2749949963 | ignominious | deserving or causing public disgrace or shame | 0 | |
2749951300 | vehement | showing strong feeling; forceful, passionate, or intense | 1 | |
2749951967 | sardonic | grimly mocking or cynical | 2 | |
2749952798 | lugubrious | looking or sounding sad or dismal | 3 | |
2749954551 | taciturn | (of a person) reserved or uncommunicative in speech, saying little | 4 | |
2761482075 | captious | (of a person) tending to find fault or raise petty objections | 5 | |
2761484026 | fetid | Smelling extremely unpleasant | 6 | |
2761490351 | lurid | Adjective: very vivid in color, especially so as to create an unpleasantly harsh or unnatural effec | 7 | |
2761493445 | arrogate | Take or claim (something) without justification | 8 | |
2761499034 | soporific | Tending to induce drowsiness or sleep | 9 | |
2768993253 | ameliorate | make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better | 10 | |
2768993791 | expiate | atone for (guilt or sin) | 11 | |
2768995250 | penurious | extremely poor; poverty-stricken | 12 | |
2768995869 | perfidious | deceitful and untrustworthy | 13 | |
2768996364 | fervid | intensely enthusiastic or passionate, especially to an excessive degree | 14 | |
2781946401 | turbid | (of a liquid) cloudy, opaque, or thick with suspended matter. | 15 | |
2781947610 | indignant | feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment. | 16 | |
2781949192 | Officious | assertive of authority in an annoyingly domineering way, especially with regard to petty or trivial matters. | 17 | |
2781949959 | Equivocal | open to more than one interpretation; ambiguous. | 18 | |
2781950557 | Assiduous | showing great care and perseverance. | 19 | |
2824340460 | Inscrutable | Impossible to understand or interpret | 20 | |
2824346611 | Insuperable | (of a difficulty or obstacle) impossible to overcome | 21 | |
2824347297 | Vapid | offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging | 22 | |
2824347752 | Insipid | lacking flavor, lacking vigor or interest | 23 | |
2824348228 | Impetuous | acting or done quickly without thought or care | 24 | |
2824349806 | Imperious | assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering | 25 | |
2824350668 | Precocious | (of a child) having developed certain abilities or proclivities at an earlier age than usual | 26 | |
2824351220 | Capricious | given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior | 27 | |
2824352494 | Diffident | modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence | 28 | |
2824353370 | Meretricious | apparently attractive but having in reality no value or integrity | 29 | |
2866744519 | Propitious | Giving or indicating a good chance of success, favorable | 30 | |
2866745089 | Indefatigable | (Of a person or their efforts) persisting tirelessly | 31 | |
2866745550 | Ostensible | Stated or appearing to be so, but not necessarily so | 32 | |
2866746100 | Salubrious | Health giving, healthy; pleasant, not run down | 33 | |
2866746454 | Credulous | Having or showing too great a readiness to believe things | 34 | |
3314375950 | pedantic | of or like a pendant | 35 | |
3314379613 | incendiary | (of a device or attack) designed to cause fires | 36 | |
3314384383 | genial | friendly and cheerful | 37 | |
3314385801 | disconsolate | Adjective: without consolation or comfort; unhappy. | 38 | |
3314387835 | peremptory | (especially of a person's manner or actions) insisting on immediate attention or obedience, especially in a brusquely imperious way. | 39 | |
3334799395 | ascetic | Adjective: characterized by or suggesting the practice of severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons Noun: a person who practices severe self-discipline and abstention | 40 | |
3334799396 | palliate | Verb: make (a disease or its symptoms) less severe or unpleasant without removing the cause | 41 | |
