7246554024 | approbation (n) | The expression of approval, praise | 0 | |
7246554025 | Assuage (v) | To make easier; to calm; to put an end to | 1 | |
7246554026 | Coalition(n) | A union for some specific purpose | 2 | |
7246554027 | Decadence (n) | Decline; a period of decline; excessive self-indulgence | 3 | |
7246554028 | elicit (v) | To draw out from some source | 4 | |
7246554029 | expostulate (v) | To attempt to dissuade someone | 5 | |
7246554030 | hackneyed (adj) | used so often as to lack freshness or originality | 6 | |
7246554031 | Hiatus (n) | a gap, opening, break | 7 | |
7246554032 | innuendo (n) | A hint (often derogatory) | 8 | |
7246554033 | intercede (v) | To mediate | 9 | |
7284428832 | jaded (adj.) | Worn-out, dulled | 10 | |
7284428833 | Lurid (adj) | ghastly, sensational | 11 | |
7284428834 | Meritorious (adj) | worthy, deserving recognition and praise | 12 | |
7284428835 | Petulant (adj) | Easily irritated and upset | 13 | |
7284428836 | prerogative (n) | A special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence | 14 | |
7284428837 | Provincial(adj) (n) | Narrow in mind or outlook- a person with a narrow point of view, a person from an outlying area, a soldier from a province or colony | 15 | |
7284428838 | Simulate (v.) | To Imitate | 16 | |
7284428839 | Transcend(v) | To rise above or beyond | 17 | |
7284428840 | umbrage (n.) | Resentment; shade cast by trees | 18 | |
7284428841 | Unctuous (adj) | Insincerely polite; fatty | 19 | |
7401804052 | ameliorate (v) | to improve | 20 | |
7401804053 | Aplomb (n) | Poise; perpendicularity | 21 | |
7401804054 | Bombastic (adj) | Pompous, overblown in language to conceal a lack of ideas | 22 | |
7401804055 | Callow (adj) | Immature; without experience | 23 | |
7401804056 | Drivel(n/v) | Saliva/mucus; foolish (v) to let saliva flow; to utter nonsense | 24 | |
7401804057 | epitome (n) | a summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality | 25 | |
7401804058 | Exhort(v) | To urge strongly | 26 | |
7401804059 | ex officio (adj, adv) | By virtue of holding a certain office | 27 | |
7401804060 | Infringe(v) | Trespass | 28 | |
7401804061 | ingratiate (v) | To make oneself agreeable to gain acceptance | 29 | |
7479815775 | interloper (n) | One who moves in where they are not wanted, an intruder | 30 | |
7479815776 | intrinsic (adj) | Belonging to someone or something by its very nature; essential; originating in a bodily organ | 31 | |
7479815777 | Inveigh (v) | To make a violent attack in words; express strong disapproval | 32 | |
7479815778 | Lassitude (n) | weariness of body or mind, lack of energy | 33 | |
7479815779 | Millennium (n) | a period of one thousand years; a period of great joy | 34 | |
7479815780 | occult (adj/v/n) | secret, hidden from view; mysterious, magical, uncanny (v) to hide (n) matters involving the supernatural | 35 | |
7479815781 | permeate (v) | To spread through, penetrate | 36 | |
7479815782 | Precipitate (v/adj/n) | (V) To fall as moisture, to bring about suddenly (adj) characterized by excessive haste(n) moisture; the product of an action or process | 37 | |
7479815783 | stringent (adj) | strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste | 38 | |
7479815784 | surmise (v) | to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess | 39 | |
7554552449 | Abominate(v) | To have an intense dislike or hatred for | 40 | |
7554552450 | Acculturation(n) | The modification of social patterns by contact with those of another | 41 | |
7554552451 | Adventitious(adj) | Resulting from chance; accidental, not essential | 42 | |
7554552452 | ascribe (v) | to assign or refer to (as a cause or source); attribute | 43 | |
7554552453 | circuitous (adj) | roundabout, not direct | 44 | |
7554552454 | commiserate (v) | To sympathize with | 45 | |
7554552455 | Enjoin (v) | To direct or order; to prohibit | 46 | |
7554552456 | expedite (v) | To make easy, cause to progress faster | 47 | |
7554552457 | expiate (v) | To make amends | 48 | |
7554552458 | Ferment (n/v) | (N) a state of great excitement (v) to be in it work into such a state; to produce alcohol by chemical action | 49 | |
7704479576 | Inadvertent(adj) | Resulting from or marked by lack of attention; unintentional | 50 | |
7704479577 | Nominal (adj) | Existing in name only; too small to be considered or taken seriously | 51 | |
7704479578 | Noncommittal (adj) | Not decisive or definite; unwilling to take a clear position or to say yes or no | 52 | |
7704479579 | Peculate (v) | To steal something g that has been given into ones trust; to take improperly for ones own use | 53 | |
7704479580 | Proclivity (n) | A natural or habitual inclination or tendency | 54 | |
7704479581 | Sangfroid (n) | Composer or coolness, especially in trying circumstances | 55 | |
7704479582 | Seditious (adj) | Resistant to lawful authority; having the purpose of overthrowing an established government | 56 | |
