5151501990 | diametrical | exactly the opposite; contrary | 0 | |
5151501991 | Pharisee | a member of an ancient Jewish sect, strict observance of the traditional law, sanctimonious; self- righteous, a hypocrite | 1 | |
5151501992 | dissever | divide or separate | 2 | |
5151501993 | carrion | the decaying flesh of a dead animal | 3 | |
5151501994 | lambent | (of light or fire) glowing, gleaming or flickering with a soft radiance, flickering, fluttering | 4 | |
5151501995 | decry | publicly denounce, condemn, censure, vilify, lambaste | 5 | |
5151501996 | repugnance | intense disgust, revulsion, abhorrence, loathing, aversion | 6 | |
5151501997 | antipode | the direct opposite of something | 7 | |
5151501998 | fidelity | faithfulness to a person, cause, or belief, demonstrated by continuing loyalty and support | 8 | |
5151501999 | meritocracy | government by people selected based on ability | 9 | |
5151502000 | retaliatory | to match evil with evil, to get revenge, to strike back | 10 | |
5151502001 | incarnation | a person who embodies in the flesh a deity, spirit or abstract quality | 11 | |
5151502002 | choler | one of the 4 bodily humors (in medieval medicine), identified with bile; anger or irascibility | 12 | |
5151502003 | vehemence | the display of strong feeling; passion, force, fervor, urgency, zeal | 13 | |
5151502004 | inimical | tending to obstruct or harm, destructive, pernicious ruinous, unfriendly, hostile | 14 | |
5151502005 | sequester | isolate or to hide away (someone or something) | 15 | |
5151502006 | penultimate | the second to last | 16 | |
5151502007 | sanctity | the state or quality of being holy, sacred or saintly | 17 | |
5151502008 | beset | trouble or threaten persistently beleaguer, torment, rack OR to be covered or studded with | 18 | |
5151502009 | ambivalence | having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone | 19 | |
5151502010 | paradigm | a typical example or pattern of something; a model | 20 | |
5151502011 | intemperate | having or showing a lack of self-control; immoderate, excessive unrestrained | 21 | |
5151502012 | pivotal | of crucial importance in relation to the development or success of something else | 22 | |
5151502013 | lamentable | deplorably bad or unsatisfactory; full of or expressing sorrow or | 23 | |
5151502014 | subversive | seeking or intended to overthrow an established system or institution disruptive, inflammatory | 24 | |
5151502015 | stature | someone's height or the importance or reputation gained by ability or achievement | 25 | |
5151502016 | derivative | imitative of the (usually art) work of another and usually disapproved of for that reason unoriginal | 26 | |
5151502017 | incipient | in an initial stage; beginning to happen or develop; a person developing into a specific type or role | 27 | |
5151502018 | decorum | behavior in keeping with good taste and propriety | 28 | |
5151502019 | reclusive | avoiding the company of other people; solitary, hermitic, eremitical, cloistered | 29 | |
5151502020 | cloister | keeping away from the outside world; sheltered like a courtyard, a cloister is also a monastery | 30 | |
5151502021 | ignoble | dishonorable, unworthy, dastardly, degenerate, sordid | 31 | |
5151502022 | ignominious | deserving or causing public disgrace or shame; humiliating, embarrassing, mortifying | 32 | |
5151502023 | fervent | having or displaying a passionate intensity; vehement, fervid, ardent | 33 | |
5151502024 | impecunious | having little or no money; penniless, indigent, insolvent, destitute | 34 | |
5151502025 | evangelical | evangelical the teaching of the gospel or the Christian religion; biblical, scriptural; fundamentalist | 35 | |
5151502026 | consumption (tuberculosis) | bacterial infectious disease, especially impacting the lungs | 36 | |
5151502027 | precocious | (a child) having developed abilities or proclivities earlier than most; gifted, quick | 37 | |
5151502028 | proclivity | a tendency to choose or do something regularly; inclination, propensity, bent, penchant, predisposition | 38 | |
5151502029 | saga | a long story of heroic achievement, especially a medieval prose narrative of old Norse or Old Icelandic | 39 | |
5151502030 | juvenilia | works produced by an author or artist while still young | 40 | |
5151502031 | Byronic | a hero in works of Lord Byron, like himself melancholy, rebellious, distressed by a terrible wrong he committed in the past. | 41 | |
5151502032 | Gothic | elaborate architecture; fiction using horror, death and at times romance, dark and picturesque scenery, genteel, or gentrified | 42 | |
5151502033 | gentry | people of a good social position just below nobility | 43 | |
5151502034 | gentrified | make someone or his life more refined or dignified | 44 | |
5151502035 | genteel | genteel polite, refined, or respectable, often in an affected way, decorous, courteous, seemly | 45 | |
