9827403421 | Abject | Lowly, miserable and wretched | ![]() | 0 |
9827403422 | Admonition | Gentle warning; friendly reproof | ![]() | 1 |
9827403423 | Aloof | not friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant | ![]() | 2 |
9827403424 | Ambivalence | The state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes | ![]() | 3 |
9827403425 | Anomalous | Abnormal, irregular, departing from the usual | ![]() | 4 |
9827403426 | Antiquated | No longer used or useful; very old | ![]() | 5 |
9827403427 | Aptly | fittingly, appropriately, suitably | 6 | |
9827403428 | Ardent | Enthusiastic or passionate | ![]() | 7 |
9827403429 | Assiduous | Persistent, attentive, diligent | ![]() | 8 |
9827403430 | Belated | Delayed | ![]() | 9 |
9827403431 | Beset | To attack from all sides; to harass; to surround | ![]() | 10 |
9827403432 | Brevity | Briefness | ![]() | 11 |
9827403433 | Brooding | preoccupied with depressing, morbid, or painful memories or thoughts | ![]() | 12 |
9827403434 | Cajole | To coax, persuade through flattery or artifice; to deceive with soothing thoughts or false promises | ![]() | 13 |
9827403435 | Callous | Emotionally hardened, unfeeling | ![]() | 14 |
9827403436 | Calumny | a false and malicious accusation; misrepresentation | ![]() | 15 |
9827403437 | Capricious | Impulsive and unpredictable | 16 | |
9827403438 | Chagrin | distress or embarrassment at having failed or been humiliated | ![]() | 17 |
9827403439 | Chastise | To inflict physical punishment as a means of correction; to scold severely | ![]() | 18 |
9827403440 | Cynical | Doubtful or distrustful of the goodness or sincerity of human motives | ![]() | 19 |
9827403441 | Deferential | Showing respect | ![]() | 20 |
9827403442 | Degradation | A state of low honor or moral character | 21 | |
9827403443 | Delineate | To describe, to depict | ![]() | 22 |
9827403444 | Deluded | deceived or misled | ![]() | 23 |
9827403445 | Denigrate | To attack the character of; to mock | ![]() | 24 |
9827403446 | Despondent | Downhearted; hopeless; overwhelmed with sadness | ![]() | 25 |
9827403447 | Devout | Deeply religious | ![]() | 26 |
9827403448 | Didactic | intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive | ![]() | 27 |
9827403449 | Disconsolate | (adj.) deeply unhappy or dejected; without hope, beyond consolation | ![]() | 28 |
9827403450 | Discursive | Rambling, moving from one topic to another randomly | ![]() | 29 |
9827403451 | Disparage | To degrade, to speak of someone or something in a derogatory manner; To belittle | ![]() | 30 |
9827403452 | Disparate | different; incompatible; unequal | ![]() | 31 |
9827403453 | Dissipated | Indulging excessively in sensual pleasures | 32 | |
9827403454 | Dogmatic | Stubbornly opinionated | ![]() | 33 |
9827403455 | Duplicitous | Deliberately deceptive | ![]() | 34 |
9827403456 | Earnest | Serious and sincere | ![]() | 35 |
9827403457 | Elegy | a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead. | ![]() | 36 |
9827403458 | Elliptical | obscure in expression; deliberate omission of words implied by context | 37 | |
9827403459 | Enervate | to weaken; to reduce in vitality | ![]() | 38 |
9827403460 | Enthrall | (v.) to captivate, charm, hold spellbound; to enslave; to imprison | ![]() | 39 |
9827403461 | Ephemeral | Lasting a very short time | ![]() | 40 |
9827403462 | Eschew | To avoid, shun, keep away from | ![]() | 41 |
9827403463 | Exemplify | to serve as a good example | 42 | |
9827403464 | Exhortation | A strong urging or pleading | ![]() | 43 |
9827403465 | Fawning | Displaying exaggerated flattery or affection | ![]() | 44 |
9827403466 | Formidable | Inspiring fear or respect through being impressively large, powerful, intense, or capable | ![]() | 45 |
9827403467 | Fortitude | Strength of mind that allows one to endure pain or adversity with courage | ![]() | 46 |
9827403468 | Hackneyed | Used so often as to lack freshness or originality | ![]() | 47 |
9827403469 | Haughty | Arrogant, excessively proud and vain | ![]() | 48 |
9827403470 | Hubris | Excessive pride or arrogance that results in the downfall of the protagonist of a tragedy | ![]() | 49 |
9827403471 | Idiosyncrasies | (n) any personal peculiarities or mannerisms | ![]() | 50 |
9827403472 | Impish | having or showing a playful desire to cause trouble : playful and mischievous | ![]() | 51 |
