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| 81051627 | aberration | a deviation from the usual course of action | 0 | |
| 81051628 | blasphemous | profane, irreverent | 1 | |
| 81051629 | conjure | to summon by magic | 2 | |
| 81051630 | covenanted | agreed or compacted | 3 | |
| 81051631 | crucible | a severe test | 4 | |
| 81051632 | daft | insane; stupid | 5 | |
| 81051633 | insipid | lacking interest or spirit | 6 | |
| 81051634 | lechery | sexual sin; lust | 7 | |
| 81051635 | predestination | an already determined future | 8 | |
| 81051636 | portend | to serve as an omen or a warning of | 9 | |
| 82589122 | disdain | a feeling of contempt of scorn for anything regarded as unworthy | 10 | |
| 82589123 | prodigious | huge in size or amount | 11 | |
| 82589124 | servile | submissive, behaving like a slave | 12 | |
| 82589125 | unperturbed | untroubled, not bothered | 13 | |
| 82589126 | wanton | immoral,senseless, deliberately malicious, excessive | 14 | |
| 82589127 | ameliorate | to improve a negative condition or situation | 15 | |
| 82589128 | acquiesce | to accept the conclusions or arrangements of others | 16 | |
| 82589129 | befuddle | to confuse | 17 | |
| 82589130 | defamation | an attack upon the reputation of a person | 18 | |
| 82591637 | pious | reverent, devout, dutiful, may at times be marked by hypocrisy | 19 | |
| 89077018 | fortuitous | happening by chance | 20 | |
| 89077019 | feign | to pretend, give a false impression, to invent falsely | 21 | |
| 89077020 | heretic | a person who upholds religious doctrines contrary to the established beliefs of his church | 22 | |
| 89077021 | incredulously | with disbelief | 23 | |
| 89077022 | intimate | to make known subtly and indirectly; hint | 24 | |
| 89077023 | licentious | unrestrained by law or morality | 25 | |
| 89077024 | probity | honesty or uprightness | 26 | |
| 89077025 | remonstrance | an expression of protest, complaint, or reproof, especially a formal statement of grievances | 27 | |
| 89077026 | rescind | to cancel, to repeal | 28 | |
| 89077027 | superfluous | extra, extravagant | 29 | |
| 89077028 | trepidation | state of fear | 30 | |
| 89077029 | tenet | a principle | 31 | |
| 89077030 | venerate | to regard w/ respect and reverence; to honor | 32 | |
| 89077031 | admonish | to warn; to caution against specific faults | 33 | |
| 89077032 | cajole | to persuade by pleasant words or false promise | 34 | |
| 89077033 | caustic | stinging, biting | 35 | |
| 89077034 | dearth | a shortage | 36 | |
| 89077035 | delineate | to describe in words | 37 | |
| 89077036 | insurrection | an act or instance of revolting against authority; rebellion | 38 | |
| 89077037 | quixotic | foolishly impractical and idealistic | 39 | |
| 89077038 | victuals | food | 40 | |
| 89077039 | urbane | worldly; polished;suave | 41 | |
| 89077040 | sidle | to move sideways in a sly or shifty manner | 42 | |
| 89077041 | aphorism | concise statement of principle; adage | 43 | |
| 89077042 | aesthetic | concerned with or appreciative of beauty | 44 | |
| 89077043 | chastise | to criticize severely | 45 | |
| 89077044 | clemency | disposition towards mercy, mildness | 46 | |
| 89077045 | histrionic | theatrical | 47 | |
| 89077046 | reprieve | temporary postponement of a punishment | 48 | |
| 89077047 | squalid | dirty or wretched in appearance | 49 | |
| 93643257 | dauphin | title given to eldest son of king | 50 | |
| 93643258 | surmise | to infer on minimal grounds, conjecture, suppose | 51 | |
| 93643259 | temerity | rashness; foolish or reckless; boldness | 52 | |
| 93643260 | vociferate | to speak loudly or noisily | 53 | |
| 93643261 | vagary | an extravagant or erratic notion or action. | 54 | |
| 93643262 | stultifying | rendering useless or ineffectual; causing to appear stupid or ridiculous | 55 | |
| 93643263 | egregious | extraordinarily bad | 56 | |
| 93643264 | catharsis | an emotional purification, an emotional release | 57 | |
| 93643265 | sectarian | pertaining to a group within a larger group that is limited by common beliefs or interests; narrow-minded | 58 | |
| 93643266 | bullyrag | to scare someone by using force; to bully | 59 | |
| 93643267 | aphorism | a short, witty statement | 60 | |
| 93643268 | stylistic devices | speech, syntax, diction | 61 | |
