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5148256010PlaintiveADJ: sad; sorrowful; woebegone0
5148256011PortentousADJ: foreboding; alarming; ominous; portend V: to foreshadow1
5148256012SemblanceN: resemblance; alikeness; pretense; affinity2
5148256013PenuryN: extreme poverty (penurious: very poor)3
5148256014DesolateADJ: abandoned; bare; bleak; derelict4
5148256015AsceticADJ: harsh; severe; abstinent; self-sacrificing (also one who is)5
5148256016SullenADJ: upset; fretful; gloomy6
5148256017PeremptoryADJ: overbearing; authoritative; dictatorial; domineering7
5148256018SoporificADJ: boring; dull; causing sleep8
5148256019LudicrousADJ: absurd; ridiculous; PREPOSTEROUS9
5148256020FaçadeN: false front; guise; pretense; exterior10
5148256021ApprobationN: approval; consent; endorsement11
5148256022InterminableADJ: everlasting; incessant; never-ending12
5148256023CalumnyN: a false and malicious statement designed to injure the reputation of someone or something; slander; a damaging lie13
5148256024AcquiesceV: to yield; to comply; to accede14
5148256025PropitiousADJ: favorable; fortunate; good15
5148256026VenerateV: to revere; to admire; to esteem (veneration: respect)16
5148256027PhlegmaticADJ: indifferent; lifeless; dull; "blah"17
5148256028EnigmaN: a puzzle; a mystery (enigmatic: mysterious; puzzling)18
5148256029DeprecateV: to belittle; to condemn; to put down (verbally) (DISCOMMEND)19
5148256030NoxiousADJ: deadly; injurious; dangerous20
5148256031AssiduousADJ: hard-working; persevering; SEDULOUS (N: assiduity)21
5148256032SolicitousADJ: concerned; attentive; mindful22
5148256033FastidiousADJ: fussy; picky; METICULOUS23
5148256034InsipidADJ: dull; uninteresting; mundane24
5148256035InveterateADJ: customary; deep-rooted; habitual25
5148256036EnervateV: to fatigue; to weaken; to VITIATE26
5148256037TrepidationN: fear; anxiety; uneasiness27
5148256038IntrepidADJ: brave; heroic; audacious28
5148256039EvinceV: to show clearly; to prove29
5148256040IndefatigableADJ: tireless; determined; diligent30
5148256041InsuperableADJ: hopeless; impossible to overcome31
5148256042EngenderV: to cause to happen; to beget; to generate32
5148256043CapriciousADJ: erratic; flighty; given to whims; IRRESOLUTE; IMPETUOUS33
5148256044CountenanceN: outward appearance; PHYSIOGNOMY34
5148256045ConjectureN:a guess V: to guess35
5148256046InexorableADJ: restless; uncompromising; adamant36
5148256047SardonicADJ: bitterly sarcastic; biting37
5148256048ImpetuousADJ: impulsive; rash; hasty; CAPRICIOUS38
5148256049EquivocalADJ: doubtful; uncertain; dubious; evasive39
5148256050TransitoryADJ: temporary; fleeting; EPHEMERAL40
5148256051EphemeralADJ: temporary; fleeting; TRANSITORY41
5148256052ObscureADJ: cryptic; complicated; confusing V: to confuse; to hide42
5148256053SanguineADJ: happy; optimistic; hopeful43
5148256054ProdigalADJ: wasteful; excessive; PROFLIGATE44
5148256055DiscernV: to recognize and understand; to detect; to perceive45
5148256056ProfligateADJ: shamelessly immoral; reckless; wanton; PRODIGAL46
5148256057LanguidADJ: lacking in spirit or interest; indifferent; listless47
5148256058SententiousADJ: given to excessive moralizing; preachy; pithy; short and sweet48
5148256059DispositionN: frame of mind; mood; attitude; personality49
5148256060ApoplexyN: stroke; seazure (medical condition)50
5148256061EffulenceN: outfloq; emission; wordiness; VERBOSITY51
5148256062IndemnityN: payment; compensation52
5148256063PuerileADJ: immature; juvenile; CALLOW53
5148256064QuerulousADJ: grouchy; whily; hard-to-please54
5148256065PicayuneADJ: measily; of little value; worthless55
5148256066CapaciousADJ: spacious; roomy56
5148256067AscertainV: to find out for sure; to verify57
5148256068FerventADJ: intense; enthusiastic; avid; ARDENT58
5148256069IrascibleADJ: irritable; easily angered; BILIOUS; PETULANT; QUERULOUS59
