7216674180 | plaintive | mournful sounding | 0 | |
7216674471 | engender | to give rise to a feeling or situation | 1 | |
7216675555 | portentous | to be like a warning that something momentous will occur | 2 | |
7216676595 | portend or portent | to warn that something momentous will occur | 3 | |
7216679358 | capricious | volatile to sudden changes of mood or behavior | 4 | |
7216679728 | semblance | the outward appearance of something | 5 | |
7216686401 | countenance | a person's face or expressions support admit as acceptable | 6 | |
7216688091 | penury | extreme poverty | 7 | |
7216688841 | conjecture | speculation based on incomplete evidence to form speculation based on incomplete evidence | 8 | |
7216689876 | desolate | to be in a state on bleak emptiness | 9 | |
7216697263 | inexorable | impossible to stop | 10 | |
7216697507 | ascetic | characterized by extreme self-discipline a person who practices extreme self-discipline | 11 | |
7216699005 | sardonic | cynical | 12 | |
7216699006 | sullen | gloomy and sulky | 13 | |
7216714646 | impetuous | acting quickly without thought | 14 | |
7216716340 | peremptory | insisting on immediate attention or obedience | 15 | |
7216716346 | equivocal | ambiguous | 16 | |
7216716873 | soporific | sleep inducing | 17 | |
7216722507 | transitory | not permanent | 18 | |
7216722836 | approbation | approval or praise | 19 | |
7216722837 | sanguine | optimism in a difficult situation blood red color | 20 | |
7216727886 | prodigal | wastefully extravagant a person who is wastefully extravagant | 21 | |
7216728216 | calumny | slander (making of false deflamatory statements to damage someone's reputation) | 22 | |
7216732597 | discern | to distinguish or recognize something | 23 | |
7216734345 | acquiese | to accept reluctantly | 24 | |
7216735096 | profligate | wasteful in the use of resources an immoral person | 25 | |
7216736815 | propitious | indicating a good chance of success | 26 | |
7216738672 | languid | slow and relaxed weak from illness | 27 | |
7216813957 | venerate | to regard with great respect | 28 | |
7216814152 | sententious | given to moralizing in a pompous manner | 29 | |
7216814367 | phlegmatic | possessing an unemotional disposition | 30 | |
7216822833 | disposition | a person's inherent qualities of mind and character the way something is placed in relation to others | 31 | |
7216822834 | enigma | a person or thing that is mysterious | 32 | |
7216822835 | ephemeral | lasting a short time | 33 | |
7216823770 | facade | the face building an outward appearance meant to conceal reality | 34 | |
7216823771 | obscure | relatively unknown to conceal | 35 | |
7216823994 | fastidious | attentive to detail | 36 | |
7216825499 | insipid | lacking flavor | 37 | |
7216825704 | enervate | to invoke the feeling of being drained of all energy lacking in energy | 38 | |
7216826233 | trepidation | a fear that something may happen | 39 | |
7216836423 | intrepid | fearless and adventurous | 40 | |
7216836424 | evince | to reveal the presence of indicate | 41 | |
7216836740 | indefatigable | persistently tireless | 42 | |
7216842433 | insuperable | impossible to overcome | 43 | |
7216842434 | apoplexy | incapacity resulting from hemorrhage or stroke | 44 | |
7216842660 | deprecate | belittle express disapproval of | 45 | |
7216855883 | noxious | poisonous or harmful | 46 | |
7216855888 | assiduous | showing great care or perseverance | 47 | |
7216856146 | solicitous | showing great interest | 48 | |
7216856147 | ludicrous | ridiculous to the point of amusement | 49 |
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