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exorbitant
Going beyond normal limits; extravagant
fealty
Loyalty
lexicon
A dictionary
facetious
Amusing
cursory
Rapid and superficial
pauper
One without means of support
hybrid
Cross-bred
facile
Easy and not difficult to do
exuberance
Rich supply
plausible
Seeming likely to be true, but open to doubt
catharsis
A cleansing or purging that releases emotions
terse
Stripped of all but the essentials; concise or succinct, sometimes to the point of rudeness
culpable
Guilty
animadversion
The utterance of criticism or censure
antilogy
Inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas
misnomer
A name wrongly or mistakenly applied
educe
To draw out
rudimentary
Being from an early, underdeveloped stage
rue
To regret extremely
pretentious
Showy, self-important, pompous; insisting on recognition, often unjustifiably
languid
Relaxed
augur
To predict
adumbrate
To represent beforehand in outline or by emblem
mien
The external appearance or manner of a person
sibilance
A hissing sound
retrospect
A view or contemplation of something past
absolution
Forgiveness, or passing over of offenses
utopia
A place where everything about life is perfect
vacillate
To waver
actuate
To move or incite to action
ascendant
Dominant
candid
Straightforward
fallacious
Illogical
racy
Exciting or exhilarating to the mind
lacerate
To tear rudely or raggedly
sanguinary
Bloody
profuse
In great abundance; bountiful; lavish; lush
fervid
Intense
nefarious
Wicked in the extreme
pacify
To bring to a peaceful state
becalm
To make quiet
dutiful
Obedient
reprehensible
Deserving blame or criticism
surreptitious
Secretive, deceptive
gesticulate
To make gestures or motions in place of speech
inundate
To fill with an overflowing abundance
torrid
Excessively hot
reform
To change for the better
defalcate
To cut off or take away a part of something
extensible
Capable of being thrust out
perturb
To disturb greatly
allegory
The setting forth of a subject under the guise of another subject of aptly suggestive likeness
liquefy
To convert into liquid form
fabricate
To invent falsely
skeptic
One who doubts or waits to pass judgment
hydrous
Watery
acreage
Quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land
conduce
To bring about
grotto
A small cavern
diffidence
Self-distrust
aphorism
Proverb
effervesce
To bubble up
despot
A ruler with total control; a tyrant, autocrat
lascivious
Lustful
espy
To keep close watch
sumptuous
Rich and costly
raconteur
A gifted talker or storyteller
tipsy
Befuddled with drinks
precarious
Perilous
brusque
Curt, abrupt, blunt
infringe
To trespass upon
canon
Any rule or law
antemundane
Pertaining to time before the world's creation
omniscience
Unlimited and infinite knowledge
whet
To excite or stimulate the mind or appetite; to hone or sharpen a knife or mind
sirocco
Hot winds from Africa
nonchalant
Casual, carefree, cool, unconcerned
rectify
To correct
pseudonym
A fictitious name
carrion
Dead and putrefying flesh
illusive
Deceptive
enkindle
To set on fire
mellifluous
Sweetly or smoothly flowing
succulent
Juicy
neophyte
Having the character of a beginner
prudence
Caution
apostate
False
syneresis
The coalescence of two vowels or syllables, as e'er for ever
quixotic
Extravagantly idealistic; unpredictable, unrealistic or imaginary
miscreant
A villain
allay
To calm the violence or reduce the intensity of; mitigate
germane
Relevant
eschew
To keep clear of
datum
A premise, starting-point, or given fact
punctilious
Strictly observant of the rules or forms set by law or custom
gratuitous
Voluntarily
acrimony
Sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper
jeopardy
An exposure to or possibility of danger
bellicose
Warlike
knavery
Deceitfulness in dealing
inebriate
To intoxicate
contrite
Broken in spirit because of a sense of sin
aver
To assert as a fact
misogamy
Hatred of marriage
tacit
Understood
circumlocution
Indirect or roundabout way of expression
abidance
An abiding
amorphous
Without determinable shape
supersede
To displace
platitude
A tired, trite old saying
imbrue
To wet or moisten
fiasco
A complete or humiliating failure
clairvoyance
Intuitive perception
tantalize
To tease
incandescent
White or glowing with heat
gibe
To utter taunts or reproaches
evanescent
Fleeting
epoch
An interval of time, memorable for extraordinary events
advert
To refer incidentally
aggregate
The entire number, sum, mass, or quantity of something
abed
Situated in or on a bed
augment
To make bigger
beatify
To make extremely happy
accouter
To dress
aggrandize
To cause to appear greatly
panorama
A series of large pictures representing a continuous scene
brae
Hillside
assuage
To cause to be less harsh, violent, or severe, as excitement, appetite, pain, or disease
destitute
Poverty-stricken
candor
