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Pacific: Tending to diminish or put an end to conflict; appeasing.
Motley: Having elements of great variety or incongruity; heterogeneous; mixed, varied; having many colors; variegated; parti-colored
Lithe: Readily bent; supple; marked by effortless grace; flexible, graceful and slender; limber, graceful and quick
Recalcitrant: disobedient
Quiescent: Being quiet, still, or at rest; inactive
Offhand: without preparation or forethought; extemporaneously
Mortar: A vessel in which substances are crushed or ground with a pestle; a machine in which materials are ground and blended or crushed; an ancient field weapon that fires a projectile in a high arch to reach an impact point; plastic material to bond stones and bricks together
Malingerer: To feign illness or other incapacity in order to avoid duty or work
Orison: Prayer
Legerdemain: A show of skill or deceitful cleverness; the use of skillful tricks and deceptions to produce entertainingly baffling effects
Resplendent: Splendid or dazzling in appearance; brilliant; bright, radiant; bright and colorful, almost glowing; marked by extraordinary elegance, beauty, and splendor
Potentiate: To enhance or increase the effect of (a drug); promote or strengthen (a biochemical or physiological action or effect); make potent or powerful
Panegyric: * A formal eulogistic composition intended as a public compliment Elaborate praise or laudation; an encomium
Resonant: Echoing; full in sound; vibrant in sound; having or producing a full, deep, or rich sound
Martinet: A rigid military disciplinarian; one who demands absolute adherence to forms and rules; one who demands strict obedience
Persecutor: One who persecutes, or harasses
Prolix: Rambling and wordy
Marrow: (Pithy) The most central and material part; the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
Nebulous: Cloudy, misty, or hazy; lacking definite form or limits; vague; liable to more than one interpretation; confused, obscure
Ladle: a long-handled spoon with a deep bowl for serving soup, stew etc
Novelist: Someone who writes novels
Rash: A series of unexpected and unpleasant occurrences, Imprudently incurring risk; Syn
Pep: Energy and high spirits; vim; lively, emphatic, eager quality or manner; power for work or vigorous activity
Plethora: A superabundance; an excess; excess of blood in the circulatory system or in one organ or area; condition of going or being beyond what is needed, desired, or appropriate
Recuperation: A return to normal health; gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury; recovery
Oaf: A person regarded as stupid or clumsy; large, ungainly, and dull-witted person; person who is clumsy, stupid; awkward person
Playbill: A poster announcing a theatrical performance; a theatrical program
Moribund: approaching death; about to die On the verge of becoming obsolete
Preclude: To make impossible, as by action taken in advance; prevent; to exclude or prevent (someone) from a given condition or activity
Omnipotent: Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful; one having unlimited power or authority; all-powerful
Nostrum: medicine whose effectiveness is unproved and whose ingredients are usually secret; a quack remedy
Palter: To be capricious; trifle.To talk or act insincerely or misleadingly; equivocate.
Lackadaisical: * Lacking spirit, liveliness, or interest; languid; lacking energy and vitality or showing such a lack; careless, indifferent
Polar: * Occupying or characterized by opposite extremes
Relinquish: To retire from; give up or abandon; put aside or desist from (something practiced, professed, or intended); to let go; surrender; to cease holding physically; release; give up a possession, claim, or right
Protuberance: Something, such as a bulge, knob, or swelling, that protrudes The condition of being protuberant
Odious: Arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure; hateful, horrible; so objectionable as to elicit despisal or deserve condemnation
Renegade: common vagabond; a worthless or wicked fellow; one who deserts from a military or naval post; a deserter; one faithless to principle or party; an apostate from Christianity or from any form of religious faith
Palpable: obvious, Capable of being handled, touched, or felt; tangible; obvious; concrete, real
Prevaricate: Misleading or equivocate
Podium: An elevated platform, as for an orchestra conductor or public speaker; stand for holding the notes of a public speaker; a lectern; low wall serving as a foundation; wall circling the arena of an ancient amphitheater; structure resembling or functioning as a foot; low platform, especially one where the conductor of an orchestra stands
Rebel: a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions), Someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action; Syn
Obstruction: Something that impedes or prevents entry or passage; obstacle, impediment; act of causing a delay or an attempt to cause a delay in the conduct of business, especially in a legislative body; an obstacle
Retard: To cause to move or proceed slowly; delay or impede; hinder, obstruct
Purism: strict observance of or insistence on traditional correctness, especially of language
