7291302420 | belabor (v) | To explain excessively | 0 | |
7291302421 | denote (v) | To indicate | 1 | |
7291302422 | eschew (v) | To avoid | 2 | |
7291302423 | taciturn (adj) | Always silent | 3 | |
7291302424 | credence (n) | Acceptance of something as true | 4 | |
7291302425 | evince (v) | To show clearly | 5 | |
7291302426 | Nefarious (adj) | Wicked | 6 | |
7291302427 | ostensibly (adv) | Supposedly | 7 | |
7291302428 | Bastion (n) | A fortress | 8 | |
7291302429 | Jettison (v) | To discard | 9 | |
7328486251 | emulate (v) | to imitate | 10 | |
7328496914 | euphemism (n) | a substituted word used to decrease the effect of the original | 11 | |
7328508357 | gainsay (v) | to contradict | 12 | |
7328518230 | innate (adj) | natural | 13 | |
7328529865 | elucidate (v) | to clarify | 14 | |
7328539590 | onerous (adj) | burdensome | 15 | |
7328549022 | robust (adj) | strong and healthy | 16 | |
7328562118 | attenuate (v) | reduce the force, effect, or value | 17 | |
7328570195 | dolt (n) | a stupid person | 18 | |
7328577886 | felicity (n) | intense happiness | 19 | |
7372744084 | nadir (n) | The lowest point | 20 | |
7372744085 | Pungent (adj) | Sharp to the senses | 21 | |
7372744086 | ameliorate (v) | To make something bad, better | 22 | |
7373090925 | abide (v) | To act in accordance with | 23 | |
7373090926 | nascent (adj) | Recently formed | 24 | |
7373090927 | abject (adj) | Of the lowest kind | 25 | |
7373090928 | Placate (v) | To pacify | 26 | |
7373090929 | Rife (adj) | Abundant | 27 | |
7373090930 | Adept (adj) | Very skilled | 28 | |
7373090931 | Surreptitiously (adv) | Secretively | 29 | |
7469248480 | Eviscerate (v) | To gut | 30 | |
7469248481 | Copious (adj) | Abundant | 31 | |
7469248482 | Parsimonious (adj) | Stingy | 32 | |
7469248483 | propensity (n) | A natural tendency | 33 | |
7469248484 | garner (v) | To gather or collect | 34 | |
7469248485 | Foible (n) | Minor character flaw | 35 | |
7469248486 | sacrosanct (adj) | Sacred | 36 | |
7469248487 | ignominious (adj) | Shameful in the highest extent | 37 | |
7469248488 | Portend (v) | To indicate in advance | 38 | |
7469248489 | Deftly (adv) | Skillfully or cleverly | 39 | |
7518122002 | Abrogate (v) | To officially abolish | 40 | |
7518122003 | affable (adj) | Friendly | 41 | |
7518122004 | charlatan (n) | Fraud using skill to deceive | 42 | |
7518122005 | irrefragable (adj) | Indisputable | 43 | |
7518122006 | Vacillate (v) | To go back and forth | 44 | |
7518122007 | Stellar (adj) | Starlike/ excellent | 45 | |
7518122008 | circumvent (v) | To go around or bypass | 46 | |
7518122009 | precipitous (adj) | Dangerously steep | 47 | |
7518122010 | Sordid (adj) | Dirty | 48 | |
7518122011 | Incidentally (adv) | By the way | 49 | |
7621909758 | protract (v) | To prolong | 50 | |
7621909759 | effervescent (adj.) | To be bubbly/ enthusiastic | 51 | |
7621909760 | Caveat (n) | A stipulation to warn or bring awareness | 52 | |
7621909761 | gregarious (adj) | Sociable | 53 | |
7621909762 | exacerbate (v) | To worsen | 54 | |
7621909763 | Recalcitrant (adj) | Stubborn towards authority | 55 | |
7621909764 | vindicate (v) | To clear of guilt, blame, or suspicion/ to justify | 56 | |
7621909765 | harbinger (n) | Something that foreshadows | 57 | |
7621909766 | Circumspect (adj) | Careful in decision making | 58 | |
7621909767 | Untenable (adj) | Impossible to defend with logic or evidence | 59 | |
7696253827 | embellish (v) | To enhance with detail | 60 | |
