4086924415 | Enjambment | The running on of the thought from one line, couplet, or stanza to the next without a syntactical break. | 0 | |
4086936519 | Synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man. | 1 | |
4086965582 | Callous | insensitive; indifferent; unsympathetic: | 2 | |
4086990799 | Miserly | of, like, or befitting a miser; penurious; stingy; niggardly | 3 | |
4086994863 | Supercilious | Behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others | 4 | |
4086998861 | Austere | severe in manner or appearance; uncompromising; strict; forbidding | 5 | |
4087012444 | Blight | any cause of impairment, destruction, ruin, or frustration: to destroy; ruin; frustrate | 6 | |
4087022709 | Syllogism | an extremely subtle, sophisticated, or deceptive argument; deductive reasoning | 7 | |
4087038324 | Incorrible | firmly fixed; not easily changed | 8 | |
4087049867 | Obsequious | obedient; dutiful | 9 | |
4087064709 | Vindictive | disposed or inclined to revenge; vengeful | 10 | |
4087069148 | Disconsolate | without consolation or solace; hopelessly unhappy; inconsolable | 11 | |
4087075586 | Jaundiced | affected with or exhibiting prejudice, as from envy or resentment | 12 | |
4087078874 | Retribution | requital according to merits or deserts, especially for evil | 13 | |
4087083637 | Requital | a return or reward for service, kindness, etc. | 14 | |
4087100837 | Sycophant | a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite | 15 | |
4087107162 | Litigant | litigating; engaged in a lawsuit | 16 | |
4087118538 | Enmity | a feeling or condition of hostility; hatred; ill will; animosity; antagonism | 17 | |
4087123625 | Ephemeralness | lasting a very short time; short-lived; transitory | 18 | |
4087141035 | Pragmatic | practical, as opposed to idealistic | 19 | |
4087145342 | Fervent | having or showing great warmth or intensity of spirit, feeling, enthusiasm, etc.; ardent | 20 | |
4087151693 | Misogyny | hatred, dislike, or mistrust of women, or prejudice against women | 21 | |
4087170336 | Staccato | shortened and detached when played or sung | 22 | |
4087180226 | Jovial | endowed with or characterized by a hearty, joyous humor or a spirit of good-fellowship | 23 | |
4087182685 | Carburetor | a device for mixing vaporized fuel with air to produce a combustible or explosive mixture, as for an internal-combustion engine | 24 | |
4087191134 | Incarnate | embodied in flesh; given a bodily, especially a human, form | 25 | |
4087203128 | Laconic | using few words; expressing much in few words; concise | 26 | |
4087213571 | Trepidation | tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation | 27 | |
4087217717 | Imbue | to impregnate or inspire, as with feelings, opinions, | 28 | |
4087218716 | Brooding | preoccupied with depressing, morbid, or painful memories or thoughts | 29 | |
4087226704 | Visage | One's likeness | 30 | |
4087240727 | Deplorable | preoccupied with depressing, morbid, or painful memories or thoughts | 31 | |
4087249515 | Indolent | having or showing a disposition to avoid exertion; slothful | 32 | |
4087256596 | Admonish | having or showing a disposition to avoid exertion; slothful | 33 |
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