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- proximity
- n nearness
- virulent
- extremely poisonous; malignant; full of hate
- profound
- a deep several senses; ~sleep ~knowledge ~meaning ~thanks ~anxiety ~bow n profundity profoundness ; n
- perfunctory
- a unenthusiastic ; careless careless; unenthusiastic
- vindictive
- seeking revenge
- salutary
- a healthful; remedial; curative
- salient
- a sticking out; conspicuous; leaping ;
- vernacular
- everyday speech; slang; idiom
- vacillate
- to be indecisive; to waver ;
- sacrilege
- n a violation of something sacred; blasphemy
- perquisite
- n a privilege that goes along with a job ; a perk =perk
- proficient
- a thoroughly competent; skillful; very good at something at in n expert
- vitriolic
- caustic; full of bitterness
- pedantic
- a boringly scholarly or academic
- ubiquitous
- being everywhere at the same time
- relegate
- v to banish; to send away
- specious
- deceptively plausible or attractive
- utopia
- an ideal society
- propensity
- n a natural inclination or tendency; a predilection
- pervade
- v to spread throughout
- synthesis
- the combing of parts to form a whole ;
- requisite
- required necessary
- tautological
- redundant; circular ; redundant
- surrogate
- substitute
- succinct
- brief and to the point; concise
- paucity
- n scarcity =scarcity
- tangential
- only superficially related to the matter at hand; not especially relevant; peripheral ;
- ramification
- n a consequence; a branching out
- tenuous
- flimsy; extremely thin
- propriety
- n properness; good manners ;
- renounce
- v to give up formally or resign; to disown; to have nothing to do with anymore
- subversive
- corrupting; overthrowing; undermining; insurgent
- static
- stationary; not changing or moving
- surfeit
- excess; an excessive amount; excess or overindulgence in eating or drinking
- reprehensible
- a worthy of blame or censure
- pertinent
- a relevant ; dealing with the matter at hand ... relevant
- Vitiate
- to make impure; to pollute
- vindicate
- to clear from all blame or suspicion; to justify
- vex
- to annoy; to pester; to confuse
- temperate
- mild; moderate; restrained mild
- parody
- n a satirical imitation
- ponderous
- a so large as to be clumsy ; massive ; dull massive dull
- profane
- a not having to do with religion; irreverent; blasphemous
- sensory
- a having to do with the senses or sensation
- superficial
- on the surface only; shallow; not thorough
- patronize
- v to treat as an inferior ; to condescend to
- proscribe
- v to outlaw; to prohibit ;
- squalor
- filth; wretched degraded or repulsive living conditions
- portent
- n an omen ; a sign of something coming in the future
- profuse
- a flowing; extravagant
- paradox
- n a true statement or phenomenon that nonetheless seems to contradict itself ; an untrue statement or phenomenon that nonetheless seems logical
- sublime
- awesome; extremely exalted; lofty; majestic
- permeate
- v to spread or seep through ; to penetrate
- verbose
- using too many words; not succinct; circumlocutory
- succumb
- to yield or submit; to die ;
- stringent
- strict; restrictive
- rebuke
- v to criticize sharply
- reprisal
- n a military action undertaken in revenge for another; an act of taking an eye for an eye ;
- venerate
- to revere; to treat as something holy especially because of great age
- tenacious
- persistent; stubborn; not letting go
- usurp
- to seize wrongfully
- ruminate
- v to contemplate; to ponder; to mull over
- painstaking
- a extremely careful ; taking pains =pains-taking = taking pains
- turpitude
- shameful wickedness; depravity
- scrupulous
- a strict; careful; hesitant for ethical reasons
- stigmatize
- to brand with disgrace; to set a mark of disgrace upon
- rudimentary
- a basic; crude; unformed or undeveloped ;
- reprove
- v to criticize mildly
- prodigious
- a extraordinary; enormous; vast ;
- superfluous
- extra; unnecessary; redundant
- vociferous
- loud; noisy
- sequester
- v to set or keep apart ;
- provincial
- a limited in outlook to ones own small corner of the world; narrow
- perfidy
- n treachery treachery
- placate
- v to pacify ; to appease ; to soothe
- redolent
- a fragrant fragrant
- propitious
- a marked by favorable signs or conditions
- peripatetic
- a wandering ; traveling continually ; itinerant
- verisimilitude
- similarity to reality; the appearance of truth; looking like real thing
- strife
- bitter conflict; discord; a struggle or clash
- pragmatic
- a practical ; down to earth ; based on experience rather than theory
- querulous
- a complaining; grumbling; whining ;
- prodigal
- a wastefully extravagant ;
- sobriety
- the state of being sober; seriousness
- precept
- n a rule to live by ; a principle establishing a certain kind of action or behavior ; a maxim maxim;
- transient
- not staying for a long time; temporary
- reticent
- a quiet; restrained; reluctant to speak especially about oneself
- prolific
- a abundantly productive; fruitful or fertile
- partisan
- n one who supports a particular person cause or idea
- supercilious
- haughty; patronizing
- perennial
- a continual ; happening again and again or year after year continual
- singular
- unique; superior; exceptional; strange
- secular
