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4614492144AbateBecome less in amount or intensity.0
4614493696AbdicateGive up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors.1
4614502806AberrationA state or condition markedly different from the norm.2
4614508221AbstainChoose not to consume.3
4614509555AdversityA state of misfortune or affliction.4
4614514319AestheticCharacterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste.5
4614517253AllegoryA story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. (A symbol).6
4614524858AmicableCharacterized by friendship and good will.7
4614528699AnachronisticChronologically misplaced.8
4614529262AridLacking sufficient water or rainfall.9
4614532549AsylumA shelter from danger or hardship.10
4614534243BenevolentShowing or motivated by sympathy and understanding.11
4614536787BiasA partiality preventing objective consideration of an issue.12
4614540032BoisterousFull of rough and exuberant animal spirits.13
4614541312BrazenUnrestrained by convention or propriety.14
4614544283BrusqueMarked by rude or peremptory shortness.15
4615269216CamaraderieThe quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability.16
4615272195CannyShowing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others.17
4615274460CapaciousLarge in the amount that can be contained.18
4615286660CapitulateSurrender under agreed conditions.19
4615287097ClairvoyantSomeone who can perceive things not present to the senses.20
4615291877CollaborateWork together on a common enterprise of project.21
4615295631CompassionA deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering.22
4615297292CompromiseAn accommodation in which both sides make a concession.23
4615299155CondescendingCharacteristic of those who treat others with arrogance.24
4615301011ConditionalImposing or depending on or containing an assumption.25
4615303112ConformistSomeone who follows established standards of conduct.26
4615305321ConundrumA difficult problem.27
4615306192ConvergenceThe act of of coming closer.28
4615306630DeleteriousHarmful to living things.29
4615306631DemagogueA leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions.30
4615384724DigressionA turning aside.31
4615389076DiligentQuietly and steadily persevering in detail or exactness.32
4615389738DiscreditThe state of being held in low esteem.33
4615389739DisdainLack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike.34
4615390159DivergentTending to move apart in different directions.35
4615390160EmpathyUnderstanding and entering into another's feelings.36
4615390655EmulateStrive to equal or match, especially by imitating.37
4615391337EnervatingCausing weakness or debilitation.38
4615391338EphemeralAnything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day.39
4615392412EvanescentLeading to vanish like vapor.40
4654819285ExemplaryWorthy of imitation.41
4654819940ExtenuatingPartially excusing or justifying.42
4654821478FloridElaborately or excessively ornamented.43
4654822282ForbearanceA delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges.44
4654823436FortitudeStrength of mind that enables one to endure adversity,45
4654824457FortuitousOccurring by happy chance.46
4654824729FosterProviding nurture though not related by blood or legal files.47
4654826555FraughtFilled with or attended with.48
4654827028FrugalAvoiding waste.49
4654827740hackneyedRepeated too often; over familiar with overuse.50
4654829394HaughtyHaving or showing arrogant superiority to.51
4654830340HedonistSomeone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures.52
4654832029HypothesisA tentative insight that is not yet verified or tested.53
4654834205ImpetuousCharacterized by undue haste and lack of thought.54
4654835405ImputeAttribute or credit to.55
4654836423InconsequentialLacking worth or importance.56
4654837279InevitableIncapable of being avoided or prevented.57
4654838615IntrepidInvulnerable to fear or intimidation.58
4654839011IntuitiveSpontaneously derived from or prompted by a natural tendency.59
4654840103JubilationA feeling of extreme joy.60
4654843115LobbyistSomeone who is employed to persuade how legislators vote.61
4654843641LongevityThe property of being long-lived.62
4654844107MundaneFound in the ordinary course of events.63
4654844794NonchalantMarked by blithe unconcern.64
4654845260OpulentRich and superior in quality.65
4654845842OratorA person who delivers a speech.66
4654846707OstentatiousIntended to attract notice and impress others.67
4654847795ParchedDried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight.68
4654848716PerfidiousTending to betray.69
4654849458PragmaticConcerned with practical matters.70
4654851345PrecociousCharacterized by exceptionally early development.71
4654851346PretentiousCreating an appearance of importance or distinction.72
4654851495ProcrastinatePostpone doing what one should be doing.73
4654851496ProsiacLacking wit or imagination.74
4654852133ProsperityThe condition of having good fortune.75
4654852839ProvocativeServing or tending to excite or stimulate.76
4655283621PrudentMarked by sound judgement.77
4655284510QuerulousHabitually complaining.78
4655285034RancorousShowing deep-seated resentment.79
4655285365ReclusiveWithdrawn from society; seeking solitude.80
4655286200ReconciliationThe reestablishing of cordial relations.81
4655286654RenovationThe act of improving by renewing and restoring.82
4655287681RestrainedUnder control.83
4655288078ReverenceA feeling of profound respect for someone or something.84
4655289464SagacityThe ability to understand and show good judgement.85
4655290136ScrutinizeExamine carefully for accuracy.86
4655291242SpontaneousSaid or done without having been planned in advance.87
4655292128SpuriousPlausible but false.88
4655292426SubmissiveInclined or willing to give in to orders or wishes of others.89
4655293527SubstantiateEstablish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts.90
4655294147SubtleDifficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze.91
4655294994SuperficialOf, affecting, or being on or near the surface.92
4655296972SuperfluousMore than is needed, desired, or required.93
4655297653SurreptitiousMarked by quiet and caution and secrecy.94
4655297549TactfulHaving a sense of what is considerate in dealing with others.95
4655299161TenaciousStubbornly unyielding.96
4655299162TransientLasting a very short time.97
4655299625VenerableProfoundly honored.98
4655300288VindicateShow to be right by providing justification or proof.99
4655300289WaryMarked by keen caution and watchful prudence.100

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