4963127404 | Plaintive | ADJ: sad; sorrowful; woebegone | 0 | |
4963130867 | Portentous | ADJ: foreboding; alarming; ominous; portend V: to foreshadow | 1 | |
4963136853 | Semblance | N: resemblance; alikeness; pretense; affinity | 2 | |
4963139952 | Penury | N: extreme poverty (penurious: very poor) | 3 | |
4963145097 | Desolate | ADJ: abandoned; bare; bleak; derelict | 4 | |
4963155541 | Ascetic | ADJ: harsh; severe; abstinent; self-sacrificing (also one who is) | 5 | |
4963162836 | Sullen | ADJ: upset; fretful; gloomy | 6 | |
4963172197 | Peremptory | ADJ: overbearing; authoritative; dictatorial; domineering | 7 | |
4963182302 | Soporific | ADJ: boring; dull; causing sleep | 8 | |
4963184568 | Ludicrous | ADJ: absurd; ridiculous; PREPOSTEROUS | 9 | |
4963194376 | Façade | N: false front; guise; pretense; exterior | 10 | |
4963197912 | Approbation | N: approval; consent; endorsement | 11 | |
4963201879 | Interminable | ADJ: everlasting; incessant; never-ending | 12 | |
4963205243 | Calumny | N: a false and malicious statement designed to injure the reputation of someone or something; slander; a damaging lie | 13 | |
4963212170 | Acquiesce | V: to yield; to comply; to accede | 14 | |
4963215515 | Propitious | ADJ: favorable; fortunate; good | 15 | |
4963219377 | Venerate | V: to revere; to admire; to esteem (veneration: respect) | 16 | |
4963225155 | Phlegmatic | ADJ: indifferent; lifeless; dull; "blah" | 17 | |
4963228020 | Enigma | N: a puzzle; a mystery (enigmatic: mysterious; puzzling) | 18 | |
4963233456 | Deprecate | V: to belittle; to condemn; to put down (verbally) (DISCOMMEND) | 19 | |
4963241958 | Noxious | ADJ: deadly; injurious; dangerous | 20 | |
4963244309 | Assiduous | ADJ: hard-working; persevering; SEDULOUS (N: assiduity) | 21 | |
4963258890 | Solicitous | ADJ: concerned; attentive; mindful | 22 | |
4963262552 | Fastidious | ADJ: fussy; picky; METICULOUS | 23 | |
4963266499 | Insipid | ADJ: dull; uninteresting; mundane | 24 | |
4963270503 | Inveterate | ADJ: customary; deep-rooted; habitual | 25 | |
4963274420 | Enervate | V: to fatigue; to weaken; to VITIATE | 26 | |
4963278232 | Trepidation | N: fear; anxiety; uneasiness | 27 | |
4963280858 | Intrepid | ADJ: brave; heroic; audacious | 28 | |
4963284426 | Evince | V: to show clearly; to prove | 29 | |
4963287326 | Indefatigable | ADJ: tireless; determined; diligent | 30 | |
4963290618 | Insuperable | ADJ: hopeless; impossible to overcome | 31 | |
4963293433 | Engender | V: to cause to happen; to beget; to generate | 32 | |
4963297179 | Capricious | ADJ: erratic; flighty; given to whims; IRRESOLUTE; IMPETUOUS | 33 | |
4963301122 | Countenance | N: outward appearance; PHYSIOGNOMY | 34 | |
4963681194 | Conjecture | N:a guess V: to guess | 35 | |
4963684044 | Inexorable | ADJ: restless; uncompromising; adamant | 36 | |
4963688886 | Sardonic | ADJ: bitterly sarcastic; biting | 37 | |
4963692377 | Impetuous | ADJ: impulsive; rash; hasty; CAPRICIOUS | 38 | |
4963696725 | Equivocal | ADJ: doubtful; uncertain; dubious; evasive | 39 | |
4963701433 | Transitory | ADJ: temporary; fleeting; EPHEMERAL | 40 | |
4963705698 | Ephemeral | ADJ: temporary; fleeting; TRANSITORY | 41 | |
