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- abated
- verb: to lessen
- aberration
- noun: a deviation
- abeyance
- noun: the condition of being temporally suspended
- abjure
- verb: to give up or abstain from, often under oath
- abraded
- verb: to wear down
- abrogate
- verb: to do away with
- abscond
- verb: to sneak off and hide away
- abstemious
- adjective: to eat or drink moderately
- accretion
- noun: the act of increasing in growth or size
- acrimonious
- adjective: bitter or harsh
- acquisitiveness
- adjective: having a strong desire to own
- admonish
- verb: to scold
- adroit adjective
- : skillful
- aesthete
- noun: a person who is highly sensitive to beauty
- affability
- noun: the quality of being friendly
- aggrandized
- verb: to make greater, especially in wealth or power
- ail
- verb: to feel sick
- amalgamate
- verb: to mix or combine
- ambivalent
- adjective: indifferent or having mixed feelings
- amelioration
- noun: the act of making better or improving
- amenable
- adjective: obedient and responsive to authority
- anodized
- verb: to cover metal with an oxide
- anomaly
- noun: something unusual or differing from the norm
- antiquated
- adjective: old or useless
- apathy
- noun: indifference or lack of interest
- arabesque
- noun: a complex pattern or design
- arboreal
- adjective: relating to trees
- ardor
- noun: intense emotion, usually of enthusiasm or love
- ascribe
- verb: to attribute to a source or a cause
- asperity
- noun: condition of being rough or harsh
- assuage
- verb: to relieve
- atonement
- noun: to make amends
- audacious
- adjective: bold and daring
- austere
- adjective: simple, spare, unadorned
- avarice
- noun: greed
- aver
- verb: to affirm or prove
- avow
- verb: to declare openly
- belligerent
- adjective: hostile and difficult
- beseech
- verb: to urgently request
- bombast
- noun: pretentious words
- boor
- noun: a crude person lacking culture and refinement
- bourgeois
- noun: people of the middle class
- brevity
- noun: condition of being brief in duration
- buoyant
- adjective: tending to float OR being light-hearted and merry
- burgeon
- verb: to grow or blossom
- burnish
- noun: to make smooth and bright by polishing
- cacophony
- noun: a harsh sound or sounds
- cadge
- verb: to beg
- capricious
- adjective: unpredictable and uncertain
- castigate
- verb: to punish severely
- caustic
- adjective: corrosive OR sharp and biting
- cavern
- noun: a cave
- centrifuge
- noun: a device used to simulate conditions in space
- chary
- adjective: cautious
- churlish
- adjective: vulgar and ungracious
- coagulant
- noun: something that causes a liquid to solidify
- coalesce
- verb: to come together as one
- cogent
- adjective: valid or convincing
- cognizance
- noun: awareness
- cohort
- noun: a group of people or friends
- complaisance
- noun: the act of obliging to pleasing others
- consternation
- noun: the state of being paralyzed with fear
- contentiously
- adjective: provoking debate or quarrels
- conviviality
- adjective: enjoying social interaction
- convoluted
- adjective: coiled together OR complicated
- cordon
- noun: a line of people or objects around a specific area
- corona
- noun: a ring around a celestial body, especially the sun and moon
- corpuscle
- noun: a microscopic particle, most often a cell
- corroborative
- adjective: tending to confirm with evidence
- covert
- adjective: secret
- covet
- verb: to want or desire
- covetous
- adjective: having a strong desire to own
- cower
- adjective: to curl up in fear
- craven
- adjective: cowardly
- credence
- noun: acceptance of a belief as truth
- credulous
- adjective: gullible; willing to believe
- culpability
- adjective: worthy of blame
- curmudgeon
- noun: an ill-tempered person, often penny-pinching and stubborn
- decimation
- noun: the act of destroying or killing a large population
- deference
