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pulchritude: n. - beauty
effervescent: adj. - bubbly, enthusiastic
sanguine: adj. - cheerful, bloody
alacrity: n. - cheerful readiness
ebullient: adj. - cheerful, enthusiastic
euphoric: adj. - deliriously happy
laudable: adj. - deserving praise
poignant: adj. - emotional, touching
auspicious: adj. - favorable in the future
altruism: n. - generosity towards mankind
benevolent: adj. - desiring to do good for others
fortuitous: adj. - lucky; fortunate; happening by fortunate chance
blithe: adj. - carefree, joyous, merry
fecund: adj. - fruitful, very productive or creative intellectually
benign: adj. - kind, harmless
amenable: adj. - agreeable
idyllic: adj. - charmingly simple or poetic; peaceful
decorum: n. - proper behavior
adroit: adj. - cleverly skillful or resourceful
apotheosis: n. - the glorification of s person or principle as an ideal
paean: n. - a song of joy, triumph, or praise
serendipity: n. - an aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident; fortunate accident
propitious: adj. - presenting favorable conditions; favorably disposed
salubrious: adj. - favorable to, or promoting health
affable: adj. - pleasantly easy to talk to; showing warmth and friendliness
amiable: adj. - characterized by goodwill; friendly
camaraderie: n. - friendship; good-fellowship
cordial: adj. - corteous; gracious
gregarious: adj. - sociable; fond of the company of others
genial: adj. - sympathetically cheerful
convivial: adj. - fond of feasting, drinking, and companionship
ostracize: v. - to exclude, by general consent, from society, privileges, etc.; to banish
pariah: n. - an outcast
alienation: n. - removed or isolated from a group
schadenfreude: n. - taking pleasure in someone else's misfortune
adversary: n. - an opponent or foe (an enemy who fights continuously and relentlessly)
antagonist: n. - an opponent (one who, in hostile spirit, opposes another)
inimical: unfriendly, hostile
aesthete: n. - a lover of beauty or art
anachronism: n. - a person or thing that is chronologically out of place
audacity: n. - boldness, with confident/arrogant disregard for personal safety
clandestine: adj. - secretive
epicure: n. - a person who cultivates a refined taste in food, art, music, etc.
furtive: adj. - aneaky; stealthy
hedonist: n. - lover of pleasure
intrepid: adj. - fearless
maverick: n. - a person who takes an independent stand apart from his associates; one who goes against the rules
ostentatious: adj. - showy; intended to attract notice
surreptitious: adj. - obtained or done by stealth
temerity: n. - reckless boldness
wily: adj. - cunning
beguile: v. - to influence by cunning; to charm or divert
dilettante: n. - a person who takes up an art, activity or subject purely for amusement; a dabbler
adulterated: adj. - corrupted; contaminated
cantankerous: adj. - ill-tempered; grouchy
caustic: adj. - biting; stinging
garish: adj. - flashy; glaring
incisive: adj. - cutting; penetrating
insolent: adj. - rude, insulting
officious: adj. - excessively forward in offering one's service or advice to others
patronizing: adj. - condescending
pedantic: adj. - one who shows off his learning ostentatiously
malevolent: adj. - evil
nefarious: adj. - evil
malfeasance: n. - misconduct or wrongdoing
notorious: adj. - famous for wrongdoing
pernicious: adj. - exceedingly harmful; causing death, injury or corruption
contentious: adj. - argumentative
fractious: adj. - argumentative, causing divisions
acrimonious: adj. - bitter
repugnant: adj. - disgusting
antipathy: n. - intense dislike, hatred
feral: adj. - fierce
rancor: adj. - bitter, long-lasting resentment
deleterious: adj. - harmful
enmity: n. - hatred
lurid: adj. - causing shock or horror
egregious: adj. - outstandingly bad; blatant
noisome: adj. - offensive to the point of arousing disgust (like an odor)
pugnacious: adj. - prone to fighting
fetid: adj. - stinky
unpalatable: adj. - disgusting
pervasive: adj. - present throughout
prodigious: adj. - impressively great in size, force or extent
prolific: adj. - producing abundant works or results; fertile
replete: adj. - plentifully supplied; abundant; full
superfluous: adj. - beyond what is required or sufficient, extra (usually with a negative connotation)
ubiquitous: adj. - found everywhere