- a having nothing to do with religion or spiritual concerns
- urbane
- poised; sophisticated; refined
- protract
- v to prolong prolong
- vicarious
- experienced performed or suffered through someone else; living through the experiences of another as though they were ones own experiences
- subordinate
- lower in importance position or rank; secondary
- pernicious
- a deadly ; extremely evil ; deadly
- transcend
- to go beyond or above; to surpass
- premise
- n an assumption ; the basis for a conclusion
- remonstrate
- v to argue against; to protest; to raise objections
- protagonist
- n the leading character in a novel play or other work; a leader or champion
- platitude
- n a dull or trite remark ; a cliché
- stipulate
- to require something as part of an agreement
- rancor
- n bitter long-lasting ill will or resentment
- touchstone
- a standard; a test of authenticity or quality
- wistful
- yearning; sadly longing
- quixotic
- a romantic or idealistic to a foolish or impractical degree
- uniform
- consistent; unchanging; the same for everyone consistent unchanging
- poignant
- a painfully emotional ; extremely moving ; sharp or astute
- precedent
- n an earlier example or model of something
- pensive
- a thoughtful and sad
- relentless
- a continuous; unstoppable
- tirade
- prolonged bitter speech
- vehement
- intense; forceful; violent
- profligate
- a extravagantly wasteful and usually wildly immoral
- perturb
- v to disturb greatly
- unctuous
- oily both literally and figuratively; insincere
- recrimination
- n a bitter counteraccusation or the act of making a bitter counteraccusation
- polarize
- v to break up into opposing factions or groupings
- stratum
- a layer; a level layer level
- patrician
- n a person of noble birth ; an aristocrat ;
- preempt
- v to seize something by prior right
- staunch
- firmly committed; firmly in favor of; steadfast
- plaintive
- a expressing sadness or sorrow
- spawn
- to bring forth; to produce a large number
- peruse
- v to read carefully
- scrutinize
- v to examine very carefully
- pacify
- v. To bring into a peaceful state.
- paltry
- a insignificant ; worthless
- paradigm
- n a model or example ;
- volatile
- quick to evaporate; highly unstable; explosive
- unwitting
- unintentional; ignorant; not aware
- stymie
- to thwart; to get in the way of; to hinder
- subjugate
- to subdue and dominate; to enslave
- reciprocal
- a mutual; shared; interchangeable mutual
- scintillate
- v to sparkle either literally or figuratively
- serendipity
- accidental good fortune; discovering good things without looking for them
- prodigy
- n an extremely talented child; an extraordinary accomplishment or occurrence; wonder /
- tacit
- implied; not spoken implied
- solicitous
- eager and attentive often to the point of hovering; anxiously caring or attentive
- prevail
- v to triumph ; to overcome rivals ; with on upon or with to persuade ;
- sentient
- a able to perceive by the senses; conscious ...
- transgress
- to violate a law; to sin violate
- subtle
- not obvious; able to make fine distinctions; ingenious; crafty
- solvent
- not broke or bankrupt; able to pay ones bills
- precursor
- n forerunner ; something that goes before and anticipates or paves the way for whatever it is that follows
- reclusive
- a hermitlike; withdrawn from society
- venal
- capable of being bribed; willing to do anything for money; corrupt
- vilify
- to say vile things about; to defame ;
- viable
- capable of living; workable
- taciturn
- untalkative by nature
- vocation
- an occupation; a job ;
- respite
- n a period of rest or relief ;
- tantamount
- equivalent to
- perjury
- n lying under oath
- pious
- a reverent or devout ; outwardly and sometimes falsely reverent or devout ; hypocritical
- putative
- a commonly accepted; supposed; reputed
- rustic
- a rural lacking urban comforts or sophistication; primitive rural
- willful
- deliberate; obstinate; insistent on having ones way
- reparation
- n paying back; making amends; compensation ;
- philanthropy
- n love of mankind especially by doing good deeds
- servile
- submissive and subservient; like a servant
- tangible
- touchable; palpable touchable palpable
- spurious
- false; fake false fake
- philistine
- n a smugly ignorant person with no appreciation of intellectual or artistic matters
- sardonic
- a mocking; scornful
- repudiate
- v to reject; to renounce; to disown to have nothing to do with
- terse
- using no unnecessary words; succinct succinct
- sanguine
- a cheerful; optimistic; hopeful
- proselytize
- v to convert someone from one religion or doctrine to another; to recruit converts to a religion or doctrine
- surreptitious
- sneaky; secret
- plebeian
- n common ; vulgar ; low class ; bourgeois ; vulgar
- replete
- a completely filled; abounding ;
- torpor
- sluggishness; inactivity; apathy
- robust
- a strong and healthy; vigorous
- predilection
- n a natural preference for something
- reproach
- v to scold usually in disappointment; to blame; to disgrace
- qualitative
- a having to do with the quality or qualities of something as opposed to the quantity
- visionary
- a dreamer; someone with impractical goals or ideas about the future
- zealous
- enthusiastically devoted to something; fervent
- patriarch