License: To give or yield permission to or for; official or legal permission to do or own a specified thing
Mortify: To deprive of esteem, self-worth, or effectiveness; to cause (a person) to be self-consciously distressed; embarrass
Quart: A unit of volume or capacity in the US Customary System, used in liquid measure, equal to / 4 gallon or 32 ounces
Persecute: To oppress or harass with ill-treatment, especially because of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or beliefs; annoy persistently; bother; do a wrong to; treat unjustly; wrong, torment
Melancholy: Sadness or depression of the spirits; gloom; affected with or marked by depression of the spirits; sad; pensive; thoughtful
Mire: A usually low-lying area of soft waterlogged ground and standing water; viscous, usually offensively dirty substance; soil with mud; marsh or bog
Mettle: Courage and fortitude; spirit; inherent quality of character and temperament; boldness, strength of character; quality of mind enabling one to face danger or hardship resolutely
Majesty: Something meriting the highest praise or regard; impressiveness in scale or proportion; the state and title of a king; greatness and dignity of a sovereign; sovereignty and power of God; royal personage; grandeur; stately splendor; magnificence, as of style or character
Malice: A desire to harm others or to see others suffer; extreme ill will or spite; the intent, without just cause or reason, to commit a wrongful act that will result in harm to another; hate, vengefulness; state of mind that disregards the law and legal rights of others but that does not necessarily involve personal hate or ill will
Repletion: The condition of being fully supplied or completely filled; a state of excessive fullness
Renege: To fail to carry out a promise or commitment;
Lambaste: critiize someone harshly (upbraid)
Rebuke: To criticize or reprove sharply; reprimand; check or repress; a sharp reproof; harsh criticism
Portent: An indication of something important or calamitous about to occur; an omen; prophetic or threatening significance; something amazing or marvelous; a prodigy; miracle
Prescribe: To set down as a rule or guide; enjoin; to order the use of (a medicine or other treatment); establish rules, laws, or directions; to set forth expressly and authoritatively
Muckrake: to search for and expose misconduct in public life
Recapitulate: To repeat again the principal points of; go over something again; repeat in concise form
Pretentious: Claiming or demanding a position of distinction or merit, especially when unjustified; making or marked by an extravagant outward show; ostentatious; snobbish, conceited; characterized by an exaggerated show of dignity or self-importance; marked by outward, often extravagant display
Lachrymose: Weeping or inclined to weep; tearful; causing or tending to cause tears
Pert: trim and stylish in appearance; jaunty; impudently bold; saucy; high-spirited; vivacious
Prolixity: Words or the use of words in excess of those needed for clarity or precision; using or containing an excessive number of words; long-winded; wordy
Pragmatic: Practical; sensible; dealing or concerned with facts or actual occurrences; person given to intruding in other people's affairs
Nimble: Quick, light, or agile in movement or action; deft; dexterous, smart
Puddle: A small pool of water, especially rainwater; small pool of a liquid; tempered paste of wet clay and sand that serves as waterproofing when dry
Orifice: An opening, especially to a cavity or passage of the body; a mouth or vent; an open space allowing passage
Matter-of-fact: Relating or adhering to facts; literal; straightforward or unemotional; realistic, unembellished; lacking liveliness, charm, or surprise; having or indicating an awareness of things as they really are; with little or no emotion or expression
Lethargic: Of, causing, or characterized by lethargy; lazy, sluggish; deficient in alertness or activity
Mulish: Stubborn and intractable; recalcitrant; unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack
Pantry: A small room or closet, usually off a kitchen, where food, tableware, linens, and similar items are stored; small room used for the preparation of cold foods; small room off a kitchen where dishes, food, etc are stored; room for preparing refreshments, not complete meals; serving room between kitchen and dining space
Peep: To utter short, soft, high-pitched sounds, like those of a baby bird; cheep; to speak in a hesitant, thin, high-pitched voice; slight sound or utterance; to peek furtively; steal a quick glance; to peer through a small aperture or from behind something; quick look; glance; first glimpse or appearance
Narrative: A narrated account; a story; the art, technique, or process of narrating; a recounting of past events
Labyrinth: Maze
Nervy: Arrogantly impudent; showing or requiring courage and fortitude; bold; rude and disrespectful; bold, pushy
Raucous: Rough-sounding and harsh; boisterous and disorderly; rowdy; noisy; harsh and unpleasant
Ladle: a long-handled spoon with a deep bowl for serving soup, stew etc
Limpid: Admitting light so that objects beyond can be seen; characterized by transparent clearness; calm and untroubled; serene; clear; comprehensible
