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| 64798484 | abstract | Noun: a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory. | 0 | |
| 64798485 | aesthetic | Noun: a philosophical belief that deals with the concepts of what is deemed beautiful | 1 | |
| 64798486 | affable | Adj.: diffusing warmth and friendliness | 2 | |
| 64798487 | alienate | Verb: arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness | 3 | |
| 64798488 | alleviate | Verb: make easier | 4 | |
| 64798489 | alliance | Noun: a state of being aligned or confederated | 5 | |
| 64999017 | ambiguous | Open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; to cause confusing | 6 | |
| 64999018 | ambivalent | Characterized by a mixture of feelings, attitudes, or thoughts | 7 | |
| 64999019 | amenable | Disposed or willing to comply | 8 | |
| 64999020 | ample | More than enough in size, scope, or capacity | 9 | |
| 64999021 | anachronism | Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occured | 10 | |
| 64999022 | anthology | A collection of selected literary passages | 11 | |
| 64999023 | anthropomorphism | Representation of objects (especially a god) as having human form or traits | 12 | |
| 64999024 | apathetic | Showing little or no emotion or animation; a marked lack of interest | 13 | |
| 64999025 | apposition | Grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows | 14 | |
| 64999026 | apprehension | Fearful expectation or anticipation | 15 | |
| 64999027 | arbiter | Someone chosen to judge a dispute or issue | 16 | |
| 64999028 | arbitrary | Based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimtes impulse or caprice | 17 | |
| 64999029 | archaic | little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type adjective | 18 | |
| 64999156 | archetype | an original model on which something is patterned noun | 19 | |
| 64999157 | arid | lacking vitality or spirit adjective | 20 | |
| 65007368 | assiduous | marked by care and persistent effort adjective | 21 | |
| 65007369 | assimilation | the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure noun | 22 | |
| 65007370 | astute | marked by practical hardheaded intelligence adjective | 23 | |
| 65007371 | asylum | a shelter from danger or hardship noun | 24 | |
| 65007372 | auspicious | attended by favorable circumstances adjective | 25 | |
| 65007373 | austere | of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor adjective | 26 | |
| 65007374 | benevolent | having or showing or arising from a desire to promote the welfare or happiness of others adjective | 27 | |
| 65007375 | benign | pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence adjective | 28 | |
| 65007376 | biased | excessively devoted to one faction adjective | 29 | |
| 65007377 | brusque | marked by rude or peremptory shortness adjective | 30 | |
| 65007378 | camaraderie | the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability noun | 31 | |
| 65007379 | candor | the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech noun | 32 | |
| 65007380 | capricious | determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason adjective | 33 | |
| 65007381 | caustic | any chemical substance that burns or destroys living tissue noun | 34 | |
| 65007382 | chiasmus | inversion in the second of two parallel phrases noun | 35 | |
| 65007383 | clandestine | conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods adjective | 36 | |
| 65007384 | clarity | free from obscurity and easy to understand noun | 37 | |
| 65007385 | cogent | powerfully persuasive adjective | 38 | |
| 65007386 | coherent | marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts adjective | 39 | |
| 65007387 | cohesive | uniting together; well integrated; solid, unified User-contributed | 40 | |
| 65007388 | compelling | tending to persuade by forcefulness of argument adjective | 41 | |
| 65007389 | comprehensive | broad; including a lot or everything; thorough; inclusive | 42 | |
| 65007390 | conception | an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances noun | 43 | |
| 65007391 | condescending | possessing an attitude of superiority, patronizing | 44 | |
| 65013840 | conflagration | a very intense and uncontrolled fire noun | 45 | |
| 65013841 | consensus | agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a whole noun | 46 | |
| 65013842 | contemporary | belonging to the present time adjective | 47 | |
| 65013843 | contemptuous | EXPRESSING DISDAIN; SHOWING A LACK OF RESPECT | 48 | |
| 65013844 | context | discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation noun | 49 | |
| 65013845 | conviction | an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence noun | 50 | |
| 65013846 | convoluted | highly involved or intricate adjective | 51 | |
| 65013847 | copious | affording an abundant supply adjective | 52 | |
| 65013848 | cordial | diffusing warmth and friendliness adjective | 53 | |
| 65013849 | coup | a brilliant and notable success noun | 54 | |
| 65013850 | cryptic | having a secret or hidden meaning adjective | 55 | |
| 65013851 | decorous | characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct adjective | 56 | |
| 65013852 | deleterious | having a harmful effect; injurious | 57 | |
| 65024157 | despotic | characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule adjective | 58 | |
| 65024158 | didactic | instructive (especially excessively) adjective | 59 | |
| 65024159 | dilettante | an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge noun | 60 | |
