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ABATE
TO REDUCE IN DEGREE, AMOUNT OR SEVERITY
TERM 2
ABSCOND
DEFINITION 2
TO LEAVE SECRETLY
TERM 3
ABYSS
DEFINITION 3
A EXTREMELY DEEP HOLE
TERM 4
AGGRANDIZE
DEFINITION 4
TO INCREASE IN POWER INFLUENCE AND REPUTATION
TERM 5
AMALGAMATE
DEFINITION 5
TO COMBINE, MIX TOGETHER
AMELIORATE
TO MAKE BETTER
TERM 7
ANACHRONISM
DEFINITION 7
SOMETHING OUT OF PLACE IN TIME
TERM 8
ANOMALY
DEFINITION 8
DEVIATION FROM WHAT IS NORMAL
TERM 9
ARBITRATE
DEFINITION 9
TO JUDGE A DISPUTE BETWEEN TWO OPPOSING PARTIES
TERM 10
ARCHAIC
DEFINITION 10
ANCIENT OR OLD
ARDOR
INTENSE AND PASSIONATE FEELING
TERM 12
ASSUAGE
DEFINITION 12
TO MAKE SOMETHING UNPLEASANT LESS SEVERE
TERM 13
ATTENUATE
DEFINITION 13
TO WEAKEN
TERM 14
AUDACIOUS
DEFINITION 14
FEARLESS AND DARING
TERM 15
AUSTERE
DEFINITION 15
SEVERE OR STERN IN APPEARANCE
BANAL
PREDICATABLE, CLICHED, BORING
TERM 17
BOLSTER
DEFINITION 17
TO SUPPORT
TERM 18
BOMBASTIC
DEFINITION 18
POMPOUS IN SPEECH AND MANER
TERM 19
CACOPHONY
DEFINITION 19
HARSH NOISE
TERM 20
CANDID
DEFINITION 20
IMPARTIAL AND HONEST IN SPEECH
CAPRICIOUS
CHANGING ONES MIND QUICKLY AND OFTEN
TERM 22
CASTIGATE
DEFINITION 22
TO PUNISH OR CRITICIZE
TERM 23
CAUSTIC
DEFINITION 23
BITING IN WIT
TERM 24
CHAUVINIST
DEFINITION 24
SOMEONE PREJUDICED IN FAVOR OF A GROUP TO WHICH
THEY BELONG
TERM 25
CHICANERY
DEFINITION 25
DECEPTION BY MEANS OF CRAFT OR GUILE
COGENT
CONVINCING AND WELL REASONED
TERM 27
CONVOLUTED
DEFINITION 27
INTRICATE AND COMPLICATED
TERM 28
CREDULOUS
DEFINITION 28
TOO TRUSTING
TERM 29
CRESCENDO
DEFINITION 29
STEADILY INCREASING IN VOLUME OR FORCE
TERM 30
DECORUM
DEFINITION 30
APPROPRIATENESS OF BEHAVIOR OR CONDUCT, PROPRIETY
DEFERENCE
RESPECT, COURTESY
TERM 32
DERIDE
DEFINITION 32
TO MOCK
TERM 33
DESICCATE
DEFINITION 33
TO DRY OUT THOROUGHLY
TERM 34
DESULTORY
DEFINITION 34
JUMPING FROM ONE THING TO ANOTHER, DISSCONNECTED
TERM 35
DIATRIBE
DEFINITION 35
AN ABUSIVE SPEECH
DIFFIDENT
LACKING SELF-CONFIDENCE
TERM 37
DILATE
DEFINITION 37
TO MAKE LARGER
TERM 38
DILATORY
DEFINITION 38
INTENDED TO DELAY
TERM 39
DILETTANTE
DEFINITION 39
SOMEONE WITH AN AMATEURISH AND SUPERFICIAL
INTEREST IN A TOPIC
TERM 40
DIRGE
DEFINITION 40
A FUNERAL HYMN OR MOURNFUL SPEECH
DISABUSE
TO SET RIGHT
TERM 42
DISCERN
DEFINITION 42
TO PERCEIVE, RECOGNIZE
