7229218275 | Plaintive | Expressive of suffering or woe | 0 | |
7229218885 | Engender | A cause or given rise to a feeling or situation | 1 | |
7229229006 | Portentous/Portend | Be a sign or warning that something is likely to happen | 2 | |
7231747545 | Capricious | Given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior | 3 | |
7231752022 | Semblance | The outward appearance or form of something especially when the reality is different | 4 | |
7231752912 | Countenance | A person's facial expression | 5 | |
7231753666 | Penury | Extreme poverty; destitution | 6 | |
7231754547 | Conjecture | An opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information | 7 | |
7231754904 | Desolate | A place of people and in a state of bleak and dismal emptiness | 8 | |
7231756138 | Inexorable | Impossible to stop or prevent | 9 | |
7231756567 | Ascetic | Characterized by or suggesting the practice | 10 | |
7231758907 | Sardonic | Grimly mocking or cynical | 11 | |
7231759551 | Sullen | Bad tempered and sulky; gloomy | 12 | |
7231760521 | Impetuous | Acting or done quickly without care | 13 | |
7231761604 | Peremptory | Insisting on immediate attention or obedience, especially in a brusquely imperious way | 14 | |
7231762499 | Equivocal | Open to more than one interpretation; ambiguous | 15 | |
7231764058 | Soporific | Tending to introduce drowsiness or sleep | 16 | |
7231764647 | Transitory | Not permanent | 17 | |
7231765645 | Approbation | Approval or praise | 18 | |
7231767145 | Sanguine | Optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation | 19 | |
7231768935 | Interminable | endless(often used with hyperbole) | 20 | |
7231769444 | Prodigal | Spending money or resources freely | 21 | |
7231770215 | Calumny | Making false and defamatory statements in order to damage a reputation | 22 | |
7231770612 | Discern | To Perceive or recognize something | 23 | |
7231771994 | Acquiesce | To take something reluctantly but without protest | 24 | |
7231772733 | Profligate | Recklessly extravagant or wasteful us of resources | 25 | |
7231773975 | Propitious | indicating a good chance of success | 26 | |
7231774692 | Languid | Displaying or having disclination for physical exertion | 27 | |
7231775718 | Venerate | To regard with great respect | 28 | |
7231776316 | Sententious | Given to moralizing in a pompous or affected manner | 29 | |
7231776938 | Phlegmatic | Having an unemotional disposition | 30 | |
7231777589 | Disposition | A person's inherent qualities of mind and character. | 31 | |
7231778539 | Enigma | A person or a thing that is mysterious, puzzling or difficult | 32 | |
7231779783 | Ephemeral | Lasting for a very brief time | 33 | |
7231780318 | Façade | an outward appearance that is maintained to conceal a less pleasant or creditable reality. | 34 | |
7231782284 | Obscure | Not discovered or known about | 35 | |
7231782701 | Fastidious | Very attractive and concerned about details | 36 | |
7231783239 | Insipid | Lacking flavor | 37 | |
7231786713 | Enervate | Cause to feel drained of energy | 38 | |
7231787501 | Trepidation/intrepid | A feeling of fear or agitation | 39 | |
7231788150 | Evince | Reveal the presence | 40 | |
7231789179 | Indefatigable | Persisting tirelessly | 41 | |
7231791461 | Insuperable | Impossible to overcome | 42 | |
7231792173 | Apoplexy | Unconsciousness or incapacity resulting from cerebral hemorrhage | 43 | |
7231793649 | Deprecate | Express disapproval of | 44 | |
7231794216 | Noxious | Harmful, poisonous or unpleasant | 45 | |
7231794815 | Assiduous | Showing great care and perseverance | 46 | |
7231795324 | Solicitous | Characterized by or showing interest | 47 | |
7231796191 | Ludicrous | So foolish and unreasonable | 48 |
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