| 65024160 | diligent | characterized by care and perseverence in carrying out tasks adjective | 61 | |
| 65024161 | discourse | extended verbal expression in speech or writing noun | 62 | |
| 65024162 | disdain | lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike noun | 63 | |
| 65024163 | disingenuous | not straightforward or candid adjective | 64 | |
| 65024164 | disparage | express a negative opinion of verb | 65 | |
| 65024165 | disparity | inequality or difference in some respect noun | 66 | |
| 65024166 | dogged | stubbornly unyielding adjective | 67 | |
| 65024167 | dogmatic | characterized by arrogant assertion of unproved or unprovable principles adjective | 68 | |
| 65024168 | dubious | fraught with uncertainty or doubt adjective | 69 | |
| 65239851 | ebullience | overflowing with enthusiasm noun | 70 | |
| 65239852 | eclectic | made up of a variety of sources or styles | 71 | |
| 65239853 | effusive | extravagantly demonstrative adjective | 72 | |
| 65282232 | egregious | notably bad; flagrant | 73 | |
| 65282233 | eloquence | the ability to speak vividly or persuasively | 74 | |
| 65282234 | elusive | be difficult to detect or grasp by the mind adjective | 75 | |
| 65282235 | embellish | (v.) to decorate, adorn, touch up; to improve by adding details | 76 | |
| 65282236 | emigrate | leave one's country of residence for a new one verb | 77 | |
| 65282237 | endure | put up with something or somebody unpleasant verb | 78 | |
| 65282238 | enmity | a state of deep-seated ill-will noun | 79 | |
| 65282239 | Equanimity | steadiness of mind under stress noun | 80 | |
| 65282240 | equivocate | be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information verb | 81 | |
| 65282241 | excerpt | a passage selected from a larger work noun | 82 | |
| 65282242 | exculpate | pronounce not guilty of criminal charges verb | 83 | |
| 65282243 | exemplary | worthy of imitation, commendable; serving as a model | 84 | |
| 65282244 | fabricated | formed or conceived by the imagination adjective | 85 | |
| 65282245 | facetious | cleverly amusing in tone adjective | 86 | |
| 65282246 | facile | expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively adjective | 87 | |
| 65282247 | flagrant | conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible adjective | 88 | |
| 65282248 | florid | (adj.) highly colored, reddish; excessively ornate, showy | 89 | |
| 65282249 | fractious | easily irritated or annoyed adjective | 90 | |
| 65282250 | frank | a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked noun | 91 | |
| 65282251 | frenetic | excessively agitated adjective | 92 | |
| 65282252 | futile | unproductive of success adjective | 93 | |
| 65282253 | genre | a kind of literary or artistic work noun | 94 | |
| 65282254 | gesticulating | making gestures while speaking adjective | 95 | |
| 65282255 | gratuitous | unnecessary and unwarranted adjective | 96 | |
| 65282256 | harbinger | an indication of the approach of something or someone noun | 97 | |
| 65282257 | haughty | having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy adjective | 98 | |
| 65282258 | heinous | shockingly brutal or cruel adjective | 99 | |
| 65282259 | hierarchy | a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system noun | 100 | |
| 65282260 | hypocrisy | insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have noun | 101 | |
| 65282261 | hypothetical | Based on an assumption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation | 102 | |
| 65282262 | idealize | consider or render as ideal verb | 103 | |
| 65282263 | impartial | free from undue bias or preconceived opinions adjective | 104 | |
| 65282264 | impede | be a hindrance or obstacle to verb | 105 | |
| 65282265 | imperious | overbearing, arrogant; seeking to dominate; pressing, compelling | 106 | |
| 65282266 | impinge | hinder; interfere with | 107 | |
| 65282267 | implicate | impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result verb | 108 | |
| 65424384 | inconsequential | lacking worth or importance adjective | 109 | |
| 65424385 | incontrovertible | indisputable; not open to question | 110 | |
| 65424386 | incorrigible | Not able to be corrected; beyond control | 111 | |
| 65424387 | incumbent | obligatory, required | 112 | |
| 65424388 | ingrate | a person who shows no gratitude noun | 113 | |
| 65424389 | inherent | existing as an essential constituent or characteristic adjective | 114 | |
| 65424390 | innate | having from birth; occurring naturally rather than being learned | 115 | |
| 65424391 | innovative | being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before adjective | 116 | |
| 65424392 | insipid | lacking interest or significance adjective | 117 | |
| 65424393 | insolent | unrestrained by convention or propriety adjective | 118 | |
| 65424394 | integrity | moral soundness noun | 119 | |
| 65424395 | intrepid | invulnerable to fear or intimidation adjective | 120 | |
| 65424396 | intuition | instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes) noun | 121 | |
| 65424397 | inveterate | firmly established, long-standing; habitual | 122 | |
| 65424398 | lament | regret strongly verb | 123 | |
| 65424399 | laudatory | full of or giving praise adjective | 124 | |
| 65424400 | lexicon | a language user's knowledge of words noun | 125 | |
| 65424401 | listless | lacking zest or vivacity adjective | 126 | |
| 65424402 | lucid | capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent manner adjective | 127 | |
