4760923575 | Zenith | Highest point in the sky/ greatest accomplishment | 0 | |
4760923576 | Nadir | Lowest point | 1 | |
4760925269 | Tawdry | Tasteless/ showy/ cheap/ gaudy/ inferior | 2 | |
4774130308 | Urbane | Sophisticated/ smooth/ refined | 3 | |
4774130309 | Diatribe | Angry, violent, of bitter attack of words | 4 | |
4824379070 | Harbinger | Person or thing that signals what will follow | 5 | |
4824379071 | Banal | Ordinary/ uninteresting/ pointless | 6 | |
4824379072 | Stymie | To block, hinder, or frustrate/ to confuse or baffle | 7 | |
4824379073 | Bacchanal | A wild drunken party | 8 | |
4824379074 | Prosaic | Common, dull, mundane | 9 | |
4861701186 | Esoteric | Something known or understood only by a select few | 10 | |
4861701187 | Exoteric | Something known or understood by many/ something very popular | 11 | |
4861701188 | Procrustean | Someone or something that forces rigid conformity/ unyielding | 12 | |
4861701189 | Shibboleth | Password/ slogan/ characteristic of a certain group/ cliche/ Ear of corn | 13 | |
4861701190 | Martinet | Strict disciplinarian | 14 | |
4861701191 | Wrought | (Verb) an older way or saying work/ (adj) brought about | 15 | |
5149771789 | Meretricious | Tasteless, cheap, inferior, flashy, deceptively attractive | 16 | |
5149771790 | Lampoon | A ridiculous or humorous attack on an institution or person | 17 | |
5149771791 | Cajole | To persuade by flattening or making promises/ pleasant or misleading words | 18 | |
5149771792 | Narcissim | Extreme self love/ big ego/ thinking very highly of yourself | 19 | |
5149771793 | Chagrin | Humiliation, disappointment, irritation | 20 | |
5149771794 | Ephemeral | Something lasting a very short or brief time/ short lived/ temporary | 21 | |
5149771795 | Bedlam | Noisy confusion, uproar, disorder | 22 | |
5149771796 | Indolent | Lazy, inactive, lethargic | 23 | |
5149771797 | Meander | Follow a winding course/ wander aimlessly | 24 | |
5149771798 | Agnostic | One who believes it is impossible to know whether or not a God exists | 25 | |
5149771799 | Precocious | Advanced beyond your age/ child prodigy | 26 | |
5149771800 | Nepotism | Showing favoritism to relatives through jobs, offices, or favors | 27 | |
5149771801 | Enigmatic | Mysterious, puzzling, curious | 28 | |
5149771802 | Nebulous | Unclear, hazy, indistinct | 29 | |
5149771803 | Denigrate | To speak ill/ attack someone's reputation/ belittle | 30 | |
5149771804 | Docile | Something easily managed or controlled/ gentle or submissive | 31 | |
5161553533 | Alchemy | A chemical philosophy/ turning metals to gold/ finding a medicine to cure all illnesses/ magic power that changes or transforms things/ gives everlasting life | 32 | |
5332876652 | Anachronism | Representation of someone as existing or something happening out of it's proper, historical, or chronological order. | 33 | |
5332876653 | Beleaguered | Lots of troubles or problems | 34 | |
5332876654 | Desultory | Not having a plan/ something random or disconnected | 35 | |
5332876655 | Echelon | A level responsibility or authority in a hierarchy/ rank/ formation of groups, units, or individuals/ formation of military troops/ flight formation | 36 | |
5332876656 | Epicure | Person with refined taste/ person devoted to luxurious things | 37 | |
5332876657 | Malapropism | Misusing a word/ confusing a word with one that sounds similar | 38 | |
5342564910 | Magnanimous | Unselfish or generous | 39 | |
5342564911 | Obstreperous | Noisy/ unruly/ defiant | 40 | |
5332876658 | Milieu | An environment or setting, usually the social place where something happens or develops | 41 | |
5497162761 | Repugnant | Something repulsive/ something you turn your nose up at | 42 | |
5497162762 | Serendipity | Making fortunate discoveries or have accidental luck | 43 | |
5497162763 | Visceral | Immediate and emotional/ something not thought out | 44 | |
5497162764 | Scathe | To harm or injure | 45 | |
5497162765 | Lacerate | Ripping or tearing something, literally or figuratively | 46 | |
5808007812 | Flay | To strip away skin, usually used figuratively | 47 | |
5808007813 | Truculent | Person that exudes meanness or hostility/ often describes behavior | 48 | |
5808007814 | Ennul | French for boredom | 49 | |
5808007815 | Phlegmatic | A person who is slow to act or get mad | 50 | |
5808007816 | Doldrums | Purposeless, without energy, a dull feeling | 51 | |
5808007817 | Tepid | Lukewarm/ usually describes a drunk that isn't hot or cold/ can also describe an attitude | 52 | |
