7392993642 | Abhorrent | Causing or deserving strong dislike or hatred | 0 | |
7392996457 | Adroit | Skillful in use of hands or body | 1 | |
7392998139 | Affable | Friendly, good natured, easy to talk to | 2 | |
7393000187 | Affinity | A natural liking or attraction to something/someone | 3 | |
7393005691 | Allay | To put (fear, suspicion, worry) to rest | 4 | |
7393008573 | Altruistic | Showing selfless concern for the well-being of others, unselfish | 5 | |
7393013029 | Antipathy | Deep feeling of dislike, aversion | 6 | |
7393014180 | Ardent | Enthusiastic or passionate | 7 | |
7393016963 | Bane | A cause of great distress or annoyance | 8 | |
7393019491 | Banter | Playful and friendly exchange of teasing remarks | 9 | |
7393021042 | Brusque | Abrupt in speech or manner | 10 | |
7393023221 | Bucolic | Relating to the pleasant aspects of countryside and country life | 11 | |
7393026960 | Chagrin | Distress or embarrassment at having failed or been humiliated | 12 | |
7393028554 | Clandestine | Kept secret because illicit | 13 | |
7393030494 | Conflagration | A fire that destroys a lot of land or property | 14 | |
7393032829 | Craven | Lacking courage, cowardly | 15 | |
7393034138 | Culpable | Deserving blame | 16 | |
7393035482 | Deft | Skillful and quick in one's movement | 17 | |
7393038277 | Deleterious | Causing harm or damage | 18 | |
7393039646 | Denigrate | Criticize unfairly, disparage | 19 | |
7393041645 | Diatribe | Bitter verbal attack against someone or something | 20 | |
7393043287 | Diffident | Modest or shy because of lack of self confidence | 21 | |
7393045400 | Dilettante | Person who cultivates an area of interest without real commitment or knowledge | 22 | |
7393048542 | Dolt | A stupid person | 23 | |
7393049707 | Ephemeral | Lasting for a very short time | 24 | |
7393050938 | Evanescent | Soon passing or fading out of memory or existence | 25 | |
7393053035 | Facetious | Treating issues with inappropriate humor, flippant | 26 | |
7393054771 | Felicity | Intense happiness | 27 | |
7393055882 | Harangue | A lengthy and aggressive speech | 28 | |
7393126864 | Haughty | Arrogantly superior and disdainful | 29 | |
7393057246 | Hindrance | Something that provides delay or obstruction to something/someone | 30 | |
7393059366 | Inexorable | Impossible to stop or prevent | 31 | |
7393061051 | Indigent | Poor, needy | 32 | |
7393062581 | Innate | Inborn, natural | 33 | |
7393064122 | Insidious | Proceeding in a gradual way, but with harmful effects | 34 | |
7393066356 | Intrinsic | Belonging naturally, essential | 35 | |
7393068104 | Juxtaposition | The fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect | 36 | |
7393071292 | Languid | Displaying a disinclination for physical effort, slow and relaxed | 37 | |
7393075188 | Licentious | Unprincipled in sexual matters | 38 | |
7393076221 | Loquacious | Talkative, tending to talk | 39 | |
7393081501 | Misanthropy | A dislike of humankind | 40 | |
7393083153 | Narcissistic | Excessive or erotic interest in oneself or one's physical appearance | 41 | |
7393084842 | Obstreperous | Noisy and difficult to control | 42 | |
7393087300 | Penchant | A strong or habitual liking for something or tendency to do something | 43 | |
7393089214 | Perfunctory | Carried out with minimum effort or reflection (an action or gesture) | 44 | |
7393091504 | Peripatetic | Traveling from place to place for relatively short periods | 45 | |
7393093222 | Petulant | Sulky or bad tempered | 46 | |
7393094595 | Portentous | Done in an overly solemn matter to impress | 47 | |
7393097662 | Pragmatic | Dealing with things in a practical way as opposed to a theoretical approach | 48 | |
7393099387 | Repudiate | Refuse to be accepted or associated with | 49 | |
7393101064 | Rue | Bitterly regret | 50 | |
7393102083 | Salacious | Lustful, lecherous, treating sexual matters in an indecent way | 51 | |
7393106706 | Supercilious | Behaving as if one thinks one is superior to others | 52 | |
7393109553 | Surreptitious | Kept secret since it wouldn't be approved of | 53 | |
7393110626 | Trepidation | A feeling of fear or agitation that something might happen | 54 | |
7393112214 | Ubiquitous | Found everywhere | 55 | |
7393114913 | Venerate | Regard with respect, revere | 56 | |
7393117054 | Vindictive | Showing an unreasoning desire for revenge | 57 | |
7393118775 | Virulent | Extremely harmful or severe in its effects | 58 | |
7393119946 | Volition | The faculty or power of using one's will | 59 |
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