| 65424403 | malfeasance | misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official | 128 | |
| 65424404 | malice | the quality of threatening evil noun | 129 | |
| 65424405 | malleable | capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out adjective | 130 | |
| 65424406 | maverick | someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action noun | 131 | |
| 65424407 | medieval | characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages adjective | 132 | |
| 65424408 | mediocrity | ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding noun | 133 | |
| 65424409 | medley | an assortment or a mixture, especially of musical pieces | 134 | |
| 65424410 | melancholy | a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed noun | 135 | |
| 65424411 | meticulous | marked by precise accordance with details adjective | 136 | |
| 65424412 | misconception | an incorrect understanding or interpretation | 137 | |
| 65424413 | mollify | make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else verb | 138 | |
| 65424414 | mundane | concerned with the world or worldly matters adjective | 139 | |
| 65424415 | mural | a painting that is applied to a wall surface noun | 140 | |
| 65424416 | naive | lacking sophistication adjective | 141 | |
| 65424417 | narrative | a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events noun | 142 | |
| 65424418 | nascent | coming into existence; emerging | 143 | |
| 65424419 | nocturnal | of or relating to or occurring in the night adjective | 144 | |
| 65424420 | notorious | having an exceedingly bad reputation adjective | 145 | |
| 65424421 | novel | of a kind not seen before adjective | 146 | |
| 65424422 | novice | someone new to a field or activity noun | 147 | |
| 65424423 | obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing adjective | 148 | |
| 65424424 | obscure | not clearly understood or expressed adjective | 149 | |
| 65424425 | obsolete | out-of-date, no longer in use | 150 | |
| 65433308 | obstinate | persist stubbornly verb | 151 | |
| 65433309 | ominous | threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments adjective | 152 | |
| 65433310 | omnipotent | having unlimited power adjective | 153 | |
| 65433311 | opulent | rich and superior in quality adjective | 154 | |
| 65433312 | Ostentatious | intended to attract notice and impress others adjective | 155 | |
| 65433313 | oxymoron | conjoining contradictory terms (as in 'deafening silence') noun | 156 | |
| 65433314 | panegyric | a formal expression of praise noun | 157 | |
| 65433315 | paradigm | the generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time noun | 158 | |
| 65433316 | paramount | having superior power and influence adjective | 159 | |
| 65433317 | parody | humorous or satirical mimicry noun | 160 | |
| 65433318 | patronizing | (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension adjective | 161 | |
| 65433319 | pejorative | expressing disapproval adjective | 162 | |
| 65433320 | penitent | feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds adjective | 163 | |
| 65433321 | perception | becoming aware of something via the senses noun | 164 | |
| 65453991 | permeated | spread or flowing throughout | 165 | |
| 65453992 | pernicious | exceedingly harmful adjective | 166 | |
| 65453993 | perspective | the appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer noun | 167 | |
| 65453994 | pervasive | spreading throughout adjective | 168 | |
| 65453995 | plausible | appearing to merit belief or acceptance adjective | 169 | |
| 65453996 | poignant | profoundly moving; touching | 170 | |
| 65453997 | ponderous | of great weight; heavy; massive | 171 | |
| 65453998 | pragmatic | concerned with practical matters adjective | 172 | |
| 65453999 | premonition | an early warning about a future event noun | 173 | |
| 65454000 | prodigious | so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe adjective | 174 | |
| 65454001 | profound | situated at or extending to great depth adjective | 175 | |
| 65454002 | proliferate | cause to grow or increase rapidly verb | 176 | |
| 65454003 | propitious | presenting favorable circumstances adjective | 177 | |
| 65454004 | propriety | correct or appropriate behavior noun | 178 | |
| 65454005 | prosaic | lacking wit or imagination adjective | 179 | |
| 65843269 | proximity | the property of being close together noun | 180 | |
| 65843270 | prudent | showing wise self-restraint in speech and behavior especially in preserving prudent silence adjective | 181 | |
| 65843271 | pugnacious | ready and able to resort to force or violence adjective | 182 | |
| 65843272 | putrid | morally corrupt or evil adjective | 183 | |
| 65843273 | quandary | state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options noun | 184 | |
| 65843274 | rancorous | showing deep-seated resentment adjective | 185 | |
| 65843275 | rational | having its source in or being guided by the intellect (distinguished from experience or emotion) adjective | 186 | |
| 65843276 | realism | the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth noun | 187 | |
| 65843277 | reclamation | rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course noun | 188 | |
| 65843278 | replete | fully provided | 189 | |
| 65843279 | reprehensible | bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure adjective | 190 | |
| 65843280 | rhetoric | study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking) noun | 191 | |