5808007818 | Risible | Relating to laughter/ person who likes to laugh/ situation that provokes laughter | 53 | |
5808007819 | Panache | An added touch of style/ a word used to describe an old plume | 54 | |
5808007820 | Incubus | A demon that sexually attacks women/ something that torments you, especially during the night | 55 | |
5808007821 | Leonine | Lion-like | 56 | |
5808007822 | Vulpine | Fox-like | 57 | |
5808007823 | Ursine | Bear-like | 58 | |
5808007824 | Avian | Bird-like | 59 | |
5808007825 | Simian | Someone who resembles an ape or a monkey | 60 | |
5820334907 | Porcine | Resembling a swine or a pig | 61 | |
5853808209 | Exacerbate | To aggravate something/ make something more sever or harsh | 62 | |
5853808210 | Placate | To lessen someone's anger or hard feelings | 63 | |
5965105046 | Perambulate | Fancy way to say walk or stroll/ walk around looking for something | 64 | |
5965105047 | Vacillate | To swing indecisively between two or more ideas | 65 | |
5965105048 | Messianic | Zealous (passionate) or overzealous about a cause or leader | 66 | |
5965105049 | Pique | To peak or provoke (usually involving interest) | 67 | |
5965105050 | Corpulent/ corpulence | Having a lot of body/ excessively fat | 68 | |
5965105051 | Clandestine | When something is done in secret to hide a plan or something that's not pleasant | 69 | |
5965105052 | Fastidious | Meticulous/ pay close attention to detail (so extreme it's almost negative) | 70 | |
6238049476 | Chimera | Part lion, part goat, and part dragon/ often used to describe fictional things or ideas | 71 | |
6238049477 | Dearth | Not enough of something or nothing at all | 72 | |
6238049478 | Sepulcher/sepulchral | A grave or tomb/ a burial place/ excessively gloomy | 73 | |
6238049479 | Arcane | Something known or understood by only a select group of people. (Synonym: Esoteric) | 74 | |
6238049480 | Vitriolic | Something that is bitterly cruel/ acidic | 75 | |
6238049481 | Torpid | Not inclined to do anything/ a hibernating animal/ a lazy person (synonym: phlegmatic) | 76 | |
6238049482 | Amalgamate | To mix or combine into a unified whole | 77 | |
6238049483 | Gerome | Relevant or appropriate | 78 | |
6238049484 | Carapace | Hard covering of some sort/ any protective covering | 79 | |
6238049485 | Redress | Figurative reclothing/ a remedy | 80 | |
6238049486 | Ameliorate | Fancy word for improving/ Latin for "better" | 81 | |
6238049487 | Amnesty | General pardon give to those guilty of crimes | 82 | |
6238049488 | Ancillary | Used to be a maid/ now is something of secondary importance | 83 | |
6238049489 | Hedonist | Someone devoted to pleasure and having a good time | 84 | |
6238049490 | Revelry | A loud or good time | 85 | |
6238049491 | Avuncular | Describes a relationship with uncle/ someone kind and fun to be around | 86 | |
6274031321 | Jocular | Tending to make jokes | 87 | |
6274031322 | Euphoric | Intense excitement or happiness/ wow feeling so extremes it is unlike other happiness | 88 | |
6274031323 | Fetid | Something that smells very bad/ usually something rotting or dirty | 89 | |
6274031324 | Sordid | Something that is morally or ethically fowl | 90 | |
6316414035 | Rancid | Usually something rotting or disgusting (synonymous with repugnant) | 91 | |
6316414036 | Pernicious | Deadly or dangerous/ extremely deleterious | 92 | |
6330669172 | Posterity | Refers to generations to come | 93 | |
6430197170 | Heretic | Strays from religious beliefs/ someone who disagrees with society | 94 | |
6430197171 | Garish | Something loud and in your face, usually in color or design | 95 | |
6482369536 | Feral | An animal in the wild/ a human who acts like an animal | 96 | |
6482369537 | Portentous | Someone carrying a sign that something bad will happening the future/ something very pretentious, pompous, or arrogant | 97 | |
6482369538 | Aesthetic | The perception or the appreciation of beauty | 98 | |
6482369539 | Incarnation | A fleshly version of the divine/ something abstract that you give a bodily form | 99 | |
6746360148 | Ecclesiastical | Something relating to church | 100 | |
6746360149 | Prehensile | Something that can grasp something else/ the ability to hold something | 101 | |
6746360150 | Veracity | Honesty | 102 | |
6746360151 | Mendacity | Dishonesty | 103 | |
6746360152 | Double Entendre | Double meaning, usually one of them in sexual | 104 | |
6746360153 | Parsumony | Someone who is excessively cheap | 105 | |
6746360154 | Pecuniary | Something to do with monsy | 106 |
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