5151502036 | assiduity | constant or close attention to what one is doing | 46 | |
5151502037 | insipid | lacking flavor, or vigor or interest | 47 | |
5151502038 | mire | a stretch of swampy or boggy ground/ a situation of difficulty, distress or embarrassment | 48 | |
5151502039 | torpid | sluggish in functioning or act | 49 | |
5151502040 | bilious | ill-tempered, spiteful | 50 | |
5151502041 | antipathy | a deep-seated feeling of dislike; aversion | 51 | |
5151502042 | imprudence | not showing care for the consequences of an action; rash | 52 | |
5151502043 | pungent | something that has a sharply strong taste or smell, stinky | 53 | |
5151502044 | trifle | Something of little value, substance, or importance | 54 | |
5151502045 | consecration | to make or declare sacred | 55 | |
5151502046 | opprobrium | harsh criticism or censure | 56 | |
5151502047 | revile | abusive, angry, insulting criticism | 57 | |
5151502048 | consternation | a sudden, alarming amazement, leading to utter confusion; dismay | 58 | |
5151502049 | tumult | confusion or disorder | 59 | |
5151502050 | noxious | harmful, poisonous, or very unpleasant | 60 | |
5151502051 | sanguine | optimistic or positive, especially in a bad situation | 61 | |
5151502052 | artifice | clever, cunning ways, especially as used to trick or deceive | 62 | |
5151502053 | parley | to conference with the opposing side to discuss terms | 63 | |
5151502054 | cadence | a modulation or inflection of the voice; intonation | 64 | |
5151502055 | insuperable | a difficulty or obstacle, impossible to overcome | 65 | |
5151502056 | aversion | a strong dislike or disinclination | 66 | |
5151502057 | audacious | willingness to take surprisingly bold risks, presumptuous, cheeky, irreverent | 67 | |
5151502058 | capricious | whimsical, impulsive | 68 | |
5151502059 | usurious | charging illegal or exorbitant rates of interest for the use of money | 69 | |
5151502060 | preternatural | beyond what is normal or natural | 70 | |
5151502061 | refectory | a room used for communal meals, especially in an educational or religious institution | 71 | |
5151502062 | truculent | eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant | 72 | |
5151502063 | ameliorate | make better or more tolerable | 73 | |
5151502064 | lassitude | a tired feeling or laziness, usually caused by depression or being overworked | 74 | |
5151502065 | stagnant | not moving | 75 | |
5151502066 | occlude | to obstruct, close off or block | 76 | |
5151502067 | whimsy | playfully quaint or fanciful behavior, odd | 77 | |
5151502068 | curate | a member of the clergy engaged as assistant to a vicar, rector, or parish priest | 78 | |
5151502069 | parsonage | the residence of a member of the clergy, provided by the parish or church | 79 | |
5151502070 | bildungsroman | a novel dealing with one person's formative years or spiritual education | 80 | |
5151502071 | trajectory | the path followed by a projectile flying or an object moving under the action of given forces, path | 81 | |
5151502072 | motif | a distinctive feature or dominant idea in an artistic or literary composition; theme | 82 | |
5151502073 | leitmotif (LIGHT mo teef) | a recurrent theme in music or literary piece, focused on a person, idea or situation | 83 | |
5151502074 | meritocracy | a government, or ruling or influential class selected on the basis of their education or ability | 84 | |
5151502075 | regent | someone appointed to administer a country because the monarch is a minor or is absent or incapacitated | 85 | |
5151502076 | sycophant | one who acts obsequiously toward someone important to gain an advantage, yes-man, bootlicker, toady | 86 | |
5151502077 | obsequious | excessively obedient or attentive | 87 | |
5151502078 | caviller (cavalier) | showing a lack of proper concern; offhand | 88 | |
5151502079 | vignette | a brief evocative description, account, or episode | 89 | |
5151502080 | eventide | evening | 90 | |
5151502081 | torpid | mentally or physically inactive; lethargic | 91 | |
5151502082 | diffidence | modesty, shyness from a lack of self-confidence, modesty, meekness, insecurity | 92 | |
5151502083 | intimate | imply or hint | 93 | |
5151502084 | antipathy | a deep-seated dislike or aversion | 94 | |
5151502085 | pungent | sharply strong taste or smell | 95 | |
5151502086 | subjoined | add at the end of a speech or text | 96 | |
5151502087 | incredulous | unwilling or unable to believe something | 97 | |
5151502088 | quailed | to feel or show fear or apprehension, cower, cringe, flinch, recoil | 98 | |
5151502089 | turbid | cloudy liquid or confused meaning of effect | 99 | |
5151502090 | aperture | an opening, hole or gap | 100 | |
5151502091 | divers | older spelling diverse, meaning of varying types; several | 101 | |
5151502092 | effluvia | a slight or invisible exhalation or vapor, especially one that is disagreeable or noxious. | 102 |
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