Ruse: A crafty stratagem; a subterfuge; indirect, usually cunning means of gaining an end; a deceptive maneuver
Perfunctory: Hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
Parsimonious: Excessively unwilling to spend; Syn
Precarious: Dangerously lacking in security or stability; subject to chance or unknown conditions; based on uncertain, unwarranted, or unproved premises; tricky, doubtful; not safe or sure
Manifest: Clearly apparent to the sight or understanding; obvious; show or demonstrate plainly; reveal; evidence of; prove; list of cargo or passengers carried on a ship or plane; invoice of goods carried on a truck or train
Recondite: Not easily understood; abstruse; concealed; hidden; mysterious, obscure
Limpid: Admitting light so that objects beyond can be seen; characterized by transparent clearness; calm and untroubled; serene; clear; comprehensible
Orc: A mythical monster of varying descriptions; any of several cetaceans especialy the grampus of the dolphin family
Luminary: An object, such as a celestial body, that gives light; person who is an inspiration to others; person who has achieved eminence in a specific field; celebrity; a famous person
Measureless: Too great to be measured; immeasurable; having no ends or limits; boundless
Malaise: A vague feeling of bodily discomfort, as at the beginning of an illness; general sense of depression or unease; general feeling of discomfort or uneasiness, often the first indication of an infection or other disease
Reagent: A substance used in a chemical reaction to detect, measure, examine, or produce other substances
Luminary: An object, such as a celestial body, that gives light; person who is an inspiration to others; person who has achieved eminence in a specific field; celebrity; a famous person
Remainder: What remains after a part has been used or subtracted; balance, residue; an estate in land that is conveyed only after the termination of a preceding estate created at the same time
Mitigate: diminish
Pulchritude: Great physical beauty and appeal
Plague: A widespread affliction or calamity, especially one seen as divine retribution.
Perturbable: to disturb greatly; make uneasy or anxious; to throw into great confusion
Luculent: Easily understood; clear or lucid; (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable
Quandary: A state of uncertainty or perplexity; delicate situation; state of doubt or puzzlement; a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one; state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options
Repose: Freedom from worry; peace of mind.; calm tranquility
Laggard: One that lags; a straggler; hanging back or falling behind; dilatory; falling behind
Obituary: published notice of death, sometimes with brief biography of deceased
Rescind: abrogate,revoke or cancel; annul by recalling or rescinding
Penchant: A definite liking; a strong inclination; fondness; strong liking for or bias in favor of something
Lenient: Inclined not to be harsh or strict; merciful, generous, or indulgent; not strict or severe; not harsh or strict in dealing with others
Prostrate: render helpless or defenseless
Prescience: Knowledge of actions or events before they occur; foresight; unusual or creative discernment or perception
Metamorphisis: in a changing state
Predicament: A situation, especially an unpleasant, troublesome, or trying one, from which extrication is difficult; a difficult, often embarrassing situation or condition; the wage of consistency
Rile: To stir to anger; to stir up (liquid); roil; to trouble the nerves or peace of mind of, especially by repeated vexations; anger, upset; cause annoyance in; disturb, esp by minor irritations; make turbid by stirring up the sediments of
Plausible: seemingly or apparently valid, likely, or acceptable; credible
Proofread: To read (copy or proof) in order to find errors and mark correction; to read copy or proof for purposes of error detection and correction
Prescient: Characterized by foresight; perceiving the significance of events before they occur
Quibble: To evade the truth or importance of an issue by raising trivial distinctions and objections; find fault or criticize for petty reasons; cavil; petty distinction or an irrelevant objection; objection, complaint; beat around the bush; engage in a quarrel
Pillory: A wooden framework on a post, with holes for the head and hands, in which offenders were formerly locked to be exposed to public scorn as punishment; to expose to ridicule and abuse; a wooden framework in which an offender is fastened to boards for punishment and is exposed to public scorn
Manumission: the formal act of freeing from slavery
Overture: An instrumental composition intended especially as an introduction to an extended work, such as an opera or oratorio
Range: A row of connected mountain; limits within which there are changes or differences; line of objects in direct succession, as a range of columns
Onerous: difficult
Munificent: Very liberal in giving; generous; showing great generosity
Metaphorical: Figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison; one thing conceived as representing another; a symbol; expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another
Lionize: To look on or treat (a person) as a celebrity.
