worldly wise 1-5
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- adamant
- not yielding, firm
- tutelage
- instruction, protection, or guardianship
- malign
- to say negative and unfair things about; to slander
- undermine
- to weaken or ruin by degrees
- extrovert
- a person whose attention is focused on others and on what is going on around her rather than on her own feelings
- garish
- excessively bright and flashy; tastelessly glaring
- rudiment
- basic principle or skill, an undeveloped or beginning stage
- centennial
- a one-hundredth anniversary or its celebration
- poignant
- painfully moving, affecting, or touching
- ingratiate
- to work to gain the favor of someone
- exacerbate
- to make more severe, bitter, or violent
- intercede
- to act or plead on another's behalf, to try and smooth the differences between two parties
- disgruntle
- to make dissatisfied; to put in a bad mood
- emaciated
- very thing or wasted away because of lack of nourishment, scrawny
- acrimony
- bitterness or sharpness of temper, manner, or speech; hostility
- precedent
- an act, statement, that may serve as an example or justification for a later one
- bane
- a person or thing that destroys or causes harm
- luminary
- a source of light, like the moon, or a celebrity
- rambunctious
- behaving in a wild and unruly manner
- inexorable
- not to be persuaded, stopped, or moved by entreaty or plea, relentless
- pantheon
- a group of people held in high esteem for their great achievements
- spurious
- not genuine, false
- countenance
- a person's face, support or approval
- gird
- to encircle, bind, or surround
- chary
- exercising caution; hesitant
- accolade
- an expression of approval or respect for special merit; an award
- insatiable
- never satisfied, greedy
- rancor
- a deep, long-held feeling of hatred or bitterness
- ambivalent
- having mixed, often opposing, feelings about something or someone; indecisive
- discriminate
- to recognize distinctions, to treat in a less or more favorable way
- adjudicate
- to hear and decide judicially; to judge
- annals
- a historical record of events, often arranged in a yearly sequence
- espionage
- the act of spying, especially by a government
- indignity
- an insult to one's pride, humiliating treatment
- mesmerize
- to fascinate or hypnotize
- penchant
- a strong attraction or leaning
- perverse
- turned away from what is right; wicked
- equilibrium
- a state of balance
- inalienable
- not able to be taken or given away
- buffoon
- a person who often makes attempts to be funny; a clown, fool
- smattering
- superficial, scattered knowledge
- curtail
- to cut short or reduce
- expedite
- to speed up a process; to facilitate
- enclave
- a distinct region enclosed within a larger territory
- adulate
- to flatter or admire excessively; to idolize
- indigenous
- naturally living or growing in a certain area; native
- incarcerate
- to confine or put in prison
- asperity
- sharpness or harshness of manner
- illusory
- unreal or imagined, decieving
- assiduous
- diligent, persistent
- decrepit
- worn-out with use, broken-down
- endow
- to provide with a quality, a thing, or a gift of money
- rampant
- threateningly wild, without restraint or control, widespread
- gratuitous
- not called for, unnecessary, free
- infamous
- having a very bad reputation, notorious
- repertoire
- the list of pieces an actor is ready to perform; the skills or accomplishments or a person or group
- infatuated
- filled with excessive, shallow, or foolish love or desire
- affinity
- attraction for someone or something with which one feels a closeness or kinship
- hierarchy
- a group or system in which positions of power are ranked, usually from highest to lowest
- indiscriminate
- not marked by careful distinctions, haphazard
- doleful
- mournful or full of sorrow, causing grief
- engender
- to bring into being; to produce
- ephemeral
- lasting a very short time
- illicit
- not allowed, improper, or unlawful
- unremitting
- not stopping or slowing down; constant
- instigate
- to stir up or urge on; to provoke
- perpetrate
- to commit, as a crime or other antisocial act
- altercation
- a loud and determined dispute, a noisy quarrel
- clique
- a small, exclusive group held together by like interests or purposes
- proselytize
- to convert someone to a faith, belief, or cause
- manifesto
- a public statement that explains the intentions or motives of a group
- implacable
- incapable of being placated, soothed, or significantly changed, relentless
- reparation
- a mending or repair, normally payment for a damage done
- imbue
- to fill completely with a feeling or idea; to inspire
- cessation
- a stopping, either final or temporary