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| 3569426621 | synecdoche | figure of speech in which part is made to represent the whole or vice versa | 0 | |
| 3569428511 | metonymy | substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant | 1 | |
| 3569432169 | apostrophe | figure of speech where the speaker talks to something non-human | 2 | |
| 3569436187 | phlegmatic | having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition | 3 | |
| 3569437142 | spelentic | bad-tempered; spiteful | 4 | |
| 3569438912 | sanguine | optimistic or positive especially in a difficult situation | 5 | |
| 3569442577 | choleric | bad-tempered or irritable | 6 | |
| 3569443803 | strumpet | promiscuous woman | 7 | |
| 3569445113 | sycophant | person who acts obedient toward someone important to gain advantage | 8 | |
| 3569447324 | unctuous | excessively or ingratiatingly flattering | 9 | |
| 3569449821 | pragmatic | dealing with things sensibly and realistically | 10 | |
| 3569453703 | auspicious | conducive to success; favorable | 11 | |
| 3569457954 | perquisite | a thing regarded as a special right as a result of one's position | 12 | |
| 3569460845 | stoic | a person who can endure pain or hardship without showing feelings or complaining | 13 | |
| 3569521880 | hackneyed | lacking significance through overuse; trite | 14 | |
| 3569523325 | jaded | tired, bored, lacking enthusiasm | 15 | |
| 3569525089 | jejune | naive, simplistic, dry, uninteresting | 16 | |
| 3569540957 | solipsist | theory that only the self exists | 17 | |
| 3569545419 | trite | lacking originality; uninteresting | 18 | |
| 3569547330 | hamarita | fatal flaw leading to a tragic downfall of a hero | 19 | |
| 3569553537 | hubris | excessive pride and self confidence | 20 | |
| 3569563482 | didactic | intended to teach with moral instruction as an ulterior motive | 21 | |
| 3569567692 | itinerant | traveling from place to place | 22 | |
| 3569568541 | mawkish | sentimental in a feeble or sickly way | 23 | |
| 3569578405 | ameliorate | make something better | 24 | |
| 3569579669 | superficial | appearing to be true until examined more closely | 25 | |
| 3569581583 | archetype | typical example of a certain person or thing | 26 | |
| 3569585046 | egregious | shockingly bad; lowest of the low | 27 | |
| 3569585943 | fastidious | very attentive to detail; concerned with detail | 28 | |
| 3569588473 | ephemeral | lasting for a very short time | 29 | |
| 3569592404 | vacillate | alternate between different opinions or actions | 30 | |
| 3569594009 | apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity; but widely circulated as true | 31 | |
| 3569602367 | altruistic | selfless concern for the well-being of others; unselfish | 32 | |
| 3569604240 | prolepsis | anticipation and answering of possible objections in rhetorical speech | 33 | |
| 3569610273 | innate | inborn; natural | 34 | |
| 3569611261 | dramatic irony | characters are oblivious of the situation but the audience is not | 35 | |
| 3569614434 | cryptic | having a meaning that is mysterious or obscure | 36 | |
| 3569616787 | banal | so lacking in originality as to be obvious an boring | 37 | |
| 3569619734 | philanthropy | desire to promote the welfare of others expressed by generous donations of money and goods | 38 | |
| 3569623062 | stentorian | loud and powerful voice | 39 | |
| 3569624325 | taciturn | reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little | 40 | |
| 3569633780 | epigram | short, satirical poem with a witty ending | 41 | |
| 3569636527 | preclude | prevent from happening | 42 | |
| 3569638470 | prodigal | wastefully extravagant | 43 | |
| 3569641310 | languid | lack of physical exertion; slow, relaxed effort | 44 | |
| 3569650304 | enervate | to weaken | 45 | |
| 3569650305 | disparage | regard as being of little worth | 46 | |
| 3569661548 | cupidity | greed for money and possessions | 47 | |
| 3569662318 | apathy | lack of interest or caring | 48 | |
| 3569663721 | augment | make greater by adding to it | 49 | |
| 3569664786 | reticent | not revealing one's thoughts or feelings readily | 50 | |
| 3569665797 | incoherent | expressed in an incomprehensible way | 51 | |
| 3569670207 | importune | ask pressingly and persistently for | 52 | |
| 3569672882 | extol | praise enthusiastically | 53 | |
| 3569673698 | enigma | person or thing that is mysterious and puzzling | 54 | |
| 3569715271 | repudiate | refuse to accept or associate with | 55 | |
| 3569717441 | shibboleth | custom or belief distinguishing a group of people, especially one regarded as outmoded or no longer important | 56 | |
| 3569723030 | relegate | consign or dismiss to an inferior rank or position | 57 | |
| 3569727537 | dogmatic | inclined to lay down principles as incontrovertibly true | 58 | |
| 3569730771 | adamant | refusing to be persuaded or change one's mind | 59 | |
| 3569733064 | indolent | wanting to avoid activity or exertion; lazy | 60 | |
| 3569735296 | nihilism | extreme skepticism maintaining that nothing in the world has a real existence | 61 | |
| 3569741031 | ascetic | a person who practices severe self-discipline and abstention | 62 | |
| 3569743546 | elucidate | make something clear; explain clearly | 63 | |
| 3569744834 | complacent | showing smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself and accomplishments | 64 | |
