1.
Affected: artificial; pretended; assumed in order to impress//deeply moved or hurt emotionally; changed in a bad or artificial way (Opp. Artless, Nonchalant)
2.
Assuage: make less severe; ease or lessen (pain); satisfy (hunger); soothe (anger) (Opp. unsatisfied)
3.
Belie: contradict; give a false impression; disguise; Ex. The poor sales belied our high hopes; Ex. Her smile belies her true feeling of displeasure (Opp. show to be correct)
4.
Blarney: (noun) flattering, wheedling or deceptive talk; nonsense; hogwash: a lot of blarney about why he was broke
5.
Blight: (n.) a disease that causes plants to wither and die; a condition of disease or ruin;
(v.) to destroy, ruin
6.
Bristle: short stiff hair; V: (hair or fur) stand up stiffly (Opp. cower)
7.
Browbeat: intimidate, bully (Opp. may be boost, coax, compliment, praise)
8.
Byzantine: intricately involved , labyrinthine, characterized by a devious or surreptitious manner, convoluted (Opp: apparent, discerning, evident)
9.
Canon: rule, edict, a body of the most important, influential or superior works in music, literature, or art (Opp. apocryphal)
10.
Careen: lurch; sway from side to side; move with irregular swinging movement; stagger
11.
Craggy: rough and uneven when speaking of a cliff or rock face (opp. smooth, flat)
12.
Dauntless: fearless, unintimidated, brave, unafraid
13.
Din: continued loud noise; V: make a din; instill by wearying repetition (Opp. hush)
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Disaffected: adj. resentful and rebellious, esp. against authority///, having lost faith or loyalty; discontent
15.
discreet: showing tact, respect, and restraint in speech or behavior (Opp. Unjudicious, brash)
16.
discrete: separate; unconnected
17.
Disengage: uncouple; separate; disconnect; stop fighting; (Opp. engage, bind, fasten)
18.
Doff: remove, cast off, disrobe, peel, shed, take off, undress (Opp. don)
19.
Emanate: to come or issue forth, emit (Opp. take / withdraw)
20.
Empirical: based on experience (Opp. hypothetical, impractical, speculative, theoretical, unobserved)
21.
Ephemeral: short lived, fleeting (Opp. Lasting, eternal)
22.
Ergonomics: The study of workplace equipment design or how to arrange and design devices, machines, or workspace so that people and things interact safely and most efficiently.
23.
Facile: easy, easily mastered (Opp. Profound)
24.
Fecundity: fertility, fruitfulness (Opp. may be futility, infertility, aridity)
25.
Flint: A very hard, fine-grained quartz that sparks when struck with steel; stern; hard like rock (Opp. flexible, soft, supple)
26.
Foment: stir up; incite; instigate; promote the growth of (something evil or unpleasant) (Opp. pacify)
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Forbearance: Act of forbearing (refraining); abstaining; leniency; patience , patient self-control; restraint(opp=indulgence/pursue)
28.
Gainsay: deny (opp=assert)
29.
Hangdog: showing a sense of guilt; intimidated; defeated///(opp=, ↔ buoyant, elated, merry, sprightly, cheerful)
30.
Hebetudinous: sluggishness///Lacking in intelligence, mental and physical alertness and activity
31.
Hem: surround tightly so that movement is impossible; Ex. hem in; N.
32.
Ictus: a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease///, blow, stroke
33.
Jaded: (adj.) wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence)
34.
Keel: to capsize
35.
Kosher: Proper or legitimate
36.
Meet: fitting, proper
