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winsome
attractive
whimsical
capricious
wean
To transfer (the young) from dependence on mother's milk to another form of nourishment
vivify
To endue with life
virtu
Rare, curious, or beautiful quality
virago
Loud talkative women, strong statured women
vestige
A visible trace, mark, or impression, of something absent, lost, or gone
veritable
Real; true; genuine
verdant
Green with vegetation
venial
That may be pardoned or forgiven
venal
Mercenary, corrupt
vagary
A sudden desire or action
untoward
Causing annoyance or hindrance
undulate
To move like a wave or in waves
unctuous
oily
tutelage
The act of training or the state of being under instruction
turbid
turmoil
travail
Hard or agonizing labor
transgress
To break a law
torrid
Excessively hot
supine
Lying on the back
supercilious
Exhibiting haughty and careless contempt
sumptuous
Rich and costly
subterfuge
Evasion
stolid
Expressing no power of feeling or perceiving
stanch
To stop the flowing of; to check
sophistry
Reasoning sound in appearance only
sonorous
Resonant
somniferous
Tending to produce sleep
sluggard
A person habitually lazy or idle
skiff
Usually, a small light boat propelled by oars
sinuous
Curving in and out
emolument
earning, fee, or pay
sinecure
Any position having emoluments with few or no duties
severance
Separation
scintilla
a minute particle
satyr
A very lascivious person
sardonic
Scornfully or bitterly sarcastic
ruminate
To chew over again, as food previously swallowed and regurgitated
ruffian
A lawless or recklessly brutal fellow
risible
Capable of exciting laughter
ribald
Indulging in or manifesting coarse indecency or obscenity
retinue
The group of people who accompany an important person during travels
requite
To repay either good or evil to
requisite
Necessary
reprobate
One abandoned to depravity and sin
repine
To indulge in fretfulness and faultfinding
repast
A meal
regicide
The killing of a king or sovereign
redress
To set right
reciprocity
Equal mutual rights and benefits granted and enjoyed
reactionary
Pertaining to, of the nature of, causing, or favoring reaction
ramify
To divide or subdivide into branches or subdivisions
quibble
An utterly trivial distinction or objection
pyre
A heap of combustibles arranged for burning a dead body
punctilious
Strictly observant of the rules or forms prescribed by law or custom
pugnacious
Quarrelsome
protuberant
Bulging
propitious
Kindly disposed
propinquity
Nearness
profligacy
Shameless viciousness
prim
Stiffly proper
preternatural
Extraordinary
presage
To foretell
precocious
Having the mental faculties prematurely developed
preclude
prevent
precarious
Perilous
portend
To indicate as being about to happen
polyglot
Speaking several tongues
poignant
Severely painful
plenary
Entire
pique
To excite a slight degree of anger in
physiognomy
The external appearance merely
banter
an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks
peripatetic
Walking about
peremptory
Precluding question or appeal
penchant
A bias in favor of something
paucity
Fewness
pathos
The quality in any form of representation that rouses emotion or sympathy
Pariah
a social outcast
paragon
A model of excellence
panoply
A full set of armor
palatial
Magnificent
ostracism
Exclusion from intercourse or favor, as in society or politics
onus
A burden or responsibility
portentous
ominous
odium
A feeling of extreme repugnance
nugatory
Having no power or force
charlatan
fraud
nostrum
Any scheme or recipe of a charlatan character
munificent
Extraordinarily generous
multifarious
Having great diversity or variety
mordant
sharply caustic or sarcastic, a substance used in dyeing
monomania
The unreasonable pursuit of one idea
mien
The external appearance or manner of a person
mettle
Courage
mellifluous
Sweetly or smoothly flowing
mawkish
insipid, vapid, or prosaic
malign
To speak evil of
malaise
A condition of uneasiness or ill-being
supple
lithe
lien
A legal claim or hold on property
licentious
wanton
libel
Defamation
lexicon
dictionary
levity
frivolous
frivolous
characterized by lack of seriousness or sense
bequeath
to hand down through a will
lascivious
Lustful
languid
Relaxed
lachrymose
Given to shedding tears
junta
A council or assembly that deliberates in secret upon the affairs of government
jovial
Merry
jocular
Inclined to joke
itinerant
Wandering
irksome
Wearisome
ire
Wrath
iota
A small or insignificant mark or part
inveigh
be invective
inundate
To fill with an overflowing abundance
interdict
Authoritative act of prohibition
insurrection
The state of being in active resistance to authority
insinuate
imply
inscrutable
Impenetrably mysterious or profound
inexorable
Unrelenting
indigence
poverty
inculcate
To teach by frequent repetitions
incessant
Unceasing
inane
silly
impute
attribute
impugn
To assail with arguments, insinuations, or accusations
importunate
Urgent in character, request, or demand
impervious
Impenetrable
imbue
To dye; to instill profoundly
illicit
Unlawful
ignoble
Low in character or purpose
idiosyncrasy
A mental quality or habit peculiar to an individual
hoodwink
To deceive
