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Vigilance
Alert watchfulness; carefulness
Superfluity
Overabundance; excess
Substantiate
to support with proof or evidence; verify
Unbridl
To free from restriction or restraint.
Vivacious
lively
Teem
To be full of things; abound or swarm; to be or become pregnant; bear young; give birth to; be abundantly filled or richly supplied
Shrivel
To become or make much less or smaller; dwindle; to become or make shrunken and wrinkled, often by drying; to lose or cause to lose vitality or intensity; dehydrate, dry up
Tactic
a plan for attaining a particular goal; Syn
Thrive
To make steady progress; prosper; grow vigorously; flourish
Tincture
An alcoholic, hydroalcoholic, or ethereal solution of a drug; something that imparts color; coloring or dyeing substance; a pigment; quality that colors, pervades, or distinguishes; to stain or tint with a color; to infuse, as with a quality; impregnate
Seldom
Not often; infrequently or rarely
Semitic
Of, relating to, or constituting a subgroup of the Afro-Asiatic language group that includes Arabic, Hebrew, Amharic, and Aramaic; of or relating to the Semites or their languages or cultures
Wane
to decrease gradually in size, amount, intensity, or degree; decline
Trail
To allow to drag or stream behind, as along the ground:
Unsubstantial
Lacking material substance; insubstantial; lacking firmness or strength; flimsy; lacking basis in fact; lacking material form or substance; unreal
Tempestuous
Violently disturbed or agitated, as by storms; tumultuous; stormy; wild
Sylvan
Relating to or characteristic of woods or forest regions; abounding in trees; wooded
Unscrupulous
Devoid of scruples; oblivious to or contemptuous of what is right or honorable.
Topical
Of or belonging to a particular location or place; local; currently of interest; contemporary
Slipshod
Marked by carelessness; sloppy or slovenly.
Veto
To forbid or prohibit authoritatively; refusal of permission
Sangfroid
coolness and composure, especially in trying circumstances
Tort
damage, injury, or a wrongful act done willfully, negligently, or in circumstances involving strict liability, but not involving breach
Stolid
Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; impassive; apathetic, stupid; without emotion or interest
Superficiality
Trivial; insignificant
Seethe
To churn and foam as if boiling; be in a state of turmoil or ferment; be violently excited or agitated; be angry and silently fixated on a problem; be very angry; be in a state of emotional or mental turmoil
Vociferous
Making, given to, or marked by noisy and vehement outcry; loud, insistent
Wretched
So objectionable as to elicit despisal or deserve condemnation; terrible, very bad; of very inferior quality; miserable
Surreptitious
Obtained, done, or made by clandestine or stealthy means; acting with or marked by stealth; trickily secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods; marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
Striate
Marked with striae; striped, grooved, or ridged; to mark with a line or band, as of different color or texture
Suture
The process of joining two surfaces or edges together along a line by or as if by sewing
Spurn
To be unwilling to accept, consider, or receive; to kick at or tread on disdainfully
Symphony
Pleasing agreement, as of musical sounds; harmony, especially of sound or color
Saunter
To walk at a leisurely pace; stroll; leisurely pace; leisurely walk or stroll; stroll; walk in a confident manner; act of walking, especially for pleasure
Torpor
state of being inactive and having no energy
Yawn
To open the mouth wide and breathe in deeply especially when one is sleepy; to open the mouth wide with a deep inhalation, usually involuntarily from drowsiness, fatigue, or boredom
Uncanny
Peculiarly unsettling, as if of supernatural origin or nature; so keen and perceptive as to seem preternatural; of a mysteriously strange and usually frightening nature; very strange, unusual
Truculent
Disposed to fight; pugnacious; expressing bitter opposition; scathing; disposed to or exhibiting violence or destructiveness; fierce; belligerent, hateful; defiantly aggressive
Vouchsafe
To condescend to grant or bestow (a privilege, for example); deign; to let have as a favor, prerogative, or privilege; to descend to a level considered inappropriate to one's dignity; ose; grant
Vault
A room or compartment, often built of steel, for the safekeeping of valuables; a burial place or receptacle for human remains; to move off the ground by a muscular effort of the legs and feet; act of jumping
Stalwart
Having or marked by imposing physical strength.
