5884872173 | admonish | (n. reproof): reprimand, scold | 0 | |
5884874746 | assail | attack, assault | 1 | |
5884876205 | denigrate | disparage, criticize unfairly | 2 | |
5884877554 | digress | leave the main subject temporarily in speech/writing. | 3 | |
5884879728 | enumerate | list or identify one by one. | 4 | |
5884879729 | equivocate | stall; use ambiguous language so as to conceal the truth | 5 | |
5884882504 | exhort | urge, insist, pressure | 6 | |
5884883330 | explicate | analyze and develop (an idea or principle) in detail. | 7 | |
5884886877 | juxtapose | compare and contrast | 8 | |
5884887953 | lament | passionately express grief or sorrow | 9 | |
5884889055 | lionize | glorify, exalt; treat as a celebrity. | 10 | |
5884889056 | recapitulate | summarize and state again the main points | 11 | |
5884890801 | repudiate | reject, forsake | 12 | |
5884890802 | revel | celebrate in a lively and noisy way, especially with drinking and dancing | 13 | |
5884892840 | thwart | prevent (someone) from accomplishing something | 14 | |
5930700770 | abject | wretched, degrading | 15 | |
5930701492 | aesthetic | concerned with the beauty or the appreciation of beauty | 16 | |
5930703706 | aloof | detached; not friendly or forthcoming; cool nd distant | 17 | |
5930705345 | ambivalent | uncertain, doubtful | 18 | |
5930706399 | arduous | onerous, grueling | 19 | |
5988352244 | ascetic | austere; characterized by the practice of severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence | 20 | |
5988364656 | astute | shrewd, adroit, clever | 21 | |
5988366433 | audacious | bold, daring, fearless | 22 | |
5988366434 | capricious | fickle, volatile, erratic | 23 | |
5988368239 | circumspect | cautious; wary and unwilling to take risks | 24 | |
6058926370 | cohesive | united; working together effectively | 25 | |
6058926371 | conciliatory | intended to placate or pacify | 26 | |
6058927978 | convivial | friendly; lively and enjoyable | 27 | |
6058927979 | cynical | sardonic, wry; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity | 28 | |
6058929880 | deferential | obsequious, respectful and humble | 29 | |
6108292735 | despondant | dismal; despairing | 30 | |
6108292736 | didactic | instructional, educational | 31 | |
6108294171 | diffident | modest, shy, timid | 32 | |
6108294970 | discursive | rambling; not concise | 33 | |
6108296325 | disparaging | pained; weary and hopeless | 34 | |
6175447525 | disparate | dissimilar; contrasting | 35 | |
6175448154 | earnest | serious and dedicated; sincere | 36 | |
6175449499 | elegiac | mourning or expressing sorrow for that which is irrecoverably past | 37 | |
6175450469 | erudite | learned; scholarly | 38 | |
6175452735 | hackneyed | clichéd, trite, overused | 39 | |
6286451644 | idyllic | perfect, ideal | 40 | |
6286451645 | incorrigible | (a person or their tendencies) not able to be corrected, improved, or reformed. | 41 | |
6286452859 | indignant | offended, affronted | 42 | |
6286452860 | insipid | bland, weak, flavorless | 43 | |
6286453991 | laconic | brief, concise, terse | 44 | |
6346547210 | laudatory | praising, flattering | 45 | |
6346547211 | nostalgic | remembering the past as better than it actually was | 46 | |
6346547834 | pedantic | overly concerned with rules and details, fussy; punctilious | 47 | |
6346547835 | pious | devout, virtuous | 48 | |
6346548597 | pragmatic | practical, sensible | 49 | |
6467456117 | reticent | reserved, introverted | 50 | |
6467456118 | rueful | remorseful, regretful | 51 | |
6467458370 | sanctimonious | smug, self-righteous | 52 | |
6467458371 | stoic | someone who shows little emotion in times of great adversity | 53 | |
6467461234 | surreptitious | covert, secretive | 54 | |
6467461235 | voracious | insatiable, ravenous, rapacious | 55 | |
6467465234 | ardor | fervor, passion, zeal, vehemence | 56 | |
6467465235 | invocation | entreaty, summons, appeal, plea | 57 | |
6467467569 | mirth | amusement, delight, glee | 58 | |
6467467570 | reproof | reprimand, criticism | 59 |
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