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5143096431CogentStrong and to the point; convincing0
5143100665ExigentUrgent; pressing1
5143117055AssayTo test, analyze2
5143118594IntransigentRefusing to compromise3
5143124619InciteTo stir up; to provoke4
5143127946ResuscitateTo bring back to consciousness5
5143130202SolicitousShowing care or worry6
5143132044PerturbTo make worried or upset7
5143134629TurbulentVery excited or upset8
5143138527TurbidCloudy; confused9
5143146773AlacrityEnthusiastic quickness10
5143153298CeleritySpeed or quickness11
5143157133DegenerateA corrupt wrongdoer12
5143159365EngenderTo bring about; to produce13
5143161114GenreA kind or type of art14
5143165402CognateRelated to or coming from the same source15
5143167161InnateNatural; present from birth16
5143169012NascentIn the act of being born; growing17
5143176404TransfigureTo change the form or appearance of18
5143179251FictiveNot real19
5143185902FeignTo make up or invent; pretend20
5143192927ParturientAbout to bring forth or give birth; pregnant21
5143195142RepertoryThe range of works an artist can produce to perform22
5143204780VehementStrongly emotional; fierce and passionate23
5143225263InveighTo attack strongly in words; to talk or write bitterly24
5143227625SurmiseTo draw a conclusion based on little or no information; to guess25
5143237722DemiseThe end of existence; death26
5143240440RemitTo make less or weaker; to forgive or pardon27
5143242435EmblematicStanding for another thing28
5143244849DiabolicalOf or like a devil; very wicked or cruel29
5143246569HyperboleAn exaggeration for effect30
5143248767EpisodicHappening in parts or segments31
5143251183MethodicalOrderly and regular32
5143251193SynodA council, especially of churches or church officials33
5174600039PastoralHaving to do with the country34
5174601287RepastA meal; food and drink for a meal35
5174634562AggregateGathered into a whole; total36
5174639554EgregiousStanding out sharply as wrong or bad37
5174641526GregariousLiking to be with other people38
5174643386AgrarianHaving to do with farming39
5174643387PeregrinationThe act of traveling about; a journey40
5174647331FruitionFulfillment of an effort or desire41
5174649777FruitlessYielding no positive results42
5174649778RusticHaving to do with the countryside; rural43
5174651667BucolicHaving to do with country life or farms44
5174653563IdyllicSimple and plesant45
5288704015AbscondTo leave in a hurry, especially to escape the law46
5288704016ReconditeDifficult to understand; hidden from understanding47
5288704017CrypticHard to understand; having a secret meaning48
5288706378ApocryphalComing from an unreliable source; untrue49
5288708218ApertureAn opening or a hole50
5288708219OvertPublic, unhidden; open51
5288710890CovertDone in a hidden or secret manner52
5288712869ContextThe circumstances or setting surrounding an event53
5288715415SubtextThe hidden or underlying meaning of something54
5288717359PretextA stated reason for doing something; an excuse55
5288700067AbscondTo leave in a hurry, especially to escape the law56
5414845490MoratoriumA formal delay; a suspension57
5414845491DemureModest and shy58
5414846540DemurTo express unwillingness to do something; to object59
5414848044ExtemporaneousDone without planning; improvised60
5414849287TemporalHaving to do with finite time or everyday life (as opposed to the eternal or spiritual)61
5414855103TemporizeTo put off making a decision; to stall62
5414857012DiurnalHappening or active during the day63
5414858464SojournA short stay or visit64
5414858523AdjournTo formally bring to an end65
5414859956AnachronismSomething that seems to be out of its proper time66
5414861157ChronicleTo tell or write the history of67
5414862024SynchronousHappening at the same time as68

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