9482016144 | anomaly | deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule | 0 | |
9482016145 | antipathy | a feeling of intense dislike; hatred or aversion | 1 | |
9482016146 | assiduous | marked by care and persistent effort | 2 | |
9482016147 | bucolic | idyllically rustic (used with regard to idealized country life) | 3 | |
9482016148 | meme | things, images passed frequently between people on the internet; an idea or value or pattern of behavior that is passed from one person to another through imitation | 4 | |
9482016149 | nihilistic | a belief in nothing or nothingness; the belief that human life is without meaning | 5 | |
9482016150 | plangent | loud and resounding; loud, deep, and mournful | 6 | |
9482016151 | pulchritudinous | having great physical beauty; used of persons only | 7 | |
9482016152 | trepidation | a feeling of alarm or dread; fear | 8 | |
9482016153 | vitriolic | harsh or corrosive in tone | 9 | |
9482016154 | abrogate | revoke formally | 10 | |
9482016155 | belie | be in contradiction with | 11 | |
9482016156 | bellicose | having or showing a ready disposition to fight | 12 | |
9482016157 | circumlocution | an indirect way of expressing something | 13 | |
9482016158 | feckless | generally incompetent and ineffectual | 14 | |
9482016159 | hubris | overbearing pride or presumption | 15 | |
9482016160 | iconoclast | someone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional institutions | 16 | |
9482016161 | incontrovertible | impossible to deny or disprove | 17 | |
9482016162 | insipid | lacking interest or significance or impact | 18 | |
9482016163 | vicissitude | a variation in circumstances or fortune at different times in your life or in the development of something | 19 | |
9482016164 | austerity | the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures) | 20 | |
9482016165 | bathetic | effusively or insincerely emotional | 21 | |
9482016166 | blithe | carefree and happy and lighthearted | 22 | |
9482016167 | convivial | occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company | 23 | |
9482016168 | dystopian | nightmarish; grim; opposite of utopian | 24 | |
9482016169 | fractious | easily irritated or annoyed | 25 | |
9482016170 | gaffe | a socially awkward or tactless act | 26 | |
9482016171 | mercurial | liable to sudden unpredictable change | 27 | |
9482016172 | pretentious | making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction | 28 | |
9482016173 | pusillanimous | lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful | 29 | |
9482016175 | acme | the highest point, stage, or level; the peak | 30 | |
9482016176 | dissemble | to hide under a false appearance; to deceive by pretending | 31 | |
9482016177 | espouse | to proclaim and live according to specific beliefs, ideas, or theories | 32 | |
9482016178 | expiate | to make amends for; to atone for wrongs committed | 33 | |
9482016179 | impertinent | improperly forward or bold; behaving without proper respect | 34 | |
9482016180 | perspicacious | wise and insightful; having keen vision and good judgment | 35 | |
9482016181 | proclivity | a natural tendency or inclination to like something | 36 | |
9482016182 | reprobate | a person without moral principles | 37 | |
9482016183 | urbane | sophisticated, having worldly knowledge and refinement | 38 | |
9482016184 | vestige | a trace or reminder or sign; an indication of something that has been present | 39 |
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