| Term | Definition |
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| Refute | to prove to be false or erroneous, to deny or argue the accuracy or truth of |
| Irrefutable | impossible to disprove, incontrovertible |
| Advocate | to speak in favor of or recommend |
| Advocacy | active support, as in a cause, idea, or policy |
| Fallible | capable of making an error |
| Inherent | existing in someone or something as a natural and inseparable quality; inborn; innate, natural, inbred, intrinsic |
| Sobriety | the state of quality of being sober, temperance of moderation, seriousness, solemnity, gravity, or sedateness of manner or dress |
| Sedition | the stirring up of discontent, resistance, or rebellion against the government |
| Vindicate | to successfully defend or maintain (a cause, a claim) against opposition; to clear from criticism, censure, or suspicious |
| Vindication | justification |
| Vindictive | bearing a grudge; feelings or showing a strong tendency toward revenge, spiteful, vengeful |
| Stipulation | a contract, bargain, agreement, covenant, arrangement |
| Stipulate | to include specifically in terms of an agreement or contract, to specify as an essential condition of or requisite in an agreement |
| Redundant | more than enough, excessive, superfluous, wordy, repetitious, copious, plentiful, superabundant |
| Reverie | dreamy, thinking or imagining; fanciful musing, daydreaming |
| Conviction | a strong justification |
| Waif | a person without a home or friends, especially a homeless child, a stray animal |
| Providence | foresight, accompanied with suitable preparation to handle what might be necessary, a timely care; skill or wisdom of management, the care of kind guidance of God or native (with a "P") |
| Provident | prudent, economical, frugal, careful, foreseeing |
| Premonition | a strong feelings that something bad will happen, forewarning, foreboding |
| Void | an empty space, a vacuum, a feelings of emptiness or loss; a gap or opening |
| Devoid | completely lacking in, without a trace of (followed by "of") |
| Piety | devotion to religious duties and practices |
| Pious | devout, religious, reverent, godly, devotional, righteous |
| Firmament | the sky or heavens, viewed poetically as a solid arch or vault |
| Expound | to state in detail; to explain or interpret the meaning |
| Countenance | the expression of the face, clam, control, composure; to abet |
| Pinnacle | the highest point or peak; the culmination, the summit, zenith, acme, apex |
| Succor | the assistance in time of disbelief, relief, help |
| Alleviate | to lessen, mitigate, or make easier, to be endured, as in pain or sorrow (the antonym of aggravate); to ally, ameliorate, relieve |
| Wretch | a miserable or unhappy person |
| Wretched | – deeply distressed or miserable, unfortunate, woeful; poor in quality, very interior, unsatisfactory, contemptible, despicable, extremely mean |
| Atone | to make amends or reparation (from wrong doing) |
| Atonement | satisfaction or reparation given for an offense for |
| Convoy | a group of ships, cars, troops, etc. traveling together as an escort for protection |
| Lucid | clear, transparent, sane, mentally sound, easily, undesired, clearheaded, rational (a lucid idea, shining bright) |
| Expedite | to speed up the process of, to facilitate, to perform quickly and efficiently |
| Expedient | useful for effecting a desired result, convenient under the circumstance, advantageous (not said of a person) |
| Expeditious | last, efficient |
| Deride | to laugh at in contempt, to mock, ridicule, or taunt |
| Derision | contempt shown by laughter at scorn, ridicule, disdain |
| Impetuous | acting suddenly with little thought, impulsive, rash, hasty, rushing with great force, moving rapidly like a wind or torrent |
| Conscientious | influenced or governed by the conscience, honest, scrupulous |
| Reminisce | to call pleasurable past experiences to mind |
| Reminiscence | a fond remembering of recollecting, a recalling in mind, a memory, recollection |
| Reminiscent | remembering, bring to mind something else; suggestive (of) |
| Din | a noisy clamor, a loud rattling of sound that persists |
| Mountebank | a quack, charlatan; any boastful and false pretender |
| Novice | inexperienced and untrained person, a beginner, learner, neophyte, tyro |
| Harangue | a long, blustering, noisy, or pompous speech, a tirade, a preachy lecture or sermon; to rant or angrily lecture |
| Incite | to move to action by persuasion; to stir up, rouse, instigate, encourage, goad (something negative) |
| Disperse | to break up and scatter in all directions, to distribute widely, to dispel, disseminate, dissipate |
| Obliterate | to destroy or blot out all trace of, to expunge, to demolish |
| Oblivious | the condition or act of being forgotten |
| Oblivious | forgetful, unmindful (with of or to) |
| Raucous | rough sounding and harsh, boisterous and disorderly |
| Ruckus | a disturbance or commotion |
| Interlude | a short entertainment performed between the acts of a play; a short instrument |
| Crescendo | in music, gradually increases loudness and fullness of tone |
| Plaintive | expressing grief or sorry; lamenting, mournful, sad (sound) |
| Arcane | understood by only a few, esoteric, hidden, secret |
| Encumber | to hold back the motion or action of, as with a burden, to hamper, hinder, burden |
| Encumbrance | a load, burden, hindrance, impediment |
| Cumbersome | not easily managed, unwieldy, burdensome |
| Specious | appearing just, right or proper without really being so plausible but not genuine (as in an argument or promise) |
| (ir)Rational | showing reason, not foolish or silly, sensible, reasonable |
| Rationalize | to despise superficially plausible or reasonable explanations or excuses for (one's acts, beliefs, desires) usually without being aware that these are not the real motives. |
