3404406746 | abjure | to renounce, repudiate or retract, especially with formal solemnity, recant to renounce or give up under oath, forswear | 0 | |
3404406747 | abrogate | to abolish by formal or official means, repeal | 1 | |
3404406748 | abut | to be adjacent; touch or join at the edge or border | 2 | |
3404406749 | acolyte | an alter attendant in public worship; any attendant, assistant or follower | 3 | |
3404408879 | acumen | keen insight, shrewdness | 4 | |
3404408880 | adumbrate | to produce a faint image or resemblance of; to outline or sketch to foreshadow to darken or conceal partially | 5 | |
3404408881 | anachronism | something/someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time, especially a thing of person that belongs to an earlier time | 6 | |
3404410715 | antediluvian | very old, old-fashioned, or out of date, antiquated, primitive | 7 | |
3404410716 | apothegm | a short, pithy, instructive saying; a terse remark or aphorism | 8 | |
3404410942 | apposite | suitable, well-adapted, pertinent, relevant, apt | 9 | |
3404412492 | approbation | approval, commendation official approval or sanction | 10 | |
3404412493 | archetype | original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based; a model or first form, a prototype | 11 | |
3404412494 | archaic | marked by characteristics of an earlier period, antiquated | 12 | |
3404413732 | ascetis | a person who dedicated his/her life to a pursuit of contemplative ideals or self-mortification for religious reasons a person who leads a simple life, especially one who abstains from normal pleasures | 13 | |
3404413758 | aspersion | a damaging or derogatory remark or criticism, slander | 14 | |
3404501391 | badinage | light, playful banter | 15 | |
3404501392 | beatific | bestowing bliss, blessings or happiness | 16 | |
3404501393 | beneficent | doing good or causing good to be done, kindly in action or purpose | 17 | |
3404501417 | benighted | intellectually or morally ignorant, unenlightented | 18 | |
3404503344 | bibulous | found of drinks (alcoholic) | 19 | |
3404503345 | bivouac | military encampment made with tents or improvised shelters, usually without shelter or protection from enemy fire | 20 | |
3404503346 | canard | a false or baseless, usually derogatory story, report or rumor | 21 | |
3404504872 | charlatan | a person who pretends or claims to have more knowledge or skill than he/she does | 22 | |
3404504873 | chasten | to restrain, subdue to inflict suffering upon for purposes of moral improvement | 23 | |
3404504874 | chicanery | trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry a quibble or subterfuge used to trick, deceive or evade | 24 | |
3404506350 | coalesce | to grow together or into one body to unit so as to form one mass | 25 | |
3404506351 | cognitive | of or relating to the mental processes of perception, memory, judgement and reasoning | 26 | |
3404506352 | confrere | a fellow member of a profession, etc; colleague | 27 | |
3404508248 | consanguinity | relationship by descent from a common ancestor; kinship | 28 | |
3404510605 | contentious | tending to argument or strife, quarrelsome | 29 | |
3404510606 | covert | concealed, secret, disguised | 30 | |
3404510607 | decry | to criticize openly | 31 | |
3404510608 | descry | to discern or make out; catch sight of; to detect; to teach the sight of. | 32 | |
3404512380 | demagogue | a leader or rabble-rouser, usually appealing to emotion or prejudice | 33 | |
3404512381 | denizen | an inhabitant, resident; one who frequents a place | 34 | |
3404512382 | desuetude | state of disuse; uselessness | 35 | |
3404515150 | dilettante | someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic | 36 | |
3404515151 | egregious | conspicuous, standing out from the mass (used particularly in an unfavorable sense) | 37 | |
3404515152 | empirical | based on observation or experiment | 38 | |
3404517585 | encomium | warm, glowing praise, esp. a formal expression of praise | 39 | |
3404517586 | endemic | native or confined to a particular region or people; characteristic of or prevalent in a field | 40 | |
3404517587 | enervate | to reduce in strength | 41 | |
3404517588 | erstwhile | former; of an earlier time | 42 | |
3404519826 | eschew | to shun; to avoid (as something wrong or distasteful) | 43 | |
3404519827 | exulpate | to free from guilt or blame | 44 | |
3404519828 | exigencies | urgent situations, pressing needs | 45 | |
3404521994 | exhume | dig out of the ground; remove from a grave | 46 | |
3404521995 | fecund | fertile; fruitful; productive | 47 | |
3404521996 | foible | a minor weakness in character | 48 | |
3404523486 | germane | relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting | 49 | |
3404523487 | jocose | joking; humorous | 50 | |
