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discussion distance distributed earliest
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emptiness encouragement encyclopedia entire
entrance envelope equator especially
establish example excellent excitement
exercise experience exterior familiar
faucet fierce fireproof following
forgetting forgiveness fossil freight
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gaze gesture governor graduation
grateful grief halves hamburger
hangar hanger happiness headache
heroes history honorable horizon
hunger hyphen ignore imagination
immediate importance improvement independence
ingredient injury inquire instead
instruction intermission interview invisible
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performance personal persuade physical
piano plumber poem poet
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radius rapid ratio realize
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rescue resident resources respectful
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believe guarantee rhythm
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criticize lightning studying
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1.
2. abject a state or condition markedly different from
the norm
of the most contemptible kind
4. abjure
3. aberration
 formally reject or disavow a formerly held 15. adumbrate
belief
describe roughly or give the main points or
5. abnegation summary of

the denial and rejection of a doctrine or 16. adverse

belief
in an opposing direction
6. abrogate
17. advocate
revoke formally
a person who pleads for a person, cause, or
7. abscond idea

run away, often taking something or 18. affluent

somebody along
having an abundant supply of money or
8. abstruse possessions of value

difficult to penetrate 19. aggrandize

9. accede embellish; increase the scope, power, or

importance of
yield to another's wish or opinion
20. alacrity
10. accost
liveliness and eagerness
approach and speak to someone
aggressively or insistently 21. alias

11. accretion a name that has been assumed temporarily

an increase by natural growth or addition 22. ambivalent

12. acumen uncertain or unable to decide about what

course to follow
shrewdness shown by keen insight
23. amenable
13. adamant
disposed or willing to comply
impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests,
reason 24. amorphous

14. admonish having no definite form or distinct shape

scold or reprimand; take to task 25. anachronistic

 chronologically misplaced requiring secret or mysterious knowledge

26. anathema 37. archetypal

a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by of an original type after which other things
excommunication are patterned

27. annex 38. arrogate

attach to seize and take control without authority

28. antediluvian 39. ascetic

of or relating to the period before the biblical someone who practices self denial as a
flood spiritual discipline

29. antiseptic 40. aspersion

thoroughly clean and free of disease-causing a disparaging remark

organisms
41. assiduous
30. apathetic
marked by care and persistent effort
showing little or no emotion or animation
42. atrophy
31. antithesis
a decrease in size of an organ caused by
exact opposite disease or disuse

32. apocryphal 43. bane

being of questionable authenticity something causing misery or death

33. approbation 44. bashful

official acceptance or agreement self-consciously timid

34. arbitrary 45. beguile

based on or subject to individual discretion influence by slyness

or preference
46. bereft
35. arboreal
sorrowful through loss or deprivation
of or relating to or formed by trees
47. blandishment
36. arcane
 flattery intended to persuade 58. caucus

48. bilk meet to select a candidate or promote a

policy
cheat somebody out of what is due,
especially money 59. cavort

49. bombastic play boisterously

ostentatiously lofty in style 60. circumlocution

50. cajole an indirect way of expressing something

influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, 61. circumscribe

or flattering
draw a geometric figure around another
51. callous figure

emotionally hardened 62. circumvent

52. calumny surround so as to force to give up

a false accusation of an offense 63. clamor

53. camaraderie utter or proclaim insistently and noisily

the quality of affording easy familiarity and 64. cleave

sociability
separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp
54. candor instrument

the quality of being honest and 65. cobbler

straightforward
a person who makes or repairs shoes
55. capitulate
66. cogent
surrender under agreed conditions
powerfully persuasive
56. carouse
67. cognizant
engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking
having or showing knowledge or
57. carp understanding or realization

any of various freshwater fish of the family 68. commensurate

Cyprinidae
corresponding in size or degree or extent
69. complement 79. contusion

something added to embellish or make an injury in which the skin is not broken
perfect
80. contrite
70. compunction
feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins
a feeling of deep regret, usually for some or offenses
misdeed
81. contentious
71. concomitant
showing an inclination to disagree
following or accompanying as a
consequence 82. contravene

72. conduit go against, as of rules and laws

a passage through which water or electric 83. convivial

wires can pass
occupied with or fond of the pleasures of
73. conflagration good company

a very intense and uncontrolled fire 84. corpulence

74. congruity the property of excessive fatness

the quality of agreeing; being suitable and 85. covet

appropriate
wish, long, or crave for
75. connive
86. cupidity
form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner
extreme greed for material wealth
76. consign
87. dearth
give over to another for care or safekeeping
an insufficient quantity or number
77. constituent
88. debacle
one of the individual parts making up a
composite entity a sudden and complete disaster

