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- Abbreviate
- To shorten, abridge
- Abstinence
- The act of refraining from pleasurable activity, e.g., eating or drinking
- Adulation
- High praise
- Adversity
- Misfortune, an unfavorable turn of events
- Aesthetic
- Pertaining to beauty or the arts
- Amicable
- Friendly, agreeable
- Anachronistic
- Out-of-date, not attributed to the correct historical period
- Anecdote
- Short, usually funny account of an event
- Anonymous
- Nameless, without a disclosed identity
- Antagonist
- Foe, opponent, adversary
- Arid
- Extremely dry or deathly boring
- Assiduous
- Persistent, hard-working
- Asylum
- Sanctuary, shelter, place of refuge
- Benevolent
- Friendly and helpful
- Camaraderie
- Trust, sociability amongst friends
- Censure
- To criticize harshly
- Circuitous
- Indirect, taking the longest route
- Clairvoyant
- Exceptionally insightful, able to foresee the future
- Collaborate
- To cooperate, work together
- Compassion
- Sympathy, helpfulness or mercy
- Compromise
- To settle a dispute by terms agreeable to both sides
- Condescending
- Possessing an attitude of superiority, patronizing
- Conditional
- Depending on a condition, e.g., in a contract
- Conformist
- Person who complies with accepted rules and customs
- Congregation
- A crowd of people, an assembly
- Convergence
- The state of separate elements joining or coming together
- Deleterious
- Harmful, destructive, detrimental
- Demagogue
- Leader, rabble-rouser, usually appealing to emotion or prejudice
- Digression
- The act of turning aside, straying from the main point, esp. in a speech or argument
- Diligent
- Careful and hard-working
- Discredit
- To harm the reputation of, dishonor or disgrace
- Disdain
- To regard with scorn or contempt
- Divergent
- Separating, moving in different directions from a particular point
- Empathy
- Identification with the feelings of others
- Emulate
- To imitate, follow an example
- Enervating
- Weakening, tiring
- Enhance
- To improve, bring to a greater level of intensity
- Ephemeral
- Momentary, transient, fleeting
- Evanescent
- Quickly fading, short-lived, esp. an image
- Exasperation
- Irritation, frustration
- Exemplary
- Outstanding, an example to others
- Extenuating
- Excusing, lessening the seriousness of guilt or crime, e.g., of mitigating factors
- Florid
- Red-colored, flushed; gaudy, ornate
- Fortuitous
- Happening by luck, fortunate
- Frugal
- Thrifty, cheap
- Hackneyed
- Cliched, worn out by overuse
- Haughty
- Arrogant and condescending
- Hedonist
- Person who pursues pleasure as a goal
- Hypothesis
- Assumption, theory requiring proof
- Impetuous
- Rash, impulsive, acting without thinking
- Impute
- To attribute an action to particular person or group
- Incompatible
- Opposed in nature, not able to live or work together
- Inconsequential
- Unimportant, trivial
- Inevitable
- Certain, unavoidable
- Integrity
- Decency, honesty, wholeness
- Intrepid
- Fearless, adventurous
- Intuitive
- Instinctive, untaught
- Jubilation
- Joy, celebration, exultation
- Lobbyist
- Person who seeks to influence political events
- Longevity
- Long life
- Mundane
- Ordinary, commonplace
- Nonchalant
- Calm, casual, seeming unexcited
- Novice
- Apprentice, beginner
- Opulent
- Wealthy
- Orator
- Lecturer, speaker
- Ostentatious
- Showy, displaying wealth
- Parched
- Dried up, shriveled
- Perfidious
- Faithless, disloyal, untrustworthy
- Precocious
- Unusually advanced or talented at an early age
- Pretentious
- Pretending to be important, intelligent or cultured
- Procrastinate
- To unnecessarily delay, postpone, put off
- Prosaic
- Relating to prose; dull, commonplace
- Prosperity
- Wealth or success
- Provocative
- Tending to provoke a response, e.g., anger or disagreement
- Prudent
- Careful, cautious
- Querulous
- Complaining, irritable
- Rancorous
- Bitter, hateful
- Reclusive
- Preferring to live in isolation
- Reconciliation
- The act of agreement after a quarrel, the resolution of a dispute
- Renovation
- Repair, making something new again
- Resilient
- Quick to recover, bounce back
- Restrained
- Controlled, repressed, restricted
- Reverence
- Worship, profound respect
- Sagacity
- Wisdom
- Scrutinize
- To observe carefully
- Spontaneity
- Impulsive action, unplanned events
- Spurious
- Lacking authenticity, false
- Submissive
- Tending to meekness, to submit to the will of others
- Substantiate
- To verify, confirm, provide supporting evidence
- Subtle
- Hard to detect or describe; perceptive
- Superficial
- Shallow, lacking in depth
- Superfluous
- Extra, more than enough, redundant
- Suppress
- To end an activity, e.g., to prevent the dissemination of information
- Surreptitious
- Secret, stealthy
- Tactful
- Considerate, skillful in acting to avoid offense to others
- Tenacious
- Determined, keeping a firm grip on
- Transient
- Temporary, short-lived, fleeting
- Venerable
- Respected because of age
- Vindicate
- To clear from blame or suspicion
- Wary
- Careful, cautious