2320743136 | 1. Acrimony | sharpness, harshness, or bitterness of nature, speech, disposition | 0 | |
2320743137 | 2. Adder | any of various other venomous or harmless snakes resembling the viper | 1 | |
2320743138 | 3. Admonition | counsel, advice, or caution | 2 | |
2320743139 | 4. Affront | a personally offensive act or word | 3 | |
2320743140 | 5. Alacrity | cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness | 4 | |
2320743141 | 6. Alliteration | the commencement of two or more words of a word group with the same letter, as in apt alliteration's artful aid | 5 | |
2320743142 | 7. Allusion | a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication | 6 | |
2320743143 | 8. Analogous | a similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based | 7 | |
2320743144 | 9. Animosity | a feeling of strong dislike, ill will, or enmity that tends to display itself in action | 8 | |
2320743145 | 10. Antebellum | before or existing before a war, especially the American Civil War; prewar | 9 | |
2320743146 | 11. Apathetic | having or showing little or no emotion | 10 | |
2320743147 | 12. Apostrophe | a digression in the form of an address to someone not present | 11 | |
2320743148 | 13. Arduous | requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult | 12 | |
2320743149 | 14. Arrogate | assume or appropriate to oneself without right | 13 | |
2320743150 | 15. Assonance | resemblance of sounds | 14 | |
2320743151 | 16. Assuages | to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate | 15 | |
2320743152 | 17. Augment | to make larger; enlarge in size, number, strength, or extent; increase | 16 | |
2320743153 | 18. Avail | to be of use or value to; profit; advantage | 17 | |
2320743154 | 19. Barmaid | a woman who bartends | 18 | |
2320743155 | 20. Barmy | containing or resembling barm; frothy | 19 | |
2320743156 | 21. Befuddlement | to confuse, as with glib statements or arguments | 20 | |
2320743157 | 22. Beguiles | to take away from by cheating or deceiving | 21 | |
2320743158 | 23. Belligerence | a warlike or aggressively hostile nature, condition, or attitude, an act of carrying on war; warfare | 22 | |
2320743159 | 24. Benevolent | characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings | 23 | |
2320743160 | 25. Berate | to scold | 24 | |
2320743161 | 26. Beseech | to beg eagerly for | 25 | |
2320743162 | 27. Bewildered | completely puzzled or confused; perplexed | 26 | |
2320743163 | 28. Briar | an ericaceous shrub, having a hard woody root | 27 | |
2320743164 | 29. Buoyant | capable of keeping a body afloat, as a liquid | 28 | |
2320743165 | 30. Camaraderie | comradeship; good-fellowship. | 29 | |
2320743166 | 31. Cipher | something of no value or importance | 30 | |
2320743167 | 32. Conflagration | a destructive fire, usually an extensive one | 31 | |
2320743168 | 33. Conjecture | an opinion or theory so formed or expressed; guess; speculation | 32 | |
2320743169 | 34. Conjuration | the act of calling on or invoking a sacred name | 33 | |
2320743170 | 35. Covetous | inordinately or wrongly desirous of wealth or possessions; greedy | 34 | |
2320743171 | 36. Craven | cowardly; contemptibly timid; pusillanimous | 35 | |
2320743172 | 37. Cuckold | the husband of an unfaithful wife | 36 | |
2320743173 | 38. Culpability | guilt or blame that is deserved | 37 | |
2320743174 | 39. Cupidity | eager or excessive desire, especially to possess something; greed; avarice | 38 | |
2320743175 | 40. Decorum | dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress | 39 | |
2320743176 | 41. Deity | Divine character or nature, especially that of the Supreme Being; divinity | 40 | |
2320743177 | 42. Deride | to laugh at in scorn or contempt | 41 | |
2320743178 | 43. Deriding | to laugh at in scorn or contempt; scoff or jeer at; mock. | 42 | |
2320743179 | 44. Despondent | feeling or showing profound hopelessness, dejection, discouragement, or gloom | 43 | |
2320743180 | 45. Despondent | feeling or showing profound hopelessness, dejection, discouragement, or gloom | 44 | |
2320743181 | 46. Despotic | a king or other ruler with absolute, unlimited power; autocrat. | 45 | |
2320743182 | 47. Dirge | funeral song or tune, or one expressing mourning in commemoration of the dead | 46 | |
2320743183 | 48. Discordant | being at variance; disagreeing; incongruous | 47 | |
2320743184 | 49. Dispel | to drive off in various directions; disperse; dissipate | 48 | |
2320743185 | 50. Dolorous | full of, expressing, or causing pain or sorrow; grievous; mournful | 49 | |
