7619875491 | Smite | to inflict a heavy blow | 0 | |
7619876851 | Clemency | leniency; mercy | 1 | |
7619882464 | Woo | to court someone's favor; especially for purposes of marriage | 2 | |
7619883483 | Taboo | a ban against something because of social custom or emotional aversion | 3 | |
7619891552 | Importunate | stubbornly or unreasonably persistent in request or demand | 4 | |
7619898005 | Aesthetic | of or pertaining to the sensing of beauty | 5 | |
7619899093 | Coy | pretending shyness or modesty | 6 | |
7619900356 | Imply | to express indirectly | 7 | |
7619902364 | Antithetical | opposite; directly contrasting | 8 | |
7619905086 | Laudable | praiseworthy; commendable | 9 | |
7619905654 | Avaricious | greedy | 10 | |
7619909511 | Wreak | to inflict something (usually vengeance or punishment) upon a person | 11 | |
7619911722 | Stealthy | secret; clandestine; covert | 12 | |
7619912408 | Surreptitious | secret; clandestine; covert | 13 | |
7619917440 | Furtive | secret; clandestine; covert | 14 | |
7619918901 | Pastoral | of or pertaining to the country or country life; rural | 15 | |
7619924599 | Ascetic | a person who (usually for religious reasons)gives all but the most basic survival needs | 16 | |
7619926242 | Chide | to scold, rebuke, reprimand | 17 | |
7619927449 | Cogent | forcibly convincing | 18 | |
8194565300 | Dissolute | lacking in moral restraint | 19 | |
8194566902 | Deference | courteous yielding to the opinion or wishes of another | 20 | |
8194569909 | Repose | the act of resting; a rest; calmness; tranquility | 21 | |
8194573193 | Inevitable | certain to happen | 22 | |
8194582564 | Punctilious | precise; scrupulous; exact | 23 | |
8194584149 | Vacillate | to sway to and fro in body or mind; to waiver | 24 | |
8194589280 | Disarray | a state of disorder; disarrangement; confusion | 25 | |
8194593312 | Intrinsic | pertaining to the essential nature of a thing | 26 | |
8194595454 | Flagrant | extremely or deliberately conspicuous; notorious; shocking | 27 | |
8194602816 | Paleontology | the study of fossils and ancient life forms | 28 | |
8194607035 | Ambidextrous | able to use both hands equally well | 29 | |
8194610414 | Hypocrisy | the act of pretending to believe in ideas that one does not actually hold | 30 | |
8194615129 | Analogy | an example used in an argument because of its similarity to the point in question | 31 | |
8194619061 | Penitent | feeling truly sorry about one's misdeeds or sins | 32 | |
8194637680 | Synopsis | a brief statement or outline of a subject; an abstract | 33 | |
8194641444 | Quid pro quo | an equal exchange or trade; from the latin "something for something" | 34 | |
8194648206 | Cacophony | jarring, discordant sound; dissonance | 35 | |
8194651212 | Prosaic | lacking imagination and spirit; not poetic | 36 | |
8194654101 | Stoic | indifferent to or unaffected by both pleasure and pain | 37 | |
8194656015 | Myriad | amounting to a very large, though indefinite, number (often used with 'of') | 38 | |
8194664917 | Fastidious | careful in all details; meticulous | 39 | |
8194666670 | Nebulous | lacking a definite form or limit; hazy | 40 | |
8194669909 | Penultimate | next to last | 41 | |
8194671151 | Cajole | to persuade (or attempt to persuade) by pleading or flattery; coax | 42 | |
8194685997 | Peruse | to read or examine with great care; scrutinize or skim through | 43 | |
8194689566 | Pugnacious | quarrelsome; eager to fight; belligerent; truculent | 44 | |
8194694419 | Giddy | having a lightheaded sensation | 45 | |
8194699152 | Masticate | to chew | 46 | |
8194700446 | Illicit | illegal; unlawful | 47 | |
8194701402 | Jeer | to speak or shout derisively; to mock; to abuse openly; to taunt | 48 | |
8194704211 | Enmity | a deep-seated hatred; antagonism; animosity | 49 | |
8194706633 | Tendril | a long, slender, coiling extensions as of a stem, serving as an organ of attachment for certain climbing plants | 50 | |
8194712663 | Entreat | to ask someone for something earnestly | 51 | |
8194715123 | Rapt | deeply absorbed; engrossed | 52 | |
8194716581 | Corporal | of the body; bodily | 53 | |
8194721435 | Dextrous | skillful with hands, body, or mind; clever | 54 | |
8194721436 | Deft | skillful with hands, body, or mind; clever | 55 | |
8194723140 | Adroit | skillful with hands, body, or mind; clever | 56 | |
8194728233 | Sentient | having sense perception; conscious | 57 | |