| Scrutiny | a close, careful examination or study, close observation; surveillance |
| Scrutinize | to examine or inquire into critically, to investigate |
| Inscrutable | incomprehensible, unfathomable, completely obscure or mysterious |
| Abyss | a bottomless gulf or pit; that in which anything is immeasurably lost; hell |
| Enmity | the altitude or feelings of an enemy, hostility, antagonism |
| Credible | worth of confidence, believable, trustworthy, reliable |
| Credulous | disposed to believe too readily gullible |
| Incredulous | not believing, doubting, skeptical |
| Opaque | not letting light pass through, not transparent, difficult to understand, obscure, slow in understanding, obtuse |
| Flaunt | to make gaudy, showing, proud, defiant, or offensive display of |
| Flout | to show contempt for, to be scornful toward (as if a regulation or law) |
| Blatant | too conspicuous, obtrusive, loudmouthed, offensively noisy or showy; gaudy, flashy (describes an action rather than a person) |
| Chastise | to punish, to inflict pain up for the purpose of correction, to discipline; to chasten |
| Chastisement | painful punishment or correction, especially by beating |
| Incursion | an unfriendly entry, an invasion, a raid |
| Composite | anything made up of separate parts, a compound |
| Preposterous | contrary to reason or common sense, absurd, foolish, irrational, ridiculous, senseless |
| Implicate | to enable, to involve or show to be connected with something negative (her testimony implicated the man in the crime) |
| Implication | that which is implied |
| Exhilarate | to make cheerful, glad, merry, or joyous; to enliven, to gladden; to cheer; to give life and vigor to the spirits |
| Decorum | whatever is proper or suitable, propriety and good taste in behavior, speech, dress, etc. |
| Decorous | showing or characterized by decorum, propriety, good taste, etc. proper, becoming, befitting |
| Interminable | boundless; endless or apparently so; limitless (it connotes negativity, as in an interminable speech) |
| Tempestuous | stormy; violent; tumultuous |
| Bastion | any strong defense, fortification, or bulwark (often used figuratively) |
| Emphatic | expressed, done, or felt with emphasis; forcefully strong and impressive; leaving no room for doubt |
| Diffident | hesitant; lacking confidence; unassertive; bashful; timid |
| Diffidence | the opposite of confidence |
| Feign | to make up, invent, or fabricate (a story, excuse, etc.) to make a false show of; to pretend; to simulate; to counterfeit; to dissemble |
| Feigned | fake, fictitious, imagined, made up |
| Clemency | mercy, compassion, or leniency toward an offender or enemy; a merciful or lenient act |
| Inclement | showy; severe or unmerciful (as in weather or conditions) |
| Chasm | a deep cleft; an opening made by splitting, as a breach in the earth or rock; a gorge, abyss, gulf |
| Obtuse | not sharp or pointed; blunt or dull, slow to understand or perceive; insensitive, dimwitted |
| Rue | to feel remorse or repentance for; to regret |
| Rueful | causing sorrow or pity; pitiable; lamentable; mournful |
| Impervious | incapable of being penetrated or passed through, impermeable; not affected or influenced by (with to) |
| Rebuke | to address with sharp and severe disapproval; to reprimand; to chide; a chiding; reproof or censure for faults |
| Sanctify | to make holy or sacred; to make free from sin; to purify; to consecrated |
| Sanctity | saintliness; holiness; purity; sacredness; inviolability |
| Sanctimonious | feigning piety or righteousness; hypocritical |
| Fervor | intense heat or warmth; intense feeling; ardor; zeal; earnestness; passion |
| Fervent | showing great emotion or warmth; passionate |
| Demure | sober; grave; modest; sedate |
| Tremulous | trembling; quivering; fearful; timid; timorous |
| Torrid | dried by or subjected to intense heat; especially by the sun; scorched |
| Assimilate | to make like or alike; to cause to resemble (with to); to take up and make part of itself or oneself; to absorb and incorporate; to become similar to |
| Exult | to rejoice greatly; to glorify; to be jubilant |
| Exultant | rejoicing; triumphant; jubilant |
| Exultation | lively joy at success; victory, or at any advantage gained great gladness; rapturous delight; triumph |
| Bane | the cause of mischief, injury or destruction; the ruination (with of) |
| Luminous | giving off light; bright; clear; readily understood, intellectually brilliant (as in an argument or idea) |
| Luminary | a famous intellectual; a celebrity |
| Pliant | capable of being easily bent; pliable; flexible; lithe; limber; easily formed or molded; supple; readily influenced to good or evil; compliant |
| Truculent | – fierce; cruel; savage; ferocious; rude; harsh; mean; scathing, said especially of speech or writing |
| Foliage | the leaves of a plant or tree; a mass of leaves or greenery |
| Acumen | quickness of perception; keenness of mind or discrimination; acuity |
| Anathema (to) | a curse or ban pronounced against an offender; a person or thing greatly detested or considered as accursed or damned. |
| Avarice | a great desire for wealth; greed |
| Altruism | unselfish concern for others; selflessness |
| Prudent | careful, cautious, sensible, economical, circumspect |
| Imprudent | lacking in judgment or caution; not attentive; indiscreet, rash, reckless |
| Ambiguity | doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning |
| Ambiguous | open to or leaving several possible meaning or interpretation, difficult to comprehend or classify |
| Placid | pleasantly calm or peaceful; quiet; tranquil, serene |
| Talisman | an object with figures supposed to possess occult powers and worn as a charm, anything that exercises a powerful influence |
| Prosaic | commonplace, dull, unimaginative, matter of fact, like prose (writing in sentences and paragraphs) rather than poetry |
