121633271 | factious | causing disagreement | 0 | |
121633272 | ignoble | dishonorable; shameful | 1 | |
121633273 | boor | a rude or impolite person | 2 | |
121633274 | aegis | a shield; protection | 3 | |
121633275 | perspicacity | keenness of judgement | 4 | |
121633276 | fervent | eager; earnest | 5 | |
121633277 | rectify | to correct; to make right | 6 | |
121633278 | enervate | to weaken | 7 | |
121633279 | besiege | to overwhelm; to surround and attack | 8 | |
121633280 | ephermal | lasting only a brief time; short-lived | 9 | |
121633281 | altruism | a concern for others; generosity | 10 | |
121633282 | carrion | decaying flesh | 11 | |
121633283 | amorphous | shapeless; formless, vague | 12 | |
121633284 | opulent | rich, luxurious; wealthy | 13 | |
121633285 | antithesis | an exact opposite; an opposite extreme | 14 | |
121633286 | maelstrom | whirlpool; turbulence; agitated state of mind | 15 | |
121633287 | impotent | powerless; lacking strength | 16 | |
121633288 | emendation | a correction | 17 | |
121633289 | chagrin | embarrassment; a complete loss of courage | 18 | |
121633290 | bauble | a showy but useless thing | 19 | |
121633291 | diaphanous | very sheer and light | 20 | |
121633292 | labyrinth | a complicated network of winding passages; maze | 21 | |
121633293 | gloat | to look at or think about with great satisfaction | 22 | |
121633294 | impediment | a barrier; obstruction | 23 | |
121633295 | bestial | savage, brutal | 24 | |
121633296 | effete | worn out; barren | 25 | |
121633297 | shard | a fragment | 26 | |
121633298 | bland | mild; tasteless; dull | 27 | |
121633299 | nihilism | a total rejection of established laws | 28 | |
121633300 | maxim | an expression of general truth of principle | 29 | |
121633301 | pedestrian | ordinary or dull | 30 | |
121633302 | bona fide | in good faith | 31 | |
121633303 | adventitious | accidental; nonessential | 32 | |
121633304 | fecund | fertile; productive | 33 | |
121633305 | deviate | to turn aside from a course; to stray | 34 | |
121633306 | obfuscate | to confuse; bewilder | 35 | |
121633307 | impale | to pierce with a sharp stake through the body | 36 | |
121633308 | extenuate | to lessen seriousness by providing partial excuses | 37 | |
121633309 | parochial | local; narrow, limited | 38 | |
121633310 | glower | to stare angrily | 39 | |
121633311 | edify | to improve someone morally | 40 | |
121633312 | ambiguous | open to more than one interpretation | 41 | |
121633313 | cataclysm | a violent change | 42 | |
121633314 | optimum | best; most favorable; ideal | 43 | |
121633315 | importune | to ask persistently; to beg | 44 | |
121633316 | fortuitous | happening by chance or accident | 45 | |
121633317 | recapitulate | to summarize; to reapeat briefly | 46 | |
121633318 | perfunctory | done without care; in a routine fashion | 47 | |
121633319 | baroque | overly decorated | 48 | |
121633320 | hedonism | pursuit of pleasure, especially of the senses | 49 | |
121633321 | obloquy | a strong disapproval, a bad reputation resulting from public criticism | 50 | |
121633322 | debacle | a complete failure; a total collapse | 51 | |
121633323 | quasi | resembling; seeming; half | 52 | |
121633324 | besmirch | to make dirty; to stain | 53 | |
121633325 | imperative | extremely necessary; vitally important | 54 | |
121633326 | sacrosanct | extremely holy | 55 | |
121633327 | sadistic | deriving pleasure from inflicting pain on others | 56 | |
121633328 | demeanor | behavior; manner of conducting oneself | 57 | |
121633329 | facetious | comical; joker | 58 | |
121633330 | flippant | disrespectful; shallow; or lacking seriousness | 59 | |
