7212873024 | prophet | a person who speaks by divine inspiration or as the interpreter through whom a divinity expresses his will; a predictor or soothsayer | 0 | |
7212875303 | oracle | a place where prophecies are made, the prophet of this place, or the prophecy itself; any person or agency considered to be source of wise counsel | 1 | |
7212879259 | rapt | deeply absorbed; engrossed | 2 | |
7212879875 | importunate | stubbornly or unreasonably persistent in request or demand | 3 | |
7212880865 | repose | the act of resting; a rest; calmness; tranquility | 4 | |
7212881541 | folly | foolishness | 5 | |
7212882212 | prate | to talk idly and at great length; chatter | 6 | |
7212882915 | rebuke | to criticize or reprove sharply; reprimand | 7 | |
7212883880 | pernicious | deadly | 8 | |
7212884352 | reconcile | to settle any sort of disagreement | 9 | |
7212884992 | thine | yours, or (when after a vowel) your | 10 | |
7212885400 | laudable | praiseworthy; commendable | 11 | |
7212885991 | corporal | of the body; bodily | 12 | |
7212886428 | avaricious | greedy | 13 | |
7212886873 | deference | courteous yielding to the opinion or wishes of another | 14 | |
7212887462 | harangue | to make a long, pompous speech | 15 | |
7212887841 | atrophy | to waste away (usually concerning human bodies); to whither | 16 | |
7212891088 | coy | pretending shyness or modesty | 17 | |
7212891785 | imply | to express indirectly | 18 | |
7212891795 | infer | to make an educated guess as to someone's meaning | 19 | |
7212893307 | incessant | unceasing; unending | 20 | |
7212894239 | vertigo | a sensation of dizziness | 21 | |
7212894736 | antithetical | opposite; directly contrasting | 22 | |
7212895472 | anticlimax | a disappointing or commonplace conclusion, after a big "build-up" | 23 | |
7212896763 | revelation | something revealed; an act of revealing | 24 | |
7212897424 | transpose | to reverse the order of; to interchange | 25 | |
7212898058 | spoonerism | the transposing of sounds in language or writing | 26 | |
7212898490 | aesthetic | of or pertaining to the sensing of beauty | 27 | |
7271007038 | persevere | to keep on trying, even in the face of obstacles | 28 | |
7271008569 | stealthy | secret, clandestine, covert (ST) | 29 | |
7271009972 | surreptitious | secret, clandestine, covert (SU) | 30 | |
7271009973 | furtive | secret, clandestine, covert (F) | 31 | |
7271011461 | plethora | superabundance | 32 | |
7271013469 | ascetic | a person who (usually for religious reasons) gives up all but the most basic survival needs | 33 | |
7271016751 | fetid | foul-smelling; stinking | 34 | |
7271017902 | connotation | a meaning that is beyond and deeper than the literal meaning | 35 | |
7271019958 | tyranny | a government in which a single ruler has absolute (unlimited) power (T) | 36 | |
7271023869 | despotism | a government in which a single ruler has absolute (unlimited) power (D) | 37 | |
7271026132 | redolent | pleasantly odorous | 38 | |
7271027289 | sentient | having sense perception; conscious | 39 | |
7271029128 | enigmatic | puzzling | 40 | |
7271030880 | predilection | a preference | 41 | |
7271035635 | evoke | to produce or inspire emotions, memories, or reactions | 42 | |
7271037399 | denotation | the literal meaning of words, as opposed to their figurative meaning | 43 | |
7271040221 | epiphany | an event, often spiritual, involving a sudden flash of perception | 44 | |
7271042831 | denouement | the unknotting of the problems in a play, novel, or short story | 45 | |
7271045635 | genre | a category of art or literature distinguished by a definite style, form, or content | 46 | |
7271048687 | tendril | a long, slender, coiling extension, as of a stem, serving as an organ of attachment for certain climbing plants | 47 | |
7271052543 | pastoral | of or pertaining to the country or country life; rural | 48 | |
7271055246 | chide | to scold; rebuke; reprimand | 49 | |
7271057465 | cogent | forcibly convincing | 50 | |