Retract: To disavow (something previously written or said) irrevocably and usually formally; pull back in: draw in; move back or away from a point, limit, or mark; take back; renege on; recall or take back (something that one has said)
Rhapsodize: to express oneself in an immoderately enthusiastic manner
Rage: Violent, explosive anger
Reclusive: hermit or a loner; withdrawn from society; seeking solitude, providing privacy or seclusion
Reify: To regard or treat (an abstraction) as if it had concrete or material existence; interpretation of an abstract idea or concept, such as the state, as real or concrete; consider an abstract concept to be real
Opera: A theatrical presentation in which a dramatic performance is set to music; the score of such a work
Psychophant: One who attempts to curry favor by flattering influential people, but does so to a psychotic, often violent degree
Obstinate: Stubbornly adhering to an attitude, opinion, or course of action; obdurate; difficult to manage, control, or subdue; refractory; difficult to alleviate or cure; stubborn, determined
Mushroom: Any of various fleshy fungi of the class Basidiomycota, characteristically having an umbrella-shaped cap borne on a stalk, especially any of the edible kinds; to increase or expand suddenly, rapidly, or without control; sprout
Matter-of-fact: "Relating or adhering to facts; literal; straightforward or unemotional; realistic, unembellished; lacking liveliness, charm, or surprise; having or indicating an awareness of things as they really are; with little or no emotion or expression "
Obstreperous: Noisily and stubbornly defiant; aggressively boisterous; unruly; not submitting to discipline or control; offensively loud and insistent
Lofty: of imposing height; elevated in character; exalted; arrogant; haughty; affecting grandness; pompous; exceedingly dignified in form, tone, or style; of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style
Mishap: Bad luck; an unfortunate accident; unexpected and usually undesirable event; an instance of misfortune; unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate
Obfuscation: Mental confusion; confusion resulting from failure to understand; darkening or obscuring the sight of something; the activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered
Natatorium: An indoor swimming pool; pool that provides a facility for swimming; building containing a swimming pool; a swimming pool
Pulverize: To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust; to demolish; destroy
Nocturnal: done or active at night
Qurush: 20 qurush equal 1 riyal in Saudi Arabia
Maroon: To put ashore on a deserted island or coast and intentionally abandon; to abandon or isolate with little hope of ready rescue or escape; a fugitive Black slave in the West Indies in the 17th and 18th centuries; a dark reddish brown to dark purplish red
Passion: A powerful emotion, such as love, joy, hatred, or anger; very strong interest; adoration, love; strong emotion
Ossified: Changed to bone or something resembling bone; hardened by deposits of mineral matter of any kind; -
Mottled: Spotted or blotched with different shades or colors; speckled
Malice: A desire to harm others or to see others suffer; extreme ill will or spite; the intent, without just cause or reason, to commit a wrongful act that will result in harm to another; hate, vengefulness; state of mind that disregards the law and legal rights of others but that does not necessarily involve personal hate or ill will
Mendicant: Depending on alms for a living; practicing begging; beggar; member of an order of friars forbidden to own property in common, who work or beg for their living; one who begs habitually or for a living
Rampant: * Extending unchecked; unrestrained; occurring without restraint and frequently, widely, or menacingly; rearing on the hind legs; uncontrolled, out of hand