7696253828 | placid (adj) | Peaceful | 61 | |
7696253829 | Mollify (v) | To soothe in disposition | 62 | |
7696253830 | Purveyor(n) | A person/group that promotes or spreads an idea | 63 | |
7696253831 | indelible(adj) | Incapable of being erased | 64 | |
7696253832 | explicate (v.) | To explain | 65 | |
7696253833 | Sophomoric (adj) | Immature/ juvenile | 66 | |
7696253834 | frivolous (adj) | Lacking seriousness | 67 | |
7696253835 | Assuage (v) | To make less painful | 68 | |
7696253836 | truncate (v) | To shorten by cutting | 69 | |
7757488588 | Pensive (adj) | Deeply thoughtful | 70 | |
7757488589 | Extrapolate (v) | To infer based on known fact | 71 | |
7757488590 | Ruse (n) | An action designed to deceive | 72 | |
7757488591 | Germane (adj) | Relevant | 73 | |
7757488592 | penchant (n) | A strong desire (for) | 74 | |
7757488593 | Augment (v) | To increase | 75 | |
7757488594 | ubiquitous (adj) | Existing everywhere | 76 | |
7757488595 | erudite (adj) | Scholarly | 77 | |
7757488596 | Assiduously (adv) | Diligently | 78 | |
7757504182 | Imbue (v) | To inspire | 79 | |
7832799022 | resonate (v) | to echo/ to evoke emotions | 80 | |
7832799023 | Pejorative(adj) | Belittling | 81 | |
7832799024 | cogent (adj) | convincing | 82 | |
7832799025 | Codify (v) | To arrange into a systematic code | 83 | |
7832799026 | Decry (v) | To publicly denounce | 84 | |
7832799027 | Enjoin (v) | To command | 85 | |
7832799028 | Perfunctory (adj) | Done as a matter of routine | 86 | |
7832799029 | tantamount (adj) (x is tantamount to y) | Equivalent to | 87 | |
7832799030 | espouse (v.) | to adopt as ones own | 88 | |
7832799031 | Cognizant (adj) (x is cognizant of y) | Aware | 89 | |
7903900014 | Abate (v) | To become less intense | 90 | |
7903900015 | multifarious (adj) | Various | 91 | |
7903900016 | odious (adj) | Offensive | 92 | |
7903900017 | Dissemble(v) | To conceal | 93 | |
7903900018 | aggrandize (v) | to increase (negative) | 94 | |
7903900019 | inexorably (adv) | Ceaselessly | 95 | |
7903900020 | Urbane (adj) | refined | 96 | |
7903900021 | ascertain (v) | To find out for sure | 97 | |
7903900022 | deride (v) | to ridicule | 98 | |
7903900023 | Clandestinly (adv) | secretively | 99 | |
7955957744 | cogitate (v) | to think carefully | 100 | |
7955957745 | fallacious (adj) | Logically false | 101 | |
7955957746 | hubris (n) | excessive pride | 102 | |
7955957747 | intemperate (adj) | lacking self-control | 103 | |
7955957748 | embody (v) | To personify | 104 | |
7955957749 | jocular (adj) | playful | 105 | |
7955957750 | malign (v) | to speak harmfully about | 106 | |
7955957751 | malediction (n) | an evil curse | 107 | |
7955957752 | capitulate (v) | to surrender | 108 | |
7955957753 | recapitulate (v) | to summarize | 109 | |
8050021797 | juxtapose (v) | To place side by side | 110 | |
8050021798 | feckless (adj) | Senseless | 111 | |
8050021799 | circumlocution (n) | Excessive words to avoid | 112 | |
8050021800 | verbose (adj) | wordy | 113 | |
8050021801 | Engender (v) | To evoke a feeling | 114 | |
8050021802 | pariah (n) | a social outcast | 115 | |
8050021803 | expunge (v) | to erase completely | 116 | |
8050021804 | lethargy (n) | lack of energy | 117 | |
8050021805 | rarefied (adj) | Distant from ordinary people | 118 | |
8050021806 | mordant (adj) | harshly sarcastic | 119 | |
8183938148 | obviate (v) | To remove a difficulty | 120 | |
8183938149 | unequivocal (a.) | Leaving no doubt | 121 | |