8194730196 | Ornate | excessively; or elaborately decorated; rococo | 58 | |
8194962860 | Genre | a category of art or literature distinguished by a definite style, form, or content | 59 | |
8194967255 | Infer | to make an educated guess as to someone's meaning | 60 | |
8194969892 | Spoonerism | the transposing of sounds in language or writing | 61 | |
8194971863 | Extraneous | not essential; superfluous | 62 | |
8194975145 | Verbatim | using exactly the same words, word for word; or (as an adverb) in exactly the same words | 63 | |
8194980619 | Luxuriant | growing abundantly, vigorously, or lushly | 64 | |
8194984000 | Undermine | to weaken by wearing away a base or foundation | 65 | |
8194986211 | Hasten | to move something swiftly; to hurry | 66 | |
8194987005 | Baffle | to hinder or impede by puzzling | 67 | |
8194989583 | Evoke | to produce or inspire emotions, memories, or reactions | 68 | |
8194994607 | Pessimism | doubting that it will all be better later; looking on the dark side | 69 | |
8194996864 | Angst | a feeling of anxiety | 70 | |
8194999140 | Redolent | pleasantly odorous | 71 | |
8195001179 | Perplexity | the state or condition of being puzzled | 72 | |
8195002768 | Vertigo | a sensation of dizziness | 73 | |
8195004381 | Epiphany | an event often spiritual involving a sudden flash of perception | 74 | |
8195007007 | Connotation | a meaning that is beyond & deeper than the literal meaning | 75 | |
8195009756 | Procreate | to budget offspring; to reproduce | 76 | |
8195013717 | Capitulate | to give up all resistance; surrender; to acquiesce | 77 | |
8195017092 | Vacuous | devoid of substance or meaning; inane | 78 | |
8195018588 | Polygraph | an instrument that simultaneously records changes in such physiological processes as heartbeat, blood pressure & respiration. Is sometimes used in lie detection | 79 | |
8195023886 | Tepid | moderately warm; lukewarm | 80 | |
8195025701 | Tyranny | a government in which a single ruler has absolute (unlimited) power | 81 | |
8195028851 | Despotism | a government in which a single ruler has absolute (unlimited) power | 82 | |
8195031290 | Omnipresent | present in all places at the same time | 83 | |
8195032447 | Wheedle | to persuade or attempt to persuade by deceitful flattery or guile; cajole | 84 | |
8195037317 | Ravage | to destroy or despoil; devastate | 85 | |
8195039337 | Denotation | the literal meaning of words as apposed to their figurative meaning | 86 | |
8195040739 | Predilection | a preference | 87 | |
8195042403 | Victuals | food fit for human consumption | 88 | |
8195043725 | Persevere | to keep on trying even in the face of obstacles | 89 | |
8195045755 | Vernacular | the native language of a country or region; more often the nonstandard everyday speech of a country or region | 90 | |
8195049654 | Irrevocable | not able to be reversed | 91 | |
8195053357 | Abate | to reduce in amount, degree, or intensity; to lessen | 92 | |
8195054949 | Oracle | a place where prophecies are made, the prophet of this place, or the prophecy itself; any person or agency considered to be a source of wise counsel | 93 | |
8195061263 | Plethora | superabundance | 94 | |
8195062171 | Eschew | to take care to avoid; to shun | 95 | |
8195064982 | Libertine | a person lacking in moral restraint | 96 | |
8195066359 | Harangue | to make a long, pompous speech | 97 | |
8195069586 | Chastity | the state or quality of being morally pure or celibate | 98 | |
8195070624 | Periphery | the outermost part or region within a given area | 99 | |
8195073243 | Coalition | a temporary merging of smaller political parties in order to gain a majority of the available power | 100 | |
8195076992 | Contemporary | belonging to the same period of time; current or modern | 101 | |
8195079758 | Halitosis | stale or foul smelling breath | 102 | |
8195081165 | Conjecture | guess (as a verb) a guess (as a noun) | 103 | |
8195084533 | Empathize | to feel for something (by attempting to put yourself in one's place) | 104 | |
8195087889 | Impetus | a driving force | 105 | |
8195089679 | Affluent | rich | 106 | |
8195090775 | Ephemeral | short lived; fleeting | 107 | |
8195092365 | Outset | beginning; start; commencement | 108 | |
8195093774 | Vindictive | revengeful in spirit | 109 | |
8195094452 | Aversion | intense dislike | 110 | |
8195095204 | Inception | the beginning of something | 111 | |