Saga
A long detailed report; epic tale, long story
Unrealizable
Impossible to achieve
Strait
A narrow channel joining two larger bodies of waterOften used in the plural with a singular verb; A position of difficulty, perplexity, distress, or needOften used in the plural; crisis, difficulty
Satirize
A literary work in which human vice or folly is attacked through irony, derision, or wit
Synopsis
summary or outline
Treacle
Cloying speech or sentiment; a medicinal compound formerly used as an antidote for poison
Unwonted
Not habitual or ordinary; unusual; not accustomed; unused; rare
Senility
Old age; mental and physical deterioration associated with aging; loss of faculties
Scrimp
To economize severely; be excessively sparing with or of; to cut or make too small or scanty; spend as little as possible; save money; be severely sparing in order to economize
Sunder
To break or wrench apart; sever; a division or separation; to crack or split into two or more fragments by means of or as a result of force, a blow, or strain
Stygian
Gloomy and dark; infernal; hellish
Surly
bad tempered; unfriendly
Virile
Of, relating to, or having the characteristics of an adult male; having or showing masculine spirit, strength, vigor, or power; capable of performing sexually as a male; potent; manly
Volatile
Following no predictable pattern; explosive, changeable; having a tendency to evaporate rapidly; flying or capable of flying; ephemeral; fleeting; inconstant; fickle; lighthearted; flighty
Tawdry
showy or gaudy but without real value
Sagitta
A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere near Aquila and Vulpecula
Vilify
to make vicious and defamatory statements about
Speculative
risky; based on guesswork rather than knowledge
Sanctimonious
Feigning piety or righteousness; of or practicing hypocrisy; self-righteous, hypocritical about one's own holiness
Terrestrial
Earthly
Thwart
To prevent from accomplishing a purpose; stop, hinder; oppose and defeat the efforts, plans, or ambitions of; seat across a boat on which a rower may sit
Untactful
Lacking sensitivity and skill in dealing with others; lacking or showing a lack of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others
Scepter(sceptre)
A staff held by a sovereign as an emblem of authority; ruling power or authority; sovereignty; invest with royal authority; a king's staff of office, the sign and symbol of his authority
Shun
To avoid deliberately; keep away from; avoid; ignore
Swarthy
Having a dark complexion or color; of a complexion tending toward brown or black; dark-complexioned
Xerophagy
dry eating or fasting
Titillate
To stimulate by touching lightly; tickle; to excite (another) pleasurably, superficially or erotically
Vile
Very evil; unpleasant; so objectionable as to elicit despisal or deserve condemnation; heavily soiled; very dirty or unclean; extremely unpleasant to the senses or feelings; having or proceeding from low moral standards; offensive, horrible; loathsome; disgusting
Suppliant
Asking humbly and earnestly; beseeching; one praying humbly for something
Testy
Irritated, impatient, or exasperated; peevish; touchy; easily annoyed
Toil
To labor continuously; exhausting labor or effort; something that binds, snares, or entangles one; an entrapment; hard work; walk heavily, slowly, and with difficulty; to exert one's mental or physical powers, usually under difficulty and to the point of exhaustion
Unsubstantiated
Unsupported by other evidence
Stultify
To render useless or ineffectual; cripple; to cause to appear stupid, inconsistent, or ridiculous; to allege or prove insane and so not legally responsible
Seraph
A celestial being having three pairs of wings; the first of the nine orders of angels in medieval angelology
Swagger
To walk with exaggerated or unnatural motions expressive of self-importance or self-display; a proud stiff pompous gait; discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate; act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner
Toady
A person who flatters or defers to others for self-serving reasons; a sycophant; tray to gain favor by cringing or flattering
Unbridled
Unrestrained; uncontrolled; lacking in moral restraint; being without restraint
Vapid
Lacking liveliness, animation, or interest; dull; lacking taste, zest, or flavor; flat; uninteresting
Visa
An official authorization appended to a passport, permitting entry into and travel within a particular country or region; to endorse or ratify (a passport)
Stagnant
