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| 5032031237 | sycophant | a person who acts obsequiously toward someone important in order to gain advantage | 0 | |
| 5032031238 | temerity | excessive confidence or boldness; audacity | 1 | |
| 5032031239 | quagmire | an awkward, complex, or hazardous situation | 2 | |
| 5032031240 | pragmatic | dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical situations | 3 | |
| 5032031241 | ostentatious | characterized by vulgar or pretentious display; designed to impress or attract notice |  | 4 |
| 5032031242 | ameliorate | make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better | 5 | |
| 5032031243 | antecedent | a thing or event that existed before or logically precedes another |  | 6 |
| 5032031244 | ascertain | find (something) out for certain; make sure of | 7 | |
| 5032031245 | bereft | deprived of or lacking of something, especially a non-material asset | 8 | |
| 5032031246 | bourgeois | of or characteristic of the middle class, typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes | 9 | |
| 5032031247 | insidious | proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects | 10 | |
| 5032031248 | insipid | lacking vigor or interest | 11 | |
| 5032031249 | licentious | going beyond customary or proper bounds or limits; disregarding rules | 12 | |
| 5032031251 | mollify | appease the anger or anxiety of (someone) |  | 13 |
| 5032031252 | mercurial | (of a person) subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind | 14 | |
| 5032031253 | laconic | (of a person, speech, or style of writing) using very few words | 15 | |
| 5032031255 | maudlin | self-pityingly or tearfully sentimental, often through drunkenness |  | 16 |
| 5032031256 | nefarious | (typically of an action or activity) wicked or criminal |  | 17 |
| 5032031257 | pugnacious | eager or quick to argue, quarrel, or fight |  | 18 |
| 5032031258 | allay | diminish or put at rest (fear, suspicion, or worry) | 19 | |
| 5032031259 | sanctimonious | making a show of being morally superior to other people | 20 | |
| 5032031260 | reprehensible | deserving censure or condemnation |  | 21 |
| 5032031261 | fatuous | silly and pointless | 22 | |
| 5032031262 | abet | encourage or assist someone to do something wrong, such as a crime |  | 23 |
| 5032031263 | contentious | causing or likely to cause an argument; controversial |  | 24 |
| 5146359170 | parenthetical expression | an expression that is inserted into the flow of thought. It may be in the middle of the sentence or between sentences, but it does not directly deal with the topic at hand. Set off by dashes or parentheses | 25 | |
| 5146370031 | parody | mimicking someone else's work or style in a humorous or satirical way | 26 | |
| 5146376407 | personification | attributing human qualities to an inanimate object | 27 | |
| 5146380594 | idiolect | a person's idiolect is their own personal language, the words they choose and any other features that characterize their speech and writing | 28 | |
| 5146390189 | euphony | soothing, pleasant sounds | 29 |