78. construe 89. debauch

make sense of; assign a meaning to a wild gathering involving excessive drinking

90. debunk
 expose while ridiculing fundamentally different or distinct in quality
or kind
91. defunct
102. dispel
no longer in force or use; inactive
to cause to separate and go in different
92. demagogue directions

a leader who seeks support by appealing to 103. disrepute

popular passions
the state of being held in low esteem
93. denigrate
104. divisive
charge falsely or with malicious intent
dissenting with the majority opinion
94. derivative
105. dogmatic
a compound obtained from another
compound pertaining to a code of beliefs accepted as
authoritative
95. despot
106. dour
a cruel and oppressive dictator
showing a brooding ill humor
96. diaphanous
107. duplicity
so thin as to transmit light
the act of deceiving or acting in bad faith
97. didactic
108. duress
instructive, especially excessively
compulsory force or threat
98. dirge
109. eclectic
a song or hymn of mourning as a memorial
to a dead person selecting what seems best of various styles
or ideas
99. disaffected
110. edict
discontented as toward authority
a formal or authoritative proclamation
100. discomfit
111. ebullient
cause to lose one's composure
joyously unrestrained
101. disparate
112. egregious
 conspicuously and outrageously bad or call forth
reprehensible
123. ephemeral
113. elegy
anything short-lived, as an insect that lives
a mournful poem; a lament for the dead only for a day

114. elicit 124. epistolary

call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response written in the form of letters or

correspondence
115. embezzlement
125. equanimity
the fraudulent appropriation of funds or
property steadiness of mind under stress

116. emend 126. equivocal

make corrections to open to two or more interpretations

117. emollient 127. espouse

a substance with a soothing effect when choose and follow a theory, idea, policy, etc.
applied to the skin
128. evanescent
118. empirical
tending to vanish like vapor
derived from experiment and observation
rather than theory 129. evince

119. emulate give expression to

strive to equal or match, especially by 130. exacerbate

imitating
make worse
120. enervate
131. exhort
weaken mentally or morally
spur on or encourage especially by cheers
121. enfranchise and shouts

grant freedom to, as from slavery or 132. execrable

servitude
unequivocally detestable
122. engender
133. exigent
 demanding immediate attention conspicuously and outrageously bad or
reprehensible
134. expedient
145. foil
appropriate to a purpose
hinder or prevent, as an effort, plan, or
135. expiate desire

make amends for 146. forbearance

136. expunge good-natured tolerance of delay or

incompetence
remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by
drawing a line 147. fortuitous

137. extraneous occurring by happy chance

not belonging to that in which it is contained 148. fractious

138. extol easily irritated or annoyed

praise, glorify, or honor 149. garrulous

139. extant full of trivial conversation

still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or 150. gourmand

lost
a person who is devoted to eating and
140. expurgate drinking to excess

edit by omitting or modifying parts 151. grandiloquent

considered indelicate
lofty in style
141. fallacious
152. gratuitous
containing or based on incorrect reasoning
unnecessary and unwarranted
142. fatuous
153. hapless
devoid of intelligence
unfortunate and deserving pity
143. fetter
154. hegemony
a shackle for the ankles or feet
the dominance or leadership of one social
144. flagrant group over others
155. heterogenous necessary as a duty or responsibility; morally
binding
consisting of elements that are not of the
same kind 166. inexorable

156. iconoclast not to be placated or appeased or moved by

entreaty
someone who attacks cherished ideas or
institutions 167. inimical

157. idiosyncratic not friendly

peculiar to the individual 168. injunction

158. impecunious a judicial remedy to prohibit a party from

doing something
not having enough money to pay for
necessities 169. inoculate

159. impetuous inject or treat with the germ of a disease to

render immune
characterized by undue haste and lack of
thought 170. insidious

160. impinge working or spreading in a hidden and usually

injurious way
infringe upon
171. instigate
161. impute
provoke or stir up
attribute or credit to
172. insurgent
162. inane
in opposition to a civil authority or
devoid of intelligence government

163. inchoate 173. interlocutor

only partly in existence; imperfectly formed a person who takes part in a conversation

164. incontrovertible 174. intimation

impossible to deny or disprove a slight suggestion or vague understanding

165. incumbent 175. inure

 cause to accept or become hardened to 186. linchpin

176. invective a central cohesive source of support and

stability
abusive language used to express blame or
censure 187. litigant

177. intransigent a party to a lawsuit

impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, or 188. maelstrom

reason
a powerful circular current of water
178. inveterate
189. maudlin
habitual
effusively or insincerely emotional
179. irreverence
190. maverick
a mental attitude showing lack of due
respect someone who exhibits independence in
thought and action
180. knell
191. mawkish
the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce
a death effusively or insincerely emotional