Not moving or flowing; motionless; showing little or no sign of activity or advancement; not developing or progressing; inactive; lacking vitality or briskness; sluggish or dull; motionless
Sturdy
Having or showing rugged physical strength; substantially made or built; stout; marked by resoluteness or determination; firm; solid, durable; strong and hardy
Vehement
Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid
Vicissitudinous
Full of, or subject to, changes
Untenable
Incapable of being defended or justified
Slothful
Disinclined to work or exertion; lazy
Trite
Lacking power to evoke interest through overuse or repetition; hackneyed; without freshness or appeal because of overuse;silly, commonplace
Skulduggery
Crafty deception or trickery or an instance of it; verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
Tantalizing
Enticingly in sight, yet often out of reach; arousing desire or expectation for something unattainable or mockingly out of reach; very pleasantly inviting
Transitoriness
The quality or state of being transitory; speedy passage or departure
Turpitude
Depravity; baseness; a base act
Thrifty
Practicing or marked by the practice of thrift; wisely economical; industrious and thriving; prosperous; growing vigorously; thriving, as a plant; not wasteful
Tirade
A long angry or violent speech, usually of a censorious or denunciatory nature; a diatribe
Vacillate
To sway from one side to the other; oscillate
Transgression
A violation of a law, command, or duty; exceeding of due bounds or limits; relative rise in sea level resulting in deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata; an act or instance of breaking a law or regulation or of nonfulfillment of an obligation or promise; violation, misbehavior
Strut
To walk with pompous bearing; swagger.
Witless
Lacking intelligence or wit; foolish; (of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment
Turmoil
A state of extreme confusion or agitation; commotion or tumult; chaos
Sybarite
a person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses
Vivify
To give or bring life to; animate; to make more lively, intense, or striking; to make alive
Schism
A separation or division into factions; disunion; discord; state of disagreement and disharmony; condition of being divided, as in opinion; interruption in friendly relations
Spartan
Resolute in the face of pain or danger or adversity; unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment; practicing great self-denial; austere; laconic; simple
Tributary
A stream that flows into a larger stream or other body of water; making additions or yielding supplies; contributory; secondary; branch
Vitriolic
similar to as in tarnishing an image
Volition
The act or an instance of making a conscious choice or decision; a conscious choice or decision
Yokel
An uneducated country person; clumsy, unsophisticated person; a rustic; a bumpkin
Teetotaler
One who abstains completely from alcoholic beverages; a total abstainer; practice of refraining from use of alcoholic liquors
Tandem
an arrangement of two or more objects or persons one behind another, A bicycle with two sets of pedals and two seats
Succor
Assistance in time of distress; relief; one that affords assistance or relief; to give assistance to in time of want, difficulty, or distress
Terse
Brief and to the point; effectively concise
Tantamount
Agreeing exactly in value, quantity, or effect; same; equivalent in effect or value
Timorous
Full of apprehensiveness; timid; easily frightened
Serrated
Notched like the edge of a saw; saw-toothed; serrate
Vex
To trouble the nerves or peace of mind of, especially by repeated vexations; distress, bother; disturb or annoy; to cause perplexity in; puzzle; to debate or discuss (a question, for example) at length; to toss about or shake up
Seal
A device for impressing characteristic marks into a soft surface, often to indicate ownershipSeals may be in the form of stamps or cylinder seals; authentication; stamp; ensure, finalize; make airtight; affix a seal to in order to prove authenticity or attest to accuracy, legal weight, quality, or another standard
Sustenance
The act of sustaining; the condition of being sustained; the supporting of life or health; maintenance
Tortuous
Full of plot twists
Wilt
Sag, fail; to become limp or flaccid
Slight
Small in degree, especially of probability; to think, represent, or speak of as small or unimportant; to refuse to pay attention to (a person); treat with contempt; to fail to care for or give proper attention to; act or instance of neglecting; act that offends a person's sense of pride or dignity; insult, disrespect; offend; thin, small in build; to pay little or no attention to