7271058854 | wreak | to inflict something (usually vengeance or punishment) upon a person | 51 | |
7271062321 | victuals | food fit for human consumption | 52 | |
7271063443 | wont | accustomed or used to (as an adjective) or usage or custom (as a noun) | 53 | |
7271067364 | wheedle | to persuade or attempt to persuade by deceitful flattery or guile; cajole | 54 | |
7271073726 | hasten | to move something swiftly; to hurry | 55 | |
7365694492 | altercation | a quarrel or angry dispute | 56 | |
7365697339 | omnipresent | present in all places at the same time | 57 | |
7365702152 | baffle | to hinder or impede by puzzling | 58 | |
7365705958 | synthetic | not genuine; artificial; ersatz | 59 | |
7365708616 | phlegmatic | sluggish or apathetic; hard to rouse to action | 60 | |
7365711790 | verbatim | using exactly the same words; word for word; or (as an adverb) in exactly the same words | 61 | |
7365716635 | vindictive | revengeful in spirit | 62 | |
7365719314 | alliteration | the occurrence (in a phrase or line of speech or writing) of two or more words having the same initial sound | 63 | |
7365727852 | inevitable | certain to happen | 64 | |
7365731978 | capricious | characterized by or subject to whim; impulsive and unpredictable | 65 | |
7365736606 | vacillate | to sway to and fro in body or in mind; to waver | 66 | |
7365740122 | eradicate | to get rid of; wipe out; annihilate; destroy | 67 | |
7365742961 | optimism | being hopeful and looking on the bright side | 68 | |
7365745766 | pessimism | doubting that it wall all be better later; looking on the dark side | 69 | |
7365759350 | enmity | a deep-seated hatred; antagonism; animosity | 70 | |
7365765045 | exhume | to remove from a grave; to bring to light; uncover | 71 | |
7365774885 | visage | the face or facial features; physiognomy (V) | 72 | |
7365777080 | countenance | the face or facial features; physiognomy (C) | 73 | |
7365780059 | angst | a feeling of anxiety | 74 | |
7365782159 | aversion | intense dislike | 75 | |
7365784051 | taboo | a ban against something because of social custom or emotional aversion | 76 | |
7365791224 | clemency | leniency; mercy | 77 | |
7365796998 | dissolute | lacking in moral restraint | 78 | |
7365800808 | libertine | a person lacking in moral restraint | 79 | |
7365802993 | pragmatic | practical | 80 | |
7365802994 | woo | to court someone's favor, especially for purposes of marriage | 81 | |
7365807110 | smite | to inflict a heavy blow | 82 | |
7365808639 | zany | ludicrously comical; buffoonish | 83 | |
7586509767 | abject | of the most contemptible kind; wretched | 84 | |
7586512815 | brandish | to wave or display menacingly or ostentatiously | 85 | |
7586517592 | disarray | a state of disorder; disarrangement; confusion | 86 | |
7586521914 | raze | to tear down or demolish; level to the ground | 87 | |
7586525290 | inception | the beginning of something | 88 | |
7586527675 | ephemeral | short-lived; fleeting | 89 | |
7586531610 | perplexity | the state or condition of being puzzled | 90 | |
7586535346 | penury | extreme want or poverty; destitution | 91 | |
7586549019 | extraneous | not essential; superfluous | 92 | |
7586551720 | undermine | to weaken by wearing away a base or foundation | 93 | |
7586559702 | entreat | to ask someone for something earnestly | 94 | |
7586563837 | squander | to spend wastefully or extravagantly | 95 | |
7586574996 | ravage | to destroy or despoil; devastate | 96 | |
7586577615 | robust | vigorous; strong | 97 | |
7586580989 | outset | beginning; start; commencement | 98 | |
7586584573 | unkempt | disheveled; messy; uncombed | 99 | |
7586587867 | ornate | excessively or elaborately decorated; rococo | 100 | |
7586591997 | luxuriant | growing abundantly, vigorously, or lushly | 101 | |
7586599045 | abate | to reduce in amount, degree, or intensity; to lessen | 102 | |
7586602376 | mercenary | motivated by a desire for monetary or material gain | 103 | |
7586605735 | fallow | plowed but not sowed; uncultivated | 104 | |