The quality of frankness or outspokenness
vilify
To slander or defame someone's name or standing in the community
acumen
Quickness of intellectual insight, or discernment; keenness of discrimination
epitome
A simplified representation
artifice
Trickery
Achillean
Invulnerable
enumerate
To name one by one
dastard
A base coward
malady
Any physical disease or disorder
bedlam
Madhouse
blazon
To make widely or generally known
pugnacious
Quarrelsome
heresy
An opinion subversive of accepted beliefs
pulmonary
Pertaining to the lungs
reticence
Quietness and restraint in personality
ire
Wrath
abbot
The superior of a community of monks
hedonist
Someone who lives for pleasure or happiness
cajole
To dupe by flattering speech
ignoble
Low in character or purpose
maidenhood
Virginity
prolific
Producing offspring or fruit
assiduous
Diligent
insidious
Working ill by slow and stealthy means
afresh
Once more, after rest or interval
ablution
A cleansing or washing of the body
concur
To agree, assent; to approve; to coincide
accession
Induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government
autonomous
Self-governing
laud
To praise, commend, acclaim, extol
disparage
To regard or speak of slightingly
genesis
Creation
disseminate
To disperse or spread everywhere
diurnal
Daily
leviathan
Any large animal, as a whale
labyrinth
A maze
jovial
Merry
exigent
Urgent
meticulous
Over-cautious
affront
An open insult or indignity
mitigate
To make milder or more endurable
averse
Reluctant
sycophant
A servile flatterer, especially of those in authority or influence
acrid
Harshly pungent or bitter
meander
To wind and turn while proceeding in a course
entrench
To fortify or protect
absolve
To free from sin or its penalties
gestation
Pregnancy
asperity
Harshness or roughness of temper
plebeian
Common
imminent
Dangerous and close at hand
propagate
To spread abroad or from person to person
aperture
Hole
sustenance
Food
adjuration
A vehement appeal
acetate
A salt of acetic acid
discountenance
To look upon with disfavor
erudite
Very well-educated
haggard
Worn and gaunt in appearance
extrude
To drive out or away
synopsis
A syllabus or summary
indolence
Laziness
consort
A partner or associate
fortuitous
Happening by chance; accidental
immaculate
Without spot or blemish
beseech
To implore
ameliorate
To relieve, as from pain or hardship
frigidarium
A room kept at a low temperature to store and preserve foods
verbatim
Word for word
astute
Wise, shrewd, perceptive
transitory
Existing for only a short time
invidious
Showing or feeling envy
arrogate
To take, demand, or claim, especially presumptuously or without reasons
dilatory
Tending to cause delay
chastise
To scold severely or punish
indulgent
Generous to a fault
castigate
To punish
imbibe
To drink or take in
adulterant
An adulterating substance
resilience
The ability to "bounce back"
epitaph
An inscription on a tomb or monument in honor or in memory of the dead
grueling
Demanding and exhausting
circumscribe
To confine within the boundaries
anecdote
A brief account of some interesting event or incident
itinerant
Wandering
prevaricate
To use ambiguous or evasive language for the purpose of deceiving or diverting attention
vista
A view or prospect
quandary
A feeling of puzzlement or doubt
ocular
Pertaining to the eyes
acme
The highest point, or summit
repudiate
To refuse to have anything to do with
hydra
The many-headed water-serpent slain by Hercules
inapt
Slow or awkward
aerostat
A balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air
scrutinize
To examine minutely, with close attention
tenacious
Unyielding
transgress
To break a law
abase
To lower in position; degrade
inkling
A hint
reiterate
To say or do over and over again
temerity
Recklessness
cadaverous
Resembling a corpse
befog
To confuse
taciturn
Naturally silent, untalkative
ascension
The act of rising
obligatory
Binding in law or conscience
nullify
To negate or invalidate
taut
Stretched tight
glutton
One who is overly, almost sinfully, hungry for something
amenable
Willing and ready to submit
evoke
To call or summon forth
abscond
To depart secretly and suddenly, as for the purpose of escaping arrest
thermal
Of or pertaining to heat
eclectic
Carefully selected from many good sources
fictitious
Created or formed by the imagination
enervate
To render ineffective or inoperative
pernicious
Tending to kill or hurt
exacerbate
To make more sharp or severe
trajectory
The path described by a projectile
petulant
Displaying impatience
evert
To turn inside out
tortious
Wrongful
embolden
To give courage to
satiate
To satisfy fully the appetite or desire of
innuendo
Insinuation
consummate
To bring to completion
deprecate
To express disapproval or regret for, with hope for the opposite
ambulate
To walk about
volant
Flying or able to fly
nostalgia
A sentimental longing for a past time or state