3404523488 | jocular | playful; humorous | 51 | |
3404524989 | immure | to enclose, usually in wall | 52 | |
3404525294 | inchoate | In an initial stage; not fully formed | 53 | |
3404526914 | indigent | needy, impoverished | 54 | |
3404526915 | infinitesimal | so small as to be almost immeasurable; minute | 55 | |
3404526916 | insidious | intended to deceive or entrap; sly, treacherous | 56 | |
3404529181 | interloper | one who interferes with the affairs of others; a meddler | 57 | |
3404529182 | internecine | pertaining to conflict within a group; mutually destructive | 58 | |
3404530767 | invidious | envious, obnoxious, or offensive, likely to promote ill-will | 59 | |
3404530768 | invoke | to call on for support | 60 | |
3404530769 | lachrymose | tearful; sad | 61 | |
3404532214 | lassitude | a state of diminished energy | 62 | |
3404532215 | laudable | worthy of praise; commendable | 63 | |
3404532216 | mawkish | excessively and objectionably sentimental; having a mildly sickening flavor | 64 | |
3404532249 | milieu | environment; surroundings | 65 | |
3404534286 | misapprehend | to misunderstand, fail to know | 66 | |
3404534287 | misconstrue | to interpret wrongly, mistake the meaning of | 67 | |
3404534288 | narcissism | self-love | 68 | |
3404536447 | nugatory | of minor significance; futile | 69 | |
3404536448 | nefarious | wicked, depraved, devoid of moral standards | 70 | |
3404536449 | nihilism | the belief that there are no values or morals in the universe | 71 | |
3404538358 | nonplus | puzzled, not knowing what to do, at a loss | 72 | |
3404538359 | obdurate | hardened in feeling; resistant to persuasion | 73 | |
3404538360 | obloquy | censure, blame, or abusive language aimed at a person or thing, especially by numerous persons or by the general public; disgrace or discredit from public blame. | 74 | |
3404538407 | obviate | to prevent; to make unnecessary | 75 | |
3404540598 | paean | song of joy or triumph; a fervent expression of joy | 76 | |
3404540599 | palliative | relieving or soothing the symptoms of a disease or disorder without effecting a cure | 77 | |
3404540600 | paragon | model of excellence or perfection | 78 | |
3404540730 | parochial | restricted; limited; narrow; local | 79 | |
3404542184 | perennial | recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly | 80 | |
3404542185 | peripatetic | wandering from place to place, especially on foot | 81 | |
3404544126 | precursor | something that comes before, esp. something that also announces or suggests something on its way | 82 | |
3404544127 | primeaval | ancient | 83 | |
3404544128 | polemic | controversy; argument; verbal attack | 84 | |
3404545862 | prodigal | lavish; wasteful | 85 | |
3404545863 | progenitor | a direct ancestor | 86 | |
3404545864 | prototype | an original model on which later versions are patterned | 87 | |
3404547135 | putative | generally regarded as such; reputed; hypothesized, inferred | 88 | |
3404549933 | quintessence | the purest essence or form of something; the most typical example | 89 | |
3404549934 | ramification | a development or consequence resulting from a course of action | 90 | |
3404549935 | recalcitrant | stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority | 91 | |
3404551759 | recourse | a person or thing turned to for help or advice; the act of seeking help or protection | 92 | |
3404551760 | rectitude | moral uprightness | 93 | |
3404551761 | replete | abundantly supplied; complete | 94 | |
3404553315 | risible | pertaining to laughter; able or inclined to laugh; laughable | 95 | |
3404553316 | sanguine | ruddy; cheerfully optimistic | 96 | |
3404554803 | sanguinary | bloodthirsty; bloody | 97 | |
3404554804 | sartorial | of or pertaining to a tailor or his work; having to do with clothes or dress (especially men's) | 98 | |
3404554805 | savant | a person of extensive learning; an eminent scholar | 99 | |
3404556234 | sedulous | persistent, showing industry and determination | 100 | |
3404556235 | svelte | slender and graceful | 101 | |
3404556236 | torpor | extreme mental and physical sluggishness | 102 | |
3404557746 | tyro | beginner; novice | 103 | |
3404557747 | sycophant | a flatterer; one who fawns on others in order to gain favor | 104 | |
3404559354 | vacuous | lacking in ideas or intelligence; empty; purposeless; idle. | 105 | |
3404559355 | valedictory | a farewell speech | 106 | |
3404561621 | variegated | varied; marked with different colors | 107 | |
3404561622 | verisimilitude | the appearance of being true or real | 108 | |
3404562990 | veritable | actual, true, real | 109 | |
3404564689 | vitiate | to impair the quality of, corrupt morally | 110 |
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