85956176 | parsing | figuring out each sentence's syntatic role; verb | 0 | |
85956177 | craven | cowardly; adj | 1 | |
85956178 | triangulated | composed of or marked with triangles; to make triangular; to divide into triangles; to connect; adj/verb | 2 | |
85956179 | fallible | likely to fail or be inaccurate; adj | 3 | |
85956180 | paragon | a model of excellence or perfection; noun | 4 | |
85956181 | demagogic | characteristic of a demagogue, a political leader who appeals to prejudice; adj | 5 | |
85956182 | louche | of questionable taste or morality; adj | 6 | |
85956183 | portend | indicate by signs; verb | 7 | |
85956184 | certitude | total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant; noun | 8 | |
85956185 | encroachment | gradual intrusion; Ex. I resent all these encroachments on my valuable time; V. encroach: take another's possessions or right gradually or stealthily; intrude; Ex. encroach on/upon; noun | 9 | |
85956186 | ilk | type or kind; noun | 10 | |
85956187 | democratized | to make democratic; past tense verb | 11 | |
85956188 | vacillates | to waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive; verb | 12 | |
85956189 | declaims | speak rhetorically; verb | 13 | |
85956190 | declamatory | pretentiously rhetorical; bombastic; adj | 14 | |
85956191 | defragments | process in which a hard disk is reorganized so that it improves the speed in which a file can be read/written; noun | 15 | |
85957220 | sycophant | a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage; noun | 16 | |
85958889 | quantify | express as a number or measure or quantity; verb | 17 | |
100037910 | uxurious | fond or submissive to one's wife; adj | 18 | |
100037911 | defenestration | the act of throwing someone or something out of a window; noun | 19 | |
100037912 | pleonasm | using more words than necessary; noun | 20 | |
100037913 | misandry | hatred of males; noun | 21 | |
100037914 | Brobdingnagian | unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope; adj | 22 | |
100037915 | indefatigable | showing sustained enthusiastic action with unflagging vitality; adj | 23 | |
100037916 | forebears | ancestors; noun | 24 | |
100037917 | asunder | into parts or pieces; adverb | 25 | |
100037918 | invective | abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will; noun | 26 | |
100037919 | eradicate | destroy completely, as if down to the roots; verb | 27 | |
100037920 | coherence | logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts; noun | 28 | |
100037921 | myriad | a large indefinite number; noun | 29 | |
100037922 | parthenogenesis | process in which an unfertilized egg develops into a new individual; noun | 30 | |
100037923 | affably | in a friendly manner; adverb | 31 | |
100037924 | musing | thinking; pondering; , a calm lengthy intent consideration; noun | 32 | |
100037925 | venerable | profoundly honored; adj | 33 | |
100037926 | bemoaned | to express distress or grief over; lament; verb | 34 | |
100037927 | plaintively | sorrowfully; adverb | 35 | |
100037928 | immemorial | reaching back beyond the bounds of memory; extremely old; adj | 36 | |
100037929 | paradoxically | counter to what one would think; contradictory; adverb | 37 | |
100037930 | eminently | high in station, rank, or repute; prominent; distinguished; adverb | 38 | |
100037931 | heretical | characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards; adj | 39 | |
100037932 | epicene | having an ambiguous sexual identity; adj | 40 | |
100037933 | umbrage | a feeling of anger caused by being offended; noun | 41 | |
100037934 | exhortation | a communication intended to urge or persuade the recipients to take some action; noun | 42 | |
100037935 | guises | general external appearance; An external form, appearance, or manner of presentation, typically concealing the true nature of something | 43 | |
100037936 | insidious | intended to deceive or entrap; sly, treacherous; adj | 44 | |
100037937 | virile | manly; having masculine spirit or strength; full of strength; adj | 45 | |
100037938 | parlance | a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language; noun | 46 | |
100037939 | fatalism | belief that events are determined by forces beyond one's control; noun | 47 | |
100037940 | provocative | serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; adj | 48 | |
100037941 | idioms | words and phrases that mean something different from the literal meanings of the words; adj | 49 | |
100037942 | exhumed | dug up; verb | 50 | |
100037943 | beguiles | N. Acts of misleading and charm for persuasion. -The new character in the Office proved to be a great threat to Dunder Mifflen by stealing their clients through beguiles; verb | 51 | |
100037944 | noxious | injurious to physical or mental health; adj | 52 | |
100037945 | coquettishness | flirting lightheartedly with men to win their admiration and affection; adj | 53 | |
100037946 | lexicon | a language user's knowledge of words; noun | 54 | |
100037947 | libertine | one who acts without moral restraint; noun | 55 | |
100037948 | pervasive | spreading throughout; adj | 56 | |
100037949 | protegees | a person who receives support and protection from an influential patron who furthers the protege's career; noun | 57 | |
100037950 | avant garde | a group active in the invention of new techniques in a given field, especially in the arts; noun | 58 | |
100037951 | parlaying | Turn an initial stake or winnings from a previous bet into (a greater amount) by gambling; verb | 59 | |
100037952 | coup | a brilliant and notable success; noun | 60 | |
100037953 | opprobrium | a state of extreme dishonor; noun | 61 | |
100037954 | truculent | defiantly aggressive; adj | 62 | |
100037955 | magnanimous | generous and understanding and tolerant; adj | 63 | |
100396516 | hobbledehoy | an awkward, gawky young fellow; noun | 64 | |
106716553 | peruse | to examine carefully; verb | 65 | |
106716554 | imbroglio | a confused mass, and intricate or complicated situation; noun | 66 | |
108622590 | moue | a disdainful pouting grimace; noun | 67 | |
108622591 | sinecure | a position requiring little or no work; an easy job; noun | 68 | |
108622592 | swathings | wrappings; noun | 69 | |
108622593 | dusky | naturally having skin of a dark color; adjective | 70 | |
108622594 | avail | a means of serving; noun | 71 | |
108622595 | vigor | an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing); noun | 72 | |
108622596 | dyspeptic | irritable as if suffering from indigestion; adj | 73 | |
108622597 | compunctions | feeling of regret or guilt; noun | 74 | |
108622598 | analogical | expressing, composed of, or based on an analogy; adj | 75 | |
109494177 | acolytes | Attendants; faithful followers; noun | 76 | |
109494178 | resplendent | having great beauty and splendor; adj | 77 | |
109494179 | cruciform | shaped like a cross; adj | 78 | |
109494180 | mawkish | Excessively and objectionably sentimental; adj | 79 | |
109494413 | malevolent | wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; adj | 80 | |
109495117 | bailiwick | the district within which a baillie or bailiff has jurisdiction; a person's area of skill, knowledge, authority, or work; noun | 81 | |
112782164 | susurrus | the indistinct sound of people whispering; a whispering or rustling sound; noun | 82 | |
112786589 | miasma | an unwholesome atmosphere, a noxious or poisonous atmosphere; noun | 83 | |
116113543 | discursive | proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition; adjective | 84 | |
116113544 | genial | diffusing warmth and friendliness; adj | 85 | |
116113545 | grandeur | the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand; noun | 86 | |
116113546 | latent | not presently active; adj | 87 | |
116113547 | forbearance | a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges; noun | 88 | |
116113548 | viz. | namely; that is; (abbr. of Latin: videlicet); as follows | 89 |
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