recur
To happen again
luxuriate
To live sumptuously
pluperfect
Expressing past time or action prior to some other past time or action
hernia
Protrusion of any internal organ from its normal position
ignominious
Shameful
prattle
To utter in simple or childish talk
acquiesce
To comply; submit
suffrage
The right or privilege of voting
diatribe
Bitter, critical speech or writing
equivocal
Open to two interpretations; evasive or unclear
cession
Surrender of possessions
convalesce
To recover after a sickness
deduce
To derive a conclusion by reasoning
solar
Pertaining to the sun
adjutant
Auxillary
hackneyed
Banal, overused, trite
timbre
The quality of a tone
aesthetic
Referring to a sense of beauty; artistic
coerce
To force
polytechnic
Pertaining to the practice of many arts
immiscible
Separating, as oil and water
prate
To talk about vainly or foolishly
exemplar
A model to be followed
anagram
The letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase
modish
Fashionable
vertigo
Dizziness
Spartan
Exceptionally brave; rigorously severe
adroit
Having skill in the use of bodily or mental powers
acquiescence
Passive consent
emaciate
To waste away in flesh
borough
An incorporated town or village
bereave
To make desolate with loneliness and grief
caitiff
Cowardly
coalesce
To mix or come together from separate elements
nasal
Pertaining to the nose
askance
With a side or indirect glance or meaning
gentile
Belonging to a people not Jewish
fastidious
Hard to please
spurious
Not genuine
arrant
Notoriously bad
bask
To make warm by genial heat
apostasy
Total departure from one's faith or religion
progeny
Offspring
mulatto
The offspring of a white person and a black person
attest
To certify as accurate, genuine, or true
condone
To overlook or pardon an offense
garner
To gather or collect; accumulate; earn
suave
Smooth and pleasant in manner
enmity
Hatred
denouement
The part of a play or story in which the mystery is cleared up
vociferous
Loudly, persistently vocal
unyoke
To separate
succinct
Concise
euphemism
The use of a "nice" word or phrase instead of an offensive or terrible honest one
hyperbole
Wild exaggeration, often on purpose for effect
elegy
A lyric poem lamenting the dead
annunciation
Proclamation
haughty
Openly and disdainfully proud
acerbity
Sourness, with bitterness and astringency
adduce
To bring forward or name for consideration
accede
To agree
dwindle
To diminish or become less
benison
Blessing
antediluvian
Of or pertaining to the times, things, events before the great flood in the days of Noah
academician
A member of an academy of literature, art, or science
amply
Sufficient
unctuous
Oily
circumspect
Showing caution and careful consideration
lampoon
Verbal ridicule of a person
dearth
Scarcity or lack; paucity
digress
To wander off course in speaking or writing
necrosis
The death of part of a body
brevity
Shortness in duration
incessant
Going on without interruption; unceasing
exasperate
To excite great anger in
myriad
A vast indefinite number
transcend
To surpass
resuscitate
To restore from apparent death
lustrous
Shining
lurid
Ghastly and sensational
beatitude
Any state of great happiness
natal
Pertaining to birth
corpulent
Obese
voluptuous
Having fullness of beautiful form
vacuous
Empty
diaphanous
Transparent
comport
To conduct or behave oneself
unanimity
The state or quality of being of one mind
addle
To make inefficient or worthless
anachronism
Anything occurring or existing out of its proper time
jubilation
Exultation
altruism
Benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest
respite
Time of relief from activity; rest, pause, lull
zenith
The highest point, or acme; point of culmination
misanthropy
Hatred of mankind
simultaneous
Done, occurring, or existing at the same time
cupidity
Avarice
amicable
Done in a friendly spirit
extenuate
To diminish the gravity or importance of
expedite
To hasten the movement or progress of
synchronism
Simultaneousness
oscillate
To swing back and forth
excursion
A journey
desperado
One without regard for law or life
procrastination
Delay
paucity
Lack or scarcity of number or amount
heathenish
Irreligious
evanesce
To disappear gradually
presage
To foretell
adjunct
Something joined to or connected with another thing, but holding a subordinate place
vitrioloic
Burning or corrosive like acid
contusion
A bruise
dispensation
That which is bestowed upon one from a higher power
alluvion
Flood
travesty
A grotesque imitation
amity
Friendship
retort
A retaliatory speech
inevitable
Unavoidable
subterfuge
Evasion
bequeath
To give by will
miser
A greedy, grasping person
prosaic
Unimaginative
omnipotence
Unlimited and universal power
influence
Ability to sway the will of others
fulminate
To cause to explode
specious
Plausible
meliorate
To make better or improve, as in quality or social or physical condition