Pundit: A source of opinion; a critic; learned person; usually elderly person noted for wisdom, knowledge, and judgment; person who is authority
Renounce: * abandon
Probity: Complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness; quality or state of being morally sound; fairness, honesty; virtue or integrity tested and confirmed
Pomp: splendid display,splendor ,Cheap or pretentious or vain display, Ceremonial elegance and splendor; Syn
Lop: To decrease, as in length or amount, by or as if by severing or excising; to hang limply, loosely, and carelessly; cut off from a whole
Literal: Employing the very same words as another; exact, real; being in accordance with, conforming to, or upholding the exact or primary meaning of a word or words; avoiding exaggeration, metaphor, or embellishment; factual; prosaic
Rancour: A feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
Ripen: To make or become ripe or riper; mature
Rue: European strong-scented perennial herb with gray-green bitter-tasting leaves; leaves sometimes used for flavoring fruit or claret cup but should be used with great caution; feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about
Mordant: bitingly sarcastic
Referee: One to whom something is referred, especially for settlement, decision, or an opinion as to the thing's quality
Moxie: the ability to face difficulty with spirit and courage; aggressive energy
Palpitate: To move with a slight tremulous motion; tremble, shake, or quiver; beat with excessive rapidity; throb; make rhythmic contractions, sounds, or movements; beat at a rapid pace, like heart; tremble; beat rapidly and irregularly
Proxy: A person authorized to act for another; an agent or substitute; written authorization to act in place of another; authority to act for another; a person who is given the power to act for another in voting
Receptacle: A container that holds items or matter; the expanded tip of a flower stalk or axis that bears the floral organs or the group of flowers in a head; a fitting connected to a power supply and equipped to receive a plug; container
Noxious: Harmful to the mind or morals; corrupting; injurious to health
Plummet: To decline suddenly and steeply; to fall straight down; plunge; fall hard and fast
Percipient: Having the power of perceiving, especially perceiving keenly and readily; astute; characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving
Portrait: Drawing, painting, or photograph of a person
Partisan: A fervent, sometimes militant supporter or proponent of a party, cause, faction, person, or idea; one who supports and adheres to another; exhibiting bias; interested, factional
Rectitude: orally correct behaviour
Musket: A smoothbore shoulder gun used from the late 16th through the 18th century
Meager: Deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent; scantyDeficient in richness, fertility, or vigor; feeble
Propitiated: To conciliate (an offended power); appease; ease the anger or agitation of; gain the favor of or make peace with
Monarch: One who reigns over a state or territory, usually for life and by hereditary right, especially; sovereign, such as a king or empress, often with constitutionally limited authority; sole and absolute ruler
Lugubrious: Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree
Quatrain: A stanza or poem of four lines
Racy: Having a distinctive and characteristic quality or taste; strong and sharp in flavor or odor; piquant or pungent; vigorous; lively; risque, vulgar; energetic, zestful
Observable: Possible to observe; deserving or worthy of note; noteworthy; apparent; readily seen, perceived, or understood
Malaise: A vague feeling of bodily discomfort, as at the beginning of an illness; general sense of depression or unease; general feeling of discomfort or uneasiness, often the first indication of an infection or other disease
Pugnacious: Combative in nature; belligerent
Preeminence: Superior to or notable above all others; outstanding.