| Torrent | a violent rushing stream of water |
| Torrential | violent or impassioned; falling in torrents (like a heavy rain) |
| Enthrall | to hold spellbound; to captivate |
| Dubious | causing doubt or uncertainty; reluctant to agree; skeptical, questionable as to quality or validity |
| Frivolous | of little value or importance; silly, trivial, petty, not serious or sensible |
| Broach | to begin to talk about, to bring up (as in a touchy subject) |
| Brooch | a large decorate pin worn on a blouse |
| Wistful | full of melancholy yearning; longing, pensively wistful |
| Integrity | the state of being of sound morale principles; uprightness, honesty, sincerity |
| Surly | bad-tempered, civil, brusque |
| Banal | commonplace, trite, trivial, hackneyed; boring, unoriginal |
| Banality | anything trite or commonplace and considered boring |
| Facade | the front part of anything, the face of a building, a misleading exterior |
| Histrionic | relating to acting; excessively dramatic or emotional; unaffected |
| Compunction | guilty, remorse, regret, repentance, contrition |
| Discourse | communication of thoughts by words; conversation |
| Blight | any atmospheric or solid condition, disease, parasite, or insect that kills, withers, or checks the growth of plants; a person who kills the hopes or ambitions of another |
| Complacent | self-satisfied, smug; content with the way things are |
| Complacency | quiet satisfaction or contentment with no desire to improve |
| Corpulent | fleshy, having a great or excessive quantity of fat; obese, stout, bulky, portly |
| Inundate | to overflow, to deluge, to spread over with a flood; to fill with an overflowing abundance |
| Inundation | an overflow, flood, deluge |
| Thwart | to kinder, block, obstruct, frustrate or defeat (a person, plan, etc.) |
| Salve | any medicinal ointment for the purpose of soothing or healing something that soothes or heals; balm |
| Conjecture | to guess, surmise, suppose; an inference, theory, or prediction based on guesswork |
| Duly | properly, in a suitable or becoming manner, as a required; sufficiently |
| Unduly | improperly, unjustly; beyond a due degree, excessively |
| Ravenous | greedily hungry, voracious, very eager for gratification of degree |
| Poise | to balanced or keep steady; to be suspended or balanced; to hover; balance, stability; poise and dignity or manner |
| Subliminal | in psychology, too slight to be perceived; subconscious |
| Primeval | belonging to the first and earliest period, original; primitive |
| Undulate | to cause to move in waves, to and fro, or up and down |
| Undulating | waving, vibrating, wavy |
| Fluctuate | to move back and forth or up and down; to be continuously changing, or varying in an irregular way; to vacillate, vary, waver |
| Fluctuation | continuously irregular variation |
| Precede | to come before in time, order, rank; to preface; introduce |
| Precedent | an act or instance that may be used as an example in dealing with subsequent similar cases |
| Precedence | priority; a ceremonial order of rank observed on formal occasions |
| Pertinent | directly related to what is going on; relevant |
| Impertinent | not relating to the subject; irrelevant; impudent, bold, rude, insolent, .. disrespectful |
| Rudimentary | of or relation to basic facts or principles that must be learned first; elementary; in the earliest stages of development; incipient; imperfectly or incompletely developed; vestigial |
| Concede | to yield, as in an argument; to admit as true; to let pass an undisputed; to grant as a right; to permit, allow, assent, surrender, acquiesce |
| Myriad | an indefinitely large number; countless; innumerable |
| Myopic | – nearsighted |
| Stodgy | dull, narrow, and commonplace; stuffy and resistant to change; prim and pompous |
| Convert | covered hidden; private; secret; concealed; disguised; veiled |
| Overt | open to view; public; apparent; observable; without attempt at concealment and with evident intent |
| Repercussion | the consequences of an act; a reaction; a reaction (usually negative) |
| Qualm | a twinge of conscience; a feeling of uneasiness or doubt, a misgiving |
| Usurp | to take, overthrow, and/or assume power by force without right (as in seizure of a government, someone's position, etc.) |
| Usurper | one who seizes power or property without right |
| Guise | the manner of dress; garb; outward aspect; semblance, a false or deceiving appearance; pretense |
| Insouciant | carefree; lighthearted |
| Salient | standing out form the rest; noticeable, prominent, conspicuous, pointing or jutting outward. |
| Admonish | to warn or caution against; to advise by way of a warning |
| Admonishment/Admonition | a mild rebuke, a reprimand; a warning, caution, censure |
| Nuance | a delicate degree of difference perceived by any of the senses of the mind; slight difference of graduation in color; a shade |
| Apparition | a ghostly figure; a specter; a sudden or unusual sight |
| Moratorium | an authorized period of delay in the performance of an obligation (like a debt); a suspension of an ongoing or planned activity |
| Condescend | to descend (come down) voluntarily to a lower level in dealing with another, to be gracious to inferiors; to patronize |
| Condescension | the dealing with others as if you're better than they are |
| Inexorable | that which cannot be influenced or moved by persuasion or entreaty; unrelenting, unyielding, relentless, implacable, inflexible |
| Reticent | inclined to keep one's thoughts, feeling, or personal affairs to oneself, restrained or reserved in style; reluctant, unwilling |
| Reticence | reserve, reluctance, unwillingness |
| Guile | craft; cunning, artifice, duplicity, deceit, a wile; a trick |
| Beguile | to deceive or lure; to mislead by guile or flatter, to charm or delight |
