificial or stilted in character |
MARTINET | strict disciplinarian; one who rigidly follows rules |
CATHOLIC | universal; broad and comprehensive |
PARE | to trim off excess; reduce |
CAUSTIC | biting in wit |
CABAL | a secret group seeking to overturn something |
MAUDLIN | overly sentimental |
MENDACIOUS | dishonest |
MENDICANT | beggar |
MERCURIAL | quick, shrewd, and unpredictable |
MERETRICIOUS | gaudy; falsely attractive |
INGRATIATE | to gain favor with another by deliberate effort; to seek to please somebody so as to gain an advantage |
INSURRECTION | rebellion |
PRESCIENT | having foresight |
PREVARICATE | to lie or deviate from the truth |
INTER | to bury |
IMBUE | to infuse, dye, wet, or moisten |
IMPECUNIOUS | poor; having no money |
IMPERVIOUS | impossible to penetrate |
IMPIOUS | not devout in religion |
INCARNADINE | blood-red in color |
INDOLENT | habitually lazy or idle |
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