complaisance
Politeness
forte
A strong point
apocryphal
Of doubtful authorship; fictitious
efface
To obliterate
abut
To touch at the end or boundary line
evince
To make manifest or evident
innocuous
Harmless
aliment
That which nourishes
engender
To produce
bauble
A trinket
penultimate
The next to last of a series
altercate
To contend angrily or zealously in words
bole
The trunk or body of a tree
abdicate
To give up royal power or authority
distend
To stretch out or expand in every direction
ephemeral
Short-lived, fleeting, transient
panoply
A full set of armor
pantheism
The worship of nature
fatuous
Idiotic
avarice
Passion for getting and keeping riches
carouse
To drink deeply in a jovial manner
aborigines
The original of earliest known inhabitants of a country
rustic
Characteristic of dwelling in the country
extant
Still existing and known
perverse
Unreasonable or wicked
animadvert
To pass criticism or censure
jargon
Confused, unintelligible speech or highly technical speech
inane
Silly
accost
To speak to
contingency
Possibility of happening
insurgent
A rebel; one who rises up in revolt
abstruse
Dealing with matters difficult to be understood
pudgy
Small and fat
iniquity
Gross wrong or injustice
indefatigable
Untiring, tireless
obsequies
Funeral rites
immutable
Unchangeable
stagnant
Not flowing: said of water, as in a pool
bedaub
To smear over
abrade
To wear away the surface or some part of by friction
adulterate
To make impure by the admixture of other or baser ingredients
mendicant
A beggar
cadence
Rhythmical or measured flow in poetry
manumit
To free from bondage
astringent
Harsh in disposition or character
aboriginal
Primitive and unsophisticated
acclaim
To utter with a shout
nonpareil
One who is of unparalleled excellence
antemeridian
Before noon
exegesis
Biblical interpretation
irascible
Easily angered; testy, choleric, touchy
zephyr
A soft, gentle wind
extraneous
Unnecessary
duteous
Showing submission to superiors
denizen
Inhabitant
hypocrite
One who pretends to a life or beliefs that he or she does not honestly have; a phony or fake
obdurate
Impassive to feelings of humanity or pity
conversant
Thoroughly informed
refute
To prove to be wrong
banal
Commonplace and stale, not fresh; trite, insipid
zealot
A fanatic; someone devoted beyond reason to a cause or belief
maharaja
A Hindu prince
superficial
On the surface, shallow; not deep, serious, or important
opulent
Wealthy
flagrant
Openly scandalous
stationary
Not moving
callow
Without experience of the world
abhorrent
Hateful
supramundane
Supernatural
abscess
A collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body
improvise
To do anything extemporaneously
boorish
Rude
pertinacity
Unyielding adherence
audacious
Fearless
sprightly
Vivacious
autarchy
Unrestricted power
aboveboard
Without concealment, fraud, or trickery
aggress
To make the first attack
preponderate
To exceed in power or authority
syndicate
An association of individuals united for the prosecution of some enterprise
chagrin
One's dismay
abhorrence
The act of detesting extremely
alacrity
Cheerful willingness
batten
A narrow strip of wood
supposition
A conjecture
semblance
Outward appearance
agglomerate
To pile or heap together
superfluous
Being more than what is needed
ado
Unnecessary activity or ceremony
querulous
Habitually complaining
paramour
One who is unlawfully and immorally a lover or mistress
rote
Repetition as a means of memorizing
nugatory
Having no power or force
prefix
To attach at the beginning
abnegate
To renounce a right or privilege
ingratiate
To win confidence or good graces for oneself
aberration
Deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course
preface
A brief explanation or address to the reader, at the beginning of a book
irony
The opposite of what would be normal or expected
impecunious
Having no money
vicarious
Felt or experienced secondhand, through someone else or through another medium
adjudge
To award or bestow by formal decision
preclude
To prevent
repertory
A place where things are stored or gathered together
emeritus
Retired from active service but retained to an honorary position
spectator
One who beholds or looks on
baste
To cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking
inept
Not fit or suitable
glutinous
Sticky
disputation
Verbal controversy
avidity
Greediness
abeyance
A state of suspension or temporary inaction
magnanimous
Generous in treating or judging others
anhydrous
Withered and dry
vicissitude
A change, especially a complete change, of condition or circumstances, as of fortune
anemia
Deficiency of blood or red corpuscles
extemporaneous
Done or made without much or any preparation
confluence
The place where streams meet
intrepid
Fearless and bold
impetuous
Impulsive
perforate
To make holes through
retaliate
