200628260 | Acme | The point at which someone or something is best, perfect, or most successful | |
200628261 | Alacrity | Brisk and cheerful readiness | |
200628262 | Allegory | A story, poem, or visual image that uses one or more symbolic parallels to convey a moral; a story that operates primarily by symbolic comparison | |
200628263 | Assail | To attack; to come upon suddenly; to criticize | |
200628264 | Befurbelowed | Adorned with trimmings or pleated borders | |
200628265 | Capricious | Given to sudden unaccountable changes in mood or behavior | |
200628266 | Coercion | Persuasion of an unwilling subject, often by threats and/or force | |
200628267 | Confederate | (n) A person one works with, especially in a secret or illegal activity | |
200628268 | Crash | (dated) A coarse plain linen, woolen, or cotton fabric, used for curtains and towel | |
200628269 | Decree | (n) An official order issued by a legal authority; (v) To issue such an order | |
200628270 | Defer | To submit to, honor, or give way to another's opinion or pleasure | |
200628271 | Delirium | (positive) wild excitement or ecstasy; (negative) a disordered state of mind characterized by restlessness, illusion, and general incoherence | |
200628272 | Despondent | In low spirits from loss of hope or courage | |
200628273 | Determinism | The notion that forces beyond an individual's control cause him or her to be the way he or she is; typically determinism is divided into three main types: biological (nature), social (nurture), and divine — "free will" is the countervailing force | |
200628274 | Disarming | Charmingly capable of allaying hostility or suspicion | |
200628275 | Discordant | Disagreeably incongruous; tunelessly grating | |
200628276 | Dissolution | Debauched living; dissipation | |
200628277 | Effulgence | Brightness, radiance; (of a person) a state of emanation typified by joy or goodness | |
200628278 | Ennui | Boredom combined with listlessness and dissatisfaction | |
200628279 | Entreaty | An earnest or humble request | |
200628280 | Futility | A state characterized by the inability to produce a useful result | |
200628281 | Houris | Beautiful young women, especially the virgin companions of the faithful in Muslim paradise | |
200628282 | Imperious | Assuming power and authority without justification; arrogant and domineering | |
200628283 | Impetuosity | Rapid and thoughtless carelessness | |
200628284 | Impressionable | Easily influenced because of lack of critical ability | |
200628285 | Incipient | In an initial stage; just beginning to develop | |
200628286 | Lamentable | Deplorably unsatisfactory; unfortunate and regrettable | |
200628287 | Melodrama | A sensationally dramatic work of art chiefly designed to charge and manipulate one's emotions | |
200628288 | Mercurial | Subject to sudden unpredictable changes of mood or mind; sprightly, lively | |
200628289 | Minister | To tend to the needs of | |
200628290 | Motif | A distinctive design or repeated pattern (often in a work of art, literature, or music) | |
200628291 | Mystical (or Mystic) | Inspiring a sense of spiritual awe and fascination | |
200628292 | Narcissism | Extreme self-centeredness; excessive (or even erotic) interest in oneself or one's physical appearance | |
200628293 | Perambulations | Pleasant, leisurely walks | |
200628294 | Pinks | any of various herbaceous Eurasian plants with pink and white flowers as well as slender gray-green stems | |
200628295 | Plaintive | Sad and mournful | |
200628296 | Poignant | Evoking a keen sense of sadness and regret; keenly felt | |
200628297 | Pretext | A reason given in justification for an action that is not the real reason | |
200628298 | Prevail | (upon) To coax, convince, pressure, or [even] coerce | |
200628299 | Prolific | Plentiful; present in large numbers or quantities; producing many works; fruitful | |
200628300 | Pseudointellectual | Falsely intellectual | |
200628301 | Quaff | To drink something, especially an alcoholic beverage | |
200628302 | Remonstrate | To make a forcefully reproachful protest | |
200868948 | Repair (to) | to head for, adjourn to, or wend one's way toward | |
200868949 | Scintillant | Sparkling and emitting flashes of light | |
200868950 | Seductive | Tempting and attractive; enticing (especially in a sexual sense) | |
200868951 | Subterfuge | Deceit used in order to achieve one's goal | |
200868952 | Sumptuous | Splendid and expensive-looking | |
200868953 | Toddy | An alcoholic beverage that includes hot water, sugar, and spice | |
200868954 | Torpid | mentally or physically inactive; lethargic | |
200868955 | Torrid | Very hot and dry; full of passionate or highly charged emotions arising from sexual love | |
200868956 | Unpretentious | Not attempting to impress others with an appearance of greater importance, talent, or culture than is actually possessed; pleasantly simple and functional | |
200868957 | Vixen | A female fox; a woman regarded as alluringly sexual; a woman who is deemed malicious, ill-tempered, or quarrelsome | |
200868958 | Volition | Willpower, the faculty or power of using one's own will | |
200868959 | Volubility | Talkativeness | |
200868960 | Whimsical | Acting or behaving in a capricious manner; amusingly fanciful and quaint |
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