5012431468 | Piety | Deep religious devotion | 0 | |
5012431469 | Tempestuous | Characterized by strong and turbulent; conflicting emotion | 1 | |
5012484064 | Colloquial | Informal speech; ordinary conversation or slang | 2 | |
5012484065 | Lexicon | Vocabulary of a person/group; a language or a discipline | 3 | |
5012484066 | Ephemeral | Transitory; short-lived | 4 | |
5012484067 | Voracious | Wanting or devouring great quantities of food | 5 | |
5012484068 | Pervasive | Spreading widely throughout an area or a group of people | 6 | |
5012484069 | Iniquity | Repulsive injustice, wicked violation of one's decency | 7 | |
5012484070 | Unctuous | Excessive or ingratiatingly flattering; oily | 8 | |
5012484071 | Misanthropist | A person who avoids social interactions | 9 | |
5023829508 | Nebulous | Cloudy or hazy; confused | 10 | |
5023829509 | Lucid | Expressed clearly; easy to understand | 11 | |
5023829510 | Cathartic | Providing psychological relief through expression of strong emotions | 12 | |
5023829511 | Placate | To make someone less angry or upset | 13 | |
5023829512 | Paradigm | An established standard of the way things are | 14 | |
5074198686 | Mellifluous | Sweet or musical, pleasant to the ear | 15 | |
5074198687 | Trepidation | A fear about something that might happen | 16 | |
5074198688 | Covetous | Showing great desire to acquire something | 17 | |
5074198689 | Vicissitudes | Unfortunate alteration in a circumstance or event | 18 | |
5074198690 | Jarring | Incongruous in a striking or shocking way; clashing | 19 | |
5145496036 | Obfuscate | Make something more difficult to understand | 20 | |
5145496037 | Querulously | Characterized by or spoken using complaints | 21 | |
5145496038 | Espy | To catch sight of something or to catch a glimpse | 22 | |
5145496039 | Ireful | Full of intense anger; wrathful | 23 | |
5145496040 | Ineffable | Too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words | 24 | |
5329306978 | Rapt | To be completely engrossed or immersed in something | 25 | |
5329306979 | Derisive | Expressing contempt or ridicule | 26 | |
5329306980 | Bombastic | High-sounding but with little meaning; inflated | 27 | |
5329306981 | Explicate | To analyze and develops (an idea or principle) in detail | 28 | |
5329306982 | Incessantly | Constantly, without interruption | 29 | |
5329306983 | Absolved | Set or declare someone free from blame, guilt, or responsibility | 30 | |
5329306984 | Guile | Cunning deception | 31 | |
5329306985 | Ignominious | Deserving or causing a public disgrace or shame | 32 | |
5329306986 | Meritocratic | Based upon personal achievement or success | 33 | |
5329306987 | Perturb | To unsettle someone or fill them with anxiety | 34 | |
5543241378 | Inexorable | Impossible to stop or prevent | 35 | |
5543241379 | Debauchery | Excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures | 36 | |
5543241380 | Vindictive | Having or showing a strong or unreasoning desire for revenge | 37 | |
5543241381 | Venerate | Regard with great respect | 38 | |
5543241382 | Clandestonely | Executed with secrecy or concealment | 39 | |
5543241383 | Superseded | Take the place of, take over from | 40 | |
5543241384 | Staid | Sedate, respectable, and unadventurous | 41 | |
5543241385 | Etiolated | (Of a plant) pale and drawn out due to a lack of light | 42 | |
5543241386 | Niggle | Cause slight but persistent annoyance, discomfort, or anxiety | 43 | |
5543241387 | Aquiline | Like an eagle | 44 | |
5543241388 | Myriad | Countless or extremely large number | 45 | |
5543241389 | Avaricious | Having or showing an extreme greed for wealth or material gain | 46 | |
5543241390 | Titular | Holding or constituting a purely formal position or title without any real authority; denoting a person or thing from whom or which the name of an artistic work or similar is taken | 47 | |
5543241391 | Persiflage | Light and slightly contemptuous mockery or banter | 48 | |
5543241392 | Deprecate | Express strong disapproval of | 49 | |
6051977886 | Quail | Feel or show fear or apprehension | 50 | |
6051977887 | Premonition | Anticipation of an event without conscious reason; previous notice or warning | 51 | |
6051977888 | Itresolutr | Showing or feeling hesitancy | 52 | |
6051977889 | Haranguing | Lecture (someone) at length in an aggressive and critical manner | 53 | |
6051977890 | Schism | Split or division between strongly opposed parties due to opinion or belief | 54 | |
6051977891 | Susceptible | Likely to be influenced or harmed by a particular thing | 55 | |
6051977892 | Vicarious | Experienced in he imagination though the feelings or actions of another person | 56 | |
6051977893 | Pyrrhic | (Of a victory) won at too great a cost to have been worthwhile for the victor | 57 | |
6051977894 | Demur | To raise doubts or objections, or to show reluctance | 58 | |
6051977895 | Solipsism | The view or theory that the self is all that can be known to exist | 59 | |