| 65843281 | ruse | a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture) noun | 192 | |
| 65843282 | sanction | official permission or approval noun | 193 | |
| 65843283 | sardonic | disdainfully or ironically humorous adjective | 194 | |
| 65843284 | sedentary | not migratory; settled | 195 | |
| 65843285 | serene | characterized by absence of emotional agitation adjective | 196 | |
| 65843286 | servile | submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior adjective | 197 | |
| 65843287 | slander | an abusive attack on a person's character or good name noun | 198 | |
| 65843288 | solvent | a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem noun | 199 | |
| 65843289 | sonorous | full, deep, or rich in sound; impressive in style | 200 | |
| 65843290 | spontaneous | produced without being planted or without human labor adjective | 201 | |
| 65843291 | spurious | intended to deceive adjective | 202 | |
| 65843292 | staid | characterized by dignity and propriety adjective | 203 | |
| 65843293 | stoic | someone who is seemingly indifferent to emotions noun | 204 | |
| 65843294 | stratagem | a maneuver in a game or conversation noun | 205 | |
| 65843295 | subdue | to put down by force or authority verb | 206 | |
| 65843296 | substantiated | supported or established by evidence or proof adjective | 207 | |
| 65846652 | superficial | of little substance or significance adjective | 208 | |
| 65846653 | superfluous | serving no useful purpose adjective | 209 | |
| 65846654 | suppressed | kept from public knowledge by various means; adjective | 210 | |
| 65846655 | surreptitiously | done by secretive means | 211 | |
| 65846656 | syllogism | logical formula consisting of a major premise, a minor premise and a conclusion; deceptive or specious argument | 212 | |
| 65846657 | tenacity | persistent determination noun | 213 | |
| 65846658 | tenuous | having little substance or significance adjective | 214 | |
| 65846659 | theoretical | concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations adjective | 215 | |
| 65846660 | timorous | timid by nature or revealing timidity adjective | 216 | |
| 65846661 | torpor | inactivity resulting from torpidity and lack of vigor or energy noun | 217 | |
| 65846662 | toxic | of or relating to or caused by a toxin or poison adjective | 218 | |
| 65898353 | transient | not long lasting; short lived | 219 | |
| 65898354 | transitory | enduring a very short time adjective | 220 | |
| 65898355 | trepidation | a feeling of alarm or dread noun | 221 | |
| 65898356 | trivial | (informal terms) small and of little importance adjective | 222 | |
| 65898357 | truncated | terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off adjective | 223 | |
| 65898358 | venerated | worthy of adoration or reverence adjective | 224 | |
| 65898359 | vilify | spread negative information about verb | 225 | |
| 65898360 | vindicated | freed from any question of guilt adjective | 226 | |
| 65898361 | virtuoso | someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field noun | 227 | |
| 65898362 | wary | openly distrustful and unwilling to confide adjective | 228 | |
| 65898363 | whimsical | determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason adjective | 229 | |
| 65898364 | wily | marked by skill in deception adjective | 230 | |
| 132833126 | acquired | come into possession of something concrete and abstract | 231 | |
| 132833829 | apology | an expression of regret at having caused trouble for someone | 232 | |
| 132833830 | apparatus | equipment designed to serve a specific function | 233 | |
| 136267329 | brittle | hard but easily broken; difficult; unstable; Ex. brittle situation | 234 | |
| 136267330 | catalog | a complete list of things | 235 | |
| 151225416 | fluid | subject to change | 236 | |
| 298142337 | condemn | express strong disapproval of | 237 | |
| 298147345 | derived | received from a source, descended from | 238 | |
| 298147346 | dictatorial | characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule | 239 | |
| 298147347 | discredit | cause to be distrusted or disbelieved | 240 | |
| 298147348 | emphasize | to stress, single out as important | 241 | |
| 298147349 | enlightening | tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance | 242 | |
| 298147350 | impression | an outward appearance | 243 | |
| 298147351 | inevitable | incapable of being avoided or prevented | 244 | |
| 298147352 | metonymy | substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in 'they counted heads') | 245 | |
| 298147353 | objectivity | judgment based on observable phenomena and uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices | 246 | |
| 298147354 | ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details | 247 | |
| 298147355 | parallelism | phrases or sentences of a similar construction/meaning placed side by side, balancing each other | 248 | |
| 298147356 | phenomenon | any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning | 249 | |
| 298147357 | plagiarism | a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work | 250 | |
| 298147358 | synecdoche | A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole (as hand for sailor), the whole for a part (as the law for police officer), the specific for the general (as cutthroat for assassin), the general for the specific (as thief for pickpocket), or the material for the thing made from it (as steel for sword). | 251 |
