11206421570 | aberration | a departure from what is normal, usual, or expected, typically one that is unwelcome | 0 | |
11206421571 | Abeyance | temporary inactivity, cessation, or suspension | 1 | |
11206421572 | Acerbic | biting, bitter in tone or taste | 2 | |
11206421573 | acuity | (n.) sharpness (particularly of the mind or senses) | 3 | |
11206421574 | admonish | to warn | 4 | |
11206421575 | adroit | skillful; clever | 5 | |
11206421576 | Aesthete | One who loves beauty in art or nature | 6 | |
11206421577 | altruistic | unselfish | 7 | |
11206421578 | ameliorate | to make better | 8 | |
11206421579 | amorphous | shapeless | 9 | |
11206421580 | antediluvian | extremely old; antiquated | 10 | |
11206421581 | apocryphal | made up | 11 | |
11206421582 | arable | suitable for growing crops | 12 | |
11206421583 | ascetic | absent of luxury | 13 | |
11206421584 | assuage | make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense | 14 | |
11206421585 | atrophy | (n.) the wasting away of a body organ or tissue; any progressive decline or failure; (v.) to waste away | 15 | |
11206421586 | aviary | A house, enclosure, or large cage for birds | 16 | |
11206421587 | avarice | greed | 17 | |
11206421588 | avow | to confess | 18 | |
11206421589 | bilk | to cheat | 19 | |
11206421590 | broach | to bring up a subject for discussion | 20 | |
11206421591 | buttress | to support | 21 | |
11206421592 | celerity | swiftness | 22 | |
11206421593 | charlatan | fraud | 23 | |
11206421594 | cherubic | having the childlike innocence | 24 | |
11206421595 | chrulish | rude | 25 | |
11206421596 | circuitous | indirect | 26 | |
11206421597 | clandestine | (adj.) secret, concealed; underhanded | 27 | |
11206421598 | commensurate | proportional | 28 | |
11206421599 | concomitant | accompanying | 29 | |
11206421600 | confluence | (n.) - a convergence, a coming together | 30 | |
11206421601 | conjugal | relating to marriage | 31 | |
11206421602 | contentious | argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement | 32 | |
11206421603 | conundrum | a difficult problem | 33 | |
11206421604 | corpulence | state of being very fat | 34 | |
11206421605 | Corterie | a circle of close associates or friends | 35 | |
11206421606 | credulous | too trusting; gullible | 36 | |
11206421607 | cryptic | mysterious, supernatural related | 37 | |
11206421608 | dearth | a lack, scarcity | 38 | |
11206421609 | demagogue | a leader who appeals to citizens' emotions to obtain power | 39 | |
11206421610 | desecrate | to violate the sacredness of a thing or place | 40 | |
11206421611 | diatribe | a bitter verbal attack | 41 | |
11206421612 | diffidence | shyness; lack of confidence | 42 | |
11206421613 | dilatory | tending to delay or procrastinate | 43 | |
11206421614 | disaffected | having lost faith or loyalty; discontent | 44 | |
11206421615 | discursive | rambling | 45 | |
11206421616 | dissemble | to disguise, to pretend | 46 | |
11206421617 | dissonant | not in harmony; disagreeing, at odds | 47 | |
11206421618 | dissuade | to persuade not to do something | 48 | |
11206421619 | divination | the practice of seeking knowledge of the future or the unknown by supernatural means | 49 | |
11206421620 | dotard | foolish old man | 50 | |
11206421621 | duplicity | treachery, deceitfulness | 51 | |
11206421622 | egregious | outstandingly bad | 52 | |
11217048892 | elegiac | Expressing sorrow or lamentation | 53 | |
11217048893 | elucidate | to clarify, explain | 54 | |
11217048894 | emanate | to come forth; to send forth | 55 | |
11217094642 | dispassionate | unemotional | 56 | |
11300761192 | emulate | to imitate | 57 | |
11300761193 | enigmatic | (adj.) puzzling, perplexing, inexplicable, not easily understood | 58 | |
11320581689 | ennui | boredom, dissatisfaction | 59 | |
11338080613 | ephemeral | lasting a very short time | 60 | |
11521214790 | equivocate | to use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead | 61 | |
11521214791 | erudition | the quality of having or showing great knowledge or learning; scholarship | 62 | |
11521214792 | esoteric | (adj.) intended for or understood by only a select few, private, secret | 63 | |
11521214793 | espouse | adopt or support (a cause, belief, or way of life); marry | 64 | |
11521214794 | ethereal | extremely delicate and light in a way that seems too perfect for this world | 65 | |
11521214795 | extol | to praise highly | 66 | |
11570586830 | fatuous | silly and pointless | 67 | |
11655191492 | felicity | happiness; bliss | 68 | |
