5153961975 | Facetious | Humorous; playfully joking | 0 | |
5153966119 | Ostentatious | Meant to impress others; flashy | 1 | |
5153968615 | Optimum | Best possible; most favorable; most desirable | 2 | |
5153971160 | Detriment | Something that causes damage, harm, or loss | 3 | |
5153975148 | Vicarious | Experienced through the imagination; not experiences directly | 4 | |
5153978806 | Dexterous | Skillful in using the hands or body | 5 | |
5153981634 | Discretion | Careful about moral standards; conscientious | 6 | |
5153985306 | Gregarious | Sociable; enjoying and seeking the company of others | 7 | |
5153987951 | Scrupulous | Good judgment or tact in actions or speaking | 8 | |
5153991322 | Sensory | Having to do with seeing, hearing, feeling, tasting, or smelling | 9 | |
5153999379 | Instigate | To bring about by moving others to action; stir up | 10 | |
5154001690 | Rudimentary | Fundamental; necessary to learn first | 11 | |
5154008876 | Resilient | Able to recover quickly from harm, illness, or misfortune | 12 | |
5154016977 | Collaborate | To work together on a project; cooperate in an effort | 13 | |
5154020202 | Zealot | A person totally devoted to a purpose or cause | 14 | |
5154023012 | Squelch | To silence or suppress; crush | 15 | |
5154025069 | Venerate | To respect deeply; revere | 16 | |
5154027836 | Despondent | Downhearted; hopeless; overwhelmed with sadness | 17 | |
5154057216 | Retrospect | Reviewing the past; considering past events | 18 | |
5154060868 | Scoff | To make fun of; mock; refuse to take seriously | 19 | |
5154084885 | Juxtapose | To place close together, especially in order to compare or contrast | 20 | |
5154089504 | Lethargy | A great lack of energy; inactivity due to laziness | 21 | |
5154094897 | Ambiguous | Able to be interpreted in more than one way; not clear | 22 | |
5154099408 | Inane | Without sense or meaning; foolish | 23 | |
5154102384 | Dissident | A person opposed to established ideas or beliefs. especially in politics or religion | 24 | |
5154107928 | Embellish | To decorate; beautify by adding details | 25 | |
5154111480 | Subsidize | To support financially; provide a grant or contribution | 26 | |
5154115072 | Squander | To spend or use wastefully or thoughtlessly | 27 | |
5154119451 | Inadvertent | Unintentional; accidental | 28 | |
5154122263 | Sporadic | Happening now and then; occasional | 29 | |
5157522897 | Relinquish | To surrender (something); give (something) up | 30 | |
5157525330 | Impetuous | Done or acting in a hurry, with little thought; impulsive | 31 | |
5157531630 | Maudlin | Tearfully sentimental; overemotional | 32 | |
5157534999 | Berate | To criticize or scold harshly | 33 | |
5157543731 | Ubiquitous | Existing or seeming to exist everywhere at the same time | 34 | |
5157545772 | Zenith | The highest point or condition; peak | 35 | |
5157549691 | Estrange | To make unsympathetic or unfriendly; alienate | 36 | |
5157557111 | Infallible | Not capable of error or failure; unable to make a mistake | 37 | |
5157561702 | Euphoric | Overjoyed; having an intense feeling of well-being | 38 | |
5157566028 | Regress | To return to an earlier, generally worse, condition or behavior | 39 | |
5157580356 | Dormant | Inactive; alive but not actively growing, as if asleep | 40 | |
5157583843 | Disseminate | To spread or scatter widely; distribute | 41 | |
5157589070 | Irrevocable | Not able to be canceled or undone; irreversible | 42 | |
5157594030 | Proliferation | A rapid spread or increase | 43 | |
5157597389 | Corroborate | To support; strengthen with further evidence; provide proof of | 44 | |
5157604660 | Precipitate | To cause to happen quickly, suddenly, or sooner than expected | 45 | |
5157608351 | Hoist | To lift, especially with some mechanical means, like a cable | 46 | |
5157616081 | Charlatan | A fake; a person who falsely claims to have some special skill or knowledge | 47 | |
5157627264 | Diverge | To branch off in different directions from the same starting point; to become different | 48 | |
5157630246 | Illicit | Illegal | 49 | |
5160978324 | Vit, viv | Life, lively | 50 | |
5160978325 | Extra- | Outside, beyond | 51 | |
5160978403 | Chron, chrono- | Time | 52 | |
5160981473 | Liber, liver | Free, freedom | 53 | |
5160981474 | De- | Away, separation, removal | 54 | |
5160985648 | Ante-, anti- | Before, preceding | 55 | |
5160985649 | Voc, vok | Voice, call | 56 | |
5160988174 | Dorm | Sleep | 57 | |
5160988175 | Ject | Throw, toss | 58 | |
5160990853 | -cide | Kill, killing, killer | 59 | |
5161059216 | Equivocate | To be deliberately vague in order to mislead | 60 | |
5161059217 | Fortuitous | Happening by chance, by accident, or at random; lucky | 61 | |
5161063358 | Impeccable | Faultless; perfect | 62 | |
5161063359 | Liaison | A person who serves as a connection between individuals or groups; a go-between | 63 | |
5161065531 | Predisposed | Tending toward or open to something beforehand | 64 | |
5161067476 | Propensity | A natural preference or tendency | 65 | |
5161067477 | Reprehensible | Deserving of blame, criticism, or disapproval | 66 | |
5161069836 | Sham | A pretense or counterfeit; something meant to deceive | 67 | |
5161069837 | Solace | Comfort in sorrow or misfortune; consolation | 68 | |
5161092233 | Solicitous | Showing or expressing concern, care, or attention | 69 | |
5204563953 | Sanction | To authorize, allow, or approve | 70 | |
5204566570 | Inundate | To cover, as by flooding; overwhelm with a large number or amount | 71 | |
5204570860 | Circumvent | To avoid by going around or to escape from, prevent, or stop | 72 | |
5204576310 | Reticent | Quiet or uncommunicative; reluctant to speak out | 73 | |
5204582147 | Robust | Healthy and strong; vigorous | 74 | |
5204584765 | Cohesive | Sticking or holding together; unified | 75 | |
5204586989 | Vociferous | Noisy; expressing feeling loudly and intensely | 76 | |
5204593788 | Attrition | A gradual decrease in number; to become fewer in number | 77 | |
5204597286 | Grievous | Causing grief or pain; very serious or severe | 78 | |
5204601395 | Oblivious | Unaware; failing to notice | 79 |
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