7399685920 | somnolent | sleepy, drowsy | 0 | |
7399688494 | perfidious | disloyal, unfaithful | 1 | |
7399690465 | vex | confuse, annoy | 2 | |
7399692697 | brusque | short, abrupt, dismissive, rude | 3 | |
7399694893 | decry | to criticize openly | 4 | |
7399696921 | poltroon | a coward | 5 | |
7399700199 | beseech | to ask urgently | 6 | |
7399700200 | emulate | to follow an example | 7 | |
7399702890 | lucid | clear, easily understood | 8 | |
7399705661 | pernicious | having a harmful effect in a gradual way | 9 | |
7776191850 | demure | quiet, modest, reserved | 10 | |
7776195189 | ribald | coarse, vulgar, indecent in language | 11 | |
7776228573 | equivocate | to avoid making an explicit statement, to hedge | 12 | |
7776231368 | fastidious | demanding, having high standards | 13 | |
7776236491 | fatuous | lacking intelligence, silly & pointless | 14 | |
7776240526 | ubiquitous | being present everywhere at once | 15 | |
7776245073 | enervate | weaken, deprive of force or strength | 16 | |
7776248857 | dogmatic | expressing personal beliefs as if they were facts | 17 | |
7776252469 | diffident | hesitant due to a lack of self-confidence, shy | 18 | |
7776257731 | pejorative | expressing contempt, insult | 19 | |
7776261047 | dilettante | a person with an interest but without commitment or knowledge | 20 | |
7776269634 | solecism | grammatical mistake, breach of good manners | 21 | |
7776272905 | rapacity | greedy, predatory | 22 | |
7776276933 | irreverent | lacking proper respect or seriousness | 23 | |
7776281142 | jocund | cheerful & lighthearted | 24 | |
7776281276 | cajole | to coax, urge, or persuade with flattery | 25 | |
7776286860 | prattle | to speak in a foolish manner, to babble | 26 | |
7776293683 | affable | agreeable, warm, friendly | 27 | |
7776296457 | auspicious | very favorable | 28 | |
7776299901 | belie | to contradict or prove false | 29 | |
8018206696 | tenuous | having little substance or strength, weak | 30 | |
8018207828 | wanton | deliberate, sexually promiscuous | 31 | |
8018208866 | bellwether | front sheep for slaughter; predictor | 32 | |
8018210481 | bruit | spread report or rumor widely | 33 | |
8018211774 | heyday | period of great success | 34 | |
8018213035 | malady | disease or ailment | 35 | |
8018213884 | recalcitrant | stubbornly resistant and defiant | 36 | |
8018215945 | gaffe | a blunder, a clumsy social error | 37 | |
8018217102 | anachronism | false assignment of something to the wrong time | 38 | |
8018218994 | mitigate | to relieve, to lessen, to ease | 39 | |
8215657155 | austere | having no ornamentation, bare | 40 | |
8215658303 | covet | to strongly desire | 41 | |
8215661590 | wizened | dry, shrunken, wrinkled | 42 | |
8215662617 | discomfit | cause to lose one's composure | 43 | |
8215663425 | wily | skilled in deception | 44 | |
8215664378 | approbation | official approval | 45 | |
8215665169 | clamor | a loud & confused noise | 46 | |
8215666080 | puerile | displaying a lack of maturity | 47 | |
8215667357 | bilk | cheat somebody out of what is due | 48 | |
8215667925 | nadir | the lowest point of anything | 49 | |
8574427886 | harangue | verbal attack; lengthy speech | 50 | |
8574432461 | engender | cause, call forth, bring into existence | 51 | |
8574435809 | renown | fame, condition of being known | 52 | |
8574438610 | malaise | feeling of discomfort or uneasiness | 53 | |
8574446927 | anomaly | deviation from the norm or expectations | 54 | |
8574450806 | noisome | unpleasant, an offensive smell | 55 | |
8574453730 | amok | wildly, without self-control | 56 | |