voracious: adj. - can't get enough; having an insatiable appetite for something
myriad: n. - a vast number; a great multitude
cornucopia: n. - an overflowing abundance
dearth: n. - scarcity
paucity: n. - scarcity
spartan: adj. - has a lot of self-discipline; engages in self-denial
austere: adj. - strict or severe in moral discipline
ascetic: n. - a person who engages in strict self-discipline
scant: adj. - deficient in quantity or amount
meager: adj. - conspicuously deficient in quantity, fullness or extent
banal: adj. - boring, ordinary
enervate: v. - to weaken
ennui: n. - boredom
inconsequential: adj. - unimportant; not affecting the outcome
insipid: adj. - dull, uninteresting
mundane: adj. - everyday, ordinary
ponderous: adj. - lacking fluency, labored, dull
prosaic: adj. - lacking imagination or spirit; dull; ordinary
soporific: adj. - causing sleep
stoic: adj. - stone-faced; not showing emotion
dilatory: adj. - characterized by procrastination; tardy
indolence: n. - laziness
lethargy: n. - sluggishness
listless: adj. - marked by a lack of energy or effort
languid: adj. - lacking energy, vitality or enthusiasm
sedentary: asj. - not moving (like a couch potato)
stupor: n. - state of reduced mental capacity or sensibilites
torpor: n. - a condition of mental or physical inactivity
admonition: n. - mild censure, warning or advice
pious: adj. - devout (in terms of religion); commendable; worthy
disconcerted: adj. - perturbed; ruffled; upset
piquancy: n. - something that is appealingly provocative
disdain: v. - to regard or treat with haughty contempt
eclat: n. - great brilliance, as of performance or achievement
aversion: n. - intense dislike
titular: adj. - pertaining to having titles, existing as such in name only
ephemeral: adj. - lasting for a brief time; shrot-lived; transitory
importune: v. - to beset with repeated and insistent requests; to annoy
pule: v. - to whine; to whimper
succumb: v. - to yield or submit to an overwhelming force or desire
expiate: v. - to make atonement for; to repent
intrinsic: adj. - pertaining to the essential nature of a thing; inherent
chagrin: v. - to vex or annoy by disappointment or humiliation
brook: v. - to bear, suffer, tolerate
contrite: adj. - overcome by a sense of guilt and desirous of atonement
venerable: adj. - commanding respect or interest because of great age
affront: v. - to offend by a show of disrespect
nonchalance: n. - casual lack of concern
squalid: adj. - foul and repulsive, as from a lack of cleanliness
mendicant: adj. - begging, living on alms; characteristic of a beggar
sycophantic: adj. - flattering in a self-seeking or servile way
reverence: n. - a feeling of attitude of deep respect tinged with awe
reverie: n. - a state of dreamy meditation or fanciful musing
prate: v. - to talk excessively and pointlessly; to babble
confound: v. - to perplex, amaze or confuse
petulance: n. - a state of being moved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation, especially over some trifling annoyance
indomitable: adj. - unable to be subdued or overcome (as in people, pride, or courage)
amelioration: n. - the act of trying to improve something; improvement
alleviate: v. - to relieve
assuage: v. - to calm, lessen
emollient: n. - soothing substance
mollify: v. - to soothe
placid: adj. - calm
temperate: adj. - mild (climate or disposition)
placate: v. - to diminish the anger of, especially by making concessions
abdicate: v. - to give up power willingly
coup: n. - an overthrow of power
despot: n. - an unjust ruler
equanimity: n. - level-hesdedness
haughty: adj. - arrogant
omnipotent: adj. - all-powreful
pragmatic: adj. - practical
prudent: adj. - wise, having the ability to make good decisions
sanction: v. - to allow
thwart: v. - to overthrow
usurp: v. - to take power by force
arduous: adj. difficult
assiduous: adj. - hard-working
diligent: adj. - demonstrating a good work ethic; responsible
malinger: v. - te feign illness or other incapacity in order to avoid duty or work
avarice: n. - greed
insolvent: adj. - unable to meet debts or discharge liabilites; bankrupt
munificent: adj. - generous
parsimony: n. - stinginess
philanthropist: n. - one who works for the good of mankind by giving time and money to charity
remuneration: n. - payment
fastidious: adj. - extremely neat and tidy
meticulous: adj. - paying careful attention to detail