| 93643269 | didactic | educational; a teaching tone | 62 | |
| 93643270 | parody | a writing which imitates another serious piece and pokes fun at the original | 63 | |
| 93643271 | synthesis | the joining of two or more ideas or arguments to produce a new idea or argument | 64 | |
| 93643272 | synopsis | a summary of the main points of a story or essay | 65 | |
| 93643273 | parallelism | the coordination of sentence syntax, word order, and ideas | 66 | |
| 93643274 | ethics | the character or emotions of the writer reflected in speech or writing | 67 | |
| 93643275 | deductive | reasoning from the general to the specific | 68 | |
| 93643276 | inductive | reasoning from the specific to the general | 69 | |
| 100693193 | tone | the speaker's attitude toward the subject, as evident through the language. the speaker can be the author or a character | 70 | |
| 100693194 | language | the style of the sentence and vocabulary used in conversation and written communication. this includes slang, formal, parental, didactic, common, etc. | 71 | |
| 100693195 | bildungsroman | a coming of age novel; the story of a person's development | 72 | |
| 100693196 | syntax | the way in which words and clauses are ordered and connected so as to form sentences | 73 | |
| 100693197 | colloquial | informal conversation; differs from formal language in grammar, vocabulary, syntax, imagery or connotation | 74 | |
| 100693198 | diction | word choice | 75 | |
| 100693199 | denotation | the dictionary definition of a word; the actual meaning of a word. relates to diction | 76 | |
| 100693200 | connotation | all the emotions a word brings. Relates to diction | 77 | |
| 100693201 | hyperbole | figure of speech in which exaggeration is used in the service of emphasis | 78 | |
| 100693202 | structure | the form of a given passage. Prose may be stream of consciousness; poetry may be a sonnet. | 79 | |
| 100693203 | assiduous | marked by careful or persistent attention | 80 | |
| 100693204 | cacophony | discord; harsh sound | 81 | |
| 100693205 | elocution | public speaking | 82 | |
| 100693206 | fledgling | a young bird learning to fly; a beginner, a novice | 83 | |
| 100693207 | imperceptible | not noticeable | 84 | |
| 100693208 | incipient | in an early stage | 85 | |
| 100693209 | laconic | brief or terse in speech; using few words | 86 | |
| 100693210 | misanthrope | a person who dislikes people in general | 87 | |
| 100693211 | resilient | an ability to recover from ,or adjust easily | 88 | |
| 100693212 | transfixed | motionless with horror | 89 | |
| 100693213 | alacrity | promptness in response; cheerful readiness | 90 | |
| 100693214 | callow | immature | 91 | |
| 100693215 | deprecate | to express strong disapproval of | 92 | |
| 100693216 | enigma | a puzzle, a baffling situation, something obscure | 93 | |
| 100693217 | gaudy | showy; tasteless | 94 | |
| 100693218 | indefatigable | tireless | 95 | |
| 100693219 | moribund | aging, being terminated | 96 | |
| 100693220 | querulous | peevish; faultfinding; expressing or suggestive of complaint | 97 | |
| 100693221 | raze | to tear down completely; to destroy | 98 | |
| 100693222 | sublime | noble; inspiring awe or admiration | 99 | |
| 104657894 | inept | clumsy | 100 | |
| 104657895 | preclude | to make impossible; to shut out; to prevent | 101 | |
| 104657896 | pejorative | derogatory; negative | 102 | |
| 104657897 | quandary | condition of being doubtful or confused | 103 | |
| 104657898 | beguile | to fool, to delude | 104 | |
| 104657899 | adamant | unyielding, rigid | 105 | |
| 104657900 | craven | cowardly | 106 | |
| 104657901 | immutable | never changing | 107 | |
| 104657902 | mesmerize | hypnotize | 108 | |
| 104657903 | respite | an interval of rest, a temporary delay | 109 | |
| 104657904 | abyss | a bottomless pit or gulf | 110 | |
| 104657905 | agape | open-mouthed in wonder or astonishment | 111 | |
| 104657906 | diatribe | a denunciation, a biting speech | 112 | |
| 104657907 | enhance | to improve or make better | 113 | |
| 104657908 | guile | cunning talk or conduct intended to deceive a person | 114 | |
| 104657909 | infamy | an evil reputation borne of a criminal act, a reputation for evil deeds | 115 | |
| 104657910 | malicious | intentionally harmful | 116 | |
| 104657911 | reprehensible | deserving of blame | 117 | |
