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  1. Aberrant: departing from the right, normal, or usual course; deviating from the ordinary, usual, or normal type; exceptional; abnormal
  2. Abridge: to reduce in scope : diminish; to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense
  3. Abscond: to leave quickly and secretly, especially to avoid legal action
  4. Acumen: keen insight; shrewdness; expertise
  5. Altruism: unselfish regard for the welfare of others
  6. Amiable: having or showing pleasant, good-natured personal qualities; affable; friendly; sociable; agreeable; willing to accept the wishes, decisions, or suggestions of another or others
  7. Apodictic: incontestable because of having been demonstrated or proved to be demonstrable; necessarily true or logically certain
  8. Appease: to calm or soothe, as by granting concessions; to satisfy or please
  9. Astute: having or showing shrewdness and perspicacity; crafty, wily
  10. Banal: commonplace; trite
  11. Belie: to give a false impression of; to show (something) to be false or wrong
  12. Bemuse: to bewilder or confuse (someone)
  13. Bolster: to prop us; to reinforce; or, a long pillow
  14. Brink: the edge, especially of a precipice
  15. Cerebral: of the brain or the intellect
  16. Chide: to scold quietly
  17. Circumspect: careful to consider all consequences and possible consequences; prudent
  18. Cloister: to seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister (a place or state of seclusion)
  19. Confounded: bewildered; confused; perplexed
  20. Copacetic: fine; completely satisfactory; OK
  21. Curtail: to cut short; to reduce; to lessen
  22. Deft: skillful; dexterous
  23. Defunct: no longer existing; dead
  24. Deign: to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved; stoop
  25. Deluge: a great flood of water; inundation; flood; a drenching rain; downpour; anything that overwhelms like a flood
  26. Diadem: a crown; Royal dignity or authority
  27. Diffident: lacking confidence; shy; insecure
  28. Discern: to detect; to recognize or identify as separate and distinct : discriminate
  29. Dulcet: sweet to the taste; pleasing to the ear; generally pleasing or agreeable
  30. Ebb: to flow back or away, as the water of a tide; to decline or decay; fade away
  31. Effusive: unduly demonstrative; lacking reserve; pouring out; overflowing
  32. Elation: a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits
  33. Emulate: to try to equal or excel; imitate with effort to equal or surpass
  34. Encroach: to intrude on the possession or rights of another
  35. Euphemism: a word or phrase substituted for one that may be offensive
  36. Gratuitous: given freely; without cause
  37. Gregarious: fond of the company of others; sociable; living in flocks or herds, as animals
  38. Guile: craftiness; cunning
  39. Immutable: unchangeable; changeless
  40. Impede: to slow the progress of; to obstruct
  41. Incite: to provoke to action; to instigate
  42. Inconceivable: unimaginable; unthinkable; unbelievable; incredible
  43. Insipid: uninteresting; dull; lacking flavor
  44. Lament: to express grief, sorrow, or remorse; or an expression of sorrow or affliction
  45. Laudable: worthy of praise
  46. Lethargic: sluggish; listless; apathetic
  47. Lissome: lithe; easily flexed; nimble
  48. Mitigate: to become or make less intense or severe
  49. Odious: deserving or causing hatred; hateful; detestable; highly offensive; repugnant; disgusting
  50. Panacea: a remedy for all ills or difficulties; cure-all
  51. Peruse: to study thoroughly; to scrutinize
  52. Piety: devotion or reverence
  53. Placate: to appease or pacify
  54. Placid: pleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled; tranquil; serenely quiet or undisturbed
  55. Preamble: an introductory statement; preface; introduction; the introductory part of a statute, deed, or the like, stating the reasons and intent of what follows; a preliminary or introductory fact or circumstance
  56. Prodigious: extraordinary or impressive
  57. Pule: to whine or whimper
  58. Rebuttal: argument or proof that contradicts or opposes
  59. Reiterate: to say or do again or repeatedly; repeat, often excessively
  60. Reproach: a condemnation; disgrace; or, to criticize or rebuke
  61. Rigorous: characterized by strictness, severity, or harshness, as in dealing with people, rules, or discipline; severely exact or accurate; precise
  62. Rudimentary: consisting in first principles; fundamental; of a primitive kind
  63. Stoic: impassive; characterized by a calm, austere fortitude; unmoved by joy or grief
  64. Superable: capable of being overcome; surmountable
  65. Tactile: relating to the sense of touch; that may be touched or perceived by touch
  66. Tepid: moderately warm, lukewarm; lacking in passion, force, or zest; marked by an absence of enthusiasm or conviction
  67. Terse: short and to the point
  68. Toilsome: involving hard work; difficult
  69. Transgression: infringement or violation of a law, command, or duty
  70. Transmogrify: to change in appearance or form, especially strangely or grotesquely; transform
  71. Transpose: to change the relative position, order, or sequence of; cause to change places; interchange
  72. Umbrage: a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult
  73. Venerate: to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference; to honor
  74. Veracity: devotion to the truth, truthfulness; conformity with truth or fact, accuracy; something true
  75. Vilify: to speak of abusively; to defame
  76. Wane: to diminish; to decline or decrease gradually; or a decreasing; a period of decline
  77. Whodunit: a narrative dealing with a murder or a series of murders and the detection of the criminal; detective story