| Beguiling | deceptive or deceitful; charming |
| Tacit | unspoken; not expressed or declared openly, but implied, implicit |
| Taciturn | habitually silent; not apt to talk; uncommunicative |
| Vantage | an advantage in a competition or conflict; superiority, a position that affords a broad overall view or prospective, as of a place or situation (a vantage point) |
| Lade | (laded, laden) to load with cargo; to burden or oppress; to weigh down |
| Laden | weighed down with a load; heavy; burdened; oppressed |
| Dwindle | to become gradually less until little remains; to decrease |
| Rapt | deeply moved or delighted; enraptured; deeply absorbed, engrossed |
| Prologue | an introduction or preface; especially a poem recited to introduce a play; an introductory act, event, or period |
| Wanton | immoral or unchaste; lewd; gratuitously cruel; merciless; unrestrainedly excessive, overabundant |
| Knell | to ring slowly and solemnly, especially for a funeral; to toll; to give forth a mournful and ominous sound |
| Courier | the messenger, especially one on official diplomatic business; a spy carrying secret information; a personal attendant hired to make arrangements for a journey; one who serves a s guide for tourists. |
| Corporeal/Corporal | of, relating to, or characteristic of the body of a material nature; tangible |
| Mettle | courage and fortitude; spirit, inherent high quality of character and temperament |
| Audit | an examination of records or financial accounts to check their accuracy |
| Augment | to make (something already developed or well under way) greater, as in size, to add to, increase to quantity |
| Surfeit | to feed or supply to excess, satiety, or disgust; overindulgence in food or drink; an excessive amount |
| Quell | to put down forcibly to suppress; to pacify; to quiet |
| Infirm | weak in body; especially from old age or disease; feeble, not strong or stable; shaky |
| Infirmity | a bodily ailment or weakness, especially from adage; frailty; feebleness |
| Equivocate | to avoid making an explicit statement; to lie or mislead |
| Equivocal | open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead; ambiguous; uncertain |
| Carouse | to engage in boisterous; drunken; merrymaking; to drink excessively |
| Harbinger | something that indicates or foreshadows what is to come; a forerunner |
| Recalcitrant | stubbornly resistant to authority, domination, or guidance; uncooperative, defiant |
| Conjure | to cause to be; appear, come up or go away by or as by a magic spell, prayer, dream, or oath |
| Mortify | to humiliate, to shame, deeply embarrass |
| Mortification | vexation, chagrin, humiliation, shame |
| Maelstrom | any large or violent whirlpool; a violently confused, turbulent, or dangerously agitated state of mind; emotions, affair |
| Blasphemy | profane or mocking speech, writing, or action concerning God or anything regarded as sacred |
| Abhor | to loathe, hate, despise, detest to an extreme degree |
| Abhorrence | extremely hateful, anti-apathy |
| Clairvoyant | having the power to perceive things which are not present to the five senses |
| Scruple | any measly feeling arising from conscience or principle that tends to hinder action; qualm |
| Scrupulous | conscientious and exact; painstakingly meticulous, having principles or scruples |
| Procure | to obtain, as by effort, labor, or purchase; to gain, to come into possession of |
| Rancor | bitter; long-lasting resentment; ill will; spite; malice; animosity; grudge; malevolence; hostility |
| Blithe | joyous, sprightly; mirthful; merry, cheerful; buoyant; vivacious |
| Temperate | exercising moderation and self-restraint; restrained moderate in degree, as in climate |
| Abate | to lessen or decrease (something negative); to wave, subside |
| Abatement | a decrease or reduction of something undesirable |
| Unabated | continued, prolong; without a let up |
| Minion | an obsequious follower or dependent; a sycophant; a yes man, a subordinate official |
| Solicit | to ask or seek earnestly or pleadingly; to beg; to entreat; to implore |
| Solicitous | expression anxious care or concern; thoughtful, attentive |
| Sundry | various, miscellaneous |
| Sundries | articles too small or numerous to be specified |
| Reconcile | to make friendly again or settle a quarrel; to bring into harmony; to make content or accepting towards something difficult (to) |
| Conciliatory | tending to make peace between disagreeing persons |
| Intermittent | stopping and starting at intervals, sporadic |
| Breach | an opening, tear, rupture; a gap or rift, a violation or infraction as of a law, a legal obligation or promise, a breaking up or disruption of friendly relations; an estrangement, a leap of a whale from water |
| Weal | prosperity; happiness; the general good or welfare of the community a ridge on the flesh caused by a blow; a welt |
| Purge | to free from impurities; to purify; to cleanse; to remove or get id of something considered undesirable; to eliminate |
| Stultify | to cause to appear foolish, stupid, inconsistent, to cause to be of no effect; to make worthless or useless |
| Contrive | to plan with cleverness or ingenuity; to devise, to invent or fabricate especially by improvisation; to plan with evil intent; to scheme |
| Contrived | obviously planned or calculated; not spontaneous or natural; labored or calculated |
| Contrivance | something contrived (a mechanical device or a clever plan) |
| Empathy | the ability to feel and understand what someone else is going through, sympathy, compassion |
| Diminutive | extremely small in size; tiny; small |
| Epicure | a person with refined taste especially in food and wine, a gourmet, a person devoted to sensuous pleasure and luxurious living |
| Epicurean | devoted to the pursuit of sensual pleasure and luxury |