TERM 43
DISPARATE
DEFINITION 43
FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT, ENTIRELY UNLIKE
TERM 44
DISSEMBLE
DEFINITION 44
TO PRESENT A FALSE APPEARANCE
TERM 45
DISSONANCE
DEFINITION 45
A HARSH AND DISAGREEABLE COMBO, OFTEN IN SOUNDS
DOGMA
A FIRMLY HELD OPINION
TERM 47
DOGMATIC
DEFINITION 47
DICTATORIAL IN ONES OPINIONS
TERM 48
DUPE
DEFINITION 48
TO DECEIVE, SOMEONE WHO IS EASILY DECEIVED
TERM 49
EFFICACY
DEFINITION 49
EFFECTIVENESS
TERM 50
ELEGY
DEFINITION 50
A SORROWFUL POEM OR SPEECH
ELOQUENT
PERSUASIVE AND MOVING, ESPECIALLY IN SPEECH
TERM 52
EMULATE
DEFINITION 52
TO COPY
TERM 53
ENERVATE
DEFINITION 53
TO REDUCE IN STRENGTH
TERM 54
ENGENDER
DEFINITION 54
TO PRODUCE CAUSE AND BRING ABOUT
TERM 55
ENIGMA
DEFINITION 55
A PUZZLE
ENUMERATE
TO COUNT, LIST OR ITEMIZE
TERM 57
EPHEMERAL
DEFINITION 57
LASTING A SHORT TIME
TERM 58
EQUIVOCATE
DEFINITION 58
TO USE EXPRESSIONS OF DOUBLE MEANING IN ODER TO
MISLEASE
TERM 59
ERRATIC
DEFINITION 59
WANDERING AND UNPREDICTABLE
TERM 60
ERUDITE
DEFINITION 60
LEARNER, SCHOLARLY, BOOKIST
ESOTERIC
KNOWN OR UNDERSTOOD BY ONLY A FEW
TERM 62
ESTIMABLE
DEFINITION 62
ADMIRABLE
TERM 63
EULOGY
DEFINITION 63
SPEECH IN PRAISE OF SOMEONE
TERM 64
EUPHEMISM
DEFINITION 64
USE OF AN INOFFENSIVE WORD OR PHRASE IN PLACE OF A
MORE DISTASTEFUL ONE
TERM 65
EXACERBATE
DEFINITION 65
TO MAKE WORSE
EXCULPATE
TO CLEAR FROM BLAME, PROVE INNOCENT
TERM 67
EXIGENT
DEFINITION 67
URGENT
TERM 68
EXONERATE
DEFINITION 68
TO CLEAR OF BLAME
TERM 69
EXPLICIT
DEFINITION 69
CLEARLY STATED OR SHOWN
TERM 70
FANATICAL
DEFINITION 70
ACTING EXCESSIVELY ENTHUSIASTIC
FAWN
TO GROVEL
TERM 72
FERVID
DEFINITION 72
INTENSELY EMOTIONAL, FEVERISH
TERM 73
FLORID
DEFINITION 73
EXCESSIVELY DECORATED
TERM 74
FOMENT
DEFINITION 74
TO AROUSE
TERM 75
FRUGALITY
DEFINITION 75
A TENDENCY TO BE THRIFTY OR CHEAP
GARRULOUS
TENDING TO TALK ALOT
TERM 77
GREGARIOUS
DEFINITION 77
OUTGOING, SOCIABLE
TERM 78
GUILE
DEFINITION 78
DECEIT OR TRICKERY
TERM 79
ICONOCLAST
DEFINITION 79
ONE WHO OPPOSES ESTABLISHED BELIEFS, CUSTOMS OR
INSTITUTIONS
TERM 80
IMPERTURBABLE
DEFINITION 80
NOT CAPABLE OF BEING DISTURBED
IMPERVIOUS
IMPOSSIBLE TO PENETRATE OR BE AFFECTED
TERM 82
IMPETUOUS
DEFINITION 82
QUICK TO ACT WITHOUT THINKING
TERM 83
IMPLACABLE
DEFINITION 83
UNABLE TO BE CALMED DOWN OR MADE PEACEFUL
