Dewar Smith List 1
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| 5154845997 | altruistic | (adj) unselfishly concerned for the welfare of others; generous | 0 | |
| 5154845998 | ambivalent | (adj) having contrary feelings or attitudes; uncertain as to course of action | 1 | |
| 5154845999 | angular | (adj) lean; sharp cornered; gaunt | 2 | |
| 5154846000 | arrogant | (adj) overbearingly assuming; insolently proud | 3 | |
| 5154846001 | aversion | (adj) strong disinclination; disliking | 4 | |
| 5154846002 | discern | (v) to differentiate between two or more things | 5 | |
| 5154846003 | disdain | (n) intense dislike; (v) to treat with scorn or contempt, to reject as unworthy | 6 | |
| 5154846004 | disparage | (v) to degrade; to speak of someone or something in a derogatory manner | 7 | |
| 5154846005 | disparity | (n) inequality; the condition or fact of being unequal in age, rank, or degree | 8 | |
| 5154846006 | embellish | (v) to decorate; to make beautiful with ornamentation | 9 | |
| 5154846007 | engender | (v) to cause; to produce; to create | 10 | |
| 5154846008 | innocuous | (adj) harmless; producing no injury | 11 | |
| 5154846009 | insipid | (adj) boring and stupid | 12 | |
| 5154846010 | lament | (v) to mourn or to express sorrow in a demonstrative manner | 13 | |
| 5154846011 | laud | (v) to praise; to extol | 14 | |
| 5154846012 | obscure | (adj) difficult to see; vague | 15 | |
| 5154846013 | ostentatious | (adj) showy; pretentious | 16 | |
| 5154846014 | prodigal | (adj) wasteful; (n) a person given to extravagance | 17 | |
| 5154846015 | repudiate | (v) to reject, to disown, to disavow | 18 | |
| 5154846016 | reticence | (n) restraint in speech; reluctance to speak | 19 | |
| 5154846017 | revere | (v) to honor, to regard with respect | 20 | |
| 5154846018 | serene | (adj) calm; placid | 21 | |
| 5154846019 | subtle | (adj) not obvious; delicate; elusive, | 22 | |
| 5154846020 | superfluous | (adj) beyond what is needed or required; an overflow | 23 | |
| 5154846021 | taciturn | (adj) quiet; not verbose | 24 |
