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- immoderate
- not moderate; exceeding just or reasonable limits; excessive; extreme
- superannuated
- retired because of age or infirmity
- evolution
- any process of formation or growth; development
- consecutive
- following one another in uninterrupted succession or order; successive
- consequence
- the effect, result, or outcome of something occurring earlier
- introvert
- a shy person
- perplexity
- the state of being perplexed; confusion; uncertainty
- co-ordinate
- of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance
- inspiration
- an inspiring or animating action or influence
- retort
- to reply to, usually in a sharp or retaliatory way; reply in kind to.
- convertible
- capable of being converted; having a folding top, as an automobile or pleasure boat.
- innumerable
- very numerous
- advertise
- to announce or praise
- complex
- composed of many interconnected parts; compound; composite
- lineament
- distinguishing features; distinctive characteristics
- benevolent
- characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings
- sextet
- a company of six singers or players
- integrate
- . to bring together or incorporate (parts) into a whole
- adversary
- a person, group, or force that opposes or attacks; opponent; enemy; foe
- universe
- the totality of known or supposed objects and phenomena throughout space; the cosmos; macrocosm
- distort
- to twist awry or out of shape; make crooked or deformed
- nonagenarian
- of the age of 90 years, or between 90 and 100 years old.
- delineation
- a chart or diagram; sketch; rough draft
- diversion
- the act of diverting or turning aside, as from a course or purpose
- enormity
- outrageous or heinous character; atrociousness; greatness of size, scope, extent, or influence; immensity
- controversial
- of, pertaining to, or characteristic of controversy; polemical
- reflex
- occurring in reaction; responsive
- trilingual
- using, speaking, or involving three languages
- extemporaneous
- done, spoken, performed, etc., without special advance preparation; impromptu
- mediation
- action in mediating between parties, as to effect an agreement or reconciliation
- trident
- a three-pronged instrument or weapon
- anniversary
- the yearly recurrence of the date of a past event
- discommode
- to cause inconvenience to; disturb, trouble, or bother
- immediacy
- the state, condition, or quality of being immediate
- pliable
- easily bent; flexible; supple
- primitive
- being the first or earliest of the kind or in existence, esp. in an early age of the world
- annalist
- a chronicler of events, esp. yearly ones; historian
- executive
- a person or group of persons having administrative or supervisory authority in an organization
- abnormal
- not normal, average, typical, or usual; deviating from a standard
- subsequent
- occurring or coming later or after
- sesquicentennial
- pertaining to or marking the completion of a period of 150 years
- devolve
- to transfer or delegate
- insubordination
- not submitting to authority; disobedient
- subversive
- tending to subvert or advocating subversion, esp. in an attempt to overthrow or cause the destruction of an established or legally constituted government.
- duplicate
- a copy exactly like an original
- quadrangle
- a plane figure having four angles and four sides, as a square
- extempore
- on the spur of the moment; without premeditation or preparation; offhand
- aversion
- a strong feeling of dislike, opposition, repugnance, or antipathy
- application
- the act of putting to a special use or purpose
- unilateral
- relating to, occurring on, or involving one side only
- obverse
- the side of a coin, medal, flag, etc., that bears the principal design
- rotundity
- the condition or quality of roundness or plumpness, as of an object or person
- reflection
- an image; representation; counterpart
- involuntary
- independent of one's will; not by one's own choice
- unanimous
- of one mind; in complete agreement; agreed.
- extrovert
- an outgoing, gregarious person
- subnormal
- below the normal; less than or inferior to the normal
- moderator
- a person who presides over a panel discussion on radio or television
- implication
- something implied or suggested as naturally to be inferred or understood
- temporary
- lasting, existing, serving, or effective for a time only; not permanent
- spirometer
- an instrument for determining the capacity of the lungs
- integral
- of, pertaining to, or belonging as a part of the whole; constituent or component
- ensue
- verb (used without object), -sued, -su·ing. 1. to follow in order; come afterward, esp. in immediate succession
- pursue
- to follow in order to overtake, capture, kill, etc.; chase
- orotund
- characterized by strength, fullness, richness, and clearness.
- involvement
- to include as a necessary circumstance, condition, or consequence; imply; entail
- reverse
- opposite or contrary in position, direction, order, or character
- sequacious
- following with smooth or logical regularity
- subordinate
- placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- percentage
- a rate or proportion per hundred
- sequel
- an event or circumstance following something; subsequent course of affairs
- inflexible
- not flexible; incapable of or resistant to being bent; rigid
- voluntary
- done, made, brought about, undertaken, etc., of one's own accord or by free choice:
- diversify
- to make diverse, as in form or character; give variety or diversity to; variegate
- unity
- the state of being one; oneness.
- quinquennial
- of or lasting for five years
- circumvolitant
- to fly around something
- modify
- to change somewhat the form or qualities of; alter partially; amend
- convolution
- a rolled up or coiled condition.
- spiriferous
- having a spire or spiral parts
- revolt
- to break away from or rise against constituted authority, as by open rebellion
- unison
- coincidence in pitch of two or more musical tones, voices, etc.
- execute
- to carry out; accomplish
- complicate
- to make complex, intricate, involved, or difficult
- primordial
- constituting a beginning; giving origin to something
- incontrovertible
- open to question or dispute; indisputable:
- disintegrate
- to separate into parts or lose intactness or solidness; break up;
- malevolent
- wishing evil or harm to another or others; showing ill will; ill-disposed; malicious
- respiratory
- pertaining to or serving for respiration
- extraordinary
- beyond what is usual, ordinary, regular, or established