763651382 | Adulation | flattery or fawning praise | |
763651383 | Bolster | to support something physical; to support a claim or idea | |
763651384 | Capricious | impulsive or unpredictable; someone who frequently changes his or her mind | |
763651385 | Congenial | pleasant or friendly | |
763651386 | Contentious | argumentative or belligerent | |
763651387 | Destitute | poor, impecunious | |
763651388 | Disdain | utter scorn or contempt for someone or something | |
763651389 | Disputatious | argumentative; contentious; given to debate | |
763651390 | Dogmatic | overly authoritative | |
763651391 | Dour | gloomy or sullen; bitter | |
763651392 | Egregious | flagrant or especially bad | |
763651393 | Entrenched | deeply established or settled | |
763651394 | Equanimity | composure, especially in a stressful situation | |
763651395 | Exculpate | to clear someone from guilt | |
763651396 | Exonerate | to clear someone from guilt or blame | |
763651397 | Facetious | humorous; saying something in a kidding or jocular manner | |
763651398 | Fickle | inconsistent, constantly changing | |
763651399 | Founder | to fail | |
763651400 | Genteel | aristocratic; sophisticated or refined | |
763651401 | Grandiloquent | using sophisticated language or "big words" in a show, pompous fashion | |
763651402 | Grandiose | ludicrously grand; showy | |
763651403 | Impeccable | flawless or perfect | |
763651404 | Indifferent | ambivalent or apathetic | |
763651405 | Insidious | something negative or harmful that develops in a hidden, gradual manner | |
763651406 | Intermittent | occasional; ever so often | |
763651407 | Lithe | flexible, graceful | |
763651408 | Malaise | a feeling of mental or physical despair; a mild depression | |
763651409 | Martyr | someone who sacrifices him or herself for a cause, often for religious or political reasons | |
763651410 | Misanthropic | hating others or despising people in general | |
763651411 | Miser | someone who has a Scrooge-like tendency to be cheap | |
763651412 | Mishap | an unfortunate accident | |
763651413 | Mitigate | to lessen the severity of something; to soften | |
763651414 | Monotonous | boring or predictable | |
763651415 | Munificent | generous and giving | |
763651416 | Nominal | by name or title only; insignificant | |
763651417 | Odious | contemptible or loathsome, worthy of hate | |
763651418 | Opportunistic | ambitious in a greedy, selfish way | |
763651419 | Patrician | an aristocrat; a person from high society or nobility | |
763651420 | Pensive | contemplative or introspective | |
763651421 | Philanthropy | generosity | |
763651422 | Plight | a difficult or precarious situation | |
763651423 | Polarize | to cause to split up; to break up into opposing factions | |
763651424 | Pretentious | self-important; showy; pompous | |
763651425 | Prodigious | in great quantity; abundant; amazing | |
763651426 | Propensity | a strong preference | |
763651427 | Propriety | proper behavior or decorum | |
763651428 | Proscribe | to prohibit | |
763651429 | Recalcitrant | stubborn, defiant | |
763651430 | Relegate | to banish or exile someone to an unpleasant place; to lower someone's position | |
763651431 | Sordid | vile, dirty, or filthy- in a figurative manner |
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