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- vilify
- to speak ill of; to slander, disparage, castigate, defame
- fortuitous
- accidental and lucky, opportune
- upheaval
- strong or violent change/disturbance
- phlegmatically
- calm, sluggish, apathetic
- adroit
- dexterous
- innate
- inborn, present at birth
- resplendent
- shining brilliantly
- pragmatism
- practicle approach to problems and affairs
- intractable
- stubborn, difficult to manage, recalcitrant, willful
- Predilection
- preference
- cacophony
- jarring, discordant sound; dissonance
- buoyant
- cheerful, capable of floating, effervescent
- assimilate
- to make similar
- fastidious
- particular, very critical, picky
- penchant
- liking
- coalesced
- to unite, come together
- virulent
- poisonous, malignant, noxious, mephitic
- perspicacity
- shrewd, of accute mental vision or discernment
- deleterious
- harmful
- invective
- an insulting or abusive expression
- unwitting
- not aware, unintentional
- bolster
- to buot up or hearten; to support or prop up
- euphemism
- the act or an example of substituting a mild, indirect, or vague term for one considered harsh, blunt, or offensive
- rancor
- resentment, hostility, spite
- exonerate
- to free from blame, vindicate
- squander
- to waste, spend foolishly
- enervate
- to exhaust
- dearth
- inadequate supply, scarcity
- sardonic
- skeptically humerous, mocking
- quash
- to surpress or extinguish
- aggregate
- to collect, bring together, amass
- espoused
- supported
- profuse
- very abundant, giving freely, copious
- crepuscular
- relating to twilight
- ascertain
- to discover with certainty, as through examination or experimentation
- specious
- showy, deceptive allure
- unwitting
- not aware, unintentional
- extol
- to praise highly
- belligerent
- inclined or eager to fight; hostile or aggressive
- trite
- lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition
- intractable
- stubborn, difficult to manage
- terse
- brief, succint
- provincial
- narrow minded, unsophisticated
- indefeasible
- incapable of being annuled, not to be defeated
- vacillate
- to change one's mind continually, caprcious, mercurial
- debunk
- to expose or ridicule falseness, shams, or exaggerated claims
- deride
- to speak of or treat with contemptuous mirth
- truncation
- to shorten by cutting off, replace by a plane
- smirch
- to dishonor, defame
- clemency
- mercy, gentleness in punishing
- fractious
- unruly, peevish, quarrelsome
- engender
- to bring into existence
- belie
- to contradict
- contigious
- sharing an edge or boundary; touching
- exorbitant
- exceeding all bounds as of custom or fairness
- repudiate
- to reject
- sinister
- unfavorable, unlucky, evil, trouble
- altruistic
- concerned for the welfare of others
- supplanted
- to take the place of, replace
- reticent
- quiet, untalkative, taciturn
- Rankle
- to cause irritation
- raconteur
- story teller
- aquit
- pay off, repay; discharge completely
- preclude
- to make impossible, prevent
- disingenuous
- giving a false impression of frankness
- quartermaster
- someone who attends to army/ ships needs
- torpor
- inactivity
- affable
- easygoing;friendly
- omnipresent
- everywehere, present always, ubiquitous
- derogatory
- tending or intending to belittle
- brevity
- the quality or state of being brief in duration
- corrugated
- covered with grooves or ridges
- colloquial
- informally
- distend
- to swell out or expand from or as if from internal pressure
- cantankerous
- quarrelsome, ill tempered, contentious, pugnacious
- shrewd
- astute, sharp
- capricious
- tending to change one's mind suddenly
- apathy
- lack of emotion, concern
- succint
- short, brief
- castigate
- to critcize or punish severely, denounce, decry
- consummate
- to complete in every detail
- extricate
- to free from difficulty
- duplicitous
- given to or marked by deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech
- raze
- to demolish
- trifling
- unimportant, tirvial
- indolent
- slothful, inactive, relatively benign
- corroborate
- to make more certain, clarify, confirm
- bane
- something that harms or destoys
- vacillate
- to change ones mind continually
- feign
- induce as a false expression, imagine, conceal
- aversion
- dislike
- disseminate
- to spread widely
- acquiesce
- to give in
- contempt
- strong dislike, scorn, disdain
- adriot
- skilled, clever
- accolade
- praise; a statement of approval, commendation
- impervious
- not allowing passage, not able to be disturbed
- alacrity
- eagerness, cheerful willingness