| 104657912 | succinct | clearly expressed in few words; concise; terse | 118 | |
| 104657913 | zenith | the point in the sky directly above one; the highest point | 119 | |
| 112636915 | aggrandize | to make great | 120 | |
| 112636916 | citadel | a fortress overlooking a city | 121 | |
| 112636917 | deference | respect, courtesy | 122 | |
| 112636918 | eradication | extermination, done away with | 123 | |
| 112636919 | impetuous | marked by impulsive passion | 124 | |
| 112636920 | judicious | wise, showing judgment, cautious | 125 | |
| 112636921 | morose | gloomy; bad-tempered | 126 | |
| 112636922 | reprove | to gently criticize | 127 | |
| 112636923 | tantalize | teasingly fantasize | 128 | |
| 112636924 | zealot | a person who shows great enthusiasm for a cause | 129 | |
| 112636925 | altruistic | unselfish concern w/ the welfare of others | 130 | |
| 112636926 | capitulate | to surrender; to cease resisting | 131 | |
| 112636927 | deferentially | with great respect | 132 | |
| 112636928 | ephemeral | lasting for only a short time | 133 | |
| 112636929 | fervor | intense emotion | 134 | |
| 112636930 | cognizant | aware | 135 | |
| 112636931 | salutary | healthful | 136 | |
| 112636932 | iconoclast | a person who attacks cherished beliefs or established institutions | 137 | |
| 112636933 | maverick | a person who breaks away from the crowd, a nonconformist | 138 | |
| 112636934 | resplendent | brilliant, gloriously bright | 139 | |
| 139812471 | sagacious | having or showing keen discernment, sound judgment, and farsightedness | 140 | |
| 139812472 | philistine | adj. narrow-minded; smugly conventional n. a dull often priggish person guided by material rather than intellectual or artistic values | 141 | |
| 139812473 | repudiate | reject; o refuse to recognize, acknowledge or pay; to divorce or discard | 142 | |
| 139812474 | pretentious | showy, self-important, make unjustifiable claims to excellence | 143 | |
| 139812475 | latent | present but invisible or inactive; lying hidden and undeveloped | 144 | |
| 139812476 | diametrically | directly opposite | 145 | |
| 139812477 | aversion | strong or fixed dislike, a feeling of repugnance | 146 | |
| 139812478 | anomalous | irregular, abnormal, unusual | 147 | |
| 139812479 | expunge | to erase, to strike out | 148 | |
| 139812480 | gaunt | haggard, thin | 149 | |
| 139812481 | austere | stern in manner or appearance, strict in morals | 150 | |
| 139812482 | cursory | brief, without much attention to detail | 151 | |
| 139812483 | diminution | a lessening | 152 | |
| 139812484 | galvanize | to arouse suddenly; to startle | 153 | |
| 139812485 | hypocritical | insincere; pretending to be what one is not | 154 | |
| 139812486 | invidious | tending to cause discontent or envy; envious | 155 | |
| 139812487 | paucity | scarcity, smallness in number or amount | 156 | |
| 139812488 | provincial | limited in outlook, narrow in ideas | 157 | |
| 139812489 | subtle | tenuous, as a fluid or an odor | 158 | |
| 139812490 | vitriolic | extremely biting or caustic; sharp or bitter | 159 | |
| 143279124 | elucidate | to make clear | 160 | |
| 143279125 | inadvertent | not done on purpose | 161 | |
| 143279126 | jargon | the specialized vocabulary of members of a group | 162 | |
| 143279127 | overt | not hidden; open | 163 | |
| 143279128 | palatable | pleasant to the taste, agreeable in feeling | 164 | |
| 143279129 | quail | to draw back in fear | 165 | |
| 143279130 | relegate | to put in a less important position | 166 | |
| 143279131 | philanthropy | good will towards all people, love of mankind, act of generosity | 167 | |
| 143279132 | tangential | diverging or digressing; merely touching a subject | 168 | |
| 143279133 | waive | to dispense with; to relinquish; to postpone | 169 | |
| 143279134 | sanctify | to make holy | 170 | |
| 143279135 | augment | to increase or enlarge | 171 | |
| 143279136 | dichotomy | division into two parts or kinds | 172 | |
| 143279137 | edict | law; command | 173 | |
| 143279138 | infernal | hellish | 174 | |
| 143279139 | ostentatious | unduly conspicuous; pretentious; boastful | 175 | |
| 143279140 | strident | loud; harsh; grating | 176 | |
| 143279141 | lassitude | state or feeling of being tired and listless; weariness | 177 | |
