4706617507 | Ignominious | Deserving or causing disgrace or shame | 0 | |
4706617508 | Vehement | Showing strong feelings, forceful, passionate | 1 | |
4706617509 | Sardonic | Grimly, mocking, or cynical | 2 | |
4706617510 | Lugubrious | Looking or sounding sad or dismal | 3 | |
4706617511 | Taciturn | Reserved or uncommunicative in speech, saying litte | 4 | |
4733172910 | Captious | Tending to find fault or raise petty objections | 5 | |
4733173646 | Fetid | Smelling extremely unpleasant | 6 | |
4733173886 | Lurid | Very vivid in color, especially so as to create unpleasantly harsh/unnatural effect Presented in vividly shocking or sensational terms, especially giving explicit details of crimes or sexual matters | 7 | |
4733179849 | Arrogate | Take or claim something without justification | 8 | |
4733180333 | Soporific | Tending to induce drowsiness or sleep | 9 | |
4733180675 | Ameliorate | Make something that is bad better | 10 | |
4733181110 | Expiate | Atone for a guilt or sin | 11 | |
4733182680 | Penurious | Extremely poor, poverty-stricken | 12 | |
4733183263 | Perfidious | Deceitful and untrustworthy | 13 | |
4733183502 | Fervid | Intensely enthusiastic or passionate | 14 | |
4811966295 | Turbid | (Of a liquid) cloudy, opaque, or thick with suspended matter | 15 | |
4811971903 | Indignant | Feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment | 16 | |
4811975815 | Officious | Assertive of authority in an annoyingly domineering way especially in regard to trivial matters | 17 | |
4811983617 | Equivocal | Open to more than one interpretation; ambiguous | 18 | |
4811987872 | Assiduous | Showing great care and perseverance, working really hard at something | 19 | |
4811995059 | Inscrutable | Impossible to understand or interpret; stronger than equivocal | 20 | |
4812000361 | Insuperable | (Of a difficulty or obstacles) impossible to overcome or achieve | 21 | |
4812002315 | Vapid | Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging | 22 | |
4812005553 | Insipid | Lacking flavor; lacking vigor interest; dull; bland; boring (think food) | 23 | |
4812010320 | Impetuous | Acting or done quickly without or care (think teenagers when making decisions) | 24 | |
4812014213 | Imperious | Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering | 25 | |
4812019161 | Precocious | (Of a child) having developed certain abilities or proclivities at an earlier age than usual (Think prodigies) | 26 | |
4812022818 | Capricious | Given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior | 27 | |
4812025368 | Diffident | Modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence | 28 | |
4812026795 | Meretricious | Apparently attractive but having in reality no value or integrity | 29 | |
6130506280 | Propitious | Giving or indicating a good chance of success | 30 | |
6130506281 | Indefatigable | (Of a person or their efforts) persisting tirelessly | 31 | |
6130888432 | Ostensible | Stating or appearing to be true but not necessarily true | 32 | |
6130888433 | Salubrious | Health-giving, healthy, "like a salad" | 33 | |
6130888434 | Credulous | Having or showing too great a readiness to believe in things | 34 | |
6130888435 | Pedantic | Scrupulous, prone to focus on the details, maybe to an annoying degree | 35 | |
6130888436 | Incendiary | (Of a device or attack) designed to cause fires | 36 | |
6130888437 | Genial | Friendly and cheerful | 37 | |
6130888438 | Disconsolate | Without consolation or comfort; unhappy, unable to be cheered up | 38 | |
6130888439 | Peremptory | Insisting to be cheered up or obedience, especially in a brusquely imperious way | 39 | |
6130888440 | Ascetic | Characterized by or suggesing the practicae of severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religous reasons | 40 | |
6130888441 | Palliate | Make (a disease or its sumptoms) less severe of unpeasant without removing the cause | 41 | |
6130888442 | Prurient | Having or encouraging an exercise interest in sexual manners | 42 | |
6130888443 | Debauchery | Excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures | 43 | |
6130888444 | Solecism | A grammatical mistake in speech or writing | 44 | |
6130888445 | Indomitable | Impossible to subdue or defeat | 45 | |
6130888446 | Intractable | Hard to control or deal with | 46 | |
6130888447 | Supercilious | Behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others | 47 | |
6130888448 | Despotic | Of or typical of a despot; tyrannical | 48 | |
6130888449 | Impalable | Unable to be felt by touch | 49 | |
6130888450 | Culpable | Deserving blame | 50 | |
6130888451 | Redolent | Strongly reminiscent or suggestive of (something); ex. Smells | 51 | |
6130888452 | Furtive | Attempting to avoid or notice attention, typically because of guilt or a belief that discovery would lead to trouble | 52 | |
6130888453 | Reprobate | An unprincipled person often used humorislyor affectionately | 53 | |
6130888454 | Propitiate | Win or regain the favor of (a god, spirit, or person) by doing something that pleases them | 54 | |
6130888455 | Behemoth | A huge or monstrous creature | 55 | |