| Arbitration | the process in which the parties to a dispute submit their difference to the judgment of an impartial person or group |
| Wrought | a past tense and a past participle of "work", put together, created, shaped by hammering tools, make delicately or elaborately |
| Divulge | to make public, to make known something that is private; to reveal; to disclose; to betray |
| Crest | tuft or ridge on the top of the head of a bird or other animal, a plume used as decoration on the top of a helmet, a device placed above the shield on a coat of arms or its representation, the top as of a hill or wave; the highest or culminating point, the peak, summit, or ridge |
| Renege | to fail to carry out a promise or commitment |
| Versatile | competent in many things; capable of motion in any direction |
| Cessation | a ceasing; a stop; the act of discount motion or action of any negative kind; whether temporary or final; an armistice or truce agreed to by the commanders of amiss |
| Incantation | the chanting of magical words or a formula in casting a spell or performing magic |
| Acrid | sharp, bitter, tart, pungent; sharp or biting to the taste; stinging; bitter or causing of temper, speech, etc. |
| Acrimonious | bitterly sharp, biting, rancorous in relations with another |
| Acrimony | bitter and sharp, animosity, especially exhibited in speech or behavior |
| Ensconce | to cover, shelter; to protect; to hide; to place comfortably, snugly, securely |
| Precocious | developed earlier than usual, as a child's mentality, showing premature development |
| Pretentious | making claims explicit or implicit; to some distinction; importance, dignity, excellence, showy, ostentatious |
| Ubiquitous | present, seeming to be present, everywhere at the same time; omnipresent |
| Opulence | wealth, riches, abundance (things, not people) |
| Opulent | wealthy, rich, affluent; having a large estate/property |
| Poignant | sharp, painful to the feelings; deeply moving; heartfelt |
| Eschew | to avoid; to shun; to stay away from |
| Pomp | a stately, brilliant display; splendor; magnificence, pageantry |
| Pompous | having/exhibiting marked self-importance; ostentatious; boastful, arrogant, haughty |
| Precarious | liable to be lost or changed at the pleasure of another; dependant upon circumstances, uncertain, insecure, risky, dangerous, doubtful |
| Tenuous | physically thin, slender, or fine (as in an object); insubstantial, slight, flimsy (as in condition, plot, etc) |
| Sanguine | of blood color; cheerful, confident, optimistic, hopeful, animatedly, lively |
| Skirmish | a brief fight/encounter between small groups, usually part of a battle/war; a contention; a slight conflict |
| Contend | to strive in opposition o combat; to fight; to struggle; dispute; to compete; vie |
| Contention | verbal strife, argument; controversy; dispute, quarrel; altercation, dissension; feud; discard |
| Contentious | argumentative; quarrelsome, controversial |
| Amenity | pleasantness or attractiveness; a desirable feature of a place; climate, etc. courteous acts, civilities |
| Palpable | that which can be touched, fell, or handed; tangible, easily perceived by the senses; clear to the mind, obvious, evident |
| Exuberance | a great abundance; an overflowing quantity; richness, plenty, actions or speech showing high spirits |
| Exuberant | growing profusely, luxuriant, prolific; superabundant, overflowing with good health and spirits; said of a person |
| Prolific | very productive or fruitful, fertile, fecund |
| Deviate | to turn away or wander form the common or right way of course, to diverge, to digress |
| Deviant | abnormal by society's accepted standards; divergent |
| Deviation | an abnormality; a departure; a divergence; a difference |
| Differentiate | to make unlike; to distinguish between (from) |
| Placate | to calm, soothe, appease, especially by offering to "be nice" or to do someone a favor |
| Implacable | that cannot be appeased or pacified, relentless |
| Culpable | blameworthy; deserving censure, as the person who has done wrong |
| Sate | to satiate, to gratify with more than enough so as to be heavy or disgust, to glut; to satisfy |
| Insatiable | incapable of being satisfied or appeased, very greedy; voracious; ravenous; rapacious |
| Succulent | full of juice; juicy |
| Coquette | a vain female who endeavors to attract amorous advances and rejects them when offered, a flirt |
| Facetious | lightly joking, especially at an inappropriate time, witty, jocular |
| Pragmatic | practical, not idealistic, sensible |
| Exemplify | to illustrate by example; to serve as an example; to typify |
| Exemplary | serving an excellent example; commendable, laudable, praiseworthy |
| Caprice | a sudden change of opinion or humor; a whim or particular fancy |
| Capricious | fickle, whimsical, fanciful, change, unsteady (temper) |
| Tenet | a major belief; principle or doctrine of a group |
| Tenable | capable of being held; maintained or defended, as against an attack (a position or argument) |
| Untenable | indefensive, unable to be occupied (by a tenant) |
| Periphery | the surrounding space or area; environs, a perimeter |
| Peripheral | around the edge; or periphery, auxiliary; of minor, not central, importance |
| Dexterity | skill in using one's hands or body; expertness; adroitness; cleverness; facility; ability; aptitude |
| Gregarious | fond of the company of others; sociable; convivial |
| Steadfast | not apt to change; steady; faithful, loyal |
| Fastidious | extremely careful; particularly in regards to small details, fussy, meticulous |
| Potent | strong, powerful, effective; influential (an argument, remedy) |
| Potentate | ruler; a monarch |
| Impotent | lacking effectiveness, weak; lacking strength |
| Omnipotent | all powerful; almighty |
| Protract | to draw out or lengthen in time; to contrive; to prolong |
| Miniscule | very small; tiny, minute |