- noun: yielding to the wishes or opinions of others
- demagogue
- noun: a leader who uses the emotions of the people to achieve power
- dereliction
- noun: abandonment or neglect
- deride
- verb: to mock or ridicule
- derision
- noun: ridicule
- desiccant
- noun: a medicine used fro drying up a sore
- desiccate
- verb: to dry out
- despotic
- adjective: characteristic of a ruler with absolute power
- destitute
- adjective: lacking, especially regarding money
- desultory
- adjective: moving or skipping from one thing to another
- diction
- noun: word choice in writing
- diffidence
- noun: the state of being shy and untrusting
- dilate
- verb: to expand
- diminutive
- adjective: extremely small
- dirge
- noun: a mournful song
- discern
- verb: to understand the difference
- discordant
- adjective: conflicting
- disingenuous
- adjective: insincere
- disinter
- verb: to exhume a grave
- disparage
- verb: to belittle and dishonor
- disparate
- adjective: completely different
- disputatious
- adjective: inclined to dispute or disagree
- dissemble
- verb: to hide or conceal using a false appearance
- dissipation
- noun: the act of breaking up and scattering
- dissonance
- noun: sound that lacks of harmony
- distillate
- noun: a liquid produced by evaporation during distillation
- divestiture
- noun: the act of stripping or selling off
- dolt
- noun: an idiot
- dross
- noun: waste or refuse
- dubious
- adjective: doubtful
- efficacy
- noun: effectiveness
- effrontery
- adjective: offensively bold
- elegy
- adjective: a poem of mourning
- elucidating
- verb: explaining or clarifying
- emit
- verb: to give off
- emollient
- noun: something that softens the skin
- emulate
- verb: to imitate
- encapsulate
- noun: to put in a capsule
- encomium
- noun: praise
- enervate
- verb: to remove courage or nerve
- engender
- noun: to create or procreate
- ennui
- noun: boredom
- enigmatic
- adjective: like a puzzle
- entreat
- verb: to ask for with sincerity
- ephemeral
- adjective: very brief in duration, usually only one day
- epithet
- noun: a descriptive word or phrase
- equivocal
- adjective: possible meaning two different things; vague or doubtful
- erudition
- noun: extensive knowledge
- esoteric
- adjective: known by only a few
- ethos
- noun: the spirit and character of a community
- excoriation
- noun: the act of chafing the skin
- exculpate
- verb: to acquit or clear of blame
- exigent
- adjective: needing necessary, immediate action
- extant
- adjective: the opposite of extinct; still existing
- extol
- verb: to praise
- extrapolate
- verb: to use past knowledge to hypothesize or estimate
- extricable
- adjective: able to be freed from entanglement or trouble
- fallacious
- adjective: false
- fatuous
- adjective: foolish
- feckless
- adjective: irresponsible
- feint
- noun: a false ploy meant to draw attention away from the real purpose
- fervent
- adjective: passionate
- fissure
- noun: a crack
- floridness
- adjective: flushed
- flustered
- adjective: to be in a state of confusion or uncertainty
- foibles
- noun: a flaw in character
- foment
- verb: to excite
- foolhardy
- adjective: careless
- fortuitous
- adjective: happening by chance
- fracas
- noun: a noisy disturbance
- frieze
- noun: a decorative piece in architecture
- gainsay
- noun: to deny
- garrulous
- adjective: extremely talkative
- gaseous
- adjective: relating to a gas
- glib
- adjective: done with ease
- gossamer
- adjective: gauzy, light
- gregariousness
- adjective: social
- grievous
- adjective: causing grief or anguish
- gristle
- noun: tough cartilage in meat
- guile
- noun: deceit and treachery
- gullible
- adjective: easily tricked
- hackneyed
- adjective: predictable and overused
- hapless
- adjective: unlucky
- harbinger
- noun: something that foreshadows the future
- harrow
- noun: a farming tool verb: to bother or torment
- heckle
- verb: to badger and annoy
- herbaceous