| 143279142 | malevolence | wishing misfortune towards others | 178 | |
| 143279143 | pugnacious | quarrelsome; eager and ready to fight | 179 | |
| 148682828 | arduous | laborious; extremely difficult | 180 | |
| 148682829 | deleterious | harmful to body or mind; injurious | 181 | |
| 148682830 | flourish | to grow strong, to grow abundantly, to thrive or prosper; to make broad | 182 | |
| 148682831 | indigent | poverty stricken, needy | 183 | |
| 148682832 | lucid | easily understood | 184 | |
| 148682833 | pique | to hurt or rile the feelings of someone, irritate | 185 | |
| 148682834 | tedious | boring, tiresome | 186 | |
| 148682835 | precocious | having or showing much more ability or knowledge than is usual at such a young age | 187 | |
| 148682836 | satiate | to satisfy an appetite fully | 188 | |
| 148682837 | pensive | thoughtful; meditative | 189 | |
| 172236385 | gulling | tricking, deceiving | 190 | |
| 172236386 | inculcation | a repeated statement | 191 | |
| 172236387 | indecorous | lacking propriety or good taste | 192 | |
| 172236388 | assuage | to calm or soothe; to satisfy | 193 | |
| 172236389 | didactic | instructive, intended to educate | 194 | |
| 172236390 | esoteric | understood by only a few | 195 | |
| 172236391 | fastidious | hard to please | 196 | |
| 172236392 | opulent | wealthy; abundant | 197 | |
| 172236393 | incongruous | inappropriate, out of place | 198 | |
| 172236394 | stymie | to get in the way of, to hinder, to block | 199 | |
| 172236395 | antipathy | a strong feeling of aversion or repugnance | 200 | |
| 172236396 | conciliatory | eager to make peace | 201 | |
| 172236397 | expedient | suitable or advantageous for the purpose or in the circumstances | 202 | |
| 172236398 | garner | to gather and store away, to acquire by effort | 203 | |
| 172236399 | paltry | a tiny or insignificant amount, meager, scant | 204 | |
| 172236400 | rebuff | to snub, to refuse in a blunt or rude way | 205 | |
| 172236401 | obliterate | to blot out leaving no traces, to destroy | 206 | |
| 172236402 | taciturn | saying little, uncommunicative | 207 | |
| 172236403 | extol | to praise highly | 208 | |
| 172236404 | circumspect | careful, thought through | 209 | |
| 172236405 | aspirant | ambitious/ a person who is ambitious | 210 | |
| 172236406 | hedonist | one who lives solely for pleasure | 211 | |
| 172236407 | laudable | worthy of praise | 212 | |
| 172236408 | iniquity | a grossly immoral act; a sin | 213 | |
| 172236409 | titillate | to excite or intrigue | 214 | |
| 172236410 | blithe | happy and cheerful | 215 | |
| 172236411 | furtive | done quickly to avoid being noticed; secret | 216 | |
| 172236412 | decorum | propriety; whatever is proper | 217 | |
| 172236413 | corroborating | strengthening support for someone else's statement | 218 | |
| 172236414 | efface | to erase, to rub away the features, to obscure | 219 | |
| 182395626 | peruse | (v) to read | 220 | |
| 182395627 | faction | a secret group or party; a clique | 221 | |
| 182395628 | exorbitant | extravagant, exceeding what is usual | 222 | |
| 182395629 | capricious | whimsical; changeable; fickle | 223 | |
| 182395630 | kindred | of like nature or similar qualities | 224 | |
| 182395631 | table | to remove from consideration | 225 | |
| 182395632 | imminent | about to occur, hanging threateningly over one's head | 226 | |
| 182395633 | fetish | an object believed to have magical power | 227 | |
| 182395634 | denunciation | expression of strong disapproval made openly or publicly | 228 | |
| 182395635 | effrontery | shameless boldness | 229 | |
| 182395636 | manifold | having many forms, features, etc. | 230 | |
| 182395637 | dogmatic | arrogantly assertive, positive about unproven ideas | 231 | |
| 182395638 | parsimonious | too thrifty; stingy | 232 | |
| 182395639 | chimerical | absurd; wildly fanciful | 233 | |
| 182395640 | fawning | to show excessive affection, to be overly flattering in return for favor | 234 | |
| 182395641 | soporific | causing sleep, drowsy | 235 | |
| 182395642 | manifest | near at hand, apparent to the senses; (v): to make clear or evident | 236 | |
| 182395643 | innocuous | harmless; not injurious | 237 | |
| 182395644 | copious | abundant | 238 | |
| 182395645 | scanty | minimal, hardly sufficient | 239 | |