3334799397 | prurient | Adjective: having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters | 42 | |
3334801462 | debauchery | Noun: excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures | 43 | |
3334801463 | solecism | Noun: a grammatical mistake in speech or writing a breach of good manners; a piece of incorrect behavior | 44 | |
3334801464 | indomitable | Adjective: impossible to subdue or defeat | 45 | |
3334803628 | intractable | Adjective: hard to control or deal with | 46 | |
3334803629 | supercilious | Adjective: behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others | 47 | |
3334808525 | despotic | Adjective: of or typical of a despot, tyrannical | 48 | |
3334808526 | impalapable | Adjective: unable to be felt by touch, not easily comprehended | 49 | |
3334810001 | culpable | Adjective: deserving blame | 50 | |
3334810002 | redolent | Adjective: strongly reminiscent or suggestive of (something); fragrant or sweet smelling | 51 | |
3334810003 | furtive | Adjective: attempting to avoid notice or attention, typically because of guilt or a belief that discovery would lead to trouble; secretive | 52 | |
3334812315 | reprobate | Noun: an unprincipled person Adjective: unprincipled | 53 | |
3334812316 | propitiate | Verb: win or regain the favor of (god, person, or spirit) by doing something that pleases them | 54 | |
3334815078 | behemoth | a huge or monstrous creature | 55 | |
3334815079 | palimpsest | a manuscript or piece of writing material on which the original writing has been effaced to make room for later writing but of which traces remain. something reused or altered but still bearing visible traces of its earlier form. | 56 | |
3334817150 | peccadillo | a small, relatively unimportant offense or sin | 57 | |
3334817151 | susurration | whispering, murmuring, or rustling | 58 | |
3334818962 | surly | adg. bad-tempered and unfriendly | 59 | |
3334823625 | approbation | approval or praise | 60 | |
3334823626 | collusion | secret or illegal cooperation or conspiracy, especially in order to cheat or deceive others | 61 | |
3334823627 | ingratiating | intended to gain approval or favor; sycophantic | 62 | |
3334825507 | heretical | of, relating to, or characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards | 63 | |
3334825508 | lethargic | affected by lethargy; sluggish and apathetic | 64 | |
3334825509 | sedentary | (of a person) tending to spend much time seated; somewhat inactive | 65 | |
3334827887 | jocular | fond of or characterized by joking; humorous or playful | 66 | |
3334827888 | lurid | Adjective: (of a description) presented in vividly shocking or sensational terms, especially giving explicit details of crimes or sexual matters | 67 | |
3334827889 | incorrigible | (of a person or their tendencies) not able to be corrected, improved, or reformed | 68 | |
3334829796 | sordid | Adjective: involving ignoble actions and motives; arousing moral distaste and contempt, dirty or squalor | 69 | |
3334829797 | brevity | Noun: concise and exact use of words in writing or speech | 70 | |
3334829798 | insipid | Adjective: lacking flavor; lacking vigor or interest | 71 | |
3334831112 | harrowed | Verb: cause distress to | 72 | |
3334831113 | disconcerted | Verb: disturb the composure of; unsettle | 73 | |
3334832546 | consternation | 74 | ||
3334832547 | prodigious | 75 | ||
3334832548 | disdainful | 76 | ||
3334834575 | imperious | 77 | ||
3334834576 | inviolable | 78 | ||
3334836490 | consummate | 79 | ||
3334836491 | obeisance | 80 | ||
3334836492 | laudable | 81 | ||
3334839467 | idyllic | 82 | ||
3334839468 | prudent | 83 | ||
3334841023 | glib | 84 | ||
3334841024 | presemptuous | 85 | ||
3334841025 | quixotic | 86 | ||
3334843228 | equanimity | 87 | ||
3334843229 | indecorous | 88 | ||
3334843286 | insuperable | 89 | ||
3334845338 | misanthrope | 90 | ||
3334845339 | profligate | 91 | ||
3334846824 | sententious | 92 | ||
3334846825 | plaintive | 93 | ||
