4860561311 | incendiary | tending to provoke | 0 | |
4860564193 | substantiate | to establish with evidence | 1 | |
4860566362 | pejorative | belittling | 2 | |
4860567947 | adamantine | rigidly firm | 3 | |
4860570908 | banal | meaningless, commonplace | 4 | |
4860573251 | facetious | sarcastic | 5 | |
4860576548 | exacerbate | to make worse or aggravate | 6 | |
4860580133 | meticulous | extremely careful and precise | 7 | |
4860583268 | poignant | profoundly moving and touching | 8 | |
4860586210 | euphemistic | replacing an offensive term with one that is inoffensive | 9 | |
4860593485 | ambivalent | characterized by a mixture of opposite feelings or attitudes; uncertain about a choice | 10 | |
4860601414 | myopic | lacking a realistic view of a situation | 11 | |
4860607101 | propound | to put forward for consideration | 12 | |
4860608830 | germane | relevant, appropriate | 13 | |
4860612057 | flippant | showing inappropriate casualness | 14 | |
4860618224 | ardent | intensely devoted, eager, or enthusiastic | 15 | |
4860623861 | haughty | condescendingly proud | 16 | |
4860627077 | indignant | angered at something unjust or wrong | 17 | |
4860630095 | emulate | to imitate | 18 | |
4860632202 | prudent | using good judgement or common sense | 19 | |
4860638377 | acrimonious | bitter and sharp in language or tone | 20 | |
4860643202 | bombtastic | marked by pretentious speech or writing | 21 | |
4860646418 | disparaging | to speak of in a disrespectful way | 22 | |
4860653783 | discordant | conflicting | 23 | |
4860659188 | fatuous | void of sense or intelligence | 24 | |
4860660958 | bantering | a witty and teasing conversation | 25 | |
4860664857 | surreptitious | stealthy | 26 | |
4860667098 | tredipation | fear | 27 | |
4860669807 | unequivocal | having only one possible meaning or interpretation | 28 | |
4860673247 | cacophonous | having a harsh, conflicting sound; unpleasing to the literal or metaphorical ear | 29 | |
5094156275 | Chagrin | A feeling of mental unease, as of annoyance or embarrassment caused by failure, disappointment, or a disconcerting event | 30 | |
5094156276 | Extol | To praise highly | 31 | |
5094156277 | Brusque | Very short and abrupt in manner | 32 | |
5109020133 | circumspect | considering all circumstances and consequences | 33 | |
5109023987 | tactful | skillful in acting to avoid offense to others | 34 | |
5109025812 | rancorous | bitter, hateful | 35 | |
5109029894 | perfidious | faithless, disloyal, untrustworthy | 36 | |
5109032025 | didatic | intended to teach | 37 | |
5109033417 | censure | to criticize harshly | 38 | |
5109080624 | fortuitous | happening by luck | 39 | |
5109082250 | surmise | to infer or guess | 40 | |
5109084288 | querulous | complaining, irritable | 41 | |
5109087891 | nebulous | vague | 42 | |
5109089291 | superfluous | extra, more than enough, redundant | 43 | |
5109093881 | conundrum | a complex and difficult problem | 44 | |
5109096010 | debauchery | a moral corruption | 45 | |
5109098298 | flagrant | obviously offensive or reprehensible | 46 | |
5109108384 | prodigal | lavish, wasteful | 47 | |
5109110645 | sagacity | wisdom | 48 | |
5109112189 | amicable | friendly, agreeable | 49 | |
5351283548 | spurious | lacking authenticity | 50 | |
5351285652 | diffident | hesitant in acting or speaking through lack of self-confidence | 51 | |
5351288574 | reverent | respectful | 52 | |
5351293192 | ubiquitous | seeming to exist everywhere at the same time | 53 | |
5351294902 | dogmatic | characterized by arrogant assertion of unproved or unprovable principles | 54 | |
5351303170 | duplicitous | deliberately deceptive in behavior or speech | 55 | |
5351307541 | ebullient | joyously unrestrained, exuberant | 56 | |
5351310411 | eccentric | deviating from a usual pattern or norm | 57 | |
5351313357 | compunction | a feeling of deep regret | 58 | |
5351315293 | assauge | to make less intense or severe | 59 | |
5351317210 | effusive | excessive in emotional expression | 60 | |
5351319426 | consternation | a state of paralyzing confusion | 61 | |
5351325414 | egregious | blatantly bad or reprehensible | 62 | |
5351329439 | ostentatious | intending to attract notice and impress others | 63 | |
5351332529 | impetuous | rash, impulsive, acting without thinking | 64 | |
5351335282 | frivolous | unworthy of serious attention; trivial | 65 | |
5351338260 | garrulous | given to excessive and often rambling talk | 66 | |
5351341823 | nefarious | infamous by way of being extremely wicked | 67 | |
5351344254 | obstinate | stubborn | 68 | |
5351345674 | sardonic | cynically mocking | 69 | |
5470039165 | exhorative | intending to give urgent advice, recommendations, or warnings | 70 | |
5470041608 | deleterious | harmful in a subtle or unexpected way | 71 | |
5470044530 | contrite | expressing remorse for one's misdeeds or sins | 72 | |
5470046980 | qualm | an uneasy feeling about the propriety or rightness of a course of action | 73 | |
5470053352 | almagamate | to combine into a unified or integrated whole | 74 | |
5470060346 | propensity | a natural inclination or tendency | 75 | |
5470062803 | temerity | recklessness | 76 | |
5470065116 | expedient | serving to promote one's selfish interest | 77 | |
5470068006 | fastidious | difficult to please | 78 | |
5470069534 | contentious | exhibiting a wearisome tendency to fight or be aggresive | 79 | |
5470072153 | gregarious | seeking and enjoying the company of others | 80 | |
5470074543 | inadvertent | unintentional | 81 | |
5470077292 | furtive | stealthy | 82 | |
5470079830 | effrontery | shameless or impudent boldness | 83 | |
5470084481 | nuance | a subtle difference or distinction in expression/meaning | 84 | |
5470087756 | illusory | deceptive | 85 | |
5470091726 | mercurial | quick and changeable in temperament; volatile | 86 | |
5470094230 | disseminate | to scatter widely | 87 | |
5470095463 | vituperate | to rebuke or criticize harshly or abusively | 88 | |
5470099084 | astute | clever, cunning; showing practical wisdom | 89 |
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