12651271489 | quaint | attractively unusual or old-fashioned | 0 | |
12651276572 | bleak | an area lacking vegetation or exposed to the elements | 1 | |
12668567192 | placid | person or animal not easily upset | 2 | |
12668571967 | lore | a body or traditions and knowledge on a subject or held by a particular group, traditionally passed from person to person by word of mouth | 3 | |
12685506148 | obeisance | deferential respect | 4 | |
12685511025 | countenance | a person's facial expression | 5 | |
12733753390 | beguiling | charming or enchanting, often in a deceptive way | 6 | |
12733762184 | discourse | written or spoken communication or debate | 7 | |
12752038821 | decorum | behavior in keeping with good taste and propriety | 8 | |
12752042179 | undaunted | not intimidated | 9 | |
12769908162 | balm | fragrant ointment used to heal or soothe skin | 10 | |
13657042441 | Balmy | pleasantly warm | 11 | |
12769922177 | melancholy | a feeling of pervasive sadness typically with no obvious cause | 12 | |
12786033036 | refulgent | shining bright | 13 | |
12786038204 | interpose | place or insert between one thing and another | 14 | |
13615628762 | taciturn | a person who doesn't talk much, not communicative | 15 | |
13615631966 | repugnant | extremely distasteful and unacceptable | 16 | |
12874691649 | querulous | complaining in a petulant or whining manner | 17 | |
12874710395 | disconsolate | without consolation or comfort | 18 | |
12888926133 | incredulous | unwilling and unable to believe something | 19 | |
12888928733 | plaintive | sounding sad and mournful | 20 | |
12921957981 | Achille's heel | a single vulnerable spot | 21 | |
12921961220 | adonis | an extremely handsome young man | 22 | |
12921965569 | aegis | sponsorship or protection | 23 | |
12960498838 | amazon | a powerful masculine woman | 24 | |
12960502696 | atlas | a collection of maps | 25 | |
12960506283 | cassandra | a person who warns of coming evil but whose prophecies are unheeded | 26 | |
12978409367 | chimera | a foolish or idle fancy | 27 | |
12978412331 | elysium | place or state of blissful happiness | 28 | |
12978420135 | gorgon | a snaky-haired creature so ugly as to petrify an onlooker | 29 | |
13025819194 | halcyon | calm, peaceful | 30 | |
13025823143 | herculean | very powerful | 31 | |
13025827375 | hydra | a persistent evil, one difficult to eradicate | 32 | |
13044490435 | labyrinth | a complicated arrangement of passageways or roads, a maze | 33 | |
13044499955 | mentor | a wise counselor | 34 | |
13044502890 | midas | a very rich man | 35 | |
13062437412 | narcissism | abnormal attachment to one's own appearance and personality- in love with one's self | 36 | |
13062452606 | nemesis | retribution or the person who brings retribution | 37 | |
13062464833 | odyssey | a long series of wanderings | 38 | |
13079717792 | olympian | exalted; majestic | 39 | |
13079720650 | paean | a song of thanksgiving or praise | 40 | |
13079725538 | procrustean | forcing rigid conformity | 41 | |
13230635220 | siren | an alluring but dangerous woman, seductive | 42 | |
13230639428 | stentorian | very loud | 43 | |
13230643272 | stygian | dark, gloomy | 44 | |
13230703070 | tantalize | tease | 45 | |
13230708960 | titanic | of enormous strength, size, or power | 46 | |
13230708961 | protean | extremely changeable | 47 | |
13305965979 | academy | n. a school or learned society | 48 | |
13305969897 | arcadian | adj. simple, peaceful, rustic | 49 | |
13305979455 | croesus | n. a very rich man | 50 | |
13339582658 | cynic | one who sarcastically doubts human motives | 51 | |
13339587314 | draconian | extremely harsh and severe | 52 | |
13339591466 | epicurean | to have refined taste in food or drink | 53 | |
13368381167 | to cut the Gordian knot | to solve a difficult problem by direct and drastic means | 54 | |
13368383317 | laconic | brief, pithy, concise | 55 | |
13368387178 | mausoleum | a large tomb | 56 | |
13615670668 | meander | to wander around aimlessly | 57 | |
13615676741 | ostracize | exclude | 58 | |
13615680817 | philippic | bitter denunciation, to rip someone apart verbally | 59 | |
13431466470 | pyrrhic victory | a victory won at too great a cost | 60 | |
13431476265 | solecism | n. social error, or bad usage of language | 61 | |
13431483421 | sophistry, sophism | n. a clever argument meant to deceive | 62 | |
13447300065 | spartan | rigorous, the bare-minimum in comfort, disciplined, simplest possible | 63 | |
13447309819 | stoic | tough exterior, not showing emotion | 64 | |
13447314832 | Sword of Damocles | a constantly threatening danger | 65 | |
13461006125 | sybarite | one devoted to luxury and pleasure | 66 | |
13461008112 | bedlam | chaos, uproar and confusion | 67 | |
13461013333 | boycott | refusing to have any kind of interaction with some organization or business | 68 | |
13491094753 | frankenstein | a thing that becomes terrifying to its creator | 69 | |
13491101544 | jeremiad | a lamentation or sad complaint | 70 | |
13491108316 | maudlin | weakly or tearfully sentimental | 71 | |
13615705159 | quixotic | to be foolishly idealistic, totally unrealistic | 72 | |
13615709211 | tawdry | gaudy, showy but worthless | 73 | |
13615711717 | utopia | a perfect society | 74 | |
13615716350 | simony | the act of selling something sacred | 75 | |
13615723217 | dunce | a stupid or ignorant person | 76 |
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