7704479583 | Tenuous (adj) | Thin, slender; lacking clarity or sharpness; of slight importance; poorly supported | 57 | |
7704479584 | Vitriolic(adj) | Bitter, sarcastic; highly caustic | 58 | |
7704479585 | Wheedle (v) | To use coaxing or flattery to gain some desired end | 59 | |
7783593358 | affable (adj) | courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to | 60 | |
7783593359 | aggrandize (v) | To increase in greatness, power, or wealth; to build up or intensify; to make appear greater | 61 | |
7783593360 | Amorphous (adj) | shapeless, without definite form; of no particular type or character; without organization, unity, or cohesion | 62 | |
7783593361 | Aura(n) | that which surrounds (as an atmosphere); a distinctive air or personal quality | 63 | |
7783593362 | contraband(n) | illegal traffic, smuggled goods; (adj) illegal, prohibited | 64 | |
7783614239 | erudite (adj) | scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic Synonyms | 65 | |
7783614240 | gossamer (adj) | thin, light, delicate, insubstantial; (n) a very thin, light cloth | 66 | |
7783614241 | Infer (v) | to find out by reasoning; to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought; to hint, suggest, imply | 67 | |
7783614242 | Inscrutable (adj) | incapable of being understood; impossible to see through physically | 68 | |
7783614243 | Insular (adj) | relating to, characteristic of, or situated on an island; narrow or isolated in outlook or experience | 69 | |
8007145462 | irrevocable (adj) | incapable of being changed or called back | 70 | |
8007145463 | propensity (n) | a natural inclination or predilection toward | 71 | |
8007145464 | querolous(adj) | Peevish, complaining, fretful | 72 | |
8007145465 | Remonstrate(v) | To argue or plead with someone against something, protest against, object to | 73 | |
8007145466 | Repudiate(v) | To disown, reject, or deny the validity of | 74 | |
8007145467 | resilient (adj) | able to return to an original shape or form; able to recover quickly | 75 | |
8007145468 | reverberate(v) | To re-echo, resound; to reflect or be reflected repeatedly | 76 | |
8007145469 | Scurrilous(adj) | Coarsely abusive, vulgar or low, foul-mouthed | 77 | |
8007145470 | Sedulous (adj) | Persistent, showing industry and determination | 78 | |
8007145471 | sleazy (adj) | thin or flimsy in texture; cheap; shoddy; inferior in quality; ethically low, mean | 79 | |
8584498981 | Amnesty (n) | A general pardon for an offense against a government; in general, any act of forgiveness | ![]() | 80 |
8584519609 | Autonomy (n) | self-government, political control | ![]() | 81 |
8584533371 | Axiomatic (adj) | self-evident, expressing a universally accepted principle or rule | ![]() | 82 |
8584549129 | Blazon (v) | to adorn or embellish; to display conspicuously; to publish or proclaim widely | ![]() | 83 |
8584570091 | Caveat (n) | a warning or caution to prevent misunderstandings or discourage behavior | ![]() | 84 |
8584584579 | Equitable (adj) | fair, just, embodying principles of justice | ![]() | 85 |
8584590822 | Extricate (v) | to free of entanglements or difficulties; to remove with effort | ![]() | 86 |
8584599931 | Filch (v) | to steal, especially in a sneaky way and in petty amounts | ![]() | 87 |
8584607940 | Flout (v) | to mock, treat with contempt | ![]() | 88 |
8584613655 | Fractious (adj) | tending to be troublesome; unruly, quarrelsome, contrary: unpredictable | ![]() | 89 |
8628616812 | Precept (n) | A rule of conduct or action | ![]() | 90 |
8628621418 | Salutary (adj) | beneficial, helpful; healthful, wholesome | ![]() | 91 |
8628636074 | Scathing (adj) | bitterly severe, withering; causing great harm | ![]() | 92 |
8628643871 | Scourge (v/n) | to whip or punish severely/ a cause of affliction or suffering; a source of severe punishment or criticism | ![]() | 93 |
8628659393 | Sepulchral (adj) | funereal, typical of the tomb; extremely gloomy or dismal | ![]() | 94 |
8628672589 | Soporific (adj/n) | tending to cause sleep, relating to sleepiness or lethargy/ something that induces sleep | ![]() | 95 |
8628685846 | Straitlaced (adj) | extremely strict in regard to moral standards and conduct; prudish; puritanical | ![]() | 96 |
8628696040 | Transient (adj/n) | lasting only a short time; fleeting/ one who stays only a short time | ![]() | 97 |
8628707572 | Unwieldy (adj) | not easily carried, handled, or managed because of size or complexity | ![]() | 98 |
8628714468 | Vapid (adj) | dull, uninteresting, tiresome; lacking in sharpness, flavor, liveliness, or force | ![]() | 99 |
8698099833 | anomalous (adj) | abnormal, irregular, departing from the usual | 100 | |
8698099834 | aspersion (n) | A damaging or derogatory statement | 101 | |
8698099835 | Bizzare (adj) | Extremely strange, unusual, atypical | 102 | |
8698099836 | Brusque(adj) | Abrupt, blunt, with no formalities | 103 | |
8698099837 | cajole (v) | to coax, persuade through flattery or artifice; to deceive with soothing thoughts or false promises | 104 | |