7586609324 | tantamount | equivalent in effect or value (used with "to") | 105 | |
7586612987 | paramount | of chief concern or importance; primary; foremost | 106 | |
7586617486 | vestige | a visible trace or evidence of something that has once existed but exists or appears no more | 107 | |
7586623114 | vanguard | the foremost position in a movement, trend, army, or fleet | 108 | |
7586627838 | flagrant | extremely or deliberately conspicuous; notorious; shocking | 109 | |
7586635682 | jeer | to speak or shout derisively; to mock; to abuse openly; to taunt | 110 | |
7586639988 | thwart | to prevent from taking place | 111 | |
7690538419 | affluent | rich | 112 | |
7690540798 | eschew | to take care to avoid; to shun | 113 | |
7690543576 | ruse | an action or devise meant to confuse, mislead, or trick | 114 | |
7690550116 | irrevocable | not able to be reversed | 115 | |
7690553828 | euphoria | a feeling of great happiness | 116 | |
7690559493 | giddy | having a lightheaded sensation | 117 | |
7690567523 | narcissism | excessive admiration of oneself; love of self | 118 | |
7690592487 | chastity | the state or quality of being morally pure or celibate | 119 | |
7690597622 | pestilence | any usually fatal epidemic disease | 120 | |
7690600589 | periphery | the outermost part or region within a given area | 121 | |
7690607085 | coalition | a temporary merging of smaller political parties in order to gain a majority of the available power | 122 | |
7690616533 | heresy | an opinion that is at odds with religious beliefs; "religious treason" | 123 | |
7690621263 | contemporary | belonging to the same period of time; current or modern | 124 | |
7690625943 | empathize | to feel for something (by attempting to put yourself in one's place) | 125 | |
7690635183 | conjecture | to guess (as a verb); a guess (as a noun) | 126 | |
7690639720 | halitosis | stale or foul-smelling breath | 127 | |
7690642987 | perfidy | deliberate breach of faith; calculated violation of trust; treachery | 128 | |
7690650262 | tepid | moderately warm; lukewarm | 129 | |
7690654020 | dour | silently ill-humored; gloomy | 130 | |
7690657261 | odious | hateful; offensive; repugnant | 131 | |
7690661441 | intrinsic | pertaining to the essential nature of a thing | 132 | |
7690665656 | capitulate | to give up all resistance; to surrender; to acquiesce | 133 | |
7690671134 | polygraph | an instrument that simultaneously records changes in such physiological processes as heartbeat, blood pressure, and respiration, and is sometimes used in lie detection | 134 | |
7690682693 | vacuous | devoid of substance or meaning, inane | 135 | |
7690685699 | impetus | a driving force | 136 | |
7690688998 | procreate | to beget offspring; to reproduce | 137 | |
7690691680 | curator | the administration director of a museum, or other similar institution | 138 | |
7690697138 | vernacular | the native language of a country or region; more often, the nonstandard everyday speech of a country or region | 139 | |
7851733099 | persnickety | very concerned with detail | 140 | |
7851735450 | punctilious | precise; scrupulous; exact | 141 | |
7851737673 | illicit | illegal; unlawful | 142 | |
7851739523 | masticate | to chew | 143 | |
7851741482 | accolade | praise; approval | 144 | |
7851742991 | peruse | to read or examine with great care; scrutinize | 145 | |
7851745768 | stoic | indifferent to or unaffected by both pleasure and pain | 146 | |
7851749034 | acrimony | bitterness or ill-natured animosity, especially in speech | 147 | |
7851752700 | cajole | to persuade (or attempt to persuade) by pleading or flattery; coax | 148 | |
7851758349 | cacophony | jarring, discordant sound; dissonance | 149 | |
7851760766 | prosaic | lacking imagination and spirit; not poetic | 150 | |
7851762430 | penultimate | next to last | 151 | |
7851764147 | consternation | sudden confusion, amazement, or frustration | 152 | |
7851766796 | myriad | amounting to a very large, though indefinite, number (often used with "of") | 153 | |
