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- abate
- reduce in amount, degree, severity
- abscond
- to leave secretly
- abstain
- to choose not to do something
- abyss
- extremely deep hole
- adulterate
- to make impure
- advocate
- speak in favor of
- aesthetic
- concerning the appreciation of beauty
- aggrandize
- increase in power, influence, reputation
- alleviate
- make more bearable
- amalgamate
- to combine, mix together
- ambiguous
- doubtful or uncertain, interpreted in different ways
- ameliorate
- make better, improve
- anachronism
- something out of place in time
- analogous
- similar or alike in some way
- anomaly
- deviation from normal
- antagonize
- annoy or provoke anger
- antipathy
- extreme dislike
- apathy
- lack of interest
- arbitrate
- judge dispute between opposing parties
- archaic
- ancient
- ardor
- intense passionate feeling
- articulate
- able to speark clearly
- assuage
- to make something unpleasant less severe
- attenuate
- reduce in force or degree
- audacious
- fearless and daring
- austere
- severe or stern in appearance
- banal
- predictable, boring
- bolster
- support
- bombastic
- pompous in speech and manner
- cacophony
- harsh, jarring noise
- candid
- impartial and honest in speech
- capricious
- changing one's mind quickly and often
- castigate
- punish or criticize harshly
- catalyst
- something that brings about change
- caustic
- bitin in wit
- chaos
- great disorder
- chauvinist
- someone prejudiced in favor of group to which he/she belongs
- chicanery
- deception by means of craft
- cogen
- convincing and well reasoned
- condone
- to overlook, pardon, or disregard
- convoluted
- intricate and complicated
- corroborate
- to provide supporting evidence
- credulous
- too trusting; gullible
- crescendo
- stready increasing
- decorum
- appropriateness of behavior
- deference
- respect, courtesy
- deride
- to speak or treat with contempt
- desiccate
- to dry out thoroughly
- desultory
- jumping from on ething to another
- diatribe
- abusive, condemnatory speech
- diffident
- lacking self-confidence
- dilate
- to make larger, expand
- dilatory
- intended to delay
- dilettante
- someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic
- dirge
- funeral hymn or mournful speech
- disabuse
- to set right, free from error
- discern
- to perceive, recognize
- disparate
- fundamentally different
- dissemble
- to present a false appearance
- dissonance
- harsh and disagreeable combination, often of sounds
- dogma
- firmly held opinion, often religious belief
- dogmatic
- dictatorial in one's opinions
- dupe
- to deceive, a person who is easily deceived
- eclectic
- made up from a variety of sources
- efficacy
- effectiveness
- elegy
- a sorrowful poem or speech
- eloquent
- persuasive and moving
- emulate
- to copy, to try to equal
- enervate
- to reduce in strength
- engender
- to produce, cause or bring about
- enigma
- a puzzle, mystery
- enumerate
- to count, list
- ephemeral
- lasting a short time
- equivocate
- to use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead
- erratic
- wandering and unpredictable
- erudite
- learned, scholarly, bookish
- esoteric
- known or understood by only a few
- estimable
- admirable
- eulogy
- speech in praise of someone
- euphemism
- use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distasteful one
- exacerbate
- to make worse
- exculpate
- to clear from blame
- exigent
- urgent, requiring immediate action
- exonerate
- to clear of blame
- explicit
- clearly stated or shown
- fanatical
- acting excessively enthusiastic
- fawn
- to grovel
- fervid
- intensely emotional
- florid
- excessively decorated or embellished
- foment
- to arouse or incite
- frugality
- a tendency to be thrifty or cheap
- garrulous
- tending to talk a lot
- gregarious
- outgoing, sociable
- guile
- deceit or trickery
- gullible
- easy deceived
- homogenous
- of similar kind
- iconoclast
- one who opposes established beliefs
- imperturbable
- not capable of being disturbed
- impervious
- impossible to penetrate
- impetuous
- quick to act without thinking
- implacable
- unable to be calmed down
- inchoate
- not fully formed; disorganized
- ingenuous
- showing innocence or childlike simplicity
- inimical
- hostile, unfriendly
- innocuous
- harmless
- insipid
- lacking interest of flavor
- intransigent
- uncompromising
- inundate
- to overwhelm; cover with water
- irascible
- easily made angry
- laconic
- using few words
- lament
- to express sorrow; to grieve
- laud
- to give praise
- lavish
- to give unspairingly; extremely generous
- lethargic
- acting in an indifferent or slow manner
- loquacious
- talkative
- lucid
- clear and easily understood
- luminous
- bright, brilliant, glowing
- malinger
- to evade responsibilityby pretending to be ill
- malleable
- capable of being shaped
- metaphor
- a figure fo speech comparing two different things
- meticulous
- extremely careful about details
- misanthrope
- a person who dislikes others
- mitigate
- to soften; lessen
- mollify
- to calm or make less severe
- monotony
- lack of variation
- naive
- lacking sophistication or experience
- obdurate
- hardened in feeling, resistant to persuasion
- obsequious
- overly submissive and eager to please
- obstinate
- stubborn, unyielding
- obviate
- to prevent; to make unnecessary
- occlude
- to stop up, to prevent passage of
- onerous
- troublesome and oppressive
- opaque
- impossible to see through
- opprobrium
- public discrace
- ostentation
- excessive showiness
- paradox
- a contradiction or dilemma
- paragon
- model of excellence or perfection
- pedant
- someone who shows of learning
- perfidious
- willing to betray one's trust
- perfunctory
- done in a routine way
- permeate
- to penetrate
- philanthropy
- charity
- placate
- to sooth or pacify
- plastic
- able to be molded, altered, or bent
- plethora
- excess
- pragmatic
- practical as opposed to idealistic
- precipitate
- to throw violently about abruptly; lacking deliberation
- prevaricate
- to lie or deviate from the truth
- pristine
- fresh and clean; uncorrupted
- prodigal
- lavish, wasteful
- proliferate
- to increase in number quickly
- propitiate
- to conciliate; to appease
- propriety
- correct behavior; obedience
- prudence
- wisdom, caution, or restraint
- pungent
- sharp and irritating to the senses
- quiescent
- motionless
- rarefy
- to make thinner or sparser
- repudiate
- to reject the validity of
- reticent
- silent, reserved
- rhetoric
- effective writing or speaking
- satiate
- to satisfy fully or overindulge
- soporific
- causing sleep or lethargy
- specious
- deceptively attractive
- stigma
- a mark of shame or discredit
- stolid
- unemotional; lacking sensitivity
- sublime
- lofty or grand
- tacit
- done without using words
- taciturn
- silent, not talkative
- tirade
- long, harsh speech or verbal attack
- torpor
- extreme mental and physical sluggishness
- transitory
- temporary, lasting a brief time
- vacillate
- to sway physically; to be indecisive
- venerate
- to respect deeply
- veracity
- filled with truth and accuracy
- verbose
- wordy
- vex
- to annoy
- volatile
- easily aroused or changeable
- waver
- to fluctuate between choices
- whimsical
- acting in a fanciful or capricious manner
- zeal
- passion, excitement