8183938150 | scrutinize (v) | to examine closely | 122 | |
8183938151 | malodorous (adj) | stinky | 123 | |
8183938152 | insolence (n) | rude behavior | 124 | |
8183938153 | formulate (v) | To create | 125 | |
8183938154 | paragon (n.) (of something) | a perfect example | 126 | |
8183938155 | largesse (n) | Great generosity | 127 | |
8183938156 | potentate (n) | a ruler | 128 | |
8183938157 | misnomer (n) | An inaccurate name or designation | 129 | |
8292616772 | trenchant (adj) | Thoroughly insightful | 130 | |
8292616773 | equivocate (v) | to deliberately speak ambiguously | 131 | |
8292616774 | roustabout (n) | unskilled laborer | 132 | |
8292616775 | plausible (adj) | Seemingly believable | 133 | |
8292616776 | inane (adj) | Senseless | 134 | |
8292616777 | posthumously (adv) | Done after death | 135 | |
8292616778 | indomitable (adj) | impossible to defeat | 136 | |
8292616779 | furtive (adj) | secretive | 137 | |
8292616780 | illicit (adj) | illegal | 138 | |
8292616781 | Splendiferous (adj) | splendid | 139 | |
8371714128 | proscribe (v) | To forbidden | 140 | |
8371714129 | generate (v) | to give rise to | 141 | |
8371714130 | Disheveled (adj) | Untidy | 142 | |
8371714131 | countenance (n) | facial expression | 143 | |
8371714132 | countenance (v) | Admit as acceptable | 144 | |
8371714133 | prescribe (v) | To direct as beneficial | 145 | |
8371714134 | tawdry (adj) | Showy but cheap | 146 | |
8371714135 | virulent (adj) | Extremely harmful | 147 | |
8371714136 | galvanize (v) | To motivate to action | 148 | |
8371714137 | prescient (adj) | having a sense of future events | 149 | |
8636876472 | condone (v) | to accept and allow to continue | 150 | |
8636876473 | specious (adj) | Seemingly true, but not | 151 | |
8636876474 | crestfallen (adj) | sad and disappointed | 152 | |
8637071156 | nonplus (v.) (x can nonplus y) | to puzzle | 153 | |
8637071157 | Skullduggery (n) | Underhanded trickery | 154 | |
8637071158 | taxonomy (n) | Method of classification | 155 | |
8637071159 | remiss (adj) (to be) | negligent | 156 | |
8637071160 | bellicose (adj) | warlike | 157 | |
8637071161 | parlance (n) | a particular manner of speaking | 158 | |
8637071162 | resplendent (adj) | dazzling in appearance | 159 | |
8637071163 | alleviate (v) | To relieve | 160 | |
8637071164 | conciliatory (adj) | Wanting to reconcile | 161 | |
8637071165 | moniker (n) | a given title | 162 | |
8637071166 | insatiable (adj) | incapable of being satisfied | 163 | |
8637071167 | delineate (v) | To describe precisely | 164 | |
8637071168 | indubitable (adj) | unquestionable | 165 | |
8637071169 | raze (v) | To destroy | 166 | |
8637071170 | minutiae (n) | trivial details | 167 | |
8637071171 | carp (v) | to complain excessively | 168 | |
8637071172 | enigma (n) | a mystery | 169 | |
8788609057 | glean (v) (from) | to gather bit by bit | 170 | |
8788609058 | fraught (adj) | full of (always negative) | 171 | |
8788609059 | diatribe (n) | a bitter and prolonged verbal attack | 172 | |
8788609060 | frenetic (adj) | frantic | 173 | |
8788609061 | allay (v) | to reduce (fear, concern) | 174 | |
8788609062 | nuance (n) | a slight difference | 175 | |
8788609063 | recant (v) | to formally withdraw something spoken | 176 | |
8788609064 | benefactor (n) | one who sponsors others | 177 | |
8788609065 | impeccable (adj) | flawless | 178 | |
8788609066 | pedantic (adj) | Making mountains out of molehills | 179 | |