11668511617 | fetid | smelling extremely unpleasant | 69 | |
11708321764 | flippant | not showing a serious or respectful attitude | 70 | |
11709655840 | florid | Excessively intricate and complicated | 71 | |
11776091214 | foible | (n.) a weak point, failing, minor flaw | 72 | |
11776091215 | furtive | done in a quiet and secret way to avoid being noticed | 73 | |
11776158832 | garish | tastelessly showy | 74 | |
11779799052 | curmudgeon | a bad-tempered person | 75 | |
11785224039 | copious | abundant; plentiful | 76 | |
11785224040 | disparage | belittle | 77 | |
11785224041 | fecund | fertile; productive | 78 | |
11794482287 | garner | To gather (especially for info or approval) | 79 | |
11794482288 | guile | deceit; trickery | 80 | |
11794482289 | hedonism | devotion to sexual pleasure | 81 | |
11794482290 | heretic | someone who goes against accepted religious beliefs | 82 | |
11794542491 | hiatus | a gap, opening, break | 83 | |
11812499464 | histrionic | overly dramatic | 84 | |
11812499465 | hoary | very old | 85 | |
11812499466 | iconoclasm | the action of attacking or assertively rejecting cherished beliefs and institutions or established values and practices. | 86 | |
11812499467 | immutable | unchangeable | 87 | |
11812499468 | impervious | impenetrable | 88 | |
11832515123 | epicure | someone who appreciates good food and drink | 89 | |
12307348593 | impregnable | unable to be captured or broken into | 90 | |
12307348594 | impugn | (v.) to call into question; to attack as false | 91 | |
12307348595 | inauspicious | Unlucky; not likely to be successful | 92 | |
12321438620 | incipient | in an initial stage; beginning to happen or develop | 93 | |
12321438621 | incisive | clear thinking | 94 | |
12334616252 | incorrigible | not able to be corrected, improved, or reformed | 95 | |
12334616253 | indecorous | lacking good taste; improper | 96 | |
12365242815 | indefatigable | persisting tirelessly | 97 | |
12382626679 | inocuous | not harmful or offensive | 98 | |
12382626680 | inscrutable | impossible to understand or interpret | 99 | |
12399165710 | insipid | lacking flavor; dull; not at all stimulating | 100 | |
12429010786 | intonate | say or recite with little rise and fall of the pitch of the voice | 101 | |
12429010787 | intractable | hard to control or deal with | 102 | |
12470414673 | intrinsic | belonging naturally; essential | 103 | |
12486931126 | inveigh | speak or write about (something) with great hostility | 104 | |
12486931127 | inveterate | having a particular habit, activity, or interest that is long-established and unlikely to change | 105 | |
12606075349 | irascible | easily angered | 106 | |
12606075350 | jettison | to throw goods overboard to lighten the load on a boat or an airplane | 107 | |
12606075351 | juncture | (n.) a joining together; the point at which two things are joined; any important point in time | 108 | |
12606075352 | juxtapose | to place side by side, especially for comparison or contrast | 109 | |
12606075353 | laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words | 110 | |
12606075354 | largess | generosity | 111 | |
12606075355 | lassitude | lack of energy | 112 | |
12606075356 | lethargy | lazy/sluggish | 113 | |
12653997406 | lithe | (adj.) bending easily, limber | 114 | |
12653997407 | lurid | very vivid in color, especially so as to create an unpleasantly harsh or unnatural effect | 115 | |
12671151867 | malevolent | wishing evil or harm to others | 116 | |
12671194336 | maudlin | overly sentimental | 117 | |
12671234927 | lampoon | a written satire used to ridicule or attack someone | 118 | |
12702515839 | meander | (v.) to wander about, wind about; (n.) a sharp turn or twist | 119 | |
12924392986 | maticulous | extremely careful; particular about details | 120 | |
13065399900 | mire | (noun) swamp; muddy ground | 121 | |
13065399901 | multifarious | (adj.) many types | 122 | |
13065399902 | mundane | (adj.) lacking interest or excitement; dull | 123 | |
13065399903 | obsequious | (adj.) compliant | 124 | |
13065447998 | odious | (adj.)extremely unpleasant; repulsive | 125 | |
13065447999 | opaque | (adj.) not able to be seen through; not clear or lucid; dense, stupid | 126 | |
13095373419 | nefarious | (adj.) (typically of an action or activity) wicked, depraved, devoid of moral standards | 127 | |
13095373420 | ostentatious | (adj.) characterized by vulgar or pretentious display, showy | 128 | |
