13253007657 | adept | Carson is adept juggler who can easily manager four balls in the air without dropping one. | 0 | |
13253007658 | admonish | I hope my boss does not admonish me for being late. | 1 | |
13253007659 | admonition | After the storm, the city issued a stern admonition to residents who needed to avoid flooded areas. | 2 | |
13253007660 | ambiguous | Because his driving directions are ambiguous, I use my trusty GPS. | 3 | |
13253007661 | apocalyptic | The most reasonably feared apocalyptic event in most of the world is the idea of a giant meteor hitting the Earth. | 4 | |
13253007662 | apocryphal | Even though people know the apocryphal account of the shipwreck is false, they still tell the tale over and over again. | 5 | |
13253007663 | appellation | Only a few people are allowed to call William by the appellation of Bill. | 6 | |
13253007664 | archetype | When vampire books became popular, many authors tried to imitate the archetype of the most successful novel. | 7 | |
13253007665 | artifice | As soon as the detectives discover the artifice the kidnapper used to lure his victim, they will have a lead on the criminal's identity. | 8 | |
13253007666 | ascertain | From looking at Monica's grim face, I was able to ascertain she was in emotional distress. | 9 | |
13253007667 | assiduous | The assiduous students chose to work on their term paper instead of going out to play. | 10 | |
13253007668 | baize | I wish I was well enough to play you a tune and he looked wistfully towards the corner where stood the old organ, baize-covered, the baize in tatters. | 11 | |
13253007669 | base | The recent shooter in the killing of 50 muslims in New Zealand was nothing more than a street punk with many base characteristics. | 12 | |
13253007670 | bastion | While the library was once a bastion of knowledge through reading, today many libraries spend the majority of their funds on electronic resources. | 13 | |
13253007671 | berate | As the director started to berate the cast for the hundredth time, several of the lead actors walked out. | 14 | |
13253007672 | bourgeoisie | "By 1900, shutterbugs in plush urban parks in Buenos Aires and Mexico City were continually exploring spaces of leisure for the new bourgeoisie." | 15 | |
13253007673 | calumny | The editor refused to publish the calumny that could possibly destroy the politician's career. | 16 | |
13253007674 | cant | Most patients are unversed in medical cant so they ask their physicians to speak in layman's terms. | 17 | |
13253007675 | censure | The pharmacy board will censure the pharmacist for not properly monitoring his drug supply. | 18 | |
13253007676 | charismatic | Bernie was a charismatic man who found it easy to con people out of their savings. | 19 | |
13253007677 | chink | It could be said that the chink in Othello's armor was jealousy and coupled with his gullibility he was doomed for disaster. | 20 | |
13253007678 | coarse | The coarse young man was not sure which fork to use during the appetizer portion of the meal. | 21 | |
13253007679 | confute | Certain that she could find evidence, the young lawyer set out to confute the witness's story against her client. | 22 | |
13253007680 | connoisseur | Louis is a connoisseur of fine art and rarely misses an exhibit at the art museum. | 23 | |
13253007681 | corporeal | On the television show, the angels assume corporeal shapes to blend in with the humans. | 24 | |
13253007682 | decorous | If the students do not act decorous at the dance, they will be asked to leave. | 25 | |
13253007683 | decry | The liberal news media is constantly trying to decry the efforts of the country's conservative president. | 26 | |
13253007684 | defer | The doctor has decided to defer the surgery until my father's health improves. | 27 | |
13253007685 | deliquesce | Because the ground is too warm, the snow will deliquesce as soon as it hits the ground. | 28 | |
13253186097 | acuity | In order for my daughter to get into the school's gifted program, she had to take a mental acuity test. | 29 |
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