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5235449238didactic(adj.) intended to teach; teaching tone0
5235450694sardonically(adj.) scornful; mocking1
5235452774imperious(adj.) haughty; proud2
5235454413impervious(adj.) not permitting passage or penetration3
5235462778obsequious(adj.) complacent; obedient4
5235470076sycophant(n.) one who tries to win favor by flattering influential people5
5235472605supercilious(adj.) disdainful; compemtuous6
5235475469dissolute(adj.) lacking moral contraint7
5235476540poignant(adj.) profoundly moving; touching8
5235478823placate(v.) to satisfy; to please9
5235485718aberration(n.) something that differs from the norm10
5235501864aggrieved(adj.) distresses; wronged; injured11
5235505106dissonance(n.) lack if harmony or consistency12
5235501865egregrious(adj.) extremely bad13
5235501866ethereal(adj.) heavenly; exceptionally delicate or refined14
5235501867fervent(adj.) ardent; passionate15
5235503197ignomimious(adj.) humiliating; disgracing16
5235503198lithe(adj.) graceful; flexible; supple17
5235503199onerous(adj.) burdensome18
5235503200pugnacious(adj.) quarrelsome; combative19
5235532012benevolent(adj.) intending or showing kindness20
5235534001candor(n.) the quality of frankness or outspokeness21
5235536237expiate(v.) to make satisfaction or amends for22
5235532013facetious(adj.) amusing23
5235536238felicity(n.) a state of well-founded happiness24
5235538162imbibe(v.) to take in25
5235532014nomic(adj.) usual; customary26
5235534002salutary(adj.) beneficial27
5235538163sapience(n.) deep wisdom or knowlegde28
5235539293transience(n.) something that is of short duration29
5235577322ambivalence(n.) uncertainty; having mixed feelings30
5235573641bombastic(adj.) too elaborate; exaggerated31
5235573642capricious(adj.) changeable; fickle32
5235573643dispassionate(adj.) unbiased; fair33
5235573644indecorous(adj.) lacking in dignity34
5235573645loquacious(adj.) talkative; wordy35
5235578788perdify(n.) betrayal; treachery36
5235578789tenacity(n.) firmness of purpose37
5235578790transcend(v.) to go beyond a limit; to rise above38
5235577323vernerable(adj.) worthy of respect39
5235614449abhor(v.) loathe40
5235614450abjure(v.) deny; renounce41
5235614451assay(v.) to evaluate; assess42
5235616132augment(v.) increase in size43
5235619604dauntless(adj.) fearless44
5235611387disdain(n.) contempt; scorn45
5235616133discern(v.) detect46
5235616134equivocate(v.) to intentionally deceive or confuse47
5235617352impedes(v.) prevents48
5235619605judicious(adj.) wise49
5235611388malevolence(n.) ill feeling50
5235624060pernicious(adj.) destructive51
5235619606prate(v.) to talk on and on52
5235613239repose(n.) rest; calmness53
5235619607surmise(v.) imagine; guess54

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