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3032934148RelegateTo banish; to send awayh0
3032934149ExempleryOutstanding; setting a great example1
3032934150EngenderTo create; to produce2
3032934151ReprehensibleWorthy to blame; rebuke or censure3
3032934152MitigateTo lesson the severity of something4
3032934153AstutePerceptive, Intelligent5
3032934154BelligerentCombative, Quarrelsome6
3032934155LanguishTo become weak, Listless, or Depressed7
3032934156CensureTo condemn severely8
3032934157StagnationMotionless, Inactivity9
3032934158CompliantYielding, submissive10
3032934159ProsaicDull, unimaginative11
3032934160ProfuseFlowing, extravagant12
3032934161ExpedientProviding an immediate advantage, Serving ones immediately13
3032934162FastidiousMalicious, Demanding14
3076007463AnecdoteA brief, entertaining story15
3076600594ScantyInadequate, minimal16
3076615706FallaciousFalse, Misleading17
3076668369AcclaimPraise, applause, admiration18
3076671834UniformConsistent, unchanging, the same for everyone.19
3097801181RepressHold down20
3097802097ArticulateSpeak clearly and well21
3097803711SolicitTo ask for or to seek22
3097806359ReproachTo scold, usually in disappointment23
3097809644IncoherantJumbled, and coherent24
3143028782CondescendStoop to someone else's level, to patronize25
3143035031CongenialAgreeable suitable and pleasant26
3143038095IndolenceLaziness27
3143043128OrthodoxAdhering to established principles or doctrines, especially in religion; by the book28
3143045660PrecludePrevent or to make impossible29
3190403937ApprehensiveWorried and anxious30
3190405284ArrogantSuperior and snood31
3190408893Elaborate (adj)Detailed, careful32
3190412715Elaborate (V)Speak further33
3190414584ElusiveHard to pin down, evasive34
3236124575DestituteTotally impoverished35
3236129079ObstinateDetermined to have ones own way, stubborn,willful36
3236134642StalwartStrong and sturdy37
3236138124StaticStationary, not changing or moving38
3236141064SteadfastLoyal or faithful39
3284607976ApostasyAbandoning what one believes either fate or a cause40
3284614260ConstituteTo establish or set up41
3284620077StagnateNot flowing or moving42
3284621043StatusPosition or rank43
3284643053Status quoThe existing state of affairs44
3331264917AtrophyTo waste away from lack of use45
3331265562DubiousDoubtful; uncertain46
3331266031EffaceTo rub away; erase the features of47
3331267049TaciturnNot talkative by nature48
3331246111AmeliorateTo make better or more tolerable49
3458698938AmbivalentUndecided, having conflicted feelings about someone or something50
3458698939CoalesceTo come together as one51
3458698940CrypticMysterious or misdefined52
3458698941InnateExisting since birth53
3458698942LevityInclination to make a joke54
3555948242AmiableFriendly and agreeable55
3555948243EsotericHard to understand, only understood by a select few56
3555948244ExtraneousIrrelevant, unnecessary, and unimportant57
3555948245SycophantBy flattering influential people, one who sucks up to others58
3555948246TediousBoring, tiring, irksome59
3605062815AmoralNeither or immoral, unconcerned with60
3605062816AmorphousWithout definite, form or shape61
3605062817ApartheidStrict racial segregation, South Africa62
3605062818AtheistOne who denies the existence of god63
3605062819AtypicalVaries from the prototype64
3642847394AberrantDeviating from proper expected moral course65
3642847395AblutionWashing of the body especially for religious ceremony66
3642847396AbominateTo hate or to loath67
3642847397AbscondTo leave hastily especially to escape law68
3642847398AnomalyDeviation from the normal or common order. Abnormality69
3692226152BelittleTo insult in disparage70
3692226153CausticLike acid burning, corrosive71
3692226154ExhaustiveThorough; Complete72
3692226155InadverdentCareless without intention73
3692226156IncongruousNot harmonious74
3828080626AppeaseSooth, pacify by getting into75
3828080627DigressGo off the subject76
3828080628FrivolousNot serious, not solemn, giddy, silly, like minded77
3828080629InstigateTo provoke, or stir up78
3828080630UnprecedentedHappening for the first time, never seen before79
3915188242IndulgentYielding to desire80
3915188243JeopardyDanger, parole81
3915188244PredecessorSomeone or something that came before another82
3915188245SageA wise person83
3915188246TangibleTouchable, palpable84
3966017086PivoitolCrucial85
3966017087RefuteProve to be false86
3966017088RemorceSadness regret87
3966017089RespiteA rest of period of relief88
3966017090ScrupulousPainstakingly careful, moral integrity strict89
4042083628IdiomPleasure seeking indulgence90
4042083629PeripheralUnimportant91
4042083630IdiomPeculiar expression92
4042083631StoicIndifferent to pleasure or pain93
4042083632VolitileExplosive, highly unstable94
4042083633HedonisticPleasure seeking, indulgent95
4127428063AmityFriendship, peaceful relations96
4127428064AuspiciousFavorable, promising97
4127428065DepleteTo use up, to reduce98
4127428066StringentStrict, restrictive99
4127428067VoluminousVery large100
4224080946AmassTo accumulate or pile up101
4224080947FickleInconsistent, changeable, not firm or steadfast in disposition or character102
4224080948HackneyedLacking freshness or originality, overused, trite103
4224080949LethargySluggishness, laziness, and drowsiness104
4224080950WillfulInsistent on having ones way, obstinate105
4270115680AssuageTo sooth, to passing, to relieve106
4270115681BastionStronghold, fortress, fortified place107
4270115682DesecrateTo profane a holy place or to via late the sacredness of something or someone108
4270115683TrepidationFear or nervous trembling109
4270115684VehementUrgent and passionate110
4270115685FortutiousAccidentally fortunate, occurring by chance111
4270115686FurtiveSecretive, sneaky and stealthy112
4270115687ProdigiousExtraordinary and enormous113
4270115688SuperciliousHaute, patronizing, arrogant114
4270115689TorporSluggishness, inactivity,115

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