7851773667 | nebulous | lacking a definite form or limit; vague; hazy | 154 | |
7851776746 | pugnacious | quarrelsome; eager to fight; belligerent; truculent | 155 | |
7851780457 | fastidious | careful in all details; meticulous | 156 | |
7851788768 | paleontology | the study of fossils and ancient life forms | 157 | |
7851790733 | dexterous | skillful with hands, body, or mind; clever (dex) | 158 | |
7851793700 | deft | skillful with hands, body, or mind; clever (def) | 159 | |
7851796447 | adroit | skillful with hands, body, or mind; clever (a) | 160 | |
7851802448 | ambidextrous | able to use both hands equally well | 161 | |
7851804084 | hypocrisy | the act of pretending to believe in ideas that one does not actually hold | 162 | |
7851807888 | analogy | an example used in argument because of its similarity to the point in question | 163 | |
7851810884 | penitent | feeling truly sorry about one's misdeeds or sins | 164 | |
7851824157 | synopsis | a brief statement or outline of a subject; an abstract | 165 | |
7851911613 | quid pro quo | an equal exchange or trade; from the Latin, "something for something" | 166 | |
7851916464 | egregious | outstandingly bad | 167 | |
8148415354 | omnivore | a creature that eats both meat and vegetable | 168 | |
8148417063 | herbivore | a creature who eats plants and plant by-products | 169 | |
8148424308 | vicissitude | any change or variation on something | 170 | |
8148426388 | virile | having strong, masculine characteristics | 171 | |
8148428317 | pizzicato | the plucking rather than bowing of stringed instruments | 172 | |
8148431786 | prehensile | adapted for seizing or holding | 173 | |
8148433389 | platitude | a trite, unoriginal comment | 174 | |
8148434626 | dulcet | pleasing to the ear, gently melodious | 175 | |
8148436288 | recount | to narrate the facts or particulars | 176 | |
8148438206 | mendicant | a beggar | 177 | |
8148441906 | rectitude | intellectual or moral correctness | 178 | |
8148443546 | recrudesce | to break out anew after a dormant or inactive period | 179 | |
8148449324 | reflect | to think or consider seriously; ponder | 180 | |
8148452735 | diffident | lacking self-confidence; timid | 181 | |
8148454557 | grandiose | characterized by greatness of scope or scale; full of pompous grandeur | 182 | |
8148458031 | mirth | enjoyment, rejoicing, or gladness, especially when expressed by laughter or merrymaking | 183 | |
8148460954 | dearth | scarcity; lack; paucity | 184 | |
8148468671 | lest | so as to prevent the possibility that; for fear that | 185 | |
8148470169 | preen | to meticulously clean and primp | 186 | |
8148471355 | satire | the use of irony, scoffing, or wit of any kind to attack folly or wickedness | 187 | |
8148474647 | torrid | scorching (from the sun) | 188 | |
8148478124 | vilify | to defame, denigrate, or "put down" someone | 189 | |
8148486833 | wistful | full of sad yearning; wishful longing | 190 | |
8148488797 | voluble | characterized by a ready and easy flow of words in speaking | 191 | |
8148492224 | enervate | to take away the strength or vitality | 192 | |
8148493895 | effigy | an object made as a likeness of a person | 193 | |
8148496839 | connubial | of marriage or the marriage state; conjugal | 194 | |
8148499751 | xenophobia | fear of strangers or foreigners | 195 | |
8734683373 | gait | a way of moving on foot; a particular way of walking | 196 | |
8734763411 | reprove | to rebuke for a fault or misdeed; scold | 197 | |
8734771171 | bode | to be an omen of | 198 | |
8734773133 | philander | to engage in love affairs frivolously; flirt | 199 | |
8734776214 | deter | to prevent or discourage someone from doing something | 200 | |
8734783275 | inscrutable | not able to be fathomed or understood | 201 | |
8734786130 | multilateral | involving more than two nations or sides | 202 | |
8734791517 | supple | moving and bending with agility; pliant; limber | 203 | |