8698099838 | Castigate (v) | to punish severely, to criticize severely | 105 | |
8698099839 | contrive (v) | to plan with ingenuity; to bring about through a plan | 106 | |
8698099840 | Demagogue(n) | A leader who appeals to a people's prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power | 107 | |
8698099841 | disabuse (v) | to free from deception or error, set right in ideas or thinking | 108 | |
8698099842 | ennui (n) | weariness and dissatisfaction from lack of occupation or interest, boredom | 109 | |
8806634392 | Fetter(n/v) | a chain or shackle placed on the feet/ to chain; to render helpless | ![]() | 110 |
8806647580 | Heinous (adj) | very wicked, offensive, hateful | ![]() | 111 |
8806652728 | Immutable (adj) | not subject to change, constant | ![]() | 112 |
8806655814 | Insurgent(n/adj) | one who rebels or rises against authority/ rising in revolt, refusing to accept authority; surging or rushing in on | ![]() | 113 |
8806672077 | Megalomania(n) | a delusion marked by a feeling of power, wealth, talent, etc. | ![]() | 114 |
8806679386 | Sinecure (n) | a position requiring little or no work, an easy job | ![]() | 115 |
8806688386 | surreptitious (adj) | stealthy, secret; made or accomplished by fraud | ![]() | 116 |
8806701887 | Transgress (v) | to go beyond a limit or boundary; to sin, violate a law | ![]() | 117 |
8806710548 | Transmute (v) | to change from one nature to another | ![]() | 118 |
8806715929 | Vicarious (adj) | performed, suffered, or otherwise experienced by one person in place of another | ![]() | 119 |
8908521664 | Austere (adj) | Stern in manner; plain; sour in flavor | 120 | |
8908521665 | beneficent (adj) | Performing acts of kindness | 121 | |
8908521666 | Cadaverous (adj) | Pale, resembling a corpse | 122 | |
8908521667 | Concoct(v) | To prepare by combining ingredients, fabricate | 123 | |
8908521668 | crass (adj) | coarse, unfeeling; stupid | 124 | |
8908521669 | Debase(v) | To lower in value; to degrade | 125 | |
8908521670 | Desecrate (v) | To contaminate, pollute | 126 | |
8908521671 | disconcert (v) | To confuse | 127 | |
8908521672 | Grandiose(adj) | Grand in a stately way; marked by pompous; absurdly exaggerated | 128 | |
8908521673 | inconsequential (adj) | trifling, unimportant | 129 | |
8976239465 | infraction (n) | a breaking of a law or obligation | 130 | |
8976239466 | mitigate (v) | To make milder | 131 | |
8976239467 | pillage (v/n) | To rob of goods by open force(as in war), plunder/ the act of looting | 132 | |
8976239468 | Prate (v) | To talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion | 133 | |
8976239469 | Punctilious (adj) | Very careful and exact | 134 | |
8976239470 | Redoubtable(adj) | Inspiring fear or awe | 135 | |
8976239471 | Reprove(v) | to scold or criticize | 136 | |
8976239472 | restitution (n) | making good on a loss or damage; restoring | 137 | |
8976239473 | Stalwart(adj/n) | strong and sturdy/a brave strong person | 138 | |
8976239474 | vulnerable (adj) | open to attack; capable of being wounded or damaged; unprotected | 139 | |
9212593413 | Acrimonious (adj) | stinging, bitter in temper or tone | 140 | |
9212618596 | Bovine (adj) | resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive | 141 | |
9212618597 | Consternation (n) | Dismay, confusion | 142 | |
9212618598 | Corpulent (adj) | Fat | 143 | |
9212618599 | disavow (v) | to deny responsibility for or connection with | 144 | |
9212618600 | Dispassionate (adj) | impartial; calm, free from emotion | 145 | |
9212618601 | dissension (n) | disagreement, sharp difference of opinion | 146 | |
9212618602 | dissipate (v) | to scatter; to spend wastefully; to cause to disappear | 147 | |
9212618603 | Expurgate (v) | to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse, purify | 148 | |
9212618604 | Gauntlet (n) | An armored or protective glove; a challenge; an ordeal | 149 | |
9332022995 | hypothetical (adj) | Based on assumption or guess | 150 | |
9332022996 | Ignoble (adj) | Mean, low, base; shameful | 151 | |
9332022997 | impugn (v) | to call into question; to attack as false | 152 | |
9332022998 | intemperate (adj) | immoderate, lacking in self-control; inclement | 153 | |
9332022999 | odium (n) | hatred, contempt; disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct | 154 | |
9332023000 | perfidy (n) | faithlessness, treachery | 155 | |
9332023001 | Relegate (v) | to place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turn over; to banish | 156 | |
9332023002 | squeamish (adj) | inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset; excessively fastidious or refined | 157 | |
9332023003 | Subservient (adj) | subordinate in capacity or role; submissively obedient; serving to promote some end | 158 | |
9332023004 | Susceptible (adj) | open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance | 159 |
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