- redolent
- smelly, exuding fragrance, aromatic
- boon
- a blessing
- diligent
- marked by painstaking effort; hard-working
- exonerate
- to free from blame
- amiable
- friendly and agreeable in disposition; good-natured
- credible
- capable of being believed
- circumspection
- caution
- alleviate
- to ease a pain or a burden
- shroud
- to cover, hide from view, wrap
- extraneous
- not essential, not related to, extrinsic, superfluous
- surfeit
- overabundant supply
- embellish
- to make beautiful by ornamenting; to decorate
- ambivalent
- simultaneously feeling opposing feelings; uncertain
- competent
- capable, sufficiently skilled, proficient
- extrapolate
- to infer or estimate by extending or projecting known information
- guile
- trickiness, deceptiveness
- extrinsic
- not essential, from the outside, extraneous
- daunt
- to intimidate, to discourage
- disparage
- to put down, to belittle
- penury
- extreme poverty
- cajole
- to urge with gentle and repeated appeals, teasing, or flattery
- purport
- to imply; to profess (often falsely)
- stolid
- unemotional, not easily excited
- garrulous
- talkative
- convoluted
- intricate; complex
- askance
- to glance sideways
- inundate
- to flood, overwhelm
- consolidate
- to join together, merge, coalesce
- castigate
- to inflict severe punishment on
- debunk
- to expose falseness of
- ebullience
- intense enthusiasm
- debilitate
- to sap the strength or energy of; enervate
- efface
- to erase, to make less noticable, expunge
- exasperate
- to anger or irritate, vex, pique
- didactic
- intended to instruct
- philanthopy
- active effort to promote human welfare
- maraud
- to make a raid for booty
- opine
- to express/ state opinions
- elliptically
- relating to an ellipse
- exorbitant
- unreasonably excessive
- austere
- strict; severely simple
- proliferate
- to grow rapidly
- irrevocable
- not possible to revoke
- speechify
- to make a speech
- despoiled
- to rob, to plunder, to sack
- coherent
- cosistent; logically connected
- eminent
- distinguished; prominent
- beneficial
- helpful, good
- deplore
- to strongly disapprove of
- furtive
- secrative, stealthy, surreptitious
- refute
- to disprove, offer arguments against
- foreboding
- a prediciton, portent, a notion of possible evil
- aver
- to assert or confirm with confidence
- disaffected
- having lost faith or loyalty; discontent
- obloquies
- disgrace cause by public blame, abuse
- alacrity
- cheerful willingness; eagerness
- obscure
- difficult to understand, see
- amalgam
- combination of diverse elements; mixture
- admonish
- to give friendly advice, to tell obligations to, to gentally warn
- deride
- to laugh at, make fun of curelly
- remiss
- negligent, careless
- exacerbate
- to increase the severity, violence, or bitterness of; aggravate
- redoubtable
- worthy of respect
- vindicate
- to clear of blame
- conciliatory
- appeasing; soothing; pleasant
- hedonism
- singleminded pursuit of pleasure
- arcane
- known or understood by only a few
- complement
- something that completes, makes up a whole or brings to perfection
- advocate
- to support, speak in favor of
- shirk
- to go stealthily, invade obligations of
- copious
- abundant, plentiful
- dogmatic
- stubbornly adhering to insufficiently proved beliefs
- ambivalent
- uncertain, having conflicting feelings
- cursory
- hasty, disregarding detail
- contumely
- rude treatment
- paucity
- fewness, scarcity, dearth
- esoteric
- understood by only a few,
- cantankerous
- ill-tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable
- apathetic
- feeling or showing little emotion
- discursive
- rambling, unfocused, desultory, erratic
- laud
- praise, aclaim
- recalcitrant
- disobediant, resisting authority
- burgeon
- to grow and flourish; to put forth new buds, leaves, or greenery; sprout
- ingratiating
- charming, agreeable
- effusive
- showing excessive emotion; overflowing
- entrance
- act of entering
- acrimony
- bitterness
- gregarious
- friendly, sociable, amicable, cordial
- dilatory
- habitually late
- disseminate
- to spread widely, disperse
- beguile
- to lead by decpetion, hoodwink
- stevedore
- one whois responisble for loading/ unloading ships
- curative
- something that cures; a remedy
- plausible
- believable, reasonable
- enigma
- one that is puzzling, ambigious, or inexplicable; a riddle
- disparage
- to speak of in a slighting way or negatively; to belittle
- epitome
- a perfect example of something
- censor
- to prevent publication of
- garner
- to get, acquire
- empathetic