121633331 | imprecation | a curse | 60 | |
121633332 | non sequitur | something that does not follow logically | 61 | |
121633333 | sanguine | cheerful; optimistic | 62 | |
121633334 | bowdlerize | to remove offensive passages of a play, novel, etc. | 63 | |
121633335 | impair | to weaken; to cause to become worse | 64 | |
121633336 | panegyric | an expression of praise | 65 | |
121633337 | quandary | a puzzling situation; a dilemma | 66 | |
121633338 | ebullient | enthusiastic | 67 | |
121633339 | deference | respect; consideration | 68 | |
121633340 | nebulous | hazy; vague; uncertain | 69 | |
121633341 | rakish | dashingly stylish and confident | 70 | |
121633342 | elegy | a sad mournful person | 71 | |
121633343 | pedantic | tending to show off one's learning | 72 | |
121633344 | antipathy | an intense dislike | 73 | |
121633345 | elucidate | to make clear | 74 | |
121633346 | imminent | likely to happen; threatening | 75 | |
121633347 | banal | common; ordinary | 76 | |
121633348 | obdurate | stubborn; hard hearted | 77 | |
121633349 | peruse | to read carefully; to scrutinize | 78 | |
121633350 | bedlam | a noisy uproar; a scene of wild confusion | 79 | |
121633351 | affluence | wealth | 80 | |
121633352 | scurrilous | coarsely abusive; vulgar | 81 | |
121633353 | parody | a work which imitates another in a ridiculous manner | 82 | |
121633354 | sedulous | hard working; diligent | 83 | |
121633355 | onerous | burdensome; heavy; hard to endure | 84 | |
121633356 | amoral | lacking a sense of right and wrong | 85 | |
121633357 | eschew | to keep away from; to avoid; to shun | 86 | |
121633358 | denouement | an outcome; result | 87 | |
121633359 | fop | an excessively fashion conscious man | 88 | |
121633360 | vignette | a short, descriptive literary sketch | 89 | |
121633361 | adroit | skillful; clever | 90 | |
121633362 | macroscopic | visible to the naked eye | 91 | |
121633363 | fatuous | foolish | 92 | |
121633364 | bovine | pertaining to cows or cattle | 93 | |
121633365 | ferret | to search or drive out | 94 | |
121633366 | affectation | a phony attitude | 95 | |
121633367 | knell | a sound made by a bell; often rung slowly for a death or funeral | 96 | |
121633368 | dichotomy | a division into two parts | 97 | |
121633369 | callow | yound and inexperienced | 98 | |
121633370 | laconic | using few words; short, concise | 99 | |
121633371 | quiddity | an essential quality | 100 | |
121633372 | patent | evident or obvious | 101 | |
121633373 | peccadillo | a minor offense; misdeed | 102 | |
121633374 | sagacious | wise; having keen perception and sound judgement | 103 | |
121633375 | rationalize | to make an excuse for | 104 | |
121633376 | deride | to ridicule; to mock | 105 | |
121633377 | censure | to criticize sharply | 106 | |
121633378 | gambol | to frolic | 107 | |
121633379 | immolate | to kill someone as a sacrificial victim, usually by fire | 108 | |
121633380 | recondite | difficult to understand; profound | 109 | |
121633381 | martinet | a strict disciplinarian; task master | 110 | |
121633382 | quagmire | a swamp; a difficult or inextricable situation | 111 | |
121633383 | gibe | to scoff; to ridicule | 112 | |
121633384 | agape | open-mouthed; surprised | 113 | |
121633385 | carcinogen | causing cancer | 114 | |
121633386 | olfactory | pertaining to smell | 115 | |
121633387 | imperious | domineering; haughty | 116 | |
121633388 | grotesque | absurd; distorted | 117 | |
121633389 | neologism | a new word or expression | 118 | |
121633390 | hackneyed | commonplace; overused | 119 |
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