8734794781 | broach | to begin to talk about | 204 | |
8735077998 | hence | for this reason; as a result; therefore | 205 | |
8735082157 | gaunt | thin and bony; angular | 206 | |
8735088166 | ungainly | without grace or ease of movement; clumsy | 207 | |
8735091039 | unwieldy | difficult to carry or manage because of bulk or shape; clumsy | 208 | |
8735098086 | rile | to vex; anger; irritate | 209 | |
8735100000 | ingenuous | without sophistication or worldliness; innocently straightforward; artless | 210 | |
8735107702 | transgression | the violation of a law, rule, command or duty | 211 | |
8735112145 | caterwaul | to cry or screech like a cat in heat; to make any discordant sound or shriek | 212 | |
8735116801 | discreet | having or showing a careful reserve in one's speech or behavior | 213 | |
8735130525 | gape | to stare wonderingly, especially with the mouth open | 214 | |
8735133484 | gawk | to gape stupidly | 215 | |
8735135422 | petulant | unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered | 216 | |
8735139084 | catharsis | a figurative cleaning of the emotions | 217 | |
8735142741 | circumspect | heedful of circumstances or consequences | 218 | |
8735145213 | bovine | of, pertaining to, or resembling an ox, cow, or other animal of the genus Bos; sluggish | 219 | |
8735155752 | salient | projecting or jutting beyond a line or surface; protruding up or out; conspicuous | 220 | |
8735166891 | puissant | powerful; mighty; potent | 221 | |
8735169618 | retinue | the official followers of a person of rank (r) | 222 | |
8735172269 | entourage | the official followers of a person of rank (e) | 223 | |
8987495781 | expedite | to speed the process of; to help along; to facilitate | 224 | |
8987495782 | irreverence | disrespect | 225 | |
8987495783 | assimilate | to absorb and make similar | 226 | |
8987495784 | immaculate | free from stain or blemish; spotless; pure; unsullied | 227 | |
8987495785 | corpulence | fatness; obesity | 228 | |
8987495786 | atone | to make amends, as for a sin or fault; to expiate | 229 | |
8987495787 | pompous | characterized by an exaggerated show of self-importance; pretentious | 230 | |
8987495788 | presentiment | a sense of something about to occur; premonition | 231 | |
8987495789 | admonish | to scold mildly; to caution; to warn | 232 | |
8987495790 | apprehensive | anxious or fearful about the future | 233 | |
8987495791 | devout | deeply religious; pious | 234 | |
8987495792 | ergo | consequently; therefore | 235 | |
8987495793 | status quo | the existing condition or state of affairs; "the way it is" or (literally from Latin) the "state in which" | 236 | |
8987495794 | visceral | intensely emotional; pertaining to or affecting the internal organs of the body | 237 | |
8987495795 | metaphysics | the branch of philosophy that investigates ultimate realities | 238 | |
8987495796 | proselytize | to convert from one belief or faith to another | 239 | |
8987495797 | proselyte | a new convert to a religion or doctrine | 240 | |
8987495798 | acronym | a word formed by combining the initial letters of a group of words, such as WAC for Women's Army Corps | 241 | |
8987495799 | censure | to criticize severely; castigate; chastise | 242 | |
8987495800 | nadir | the lowest point or moment in a situation | 243 | |
8987495801 | litigation | legal action; the judicial process; court proceeding | 244 | |
8987495802 | flibbertigibbet | a scatterbrained person | 245 | |
8987495803 | proclivity | a natural tendency, especially a negative inclination | 246 | |
8987495804 | propensity | a natural tendency, especially an innate inclination | 247 | |
8987495805 | kismet | fate | 248 | |
8987495806 | karma | the sum and the consequences of a person's actions during a lifetime, regarding as determining destiny; fate | 249 | |
8987495807 | yokel | a country bumpkin; a naïve or gullible rustic | 250 | |
8987495808 | yahoo | a crude or brutish person | 251 |
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