2320743186 | 51. Duplicity | deceitfulness in speech or conduct | 50 | |
2320743187 | 52. Dwindling | to become smaller and smaller; shrink; waste away | 51 | |
2320743188 | 53. Elusiveness | eluding or failing to allow for or accommodate a clear perception or complete mental grasp; hard to express or define | 52 | |
2320743189 | 54. Embittered | to make bitter; cause to feel bitterness | 53 | |
2320743190 | 55. Emphatic | the psychological identification with the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of others | 54 | |
2320743191 | 56. Epiphany | a sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something | 55 | |
2320743192 | 57. Euphemism | the substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt | 56 | |
2320743193 | 58. Exculpate | to clear from a charge of guilt or fault; free from blame; vindicate | 57 | |
2320743194 | 59. Extant | in existence; still existing; not destroyed or lost | 58 | |
2320743195 | 60. Facet | a similar surface cut on a fragment of rock by the action of water, windblown sand | 59 | |
2320743196 | 61. Falter | to speak hesitatingly or brokenly | 60 | |
2320743197 | 62. Fastidious | hard to please | 61 | |
2320743198 | 63. Faulty parallelism | agreement in direction, tendency, or character | 62 | |
2320743199 | 64. Fealty | fidelity; faithfulness | 63 | |
2320743200 | 65. Finitude | to be in a measureable state | 64 | |
2320743201 | 66. Foment | to instigate or foster; promote the growth or development of | 65 | |
2320743202 | 67. Foolhardy | recklessly or thoughtlessly bold; foolishly rash or venturesome | 66 | |
2320743203 | 68. Fractious | readily angered; peevish; irritable; quarrelsome | 67 | |
2320743204 | 69. Futile | incapable of producing any result | 68 | |
2320743205 | 70. Gaunt | extremely thin and bony; haggard and drawn, as from great hunger, weariness, or torture; emaciated. | 69 | |
2320743206 | 71. Gridiron | a utensil consisting of parallel metal bars on which to broil meat or other food. | 70 | |
2320743207 | 72. Guerdon | a reward, recompense, or requital | 71 | |
2320743208 | 73. Hare | any rodentlike mammal of the genus Lepus | 72 | |
2320743209 | 74. Hedgerows | a row of bushes or trees forming a hedge | 73 | |
2320743210 | 75. Hefted | weight; heaviness | 74 | |
2320743211 | 76. Hubris | excessive pride or self-confidence; arrogance | 75 | |
2320743212 | 77. Idiosyncratic | something peculiar to an individual | 76 | |
2320743213 | 78. Idolatry | religious worship of idols | 77 | |
2320743214 | 79. Impede | to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder | 78 | |
2320743215 | 80. Imperatives | of the nature of or expressing a command; commanding | 79 | |
2320743216 | 81. Impertinent | intrusive or presumptuous, as persons or their actions | 80 | |
2320743217 | 82. Imploration | to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy | 81 | |
2320743218 | 83. Inarticulate | lacking the ability to express oneself, especially in clear and effective speech | 82 | |
2320743219 | 84. Incertitude | uncertainty or doubtfulness | 83 | |
2320743220 | 85. Incipient | beginning to exist or appear | 84 | |
2320743221 | 86. Indelible | making marks that cannot be erased, removed | 85 | |
2320743222 | 87. Ineffable | incapable of being expressed or described in words | 86 | |
2320743223 | 88. Iniquity | a violation of right or duty; wicked act; sin | 87 | |
2320743224 | 89. Invasive | characterized by or involving invasion | 88 | |
2320743225 | 90. Jocular | given to, characterized by, intended for, or suited to joking or jesting; waggish; facetious | 89 | |
2320743226 | 91. Kinsman | a blood relative, especially a male | 90 | |
2320743227 | 92. Locale | the scene or setting, as of a novel, play, or motion picture | 91 | |
2320743228 | 93. Maudlin | tearfully or weakly emotional; foolishly sentimental | 92 | |
2320743229 | 94. Melioration | semantic change in a word to a more approved or more respectable meaning | 93 | |
2320743230 | 95. Metonymy | a figure of speech that consists of the use of the name of one object or concept for that of another to which it is related | 94 | |
2320743231 | 96. Metonymy | a figure of speech that consists of the use of the name of one object or concept for that of another to which it is related | 95 | |
2320743232 | 97. Misnomer | a misapplied or inappropriate name or designation. an error in naming a person or thing. | 96 | |
2320743233 | 98. Myopic | pertaining to or having myopia; nearsighted | 97 | |
2320743234 | 99. Noisome | offensive or disgusting, as an odor | 98 | |
