225972751 | aberrant | one whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group | 0 | |
225972752 | abscond | To depart suddenly and secretly, as for the purpose of escaping arrest. | 1 | |
225972753 | adulterate | corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance | 2 | |
225972754 | aggrandize | to increase in greatness, power, or wealth; to build up or intensify; to make appear greater | 3 | |
225972755 | ameliorate | to make better | 4 | |
225972756 | anachronism | something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred | 5 | |
225972757 | anomalous | deviating from the general or common order or type | 6 | |
225972758 | antipathy | the object of a feeling of intense aversion (opposition, dislike) | 7 | |
225972759 | ascetic | practices self denial as spiritual discipline | 8 | |
225972760 | assuage | to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench | 9 | |
225972761 | audacious | Bold, adventurous, recklessly daring | 10 | |
225972762 | aver | to affirm, declare confidently | 11 | |
225972763 | banal | obvious and dull | 12 | |
225972764 | burgeon | grow and flourish | 13 | |
225972765 | buttress | make stronger or defensible | 14 | |
225972766 | commensurate | corresponding in size or degree or extent | 15 | |
225972767 | complaisance | a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others | 16 | |
225972768 | corroborate | establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts | 17 | |
225972769 | culpability | a state of guilt | 18 | |
225972770 | decimate | kill in large numbers | 19 | |
225972771 | defer | submit or yield to another's wish or opinion | 20 | |
225972772 | desiccate | remove water from | 21 | |
225972773 | diatribe | thunderous verbal attack | 22 | |
225972774 | diffident | lacking self-confidence | 23 | |
225972775 | diffuse | cause to become widely known | 24 | |
225972776 | digress | lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking | 25 | |
225972777 | disabuse | free somebody (from an erroneous belief) | 26 | |
225972778 | discrete | constituting a separate entity or part | 27 | |
225972779 | disinterest | tolerance attributable to a lack of involvement | 28 | |
225972780 | dissemble | make believe with the intent to deceive | 29 | |
225972781 | dogma | a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative | 30 | |
225972782 | efficacy | capacity or power to produce a desired effect | 31 | |
225972783 | embellish | make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc. | 32 | |
225972784 | equivocate | be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information | 33 | |
225972785 | emulate | compete with successfully | 34 | |
225972786 | endemic | native to or confined to a certain region | 35 | |
225972787 | enervate | weaken mentally or morally | 36 | |
225972788 | engender | to cause, to produce, to create | 37 | |
225972789 | enigma | something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained | 38 | |
225972790 | ephemeral | enduring a very short time | 39 | |
225972791 | erudite | having or showing profound knowledge | 40 | |
225972792 | espouse | take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own | 41 | |
225972793 | eulogy | a formal expression of praise | 42 | |
225972794 | fawn | a color varying around light grayish brown | 43 | |
225972795 | feigned | not genuine | 44 | |
225972796 | florid | elaborately or excessively ornamented | 45 | |
225972797 | foster | help develop, help grow | 46 | |
225972798 | garrulous | full of trivial conversation | 47 | |
225972799 | guile | shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception | 48 | |
225972800 | harangue | a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion | 49 | |
225972801 | heresy | a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion | 50 | |
225972802 | hieroglyph | a writing system using picture symbols | 51 | |
225972803 | homogeneous | all of the same or similar kind or nature | 52 | |
225972804 | iconoclast | someone who tries to destroy traditional ideas or institutions | 53 | |
225972805 | impervious | not admitting of passage or capable of being affected | 54 | |
225972806 | implacable | unable to be calmed down or made peaceful | 55 | |
225972807 | inchoate | only partly in existence | 56 | |
225972808 | insipid | not pleasing to the sense of taste | 57 | |
225972809 | irascible | characterized by anger | 58 | |
225972810 | laconic | brief and to the point | 59 | |
225972811 | latency | the state of being not yet evident or active | 60 | |
225972812 | laudable | worthy of high praise | 61 | |
225972813 | loquacity | the quality of being wordy and talkative | 62 | |
225972814 | lucid | capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent manner | 63 | |
225972815 | magnanimity | liberality in bestowing gifts | 64 | |
225972816 | malevolent | wishing or appearing to wish evil to others | 65 | |
225972817 | misanthrope | someone who dislikes people in general | 66 | |
225972818 | miser | a stingy hoarder of money and possessions (often living miserably) | 67 | |
225972819 | mitigate | make less severe or harsh | 68 | |
225972820 | mollify | make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else | 69 | |
225972821 | mundane | belonging to this earth or world | 70 | |
225972822 | obdurate | showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings | 71 | |
225972823 | obviate | prevent the occurrence of | 72 | |
225972824 | occlude | block passage through | 73 | |
225972825 | pedant | a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit | 74 | |
225972826 | perennial | recurring again and again | 75 | |
225972827 | placate | cause to be more favorably inclined | 76 | |
225972828 | pragmatic | guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory | 77 | |
225972829 | precarious | affording no ease or reassurance | 78 | |
225972830 | precipitate | bring about abruptly | 79 | |
225972831 | precursor | an indication of the approach of something or someone | 80 | |
225972832 | prevaricate | to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead | 81 | |
225972833 | probity | complete and confirmed integrity | 82 | |
225972834 | profundity | intellectual depth | 83 | |
225972835 | propensity | a natural inclination | 84 | |
225972836 | propitiate | make peace with | 85 | |
225972837 | proximity | the property of being close together | 86 | |
225972838 | prudent | showing wise self-restraint in speech and behavior especially in preserving silence | 87 | |
225972839 | quiescence | quiet and inactive restfulness | 88 | |
225972840 | rarefy | make more subtle or refined | 89 | |
225972841 | repudiate | refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid | 90 | |
225972842 | sanction | official permission or approval | 91 | |
225972843 | specious | plausible but false | 92 | |
225972844 | succinct | briefly giving the gist of something | 93 | |
225972845 | tractable | readily reacting to suggestions and influences | 94 | |
225972846 | turpitude | a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice | 95 | |
225972847 | unfettered | not bound by shackles and chains | 96 | |
225972848 | venerate | regard with feelings of respect and reverence | 97 | |
225972849 | vindictive | disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge | 98 | |
225972850 | wheedle | influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering | 99 |
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