181. laconic 192. maxim

brief and to the point a saying that is widely accepted on its own
merits
182. largesse
193. mendacious
liberality in bestowing gifts
given to lying
183. legerdemain
194. modicum
an illusory feat
a small or moderate or token amount
184. libertarian
195. morass
an advocate of freedom of thought and
speech a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks
underfoot
185. licentious
196. mores
lacking moral discipline
 the conventions embodying the 208. onerous
fundamental values of a group
not easily borne; wearing
197. munificent
209. ostensible
very generous
appearing as such but not necessarily so
198. multifarious
210. ostracism
having many aspects
the act of excluding someone from society
199. nadir by general consent

the lowest point of anything 211. palliate

200. negligent lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or

extent of
characterized by undue lack of attention or
concern 212. panacea

201. neophyte hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases

any new participant in some activity 213. paradigm

202. noisome a standard or typical example

offensively malodorous 214. pariah

203. noxious a person who is rejected from society or

home
injurious to physical or mental health
215. partisan
204. obdurate
a fervent and even militant proponent of
stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing something

205. obfuscate 216. paucity

make obscure or unclear an insufficient quantity or number

206. obstreperous 217. pejorative

noisily and stubbornly defiant expressing disapproval

207. officious 218. pellucid

intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner transparently clear; easily understandable

219. penchant extreme excess

a strong liking 231. portent

220. penurious a sign of something about to happen

excessively unwilling to spend 232. potentate

221. pert a ruler who is unconstrained by law

characterized by a lightly saucy or impudent 233. preclude

quality
make impossible, especially beforehand
222. pernicious
234. predilection
exceedingly harmful
a predisposition in favor of something
223. pertinacious
235. preponderance
stubbornly unyielding
exceeding in heaviness; having greater
224. phlegmatic weight

showing little emotion 236. presage

225. philanthropic a foreboding about what is about to happen

of or relating to charitable giving 237. probity

226. pithy complete and confirmed integrity

concise and full of meaning 238. proclivity

227. platitude a natural inclination

a trite or obvious remark 239. profligate

228. plaudit unrestrained by convention or morality

enthusiastic approval 240. promulgate

229. plenitude state or announce

a full supply 241. proscribe

230. plethora command against

242. protean assign to a lower position

taking on different forms 254. remiss

243. prurient failing in what duty requires

characterized by lust 255. reprieve

244. puerile postpone the punishment of a convicted

criminal
displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
256. reprobate
245. pugnacious
a person without moral scruples
ready and able to resort to force or violence
257. rescind
246. pulchritude
cancel officially
physical beauty, especially of a woman
258. requisition
247. punctilious
an authoritative request or demand
marked by precise accordance with details
259. rife
248. quaint
excessively abundant
attractively old-fashioned
260. sanctimonious
249. quixotic
excessively or hypocritically pious
not sensible about practical matters
261. sanguine
250. quandary
confidently optimistic and cheerful
state of uncertainty in a choice between
unfavorable options 262. scurrilous

251. recalcitrant expressing offensive reproach

stubbornly resistant to authority or control 263. semaphore

252. redoubtable an apparatus for visual signaling

inspiring fear 264. serendipity

253. relegate good luck in making unexpected and

fortunate discoveries
265. sobriety 276. tome

the state of being sober and not intoxicated a large and scholarly book
by alcohol
277. toady
266. solicitous
a person who tries to please someone to
full of anxiety and concern gain an advantage

267. solipsism 278. torpid

the philosophical theory that the self is all in a condition of biological rest or suspended
that exists animation

268. spurious 279. travesty

plausible but false a composition that imitates or misrepresents

a style
269. staid
280. trenchant
characterized by dignity and propriety
having keenness and forcefulness and
270. stolid penetration in thought

having or revealing little emotion or 281. trite

sensibility
repeated too often; overfamiliar through
271. subjugate overuse

make subservient; force to submit or subdue 282. truculent

272. surfeit defiantly aggressive

indulge (one's appetite) to satiety 283. turpitude

273. surreptitious a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or

practice
marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
284. ubiquitous
274. swarthy
being present everywhere at once
naturally having skin of a dark color
285. umbrage
275. tangential
a feeling of anger caused by being offended
of superficial relevance if any
286. upbraid charming in a childlike or naive way

express criticism towards 298. yoke

287. utilitarian join with stable gear, as two draft animals

having a useful function 299. zephyr

288. veracity a slight wind

unwillingness to tell lies 300. wily

289. vestige marked by skill in deception

an indication that something has been 301. tirade

present
a speech of violent denunciation
290. vicissitude

a variation in circumstances or fortune

291. vilify

spread negative information about

292. virtuoso

someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

293. vitriolic

harsh, bitter, or malicious in tone

294. vituperate

spread negative information about

295. vociferous

conspicuously and offensively loud

296. wanton

a lewd or lascivious person

297. winsome