| Zany | wacky, absurd, ludicrous, buffoonish, bizarre |
| Capitulate | to give in, yield, surrender, acquiesce |
| Stagnate | to cease to flow, to become dull or inactive |
| Stagnant | unmoving or not flowing (water); stale or foul (air); inactive, lacking vitality or briskness; dull or sluggish (a stagnant mind) |
| Urbane | smooth and sophisticated (often said of men), suave |
| Stigma | a mark of disgrace or reproach; something that detracts from the character or reputation of a person, group, etc |
| Stigmatize | to brand; to characterize or mark as disgraceful |
| Quagmire | soft, wet, miry ground that shakes or yields under the feet like quicksand; a difficult position, as of one sinking or stuck |
| Mire | deep mud; slimy soil; to cause to get stuck (like in problems) |
| Volatile | changeable; flighty; fickle; mercurial; full of spirit, evaporating rapidly |
| Etiquette | the forms, manners, and ceremonies established as acceptable and appropriate by civilized society |
| Travesty | a burlesque treatment, imitation, or translation for purposes of ridicule, a highly inferior imitation; a ludicrous distortion |
| Wrath | violent anger; vehement exasperation; indignation; fury; ire; rage |
| Wrathful | very anger; indignant; irate; furious; greatly incensed |
| Wane | to decrease or decline gradually in size, amount, intensity, or degree, to approach an end |
| Aberration | a departure or deviation for what is right, true, moral |
| Aberrant | straying from what is true, correct, normal, and typical |
| Morose | sullenly, melancholy; gloomy |
| Dearth | scarcity lack; privation; the want of something |
| Catharsis | the alleviation of fears, problems, and complexes by bringing them to consciousness and giving them expression |
| Austere | severe; harsh; rigid; stern (an austere master); morally strict; abstinent; ascetic; grave; sober; simple and plain; without adornment |
| Austerity | sever plainness; severity of manners or life; rigor; strictness, a severe economic period, like in wartime |
| Contiguous | adjoining, adjacent, meeting or touching at a border |
| Acerbic | sour, harsh, bitter, severe (as in taste or personality) |
| Ambivalent | indecisive, uncertain, conflicted or torn (emotionally) |
| Ambivalence | fluctuation between one feeling and another, indecision |
| Trepidation | fear, alarm, worry, apprehension |
| Intrepid | fearless, bold, brave, undaunted |
| Paradigm | something serving as a model or ideal |
| Temerity | unwise boldness; rash or reckless behavior, audacity |
| Oracle | any person believed to be in communication with the gods; any person of great knowledge |
| Tenacious | holding fast or firmly; retentive; persistent, stubborn |
| Tenacity | firmness of hold; adhesiveness; persistence |
| Extricate | to free from an entanglement or awkward situation |
| Narcissistic | excessively interested in one's self, egotistical |
| Icon | an image, figure, representation or picture; a sacred picture |
| Iconoclast | one who makes attacks upon cherished beliefs or traditions |
| Inane | lacking sense or meaning; senseless; silly foolish |
| Innocuous | harmless; inoffensive; producing no ill effect; innocent |
| Stoic | seemingly indifferent; unaffected by pleasure or pain unemotionally accepting of suffering; impassive; resigned |
| Infidel | a person who doesn't believe in a certain religion or accepted belief; a nonbeliever; freethinker; atheist |
| Fidelity | faithfulness, loyalty |
| Infidelity | lack of faithfulness |
| Incorrigible | beyond hopes for correction or return; firmly rooted |
| Insidious | treacherous, deceit, trickery, cunningly, crafty |
| Prerogative | a special right or privilege |
| Obsolete | no longer use or practice, discarded, ancient, antiquated |
| Obsolescent | being in the process of passing of |
| Disarray | confusion, diversion |
| Epiphany | a moment of sudden and deep clarity, a flash of insight |
| Insipid | tasteless, vapid, without flavor, lacking spirit, life, or animation, without the power to excite emotion; flat dull, lifeless |
| Idyllic | pleasing and simple, as in scene or situation representing |
| Plethora | excess, over abundance; the state of being too full |
| Paltry | lacking in importance or worth, petty, slight, trivial, little |
| Parity | equality, equivalent as in value, status, money |
| Disparity | inequality or difference as in degree, rank, amount, condition or excellence, unlikeliest, incongruity |
| Disparate | essentially not alike; distinct or different in kind; dissimilar |
| Eclectic | carefully selected from many good sources |
| Impromptu | without previous study or preparation; offhand |
| Copious | plentiful, abundant, almost too much |
| Heinous | shockingly awful, appalling, abominable, an outrageous act |
| Quixotic | wildly idealistic, unpredictable, unrealistic or imaginary |
| Coerce | to bring about by force or threat; to pressure; to force or compel |
| Arduous | demanding, hard to achieve, strenuous; extremely difficult |
| Decadence | a decline or falling away of moral values; decay; deterioration |
| Waive | to give up voluntarily; to relinquish; to forgo or postpone |
| Surreptitious | secretive, furtive, clandestine |
| Respite | a time of relief from activity; rest, pause, a full break |
| Disgruntle | to make peevishly discontented or disappointed, to displease and make sulky |
| Desecrate | to defile or profane something sacred/special |
| Contingent | dependent on something conditional (on or upon something uncertain), possible; happening by chance, accidental, incidental |
| Contingency | dependence on chance or uncertain conditions; casualty, accident, chance |
| Erudite | having extensive knowledge; learned, deeply read, scholarly |
| Ersatz | being an imitation or substitute, usually inferior, artificial |
| Digress | to wander off course in speaking or writing |