4963710410 | Obscure | ADJ: cryptic; complicated; confusing V: to confuse; to hide | 42 | |
4963713805 | Sanguine | ADJ: happy; optimistic; hopeful | 43 | |
4963718132 | Prodigal | ADJ: wasteful; excessive; PROFLIGATE | 44 | |
4963724108 | Discern | V: to recognize and understand; to detect; to perceive | 45 | |
4963726523 | Profligate | ADJ: shamelessly immoral; reckless; wanton; PRODIGAL | 46 | |
4963731200 | Languid | ADJ: lacking in spirit or interest; indifferent; listless | 47 | |
4963736778 | Sententious | ADJ: given to excessive moralizing; preachy; pithy; short and sweet | 48 | |
4963741756 | Disposition | N: frame of mind; mood; attitude; personality | 49 | |
4963744382 | Apoplexy | N: stroke; seazure (medical condition) | 50 | |
4963747827 | Effulence | N: outfloq; emission; wordiness; VERBOSITY | 51 | |
4963753433 | Indemnity | N: payment; compensation | 52 | |
4963755511 | Puerile | ADJ: immature; juvenile; CALLOW | 53 | |
4963757545 | Querulous | ADJ: grouchy; whily; hard-to-please | 54 | |
4963760885 | Picayune | ADJ: measily; of little value; worthless | 55 | |
4963764298 | Capacious | ADJ: spacious; roomy | 56 | |
4963766340 | Ascertain | V: to find out for sure; to verify | 57 | |
4963768237 | Fervent | ADJ: intense; enthusiastic; avid; ARDENT | 58 | |
4963771644 | Irascible | ADJ: irritable; easily angered; BILIOUS; PETULANT; QUERULOUS | 59 | |
4963775936 | Imbibe | V: to consume; to swallow; to ingest; to absorb | 60 | |
4963781496 | Dross | N: trash; dregs; refuse | 61 | |
4963791529 | Physiognomy: | N: outward appearance; COUNTENANCE | 62 | |
4963796004 | Confabullation | N: conversation; discussion; PALAVER | 63 | |
4963798677 | Noisome | ADJ: offensive; disgusting | 64 | |
4963800681 | Conciliate | V: to calm; to satisfy | 65 | |
4963803748 | Automaton | N: a robot; gadget | 66 | |
4963806171 | Misconstrue | V: to interpret incorrectly; to misjudge | 67 | |
4963812510 | Propinquity | N: proximity- nearness in place-; kinship- nearness of relation- | 68 | |
4963818056 | Asperity | N: bitterness; irritability; meanness | 69 | |
4963821113 | Tyro | N: beginner; newcomer | 70 | |
4963838975 | Panegyric | N: a speech praising someone, often dead; an encomium | 71 | |
4963843512 | Assuage | V: to cease; to lessen; to conciliate | 72 | |
4963848213 | Invidious | ADJ: offensive; hateful; full of enmity | 73 | |
4963853453 | Effrontery | N: shameless boldness; audacity; impudence | 74 | |
4963858134 | Disquieting | ADJ: unsettling; disturbing | 75 | |
4963860954 | Rapt | ADJ: wholly absorbed; captivate; immersed | 76 | |
4963866332 | Sapient | ADJ: wise; intelligent | 77 | |
4963867946 | Mien | N: manner; personality; disposition | 78 | |
4963870575 | Capitulate | V: to surrender | 79 | |
4963873490 | Preclude | V: to prevent; to hinder; to impede | 80 | |
4963875617 | Disputatious | ADJ: argumentative; fond of argument | 81 | |
4963879148 | Salient | ADJ: significant; remarkable; obvious | 82 | |
4963881368 | Facile | ADJ: effortless; deft; hasty | 83 | |
4963882945 | Maladroit | ADJ: clumsy; unskillful | 84 | |
4963888452 | Fait Accompli | N: an accomplished and presumably irreversible deed | 85 | |