Stench
A strong, foul odor; a stink; a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
Spate
A sudden rush or flood; sudden or rapid flowing outward; an abundant, usually overwhelming flow or fall, as of a river or rain
Supercillious
Overly convinced of one's own superiority and importance; arrogant, stuck-up
Tactual
Of, relating to, or arising from the sense of touch; producing a sensation of touch; tactile
Tenacity
firmness or persistence
Tenacious
Holding or tending to hold persistently to something, such as a point of view; holding together firmly; cohesive; clinging to another object or surface; adhesive; tending to retain; retentive; sticky; strong
Signatory
Bound by signed agreement; one that has signed a treaty or other document; someone who signs and is bound by a document
Tarpaulin
Material, such as waterproofed canvas, used to cover and protect things from moisture; a waterproof cloth, esp one used in large sheets for covering anything exposed to the weather
Salient
Readily attracting notice; describing any projecting part or member, as a salient corner; springing; jumping; a military position that projects into the position of the enemy; projecting angle or part
Sully
To mar the cleanness or luster of; soil or stain; to defile; taint
Thunderous
Producing thunder or a similar sound; loud and unrestrained in a way that suggests thunder; extremely ominous
Ungainly
Lacking grace or ease of movement or form; clumsy; Difficult to move or use; unwieldy; awkward; lacking dexterity and grace in physical movement; difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape
Topography
Concerned with topography; the character, natural features, and configuration of land; surface features of a place or region
Solemn
Deeply earnest, serious, and sober; gloomy; somber; performed with full ceremony; invoking the force of religion; sacred
Unswerving
Constant; steady
Wanton
Careless; cruel, malicious
Shadowy
Lacking distinctness; faint; lacking substance; unsubstantial; relating or resembling a shadow; full of shade; dark; lacking clarity; indistinct
Scrutiny
A close, careful examination or study; close observation; surveillance
Stature
The natural height of a human or animal in an upright position; achieved level; status; importance
Trademark
A name, symbol, or other device identifying a product, officially registered and legally restricted to the use of the owner or manufacturer; distinctive characteristic by which a person or thing comes to be known; label (a product) with proprietary identification; register (something) as a trademark
Vitiate
To reduce the value or impair the quality of; to corrupt morally; debase; to make ineffective; invalidate
Vaporous
Extravagantly fanciful; high-flown; so light and insubstantial as to resemble air or a thin film
Starry-eyed
Having a naively enthusiastic, overoptimistic, or romantic view; unrealistic; unrealistically or naively optimistic
Sacrilege
Desecration, profanation, misuse, or theft of something sacred; irreverence
Whet
To sharpen (a knife, for example); hone; make more keen; stimulate; sharpen; arouse; excite
Topple
To push or throw over; overturn or overthrow; to totter and fall; fall or knock over; overthrow; fall down, as if collapsing; to undergo capture, defeat, or ruin
Thaw
Change from a frozen solid to a liquid by gradual warming; unfreeze, warm
Second-rate
Of inferior or mediocre quality or value
Vestige
A visible trace, evidence, or sign of something that once existed but exists or appears no more; a trace of something absent, lost, or vanished; the remnant of a structure that functioned in a previous stage of species or individual development
Vulgaris
Being of the usual type; common
Whimsy
An odd or fanciful idea; a whim; quaint or fanciful quality; an impulsive, often illogical turn of mind; the trait of acting more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment
Taciturn
Disinclined to speak or inclined to silence; untalkative
Scad
A large number or amount often used in the plural; an indeterminately great amount or number; any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae
Sanction
Formal and explicit approval, Official permission or approval, The act of final authorization; Syn
Urbanity
Refined, effortless beauty of manner, form, and style; refinement and elegance of manner; polished courtesy; polished courtesy; elegance of manner
