194536068 | amulet | good luck charm | |
194536069 | capricious | fickle/unpredictable changes | |
194536070 | fatalism | predetermined by fate | |
194536071 | incantation | a magic spell | |
194536072 | propitious | favorable circumstances | |
194536073 | providential | divine will | |
194536074 | quirk | oddity | |
194536075 | serendipity | good luck | |
194536076 | vagary | an odd fancy | |
194536077 | vicissitude | life changing shift | |
194536078 | pedagog | a teacher | |
195502177 | continuity | consistency | |
195502178 | tangential | superficially relevant | |
195502179 | subordinate | (noun) the leader of another | |
195502180 | subordinate | (verb) to put down | |
195502181 | sequel | something that follows | |
195502182 | pivotal | very important | |
195502183 | converge | to come together to one point from different directions | |
195502184 | initiate | (noun) a beginner | |
195502185 | initiate | (verb) to admit into membership | |
195502186 | terminate | the end | |
195502187 | ultimate | extreme; farthest | |
195502188 | crux | essential feature of something | |
195502189 | egalitarian | social equality | |
197214345 | complicity | involvement as an accomplice in a crime | |
197214346 | deploy | to station | |
197214347 | explicate | to explain | |
197214348 | implicate | to suggest | |
197214349 | implicit | implied | |
197214350 | inexplicable | not explainable | |
197214351 | plight | a negative situation | |
197214352 | replica | an exact copy of something | |
197214353 | replicate | to make an exact copy of something | |
197214354 | supple | bendable | |
197214355 | satire | a piece of literature that mocks, scorns, or pokes fun of something in an effort to make a change. | |
199346939 | rebuke | reprimand sharply | |
199346940 | scurrilous | foul-mouthed | |
199346941 | spurn | to reject | |
199346942 | vitriolic | bitterly severe | |
199346943 | vituperation | a rowl | |
199346944 | apersion | a false statement | |
199346945 | deprecate | to belittle | |
199346946 | deride | to laugh at in scorn | |
199346947 | execrable | very bad | |
199346948 | ostracize | exculde from a group | |
199346949 | parodox | a statement that seems self conradictory or false | |
201948883 | volition | conscious choice | |
201948884 | accord | agreement | |
201948885 | camaraderie | loyalty to a friend | |
201948886 | acquiesce | comply passively | |
201948887 | willfulness | extremely stubborn | |
201948888 | adamant | firm | |
201948889 | compliance | yielding to a request | |
201948890 | accommodating | willing to help | |
201948891 | tractable | easily managed | |
201948892 | propitiate | appease | |
248828435 | ambivalence | conflicting feelings | |
248828436 | avail | advantage | |
248828437 | equivalent | equal in quality | |
248828438 | evaluation | the act of judging | |
248828439 | evince | to show as an emotion | |
248828440 | invalid | worthless | |
248828441 | invaluable | indispensable | |
248828442 | prevail | triumph | |
248828443 | valedictory | bidding farewell | |
248828444 | vanquish | to defeat in a battle | |
248828445 | beseech | to beg | |
248828446 | blandishment | the act of coaxing by flattery | |
248828447 | cajole | to coax | |
248828448 | elicit | to bring forth | |
248828449 | enjoin | to command | |
248828450 | exigent | urgent | |
248828451 | imperious | arrogantly domineering | |
248828452 | injunction | a command | |
248828453 | mendicant | a beggar | |
248828454 | query | a question | |
255319805 | abound | be abundant or plentiful | |
255319806 | amplitude | greatness of magnitude | |
255319807 | augment | grow or intensify | |
255319808 | brevity | the use of brief expressions | |
255319809 | commensurate | of like measure | |
255319810 | diminish | decrease in size, extent, or range | |
255319811 | infinitesimal | infinitely or immeasurably small | |
255319812 | prodigious | immense extaordinary in bulk size or degree, so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe | |
255319813 | quota | a proportional share assigned to each participant | |
255319814 | connotation | the feelings or emotions surrounding a word | |
255319815 | auspices | kindly endorsement and guidance | |
255319816 | antithesis | exact opposite | |
255319817 | cunning | drafty artfulness (especially in deception) | |
255319818 | purple patch | Signifies a sudden heightening of rhythm, diction, and figurative language that makes a section of verse or prose—especially a descriptive passage—stand out from its context. | |
255319819 | jargon | vocabulary distinctive to a particular group of people | |
255319820 | endowment | the capital that provides income for an institution | |
255319821 | specter | a ghostly appearing figure | |
255319822 | pleonasm | using more words than necessary | |
255319823 | facile | easily | |
255319824 | rhetorical | relating to speech that is used to persuade or have some effect; insincere in expression | |
255319825 | acuity | a quick and penetrating intelligence | |
255319826 | incompetent | not qualified or suited for a purpose | |
255319827 | circumspect | cautious, heedful of potential consequences | |
255319828 | introspective | inward looking | |
255319830 | slang | the talk of a generation | |
255319831 | conflagration | big fire | |
255319832 | perspicuity | clearness | |
255319833 | deluge | a heavy rain | |
255319834 | propensity | a tendency | |
255320644 | consummate | perfect and complete in every respect | |
320127328 | abdicate | to give up power | |
320127329 | abnegate | deny or renounce | |
320127330 | absolve | to clear from blame, responsibility, or guilt | |
320127331 | adhere | stick to firmly | |
320127332 | affront | to insult or to offend deliberately | |
320127333 | aggregate | gather in a mass, sum, or whole | |
320127334 | alliteration | use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse | |
320127335 | allusion | a reference to another work of literature, person, or event | |
320127336 | altercation | noisy quarrel | |
320127337 | anaphora | repetition of a word or phrase as the beginning of successive clauses | |
320127338 | anecdote | short account of event | |
320127339 | antagonist | the character who works against the protagonist in the story | |
320127340 | antecedent | someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) |
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