14339889800 | abbreviate (v) | to make briefer | 0 | |
14339891772 | Abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable | 1 | |
14339892698 | Acrimony | anger and bitterness: harsh or biting sharpness especially of words, manner, or feelings | 2 | |
14339894497 | Adulation | excessive or slavish admiration or flattery | 3 | |
14339900231 | Adversity | a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune | 4 | |
14339901986 | Aesthetic (adj) | of, relating to, or dealing with aesthetics or the beautiful | 5 | |
14339907529 | Amicable (adj) | characterized by friendly goodwill | 6 | |
14339909335 | Anachronistic (adj) | an error in chronology | 7 | |
14339912172 | Anecdote (n) | a usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident | 8 | |
14339913290 | Anonymous (adj) | of unknown authorship or origin | 9 | |
14339914717 | Antagonist (n) | one that contends with or opposes another | 10 | |
14339916539 | Antidote (n) | a remedy to counteract the effects of poison | 11 | |
14339918885 | Arid (adj) | excessively dry | 12 | |
14339919010 | Assiduous (adj) | showing great care, attention, and effort | 13 | |
14339921588 | Asylum (n) | an inviolable place of refuge and protection giving shelter to criminals and debtors | 14 | |
14339931496 | Benevolent (adj) | marked by or disposed to doing good | 15 | |
14339937471 | Brusque (adj) | markedly short and abrupt | 16 | |
14339938857 | Cacophony (n) | harsh or jarring sound | 17 | |
14339940336 | Camaraderie (n) | a spirit of friendly good-fellowship | 18 | |
14339941499 | Capacious (adj) | containing or capable of containing a great deal | 19 | |
14339942656 | Caustic (adj) | capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action | 20 | |
14339944431 | Censure (v) | a judgment involving condemnation | 21 | |
14339945121 | Circuitous (adj) | having a circular or winding course | 22 | |
14339946477 | Clairvoyant (adj) | able to see beyond the range of ordinary perception | 23 | |
14339951550 | Cogent (adj) | appealing forcibly to the mind or reason | 24 | |
14339954224 | Collaborate (v) | to work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor | 25 | |
14339955413 | Compassion (n) | sympathetic consciousness of others' distresses together with a desire to alleviate it | 26 | |
14339956506 | Compromise (v) | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions | 27 | |
14339957845 | Condescending (adj) | showing or characterized by a patronizing or superior attitude toward others | 28 | |
14339958808 | Conditional (n) | a conditional word, clause, verb form, or morpheme | 29 | |
14339961713 | Conformist (n) | one who conforms: a person who behaves in accordance with prevailing standards or customs and typically dislikes or avoids unconventional behavior | 30 | |
14339962358 | Congregation (n) | an assembly of persons | 31 | |
14339967045 | Convergence (adj) | the act of converging and especially moving toward union or uniformity | 32 | |
14339971292 | deleterious (adj) | harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way | 33 | |
14339972930 | demagogue (n) | a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power | 34 | |
14339974082 | dichotomy (n) | a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities | 35 | |
14339975645 | digression (n) | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought | 36 | |
14339976454 | diligent (adj) | characterized by steady, earnest, and energetic effort | 37 | |
14339980662 | discredit (v) | to refuse to accept as true or accurate | 38 | |
14339987132 | disdain (v) | to look on with scorn | 39 | |
14339988405 | divergent (adj) | moving or extending in different directions from a common point: diverging from each other | 40 | |
14340442780 | empathy (n) | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner | 41 | |
14340442781 | emulate (v) | to strive to equal or excel | 42 | |
14340445378 | enervating (adj) | lacking physical, mental, or moral vigor | 43 | |
14340446207 | enhance (v) | to increase or improve in value, quality, desirability, or attractiveness | 44 | |
14340448361 | ephemeral (adj) | a typical or ideal example | 45 | |
14340468393 | epitome (n) | a typical or ideal example | 46 | |
14340456609 | esoteric (adj) | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone | 47 | |
14340456610 | evanescent (adj) | tending to vanish like vapor | 48 | |
14340467615 | exasperation (n) | the state of being exasperated | 49 | |
14340471961 | exemplary (adj) | deserving imitation | 50 | |
14340473069 | extenuating (adj) | tending to lessen the real or apparent seriousness of something (such as a crime, offense, or fault) | 51 | |
14340482902 | finagle (v) | to obtain by indirect or involved means | 52 | |
14340489724 | florid (adj) | very flowery in style | 53 | |
14340493755 | fortuitous (adj) | occurring by chance | 54 | |
14340495406 | frugal (adj) | characterized by or reflecting economy in the use of resources | 55 | |
14340500329 | glib (adj) | marked by ease and informality | 56 | |
14340501362 | hackneyed (adj) | lacking in freshness or originality | 57 | |
14340503510 | haughty (adj) | blatantly and disdainfully proud | 58 | |
14340506515 | hedonist (n) | a person who is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure | 59 | |
14340507775 | hypothesis (n) | a tentative assumption made in order to draw out and test its logical or empirical | 60 | |
14340508936 | idiosyncratic (adj) | a peculiarity of constitution or temperament | 61 | |