Lubricant: A substance, such as grease or oil, that reduces friction when applied as a surface coating to moving parts; one that helps reduce difficulty or conflict; a substance capable of reducing friction by making surfaces smooth or slippery
Peevish: irritable
Preponderance: Superiority in weight, force, importance, or influence; great numbers; supremacy
Quartet: A group of four musicians or singers; also, a piece of music for four instruments or voices; composition for four voices or four instruments or four parts; four performers or singers who perform together
Pervasive: Having the quality or tendency to pervade or permeate; spreading throughout; extending; suffusing
Odium: The state or quality of being odiousStrong dislike, contempt, or aversionA state of disgrace resulting from hateful or detestable
Perspicacity: Acuteness of perception, discernment, or understanding
Largesse: A generous gift or giving
Oscillate: To swing back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm; to waver, as between conflicting opinions or courses of action; vacillate; vary between alternate extremes, usually within a definable period of time; change back and forth; move rhythmically back and forth suspended or as if suspended from above
Pedantic: Characterized by a narrow, often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules; bookish, precise; showing off learning
Obscure: To make dim or indistinct; cut off from sight: block; deficient in brightness; far from centers of human population; liable to more than one interpretation; not known or not widely known by name; of undistinguished or humble station or reputation
Quixotic: Not compatible with reality; generous to a ridiculous degree; impractical; capricious; impulsive
Modicum: A small, moderate, or token amount
Obtain: To be established, accepted, or customary:
Nugatory: of little or no importance; trifling; having no force; invalid; Contemptibly unimportant
Luculent: Easily understood; clear or lucid; (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable
Palliate: To make (an offense or crime) seem less serious; extenuate; make less severe or intense; mitigate; relieve the symptoms of a disease or disorder; loss over; cover up
Overtly: in an overt manner,overt; Open and observable; not secret or hidden; Syn
Laze: To be lazy; loaf; to pass time without working or in avoiding work; relax; be idle; exist in a changeless situation
Opine: To state as an opinion; speak one's opinion without fear or hesitation; expect, believe, or suppose
Procrastinate: To put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness; postpone or delay needlessly; delay, put off doing
Resilient: * Marked by the ability to recover readily, as from misfortune; capable of returning to an original shape or position, as after having been compressed; bouncy, flexible; having the quality of springing back to a former positionAlso: Able to recover quickly from sickness or difficulty; sturdy
Redoubtable: Arousing fear or awe; formidable; worthy of respect or honor; formidable; causing fear
Miserly: Ungenerously or pettily reluctant to spend money; greedy, stingy; relating to one who stores riches selfishly
Pinch: To be severely sparing in order to economize; take (another's property) without permission; take into custody as a prisoner; a seizing and holding by law; very small amount; predicament
Papyrus: The writing paper of the ancient Egyptians, and later of the Romans
Muster: To assemble, prepare, or put into operation, as for war or a similar emergency; a number of persons who have come or been gathered together
Placidity: The quality or state of being placid; calmness; serenity; a feeling of calmness; a quiet and undisturbed feeling; a disposition free from stress or emotion
Reinforcement: The act or process of reinforcing or the state of being reinforced; an event, a circumstance, or a condition that increases the likelihood that a given response will recur in a situation like that in which the reinforcing condition originally occurred; additional personnel or equipment sent to support a military action
Pusillanimous: Lacking courage; cowardly; without spirit or bravery
Penurious: Unwilling to spend money; stingy; yielding little; barren; poverty-stricken; destitute; mean; poor; ungenerously or pettily reluctant to spend money
Polemical: Polemic; controversial; disputatious; given to arguing; of or involving dispute or controversy
Nave: central part of the church
Phenomenal: Extraordinary or marvelous; of, relating to, or constituting phenomena; astounding
Ragged: Tattered, frayed, or torn; worn-out; in shreds
Provenance: Place of origin; derivation; the history of the ownership of an object, especially when documented or authenticated
Mollify: To calm in temper or feeling; soothe; lessen in intensity; temper; reduce the rigidity of; soften; ease the anger or agitation of; ause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate
Meteoric: sudden
Raving: Talking or behaving irrationally; wild; exciting admiration; delirious, irrational speech; talking or behaving irrationally
Rebut: To refute, especially by offering opposing evidence or arguments, as in a legal case; to repel; present opposing evidence or arguments; argue against; prove wrong
