7275905406 | aberration | the act of departing from the right, normal, or usual course. | 0 | |
7275905407 | aloof | at a distance, especially in feeling or interest; apart: | 1 | |
7275907139 | ambiguous | open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations; equivocal: | 2 | |
7275908363 | ambivalent | having mixed feelings about someone or something; being unable to choose between two (usually opposing) courses of action | 3 | |
7275909827 | arbitrary | subject to individual will or judgment without restriction; contingent solely upon one's discretion | 4 | |
7275910956 | arch(verb) | playfully roguish or mischievous | 5 | |
7275912776 | articulate | made clear, distinct, and precise in relation to other parts: | 6 | |
7275912777 | artisans | a person skilled in an applied art; a craftsperson | 7 | |
7275914590 | ascertain | to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: | 8 | |
7275914591 | ascribe | to credit or assign, as to a cause or source; attribute; impute | 9 | |
7275918223 | astute | clever; cunning; ingenious; shrewd | 10 | |
7275918224 | authoritarian | favoring complete obedience or subjection to authority as opposed to individual freedom: | 11 | |
7275919969 | baffled | to be confused, bewildered, or perplexed | 12 | |
7275921416 | berating | to scold; rebuke | 13 | |
7275923310 | bourgeois | a person whose political, economic, and social opinions are believed to be determined mainly by concern for property values and conventional respectability. a member of the middle class. | 14 | |
7275923566 | bureaucratic | of, relating to, or characteristic of a bureaucrat or a bureaucracy; arbitrary and routine. | 15 | |
7275926200 | certitude | freedom from doubt, especially in matters of faith or opinion; certainty. | 16 | |
7275926201 | charismatic | having a spiritual power or personal quality that gives an individual influence or authority over large numbers of people. | 17 | |
7275928577 | chastise | to criticize severely. | 18 | |
7275934658 | circumlocution | a roundabout or indirect way of speaking; the use of more words than necessary to express an idea. | 19 | |
7275935885 | circumspection | circumspect observation or action; caution; prudence: | 20 | |
7275935886 | colloquial | characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; informal. | 21 | |
7275938531 | complexity | the state or quality of being complex; intricacy | 22 | |
7275938532 | compunction | a feeling of uneasiness or anxiety of the conscience caused by regret for doing wrong or causing pain; contrition; remorse. | 23 | |
7275940729 | conciliatory | to overcome the distrust or hostility of; placate; win over: | 24 | |
7275943406 | condescending | showing or implying a usually patronizing descent from dignity or superiority: | 25 | |
7275943407 | condone | to disregard or overlook (something illegal, objectionable, or the like): Excuse | 26 | |
7275944693 | conjecture | the formation or expression of an opinion or theory without sufficient evidence for proof. | 27 | |
7275946467 | contemptuous | showing or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful; disrespectful. | 28 | |
7275950036 | contingent | dependent for existence, occurrence, character, etc., on something not yet certain; conditional (often followed by on or upon) | 29 | |
7275972943 | contrived | obviously planned or forced; artificial; strained: | 30 | |
7275972944 | convoluted | twisted; coiled. | 31 | |
7275974435 | cultivate | to promote the growth or development of (an art, science, etc.); foster. | 32 | |
7275975956 | declamatory | merely oratorical or rhetorical; stilted: | 33 | |
7275975957 | decry | to speak disparagingly of; denounce as faulty or worthless; express censure of: | 34 | |
7275977872 | deferential | showing deference; deferent; respectful. | 35 | |
7275980158 | didactic | intended for instruction; instructive | 36 | |
7275982460 | digression | a passage or section that deviates from the central theme in speech or writing. | 37 | |
7275982530 | discursive | passing aimlessly from one subject to another; digressive; rambling | 38 | |
7275984515 | disdain | to discolor; stain; sully. | 39 | |
7275984516 | disillusion | to free from or deprive of illusion, belief, idealism, etc.; disenchant. | 40 | |
7275986797 | disparage | to speak of or treat slightingly; depreciate; belittle: | 41 | |
7275987817 | disparate | distinct in kind; essentially different; dissimilar | 42 | |
7275988847 | dissemination | the act of disseminating, or spreading widely: | 43 | |
7275988848 | dogmatic | asserting opinions in a doctrinaire or arrogant manner; opinionated: | 44 | |
