112660518 | Droll | comical in an odd or whimsical manner | |
112660519 | Deride | to mock contemptuously | |
112660520 | Denigrate | To attack the reputation of or deny importance | |
112660521 | Vicarious | Performed, suffered, or otherwise experienced by one person in place of another | |
112660522 | ephemeral | enduring a very short time | |
112660523 | sagacious | of keen and farsighted penetration and judgement; wise | |
112660524 | vitiate | to make faulty or defective | |
112660525 | ignominious | (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame | |
112660526 | trenchant | Keen; vigorously effective and articulate | |
112660527 | salient | projecting beyond a line, sureface, or level/standing out conspicously | |
112660528 | inveterate | firmly established, long-standing; habitual | |
112660529 | parsimonious | excessively unwilling to spend | |
112660530 | appellation | name; title | |
112660531 | audacious | disposed to venture or take risks | |
112660532 | idyllic | pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity | |
112660533 | hectoring | Bullying | |
112660534 | voluble | marked by a ready flow of speech | |
112660535 | tenebrous | Shut off from light;dark | |
112660536 | mesmerizing | to subject to mesmerism;hypnotise | |
112660537 | supercilious | having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy | |
112660538 | salacious | arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination | |
120514181 | pious | devoutly religious distinct from the profane | |
120514182 | vacuity | an empty space | |
120514183 | dissolute | lacking restraint, marked by indulgence in things | |
120514184 | clandestine | marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy | |
120514185 | stalwart | marked by outstanding strength and vigor of body, mind, or spirit | |
120514186 | pedantic | narrowly, stodgily, and often ostentatiously learned; pedestrian | |
120514187 | idiosyncrasy | peculiarity of constitution or temperament : an individualizing characteristic or quality | |
120514188 | minatory | having a menacing quality | |
120514189 | execration | the act of cursing or denouncing | |
120514190 | lurid | a causing horror or revulsion | |
120514191 | proximity | the quality or state of being close | |
123240873 | insular | characteristic of an isolated people | |
123240874 | imperious | able to deal authoritatively with affairs | |
123240875 | harbinger | one that pioneers in or initiates a major change | |
123240876 | deprecate | belittle | |
123240877 | fawn | to court favor by a cringing or flattering manner | |
123240878 | didactic | designed or intended to teach | |
123240879 | capricious | governed or characterized by caprice : IMPULSIVE | |
123240880 | meritorious | deserving of honor or esteem | |
123240881 | epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing | |
123240882 | arabesque | an elaborate or intricate pattern | |
123240883 | meticulous | marked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment of details |
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