5746058774 | Absurdity | the quality or state of being ridiculous or wildly unreasonable. | 0 | |
5746058775 | Accordion Pleats | one of a series of narrow, evenly spaced parallel pleats with alternating raised and recessed folds set into cloth or other material, usually by a commercial pleating machine. | ![]() | 1 |
5746058776 | Accusation | a charge of wrongdoing; imputation of guilt or blame. | 2 | |
5746058777 | Acquaintance | a person known to one, but usually not a close friend. | 3 | |
5746058778 | Acquiescence | the act or condition of acquiescing or giving tacit assent; agreement or consent by silence or without objection; compliance (usually followed by to or in): | 4 | |
5746058779 | Ancient | very old; aged: | 5 | |
5746058780 | Anguished | excruciating or acute distress, suffering, or pain: | 6 | |
5746058781 | Animated | full of life, action, or spirit; lively; vigorous: | 7 | |
5746058782 | Antagonism | an active hostility or opposition, as between unfriendly or conflicting groups: | 8 | |
5746058783 | Apathetic | having or showing little or no emotion: | 9 | |
5746058784 | Apologetic | containing an apology or excuse for a fault, failure, insult, injury, etc. | 10 | |
5746058785 | Apprehensive | uneasy or fearful about something that might happen | 11 | |
5746058786 | Archaism | the survival or presence of something from the past: | 12 | |
5746058787 | Ardor | great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion: | 13 | |
5746058788 | Ascertained | to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine | 14 | |
5746058789 | Aspire | to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive): | 15 | |
5746058790 | Attentively | characterized by or giving attention; observant: | 16 | |
5746058791 | Audacity | boldness or daring, especially with confident or arrogant disregard for personal safety, conventional thought, or other restrictions. | 17 | |
5746058792 | Barrenness | not producing or incapable of producing offspring; sterile: | 18 | |
5746058793 | Bemused | bewildered or confused. | 19 | |
5746058794 | Bereft | to deprive and make desolate, especially by death | 20 | |
5746058795 | Boon | something to be thankful for; blessing; benefit. | 21 | |
5746058796 | Brevity | shortness of time or duration; briefness | 22 | |
5746058797 | Busybody | a person who pries into or meddles in the affairs of others | 23 | |
5746058798 | Bygone Era | happening or existing a very long time ago. | 24 | |
5746058799 | Callousness | made hard hardened. | 25 | |
5746058800 | Censure | strong or vehement expression of disapproval: | 26 | |
5746058801 | Characterize | to mark or distinguish as a characteristic; be a characteristic of: | 27 | |
5746058802 | Clarify | to make (an idea, statement, etc.) clear or intelligible; to free from ambiguity. | 28 | |
5746058803 | Coarse | composed of relatively large parts or particles: | 29 | |
5746058804 | Colonel | a commissioned officer of similar rank in the armed forces of some other nations. | 30 | |
5746058805 | Compliance | the act of conforming, acquiescing, or yielding. | 31 | |
5746058806 | Concessions | Argument or debate | 32 | |
5746058807 | Condescending | showing or implying a usually patronizing descent from dignity or superiority: | 33 | |
5746058808 | Conspiracy | to agree together, especially secretly, to do something wrong, evil, or illegal: | 34 | |
5746058809 | Contradiction | the act of contradicting; gainsaying or opposition. | 35 | |
5746058810 | Cottage | a small house, usually of only one story. | 36 | |
5746058811 | Deceive | to mislead by a false appearance or statement; delude | 37 | |
5746058812 | Deceptive | apt or tending to deceive | 38 | |
5746058813 | Decisively | having the power or quality of deciding; putting an end to controversy; crucial or most important: | 39 | |
5746058814 | Declining Life | Life coming to an end (NOT SURE) | 40 | |
5746058815 | Despondence | state of being despondent; depression of spirits from loss of courage or hope; dejection. | 41 | |
5746058816 | Determined | decided; settled; resolved. | 42 | |
5746058817 | Discernment | the faculty of discerning; discrimination; acuteness of judgment and understanding. | 43 | |
5746058818 | Discursiveness | passing aimlessly from one subject to another; digressive; rambling. | 44 | |
5746058819 | Distractedness | having the attention diverted: | 45 | |
5746058820 | Dominance | rule; control; authority; ascendancy. | 46 | |
5746058821 | Dregs | dregs, the sediment of liquids; lees; grounds. | 47 | |
5746058822 | Dutiful | performing the duties expected or required of one; characterized by doing one's duty | 48 | |
5746058823 | Empathy | the psychological identification with or vicarious experiencing of the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of another. | 49 | |
5746058824 | English Ode | A kind of poem devoted to the praise of a person, animal, or thing | 50 | |
5746058825 | Euphemisms | the substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt. | 51 | |
5746058826 | Exasperation | an act or instance of exasperating; provocation. | 52 | |
