14975197441 | colloquial (adj) | conversational, used in informal speech; idiomatic | 0 | |
14975197442 | corroborate (v) | to support w/ evidence; to strengthen, confirm, or substantiate (in terms of an argument or testimony) | 1 | |
14975197443 | tryst (n) | a secret meeting of lovers; a rendezvous | 2 | |
14975197444 | laconic (adj) | unwilling or unlikely to talk or communicate; silent; brief in speech, using very little words | 3 | |
14975197445 | extol (v) | to praise highly; to exalt or admire | 4 | |
14975197446 | faction (n) | a group, or part of a large group, united on one issue. | 5 | |
14975197447 | abdicate (v) | to relinquish (a high office, power or responsibility) formally, as in king stepping down; to resign | 6 | |
14975197448 | imp (n) | a mischievous child; a small demon | 7 | |
14975197449 | absolve (v) | to pronounce clear of guilt or blame; to relieve of a requirement/obligation; to pardon or remit (a sin) | 8 | |
14975197450 | nepotism (n) | showing a bias or partiality to friends/family, esp. in regards to politicians granting jobs, contracts, or favors | 9 | |
14975197451 | tony (adj) | marked by an elegant or exclusive manner or quality fashionable, trendy, aristocratic | 10 | |
14975197452 | impugn (v) | to attack as false or questionable; to challenge in argument (as in a person's testimony or reputation) | 11 | |
14975197453 | coy (adj) | affectedly and usually flirtatiously shy or modest; shy, but in an insincere or feigned way; annoyingly unwilling to make a commitment | 12 | |
14975197454 | simpering (adj) | smiling in a silly, self-conscious, and often coy manner | 13 | |
14975197455 | evince (v) | to show, demonstrate, or reveal clearly; to manifest | 14 | |
14975197456 | ruminate (v) | to turn a matter over and over in the mind: to muse upon; to ponder or reflect | 15 | |
14975197457 | replenish (v) | to refill or resupply | 16 | |
14975197458 | immutable (adj) | something that is unchangeable; permanent | 17 | |
14975197459 | juxtapose (v) | to place side by side, esp. for comparison or contrast; to put adjacent to | 18 | |
14975197460 | nonplus (v) | to put at a loss as to think, say, or do; to bewilder, perplex, confuse or befuddle | 19 | |
14975197461 | reproof (n) | a rebuke or reprimand | 20 | |
14975197462 | evanescent (adj) | vanishing or likely to disappear like vapor; fleeting, transitory, momentary | 21 | |
14975197463 | reprove (v) | to voice or convey disapproval of; to rebuke; to find fault with | 22 | |
14975197464 | stratagem (n) | a trick or deceptive scheme; a ruse, wile or ploy | 23 | |
14975197465 | herald (v) | to proclaim or announce formally; to hail or greet; to signal | 24 | |
14975197466 | herald (n) | a messenger or courier; one who delivers important news or gives a sign or indication of something to come; a harbinger | 25 | |
14975197467 | gamin (n) | an often homeless boy who roams about the streets | 26 | |
14975197468 | gamine (n) | a slim girl w/ an impish charm; a waif; a street urchin | 27 | |
14975197469 | antithesis (n) | direct contrast; opposition; exact opposite; converse; reverse | 28 | |
14975197470 | antithetical (adj) | of, relating to, or marked by antithesis; in direct contrast to; being in diametrical opposition followed by "to" | 29 | |
14975197471 | brook (v) | to tolerate or put up with something; to allow (used in the negative) | 30 | |
14975197472 | brook (n) | a creek | 31 | |
14975197473 | winsome (adj) | charming or winning, often childlike or naive way; sweetly engaging, pleasant, endearing | 32 | |
14975197474 | pedantic (adj) | characterized by a narrow, often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules; academic, bookish, scholaristic | 33 | |
14975197475 | pique (v) | to cause to feel resentment or indignation; to rile, to provoke or arouse (interest or curiosity) | 34 | |
14975197476 | pique (n) | a state of vexation caused by a perceived slight or indignity; a feeling of wounded pride | 35 | |
14975197477 | penurious (adj) | unwilling to spend money; stingy; yielding little; barren | 36 | |
14975197478 | onus (n) | burden, blame, obligation; an undesirable duty or responsibility | 37 | |
14975197479 | onerous (adj) | burdensome, oppressive, troublesome; in law, involving obligations that exceed advantages | 38 | |
14975197480 | penury (n) | extreme poverty; a state of destitution or neediness | 39 | |
14975197481 | penurious (adj) | unwilling to spend money; stingy; yielding little; barren | 40 | |
14975197482 | scotch (v) | to put an end to; to stop or finish; to terminate or discontinue | 41 | |
14975197483 | comport (v) (tr.) | to conduct or behave oneself in a particular manner | 42 | |
14975197484 | comport (v) (intr) | to agree, correspond, or harmonize with | 43 | |
14975197485 | comportment (n) | bearing, behavior, deportment | 44 | |
14975197486 | aphorism (n) | a wise saying; a maxim or adage | 45 | |
14975197487 | invoke (v) | to call on (a higher power) for assistance, support, or inspiration; to appeal to or cite in support or justification; to call for earnestly, to summon with incantations, to conjure | 46 | |
14975197488 | tonic (n) | a refreshing drink; an invigorating, refreshing, or restorative agent or influence; a stimulant or boost | 47 | |
14975197489 | oust (v) | to eject, banish, or exp | 48 | |
14975197495 | vice (n) | 49 | ||
14975197490 | vice (prefix) | one who acts in the place of another; deputy | 50 | |
14975197491 | saccharine (adj) | excessively sweet; sugary; cloyingly sweet in attitude, tone, or character | 51 | |
14975197492 | incise (v) | to cut into, as with a sharp instrument; to engrave (designs) into | 52 | |
14975197493 | incisive (adj) | penetrating, clear, and share, as in operation or expression; keen and forceful in regards to thought, expression or intellect; trenchant (as in an incisive mind or incisive comments) | 53 | |
14975197494 | odious (adj) | arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure; hateful, evil, vile, detestable, loathsome | 54 |
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