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| 14907100854 | Approbation | (n.) the expression or approval of favorable opinion, praise; official approval. synonyms: sanction antonyms: disapproval, condemnation, censure | 0 | |
| 14907111173 | Assuage | (v.) to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench. synonyms: mitigate, slake, allay antonyms: intensify, aggravate, exacerbate | 1 | |
| 14907120014 | Coalition | (n.) a combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose. synonyms: alliance, league, federation, combine antonyms: splinter group | 2 | |
| 14907134955 | Decadence | (n.) decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence. synonyms: degeneration, corruption antonyms: rise, growth, maturation | 3 | |
| 14907146620 | Elicit | (v.) to draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person). synonyms: evoke, extract, educe antonyms: repress, quash, squelch, stifle | 4 | |
| 14907155768 | Expostulate | (v.) to attempt to dissuade someone from some course of decision by earnest reasoning. synonyms: protest, remonstrate, complain | 5 | |
| 14907165165 | Hackneyed | (adj.) used so often as to lack freshness or originality synonyms: banal, trite, commonplace, corny antonyms new, fresh, novel, original | 6 | |
| 14907173749 | Hiatus | (n.) a gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing). synonyms: pause, lacuna antonyms: continuity, continuation | 7 | |
| 14907180227 | Innuendo | (n.) a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense). synonyms: insinuation, intimation antonym: direct statement | 8 | |
| 14907191857 | Intercede | (v.) to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement. synonyms: intervene, mediate | 9 | |
| 14907199199 | Jaded | (adj.) wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence). synonyms: sated, surfeited, cloyed antonyms: unspoiled, uncloyed | 10 | |
| 14907213906 | Lurid | (adj.) causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint. synonyms: gruesome, gory, grisly, baleful, ghastly antonyms: pleasant, attractive, appealing, wholesome | 11 | |
| 14907225957 | Meritorious | (adj.) worthy, deserving recognition and praise. synonyms: praiseworthy, laudable, commendable antonyms: blameworthy, reprehensible | 12 | |
| 14979649367 | Petulant | (adj.) peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset. synonyms: irritable, testy, waspish antonyms: amiable, placid | 13 | |
| 14979656546 | Prerogative | (n.) a special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence. synonyms: perquisite, perk | 14 | |
| 14979584779 | Unctuous | (adj.) excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty, oily; pliable. synonyms: mealymouthed, fawning, greasy antonyms: gruff, blunt | 15 | |
| 14979593233 | Umbrage | (n.) shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment; a vague suspicion. synonyms: irritation, pique antonyms: pleasure, delight, satisfaction | 16 | |
| 14979619470 | Provincial | (adj.) pertaining to an outlying area; local; narrow in mind or outlook, countrified in the sense of being limited and backward; of a simple, plain design that originated in the countryside... (n.) a person with a narrow point of view; a person from an outlying area; a soldier from a province or colony. synonyms (adj.): narrow-minded, parochial, insular, naive antonyms: cosmopolitan, broad-minded | 17 | |
| 14979605743 | Transcend | (v.) to rise above or beyond, exceed. synonyms: surpass, outstrip | 18 | |
| 14979611300 | Simulate | (v.) to make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of. synonyms: pretend, affect | 19 | |
| 15020431789 | Ameliorate | (v.) to improve, to make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming. synonyms: amend, better antonyms: worsen, aggravate, exacerbate | 20 | |
| 15020444023 | Aplomb | (n.) poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity synonyms: composure, self-possession, levelheadedness antonyms: confusion, embarrassment, abashment | 21 | |
| 15020454860 | Bombastic | (adj.) pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas. synonyms: inflated, highfalutin, pretentious antonyms: unadorned, simple, plain, austere | 22 | |
| 15020469309 | Callow | (adj.) without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise, without feathers. synonyms: green, raw, unfledged, inexperienced antonyms: mature, grown-up, polished, sophisticated | 23 | |
| 15020483461 | Drivel | (n.) saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense... (v.) to let saliva flow from the mouth; to utter nonsense or childish twaddle; to waste or fritter away foolishly. synonyms (n.): balderdash, tommyrot; (v.): slaver | 24 | |
| 15020502695 | Epitome | (n.) a summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality. synonyms: abstract, digest, archetype | 25 | |
| 15020510180 | Exhort | (v.) to urge strongly, advise earnestly synonyms: entreat, implore, adjure antonyms: discourage, advise against, deprecate | 26 | |
| 15020516780 | Ex officio | (adj., adv.) by virtue of holding a certain office | 27 | |
| 15020521941 | Infringe | (v.) to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds. synonyms: encroach, impinge, intrude antonyms: stay in bounds, comply | 28 | |
| 15020532015 | Ingratiate | (v.) to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others (sometimes used in a critical or derogatory sense). synonyms: cozy up to, curry favor with antonyms: humiliate oneself | 29 | |
| 15020547795 | Interloper | (n.) one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder. synonyms: trespasser, meddler, buttinsky | 30 | |