6130888456 | Palimpsest | A manuscript or piece of writing material on which the original writing has been effaced to make room for later writing but of which traces remain | 56 | |
6130888457 | Peccadillo | A small, relatively unimportant offense or sin | 57 | |
6130888458 | Susurration | Whispering, mummuring, or rustling | 58 | |
6130888459 | Surly | Bad-tempered and unfriendly | 59 | |
6130888460 | Disconsolate | Without consent of comfort | 60 | |
6130888461 | Approbation | Approval or praise | 61 | |
6130888462 | Collusion | Secret or illegal cooperation or conspiracy, especially in order to cheat or deceive others | 62 | |
6130888463 | Ingratiating | Intended to gain approval or favor, sycophantic | 63 | |
6130888464 | Heretical | Believing in or practicing religious heresy | 64 | |
6130888465 | Lethargic | Affected by lethargy; sluggish and apathetic | 65 | |
6130888466 | Sedentary | Tending to spend much time seated, somewhat inactive | 66 | |
6130888467 | Jocular | Find or characterized by joking; humorous or playful | 67 | |
6130888468 | Lurid | Very vivid in color, especially so as to create an unpleasantly harsh or unnatural effect | 68 | |
6130888469 | Incorrigible | Not able to be corrected, improved, or reformed | 69 | |
6130888470 | Sordid | Involving ignoble actions and motives; arousing moral distaste and contempt | 70 | |
6130888471 | Brevity | Concise and exact use of words in writing or speech; shortness of time "The sole of wit" - Shakespeare | 71 | |
6130888472 | Insipid | Lacking flavor; lacking vigor interest | 72 | |
6130888473 | Harrowed | Cause distress to someone or something | 73 | |
6130888474 | Disconcerted | Disturb the composure of; unsettle | 74 | |
6130888475 | Consternation | Feelings of anxiety or dismay, typically at something unexpected | 75 | |
6130888476 | Prodigious | Remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree | 76 | |
6130888477 | Disdainful | Showing contempt or lack of respect | 77 | |
6130888478 | Imperious | Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering | 78 | |
6130888479 | Inviolable | Never to be broken, infringed, or dishonored (violate) | 79 | |
6130910169 | Consummate | 1. Make (a marriage or relationship) complete by having sexual intercourse 2. Showing a high degree of skill and flair; complete or perfect | 80 | |
6130910170 | Obeisance | Deferential respect (obey) | 81 | |
6130910171 | Laudable | Deserving praise and commendation | 82 | |
6130910172 | Idyllic | (Especially of a time or place) like an idyll; extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque Ex. Beautiful beach | 83 | |
6130910173 | Prudent | Acting with or showing care and thought for the future | 84 | |
6130910174 | Glib | (Or a words or the person speaking them) fluent and voluble but insincere and shallow Ex. Politicians | 85 | |
6130910175 | Presumptuous | (Of a person of their behavior) failing to observe the limits of what is permitted or appropriate; full of, characterized by, or showing presumption or readiness | 86 | |
6130910176 | Quixotic | Exceeding idealistic; unrealistic and impractical | 87 | |
6130910177 | Equanimity | Mental calmness, composure and evenness of temper, especially in a difficult situation | 88 | |
6130910178 | Indecorous | not in keeping with good taste and propriety; improper | 89 | |
6130910179 | Insuperable | (of a difficulty or obstacle) impossible to overcome Synonym: insurmountable | 90 | |
6254116366 | Misanthrope | A person who dislikes humankind and avoids human society | 91 | |
6254116367 | Profligate | Recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources | 92 | |
6254116368 | Sententious | Given to moralizing in a pompous or affected manner (negative connotation) | 93 | |
6254116369 | Plaintive | Sounding sad and mournful | 94 | |
6254116370 | Pragmatic | Dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations | 95 | |
6254116371 | Aesthetic | Concerned with beauty of the appreciation of beauty | 96 | |
6254116372 | Jovial | Cheerful and friendly | 97 | |
6254116373 | Flippant | Not showing a serious or respectful attitude | 98 | |
6254116374 | Portentous | Of or like a portent (a sign or warning of something happening, especially something momentous or calamitous, is likely to happen) | 99 | |
6558035100 | Calumnious | A misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation | 100 | |
6558035101 | Pernicious | Having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way | 101 | |
6558035102 | Rogue | A dishonest or unprincipled person; a rascal or scoundrel | 102 | |
6558035103 | Pestilent | Destructive to life; deadly | 103 | |
6558035104 | Abate | (Of something perceived as hostile, threatening, or negative) become less intense or widespread | 104 | |
6558035105 | Remiss | Lacking attention to Dutch; negligent | 105 | |
6558035106 | Perdition | Utter destruction, in theology a state of eternal punishment or damnation into which sinful and impenitent people go after death | 106 | |
6558035107 | Avouch | Affirm or assert, to vouch for | 107 | |
6558035108 | Addled | Unable to think clearly or confused | 108 | |
6558035109 | Strident | Loud and harsh; grating | 109 |
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