7275990438 | earnestness | serious in intention, purpose, or effort; sincerely zealous | 45 | |
7275991946 | effusive | unduly demonstrative; lacking reserve: | 46 | |
7275993405 | eloquence | the practice or art of using language with fluency and aptness. | 47 | |
7275994998 | elysian | the practice or art of using language with fluency and aptness. | 48 | |
7275994999 | embittered | to make bitter; cause to feel bitterness | 49 | |
7275997378 | emphatic | uttered, or to be uttered, with emphasis; strongly expressive. | 50 | |
7275999545 | empirical | based on practical experience rather than theory | 51 | |
7276002340 | encapsulation | An information-hiding mechanism that makes code easy to maintain and understand. | 52 | |
7276003252 | engenders | Cause or give rise to a feeling, situation, condition etc. | 53 | |
7276004625 | enigmatic | mysterious, inexplicable, puzzling | 54 | |
7276009096 | enunciate | to state clearly and distinctly; to pronounce | 55 | |
7276010285 | ephemeral | lasting a very short time; short-lived; transitory | 56 | |
7276013283 | equanimity | (n.) calmness, composure, refusal to panic | 57 | |
7276015231 | equivocal | open to more than one interpretation; ambiguous | 58 | |
7276015232 | eradication | the complete destruction of every trace of something | 59 | |
7276018528 | euphemistic | Using mild or vague terms as substitute for direct or unpleasant ones | 60 | |
7276022021 | exhortation | an address or communication emphatically urging someone to do something | 61 | |
7276023516 | fastidiousness | excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please | 62 | |
7276023517 | fervent | (adj.) very earnest, emotional, passionate; extremely hot | 63 | |
7276024521 | folly | lack of good sense; foolishness | 64 | |
7276026307 | futility | Ineffectiveness, uselessness | 65 | |
7276027265 | genial | (adj.) cordial, pleasantly cheerful or warm | 66 | |
7276028758 | heedless | showing a reckless lack of care or attention | 67 | |
7276028759 | harpsichord | a keyboard instrument with horizontal strings that run perpendicular to the keyboard in a long tapering case and are plucked by points of quill, leather, or plastic operated by depressing the keys. It is used chiefly in European classical music of the 16th to 18th centuries | 68 | |
7276030987 | heuristic | use of language to acquire knowledge and understanding | 69 | |
7276032386 | idiosyncratic | Peculiar to one person; highly individualized | 70 | |
7276032387 | impetuous | Quick to act without thinking | 71 | |
7276034731 | impressionistic | describing a highly personal, individual response to experience | 72 | |
7276037052 | incredulity | Unwillingness or inability to believe | 73 | |
7276037053 | indignant | Feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment | 74 | |
7276040177 | ingratiating | Intended to gain approval or favor; sycophantic | 75 | |
7276042096 | innocuous | harmless, inoffensive; insignificant | 76 | |
7276043099 | inscrutability | difficult to fathom/understand | 77 | |
7276044050 | insular | Limited in knowledge or perspective | 78 | |
7276045279 | intricacy | Condition or state of being complex, involved, or detailed: elaborateness | 79 | |
7276045280 | introspective | inward looking | 80 | |
7276049170 | irreverent | showing a lack of respect for people or things that are generally taken seriously | 81 | |
7276050795 | laudatory | expressing praise | 82 | |
7276052045 | magnanimous | generous | 83 | |
7276053075 | meritocracy | social stratification based on personal merit | 84 | |
7276055209 | morose | having a gloomy or sullen manner; not friendly or sociable | 85 | |
7276055210 | negations | a negative statement | 86 | |
7276059923 | omnipotent | almighty, having unlimited power or authority | 87 | |
7276057625 | nomenclature | Official system of naming | 88 | |
7276061877 | opaqueness | Lack of transparence | 89 | |
7276064151 | ornithological | the study of birds | 90 | |
7276074085 | ostracized | Shunned; excluded; left out | 91 | |
7276075684 | paucity | an inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth | 92 | |
7276076917 | pedantic | excessively concerned with book learning and formal rules | 93 | |
7276078505 | permeate | To penetrate through spaces; to spread throughout. | 94 | |
7276078506 | petulant | peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset | 95 | |
7276079365 | pious | Devoutly religious | 96 | |
7276079366 | polemical | causing debate or argument | 97 | |
7276081908 | pragmatic | practical, as opposed to idealistic | 98 | |
7276083509 | propagate | Reproduce, spread, increase | 99 |
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