TERM 84
INCHOATE
DEFINITION 84
NOT FULLY FORMED, DISORGANIZED
TERM 85
INGENUOUS
DEFINITION 85
SHOWING INNOCENCE OR CHILDLIKE SIMPLICITY
INIMICAL
HOSTILE, UNFRIENDLY
TERM 87
INNOCUOUS
DEFINITION 87
HARMLESS
TERM 88
INSIPID
DEFINITION 88
LACKING INTEREST OR FAVOR
TERM 89
INTRANSIGENT
DEFINITION 89
UNCOMPROMISING
TERM 90
INUNDATE
DEFINITION 90
TO OVERWHELM, TO OVER WITH WATER
IRASCIBLE
EASILY MAD ANGRY
TERM 92
LACONIC
DEFINITION 92
USING FEW WORDS
TERM 93
LAMENT
DEFINITION 93
TO EXPRESS SORROW, GREIVE
TERM 94
LAUD
DEFINITION 94
TO GIVE PRAISE
TERM 95
LAVISH
DEFINITION 95
TO GIVE UNSPARINGLY
LETHARGIC
ACTING IN AN INDIFFERENT OR SLOW MANNER
TERM 97
LOQUACIOUS
DEFINITION 97
TALKATIVE
TERM 98
LUCID
DEFINITION 98
CLEAR AND EASILY UNDERSTOOD
TERM 99
LUMINOUS
DEFINITION 99
BRIGHT, BRILLIANT, GLOWING
TERM 100
MALINGER
DEFINITION 100
TO EVADE RESPONSIBILITY BY FAKING SICK
MALLEABLE
CAPABLE OF BEING SHAPED
TERM 102
MISANTHROPE
DEFINITION 102
A PERSON WHO DISLIKES OTHERS
TERM 103
MITIGATE
DEFINITION 103
TO SOFTEN, LESSON
TERM 104
MOLLIFY
DEFINITION 104
TO CALM OR MAKE LESS SEVERE
TERM 105
MONOTONY
DEFINITION 105
LACK OF VARIATION
OBDURATE
RESISTANT TO PERSUASION
TERM 107
OBSEQUIOUS
DEFINITION 107
OVERLY SUBMISSIVE AND EAGER TO PLEASE
TERM 108
OBSTINATE
DEFINITION 108
STUBBORN
TERM 109
OBVIATE
DEFINITION 109
TO PREVENT, TO MAKE UNNECASSARY
TERM 110
OCCLUDE
DEFINITION 110
TO STOP UP, PREVENT THE PASSAGE OF
ONEROUS
TROUBLESOME AND OPPRESIVE, BURDENSOME
TERM 112
OPAQUE
DEFINITION 112
IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE THROUGH
TERM 113
OPPROBRIUM
DEFINITION 113
PUBLIC DISGRACE
TERM 114
OSTENTATION
DEFINITION 114
EXCESSIVE SHOWYNESS
TERM 115
PARADOX
DEFINITION 115
A CONTRADICTION OR DILEMMA
PARAGON
MODEL OF EXCELLENCE OR PERFECTION
TERM 117
PEDANT
DEFINITION 117
SOMEONE WHO SHOWS OFF LEARNING
TERM 118
PERFIDIOUS
DEFINITION 118
WILLING TO BETRAY ONES TRUST
TERM 119
PERFUNCTORY
DEFINITION 119
DONE IN A ROUTINE WAY, INDIFFERENT
TERM 120
PLACATE
DEFINITION 120
TO SOOTHE OF PACIFY
PLETHORA
EXCESS
TERM 122
PRAGMATIC
DEFINITION 122
PRACTICAL AS OPPOSED TO IDEALISTIC
TERM 123
PRECIPITATE
DEFINITION 123
TO THROW VIOLENTLY OR BRING ABOUT ABRUPTLY
TERM 124
PREVARICATE
DEFINITION 124
TO LIE OR DEVIATE FROM THE TRUTH
TERM 125
PRISTINE
DEFINITION 125
FRESH AND CLEAN