8195097384 | Mercenary | motivated by a desire for monetary or material gain | 112 | |
8195100617 | Revelation | something revealed; an act of revealing | 113 | |
8195101589 | Wont | accustomed or used to (as an adjective) or usage or custom (as a noun) | 114 | |
8207869636 | Enigmatic | puzzling | 115 | |
8207876387 | Denouement | the unknotting of the problems in a play, novel, or short story | 116 | |
8207879450 | Pragmatic | practical | 117 | |
8207880293 | Exhume | to remove from a grave; to bring to light; uncover | 118 | |
8207882611 | Zany | ludicrously comical; buffoonish | 119 | |
8207886559 | Fetid | foul-smelling; stinking | 120 | |
8207890739 | Narcissism | excessive admiration of oneself; love of self | 121 | |
8207895138 | Odious | hateful; offensive; repugnant | 122 | |
8207897810 | Incessant | unceasing; unending | 123 | |
8207898554 | Consternation | sudden confusion, amazement or frustration | 124 | |
8207902698 | Pernicious | deadly | 125 | |
8207908363 | Raze | to tear down or demolish; level to the ground | 126 | |
8207910410 | Optimism | being hopeful and looking on the bright side | 127 | |
8207913245 | Thine | yours or (when after a vowel) your | 128 | |
8207915057 | Prophet | a person who speaks by divine inspiration or as the interpreter through whom a divinity expresses his will; a predicted or soothsayer | 129 | |
8207924556 | Pestilence | any usually fatal epidemic disease | 130 | |
8207925871 | Persnickety | very concerned with detail | 131 | |
8207927646 | Prate | to talk idly and at great length; chatter | 132 | |
8207931769 | Phlegmatic | sluggish or apathetic; hard to rouse to action | 133 | |
8207934183 | Folly | foolishness | 134 | |
8207935008 | Abject | of the most contemptible kind; wretched | 135 | |
8207937802 | Dour | silently ill-humored; gloomy | 136 | |
8207940671 | Accolade | praise; approval | 137 | |
8207942687 | Heresy | an opinion that is at odds with religious beliefs; "religious treason" | 138 | |
8207948535 | Fallow | plowed but not sowed; uncultivated | 139 | |
8207950847 | Perfidy | deliberate breach of faith; calculated violation of trust; treachery | 140 | |
8207955602 | Transpose | to reverse the order of; to interchange | 141 | |
8207958241 | Ruse | an action or desire meant to confuse, mislead or trick | 142 | |
8207964084 | Egregious | outstandingly bad | 143 | |
8207965595 | Robust | vigorous; strong | 144 | |
8207971869 | Unkempt | disheveled; messy; uncombed | 145 | |
8207975609 | Brandish | to wave or display menacingly or ostentatiously | 146 | |
8207979332 | Vanguard | the foremost position in a movement, trend, army, or fleet | 147 | |
8207981806 | Thwart | to prevent from taking place | 148 | |
8207984347 | Anticlimax | a disappointing or commonplace conclusion; after a big "build up" | 149 | |
8207989310 | Altercation | a quarrel or angry dispute | 150 | |
8207993142 | Rebuke | to criticize or reprove sharply; reprimand | 151 | |
8207999754 | Squander | to spend wastefully or extravagantly | 152 | |
8208013290 | Curator | the administration director of a museum , or other similar institution | 153 | |
8208017401 | Capricious | characterized by or subject to whim; impulsive and unpredictable | 154 | |
8208023376 | Reconcile | to settle any sort of disagreement | 155 | |
8208024518 | Synthetic | not genuine; artificial; ersatz | 156 | |
8208027769 | Eradicate | to get rid of; wipe out; annihilate; destroy | 157 | |
8208029796 | Alliteration | the occurrence (in a phrase or line of speech or writing) of two or more words having the same initial sound | 158 | |
8208035481 | Atrophy | to waste away (usually concerning bodies); to whither | 159 | |
8208038457 | Vestige | a visible trace or evidence of something that has once existed but exists or appears no more | 160 | |
8208042918 | Visage | the face or facial features; physiognomy | 161 | |
8208044447 | Countenance | the face or facial features; physiognomy | 162 | |
8208047645 | Penury | Extreme want or poverty; destitution | 163 | |
8208052956 | Tantamount | equivalent in effect or value (used with "to") | 164 | |
8208054847 | Euphoria | a feeling of great happiness | 165 | |
8208057354 | Acrimony | bitterness or ill-natured animosity, especially in speech | 166 | |
8208060948 | Paramount | of chief concern or importance; primary; foremost | 167 |
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