9827403473 | Incongruous | (adj) out of place, inappropriate, not harmonious | ![]() | 52 |
9827403474 | Indelible | Not able to be forgotten or removed | ![]() | 53 |
9827403475 | Inept | Unskilled; clumsy | ![]() | 54 |
9827403476 | Infer | deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements. | ![]() | 55 |
9827403477 | Invective | a verbally abusive attack | ![]() | 56 |
9827403478 | Laurels | Symbols of honor, such as a medal or trophy | ![]() | 57 |
9827403479 | Lethargy | A state of sluggishness, inactivity, and apathy | ![]() | 58 |
9827403480 | Litany | A long, repetitive, or dull account; A long list | ![]() | 59 |
9827403481 | Mendacious | Lying; false; deceitful | ![]() | 60 |
9827403482 | Misanthropy | Hatred of humanity | ![]() | 61 |
9827403483 | Misogynistic | reflecting or exhibiting hatred, dislike, mistrust, or mistreatment of women | ![]() | 62 |
9827403484 | Modicum | A small amount of something | ![]() | 63 |
9827403485 | Paean | a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving | ![]() | 64 |
9827403486 | Participle | A verbal that is used as an adjective and most often ends in -ing or -ed | ![]() | 65 |
9827403487 | Pedantic | Overly concerned with or narrowly focused on book learning or formal rules | ![]() | 66 |
9827403488 | Piety | Religious devotion | ![]() | 67 |
9827403489 | Pragmatic | practical, as opposed to idealistic | ![]() | 68 |
9827403490 | Pretentious | pompous, self-important | ![]() | 69 |
9827403491 | Prevalent | Commonly occurring; widely accepted or practiced | ![]() | 70 |
9827403492 | Reclusive | Seeking or preferring seclusion or isolation | ![]() | 71 |
9827403493 | Replete | (adj) supplied in abundance, filled, gorged (used with with) | ![]() | 72 |
9827403494 | Reproach | blame, disgrace (noun); criticize, express disappointment in (verb) | ![]() | 73 |
9827403495 | Resolute | (adj.) bold, determined; firm | ![]() | 74 |
9827403496 | Retribution | A repayment; a deserved punishment | ![]() | 75 |
9827403497 | Reverie | a state of being pleasantly lost in one's thoughts; a daydream | ![]() | 76 |
9827403498 | Rhetorical | concerned with effect or style of writing and speaking; A question asked merely for effect and not requiring an answer | ![]() | 77 |
9827403499 | Sagacious | Wise; having keen perception and sound judgement | ![]() | 78 |
9827403500 | Sardonic | Grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic | ![]() | 79 |
9827403501 | Satirize | To mock; to make fun of | ![]() | 80 |
9827403502 | Secular | Concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters | ![]() | 81 |
9827403503 | Serendipitous | occurring or discovered by chance in a happy or beneficial way | ![]() | 82 |
9827403504 | Sordid | involving ignoble actions and motives; arousing moral distaste and contempt. | ![]() | 83 |
9827403505 | Stalwart | strongly and stoutly built; sturdy and robust; brave; valiant; steadfast or uncompromising. | ![]() | 84 |
9827403506 | Steadfast | loyal, faithful | ![]() | 85 |
9827403507 | Stoic | Seemingly unaffected by pain or discomfort | ![]() | 86 |
9827403508 | Supercilious | Proud and contemptuous; showing scorn because of a feeling of superiority | ![]() | 87 |
9827403509 | Surreal | beyond what is real or believable; bizarre; Characterized by fantastic and incongruous imagery | ![]() | 88 |
9827403510 | Tedious | too long, slow, or dull: tiresome or monotonous. | ![]() | 89 |
9827403511 | Thwart | (v.) to oppose successfully; to prevent, frustrate | ![]() | 90 |
9827403512 | Timorous | Fearful, timid | ![]() | 91 |
9827403513 | Transience | the state or fact of lasting only for a short time; transitory nature. | ![]() | 92 |
9827403514 | Vanity | excessive pride in or admiration of one's own appearance or achievements | ![]() | 93 |
9827403515 | Vestige | A trace or evidence of something that once existed | ![]() | 94 |
9827403516 | Vicarious | Experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of another person | ![]() | 95 |
9827403517 | Vindictive | Revengeful, spiteful | ![]() | 96 |
9827403518 | Voluble | Talkative; given to rapid, abundant speech | ![]() | 97 |
9827403519 | Whimsical | (adj.) subject to odd ideas, notions, or fancies; playful; unpredictable | ![]() | 98 |
9827403520 | Wretched | miserable, pathetic, dejected | ![]() | 99 |
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