2320743235 | 100. Noosed | a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled | 99 | |
2320743236 | 101. Novice | a person who is new to the circumstances, work, etc., in which he or she is placed | 100 | |
2320743237 | 102. Omniscient | having complete or unlimited knowledge, awareness, or understanding; perceiving all things | 101 | |
2320743238 | 103. Onerous | burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome; causing hardship | 102 | |
2320743239 | 104. Paradox | a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth | 103 | |
2320743240 | 105. Parsimonious | frugal or stingy | 104 | |
2320743241 | 106. Pathetic Fallacy | the endowment of nature, inanimate objects, etc., with human traits and feelings, as in the smiling skies; the angry sea. | 105 | |
2320743242 | 107. Pathetic Fallacy | the endowment of nature, inanimate objects, etc., with human traits and feelings | 106 | |
2320743243 | 108. Pernicious | causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful | 107 | |
2320743244 | 109. Pester | to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble | 108 | |
2320743245 | 110. Pious | having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations | 109 | |
2320743246 | 111. Pragmatic | of or relating to a practical point of view or practical considerations | 110 | |
2320743247 | 112. Premonitory | giving premonition; serving to warn beforehand | 111 | |
2320743248 | 113. Privation | lack of the usual comforts or necessaries of life | 112 | |
2320743249 | 114. Purist | strict observance of or insistence on purity in language, style, etc. | 113 | |
2320743250 | 115. Query | a question; an inquiry | 114 | |
2320743251 | 116. Rampant | violent in action or spirit; raging; furious | 115 | |
2320743252 | 117. Ravenous | extremely hungry; famished; voracious | 116 | |
2320743253 | 118. Reiteration | to say or do again or repeatedly; repeat, often excessively | 117 | |
2320743254 | 119. Retched | to make efforts to vomit | 118 | |
2320743255 | 120. Reverberates | to rebound or recoil | 119 | |
2320743256 | 121. Reverie | a daydream | 120 | |
2320743257 | 122. Robust | strong and healthy; vigorous | 121 | |
2320743258 | 123. Sagacity | acuteness of mental discernment and soundness of judgment | 122 | |
2320743259 | 124. Sanctify | to purify or free from sin | 123 | |
2320743260 | 125. Sardonic | characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering | 124 | |
2320743261 | 126. Scrutiny | surveillance; close and continuous watching or guarding | 125 | |
2320743262 | 127. Shawl | a square, triangular, or oblong piece of wool or other material worn, especially by women | 126 | |
2320743263 | 128. Shroud | a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial | 127 | |
2320743264 | 129. Solicits | to seek to influence or incite to action, especially unlawful or wrong action | 128 | |
2320743265 | 130. Stalwart | strongly and stoutly built; sturdy and robust | 129 | |
2320743266 | 131. Stigma | a mark of disgrace or infamy; a stain or reproach, as on one's reputation | 130 | |
2320743267 | 132. Stoic | of or relating to the school of philosophy founded by Zeno, who taught that people should be free from passion, unmoved by joy or grief, and submit without complaint to unavoidable necessity | 131 | |
2320743268 | 133. Subliminal | existing or operating below the threshold of consciousness | 132 | |
2320743269 | 134. Subliminal | existing or operating below the threshold of consciousness | 133 | |
2320743270 | 135. Sustenance | nourishment, means of livelihood. | 134 | |
2320743271 | 136. Sycophant | a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite | 135 | |
2320743272 | 137. Synaesthesia | a sensation produced in one modality when a stimulus is applied to another modality, as when the hearing of a certain sound induces the visualization of a certain color | 136 | |
2320743273 | 138. Throes | any violent convulsion or struggle | 137 | |
2320743274 | 139. Traitorous | having the character of a traitor; treacherous; perfidious | 138 | |
2320743275 | 140. Treacherous | deceptive, untrustworthy, or unreliable | 139 | |
2320743276 | 141. Ubiquity | the state or capacity of being everywhere, especially at the same time; omnipresence | 140 | |
2320743277 | 142. Unrequited | not returned or reciprocated | 141 | |
2320743278 | 143. Vicissitudes | a change or variation occurring in the course of something | 142 | |
2320743279 | 144. Weirs | a small dam in a river or stream | 143 |
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