8819730331 | Abash | V. embarrass (adj-Abashed) | 0 | |
8819730332 | Abstruse | Adj. Profound; difficult to understand | 1 | |
8819730333 | Censure | N/V. criticize; blame | 2 | |
8819730334 | Cerebration | N. Thought | 3 | |
8819730335 | Educe | V. Elicit (draw out) | 4 | |
8819730336 | Efface | V. erase, rub out | 5 | |
8819730337 | Fawning | n.v.adj. groveling, overly admiring | 6 | |
8819730338 | Fetid | adj. smelling bad | 7 | |
8819730339 | Epitome | n. condensed version; something that perfectly represents an entire class of things; embodiment | 8 | |
8819730340 | Capricious | Adj. Unpredictable; following whim | 9 | |
8819730341 | Captious | Fault-finding | 10 | |
8819730342 | Celerity | Swiftness; Speed | 11 | |
8819730343 | Astute | Shrewd; wise; observing | 12 | |
8819730344 | Apex | tip; peak; summit | 13 | |
8819730345 | Arbitrary | Chosen at random or without apparent reason | 14 | |
8819730346 | Churlish | Adj. Boorish; rude | 15 | |
8819730347 | Choleric | Adj. hot tempered; easily made "hot under the choler" | 16 | |
8819730348 | Hackneyed | adj. overused; trite | 17 | |
8819730349 | Haggard | adj. unruly; wasted; worn | 18 | |
8819730350 | Gregarious | Adj. friendly; outgoing; social | 19 | |
8819730351 | Graphic | vivid; explicit | 20 | |
8819730352 | Gratuitous | unnecessary or unwarranted | 21 | |
8819730353 | Nascent | coming in to being; emerging | 22 | |
8819730354 | Nefarious | evil | 23 | |
8819730355 | Mendicant | (n.) Beggar or (adj.) practicing begging | 24 | |
8819730356 | omniscient | (adj.) all knowing | 25 | |
8819730357 | officious | (adj.) obnoxious and pushy in giving opinions | 26 | |
8819730358 | proliferate | (v.) to increase (multiply) or spread rapidly | 27 | |
8819730359 | proboscis | (n.) long hollow snout | 28 | |
8819730360 | rapacious | (adj.) plundering, ravenous; greedy | 29 | |
8819730361 | Rapprochement | (N.) reconciliation | 30 | |
8819730362 | Recalcitrant | (adj.) stubborn | 31 | |
8819730363 | Sequester | (v) to separate; set apart; isolate | 32 | |
8819730364 | servile | (adj.) humbly yielding; submissive | 33 | |
8819730365 | Shiftless | (adj.) lazy; showing lack of motivation | 34 | |
8819730366 | scrupulous | (adj.) principled; having ethical values | 35 | |
8819730367 | qualitative | (adj.) having to do with quality | 36 | |
8819730368 | quantitative | (adj.) number or quantity | 37 | |
8819730369 | minuscule | (adj.) tiny | 38 | |
8819730370 | edify | (V) enlighten educate | 39 | |
8819730371 | Ebullient | (adj) bubbly; overflowing with excitement | 40 | |
8819730372 | Disparage | (V) to belittle | 41 | |
8819730373 | descry | (V) to discern; to catch sight of something difficult to set sight of | 42 | |
8819730374 | Dexterous | (Adj) adroit or skillful in the uses of hands | 43 | |
8819730375 | Diaphanous | (adj) translucent; gossamer | 44 | |
8819730376 | indomitable | unconquerable | 45 | |
8819730377 | insipid | lacking excitement | 46 | |
8819730378 | pedestrian | common place | 47 | |
8819730379 | penchant | a strong liking | 48 | |
8819730380 | Garrulous | talkative | 49 | |
8819730381 | germane | relevant | 50 | |
8819730382 | gibe | insulting or mocking remark | 51 | |
8819730383 | gloaming | twilight;dusk | 52 | |
8819730384 | gossamer | fine, filmy substance | 53 | |
8819730385 | effigy | model of a person | 54 | |
8819730386 | equestrian | related to horses | 55 | |
8819730387 | equivocal | open to more than one interpretation; ambiguous | 56 | |
8819730388 | eschew | to avoid or shun | 57 | |
8819730389 | crass | uncultured | 58 | |
8819730390 | convoke | to call together | 59 | |
8819730391 | Macabre | Gross, Ghastly | 60 | |
8819730392 | Magnanimous | Noble, generous, forgiving, kind | 61 | |
8819730393 | Malaise | Feeling of illness or depression | 62 | |
8819730394 | Malevolent | wishing evil on others | 63 | |
8819730395 | Malodorous | bad smelling | 64 | |
8819744302 | Steadfast | fixed or unchanging | 65 | |
8819747239 | Slovenly | messy, characteristic of a slob | 66 | |
8819757389 | Sloth | (n) indolence, inactivity | 67 | |
8819765629 | superlative | (n) the most, the highest order, surpassing all others | 68 | |
8819771318 | supercilious | haughty, conceited, disdainful | 69 | |
9131342432 | Encompass | (v) include, surround | 70 | |
9131343739 | Encroaching | (adj) intrusive | 71 | |
9131346542 | Encumbrance | (n) burden | 72 | |
9131347943 | enigma(tic) | (n) (adj) mystery, mysterious | 73 | |
9131348557 | enumerate/enumeration | (v) (n) list | 74 |
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