- identification with and understanding of another situation, feelings, and motives
- elucidate
- to make clear
- flagrant
- obvious, blatant, conspicuous, obtrusive
- disseminate
- to scatter widely
- ephemeral
- lasting for only a brief time
- levity
- lightness of behavior or feeling
- hackneyed
- overused, stale, banal
- diffident
- timid, lacking self confidence
- astute
- shrewd; clever
- pernicious
- deadly, causing harm, wicked, evil
- ungainly
- clumsy, awkward, maladroit, inept
- arable
- fit to grow plants on, fertile
- burgeon
- to grow rapidly, flourish, proliferate
- fetter
- to bind restrain
- ameliorate
- to make better, improve
- maladroit
- clumsy
- munificient
- very generous
- demure
- modest and reserved in manner or behavior
- provncial
- narrowminded, unsophisticated
- anachronistic
- the representation of someone as existing or something as happening in other than chronological, proper, or historical order
- erratic
- having no fixed or regular course; wandering
- congently
- convincing
- eradicate
- to get rid of as if by tearing it up by the roots
- guile
- trickiness, deceptiveness
- somniferous
- inducing sleep
- docile
- ready and willing to be taught
- dirge
- a funeral hymn or lament
- recant
- to take back ( a statement)
- candid
- sincere, free from biased
- effusive
- gushy
- incontrovertible
- indisputable, undeniable
- platitude
- a dull, overused remark
- discursive
- rambling, unfocused
- concord
- agreement
- contrite
- regretful, feel guilty
- disconcerting
- to frustrate by throwing into disorder; dissarange, ruffle, embarass
- contentious
- quarrelsome
- objective
- not affected by personal feeling,unbiased
- abomination
- disgust, somethig greatly disliked
- dawdle
- to waste time
- copious
- plentiful; large quantity
- steadfast
- firm, sure
- osculate
- to come into close contact or union
- assuage
- to ease, relieve, or lessen, mitigate
- altruistic
- concerned for the welfare of others
- traverse
- to travel, or act in opposition to, to cross
- pander
- to provide gratification
- vigor
- strength, energy
- derivative
- a by-product
- aesthetic
- having to do with the appreciation of beauty
- dispatch
- promptness, alacrity
- apothecary
- one who prepares and sells drugs for medical purposes
- censure
- to criticize
- capricious
- impulsive and unpredictable
- perpertuate
- to preserve from extinciton, to prevail
- ignominy
- disgrace, dishonor, public contempt
- depravity
- wickedness, perversion, corruption
- dubious
- doubtful
- conjecture
- inference or judgement based on inconclusive or incomplete evidence; guesswork
- prodigious
- immense, astonishing
- prodigal
- wasteful with money, lavish, extravagant
- audacity
- boldness
- lambast
- to assult violently, attack verbally
- viable
- workable, able to remain alive
- exultant
- jubilant, triumphant, great joy
- circumscribe
- to draw a circle around; to restrict
- palliate
- alleviate, mitigate, to relieve without curing
- exhumed
- to dig, to disinter, to bring to light; restore
- averse
- strongly disinclined
- ephemeral
- short lived, evanescent
- willful
- stubborn,intractable, recalcitrant
- excoriate
- to wear off the skin of
- prevaricator
- liar
- eschew
- to avoid habitually
- frugal
- not spending freely
- candor
- opennes, honesty
- inept
- lacking skill, clumsy
- miser
- a person who saves money excessivly, parsimonious
- concur
- to agree; same opinion
- culpable
- guilty, blameworth, reprehensible
- bombastic
- given to pompous speech or writing
- cursory
- hasty, disregarding details, perfunctory
- desultory
- aimless, haphazard, unconnected, discursive
- dearth
- a scarce supply; lack
- commend
- to praise
- cosmopolitan
- wordly
- clandestine
- done secretively
- ostentatious
- showy, intended to impress
- contentious
- fond of arguing, quarrelsome
- expedite
- to speed up
- conform
- to fit in, to act in agreement with
- blith
- careless
- defile
- to make foul or dirty, taint
- upbraiding
- scolding, reproving, reproaching
- cryptic
- secret, mysterious, enigmatic
- fitful
- irregular, inconsistent
- tact
- sesitivity, coutesty
- conspicuous
- easy to notice
- vilify
- to speak ill of; to slander
- extricate
- to free from difficulty
- parsimony
- extreme stinginess, miserliness
- salient
- prominent, conspicuous
- substantiate
- to establish by proof or complete evidence
- partisan
- strongly supporting one cause, biased
- proclivity
- tendency, leaning, penchant, predilection
- exuberant
- full of unrestrained enthusiasm or joy
- deleterious