| 3569747649 | germane | relevant to a subject under consideration | 65 | |
| 3569748967 | mitigate | make less severe, serious, or painful | 66 | |
| 3569767197 | immutable | unchanging over time or unable to be changed | 67 | |
| 3569806302 | hedonist | a person who believes that the pursuit of pleasure is the most important thing in life | 68 | |
| 3569810078 | incongruous | not in harmony or keeping with the aspects of something | 69 | |
| 3569886841 | esoteric | intended for or likely to understood by a small # of people with specialized knowledge/interest | 70 | |
| 3569890342 | ambivalent | having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone | 71 | |
| 3569896435 | atrophy | waste away; decrease due to lack of use | 72 | |
| 3569898788 | engender | cause or give rise to a feeling, situation or condition | 73 | |
| 3569902647 | congenial | pleasant or agreeable because it's suited to one's tast or inclination | 74 | |
| 3569908978 | abate | cause to become smaller or less intense | 75 | |
| 3569911056 | acrimonious | speech/attitude that is angry and bitter | 76 | |
| 3569913819 | ambiguous | open to more than one interpretation; double meaning | 77 | |
| 3569916468 | candid | truthful and straightforward | 78 | |
| 3569917896 | discern | to perceive or recognize | 79 | |
| 3569919082 | abstract | existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence | 80 | |
| 3569922260 | temper | serve as a neutral or counteracting part to something | 81 | |
| 3569927001 | eccentric | unconventional and slightly strange | 82 | |
| 3569928198 | servile | having or showing an excessive willingness to serve or please others | 83 | |
| 3569930772 | virulent | of disease/poison; extremely severe or harmful in its effects | 84 | |
| 3569934680 | aesthetic | concerned with beauty or appreciation of beauty | 85 | |
| 3569939048 | guile | sly or cunning intelligence | 86 | |
| 3569939049 | incessant | re: unpleasant; continuing without pause or interruption | 87 | |
| 3569942621 | excoriate | censure or criticize severly | 88 | |
| 3569943839 | euphony | quality of being pleasing to the ear, especially through a harmonious combination of words | 89 | |
| 3569948615 | depravity | moral corruption; wickedness | 90 | |
| 3569951591 | curmudgeon | a bad-tempered or surly person | 91 | |
| 3569953358 | milquetoast | person who is timid or submissive | 92 | |
| 3569958277 | picaresque | episodic style of fiction dealing with the adventures of a rough and dishonest but appealing hero | 93 | |
| 3569961649 | bathos | effect of anticlimax created by an unintentional lapse in mood from the sublime to the trivial/ridiculous | 94 | |
| 3569968877 | scansion | rhythm of a line of verse | 95 | |
| 3569971090 | incredulous | unwilling or unable to believe something | 96 | |
| 3569974277 | inexorable | impossible to stop or prevent. a person impossible to persuade by request or entreaty | 97 | |
| 3569977623 | inveterate | having a particular habit that is long-established and unlikely to change | 98 | |
| 3570035786 | offal | refuse or waste material | 99 | |
| 3570036913 | motley | unorganized, diverse group | 100 | |
| 3570038423 | poltroon | an utter coward | 101 | |
| 3570038424 | exhort | strongly encourage or urge someone to do something | 102 | |
| 3570040637 | gauche | lacking ease or grace; unsophisticated and socially awkward | 103 | |
| 3570044035 | gratis | free of charge | 104 | |
| 3570046033 | ignominious | deserving or causing public disgrace or shame | 105 | |
| 3570050012 | dolorous | feeling or expressing great sorrow or distress | 106 | |
| 3570051207 | undaunted | not intimidated or discouraged by difficulty, danger or disappointment | 107 | |
| 3570056479 | dirge | a lament for the dead, especially one forming part of a funeral rite | 108 | |
| 3570060185 | dissipated | person/way of life...overindulging in sensual pleasures | 109 | |
| 3570062648 | carnal | relating to physical, especially sexual, needs and activities | 110 | |
| 3570064625 | depraved | morally corrupt; wicked | 111 | |
| 3570065892 | chasten | have a restraining or moderating effect upon | 112 | |
| 3570069827 | denouement | final part of a play/movie in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained | 113 | |
| 3570096405 | libertine | a person who rejects accepted opinions in matter of religion; a freethinker. behaving without morals | 114 | |
| 3570101332 | satyr | one of a class of lustful, drunken woodland gods | 115 | |
| 3570104697 | urban | suave, courteous and refined in manner | 116 | |
| 3570106216 | rustic | of or relating to the countryside; rural | 117 | |
| 3570117503 | vestige | a trace of something that is disappearing or no longer exists | 118 | |
| 3570118921 | expository | intended to explain or describe something | 119 | |
| 3570122891 | lassitude | a state of physical or mental weariness; lack of energy | 120 | |
| 3570124388 | prosody | the patterns of rhythm and sound used in poetry | 121 | |
| 3570130541 | precis | a summary or abstract of a text or speech | 122 | |
| 3570132269 | burlesque | absurd or comically exaggerated imitation of something; a parody | 123 | |
| 3570135089 | chutzpah | shameless audacity; impudence | 124 | |
| 3570138516 | mensch | a person of integrity and honor | 125 | |
| 3569589749 | vacillate | be indecisive or waver between opinions/actions | 126 |
