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5663236763PlaintiveADJ: sad; sorrowful; woebegone0
5663236764PortentousADJ: foreboding; alarming; ominous; portend V: to foreshadow1
5663236765SemblanceN: resemblance; alikeness; pretense; affinity2
5663236766PenuryN: extreme poverty (penurious: very poor)3
5663236767DesolateADJ: abandoned; bare; bleak; derelict4
5663236768AsceticADJ: harsh; severe; abstinent; self-sacrificing (also one who is)5
5663236769SullenADJ: upset; fretful; gloomy6
5663236770PeremptoryADJ: overbearing; authoritative; dictatorial; domineering7
5663236771SoporificADJ: boring; dull; causing sleep8
5663236772LudicrousADJ: absurd; ridiculous; PREPOSTEROUS9
5663236773FaçadeN: false front; guise; pretense; exterior10
5663236774ApprobationN: approval; consent; endorsement11
5663236775InterminableADJ: everlasting; incessant; never-ending12
5663236776CalumnyN: a false and malicious statement designed to injure the reputation of someone or something; slander; a damaging lie13
5663236777AcquiesceV: to yield; to comply; to accede14
5663236778PropitiousADJ: favorable; fortunate; good15
5663236779VenerateV: to revere; to admire; to esteem (veneration: respect)16
5663236780PhlegmaticADJ: indifferent; lifeless; dull; "blah"17
5663236781EnigmaN: a puzzle; a mystery (enigmatic: mysterious; puzzling)18
5663236782DeprecateV: to belittle; to condemn; to put down (verbally) (DISCOMMEND)19
5663236783NoxiousADJ: deadly; injurious; dangerous20
5663236784AssiduousADJ: hard-working; persevering; SEDULOUS (N: assiduity)21
5663236785SolicitousADJ: concerned; attentive; mindful22
5663236786FastidiousADJ: fussy; picky; METICULOUS23
5663236787InsipidADJ: dull; uninteresting; mundane24
5663236788InveterateADJ: customary; deep-rooted; habitual25
5663236789EnervateV: to fatigue; to weaken; to VITIATE26
5663236790TrepidationN: fear; anxiety; uneasiness27
5663236791IntrepidADJ: brave; heroic; audacious28
5663236792EvinceV: to show clearly; to prove29
5663236793IndefatigableADJ: tireless; determined; diligent30
5663236794InsuperableADJ: hopeless; impossible to overcome31
5663236795EngenderV: to cause to happen; to beget; to generate32
5663236796CapriciousADJ: erratic; flighty; given to whims; IRRESOLUTE; IMPETUOUS33
5663236797CountenanceN: outward appearance; PHYSIOGNOMY34
5663236798ConjectureN:a guess V: to guess35
5663236799InexorableADJ: restless; uncompromising; adamant36
5663236800SardonicADJ: bitterly sarcastic; biting37
5663236801ImpetuousADJ: impulsive; rash; hasty; CAPRICIOUS38
5663236802EquivocalADJ: doubtful; uncertain; dubious; evasive39
5663236803TransitoryADJ: temporary; fleeting; EPHEMERAL40
5663236804EphemeralADJ: temporary; fleeting; TRANSITORY41
5663236805ObscureADJ: cryptic; complicated; confusing V: to confuse; to hide42
5663236806SanguineADJ: happy; optimistic; hopeful43
5663236807ProdigalADJ: wasteful; excessive; PROFLIGATE44
5663236809ProfligateADJ: shamelessly immoral; reckless; wanton; PRODIGAL45
5663236810LanguidADJ: lacking in spirit or interest; indifferent; listless46
5663236811SententiousADJ: given to excessive moralizing; preachy; pithy; short and sweet47
5663236812DispositionN: frame of mind; mood; attitude; personality48
5663236813ApoplexyN: stroke; seazure (medical condition)49
5663236814EffulenceN: outfloq; emission; wordiness; VERBOSITY50
5663236815IndemnityN: payment; compensation51
5663236816PuerileADJ: immature; juvenile; CALLOW52
5663236817QuerulousADJ: grouchy; whily; hard-to-please53
5663236818PicayuneADJ: measily; of little value; worthless54
5663236819CapaciousADJ: spacious; roomy55
5663236820AscertainV: to find out for sure; to verify56
5663236821FerventADJ: intense; enthusiastic; avid; ARDENT57
5663236822IrascibleADJ: irritable; easily angered; BILIOUS; PETULANT; QUERULOUS58
5663236823ImbibeV: to consume; to swallow; to ingest; to absorb59
5663236824DrossN: trash; dregs; refuse60
5663236825Physiognomy:N: outward appearance; COUNTENANCE61
5663236826ConfabullationN: conversation; discussion; PALAVER62
5663236827NoisomeADJ: offensive; disgusting63
5663236828ConciliateV: to calm; to satisfy64
5663236829AutomatonN: a robot; gadget65
5663236830MisconstrueV: to interpret incorrectly; to misjudge66
5663236831PropinquityN: proximity- nearness in place-; kinship- nearness of relation-67
5663236832AsperityN: bitterness; irritability; meanness68
5663236833TyroN: beginner; newcomer69
5663236834PanegyricN: a speech praising someone, often dead; an encomium70
5663236835AssuageV: to cease; to lessen; to conciliate71
5663236836InvidiousADJ: offensive; hateful; full of enmity72
5663236837EffronteryN: shameless boldness; audacity; impudence73

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