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- wreak
- v. to inflict; to cause (something bad)
- vigorous
- adj. energetic
- guise
- n. external appearance, esp. a false one
- flora
- n. plants as a group, esp. of a specified region or time
- verdant
- v. green
- inherent
- adj. included as an essential part; intrinsic
- grovel
- v. to beg; to lower oneself to please another
- throng
- n. crowd; a number of people gathered together
- intervene
- v. to come between two things
- internecine
- adj. pertaining to conflict within a group; mutually destructive
- vagrant
- n. a person who wanders from place to place, esp. one who lives on the streets and constitutes a public nuisance
- abet
- v. to encourage, assist, or support, usually in wrongdoing
- felon
- n. one who has committed a serious crime
- partisan
- n. a strong, often militant, supporter
- hectic
- adj. characterized by intense activity
- utopia
- n. an ideally perfect place
- bellow
- v. to yell very loudly; to shout
- notion
- n. a general impression or idea
- laughingstock
- n. a person or thing that is the object of laughter
- conjecture
- n. an inference or conclusion based on incomplete evidence
- implausible
- adj. difficult to believe
- meager
- adj. lacking in quantity or vigor; scanty
- errant
- adj. wandering outside of established limits; straying
- stalwart
- adj. firm and resolute; having imposing physical strength
- obscure
- adj. lacking in light; dim; dark
- lethargic
- adj. dull; sluggish; moving slowly
- brazen
- adj. showing shameless, insolent boldness; made of brass
- ledger
- n. a book for keeping financial records
- inoculate
- v. to inject something, esp. a medicine, into in order to create immunity
- commute
- v. to change a punishment to one less severe
- contentious
- adj. always ready to argue; quarrelsome
- imperative
- adj. impossible to deter or evade; urgently necessary
- abate
- v. to lessen in amount, intensity or strength
- monarch
- n. one who rules a state, usu. for life and by hereditary right
- calamity
- n. an event causing extreme trouble and misery
- exalt
- v. to raise in status or character; to increase in effect or intensity of
- incite
- v. to provoke and urge on; to encourage to act, esp. in a hostile action
- dissent
- v. to disagree
- contingent
- adj. unpredictable because dependent of chance; dependent on something uncertain
- recruit
- v. to restore or renew the health or vitality of
- propriety
- n. good manners; proper behavior
- sluggish
- adj. lazy; lacking energy
- adjudicate
- v. to judge; to preside
- perjury
- n. lying under oath
- composure
- n. a calm state of mind, esp. as the result of self-control
- paradigm
- n. an example; a model
- articulate
- adj. able to express oneself clearly and effectively
- indigenous
- adj. native, occurring naturally
- assiduous
- adj. diligent; hard-working; constant
- engulf
- v. to swallow up; overwhelm
- retrospect
- n. the consideration of past events
- incognito
- adv. in disguise
- maintain
- v. to provide support; to declare to be true; to defend against criticism
- prosperity
- n. wealth; good fortune
- verbiage
- n. excessive wordiness
- ponder
- v. to think over with great care
- lout
- n. an awkward, stupid person
- juncture
- n. a point of time; a concurrence of events
- irony
- n. a use of words in which the intended meaning is very different from the literal sense; an incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs, esp. one that suggests a lesson about human folly
- ravage
- v. to damage; to ruin
- hue
- n. a shade of color
- beleaguered
- adj. harassed; besieged
- resuscitate
- v. to revive, esp. from apparent death or unconsciousness
- intransigent
- adj. refusing to compromise or agree
- ramification
- n. a development or consequence resulting from a course of action
- auditory
- adj. relating to the sense of hearing
- pristine
- adj. remaining in a pure state
- fulminate
- v. to issue a strong verbal attack
- orchestrate
- v. to arrange so as to achieve a desired effect
- invalidate
- v. to cancel; deprive of legal importance; nullify
- endemic
- adj. native to a particular country
- exuberant
- adj. lively, happy, and full of good spirits
- refuse
- n. garbage
- regal
- adj. kingly
- hearsay
- n. rumor; gossip
- deride
- v. to ridicule
- excavate
- v. to expose to view by digging out
- pandemic
- n. general, widespread, oft. of disease
- incipient
- adj. beginning to appear or be noticed
- sublime
- adj. of high spiritual or moral worth
- tributary
- n. a stream flowing into a larger river; adj. making additions or producing supplies
- maneuver
- v. to direct through a series of movements; to manipulate into a desired position
- opaque
- adj. not letting in light; unintelligible
- chagrin
- n. feeling of embarrassment because of failure or disappointment
- saturate
- v. to soak or fill to capacity
- juxtapose
- v. to put side by side, esp. for comparison or contrast
- umbrage
- n. offense; resentment
- destitution
- n. the lack of any means of subsistence
- polemic
- n. a controversial argument, esp. attacking a particular opinion
- staple
- n. a basic or principal item, esp. of food; adj. principal
- ramshackle
- adj. about to fall apart or fall down
- immaculate
- adj. perfectly clean
- admonish
- v. to warn so a fault can be corrected or a danger avoided
- patriarch
- n. a man who rules a family clan; a very respected old man
- indisposed
- adj. slightly ill; unwilling
- bequeath
- v. to pass down to; to hand down, esp. in a will
- disdain
- n. a feeling of contempt
- quarantine
- n. enforced isolation to prevent the spread of disease; v. to isolate for such purpose
- frail
- adj. easily broken; delicate
- appraise
- v. to officially estimate the worth of
- office
- n. a duty or function assigned to someone
- hearten
- v. to encourage; give strength
- inveterate
- adj. established for a long time; habitual
- harbinger
- n. someone or something that indicates what is to come
- nadir
- n. the lowest point; the bottom
- radical
- adj. favoring fundamental or extreme change; relating to roots or origins
- vanguard
- adj. the leading position in army or fleet; the leading position in a movement or trend
- mausoleum
- n. a huge tomb
- harrowing
- adj. very distressing; painful
- disparage
- v. to speak in a disapproving or slighting manner; to belittle
- muse
- v. to meditate; to consider thoughtfully
- delegate
- v. to entrust to another person; n. a person authorized to act as the representative of another
- repository
- n. a place where things are kept for safekeeping
- defame
- v. to attack a person's reputation; to slander
- ineffable
- adj. incapable of being expressed
- imposing
- adj. impressive by virtue of size, power, or manner
- husband
- v. to use sparingly; to conserve
- relinquish
- v. to surrender or release
- nascent
- adj. coming into being; being born
- scoff
- v. to make fun of; to ridicule
- sediment
- n. a residue that settles in the bottom of something
- mystical
- adj. having a spiritual sense or importance beyond human understanding
- inert
- adj. unable to move or respond; sluggish
- wake
- n. track of turbulence left by something moving through water (or figuratively, anything that has passed)
- fallacy
- n. a false notion, esp. one based on incorrect reasoning