Obviate: To make unnecessary
Remiss: * Exhibiting carelessness or slackness
Pithy: Precisely meaningful; forceful and brief; consisting of or resembling pith
Rambunctious: Boisterous and disorderly
Revisionist: * disapprove the changing of accepted theories
Rostrum: A stage or raised platform for public speaking
Quisling: A traitor who serves as the puppet of the enemy occupying his or her country
Obstinacy: stubborn; firm about opinion
Overwrought: excessively nervous or excited; agitated; extremely elaborate or ornate; overdone
Mendacious: Lying; untruthful; false; untrue; dishonest; given to or marked by deliberate concealment or misrepresentation of the truth
Paroles: Key words or signals used to establish mutual identification
Lampoon: A written attack ridiculing a person, group, or institution; light, good-humored satire; a work, as a novel or play, that exposes folly by the use of humor or irony; ridicule, make fun of
Palliated: To relieve the symptoms of a disease or disorder; to make less severe or intense; mitigate; to make (an offense or crime) seem less serious; extenuate
Pallid: Having an abnormally pale or wan complexion; lacking intensity of color or luminousness
Pique: A state of vexation caused by a perceived slight or indignity; a feeling of wounded pride
Lull: To make or become calm; pause, calm; ease off; to cause to sleep or rest 47 Malevolent
Menial: Work pertaining to servants; work that is demeaning or insulting to the person performing it; lowly, low-status
Rancor: Bitter, long-lasting resentment; deep-seated ill will
Opulent: * Possessing or exhibiting great wealth; affluent; characterized by rich abundance; luxuriant; rich and superior in quality
Paralyze: To deprive of the power to move or feel in a part of the body; make powerless and unable to function; cause to be paralyzed and immobile; impair the progress or functioning of; make inoperative or powerless
Pulpit: An elevated platform, lectern, or stand used in preaching or conducting a religious service; elevated metal guardrail extending around the bow or stern of a yacht or other small vessel; elevated platform, such as one used by harpooners in a whaling boat; clerics considered as a group; ministry of preaching
Lunge: A sudden thrust or pass, as with a sword; a sudden forward movement or plunge; pounce; dive for
Pristine: Remaining in a pure state; uncorrupted by civilization Remaining free from dirt or decay; clean
Obdurate: Stubborn and unfeeling
Myriad: Constituting a very large, indefinite number; innumerable; composed of numerous diverse elements or facets
Pedestrian: A person traveling on foot; a walker; lacking liveliness, charm, or surprise
Obfuscate: To render indistinct or dim; darken; to make so confused or opaque as to be difficult to perceive or understand
Loathesome: So objectionable as to elicit despisal or deserve condemnation; hateful; abhorrent
Oblivious: Lacking all memory; forgetful.
Livestock: Domestic animals, such as cattle or horses, raised for home use or for profit, especially on a farm
Mneumonic: is a memory aid that generally serves an educational purpose
Recess: A pause or interval, as from work or duty; interrupt regular activity for a short period; stop action; break, interval in action; any shallow depression in a surface
Nullify: To make null; invalidate; to counteract the force or effectiveness of; cancel, revoke
Pastiche: A mixture of materials, forms, motifs, and/or styles; often incongruous; dramatic, literary, or musical piece openly imitating the previous works of other artists, often with satirical intent; an artistic effort that imitates or caricatures the work of another artist
Ostracize: To exclude from a group; to exclude from normal social or professional activities; to force to leave a country or place by official decree; exile, banish; to put into public disfavor
Preposterous: Contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; absurd; ridiculous, bizarre; completely devoid of wisdom or good sense; senseless as to be laughable
Obliterate: To destroy all traces of; to wipe out, rub off, or erase
Peremptory: * Urgent; imperative; overbearing, authoritative; tending to dictate; offensively self-assured; dictatorial; having the nature of or expressing a command; urgent; not allowing contradiction or refusal; imperative; putting an end to all debate or action
Raft: A flat structure, typically made of planks, logs, or barrels, that floats on water and is used for transport or as a platform for swimmers; a flat buoyant structure of timber or other materials fastened together, used as a boat or floating platform
Plumage: The covering of feathers on a bird; feathers used ornamentally; elaborate dress; finery; the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds; Aa bird's feathers
Reek: * To have or give off a foul odor; to smoke, steam, or fume; to be pervaded by something unpleasant
Rapport: Relationship, especially one of mutual trust or emotional affinity; understanding between people; harmonious mutual understanding
Perspicuity: * The quality of being perspicuous; clearness and lucidity
Obsequious: servile, slavish
Ramshackle: So poorly constructed or kept up that disintegration is likely; rickety