13095373421 | paragon | (Noun) a person or thing regarded as a perfect example of a particular quality | 129 | |
13095373422 | pariah | (Noun) an outcast | 130 | |
13095373423 | paucity | (n.) an inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth | 131 | |
13095373424 | pedantic | (Adj.) overly concerned with minute details or formalism | 132 | |
13125049098 | palpable | (adj.) capable of being touched or felt; easily seen, heard, or recognized | 133 | |
13125049099 | parochial | (Adj.) having a limited or narrow outlook or scope (religion based) | 134 | |
13125049100 | pajorative | (Adj.) expressing contempt or disapproval | 135 | |
13125049101 | philistine | (Noun) a person who is hostile or indifferent and is disdainful of intellectual or artistic values | 136 | |
13125049102 | pique | (Verb) stimulate (interest or curiosity) | 137 | |
13125049103 | pithy | (Adj.) (of language or style) concise and forcefully expressive. | 138 | |
13125049104 | poignant | (Adj.) keenly distressing to the mind or feelings | 139 | |
13125049105 | polemical | (Adj.) relating to or involving strongly critical, controversial, or disputatious writing or speech | 140 | |
13142077920 | proclivity | a natural or habitual inclination or tendency (especially of human character or behavior) | 141 | |
13142077921 | progeny | (Noun) child; product | 142 | |
13158873316 | precocious | (Adj.) having developed certain abilities or proclivities at an earlier age than usual | 143 | |
13158873317 | prolific | present in large numbers or quantities; plentiful | 144 | |
13158873318 | prosiac | (Adj.) unimaginative; ordinary | 145 | |
13158873319 | protract | (Verb) To prolong or delay | 146 | |
13158873320 | pugnacity | (Adj.) inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative | 147 | |
13158873321 | protean | (Adj.) able to change frequently or easily | 148 | |
13265484062 | pulchritude | (n.) (adj.) physical beauty | 149 | |
13417424584 | rancorous | (Adj) bitter, hateful | 150 | |
13417424585 | quixotic | (Adj) overly idealistic; impractical | 151 | |
13434040818 | rarefy | (Verb) to make rare, thin, or less dense | 152 | |
13434040819 | raze | (Verb) to completely destroy | 153 | |
13449806598 | recalcitrant | (Adj) having an obstinately uncooperative attitude toward authority or discipline | 154 | |
13449806599 | recant | (Noun) retract a statement or opinion, usually under pressure | 155 | |
13462867564 | reprobate | (Verb, noun) to condemn strongly as unworthy, unacceptable, or evil | 156 | |
13462867565 | ruminate | (Verb) think deeply about something | 157 | |
13493503276 | saccharine | (Adj) excessively sweet or sentimental; sugary | 158 | |
13544140157 | savant | (Noun) a learned person | 159 | |
13544140158 | stultify | (Verb) to make, or cause to appear, foolish or ridiculous | 160 | |
13544140159 | supercilious | (Adj) behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others | 161 | |
13544140160 | surfeit | (Noun) an excessive amount of something | 162 | |
13586148676 | surly | (adj.) angry and bad-tempered; rude | 163 | |
13586148677 | taciturn | (adj.) reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little | 164 | |
13586148678 | tantamount | (adj.) equivalent, having the same meaning, value, or effect | 165 | |
13586148679 | tenuous | (adj.) Thin in form, unsubstantial reasoning, or lacking in clarity | 166 | |
13586148680 | trepidation | (Noun) a feeling of fear or agitation about something that may happen | 167 | |
13617467072 | turgid | (adj.) arrogant like | 168 | |
13617467073 | turpitude | (Noun) wickedness | 169 | |
13617467074 | undulate | (Verb) to move up and down in a smooth motion | 170 | |
13617467075 | unwieldy | (adj.) difficult to carry or move | 171 | |
13630398970 | veracity | (Noun) conformity to facts; accuracy | 172 | |
13630398971 | verbose | (Adj.) using or expressed in more words than are needed | 173 | |
13630398972 | viable | (Adj.) capable of working successfully; feasible, capable of living | 174 | |
13630398973 | virulent | (Adj.) extremely severe or harmful in its effects, very powerful | 175 | |
13630398974 | vociferous | (Adj.) loud and noisy; compelling attention | 176 | |
13630398975 | vouchsafe | (Verb) give or grant (something) to (someone) in a gracious or condescending manner | 177 | |
13630398976 | zenith | the time at which something is most powerful or successful | 178 | |
13696988673 | ribald | (adj.) irreverently mocking; coarse, vulgar, or indecent in language | 179 |
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