- n the male head of a family or tribe
- utilitarian
- stressing usefulness or utility above all other qualities; pragmatic
- stricture
- a restriction; a limitation; a negative criticism ;
- redundant
- a unnecessarily repetitive; excessive; excessively wordy
- virtuoso
- a masterful musician; a masterful practitioner in some other field
- promulgate
- v to proclaim; to publicly or formally declare something
- trepidation
- fear; apprehension; nervous trembling fear
- prosaic
- a dull; unimaginative; like prose as opposed to poetry
- peremptory
- a final ; categorical ; dictatorial categorical
- proliferate
- v to spread or grow rapidly
- slander
- to speak badly about someone publicly; to defame; to spread malicious rumor
- sycophant
- one who sucks up to others
- resolute
- determined; firm; unwavering
- wanton
- malicious; unjustifiable; unprovoked
- paternal
- a fatherly ; fatherlike
- steadfast
- loyal; faithful loyal faithful
- patent
- a obvious =obvious
- precipitous
- a steep steep;
- prerogative
- n a right or privilege connected exclusively with a position a person a class a nation or some other group or classification
- proprietary
- a characteristic of an owner of property; constituting property
- rebut
- v to contradict; to argue in opposition to; to prove to be false
- pristine
- a original ; unspoiled ; pure
- pejorative
- a negative ; disparaging negative disparaging
- peccadillo
- n a minor offense
- sanctimonious
- a pretending to be devout; affecting religious feeling
- sporadic
- stopping and starting; scattered; occurring in bursts every once in a while
- reiterate
- v to say again; to repeat
- unremitting
- unceasing; unabated; relentless
- rhetoric
- n the art of formal speaking or writing; inflated discourse
- palpable
- a capable of being touched ; obvious ; tangible
- precipitate
- v to cause to happen abruptly
- panacea
- n something that cures everything
- sloth
- laziness; sluggishness
- proletariat
- n the industrial working class
- tenable
- defensible as in ones position in an argument; capable of being argued successfully; valid
- provisional
- a conditional; temporary; tentative
- profess
- v to declare; to declare falsely or pretend cf professed professional a n
- relinquish
- v to release or let go of; to surrender; to stop doing
- tenet
- a shared principle or belief
- rapacious
- a greedy; plundering; avaricious
- recant
- v to publicly take back and deny something previously said or believed; to openly confess error
- sordid
- vile; filthy; squalid filthy squalid vile
- plethora
- n an excess
- prepossess
- v to preoccupy ; to influence beforehand or prejudice ; to make a good impression on beforehand
- sagacious
- a discerning; shrewd; keen in judgment; wise
- preeminent
- a better than anyone else ; outstanding ; supreme
- stagnation
- motionlessness; inactivity
- prudent
- a careful; having foresight
- vestige
- a remaining bit of something; a last trace
- squander
- to waste
- saccharine
- a sweet; excessively or disgustingly sweet
- penitent
- a sorry ; repentant ; contrite sorry repentant contrite
- substantive
- having substance; real; essential; solid; substantial
- periphery
- n the outside edge of something ;
- pivotal
- a crucial crucial
- proponent
- n an advocate; a supporter of a position ;
- palliate
- v to relieve or alleviate something without getting rid of the problem ; to assuage ; to mitigate
- preclude
- v to prevent something from ever happening
- refute
- v to prove to be false; to disprove
- vapid
- without liveliness; dull; spiritless
- pathology
- n the science of diseases
- sedition
- n treason; the incitement of public disorder or rebellion
- tentative
- experimental; temporary; uncertain
- unconscionable
- not controlled by conscience; unscrupulous
- polemic
- n a powerful argument often make to attack or refute a controversial issue
- stoic
- indifferent at least outwardly to pleasure or pain to joy or grief to fortune or misfortune
- veracity
- truthfulness
- tout
- to praise highly; to brag publicly about
- pedestrian
- a unimaginative ; banal unimaginative banal
- recalcitrant
- a stubbornly defiant of authority or control; disobedient
- parochial
- a narrow or confined in point of view ; provincial
- replenish
- v to fill again; to resupply; to restore
- parsimonious
- a stingy =stingy
- soporific
- sleeping inducing; extremely boring; very sleepy
- provident
- a preparing for the future; providing for the future; frugal
- postulate
- n something accepted as true without proof ; and axiom
- volition
- will; conscious choice
- petulant
- a rude ; cranky ; ill-tempered cranky rude
- vicissitude
- upheaval; natural cange; change in fortune ;
- theology
- the study of god or religion
- purported
- a rumored; claimed
- rigorous
- a strict; harsh; severe ;
- renaissance
- n a rebirth or revival
- repercussion
- n a consequence; an indirect effect
- sacrosanct
- a sacred; held to be inviolable
- temerity
- boldness; recklessness; audacity boldness; recklessness; audacity
- qualify
- v to modify or restrict
- rogue
- n a criminally dishonest persons; a scoundrel ;
- revere
- v to respect highly; to honor
- penchant
- n a strong taste or liking for something ; a predilection
- recondite
- a hard to understand; over ones head