hirsute
Having a hairy covering
heinous
Odiously sinful
harbinger
One who or that which foreruns and announces the coming of any person or thing
gourmand
A connoisseur in the delicacies of the table
gesticulate
To make gestures or motions
gamut
The whole range or sequence
fulsome
Offensive from excess of praise or commendation
fugacious
Fleeting
frugal
Economical
foppish
Characteristic of one who is unduly devoted to dress
foment
To nurse to life or activity
foible
A personal weakness or failing
flamboyant
Characterized by extravagance
finesse
Subtle contrivance used to gain a point
fidelity
Loyalty
feint
deceptive movement
fallacious
Illogical
facile
Not difficult to do
exuberance
Rich supply
extort
To obtain by violence
extenuate
To diminish the gravity or importance of
extempore
Without studied or special preparation
expropriate
To deprive of possession
expostulate
To discuss
explicate
To clear from involvement
expedient
Contributing to personal advantage
expatiate
To speak or write at some length
exigency
A critical period or condition
euphonious
Characterized by agreeableness of sound
erroneous
Incorrect
errant
Roving or wandering
epitome
A simplified representation
epithet
Word used adjectivally to describe some quality or attribute of is objects, as in "Father Aeneas"
Epicurean
Indulging, ministering, or pertaining to daintiness of appetite
entreat
To ask for or request earnestly
encumbrance
A burdensome and troublesome load
emblazon
To set forth publicly or in glowing terms
emaciate
To waste away in flesh
egregious
Extreme
effulgence
Splendor
effete
exhausted
educe
To draw out
edacious
Given to eating
dissolution
A breaking up of a union of persons
dissent
Disagreement
disseminate
To sow or scatter abroad, as seed is sown
disheveled
Disordered; disorderly; untidy
discountenance
To look upon with disfavor
disconsolate
Hopelessly sad; also, saddening; cheerless
discomfit
To put to confusion
disallow
To withhold permission or sanction
deter
To frighten away
desultory
Not connected with what precedes
denizen
Inhabitant
demagogue
An unprincipled politician
deluge
To overwhelm with a flood of water
delineate
To represent by sketch or diagram
deign
To deem worthy of notice or account
defer
To delay or put off to some other time
cynosure
That to which general interest or attention is directed
curtail
To cut off or cut short
crass
Coarse or thick in nature or structure, as opposed to thin or fine
countervail
To offset
cornucopia
The horn of plenty, symbolizing peace and prosperity
copious
Plenteous
consternation
Panic
console
To comfort
confluence
The place where streams meet
condense
To abridge
conciliatory
Tending to reconcile
conceit
Self-flattering opinion
compunction
Remorseful feeling
comport
To conduct or behave (oneself)
comestible
Fit to be eaten
colloquial
Pertaining or peculiar to common speech as distinguished from literary
cogitate
Consider carefully and deeply; ponder
coeval
Existing during the same period of time; also, a contemporary
coddle
To treat as a baby or an invalid
circumlocution
Indirect or roundabout expression
chagrin
Keen vexation, annoyance, or mortification, as at one's failures or errors
capitulate
To surrender or stipulate terms
capacious
Roomy
cant
To talk in a singsong, preaching tone with affected solemnity
candid
Straightforward
callow
Without experience of the world
cajole
To impose on or dupe by flattering speech
cabal
A number of persons secretly united for effecting by intrigue some private purpose
bumptious
Full of offensive and aggressive self-conceit
boorish
Rude
blithe
Joyous
berate
To scold severely
benign
Good and kind of heart
benevolence
Any act of kindness or well-doing
bedaub
To smear over, as with something oily or sticky
beatify
To make supremely happy
bask
To make warm by genial heat
baleful
Malignant
avow
To declare openly
aversion
A mental condition of fixed opposition to or dislike of some particular thing
autocrat
Any one who claims or wields unrestricted or undisputed authority or influence
auspicious
Favorable omen
astute
Keen in discernment
arrant
Notoriously bad
argot
A specialized vocabulary peculiar to a particular group
arboreal
Of or pertaining to a tree or trees
apprise
To give notice to; to inform
apposite
Appropriate
apparition
Ghost
apocryphal
Of doubtful authority or authenticity
aplomb
Confidence; coolness
animosity
Hatred
animadversion
The utterance of criticism or censure
aloof
Not in sympathy with or desiring to associate with others
alcove
A covered recess connected with or at the side of a larger room
agog
In eager desire
adamant
Any substance of exceeding hardness or impenetrability
adage
An old saying
acrid
Harshly pungent or bitter
accede
To agree
abut
To touch at the end or boundary line
abstruse
Dealing with matters difficult to be understood
abstemious
Characterized by self denial or abstinence, as in the use of drink, food
ablution
A washing or cleansing, especially of the body
abjure
To recant, renounce, repudiate under oath
abeyance
A state of suspension or temporary inaction
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