Tintinnabulation
the ringing or sounding of bells
Unctuous
Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness; slippery; greasy; affectedly and self-servingly earnest; too polite in speech or manner
Termagant
A person, traditionally a woman, who persistently nags or criticizes
Trifling
Of slight worth or importance; frivolous or idle; insignificant, worthless; contemptibly unimportant; the deliberate act of wasting time instead of working
Temper
To make or become less severe or extreme; temporary state of mind or feeling; person's customary manner of emotional response; angry outburst; tendency to become angry or irritable; prevailing quality, as of thought, behavior, or attitude; angriness; bad mood; calmness; calm, moderate; harden
Vulgarian
A vulgar person, especially one who makes a conspicuous display of wealth; an unrefined, rude person; a vulgar person (especially someone who makes a vulgar display of wealth)
Tardy
Occurring, arriving, acting, or done after the scheduled, expected, or usual time; late; moving slowly; sluggish
Shoal
A shallow part of a body of water: shallow; measuring little from bottom to top or surface
Truculence
A disposition or apparent disposition to fight, especially fiercely; ferociously cruel actions or behavior; obstreperous and defiant aggressiveness
Splurge
to indulge in an extravagant expense or luxury
Splint
A rigid device used to prevent motion of a joint or of the ends of a fractured bone; thin, flexible wooden strip, such as one used in the making of baskets or chair bottoms; plate or strip of metal; bony enlargement of the cannon bone or splint bone of a horse; hin piece split off from a larger piece; a splinter; a rigid appliance for the fixation of displaced or movable parts; a support or brace used to fasten or confine; metal, acrylic resin, or modeling compound fashioned to retain in position teeth that may have been replanted or have fractured roots
Slattern
an untidy, dirty woman
Sober
Exercising moderation and self-restraint in appetites and behavior; having or indicating an awareness of things as they really are; full of or marked by dignity and seriousness; calm, peaceful; dull; not partaking of alcohol; having a serious attitude
Slatternly
slovenly; untidy
Skittish
Feeling or exhibiting nervous tension; very nervous; lively; shy
Sycophant
A servile self-seeker who attempts to win favor by flattering influential people; one who flatters another excessively
Sojourn
to reside temporarily; temporary residence
Specimen
A bit of tissue or blood that is taken for diagnostic purposes; individual, item, or part representative of a class, genus, or whole
Shuck
A husk, pod, or shell, as of a pea, hickory nut, or ear of corn The shell of an oyster or clam
Tiresome
Causing fatigue or boredom; wearisome; arousing no interest or curiosity; irritating, exasperating; so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
Splay
An outward bevel around a door or window that makes it seem larger; spread open or apart; turn outward; move out of position; turned outward in an ungainly manner
Voluble
Marked by a ready flow of speech; fluent; turning easily on an axis; rotating; talkative
Wary
On guard; watchful; characterized by caution; vigilantly attentive; trying attentively to avoid danger, risk, or error; careful, cautious; openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
Temerity
Foolhardy disregard of danger; recklessness; nerve, audacity; rash or presumptuous daring
Tractable
Easily managed or controlled; governable; willing to carry out the wishes of others; manageable
Zealot
excessive enthusiasm or u can say excessive zeal; or fanatic
Versed
Acquainted through study or experience; knowledgeable or skilled; experienced, informed
Triad
A group of three; a chord of three tones, especially one built on a given root tone plus a major or minor third and a perfect fifth; set of three similar things considered as a unit
Voluptuous
Giving, characterized by, or suggesting ample, unrestrained pleasure to the senses; well-developed, erotic; having fullness of beautiful form
Sumptuous
Of a size or splendor suggesting great expense; lavish; luxurious, splendid; rich and superior in quality
Transitory
existing or lasting only a short time; short-lived or temporary
Stupor
A state of reduced or suspended sensibility; state of mental numbness, as that resulting from shock; a daze; condition of dullness, often resulting from stress; unconsciousness
Vigorate
Strong, energetic, and active in mind or body; robust.