3334846826 | pragmatic | 94 | ||
3334848854 | aesthetic | 95 | ||
3334848855 | jovial | 96 | ||
3334848856 | flippant | 97 | ||
3334851339 | portentous | 98 | ||
3334851340 | calumnious | 99 | ||
3334851341 | pernicious | 100 | ||
3334853270 | rogue | 101 | ||
3334853271 | pestilent | 102 | ||
3334853272 | abate | 103 | ||
3334853273 | remiss | 104 | ||
3334854876 | perdition | 105 | ||
3334854877 | avouch | 106 | ||
3334854878 | addled | 107 | ||
3334856338 | strident | 108 | ||
3334856339 | irrevocable | 109 | ||
3334858141 | interminable | 110 | ||
3334892701 | chagrined | 111 | ||
3334892702 | malaise | 112 | ||
3334894402 | abhorrent | 113 | ||
3334894403 | emasculate | 114 | ||
3334894404 | tacit | 115 | ||
3334896058 | petulant | 116 | ||
3334896059 | choleric | Adjective: bad-tempered or irritable | 117 | |
3334896060 | caustic | Adjective: able to burn or corrode organic tissue by chemical action sarcastic in a scathing and bitter way | 118 | |
3334897989 | derisive | Adjective: expressing contempt or ridicule | 119 | |
3334897990 | erudite | 120 | ||
3334898014 | crass | 121 | ||
3334899562 | vicarious | 122 | ||
3334899563 | admonitory | 123 | ||
3334901134 | lassitude | 124 | ||
3334901135 | licentious | 125 | ||
3334901136 | pecuniary | 126 | ||
3334902347 | vacous | 127 | ||
3334902348 | reticent | 128 | ||
3334903924 | nefarious | 129 | ||
3334903925 | inexorable | 130 | ||
3334903926 | moribound | 131 | ||
3334905570 | laconic | 132 | ||
3334905571 | torrid | 133 | ||
3334905572 | elegiac | 134 | ||
3334907427 | sanguine | 135 | ||
3334907428 | wry | 136 | ||
3334908708 | derisive | Adjective: expressing contempt or ridicule | 137 | |
3334910875 | bellicose | 138 | ||
3334910876 | blase | 139 | ||
3334912321 | choleric | Adjective: influenced by or predominating in the humor called choler | 140 | |
3334912322 | adulation | 141 | ||
3334912323 | droll | 142 | ||
3334913910 | pusillanimous | 143 | ||
3334913911 | capacious | 144 | ||
3334913912 | prostrate | 145 | ||
3334915313 | mitigate | 146 | ||
3334917198 | perspicacious | 147 | ||
3334918590 | voluble | 148 | ||
3334918591 | urbane | 149 | ||
3334918592 | brazen | 150 | ||
3334920235 | ennui | 151 | ||
3334920236 | nebulous | 152 | ||
3334920266 | schism | 153 | ||
3334922028 | austere | 154 | ||
3334922029 | fortuitous | 155 | ||
3334924823 | magnanimous | 156 | ||
3334924824 | repartee | 157 | ||
3334926780 | ubiquitous | 158 | ||
3334926781 | venerable | 159 | ||
3334928245 | discursive | 160 | ||
3334928246 | equivocal | 161 | ||
3334928247 | nascent | 162 | ||
3334931168 | fatuous | 163 | ||
3334931169 | obsequious | 164 | ||
3334933069 | deprecating | 165 | ||
3334933070 | garrulous | 166 | ||
3334934580 | caustic | Noun: a caustic substance a caustic surface or curve | 167 | |
3334934581 | patronizing | 168 | ||
3334934680 | histrionic | 169 | ||
3334936245 | didatic | 170 | ||
3334936246 | jocund | 171 | ||
3334938132 | pejorative | 172 | ||
3334938133 | abstruse | 173 | ||
3334938134 | brusque | 174 | ||
3334941045 | effusive | 175 | ||
3334941046 | insolent | 176 | ||
3334941047 | facetious | 177 | ||
3334942497 | reverent | 178 | ||
3334944200 | mock-heroic | 179 | ||
3334948709 | disgruntled | 180 | ||
3334948710 | befuddled | 181 | ||
3334951884 | capitulate | 182 | ||
3334951885 | solicitous | 183 | ||
3334953878 | prodigal | 184 | ||
3334953879 | impunity | 185 | ||
3334953880 | impute | 186 | ||
3334955883 | pertinacious | 187 | ||
3334955884 | brevity | Noun: shortness of time | 188 | |
3334955885 | copius | 189 | ||
3334958079 | sundry | 190 | ||
3334958080 | ebullient | 191 | ||
3334959453 | turgid | 192 | ||
3334959454 | corporeal | 193 | ||
3334961524 | errant | 194 | ||
3334961525 | languid | 195 | ||
3334961526 | ruminate | 196 | ||
3334962288 | assail | 197 | ||
3334962289 | beget | 198 |
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