| 182395646 | perturbation | agitation | 240 | |
| 182395647 | audacious | shameless | 241 | |
| 182395648 | immaculate | spotless, holy | 242 | |
| 182395649 | callous | unfeeling, insensitive | 243 | |
| 182395650 | static | stationary, not changing or moving | 244 | |
| 182395651 | obsolete | out of date, not in use anymore | 245 | |
| 182395652 | impervious | not capable of damage or harm; imperceptible | 246 | |
| 182395653 | raucous | boisterous, harsh sounding, noisy and disorderly | 247 | |
| 182395654 | tainted | stained with corruption | 248 | |
| 182395655 | evade | to avoid | 249 | |
| 182395656 | ingratiate | to make oneself acceptable | 250 | |
| 182395657 | insatiable | incapable of being satisfied or fulfilled, extremely greedy | 251 | |
| 182395658 | criterion | standard for judging (plural: criteria) | 252 | |
| 182395659 | stoic | showing indifference to pain, apathetic | 253 | |
| 182395660 | stratagem | a trick or deceptive scheme | 254 | |
| 182395661 | recalcitrant | refusing to obey the rules; unmanageably resistant | 255 | |
| 182395662 | cavort | to leap about | 256 | |
| 182395663 | raconteur | a person skilled at telling stories or anecdotes | 257 | |
| 182395664 | cache | a hiding place, something hidden in a secret place | 258 | |
| 182395665 | surfeit | abundance, excessive amount | 259 | |
| 182395666 | disparage | to discredit or belittle | 260 | |
| 182395667 | ambiguous | permitting more than one interpretation; not clearly defined | 261 | |
| 182395668 | equanimity | evenness of temper | 262 | |
| 182395669 | euphemism | use of an indirect expression in place of one that is harsh | 263 | |
| 182395670 | pariah | an outcast | 264 | |
| 182395671 | propensity | a natural leaning or tendency; bent | 265 | |
| 182395672 | supercilious | proud and scornful; haughty; looking down on others | 266 | |
| 182395673 | reticent | not saying much, especially about one's thoughts | 267 | |
| 182395674 | whet | to sharpen; to make stronger; to stimulate | 268 | |
| 182395675 | platitude | a thought or remark that is dull, trite, flat or weak | 269 | |
| 182395676 | apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity; counterfeit | 270 | |
| 182395677 | atrophy | to waste away | 271 | |
| 182395678 | conspicuous | clearly visible; remarkable | 272 | |
| 182395679 | enervate | to weaken, to lessen the strength of | 273 | |
| 182395680 | fallacy | false idea; mistaken belief | 274 | |
| 182395681 | flagrant | outrageous; glaringly offensive | 275 | |
| 182395682 | forlorn | deserted; left alone and neglected; unhappy | 276 | |
| 182395683 | hackneyed | used too often; trite; commonplace | 277 | |
| 182395684 | haphazard | not planned; random | 278 | |
| 182395685 | implausible | not having the appearance of truth or reason | 279 | |
| 182395686 | incorrigible | too firmly fixed to be reformed or changed | 280 | |
| 182395687 | intemperate | lacking in self-control | 281 | |
| 182395688 | labyrinth | a maze; a complicated, perplexing arrangement or course of affairs | 282 | |
| 182395689 | lampoon | strong, satirical writing, usually attacking or ridiculing someone | 283 | |
| 182395690 | marred | injured; spoiled; damaged; disfigured | 284 | |
| 182395691 | mitigate | to make or to become milder or less severe; to moderate | 285 | |
| 182395692 | nomenclature | a systematic naming in an art or science | 286 | |
| 182395693 | nonchalance | carelessness; lack of interest or concern | 287 | |
| 182395694 | unscathed | undamaged | 288 | |
| 182395695 | perfidy | treachery; betrayal of trust | 289 | |
| 182395696 | placate | to soothe; to pacify | 290 | |
| 182395697 | pompous | self-important; stately; magnificent; excessively ornate | 291 | |
| 182395698 | pragmatic | practical; opinionated; concerned with actual practice rather than with theory or speculation | 292 | |
| 182395699 | concise | saying much in a few words; brief but meaningful | 293 | |
| 182395700 | opportunist | a person who takes advantage of opportunity with no regard for principle | 294 | |
| 182395701 | embellish | to elaborate upon | 295 | |
| 182395702 | ogle | to stare at in a disrespectful way | 296 | |
| 182395703 | impertinent | not relevant; irrelevant | 297 | |
| 182395704 | fathom | to understand | 298 | |
| 182395705 | vindictive | vengeful | 299 |