Tedium
The quality or condition of being tedious; tediousness or boredom; dullness, monotony; state or condition of being bored; monotony
Unction
anointing with oil in a religious fashion sanction; Excessive but superficial compliments given with affected charm, Smug self-serving earnestness; Syn
Wedding
Marriage rite
Sobriquet
An affectionate or humorous nickname; an assumed name; a familiar name (often a shortened version of a person's given name)
Stentorian
extremely loud
Sprain
A painful wrenching or laceration of the ligaments of a joint; to injure a (bodily part) by twisting; injury to a joint, with possible rupture of some of the ligaments or tendons but without dislocation or fracture; an injury caused by twisting a muscle or ligament in a joint without putting the bones out of place
Vicissitude
a change or variation The quality of being changeable; mutability
Saturnine
melancholy or sullen; gloomy
Vim
Ebullient vitality and energy; an imaginative lively style
Solitary
alone
Vulgar
Common, general; rude, offensive
Tessellated
decorated with small pieces of colored glass or stone fitted together; a mosaic floor;having a checkered or mottled appearance
Secular
Someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person; Syn -layman, profane
Sate
To satisfy (an appetite) fully; to satisfy to excess; fill to satisfaction
Uncouth
Crude; unrefined; awkward or clumsy; ungraceful; archaic; foreign; unfamiliar; clumsy, uncultivated; lacking in delicacy or refinement
Swath
A path or strip; the space created by the swing of a scythe or the cut of a mowing machine
Votary
One zealously devoted to a religion
Skimp
To deal with hastily, carelessly, or with poor material; be stingy or very thrifty; scanty; be cheap or frugal about; give barely enough or not enough attention, funds or effort
Sham
A fraudulent imitation; a display of insincere behavior; to behave affectedly or insincerely or take on a false or misleading appearance of; to assume a false appearance or character; dissemble; a decorative cover made to simulate an article of household linen and used over or in place of it
Void
An empty space
Voraciousness
Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous; having or marked by an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; greedy
Skein
a length of thread or yarn wound in a loose long coil; a flock of geese or similar birds in flight
Slake
to satisfy (a craving); quench; to lessen the force or activity of; moderate; to cool or refresh by wetting or moistening; to combine (lime) chemically with water or moist air; make less active or intense
Titanic
Having great stature or enormous strength; huge or colossal; of enormous scope, power, or influence
Votary
A person bound by vows to live a life of religious worship or service; a faithful follower; an enthusiast
Therapeutic
Having or exhibiting healing powers; healing; serving to cure
Tame
Brought from wildness into a domesticated or tractable state; not timid; submissive; docile; fawning; insipid, flat; sluggish; languid; inactive; to tone down; soften; to subdue or curb; dull, uninteresting; domesticated, compliant
Screen
To cut off from sight: block; to shelter, especially from light; to examine (material) and remove parts considered harmful or improper for publication or transmission; hide, protect; a detachment of troops or ships detailed to cover the movements of the main body
Trenchant
Forceful, effective, and vigorous; caustic; cutting; distinct; clear-cut; possessing or displaying perceptions of great accuracy and sensitivity; sarcastic, scathing; having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect
Somber
Dark; gloomy; dull or dark in color; melancholy; dismal; serious; grave; sad; depressing
Veracious
Honest; truthful; accurate; precise; consistently telling the truth; conforming to fact
Trepidation
A state of alarm or dread; apprehension; an involuntary trembling or quivering; anxiety, worry
Tactile
of the sense touch; of or relating to or proceeding from the sense of touch, Producing a sensation of touch
Willowy
Slender and graceful; planted with or abounding in willows
Succinct
Marked by or consisting of few words that are carefully chosen; brief, to the point; briefly giving the gist of something
Venerate
To regard with respect, reverence, or heartfelt deference
Talon
the claw of a bird of prey
Sagittal
Of or relating to the suture uniting the two parietal bones of the skull;
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