| 15020571578 | Intrinsic | (adj.) belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part. synonyms: immanent, organic antonyms: extrinsic, external, outward | 31 | |
| 15020629530 | Inveigh | (v.) to make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval synonyms: harangue, remonstrate antonyms: acclaim, glorify, extol | 32 | |
| 15020641666 | lassitude | (n.) weariness of body or mind, lack of energy. synonyms: fatigue, lethargy, torpor, languor antonyms: energy, vitality, animation, liveliness | 33 | |
| 15020658186 | Millennium (pl. Millennia) | (n.) a period of one thousand years; a period of great joy. synonyms: chiliad, golden age antonyms: doomsday | 34 | |
| 15020665159 | Occult | (adj.) secret, hidden from view; not delectable by ordinary means; mysterious, magical, uncanny... (v.) to hide, cover up; eclipse... (n.) matters involving the supernatural. synonyms (adj.): esoteric, abstruse, arcane antonyms (adj.): mundane, common, public, exoteric | 35 | |
| 15020703551 | Permeate | (v.) to spread through, penetrate, soak through | 36 | |
| 15020733122 | Precipitate | (v.) to fall as moisture; to bring about suddenly; to hurl down from a great height; to give distinct form to... (adj.) characterized by excessive hate... (n.) moisture; the product of an action or process. synonyms (v.): provoke, produce; (adj.): reckless, impetuous antonyms (adj.): wary, circumspect | 37 | |
| 15020706265 | Surmise | (v.) to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess... (n.) likely idea that lacks definite proof. synonyms (v.): infer, gather; (n.) inference, presumption | 38 | |
| 15020719975 | Stringent | (adj.) strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste. synonyms: stern, rigorous, tough, urgent antonyms: lenient, mild, lax, permissive | 39 | |
| 15139976931 | Abominate | (v.) to have an intense dislike or hatred for. synonyms: loathe, abhor, despise, detest antonyms: relish, savor, esteem | 40 | |
| 15139986433 | Acculturation | (n.) the modification of the social patterns, traits, or structures of one group or society by contact with those of another; the resultant blend. synonyms: adaptation | 41 | |
| 15140000674 | Adventitious | (adj.) resulting from chance rather than from an inherent cause or character; accidental, not essential; (medicine) acquired, not congenital. synonyms: extrinsic, incidental, fortuitous antonyms: essential, intrinsic, inherent, congenital | 42 | |
| 15140021682 | Ascribe | (v.) to assign or refer to (as a cause or source), attribute. synonyms: impute, credit | 43 | |
| 15140029291 | Circuitous | (adj.) roundabout, not direct. synonyms: indirect, meandering, winding antonyms: straight, direct, as the crow flies | 44 | |
| 15140039432 | Commiserate | (v.) to sympathize with, have pity or sorrow for, share a feeling of distress. synonyms: feel sorry for, empathize antonyms: feel no sympathy for | 45 | |
| 15140051545 | Enjoin | (v.) to direct or order; to prescribe a course of action in an authoritative way; to prohibit. synonyms: bid, charge, adjure antonyms: allow, permit | 46 | |
| 15140063719 | Expedite | (v.) to make easy, cause to progress faster. synonyms: accelerate, facilitate, speed up antonyms: hinder, hamper, impede, obstruct | 47 | |
| 15140249444 | Expiate | (v.) to make amends, make up for; to avert. synonyms: redeem, make amends for, make reparation | 48 | |
| 15140080693 | Ferment | (n.) a state of great excitement, agitation, or turbulence... (v.) to be in or work into such a state; to produce alcohol by chemical action. synonyms (n.): commotion, turmoil, unrest antonyms (n.): peace and quiet, tranquility, placidity | 49 | |
| 15140109086 | Inadvertent | (adj.) resulting from or marked by lack of attention; unintentional, accidental. synonyms: accidental antonyms: deliberate, intentional | 50 | |
| 15140117550 | Nominal | (adj.) existing in name only, not real; too small to be considered or taken seriously. synonyms: titular, inconsequential antonyms: actual, exorbitant | 51 | |
| 15140126251 | Noncommittal | (adj.) not decisive or definite; unwilling to take a clear position. synonyms: cagey, uninformative, playing it safe, playing it close to the vest antonyms: positive, definite, committed | 52 | |
| 15140137786 | Peculate | (v.) to steal something that has been given into one's trust; to take improperly for one's own use. synonyms: defraud, misappropriate | 53 | |
| 15140144474 | Proclivity | (n.) a natural or habitual inclination or tendency (especially of human character or behavior). synonyms: penchant, propensity antonyms: inability, incapacity | 54 | |
| 15140155356 | Sangfroid | (n.) composure or coolness, especially in trying circumstances. synonyms: poise, self-assurance, equanimity antonyms: excitability, hysteria, flappability | 55 | |
| 15140170861 | Seditious | (adj.) resistant to lawful authority; having the purpose of overthrowing an established government. synonyms: mutinous, rebellious, subversive antonyms: supportive, faithful, allegiant | 56 | |
| 15140189963 | Tenuous | (adj.) thin, slender, not dense; lacking clarity or sharpness; of slight importance; lacking a sound basis, poorly supported. synonyms: flimsy, insubstantial, vague, hazy antonyms: strong, solid, substantial, valid | 57 | |
| 15140200969 | Vitriolic | (adj.) bitter, sarcastic; highly caustic or biting (like a strong acid). synonyms: withering, acerbic, mordant antonyms: bland, saccharine, honeyed, sugary | 58 | |
| 15140228685 | Wheedle | (v.) to use coaxing or flattery to gain some desired end. synonyms: inveigle, soft-soap, sweet-talk antonyms: coerce, browbeat, intimidate, strong-arm. | 59 |