To repay evil with a similar evil
garrulous
Extremely talkative, gabby, loquacious, verbose
charlatan
A quack or fraud; a cheat, imposter
oblivion
The state of having passed out of the memory or of being utterly forgotten
extol
To praise in the highest terms
vindicative
Revengeful
elucidate
To bring out more clearly the facts concerning
ardor
Intensity of passion or affection
maudlin
Foolishly and tearfully affectionate
lucrative
Highly profitable
spinster
A woman who has never been married
bibulous
Fond of drinking
apogee
The climax
furtive
Stealthy or sly
docile
Easy to manage
indigenous
Native
abstemious
Characterized by self-denial or abstinence, as in the use of drink or food
ardent
Burning with passion
aloof
Not in sympathy with or desiring association with others
pusillanimous
Without spirit or bravery
subvert
To bring to ruin
imperative
Obligatory
halcyon
Calm
egregious
Extremely bad
abject
Sunk to a low condition
conciliate
To obtain the friendship of
lactic
Pertaining to milk
acrimonious
Full of bitterness
incinerate
To reduce to ashes
artless
Ingenuous
expostulate
To discuss
frivolous
Trivial
jocose
Done or made in jest
delineate
To represent by sketch or diagram
consternation
Panic
precede
To happen first
uniform
Consistent; the same
actuary
An officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums
virtuoso
A highly skilled performer
rendezvous
A prearranged place of meeting
abridge
To make shorter in words
affable
Easy to approach
detriment
Something that causes damage, depreciation, or loss
mar
To spoil or damage; to injure or blemish
rancor
Malice
speculate
To pursue inquiries and form conjectures
impartial
Unbiased
abjure
To recant, renounce, repudiate under oath
mollify
To soothe
superlative
That which is of the highest possible excellence or eminence
subjugate
To conquer
truculence
Ferocity
acetic
Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of vinegar
pious
Religious
abrogate
To abolish or repeal
specter
Apparition
listless
Lacking energy or enthusiasm; indifferent or languid; uncaring
egress
Any place of exit
osculate
To kiss
abbey
The group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns
raze
To tear down completely, to demolish
sterling
Genuine
conflagration
A great fire
blithe
Joyous
ode
The form of lyrical poetry anciently intended to be sung
loquacious
Talkative
squander
To use up or spend in an overgenerous or silly way
parsimony
Extreme stinginess; thrift
sarcasm
Cutting and reproachful language
incontrovertible
Indisputable
verbose
Wordy
sedentary
Involving sitting or inactivity
austere
Severely simple
discerning
Showing wisdom and wise judgment; discriminating wisely among choices
neuter
Neither masculine nor feminine
avow
To declare openly
insomnia
Sleeplessness
affix
To fasten
abet
To aid, promote, or encourage the commission of an offense
complacent
Pleased or satisfied with oneself
wintry
Lacking warmth of manner
juxtapose
To place close together
stolid
Expressing no power of feeling or perceiving
misogyny
Hatred of women
hesitancy
A pause to consider
supercilious
Exhibiting haughty and careless contempt
percolate
To filter
exemplify
To show by example
bawl
To proclaim by outcry
contumacious
Rebellious
complaisant
Agreeable
vernacular
The language of one's country
exhume
To dig out of the earth what has been buried
achromatic
Colorless
libel
Defamation
preamble
A statement introductory to and explanatory of what follows
avocation
Diversion
coddle
To treat as a baby
ashen
Pale
laconic
Using as few words as possible
stratagem
Any clever trick or device for obtaining an advantage
annalist
Historian
bigot
One who stubbornly holds to his own opinions
itinerary
A detailed account or diary of a journey
preposterous
Utterly ridiculous or absurd
tirade
A lengthy, emotional, critical speech
anathema
Anything forbidden, as by social usage
abscission
The act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation
placid
Serene
supplicate
To beg
flux
A state of constant change
effuse
To pour forth
antecede
To precede
clemency
Mercy
allege
To assert to be true, especially in a formal manner, as in court
requisite
Necessary
patter
To mumble something over and over
stanza
A group of rhymed lines
insipid
Tasteless
relent
To yield
effluvium
A noxious smell from decaying or putrefying matter
dilate
To enlarge in all directions
abbess
The lady superior of a nunnery
epic
A poem celebrating in formal verse the mythical achievements of great personages, heroes, etc
declension
The change of endings in nouns and adjectives to express their different relations of gender
optic
Pertaining to vision
linguist
One who is acquainted with many different languages
satire
Comedy using laughter as a weapon to evoke a feeling of scorn along with amusement
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