5746058827 | Exceedingly | to an unusual degree; very; extremely: | 53 | |
5746058828 | Exhorts | to urge, advise, or caution earnestly; admonish urgently | 54 | |
5746058829 | Facetious | not meant to be taken seriously or literally | 55 | |
5746058830 | Fancy | imagination or fantasy, especially as exercised in a capricious manner | 56 | |
5746058831 | Fervid | heated or vehement in spirit, enthusiasm, etc.: | 57 | |
5746058832 | Flashback | a device in the narrative of a motion picture, novel, etc., by which an event or scene taking place before the present time in the narrative is inserted into the chronological structure of the work. | 58 | |
5746058833 | Folly | the state or quality of being foolish; lack of understanding or sense. | 59 | |
5746058834 | Fond | having a liking or affection for (usually followed by of): | 60 | |
5746058835 | Forlorn | desolate or dreary; unhappy or miserable, as in feeling, condition, or appearance. | 61 | |
5746058836 | Gaudy | brilliantly or excessively showy: | 62 | |
5746058837 | Gaunt | extremely thin and bony; haggard and drawn, as from great hunger, weariness, or torture; emaciated. | 63 | |
5746058838 | General Principle | General Rules? | 64 | |
5746058839 | Hypocritical | of the nature of hypocrisy, or pretense of having virtues, beliefs, principles, etc., that one does not actually possess: | 65 | |
5746058840 | Ill-Natures | unkindly or unpleasant disposition. | 66 | |
5746058841 | Impertinence | unmannerly intrusion or presumption; insolence. | 67 | |
5746058842 | Impulsive | actuated or swayed by emotional or involuntary impulses | 68 | |
5746058843 | Incomprehensible | impossible to understand or comprehend; unintelligible. | 69 | |
5746058844 | Inconsiderable | small, as in value, amount, or size. | 70 | |
5746058845 | Inconsiderate | without due regard for the rights or feelings of others: | 71 | |
5746058846 | Inconsistent | lacking in harmony between the different parts or elements; self-contradictory: | 72 | |
5746058847 | Incredulous | not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical. | 73 | |
5746058848 | Indifferent | without interest or concern; not caring; apathetic: | 74 | |
5746058849 | Indulgent | characterized by or showing indulgence; benignly lenient or | 75 | |
5746058850 | Inevitable | unable to be avoided, evaded, or escaped; certain; necessary: | 76 | |
5746058851 | Infirmity | a physical weakness or ailment: | 77 | |
5746058852 | Insensitive | deficient in human sensibility, acuteness of feeling, or consideration; unfeeling; callous: | 78 | |
5746058853 | Insignificant | unimportant, trifling, or petty: | 79 | |
5746058854 | Insinuations | an indirect or covert suggestion or hint, especially of a derogatory nature: | 80 | |
5746058855 | Intelectual Vanity | a intellectual pride and to consider other people inferior in terms of knowledge | 81 | |
5746058856 | Intentionally | done with intention or on purpose; intended: | 82 | |
5746058857 | Kindle | to start (a fire); cause (a flame, blaze, etc.) to begin burning. | 83 | |
5746058858 | Lament | to feel or express sorrow or regret for: | 84 | |
5746058859 | Ludicrous | causing laughter because of absurdity; provoking or deserving derision; ridiculous; laughable: | 85 | |
5746058860 | Mangled | to injure severely, disfigure, or mutilate by cutting, slashing, or crushing: | 86 | |
5746058861 | Manipulative | influencing or attempting to influence the behavior or emotions of others for one's own purposes: | 87 | |
5746058862 | Matrimony | the state of being married; marriage: | 88 | |
5746058863 | Meddlesome | given to meddling; interfering; intrusive. | 89 | |
5746058864 | Melancholy | a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged; depression. | 90 | |
5746058865 | Misleading | deceptive; tending to mislead. | 91 | |
5746058866 | Moderate | kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense: | 92 | |
5746058867 | Mundane Pragmatism | common; ordinary; banal; unimaginative. | 93 | |
5746058868 | Mutual | possessed, experienced, performed, etc., by each of two or more with respect to the other; reciprocal: | 94 | |
5746058869 | Naïve Optimism | having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality; unsophisticated; ingenuous. (naive) | 95 | |
5746058870 | Neglected | to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: | 96 | |
5746058871 | Nostalgic | experiencing or exhibiting nostalgia, a sentimental or wistful yearning for the happiness felt in a former place, time, or situation. | 97 | |
5746058872 | Old-Fashioned | of a style or kind that is no longer in vogue: | 98 | |
5746058873 | Overstatements | to state too strongly; exaggerate: | 99 | |
5746058932 | Oxymorons | a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect, as in "cruel kindness" or "to make haste slowly.". | 100 | |
5746058933 | Pastoral Elegy | The pastoral elegy is a poem about both death and idyllic rural life. | 101 | |
5746058934 | Persevere | to persist in anything undertaken; maintain a purpose in spite of difficulty, obstacles, or discouragement; continue steadfastly. | 102 | |
