8980601754 | ablution | cleansing the body as part of a religious ceremony | 0 | |
8980603881 | aberration | a departure from the typical or expected course | 1 | |
8980611087 | confederate | united with others for a common purpose | 2 | |
8980613005 | petulant | irritable or cranky; childishly sulky; ill-tempered | 3 | |
8980619879 | pecuniary | relating to money | 4 | |
8980621989 | entreated | begged; pleaded | 5 | |
8980622003 | feigned | pretended; faked | 6 | |
8980625691 | empirical | describes information gained through observation or experience (in other words, it's based on evidence that is observable through the five sense) | 7 | |
8980640884 | subsist | to remain alive; sustain | 8 | |
8980643998 | traversed | moved over, across or through | 9 | |
8980650182 | dispatched | sent off on a specific assignment [or, to kill with quick efficiency] | 10 | |
8980656112 | loathsome | hateful; detestable | 11 | |
8980658252 | copius | plentiful; abundant; bountiful | 12 | |
8980664562 | improvident | short-sighted; careless | 13 | |
8980667853 | pacify | to calm or soothe; mollify | 14 | |
8980669532 | querulous | irritable; habitually complaining or whining | 15 | |
8980673071 | hedonist | pleasure seeker (pleasure/happiness=the chief concern in life) | 16 | |
8980679131 | assiduous | hard-working; diligent | 17 | |
8980680989 | pernicious | highly injurious or destructive; deleterious | 18 | |
8980685598 | pilfer | to steal (often implies a small amount of something) | 19 | |
8980688473 | esoteric | hard to understand; not known | 20 | |
8980690196 | acrimony | harsh or biting sharpness of words, manner, or disposition | 21 | |
8980699968 | mollify | to soothe; calm | 22 | |
8980703086 | abstemious | sparing in eating or drinking | 23 | |
8980705186 | sundry | various; different; assorted; varied | 24 | |
8980707420 | respite | internal of relief; a rest or break | 25 | |
8980709269 | manifold | in many ways; of many kinds; multiple; of many features or forms | 26 | |
8980715445 | erudite | scholarly, learned | 27 | |
8980718226 | omnipotent | all powerful; having unlimited force or authority | 28 | |
8980721800 | ineffable | incapable of being expressed; indescribable; indefinable | 29 | |
8980727927 | dolorous | sad; mournful | 30 | |
8980730468 | nefarious | very wicked | 31 | |
8980730469 | capricious | unpredictable; subject to whim; impulsive | 32 | |
8980735282 | torpor | lethargy; inactivity | 33 | |
8980737364 | foppery | foolishness as related to extravagance, especially in manner or dress | 34 | |
8980742007 | felicity | happiness; bliss; felicitious 35 | | |
8980748765 | germane | being both pertinent and fitting; relating to; cogent | 36 | |
8980752717 | prosaic | lacking imagination, wit, or spirit; dull; pedestrian | 37 | |
8980765271 | inane | silly; lacking sense or substance | 38 | |
8980769855 | impregnable | invulnerable; invincible | 39 | |
8980773063 | inalienable | not to be taken away or transferred to another | 40 | |
8980775863 | perfidy | betrayal of trust; treachery; faithfulness | 41 | |
8980781761 | acquiesce | to agree without protest; to accept; to comply | 42 | |
8980785048 | odious | detestable; offensive or repugnant; arousing strong dislike | 43 | |
8980791225 | excoriate | to strip the skin from; to denounce vehemently | 44 | |
8980794994 | magnanimity | the ability to rise above pettiness or meanness; generosity of spirit | 45 | |
8980800241 | infidel | a person who holds no religious beliefs; heathen | 46 | |
8980805100 | placid | tranquil; calm; peaceful | 47 | |
8980807060 | misnomer | a misapplied name or designation | 48 | |
8980810346 | celestial | of the sky or heavens | 49 | |
8980812335 | refulgent | radiant; shining; brilliant; gleaming | 50 | |
8980816608 | propitious | favorably inclined or disposed; indicating favorable conditions | 51 | |
8980820355 | insidious | deceitful; secretly treacherous | 52 | |
8980822937 | vitriolic | bitterly scathing; caustic; acerbic; harsh or corrosive in tone; acrimonious | 53 | |
8980831353 | infallible | unable to be wrong | 54 | |
8980834461 | laud | to praise | 55 | |
8980836389 | transient | momentary; fleeting; remaining only a brief time | 56 | |
8980839341 | posterity | all succeeding generations | 57 | |
8980840919 | manifest | evident; obvious; clear | 58 | |
8980848399 | incorrigible | incapable of being reformed | 59 | |
8980849766 | asylum | a place of refuge | 60 | |
8980853780 | lugubrious | especially mournful or dismal (sometimes to a ludicrous degree) | 61 | |
8980891900 | extort | to obtain by threat or violence | 62 | |
8980895764 | ostentation | a boastful display (usually of wealth) | 63 | |
8980901159 | parsimony | excessive frugality; stinginess | 64 | |
8980905654 | platitude | an overused and trite remark | 65 | |
8980908857 | sublime | noble; inspiring awe because of its beauty or grandeur; of high worth; unparalleled; supreme | 66 | |
8980916129 | pariah | social outcast | 67 | |
8980918500 | jocularity | joking good humor | 68 | |
8980920203 | partisan | one-sided | 69 | |
8980921812 | insipid | dull; lacking flavor | 70 | |
8980924179 | tremulous | affected with trembling, as caused by nervousness; fearful; timid | 71 | |
8980931108 | draconian | excessivley harsh and severe (usually of laws & their application) | 72 | |
8980938712 | epitaph | an inscription on a tombstone or grave marker | 73 | |
8980947352 | degenerate | having lost the physical, mental, or moral qualities considered normal and desirable; showing evidence of decline | 74 | |
8980958062 | mercurial | prone to rapid & unpredictable changes of mood; fickle | 75 | |
8980986123 | paucity | a lack of; scarcity | 76 | |
8980987609 | guile | craftiness; deceit; cunning duplicity | 77 | |
8980993148 | loquacious | very talkative; garrulous | 78 | |
8980995179 | arcane | secret; obscure; known only to a few | 79 | |
8980998311 | salient | standing out from the rest; prominent; notable | 80 | |
8981007887 | malfeasance | wrongdoing or misconduct especially by a public official | 81 | |
8981010386 | contrition | remorse for having done wrong | 82 |
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