Minuet: A slow, stately pattern dance in 3/4 time for groups of couples, originating in 17th-century France; a movement in 3/4 time that is usually the third, but sometimes the second, of a four-movement symphony or string quartet
Magniloquent: Lofty and extravagant in speech; grandiloquent; characterized by language that is elevated and sometimes pompous in style; boastful
Philistine: An unrefined, rude person; lacking in delicacy or refinement; a person who is uninterested in intellectual or cultural pursuits
Lambast: Censure severely or angrily; beat with a cane
Penitent: Feeling or expressing remorse for one's misdeeds or sins; person performing penance under the direction of a confessor; shamed, sorrowful; undergoing or awaiting punishment
Perplexity: a puzzling situation or thing
Phlegmatic: Without emotion or interest; having or suggesting a calm, sluggish temperament; unemotional
Prosaic: dull, unimaginative
Obstruse: ( is an obsolete English spelling of abstruce) Abstruse means difficult to understand; recondite
Parsimony: Unusual or excessive frugality; extreme economy or stinginess; adoption of the simplest assumption in the formulation of a theory or in the interpretation of data, especially in accordance with the rule of Ockham's razor; extreme stinginess
Laconic: Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise; short, to the point
Polymorphous: Having, or assuming, a variety of forms, characters, or styles
Piquant: Pleasantly pungent or tart in taste; spicy; appealingly provocative; charming, interesting, or attractive; flavorful, biting
Reculsive: hermit or a loner; withdrawn from society; seeking solitude, providing privacy or seclusion
Panacea: a remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all
Quatrain: A stanza or poem of four lines
Pettifogger: a petty, quibbling, unscrupulous lawyer One who quibbles over trivia
Plot: A secret plan to achieve an evil or illegal end; series of events and relationships forming the basis of a composition; piece of land; show graphically the direction or location of, as by using coordinates; plan, scheme
Metaphysical: Having no body, form, or substance; of, coming from, or relating to forces or beings that exist outside the natural world; not physical; without physical presence; ideal
Malady: An unwholesome condition; a disease, a disorder, or an ailment
Melodious: Of, relating to, or containing a pleasing succession of sounds; tuneful; agreeable to hear; containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody
Prodigal: Rashly or wastefully extravagant; giving or given in abundance; lavish or profuse; wasteful; a recklessly extravagant consumer
Puny: Of inferior size, strength, or significance; weak; small, insignificant
Maverick: one that refuses to abide by the dictates of or resists adherence to a group; a dissenter; radical
Pariah: An outcast; a member of a low caste or class
Malcontent: a chronically dissatisfied person; one who rebels against the established system; discontented as toward authority
Ream: 500 sheets of paper
Maculate: To spot, blemish, or pollute; morally blemished; stained or impure; make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air, of metals
Manna: hardened sugary exudation of various trees; food that God gave the Israelites during the exodus
Refute: To prove to be false or erroneous; overthrow by argument or proof; to deny the accuracy or truth of; prove false; discredit
Reprobate: A morally unprincipled person; morally objectionable; feel or express strong disapproval of; criticize; abandon to eternal damnation; reject as invalid, as of documents
Laconic: "Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise; short, to the point "
Rapprochement: A reestablishing of cordial relations, as between two countries; the state of reconciliation or of cordial relations; restoration of harmony
Protean: readily taking on varied shapes, forms, or meanings Exhibiting considerable variety or diversity
Lax: lacking in strength or firmness or resilience
Misconstruction: An inaccurate explanation, interpretation, or report; a misunderstanding
Metamorphose: to change into a wholly different form or appearance; transform
Lassitude: lack of energy
Pelf: Wealth or riches, especially when dishonestly acquired
Puckish: Mischievous; impish; naughtily or annoyingly playful
Remorseful: Feeling or expressing regret for one's sins or misdeeds; guilty, ashamed
Laryngitis: Inflammation of the larynx; laryngitis is caused by inflammation of the larynx, often resulting in a temporary loss of voice
Rebuff: A blunt or abrupt repulse or refusal, as to an offer; check or an abrupt setback to progress or action; unkind refusal or rejection; snub; turning away; ignoring
Proscribe: To denounce or condemn; to prohibit; forbid
Reserved: silent; aloof
Mirth: Gladness and gaiety, especially when expressed by laughter; state of joyful exuberance; great joy; joyfulness with laughter
Pacify: To ease the anger or agitation of; to end war, fighting, or violence in; establish peace in; appease
Malfeasance: misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official
Miscreant: An evildoer; a villain; an infidel; a heretic; evil, immoral; a villain
Naive: childlike

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