7634799842 | saturnine | slow and gloomy | 0 | |
7634799843 | oscillate | move/swing back and forth | 1 | |
7634799844 | effulgent | shining brightly, radiant | 2 | |
7634799845 | ignominious | causing public disgrace or shame | 3 | |
7634799846 | squalid | dirty, disgraceful, shameful | 4 | |
7634799847 | oblique | not straightforward | 5 | |
7634799848 | arcane | mysterious, secret | 6 | |
7634799849 | tone | perspective or attitude that the author adopts with regards to a specific character, place or development | 7 | |
7634799850 | reprehensible | disgraceful, deplorable | 8 | |
7634799851 | serpentine | like a serpent | 9 | |
7634799852 | precocious | development and wisdom beyond years | 10 | |
7634799853 | atrophy | decline, wasting away | 11 | |
7634799854 | guise | appearance | 12 | |
7634799855 | venerate | respect | 13 | |
7634799856 | meretricious | deceptive, flashy | 14 | |
7634799857 | allusion | reference to person, place, thing | 15 | |
7634799858 | parsimony | extremely thrifty | 16 | |
7634799859 | nullify | cancel | 17 | |
7634799860 | abomination | causing disgust or hatred | 18 | |
7634799861 | vilify | defame | 19 | |
7634799862 | derelict | neglected | 20 | |
7634799863 | exhume | dig up, unearth | 21 | |
7634799864 | furtive | secretive, guilty | 22 | |
7634799865 | irony | words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words | 23 | |
7634799866 | pertinent | relevant or applicable | 24 | |
7634799867 | ideology | system of ideals | 25 | |
7634799868 | turpitude | depravity, wickedness | 26 | |
7634799869 | dispassionate | not passionate | 27 | |
7634799870 | calumny | falsely defaming someone | 28 | |
7634799871 | extenuate | to make light of | 29 | |
7634799872 | germane | relevant, pertinent | 30 | |
7634799873 | paradox | seemingly contradictory ideas | 31 | |
7634799874 | extort | obtain by threats or unfair means | 32 | |
7634799875 | inane | silly, stupid | 33 | |
7634799876 | tepid | lukewarm, unenthusiastic | 34 | |
7634799877 | recondite | little known, abstruse | 35 | |
7634799878 | multifarious | many types, aspects, varied, diverse | 36 | |
7634799879 | decorum | etiquette | 37 | |
7634799880 | nebulous | unclear, vague | 38 | |
7634799881 | oxymoron | seemingly contradictory words | 39 | |
7634799882 | censure | severe, formal disapproval | 40 | |
7634799883 | quiescent | inactivity/dormancy | 41 | |
7634799884 | nexus | connection of 2 or more things | 42 | |
7634799885 | augment | add to increase | 43 | |
7634799886 | excise | tax levied on certain goods and commodities | 44 | |
7634799887 | clandestine | kept secret | 45 | |
7634799888 | heinous | wicked | 46 | |
7634799889 | conceit | excessive pride | 47 |
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