pristine: adj. - pure, clean
punctilious: adj. - nit-picky
purist: n. - one who prefers for things to be in their original state
pander: v. - to act as a go-between in sexual liasons (to act as a pimp); to cater to the lower desires of others
plagiarize: v. - to steal ideas
conflagration: n. - a large, destructive fire
slander: n./v. - a false and malicious statement about someone (to speak such a statement)
libel: n./v. - a false publication, as in writing, print, signs, or pictures, which damages a person's reputation
subterfuge: n. - something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity
jurisprudence: n. - the science or study of law
arbiter: n. - one chosen or appointed to judge or decide a disputed issue
sequester: v. - to shelter away from (sometimes juries are sequestered)
incontrovertible: adj. - undeniable; unquestioningly true
substantiate: v. - to prove
exculpate: v. - to free from guilt (carries the implication that the person who is exculpated is innocent)
exonerate: v. - to free from blame or responsibility (does not necessarily carry the implication that the person is 100% innocent-rather, the person is freed from blame)
vindicate: v. - to clear of accusation, blame, suspicion, or doubt with supporting arguments or proof; to exact revenge for, avenge
asylum: n. - refuge; safe haven (literally or figuratively)
unfettered: adj. - unchained; unrestrained
ruse: n. - a clever trick
bilk: v. - to steal from
charlatan: n. - one who deceives or tricks
duplicity: n. - deception, lying
equivocate: v. - to lie
guile: n. - deception (sometimes with charm or cunning)
stratagem: n. - plan (usually deceptive)
apocryphal: adj. - untrue (as in tall tales); of questionable origins (rumors)
obsequious: adj. - brown-nosing, fake
specious: adj. - having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually false
spurious: adj. - lacking authenticity or validity in essence or origin; not genuine; false
heretic: n. - one who defies commonly held beliefs
parochial: adj. - narrow-minded
penitent: adj. - sorry for wrongdoing
proselytize: v. - to preach or try to convert
tenet: n. - a fundamental belief
dogged: adj. - persistent (in a productive way)
dogmatic: adj. - characterized by an authoritative, arrogant assertion of unproved or unprovable principles
immutable: adj. - unchangeable
impervious: adj. - unable to be penetrated
implacable: adj. - unable to be calmed
incorrigible: adj. - unable to be reformed or corrected
intractable: adj. - difficult to manage or govern
intransigence: n. - the act of stubbornly refusing to compromise
obdurate: adj. - hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness
recalcitrant: adj. - marked by stubborn resistance to and defiance of authority or guidance
tenacious: adj. - holding or tending to hold persistently to something, such as a point of view
trenchant: adj. - forceful, effective, vigorous (as in an argument)
harbinger: n. - something that indicates or foreshadows what is to come
ominous: adj. - foreboding, signaling bad things to come
portend: v. - to serve as an omen or a warning of
prescient: adj. - perceiving the significance of events before they occur
prophetic: adj. - able to see into the future
conundrum: n. - puzzle; tricky situation
quandary: n. - puzzle; tricky situation
abstruse: adj. - difficult to understand
dubious: adj. - doubtful
trepidation: n. - fear, nervousness
capricious: adj. - fickle, subject to one's whim or passing fancy
ambivalent: adj. - having conflicting feelings
ambiguous: adj. - having more than one meaning, unclear`
dolt: n. - idiot
apathy: n. - a lack of feeling, indifference
cryptic: adj. - secretive, difficult to understand (like a code)
vacillate: v. - to waver
impenetrable: adj. - unable to be understood
nebulous: adj. - unclear, vague
naive: adj. - unsophisticated, inexperienced
tenuous: adj. - having little substance, flimsy (a tenuous argument)
boisterous: adj. - loud, full of energy
bombastic: adj. - pompous, arrogant or overblown in style of speaking
clamor: n. - loud noise, usually from a crowd, usually of protest; a hubbub
garrulous: adj. - given to excessive and often trivial or rambling talk; tiresomely talkative
loquacious: adj. - talkative
raucous: adj. - loud and rowdy

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