8897517429 | assertion (n) | A confident and forceful statement | 180 | |
8897517430 | coherent (adj) | Logically put together | 181 | |
8897517431 | Didactic (adj) | Intended to teach | 182 | |
8897517432 | exculpate (v) | to clear of blame | 183 | |
8897517433 | incontrovertible (adj) | indisputable | 184 | |
8897517434 | listless (adj) | lacking energy | 185 | |
8897517435 | convoluted (adj) | Extremely complex or difficult to follow | 186 | |
8897517436 | obscure (adj) | Not known well | 187 | |
8897517437 | impede (v) | to obstruct | 188 | |
8897517438 | quandary (n.) | a dilemma | 189 | |
9145571371 | discourse (n) | written or spoken communication | 190 | |
9145571372 | Cryptic (adj) | Mysterious | 191 | |
9145571373 | Indolent (adj) | Lazy | 192 | |
9145571374 | coup (n) | a sudden siege of power from the government | 193 | |
9145571375 | Proliferate (v) | To spread rapidly in numbers | 194 | |
9145571376 | vilify (v) | To slander | 195 | |
9145571377 | malfeasance (n) | wrong doing or bad conduct by a public official | 196 | |
9145571378 | timorous (adj) | fearful | 197 | |
9145571379 | Corroborate (v) | To confirm with evidence | 198 | |
9145571380 | cajole (v) | to persuade by flattery | 199 | |
9188302669 | penitent (adj) | feeling regret | 200 | |
9188302670 | disparity (n) | A great difference | 201 | |
9188302671 | Tenuous (adj) | very weak | 202 | |
9188302672 | impinge (v) (on) | to negatively affect | 203 | |
9188302673 | hegemony (n) | dominate leadership | 204 | |
9188302674 | schism (n) | a division | 205 | |
9188302675 | watershed (n.) | an event marking a turning point | 206 | |
9188302676 | Parochial (adj) | narrow or limited | 207 | |
9188302677 | Squander (v) | to waste recklessly | 208 | |
9363163500 | Opulent (adj) | Wealthy | 209 | |
9363163501 | Imperious (adj) | Domineering | 210 | |
9363163502 | auspicious (adj) | promising success | 211 | |
9363163503 | proximity (n.) | nearness | 212 | |
9363163504 | disparage (v) | to belittle | 213 | |
9363163505 | prognosticate (v.) | to predict | 214 | |
9363163506 | confound (v) | to confuse | 215 | |
9363163507 | parity (n) | equality | 216 | |
9363163508 | Fatuous (adj) | Pointless | 217 | |
9363163509 | expiate (v) | to make amends | 218 | |
9827841609 | castigate | to reprimand severely | 219 | |
9827843482 | flippant | disrespectful | 220 | |
9827843483 | utopia | a place of perfection | 221 | |
9827847690 | dystopia | a society of misery | 222 | |
9827850151 | innuendo | something hinted at or suggested | 223 | |
9827880763 | diurnal | occurring during the day | 224 | |
9827910297 | florid | extremely decorated | 225 | |
9827922359 | reclamation | the act of making something useful again | 226 | |
9827924685 | moribund | near death | 227 | |
9827924686 | prosaic | dull or having the qualities of prose | 228 | |
9827946549 | indifferent | preferanceless | 229 | |
9827946550 | staid | unemotional | 230 | |
9827948532 | nocturnal | occurring at night | 231 | |
9827950070 | efficacy | effectiveness | 232 | |
9827955291 | arbiter | one who settles a dispute | 233 | |
9827957555 | ostentatious | pretentiously showy | 234 | |
9827960938 | denigrate | to belittle | 235 | |
9827960939 | efface | to wipe out | 236 | |
9827963783 | mercurial | prone to changes in mood or mind | 237 | |
9827969914 | ebullience | exuberance | 238 | |
9827972024 | inverterate | habitual | 239 | |
9827974808 | ingrate | ungrateful person | 240 |
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