10700157719 | eschew | to avoid, shun, keep away from | 0 | |
10700157720 | carping | (adj.) tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; (n.) petty, nagging criticism | 1 | |
10700166747 | insatiable | so great or demanding as not to be satisfied | 2 | |
10700168835 | taciturn | (adj.) habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little | 3 | |
10700170498 | encomium | a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute | 4 | |
10938498343 | overt | (adj.) open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized | 5 | |
10938500654 | suppliant | (adj.) asking humbly and earnestly; (n.) one who makes a request humbly and earnestly, a petitioner, suitor | 6 | |
10938504194 | maelstrom | (n.) a whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction | 7 | |
10938504195 | sacrilege | improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred | 8 | |
10938507842 | talisman | (n.) an object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers, an amulet, fetish | 9 | |
11026849746 | dissemble | (v.) to disguise or conceal, deliberately give a false impression | 10 | |
11026849747 | evince | (v.) to display clearly, to make evident, to provoke | 11 | |
11026853923 | feckless | (adj.) lacking in spirit and strength; ineffective, weak; irresponsible, unreliable | 12 | |
11026857422 | decry | (v.) to condemn, express strong disapproval; to officially depreciate | 13 | |
11026860344 | distraught | (adj.) very much agitated or upset as a result of emotion or mental conflict | 14 | |
11161363429 | disarray | (n.) disorder, confusion; (v.) to throw into disorder | 15 | |
11161367133 | grouse | (n.) a type of game bird; a complaint; (v.) to complain, grumble | 16 | |
11161370032 | jocular | humorous, jesting, jolly, joking | 17 | |
11161375459 | glean | to gather bit by bit; to gather small quantities of grain left in a field by the reapers | 18 | |
11161377951 | ludicrous | ridiculous, laughable, absurd | 19 | |
11368367400 | delineate | (v.) to portray, sketch, or describe in accurate and vivid detail; to represent pictorially | 20 | |
11368367401 | acuity | (n.) sharpness (particularly of the mind or senses) | 21 | |
11368369371 | garner | (v.) to acquire as the result of effort; to gather and store away, as for future use | 22 | |
11368371756 | penchant | a strong attraction or inclination | 23 | |
11368373511 | depraved | (adj.) marked by evil and corruption, devoid of moral principles | 24 | |
11616852188 | diatribe | (n.) a bitter and prolonged verbal attack | 25 | |
11616852189 | derelict | (n.) someone or something that is abandoned or neglected; (adj.) left abandoned; neglectful of duty | 26 | |
11616859954 | equity | (n.) the state or quality of being just, fair, or impartial; fair and equal treatment; something that is fair; the money value of a property above and beyond any mortgage or other claim | 27 | |
11616921743 | sylvan | (adj.) pertaining to or characteristic of forests; living or located in a forest; wooded, woody | 28 | |
11616921744 | motif | (n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design | 29 | |
11717370503 | convivial | festive, sociable, having fun together, genial | 30 | |
11717371772 | coterie | (n.) a circle of acquaintances; a close-knit, often exclusive, group of people with a common interest | 31 | |
11717373752 | embellish | (v.) to decorate, adorn, touch up; to improve by adding details | 32 | |
11717375602 | allay | (v.) to calm or pacify, set to rest; to lessen or relieve | 33 | |
11717375603 | misanthrope | (n.) a person who hates or despises people | 34 | |
11947013831 | paucity | (n.) an inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth | 35 | |
11947018254 | saturate | (v.) to soak thoroughly, fill to capacity; to satisfy fully | 36 | |
11947025293 | countermand | (v.) to cancel or reverse one order or command with another that is contrary to the first | 37 | |
11947032605 | macabre | (adj.) grisly, gruesome; horrible, distressing; having death as a subject | 38 | |
11947036636 | badinage | light and playful conversation | 39 | |
12256059459 | redolent | (adj.) fragrant, smelling strongly; tending to arouse memories or create an aura | 40 | |
12256061026 | tyro | (n.) a beginner, novice; one with little or no background or skill | 41 | |
12256064530 | bucolic | (adj.) characteristic of the countryside, rural; relating to shepherds and cowherds, pastoral | 42 | |
12256066610 | increment | (n.) an enlargement, increase, addition | 43 | |
12256068017 | vacillate | (v.) to swing indecisively from one idea or course of action to another; to waver weakly in mind or will | 44 |
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