| Chicaner | legal trickery; mean or unfair deception in a contest or debate |
| Burgeon | to grow quickly expand; to bloom; to flourish, thrive |
| Beleaguer | to besiege; to surround with an army or denunciations |
| Ultimatum | any final proposal or statement of conditions that is either accepted as it is or else (as a declaration of war, a break in relations) |
| Ascertain | to discover with certainty, as through examination of experimentation |
| Accrue | to increase or accumulate, as by natural growth; to grow, amass |
| Accrual | accumulation, growth |
| Coalition | a temporary alliance of factions, parties, etc for some specific purpose; a combination, union |
| Coalesce | to unite, combine, merge, blend into a single body or group, as individuals, parties, or nations |
| Component | serving as one of the parts of a whole; an ingredient, a part; a constituent |
| Brouhaha | noisy stir or wangle; hubbub; roar; commotion |
| Nascent | beginning to form, start, slow, or develop (said of ideas, cultures industries, etc) |
| Audacity | boldness; dancing spirit, effrontery, impudence |
| Audacious | bold, daring, reckless; insolent; shameless; unabashed |
| Miscreant | an evil person; a villain; a criminal; a reprobate |
| Caveat | a warning or admonition |
| Pristine | perfectly clean; pure; spotless; immaculate |
| Feasible | that which can be done; possible, likely; reasonable; probable |
| Prevail | to be greater in strength or influence, to triumph or win out, to be most common or frequent; to be predominant, to persuade successfully |
| Prevalent | widely or commonly occurring or existing |
| Consternation | paralyzing amazement or horror; given terror, alarm, dismay, panic |
| Felicity | happiness, perfect contentment, bliss, a source of satisfaction; the ability to express ones appropriately and pleasingly |
| Felicitous | suitable to the occasion; well-chosen; apropos; opportune; happy, joyous |
| Phalanx | a close-knit or compact body of people |
| Savvy | practical understanding; common sense |
| Endemic | prevalent in or peculiar to a particular region of people (used to refer to something negative, like disease, corruption, etc) |
| Transient | impermanent, passing away with time; transitory, passing through from one place to another |
| Innuendo | an indirect or subtle remark, gesture, reference, usually implying something derogatory; a hint, insinuation |
| Incentive | something, as the fear or punishment or the expectation of reward, that invites to action or effort; motivation |
| Punitive | inflicting or aiming to inflict punishment |
| Decimate | to destroy or kill a large part of |
| Adage | a saying that has gained credit through long use; a maxim |
| Platitude | a trite or banal remark expressed as if it were original; a cliché |
| Ostentation | a display of anything dictated by vanity or intended to invite praise or flattery; a pretentious or vain show |
| Ostentatious | bashful, showy, pretentious |
| Patina | the sheen or change on any surface, produced by age and use, a thin greenish layer that forms on copper as a result of corrosion |
| Wreak | to inflict or given vent to vengeance, anger, malice, resentment |
| Disparage | to belittle; t speak of as unimportant; to reduce in esteem |
| Topical | currently of interest or of belonging to a particular location or place; local |
| Tantamount | equivalent in effect or value (followed by "to") |
| Transcend | to go or pass beyond; to rise above or cross; to exist above and independent of material experience |
| Cajole | to flatter; to coax; to deceive or persuade by flattery; to wheedle |
| Lethargic | sluggish, listless, lazy, sleepy, torpid |
| Lethargy | a state of sluggishness, inactivity, apathy; lassitude, torpor |
| Despondent | depressed or dejected from loss of hope, confidence, or courage; discouraged, despairing, forlorn |
| Mundane | ordinary, common; pedestrian |
| Manifest | to make clear or evident; to show plainly; to reveal; to evince; to appear to the senses; to show itself |
| Manifestation | something that manifests (his silence was a manifestation of his cowardice) |
| Malady | a disease, disorder, or ailment; an unhealthy or unwelcome condition |
| Melee | a violent free-for-all; confused, hand-t-hand combat in a pitched battle; a riot; a confused and tumultuous mingling |
| Glean | to collect bit by bit, as in pieces of knowledge or information; to reap |
| Germane | having a significant bearing upon a point at hand; pertinent; relevant |
| Garrulous | habitually talkative; especially excessively so; chatty, loquacious |
| Gratuitous | unnecessary or unwarranted; unjustified |
| Gratuity | a favor or gift, usually in the from of money, given in return for a service; a tip |
| Epitome | a good representative or example of a class or type |
| Epitomize | to be a typical example of; to represent; to typify, exemplify |
| Assiduous | constant in application or attention; diligent; careful; persistent |
| Petulant | unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered; peevish; impatient, contemptuous in speech or behavior |
| Kindle | to build or fuel (a fire); to ignite; to arouse or inspire |
| Kindling | easily ignited material, such as dry sticks, used to start a fire |
| Inordinate | exceeding reasonable limits; immoderate; excessive |
| Equanimity | the state of being clam and even-tempered; composure |
| Vicarious | felt or undergone as if one were taking part in the experiences of feelings of another |
| Vehement | characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion, passion, or conviction; fervid, strong, impassioned |
| Superfluous | beyond what is required or sufficient; extraneous (unnecessary) |
| Serendipity | the making of fortunate and unexpected discoveries by accident; good fortune |
| Aesthetic | sensitive to art and beauty; showing good taste; artistic (doesn't describe a person) |