8574456150 | melee | a confused fight, skirmish | 57 | |
8574459124 | prolix | using too many words | 58 | |
8574461965 | umbrage | anger caused by feeling offended | 59 | |
8858456130 | denigrate | criticize unfairly, disparage | 60 | |
8858463934 | mawkish | sentimental in a feeble way | 61 | |
8858470725 | redoubtable | inspiring fear | 62 | |
8858474775 | truculent | defiantly aggressive | 63 | |
8858479318 | veracity | truthful, accurate | 64 | |
8858483431 | surfeit | an excessive amount | 65 | |
8858486828 | reprobate | an unprincipled person | 66 | |
8858496610 | nebulous | vague, cloudy | 67 | |
8858499341 | magnanimous | filled with generosity and forgiveness | 68 | |
8858503132 | sardonic | mocking, stinging, taunting | 69 | |
9085406277 | prosy | showing no imagination, common, dull | 70 | |
9085409512 | espouse | adopt or support (cause, belief, way of life) | 71 | |
9085411402 | onerous | great effort & difficulty that is oppressive | 72 | |
9085417763 | zeitgesit | defining spirit or mood of a period shown by ideas/beliefs | 73 | |
9085427986 | spurious | false, untrue | 74 | |
9085430210 | prosaic | common, unromantic, lacking poetic beauty | 75 | |
9085433162 | avouch | affirm or assert | 76 | |
9085435929 | blaspheme | speak irreverently about God or sacred things | 77 | |
9085438892 | brandish | wave or flourish as a threat | 78 | |
9085440963 | hurly-burly | busy, boisterous | 79 | |
9314045806 | compunction | a feeling of deep regret | 80 | |
9314047602 | audacious | fearlessly, often recklessly daring | 81 | |
9314049870 | dearth | scarcity or shortage of something | 82 | |
9314051879 | wry | dry; clever & ironic humor | 83 | |
9314056849 | querulous | habitually complaining | 84 | |
9314059832 | exhort | to spur on or encourage with cheers | 85 | |
9314068133 | intrepid | fearless, adventurous | 86 | |
9314072068 | sagacious | having keen mental judgment & shrewdness | 87 | |
9314075810 | surreptitious | keep secret | 88 | |
9314096399 | Pragmatic | practical | 89 | |
9671492891 | bravado | a bold manner intended to impress | 90 | |
9671495013 | effusive | expressing feelings of pleasure | 91 | |
9671496897 | lugubrious | looking or sounding sad | 92 | |
9671503260 | mellifluous | sweet or musical, pleasant to hear | 93 | |
9671505311 | pander | gratify or indulge | 94 | |
9671507738 | egregious | outstandingly bad, shocking | 95 | |
9671513957 | presumptuous | taking liberties, overstepping | 96 | |
9671516860 | disaffected | discontented toward authority | 97 | |
9671519211 | unorthodox | not ordinary or typical | 98 | |
10017951144 | vacillate | alternate or waver | 99 | |
10017952402 | rue | bitterly regret | 100 | |
10017953346 | malign | evil in nature, speak critically | 101 | |
10017954806 | ennui | dissatisfaction from a lack of excitement | 102 | |
10017960276 | obsequious | obedient to a servile degree | 103 | |
10017962831 | rancor | bitterness | 104 | |
10017978886 | evocation | an imaginative recreation of something; calling forth | 105 | |
10018027378 | upbraid | to express disapproval; scold | 106 | |
10018029645 | odium | general hatred or disgust toward someone | 107 | |
10018031855 | ignoble | not honorable in character or purpose | 108 | |
10018174851 | chastise | rebuke or reprimand severely | 109 | |
10018178867 | ardor | enthusiasm, passion | 110 | |
10018188977 | fractious | irritable & quarrelsome | 111 | |
10018201608 | disavow | deny responsibility or support for | 112 |
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