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| 9917469020 | Adumbrate | (v.) to outline or sketch broadly; to foreshadow or prefigure; to disclose partially syn: indicate | 0 | |
| 9917469021 | Apotheosis | (n.) the elevation of a person to a divine rank or status; the glorification of a person as an ideal; a glorified ideal syn: delification | 1 | |
| 9917469022 | Ascetic | (adj.) practicing self-denial for the sake of personal or spiritual discipline; (n.) one who leads a life of self-discipline, especially to express religious devotion syn: spartan, celibate ant: wanton, hedonist | 2 | |
| 9917469023 | Bauble | (n.) a small, showy ornament of little value or use syn: trifle, gewgaw, bagatelle ant: gem, precious jewel | 3 | |
| 9917469024 | Beguile | (v.) to mislead or deceive; to cheat; to divert; to cause to vanish unnoticed syn: delude, dupe, lure | 4 | |
| 9917469025 | Burgeon | (v.) to put forth new buds, leaves, or greenery; to develop rapidly or suddenly syn: sprout, blossom, bloom ant: atrophy, shrivel, diminish | 5 | |
| 9917469026 | Complement | (n.) something that completes a whole; the quantity or number needed to make up a whole; the full number or allowance; (v.) to complete syn: balance, round out | 6 | |
| 9917469027 | Contumacious | (adj.) obstinately or willfully disobedient; openly rebellious syn: impudent, unruly, defiant, refractory ant: docile, meek, deferential, cooperative | 7 | |
| 9917469028 | Curmudgeon | (n.) an irascible, churlish person syn: crank, sorehead, churl | 8 | |
| 9917469029 | Didactic | (adj.) intended to instruct, especially morally; inclined to moralize too much syn: educational, instructional | 9 | |
| 9917469030 | Disingenuous | (adj.) lacking in sincerity or candor syn: artful, sly, two-faced, insincere ant: candid, frank, artless, sincere | 10 | |
| 9917469031 | Exculpate | (v.) to clear of guilt or blame syn: absolve, acquit ant: convict, condemn | 11 | |
| 9917469032 | Faux Pas | (n.) a slip in manners or conduct; a social blunder syn: indiscretion ant: tour de force | 12 | |
| 9917469033 | Fulminate | (v.) to denounce or condemn vehemently; to explode, detonate syn: inveigh ant: praise, applaud, commend, extol | 13 | |
| 9917469034 | Fustian | (n.) inflated or pretentious language in speech or writing; a cloth made of cotton and flax syn: rant, claptrap, bombast, grandiloquence | 14 | |
| 9917469035 | Hauteur | (n.) haughtiness or bearing of attitude syn: conceit, superciliousness, snobbishness ant: modesty, humility, diffidence, mousiness | 15 | |
| 9917469036 | Inhibit | (v.) to restrain or hold back; to hinder or arrest; to prohibit syn: repress, check, suppress ant: foster, promote, expedite, facilitate | 16 | |
| 9917469037 | Jeremiad | (n.) an elaborate or prolonged lamentation; any tale of woe ant: paean, song of praise | 17 | |
| 9917469038 | Opportunist | (n.) one who makes a practice of taking advantage of circumstances to further his or her own self-interest, regardless of principles or ultimate consequences syn: self-seeker, exploiter | 18 | |
| 9917469039 | Unconscionable | (adj.) not guided or restrained by conscience, prudence, or reason; unscrupulous; immoderate syn: unjustifiable, indefensible, unforgivable ant: justifiable, reasonable, honorable | 19 |
