46850945 | lunatic | insane, wildly foolish | |
46850946 | irrational | not rational or reasonable | |
46850947 | incoherent | unable to think or express thoughts in a clear or orderly manner | |
46850948 | deranged | to distrub the order of something, to upset the normal condition | |
46850949 | demented | loss of intellectual faculties (memory, concentration, judgement) | |
46850950 | neurotic | informally to mean excessively anxious or upset | |
46850951 | psychotic | severe mental disorder | |
46850952 | berserk | destructively deranged or wildly unrestrained | |
46850953 | delusional | having a false belief in something despite strong evidence | |
46850954 | amuck | doing something in a frenzied or uncontrolled state | |
46850955 | rehash | to do something over again, often with minor alterations | |
46850956 | alliteration | the repetition of the same sound, usually a consonant | |
46850957 | recurrent | to occur repeatedly | |
46850958 | doppelganger | a ghostly double of a living person, one who stalks or haunts | |
46850959 | reprise | to return to an original theme | |
46850960 | recapitulate | to repeat in a concise form | |
46850961 | tautology | a needless repetition of the same words or phrases | |
46850962 | reprobate | a hardened criminal, a repeat offender | |
46850963 | perennial | lasting an indefinitely long time, appearing again and again | |
46850964 | replicate | duplicate, reproduce | |
46850965 | besmirched | to make dirty, stain | |
46850966 | sully | to soil | |
46850967 | defiled | to corrupt or take away the purity of something | |
46850968 | squalid | dirty or wretched, caused by poverty or negligence | |
46850969 | slovenly | sloppy | |
46850970 | unkempt | disorderly, untidy | |
46850971 | disheveled | not neatly arranged | |
46850972 | slatternly | dirty, untidy woman | |
46850973 | mire | wet, soggy, muddy place; get stuck/entangled in something | |
46850974 | bedraggled | wet, limp, soiled as if being dragged through mud | |
46850975 | ablution | washing or cleansing of the body | |
46850976 | immaculate | impeccably clean, flawless | |
46850977 | purge | cleanse, purify | |
46850978 | expurgate | remove obscene, objectionable material from a book or other piece of writing before publication | |
46850979 | bowdlerize | cleanse a manuscript of "offensive material"; skew the content in a certain way | |
46850980 | unadulterated | not diluted with irrelevant or unnecessary material | |
46850981 | fumigate | to employ smoke in order to disinfect or exterminate | |
46850982 | hygienic | sanitary, sufficiently clean as to preserve health | |
46850983 | pristine | clean and pure, free from dirt/decay | |
46850984 | winnow | to rid of undesirable parts, to separate the good from the bad | |
46850985 | apotheosis | glorification, giving God-like stature to | |
46850986 | apostate | someone who has abandoned religious faith, political party, or cause | |
46850987 | heretic | a person who holds controversial opinions | |
46850988 | theocracy | a government ruled by religious authority | |
46850989 | numinous | having a supernatural presence, spiritually elevated | |
46850990 | ecumenical | universal, worldwide scope | |
46850991 | redemption | to rescue or save, deliverance upon payment of a ransom | |
46850992 | sanctimonious | pretending to be sacred, excessively righteous | |
46850993 | transcendent | lying beyond the ordinary range of perception, not part of material universe | |
46850994 | ecclesiastical | relating to church, appropriate for use in a church | |
46850995 | pantheon | "all gods" | |
46850996 | sacrilegious | behavior that's disrespectful toward things many consider sacred | |
46850997 | canon | referred to church law or codes as established by a church or council | |
46850998 | laity | people who are not members of clergy, or specialized group | |
46850999 | credo | formal statement of beliefs | |
46851000 | messianic | refer to zealous or overzealous belief in a cause or leader | |
46851001 | incarnation | a fleshly version of the divine | |
46851002 | venial | sin that is minor, or easily forgivable | |
46851003 | conclave | highly secret meeting | |
46851004 | hagiography | life of a saint....too good to be human | |
46851005 | susurrus | soft rustling noise, a whisper, a murmur | |
46851006 | epitome | typical representative or example of some category | |
46851007 | striation | ridge, groove, or a furrow | |
46851008 | holistic | overall quality of something, the interdependence of its parts | |
46851009 | stipulate | demand as part of an agreement; specify exactly what's required | |
46851010 | extant | still in existence | |
46851011 | tribulation | hardship, affliction, form of suffering | |
46851012 | recrimination | countering one accusation with another | |
46851013 | conundrum | challenging puzzle, dilemma, riddle | |
46851014 | belie | misrepresentation to self-contradiction | |
46851015 | surfeit | over-muchness | |
46851016 | superfluous | overflowing-describing literal objects, or abstract qualities | |
46851017 | plethora | excess, a lot | |
46851018 | myriad | indefinite but huge quantity | |
46851019 | sate | fully or excessively satisfied | |
46851020 | exorbitant | exceeds all fair bounds, describing prices or numerical quantities | |
46851021 | gratuitous | unwanted, unjustified | |
46851022 | supernumerary | person who is in excess of a required number (ex. "extra" in a movie) | |
46851023 | aggrandize | someone's making himself seem greater by exaggerating/belittling others | |
46851024 | lagniappe | an unexpected extra gift or benefit | |
46851025 | dearth | costly | |
46851026 | paucity | few | |
46851027 | exiguous | just barely enough for the purpose | |
46851028 | eke | adding to, increasing, or managing but with difficulty | |
46851029 | stint | restricting, limiting | |
46851030 | scant | barely sufficient, in short supply | |
46851031 | nominal | something exists in name only | |
46851032 | meager | scanty in either quantity or quality | |
46851033 | pittance | tiny amount (usually of money or more abstract entity) | |
46851034 | titular | in name or title only, referring to the title |
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