4317775675 | sardonic | disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking | 0 | |
4317775676 | dubious | fraught with uncertainty or doubt | 1 | |
4317775677 | vehement | marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid | 2 | |
4317777424 | inexorable | not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty | 3 | |
4317777425 | didactic | instructive (especially excessively) | 4 | |
4317779285 | dirge | a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person | 5 | |
4317779286 | hospice | a lodging for travelers(especially one kept by a monastic order) 2. a program of medical and emotional care for the terminally ill. | 6 | |
4317779287 | moribund | adj. being on the point of death; breathing your last adj. not growing or changing ; without force or vitality. | 7 | |
4317780766 | akin | similar in quality or character | 8 | |
4317780767 | torrid | emotionally charged and vigorously energetic | 9 | |
4317782506 | insipid | lacking interest or significance or impact; 2. lacking taste or flavor or tang | 10 | |
4317782507 | feckless | generally incompetent or ineffectual; 2. not fit to assume responsibility | 11 | |
4317782508 | lugubrious | excessively mournful | 12 | |
4317785217 | vacillate | be undecided about something; aver between conflicting positions or courses of action. | 13 | |
4317785218 | pecuniary | relating to or involving money | 14 | |
4317788421 | licentious | lacking moral discipline; especially sexual unrestrained | 15 | |
4317788422 | subversive | adj. in opposition to civil authority or government n. a radical supporter of political or social revolution | 16 | |
4317790034 | vacuous | adj. devoid of matter; void of expression | 17 | |
4317790035 | epistle | n. a specially long, formal letter | 18 | |
4317791632 | callous | adj. emotionally hardened v. make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals | 19 |
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