- having a harmful effect
- dispassionate
- calm
- inadvertent
- unintended
- obfuscate
- dark, make obscure
- epitome
- a representative or example of a class or type
- sunder
- to divide, separate
- conspicuous
- obvious, readily apparent, flagrant, obtrusive
- emaciate
- starving
- undermine
- to weaken, debilitate
- erratic
- wandering, inconsistent
- feral
- not domesticated, relating to a wildd beast
- ponderous
- dull, boring
- expunge
- to remove, erase
- prefigure
- foreshadow, imagine
- censure
- to criticize severly
- docile
- easily taught
- inception
- beginning
- quiescence
- inactivity
- buoyant
- cheerful, capable of floating, effervescent
- dissent
- disagree
- defunct
- having ceased to exist or live
- vindictive
- vengeful
- candid
- honest
- proclivity
- tendency, leaning
- arboreal
- relating to or resembling a tree
- chicanery
- a trick; deception by trickery
- overt
- open to view or knowlede, not a secret
- beneficial
- producing or promoting a favorable result; advantageous
- expedient
- appropriate to a purpose; speedy
- autonomy
- independence; self determination; self government or the right of self-government
- fallow
- inactive, not in use, quiescent
- menacingly
- to make a show of intention to harm
- petulant
- irritable, , irascible
- circumspect
- heedful of circumstances and potential consequences; prudent
- ambigiuous
- open to more then one interpretation
- insipid
- dull, uninteresting
- abet
- to encourage, urge on
- innocuous
- harmless
- perforate
- to make a hole through
- undulating
- moving in wavelike manner, sinuous
- equivocal
- open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead
- acumen
- quickness, accuracy, and keeness of judgement or insight
- misanthrope
- a person who hates mankind
- contrite
- regretful, feeling guilt
- pretense
- lie
- atrophy
- to waste away
- callous
- emotionally hardened; unfeeling
- voluble
- talkative
- enigmatic
- mysterious, puzzling, abstruse, inscutable
- repudiate
- to reject, spurn
- didactic
- designed or intended to teach
- dissembling
- to give a false/misleading appearence to
- effrontery
- brazen boldness; presumptuousness
- archaic
- characteristic of an earlier period; old-fashioned
- unkempt
- not neat, uncombed
- deter
- to discourage
- sage
- wise through reflection and experience
- deprave
- vitiate, to make morally evil, corrupt
- atrophy
- to waste away, wither
- debacle
- a sudden, disastrous collapse, downfall, or defeat; a rout
- usurp
- to seize and hold without legal right, to employ wrongfully
- moribund
- near death, stagnant
- contentious
- quarrelsome, fond of arguing, cantakerous, pugnacious
- clandenstine
- done in secret, ; private, surreptitious
- augment
- to make greater in size
- banal
- drearily commonplace and often predictable; trite
- subjugate
- to bring under control
- volatile
- highly unstable, explosive
- paramour
- an illicit lover
- cathartic
- causing relaxation after emotional outburst
- extol
- to praise highly
- mitigate
- assuage, to relieve, lessen, alleviate
- diffidence
- timidity or shyness
- pillory
- to expose to public ridicule
- esoteric
- intended for or understood by only a particular group
- innocuous
- harmless
- eclectic
- made up of a variety of sources or styles
- hebetudinous
- a dull state, lethargy
- cognitive
- involving conscious intellectual activity
- elicit
- to bring out, cause to happen
- nefarious
- evil, depraved, malignant
- adulation
- excessive praise
- tact
- sensitivity, courtesy
- corporeal
- tangible, not spiritual
- aural
- of, relating to, or perceived by the ear
- indefatigable
- untiring, tireless
- dearth
- scarcity. limited supply, paucity
- dullard
- a stupid or unimaginative person
- reprove
- to scold
- abase
- to lower in rank
- fetter
- to bind, restrain
- altruism
- unselfish concern for the welfare of others
- enumerate
- to specify one after another, assert the number of
- conciliate
- to calm, confort, mollify, placate
- benign
- kind and gentle
- dogmatic
- stubbornly certain in belief
- denounce
- to condemn openly as being evil or reprehensible
- listless
- having no inclination or spirit
- abstruse
- difficult to understand
- accolade
- praise; a statement of approval; commendation
- auspicious
- lucky
- erudition
- deep, extensive learing
- extraneous
- irrelevant
- latent
- present but not visible; dormant, inactive
- cognizant
- aware
- inanity
- something that is insane
- mountebank
- charlatan or quack
- indubitable
- undoubted
- interspersed
- to place at different intervals