5746058935 | Playfully Satiric | the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc. | 103 | |
5746058936 | Predicament | an unpleasantly difficult, perplexing, or dangerous situation. | 104 | |
5746058937 | Prevail | to be widespread or current; exist everywhere or generally: | 105 | |
5746058938 | Probability | the quality or fact of being probable. | 106 | |
5746058939 | Provoke | to anger, enrage, exasperate, or vex. | 107 | |
5746058940 | Raillery | Good humor teasing | 108 | |
5746058941 | Rebellious | defying or resisting some established authority, government, or tradition; insubordinate; inclined to rebel. | 109 | |
5746058942 | Relinquishing | to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): | 110 | |
5746058943 | Remiss | negligent, careless, or slow in performing one's duty, business, etc.: | 111 | |
5746058944 | Repetitiousness | Repetitive | 112 | |
5746058945 | Repressed | subjected to, affected by, or characteristic of psychological repression: | 113 | |
5746058946 | Restrain | to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: | 114 | |
5746058947 | Rheumatism | any disorder of the extremities or back, characterized by pain and stiffness. | 115 | |
5746058948 | Ridicule | speech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter at a person or thing; derision. | 116 | |
5746058949 | Romantic Idealism | a naive, miscalculated dream of a perfect world without factoring in the flaws that reality would bring | 117 | |
5746058950 | Sardonic | characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering: | 118 | |
5746058951 | Scathingly Ironic | harmful, injurious, or searing | 119 | |
5746058952 | Scum | a film or layer of foul or extraneous matter that forms on the surface of a liquid. | 120 | |
5746058953 | Self Effacing | not claiming attention for oneself; retiring and modest. | 121 | |
5746058954 | Selfless | having little or no concern for oneself, especially with regard to fame, position, money, etc.; unselfish. | 122 | |
5746058955 | Sensation | the operation or function of the senses; perception or awareness of stimuli through the senses. | 123 | |
5746058956 | Sentimental | expressive of or appealing to sentiment, especially the tender emotions and feelings, as love, pity, or nostalgia: | 124 | |
5746058957 | Sestina | a poem of six six-line stanzas and a three-line envoy, originally without rhyme, in which each stanza repeats the end words of the lines of the first stanza, but in different order, the envoy using the six words again, three in the middle of the lines and three at the end. | 125 | |
5746058958 | Shallow | of little depth; not deep: | 126 | |
5746058959 | Snare | a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game. | 127 | |
5746058960 | Social Convention | Social Gathering | 128 | |
5746058961 | Solemn | grave, sober, or mirthless, as a person, the face, speech, tone, or mood: | 129 | |
5746058962 | Soliciting | to seek for (something) by entreaty, earnest or respectful request, formal application, etc.: | 130 | |
5746058963 | Subtle Moralizing | to reflect on or express opinions about something in terms of right and wrong, especially in a self-righteous or tiresome way. | 131 | |
5746058964 | Terseness | neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language. | 132 | |
5746058965 | Tyranny | arbitrary or unrestrained exercise of power; despotic abuse of authority. | 133 | |
5746058966 | Unaware | not aware or conscious; unconscious: | 134 | |
5746058967 | Unbiased | not biased or prejudiced; fair; impartial. | 135 | |
5746058968 | "Underscore the Importance " | to draw a line under | 136 | |
5746058969 | Undefined | without fixed limits; indefinite in form, extent, or application | 137 | |
5746058970 | Unintelligible | not intelligible; not capable of being understood. | 138 | |
5746058971 | Untimely | not timely; not occurring at a suitable time or season; ill-timed or inopportune: | 139 | |
5746058972 | Untrustworthy | deserving of trust or confidence; dependable; reliable: | 140 | |
5746058973 | Unvaried | characterized by or exhibiting variety; various; diverse; diversified: | 141 | |
5746058974 | Vanity | excessive pride in one's appearance, qualities, abilities, achievements, etc.; character or quality of being vain; conceit | 142 | |
5746058975 | Vengeance | infliction of injury, harm, humiliation, or the like, on a person by another who has been harmed by that person; violent revenge | 143 | |
5746058976 | Ventured | an undertaking involving uncertainty as to the outcome, especially a risky or dangerous one: | 144 | |
5746058977 | Ware | articles of merchandise or manufacture; goods: | 145 | |
5746058978 | Wit | the keen perception and cleverly apt expression of those connections between ideas that awaken amusement and pleasure. | 146 | |
5746058979 | Wrought | Archaic except in some senses. a simple past tense and past participle of work. | 147 | |
5746058980 | Youthful Fancy | young love? | 148 | |
5746058981 | Zealously | full of, characterized by, or due to zeal; ardently active, devoted, or diligent. | 149 |
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