4963892733 | Pedantry | N: slavish attention to rules; meticulousnes; extreme exactness | 86 | |
4963895844 | Ineffable | ADJ: inexpressible; indescribable; unspeakable | 87 | |
4963901526 | Salubrious | ADJ: healthful; wholesome; hygienic | 88 | |
4963903167 | Misanthropy | N: hatred of mankind | 89 | |
4963907539 | Eclectic | ADJ: assorted; MULTIFARIOUS; DIVERSIFIED | 90 | |
4963913762 | Cursory | ADJ: superficial; careless; haphazard | 91 | |
4963916479 | Dissimulate | V: to pretend; to deceive; to feign | 92 | |
4963918968 | Immutable | ADJ: unchanging; eternal | 93 | |
4963921962 | Ameliorate | V: to make better; to improve | 94 | |
4963925977 | Palliate | V: to lessen; to sooth; to miligate | 95 | |
4963932232 | Fetter | V: to curb; to hamper; to restrain; to TRAMMEL | 96 | |
4963935606 | Arrogate | V: to confiscate; to take/claim without right | 97 | |
4963938993 | Predilection | N: a passion; a fondness; a PROCLIVITY | 98 | |
4963942197 | Choleric | ADJ: hot-tempered; easily angered | 99 | |
4963944858 | Ambivalent | ADJ: indecisive; undecided; IRRESOLUTE | 100 | |
4963948624 | Contumelious | ADJ: insolent; rude | 101 | |
4963950940 | Prurient | ADJ: lewd; obscene; lustful; LASCIVIOUS | 102 | |
4963965410 | Machinations | N: schemes; plots | 103 | |
4963967489 | Ignominious | ADJ: disgraceful; shameful | 104 | |
4963969604 | Pedantic | ADJ: unimaginative; academic; DIDACTIC | 105 | |
4963972174 | Imperious | ADJ: insistent; domineering; PEREMPTORY | 106 | |
4963976486 | Rankle | V: to irritate; to irk | 107 | |
4963978689 | Exculpate | V: to pardon; to forgive | 108 | |
4963980708 | Abstruse | ADJ: complex; obscure | 109 | |
4963983670 | Sobriquet | N: nickname | 110 | |
4963985985 | Lassitude | N: exhaustion; weariness; LANGUOR | 111 | |
4963988254 | Abject | ADJ: miserable; hopeless; INSUPERABLE | 112 | |
4963991075 | Diffident | ADJ: shy; timid; reserved; RETICENT | 113 | |
4964011951 | Sanguinary | ADJ: bloody; murderous | 114 | |
4963998258 | Sedulous | ADJ: hard-working; ASSIDUOUS | 115 | |
4964001271 | Dirge | N: a funeral song | 116 | |
4964003052 | Petulant | ADJ: moody; irritable; IRASCIBLE; BILIOUS | 117 | |
4964045327 | Ostensible | ADJ: apparent; supposed | 118 | |
5201399515 | Equanimity | N: calmness | 119 | |
5201402028 | Dastardly | ADJ: cowardly; PUSILLANIMOUS | 120 | |
5201409657 | Amalgamate | V: to combine | 121 | |
5201419558 | Palpable | ADJ: concrete; real; touchable | 122 | |
5201422557 | Censure | V: to condemn; to criticize harshly; to REMONSTRATE N: condemnation; REMONSTRATION | 123 | |
5201438768 | Temporize | V: to procrastinate; to delay | 124 | |
5201442412 | Hidebound | ADJ: narrow-minded; intolerable; DOGMATIC | 125 | |
5201446629 | Bibulous | ADJ: fond of drink; alcoholic | 126 | |
5201450744 | Obstreperous | ADJ: rowdy; unruly; boisterous | 127 | |
5201454624 | Sundry | ADJ: varied; assorted; many | 128 | |
5201457253 | Circuitous | ADJ: rambling; indirect; roundabout | 129 | |
5201460810 | Garnish | ADJ: gaudy; flashy | 130 | |
5201464326 | Clamorous | ADJ: noisy; CACOPHONOUS | 131 | |
5201468252 | Compunction | N: remorse; regret | 132 | |
5201470641 | Erudite | ADJ: learned; scholarly | 133 | |
