5346300159 | ameliorate | make better | 0 | |
5346300160 | detrimental | cause harm or injury | 1 | |
5346301436 | impediment | something immaterial that interferes with action or progress | 2 | |
5346301437 | subvert | overthrow from the very foundation; ruin | 3 | |
5346302452 | indolent | disinclined to work or exertion | 4 | |
5346303398 | alacrity | liveliness and eagerness | 5 | |
5346303399 | bane | something causing misery or death | 6 | |
5346303400 | wane | a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number) | 7 | |
5346305329 | inane | devoid of intelligence | 8 | |
5346305330 | caustic | harsh or corrosive in tone | 9 | |
5346305331 | peruse | examine or consider with attention and in detail | 10 | |
5346308174 | admonish | scold or reprimand; take to task | 11 | |
5346309315 | ephemeral | anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day | 12 | |
5346309316 | immerse | enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing | 13 | |
5346309317 | abhor | find repugnant | 14 | |
5346310327 | parsimonious | excessively unwilling to spend | 15 | |
5346310328 | invalid | someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury | 16 | |
5346310329 | raze | tear down so as to make flat with the ground | 17 | |
5346310330 | tractable | easily managed | 18 | |
5346335047 | invalid | sickly or disabled person | 19 | |
5346337736 | raze | tear down to the ground or destroy utterly | 20 | |
5346338816 | retort | sharp reply; OR to reply sharply | 21 | |
5346340256 | tractable | easily led or managed | 22 | |
5453811019 | score | a set of twenty | 23 | |
5453811020 | unwittingly | unintentionally; not on purpose | 24 | |
5453811021 | hamper | to prevent progress | 25 | |
5453813595 | effrontery | shameless boldness; audacious behavior | 26 | |
5453813596 | prodigious | great in size, extent, or degree | 27 | |
5682795575 | convivial | social; fond of drinking and eating with one's cronies | 28 | |
5682796706 | salutary | healthful | 29 | |
5682796707 | uwieldy | difficult to manage because of size or weight | 30 | |
5682800850 | complacent | too pleased with oneself | 31 | |
5682800851 | elated | extremely happy; in high spirits | 32 | |
5762627978 | concur | to agree | 33 | |
5762627979 | novice | a beginner | 34 | |
5762628810 | dulcet | soothing | 35 | |
5762637870 | virtuous | morally excellent | 36 | |
5762639471 | foil | prevent from being successful | 37 | |
5762643670 | parallelism | uses the same grammatical structure for similar elements | 38 | |
5762648087 | antithesis | points out the difference between two juxtaposed ideas rather than similarities | 39 | |
5762652021 | parenthesis | allows for the writer to interrupt the flow of a passage and add an additional point | 40 | |
5763588139 | appositive | a clause or phrase used to further explain or identify another element in the sentence. | 41 | |
5763610023 | asyndeton | omission of conjunctions between related phrases or clauses | 42 | |
5763627893 | alliteration | repetition of initial consonant sounds at the beginning of two or more adjacent words | 43 | |
5763634270 | assonance | repetition of vowel sounds in the stressed syllables of tow more adjacent words | 44 | |
5763641694 | anaphora | is the repetition of the same group of words at the beginning of successive clauses | 45 | |
5763788490 | epistrophe | the repetition of the same group of the words at the end of successive clauses | 46 | |
5771029816 | synechdoche | using a part of a whole to represent the whole OR using the whole to represent a particular part | 47 | |
5771035087 | metonymy | referring to something by something associated with it | 48 | |
5855775930 | pensive | thoughtful in a sad way | 49 | |
5855777312 | buxom | plump and attractive | 50 | |
5855778964 | haggard | careworn or gaunt; dishelveled | 51 | |
5855788208 | obsequious | eagerly willing to serve someone | 52 | |
5855791540 | lackey | someone who follows another and carries out his or her wishes | 53 | |
6359962884 | dubious | doubtful | 54 | |
6359962885 | pugnacious | quarrelsome | 55 | |
6359954764 | esoteric | intended for a small group of people with specialized knowledge | 56 | |
6359952562 | aesthetic | concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty | 57 | |
6359943955 | gregarious | social | 58 | |
6359956853 | infamous | notoriously evil | 59 | |
6359943956 | plausible | possible; probable | 60 | |
6359942088 | reticent | silent | 61 | |
6359954765 | denotation | dictionary definition of a word | 62 | |
6359942089 | garrulous | annoyingly talkative | 63 |
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