5148256070ImbibeV: to consume; to swallow; to ingest; to absorb60
5148256071DrossN: trash; dregs; refuse61
5148256072Physiognomy:N: outward appearance; COUNTENANCE62
5148256073ConfabullationN: conversation; discussion; PALAVER63
5148256074NoisomeADJ: offensive; disgusting64
5148256075ConciliateV: to calm; to satisfy65
5148256076AutomatonN: a robot; gadget66
5148256077MisconstrueV: to interpret incorrectly; to misjudge67
5148256078PropinquityN: proximity- nearness in place-; kinship- nearness of relation-68
5148256079AsperityN: bitterness; irritability; meanness69
5148256080TyroN: beginner; newcomer70
5148256081PanegyricN: a speech praising someone, often dead; an encomium71
5148256082AssuageV: to cease; to lessen; to conciliate72
5148256083InvidiousADJ: offensive; hateful; full of enmity73
5148256084EffronteryN: shameless boldness; audacity; impudence74
5148256085DisquietingADJ: unsettling; disturbing75
5148256086RaptADJ: wholly absorbed; captivate; immersed76
5148256087SapientADJ: wise; intelligent77
5148256088MienN: manner; personality; disposition78
5148256089CapitulateV: to surrender79
5148256090PrecludeV: to prevent; to hinder; to impede80
5148256091DisputatiousADJ: argumentative; fond of argument81
5148256092SalientADJ: significant; remarkable; obvious82
5148256093FacileADJ: effortless; deft; hasty83
5148256094MaladroitADJ: clumsy; unskillful84
5148256095Fait AccompliN: an accomplished and presumably irreversible deed85
5148256096PedantryN: slavish attention to rules; meticulousnes; extreme exactness86
5148256097IneffableADJ: inexpressible; indescribable; unspeakable87
5148256098SalubriousADJ: healthful; wholesome; hygienic88
5148256099MisanthropyN: hatred of mankind89
5148256100EclecticADJ: assorted; aMULTIFARIOUS; DIVERSIFIED90
5148256101CursoryADJ: superficial; careless; haphazard91
5148256102DissimulateV: to pretend; to deceive; to feign92
5148256103ImmutableADJ: unchanging; eternal93
5148256104AmeliorateV: to make better; to improve94
5148256105PalliateV: to lessen; to sooth; to miligate95
5148256106FetterV: to curb; to hamper; to restrain; to TRAMMEL96
5148256107ArrogateV: to confiscate; to take/claim without right97
5148256108PredilectionN: a passion; a fondness; a PROCLIVITY98
5148256109CholericADJ: hot-tempered; easily angered99
5148256110AmbivalentADJ: indecisive; undecided; IRRESOLUTE100
5148256111ContumeliousADJ: insolent; rude101
5148256112PrurientADJ: lewd; obscene; lustful; LASCIVIOUS102
5148256113MachinationsN: schemes; plots103
5148256114IgnominiousADJ: disgraceful; shameful104
5148256115PedanticADJ: unimaginative; academic; DIDACTIC105
5148256116ImperiousADJ: insistent; domineering; PEREMPTORY106
5148256117RankleV: to irritate; to irk107
5148256118ExculpateV: to pardon; to forgive108
5148256119AbstruseADJ: complex; obscure109
5148256120SobriquetN: nickname110
5148256121LassitudeN: exhaustion; weariness; LANGUOR111
5148256122AbjectADJ: miserable; hopeless; INSUPERABLE112
5148256123DiffidentADJ: shy; timid; reserved; RETICENT113
5148256124SanguinaryADJ: bloody; murderous114
5148256125SedulousADJ: hard-working; ASSIDUOUS115
5148256126DirgeN: a funeral song116
5148256127PetulantADJ: moody; irritable; IRASCIBLE; BILIOUS117
5148256128OstensibleADJ: apparent; supposed118
5148264812equanimity(n) calmness, composure119
5148270005dastardly(adj) cowardly, *pusillanimous*120
5148278038amalgamate(v) to combine121
5148284749palpable(adj) touchable, concrete, real122
5148287181censure(v) to condemn or criticize harshly (n) condemnation, *remonstrate*123
5148301777temporize(v) to procrastinate, to delay124
5148304749hidebound(adj) narrow-minded125
5148309106bibulous(adj) fond of crunk juice, alchoholic126
5148315978obsteperous(adj) rowdy, unruly, boisterous127
5148319015sundry(adj) varied, assorted, diverse128
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