- adjective: relating to a herb
- hew
- verb: to cut using an ax
- hone
- verb: to sharpen
- hoodwink
- verb: to deceive
- iconoclast
- noun: one who seeks to overthrow tradition or authority
- idiosyncrasy
- noun: a peculiarity
- idolatry
- noun: worship of idols
- idyll
- noun: a romantic poem
- imbroglio
- noun: a disagreement
- imperceptibly
- adjective: difficult to perceive
- imperiousness
- noun: the condition of being overbearing
- imperturbability
- noun: self-assured calm and collectiveness
- impetuosity
- noun: the condition of being impulsive
- implacable
- adjective: impossible to satisfy
- implosion
- noun: an inward collapse
- inadvertent
- adjective: careless
- incense
- verb: to make angry OR noun: a substance burned to make an aroma
- inchoate
- adjective: just started
- incongruous
- adjective: incompatible
- incorrigible
- adjective: impossible to control or reform
- incursion
- noun: the act of entering foreign territory
- indefatigability
- noun: the state of never growing tired
- indeterminate
- adjective: unable to determine
- inimitable
- adjective: no capable of being copied or imitated; unique
- inscrutability
- noun: the state of being hard to understand or investigate
- insipid
- adjective: boring, tasteless
- insolence
- noun: the quality of being rude or arrogant
- insularity
- noun: the state of being isolated like an island
- interpolate
- verb: to insert, as in text. Often implies corruption
- intractable
- adjective: difficult and stubborn
- intransigence
- noun: the condition of being stubborn and uncompromising
- intrinsically
- adv: naturally inherent
- inundate
- verb: to flood, or to overwhelm with an overabundance
- invective
- noun: insulting language
- irascible
- adjective: easily angered
- irresolute
- adjective: undecided
- jocular
- adjective: often joking
- labyrinthine
- adjective: relating to a maze
- laconic
- adjective: using few words; concise
- lambaste
- verb: to scold or beat
- laud
- verb: to praise
- lethargy
- noun: a state of great fatigue
- levee
- noun: a dam
- limn
- verb: to describe, especially with an illustration
- lofty
- adjective: elevated in importance; grand
- loquacious
- adjective: extremely talkative
- lucid
- adjective: clearly understandable; sane; transparent
- lugubrious
- adjective: extremely depressed
- magnanimous
- adjective: generous and noble; kind-hearted
- maladroit
- adjective: inept; incapable
- malinger
- verb: to act sick to avoid work
- malleable
- adjective: capable of being shaped
- mar
- verb: to damage
- mercenary
- noun: a hired killer
- mercurial
- adjective: relating to mercury OR quick tempered
- metamorphose
- verb: to transform
- meticulous
- adjective: detailed and precise
- milieu
- noun: environment
- mimicry
- noun: the act of mimicking; mocking
- misanthrope
- noun: person who hates mankind
- miscreant
- noun: a villain
- miser
- noun: a person who hoards money; penny-pincher
- mitigate
- verb: to alleviate
- morose
- adjective: sad
- multifarious
- adjective: great variety
- myopic
- adjective: short-sighted
- nadir
- noun: lowest point
- narcissist
- noun: a person who loves themselves
- nascent
- adjective: beginning to exist
- nave
- noun: central part of the church or the center of a wheel
- nib
- noun: the tip
- noisome
- adjective: offensive odor; toxic
- obdurate
- adjective: hardened emotionally
- obviate
- verb: to prevent through anticipation
- occult
- adjective: relating to the supernatural
- odium
- noun: the state of being strongly dislike or dishonored
- opprobrium
- noun: disgrace
- ossified
- verb: to harden or become bone
- ostentatious
- adjective: pretentious and boastful
- ostracism
- noun: the act of excluding
- outmoded
- adjective: out of fashion
- overtly
- adv: out in the open
- paean
- noun: a song of praise
- palpable
- adjective: touchable or evident
- parse
- verb: to break a sentence into parts of speech