14340514372 | impetuous (adj) impute (v) | marked by impulsive vehemence or passion to lay the responsibility or blame for (something) often falsely or unjustly | 62 | |
14340515730 | incompletable (adj) | impossible to finish or bring to completion | 63 | |
14340576029 | inconsequential (adj) | of no significance | 64 | |
14340578156 | inevitable (adj) | incapable of being avoided or evaded | 65 | |
14340579536 | insidious (adj) | having a gradual and cumulative effect | 66 | |
14340589520 | integrity (n) | firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values | 67 | |
14340591815 | intrepid (adj) | characterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance | 68 | |
14340593032 | intuitive (adj) | readily learned or understood | 69 | |
14340594027 | jubilation (n) | an act of rejoicing | 70 | |
14340594815 | lackadaisical (adj) | lacking life, spirit, or zest | 71 | |
14340595388 | litany (n) | a resonant or repetitive chant | 72 | |
14340597403 | lobbyist (n) | one who conducts activities aimed at influencing or swaying public officials and especially members of a legislative body on legislation | 73 | |
14340601287 | longevity (n) | a long duration of individual life | 74 | |
14340602930 | lurid (adj) | causing horror or revulsion | 75 | |
14340604044 | malaise (n) | lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of an illness | 76 | |
14340604626 | maudlin (adj) | drunk enough to be emotionally silly | 77 | |
14340605812 | mundane (adj) | of, relating to, or characteristic of the world | 78 | |
14340607734 | nonchalant (adj) | having an air of easy unconcern or indifference | 79 | |
14340609033 | non sequitur | an inference that does not follow from the premises | 80 | |
14340609646 | obsequious (adj) | marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness | 81 | |
14340612452 | opulent (adj) | having a large estate or property | 82 | |
14340613703 | orator (n) | one who delivers an oration | 83 | |
14340617250 | ostentatious (adj) | attracting or seeking to attract attention, admiration, or envy often by gaudiness or obviousness | 84 | |
14340619892 | parched (adj) | deprived of natural moisture | 85 | |
14340626434 | peevish (adj) | querulous in temperament or mood | 86 | |
14340627849 | perfidious (adj) | of, relating to, or characterized by perfidy | 87 | |
14340629134 | perfunctory (adj) | characterized by routine or superficiality | 88 | |
14340630872 | precocious (adj) | exhibiting mature qualities at an unusually early age | 89 | |
14340658003 | pretentious (adj) | making usually unjustified or excessive claims (as of value or standing) | 90 | |
14340668653 | procrastinate (v) | to put off intentionally and habitually | 91 | |
14340669321 | prosaic (adj) | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry | 92 | |
14340670775 | prosperity (n) | the condition of being successful or thriving | 93 | |
14340671900 | provocative (adj) | serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate | 94 | |
14340672745 | prudent (adj) | characterized by, arising from, or showing prudence | 95 | |
14340674355 | querulous (adj) | habitually complaining | 96 | |
14340675103 | rancorous (adj) | deeply malevolent | 97 | |
14340675860 | reclusive (adj) | seeking solitude | 98 | |
14340678443 | reconciliation (n) | the action of reconciling: the state of being reconciled | 99 | |
14340680160 | renovation (n) | to restore to a former better state (as by cleaning, repairing, or rebuilding | 100 | |
14340681973 | revel (v) | to take part in a revel | 101 | |
14340683378 | resilient (adj) | characterized or marked by resilience: capable of withstanding shock without permanent deformation or rupture | 102 | |
14340684936 | restrained (adj) | marked by restraint: not excessive or extravagant | 103 | |
14340687673 | reverence (n) | honor or respect felt or shown | 104 | |
14340693763 | sagacity (n) | the quality of being sagacious | 105 | |
14340695136 | scrutinize (v) | to examine closely and minutely | 106 | |
14340699132 | spontaneity (n) | the quality or state of being spontaneous | 107 | |
14340709798 | spurious (adj) | outwardly similar or corresponding to something without having its genuine qualities | 108 | |
14340709799 | submissive (adj) | submitting to others | 109 | |
14340709800 | substantiate (v) | to establish by proof or competent evidence | 110 | |
14340711957 | subtle (adj) | hard to detect or describe | 111 | |
14340713010 | superficial (adj) | of, relating to, or located near a surface | 112 | |
14340714001 | superfluous (adj) | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary | 113 | |
14340716874 | suppress (v) | to put down by authority or force | 114 | |
14340717564 | surreptitious (adj) | acting or doing something clandestinely | 115 | |
14340718654 | tactful (adj) | having or showing tact | 116 | |
14340725080 | tenacious (adj) | not easily pulled apart | 117 | |
14340733484 | transient (adj) | passing through or by a place with only a brief stay | 118 | |
14340734353 | ubiquitous (adj) | existing or being everywhere at the same time | 119 | |
14340735756 | venerable (adj) | calling forth respect through age | 120 | |
14340736702 | vile (adj) | morally despicable or abhorrent | 121 | |
14340738411 | vicarious (n) | pleasure or feeling is experienced by watching, listening to, or reading about other people doing something, rather than by doing it yourself | 122 | |
14340740996 | vindicate (v) | to free from allegation or blame | 123 | |
14340742821 | wary (adj) | marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger | 124 |
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