| Albeit | conj. -although, even though, notwithstanding (qualifies a statement): (It was a good party albeit it ended early. My day at the beach was fun albeit a bee stung me.) |
| Meander | to follow a winding and turning course; to move aimlessly and idly without a fixed direction; to wander |
| Utilitarian | stressing the value of practical over aesthetic qualities pertaining or associated with utility (practical usage) |
| Stringent | imposing rigorous and strict standards of performance, sever, constricted; tight (as in control or guidelines) |
| Vanguard | the foremost or leading position in a trend or movement or those in that position; the forward-thinking |
| Embellish | to add fanciful or ornamental details (to a story), to make beautiful by ornamentation; to adorn |
| Repudiate | to reject the validity or truth of; to refuse to recognize or have anything to do with; to disown; to disavow; to renounce; to refuse to acknowledge or pay, as a debt |
| Reiterate | to say over again; to repeat |
| Succumb | to yield or submit to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire; to give in or give up |
| Cosmopolitan | belonging to the whole world; not bound by local or national habits or prejudices, comfortable in any environment; sophisticated |
| Parochial | pertaining to a parish; narrowly restricted in thinking; provincial |
| Euphoria | a feeling of great happiness or well-being; elation |
| Euphoric | elated |
| Bucolic | relating to the countryside; rustic; rural; pastoral |
| Pervade | to spread or be diffused throughout; to be abundant or prevalent throughout |
| Pervasive | permeating, widespread |
| Pertain | to have reference; to relate, to belong as an adjunct or accessory |
| Chronicle | to record in history; to recount |
| Aversion | an intense or definite dislike; antipathy; repugnance; disgust |
| Averse | unwilling; set against; reluctant; opposed; loath (followed by "to") |
| Cavalier | free and easy; offhand; haughty or disdainful |
| Milieu | surroundings; an environment or a setting |
| Dormant | sleeping; inactive; quiet; still; slumbering; latent |
| Levity | lightness of temper or conduct; lack of seriousness; frivolity |
| Levitate | to make light or buoyant so as to rise and float in air |
| Ardor | great warmth or intensity, as of emotion, passion, or desire; a strong enthusiasm or devotion; zeal |
| Ardent | passionate; intense, enthusiastic, zealous |
| Lax | loose; not rigid or tight; slack; not strict or exact (morals), careless (security) |
| Latent | lying hidden and undeveloped within a person or thing asyet concealed; unrevealed; dormant |
| Polemic | a dispute; an argument or controversial discussion; a person inclined to argument; one who writes in opposition to another |
| Staid | resisting change; fixed; settled and steady; grave; sedate; sober |
| Patron | a protector; a wealthy sponsor; a benefactor |
| Patronize | to act as a patron toward; to sponsor, support, or protect, to be a regular customer to give one's business to show kindness toward another in a condescending way |
| Deportment | the manner of conducting or bearing oneself behavior, demeanor, conduct |
| Imminent | appearing as if about to happen; likely to happen without delay; impending; said of misfortune, evil, or danger; threatening, menacing |
| Resonate | to vibrate or pulse; to be received or understood |
| Rhetoric | the art of using words effectively in speaking/writing, so as to persuade/influence; artificial eloquence; showiness in language |
| Rhetorical | showy/elaborate in literary style |
| Premise | a statement, assertion/controlling idea that serves as the basis of an argument/discourse; a house/building and its land |
| Adroit | dexterous; skillful/clever in the use of hands; figuratively in the exercise of the mental faculties; expert; artful; proficient; ingenious |
| Adroitness | dexterity; skillfulness |
| Atrophy | a wasting away esp. due to insufficient nourishment/stimulation; to fail to grow; to waste away |
| Anomaly | abnormality; irregularity; deviation from the regular rule; exception; peculiarity |
| Magnate | very important/influential person in any field of activity esp. business |
| Magnanimous | noble; honorable; high-minded; chivalrous; rising above pettiness/meanness; generous in overlooking injury/insult |
| Misanthrope | a hater/distruster of mankind |
| Protégé | one under the patronage, care/protection of another |
| Edict | a decree; proclamation; order; manifesto; announcement; law; command |
| Lampoon | a broad satirical piece that uses ridicule to attack a person/group/institution; a light, good-humored satire |
| Irascible | prone to outbursts of temper; easily angered; hot-tempered |
| Conducive | tending to cause/bring about; contributive; favorable |
| Ebb | to return; to recede; decline; decrease; wane; withdraw; passing backward/away; a falling from a better to a worse state |
| Bolster | to support; to hold up; to maintain w/ difficulty/great effort |
| Deity | a god/goddess; a divine being |
| Deify | to raise to a divine rank |
| Docile | teachable; easily instructed; easy to discipline; tractable |
| Derogatory | belittling; detracting/disparaging; pejorative |
| Fledgling | a young bird that has recently acquired its flight feathers; a young/inexperienced person; new/untried/inexperienced |
| Expedite | to speed up the process of; to facilitate; to perform quickly/efficiently |
| Precipitate | to cause to happen before expected/desired; to hasten |
| Precipice | a steep cliff; the brink/edge of a disaster |
| Precipitous | very steep; rapid; reckless; sudden |
| Jargon | the specialized/technical language of a trade; profession/similar group; a hybrid language/dialect |
| Peruse | to read/examine w/ great care |
| Quandary | a state of uncertainty/perplexity; a dilemma; predicament |
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