5292850848 | Indigent | ADJ: very poor; DESTITUTE | 134 | |
5292852350 | Nebulous | ADJ: cloudy; unclear | 135 | |
5292854376 | Refractory | ADJ: mulish; stubborn | 136 | |
5292860328 | Conquette | N: a flirt ADJ: flirtatious | 137 | |
5292867187 | Castigate | V: to critisize severely | 138 | |
5292872861 | Desultory | ADJ: wandering; unfocused; off-the-subject | 139 | |
5292876152 | Lugubrious | ADJ: mournful; gloomy; very sad; SATURNINE | 140 | |
5292880347 | Malingerer | N: one who feigns an illness | 141 | |
5292882135 | Copious | ADJ: plentiful; ample; REPLETE | 142 | |
5292884803 | Profusion | N: overabundance; plethora [can be good or bad]; surfeit [good]; plentitude | 143 | |
5403030830 | Bowdlerize | V: to purge; to censor; to remove bad or offensive parts | 144 | |
5403035506 | Rapacity | N: inordinate greed; CUPIDITY [greed for money] | 145 | |
5403043810 | Obfuscate | V: to darken or confuse; to OBSCURE | 146 | |
5403058817 | Cozen | V: to trick; to cheat | 147 | |
5403050865 | Sere | ADJ: withered; dried-up; ARID | 148 | |
5914698216 | Temperate | ADJ: calm; even-tempered; mild | 149 | |
5914700793 | Celerity | N: swiftness; speed; haste | 150 | |
5914703086 | Illimitable | ADJ: boundless; measureless | 151 | |
5914707106 | Steadfast | ADJ: loyal; unswerving; RESOLUTE | 152 | |
5914710932 | Mellifluous | ADJ: musical; harmonious; EUPHONIOUS | 153 | |
5914723059 | Vacuous | ADJ: stupid; insane; ASININE | 154 | |
5914726631 | Debauch | V: to seduce; to corrupt morally | 155 | |
5914729049 | Moribund | ADJ: dying; near death | 156 | |
5914731210 | Ribald | ADJ: vulgar; indecent; SCURRILOUS | 157 | |
5914734756 | Fortuitous | ADJ: lucky; fortunate | 158 | |
5914737401 | Proselyte | N: a convert; a disciple | 159 | |
5914742233 | Hoi polloi | N: the common people; the masses | 160 | |
5914746344 | Melee | N: a brawl; a free-for-all | 161 | |
5914807778 | Risible | ADJ: laughable; amusing; comical | 162 | |
5914752376 | Caterwaul | V: to howl or screech N: a racket | 163 | |
5914757878 | Solecism | N: a breech of etiquette; a faux pas; a misusage | 164 | |
5914760849 | Pecuniary | ADJ: pertaining to money; financial | 165 | |
5914762995 | Brazen | ADJ: sassy; cheeky; impudent | 166 | |
5914765116 | Pundit | N: a learned person; an expert | 167 | |
5914767278 | Tautology | N: needless repitition; redundancy | 168 | |
5914769816 | Deference | N: courtesy; respect | 169 | |
5914774646 | Avuncular | ADJ: of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an uncle; friendly; helpful | 170 | |
5914778743 | Aesthetic | ADJ: pertaining to beauty; artful; beautiful | 171 | |
5914782184 | Blithe | ADJ: cheerful; jolly; joyful; JOCUND | 172 | |
5914785018 | Antipathy | N: a strong dislike; hatred | 173 | |
5914791654 | Onus | N: responsibility; burden | 174 | |
5914793518 | Pungent | ADJ: spicy; sharp or strong in smell or taste; ACRID [ bitter] | 175 | |
5914798408 | Buffoon | N: a clown; BUFFOONERY [foolishness] | 176 | |
5914802086 | Denizen | N: inhabitant; resident | 177 | |
5914805388 | Truncate | V: to shorten; to lop; to trim | 178 |
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