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13568456761 | dissension | disagreement that leads to discord | 0 | |
13568456762 | parsimony | (noun) extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily; extreme stinginess | 1 | |
13568458391 | charlatan | a person falsely claiming to have specific knowledge or skills | 2 | |
13568459803 | dotard | an old person, especially one who has become physically weak or whose mental faculties have declined | 3 | |
13568460096 | precocious | characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity | 4 | |
13568460136 | extradite | to hand over to the authorities of a foreign country, usually where the crime was committed | 5 | |
13568461430 | lethargy | weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy | 6 | |
13568461431 | fathom | to understand something after deep thought | 7 | |
13568462103 | enthrall | to capture the fascinated attention of | 8 | |
13568462104 | viable | capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are | 9 | |
13568472763 | ruinous | causing harm to, or destruction of | 10 | |
13568473691 | attenuate | to become weaker in strength, value, or magnitude | 11 | |
13568473692 | modulation | the act of modifying or adjusting according to due measure and proportion | 12 | |
13568474342 | ignominy | public shame or disgrace | 13 | |
13568474343 | discomfiture | a feeling of unease or embarrassment; awkwardness | 14 | |
13568475351 | cloister | a covered stone passage along the sides of a courtyard/to seclude or shut up in a convent/monastery | 15 | |
13568475352 | stentorian | - very loud or powerful in sound | 16 | |
13568476178 | musing | a period of reflection or thought | 17 | |
13568477112 | Dominion | territory that a single ruler controls | 18 | |
13568477884 | Individious | likely to cause unhappiness or be unpleasant, especially because it is unfair | 19 | |
13568908684 | loquacious | full of trivial conversation; overly talkative | 20 | |
13568908685 | magnanimity | the state of being able to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity | 21 | |
13568909529 | vigilant | carefully observant/attentive; on the lookout for possible danger | 22 | |
13568909530 | deliquesce | - to melt away in the process of decay | 23 | |
13568910047 | versatile | able to adapt or be adapted to many different functions or activities | 24 | |
13568910636 | recurrent | occurring often or repeatedly | 25 | |
13568911064 | detractor | one who disparages or belittles the worth of something | 26 | |
13568911065 | cohort | a group of people with shared characteristics | 27 | |
13568913161 | pugnacious | - ready and able to resort to force or violence | 28 | |
13568913162 | myopic | lacking foresight or scope | 29 |