6051977896 | Acquiesce | To accept something with reluctance or dread | 60 | |
6051977897 | Mendacious | Lying | 61 | |
6051977898 | Cloistered | Kept away from the outside world; sheltered | 62 | |
6051977899 | Placid | Serene without disturbance | 63 | |
6051977900 | Languorous | Lack of energy or vitality; sluggishness | 64 | |
6051977901 | Extemporaneous | Spoken or done without preparation | 65 | |
6051977902 | Chastise | Rebuke or reprimand severely | 66 | |
6051977903 | Cajole | Persuade someone to do something by sustained coaxing or flattery | 67 | |
6051977904 | Inextricably | In a way that is impossible to disentangle or separate | 68 | |
6051977905 | Supercilious | Behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others | 69 | |
6051977906 | Lament | To express grief for or about; to mourn | 70 | |
6051977907 | Wilful | Intentional; deliberate | 71 | |
6051977908 | Amicable | Having a spirit of friendliness | 72 | |
6051977909 | Vexatious | Causing or tending to cause annoyance, frustration, or worry | 73 | |
6051977910 | Erroneous | Mistaken; containing error | 74 | |
6051977911 | Equivocate | To be ambiguous (in language) as a result of uncertainty | 75 | |
6051977912 | Sinewy | Possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful | 76 | |
6051977913 | Desultory | Lacking a plan purpose or enthusiasm | 77 | |
6051977914 | Insipid | Lacking interest or significance | 78 | |
6051977915 | Succinct | Briefly and clearly expressed | 79 | |
6103860687 | Compunctious | A feeling of guilt or moral scruple that prevents or follows the doing of something bad | 80 | |
6103872109 | Despondent | Without it almost without hope | 81 | |
6103872110 | Lechery | Offensive or excessive sexual desire; lustfulness | 82 | |
6103872111 | Trifle | Something of little value | 83 | |
6103872112 | Multitudinous | Very numerous | 84 | |
6259400737 | Febrile | Having or showing a great deal of nervous excitement or energy; having or showing symptoms of a gevee | 85 | |
6259400738 | Lucrative | Producing a great deal of profit | 86 | |
6259400739 | Taciturn | Reserved or uncommunicative in soeech | 87 | |
6259400740 | Plebeian | A commonor | 88 | |
6259400741 | Fatuous | Silly and pointless | 89 | |
7306358230 | Perfunctory | (Of an action or gesture) Carrie it with a minimum of effort or reflection | 90 | |
7306358231 | Gregarious | (Of a person) fond of company; sociable | 91 | |
7306358232 | Garrulous | Excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters | 92 | |
7306358233 | Guise | An external form, appearance, or manner of presentation, typically concealing the true nature of something | 93 | |
7306358234 | Mawkish | Sentimental in a feeble or sickly way | 94 | |
7306358235 | Ardent | Enthusiastic or passionate | 95 | |
7306358236 | Haggard | Looking exhausted and unwell, especially from fatigue, worry, or suffering | 96 | |
7306358237 | Jocund | Cheerful and lighthearted | 97 | |
7306358238 | Circumspect | Wary and unwilling to take rosks | 98 | |
7306358239 | Austere | Severe or strict in manner, attitude, or appearance | 99 | |
7306358240 | Ken | Ones range of knowledge or sight | 100 | |
7306358241 | Odious | Extremely unpleasant; repulsive | 101 | |
7306358242 | Esoteric | Intended for it likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest | 102 | |
7306358243 | Squalid | (Of a place) extremely dirty and unpleasant, especially as a result of poverty or neglect | 103 | |
7306358244 | Animosity | Strong hostility | 104 | |
7306358245 | Dogma | A principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true | 105 | |
7306358246 | Dejected | Sad and depressed; dispirited | 106 | |
7306358247 | Benevolent | Well meaning and kind | 107 | |
7306358248 | Paroxysm | A sudden attack or violent expression of a particular emotion of activity | 108 | |
7306358249 | Capricious | Given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior | 109 | |
7306358250 | Ascetic | Characterized by practice of severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons | 110 | |
7306358251 | Benign | Gentle; kindly | 111 | |
7306358252 | Declivity | A downward slope | 112 | |
7306358253 | Calamity | An event causing great and often sudden damage or distress; a disaster | 113 | |
7306358254 | Lugubrious | Looking or sounding sad and dismal | 114 | |
7306358255 | Efface | Make oneself appear insignificant or inconspicuous | 115 | |
7306358256 | Insolence | Rude or disrespectful behavior | 116 | |
7306358257 | Farcical | Resembling a farce, especially because of absurd or ridiculous aspects | 117 | |
7306358258 | Perdition | (I'm Christian theology) a state of eternal punishment and damnation into which a sinful and unpenitent person passes after death | 118 | |
7306358259 | Abscond | Leave hurriedly and secretly, typically to avoid detection of or arrest for an unlawful action such as theft | 119 |
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