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xenophile
a person who is attracted to foreign peoples, cultures, or customs
writ
written order
wend
proceed
welter
turmoil
warmonger
person who stirs up war
waft
scent, carry lightly through
verve
vigor
vanquish
conquer
vain
without use
unencumbered
easy-going
undulate
to move in wavelike fashion
uncouth
rough, awkward
ulterior
situated beyond
turbid
muddy
trite
not new
trifling
unimportant
travesty
parody/imitation
tout
person who worries others to buy something to use his service
toady
obsequious flatterer
testiness
witness/evidence
temperance
abstinence
teetotal
oppose to alcohol
tawdry
cheap, meretricious
tamp
tap or drive down by repeated light blows
sundry
miscellaneous
sullied
to be stained or discredited
succor
assistance relief in time of distress
subsume
include under a rule
substantiation
giving facts to support
suborn
induce by bribery
subdue
overcome
stipulate
state or put forward as a necessary condition
stipple
paint with dots
stigma
disgrace
stickler
person who insists on importance of something
spurn
reject
splenetic
bad-tempered, irritable
sophomoric
bombastic
sodden
soaked, saturated
sobriety
sober
slake
assuage
simper
(give a) silly/self-conscious smile
shunt
send from one track to another
sere
make hard and without feeling
seminal
constituting a source of origin
rift
split, crack
recreancy
a cowardly giving up
rebuff
snub, rebuke
raffish
base
rabble
mob crowd
quirk
habit
quell
suppress subdue
quack
person dishonestly claiming to something
purvey
provide, supply
pucker
wrinkle
prudish
easily shocked, excessively modest
prudence
careful forethought
protracted
prolonged
predominate
have more power than others
plod
continue doing something without resting
plaintive
mournful, melancholy, sorrowful
piquant
agreeably pungent, stimulating
picaresque
involving clever rogues or adventurers
philistine
one who lacks knowledge
petrified
taken away power
parley
negotiation between enemies
obloquy
vituperation
nexus
a connection, tie, or link
middling
fairly good but not very good
matriculation
be admitted
malapropism
misuse of a word
machination
evil plot, scheme
macerate
make or become soft by soaking in water
loll
rest to sit or stand in a lazy way
lucubrate
write in scholarly fashion
lope
move along with long strides
lionize
treat as a famous person
limn
paint portray
libertine
immoral person
labyrinthine
to entangle the state of affairs
jibe
gibe, make fun of
irrevocable
final and unalterable
involute
complex
incite
stir up, rouse
incense
make angry
imprecation
an invocation of evil, anathema
impediment
something that hinders
idyll
a carefree episode or experience
husk
worthless
hone
stone used for sharpening tools
highbrow
(person) with superior tastes
hew
make by hard work
hermetic
sealed by fusion
harrow
distress
grovel
crawl humble oneself
gourmand
a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess
goad
something urging a person to action
glean
gather facts in small quantities
gaucherie
socially awkward tactless behavior
garner
to gather and save to store up
froward
intractable not willing to yield or comply stubborn
fracas
noisy quarrel
forge
workshop for the shaping of metal to shape metal lead
foil
prevent from carrying out, contrast
fledged
trained, experienced
flax
pale yellow
flaunting
show off complacently
flak
criticism
finical
too fussy about food clothing etc.
fetter
to shackle put in chains
fetid
stinking
ferret
discover by searching search
fecund
fertile
feckless
lacking purpose or vitality ineffective careless
fagged
too tired, exhausted
extricable
that can be freed
exscind
to cut out cut away
expurgate
to remove obscenity purify censor
euthanasia
easy and painless death
espouse
marry, give one's support to
epistle
letter
enthral
please greatly/enslave (fig)
ensign
flag/badge
emote
stir up excite
egress
way out, exit
ecumenical
representing the whole Christian world
dulcet
melodious harmonious
droll
jest, making fun
dote
show much fondness center one's attention
dolt
stupid fellow
doggerel
trivial poorly constructed verse
disencumber
free from complication
discreet
careful/prudent
detumescence
diminishing or lessening of swelling
detraction
slandering verbal attack aspersion
dereliction
deserting and leaving to fall into ruins
denigrate
blacken belittle sully defame
deferential
showing respect
dawdler
person who is slow waste of time
daunt
intimidate make fearful
dainty
pretty/delicate(food)/difficult to please
curmudgeon
bad-tempered person
cumbersome
burdensome
cryptic
secret with a hidden meaning
cravat
piece of linen worn as a necktie
coy
shy/modest (esp of a girl)
cordon
line (of police acting as a guard)
convoke
call together summon
conundrum
a riddle dilemma enigma
Conduce
To bring about
commodious
having plenty of space for what is needed
cohort
a group or band of people
cloture
closing device (in Parliament) to end a debate by voting
clamor
shout complain with a lot of noise
cantankerous
bad-tempered/quarrelsome
calipers
metal supports attached to the legs measuring instrument
bilge
bulge the protuberance of a cask
bigot
stubborn narrow-minded person
bereft
rob or dispossess of something (material)
berate
scold sharply
belabor
beat hard
balk
obstacle purposely to get on the way of
avid
eager greedy
attune
bring into harmony
aseptic
surgically clean
arabesque
a complex ornate design
apartheid
brutal racial discrimination
amortize
end (a debt) by setting aside money
ambivalent
having both of two contrary meanings
aleck
one who considers himself smarter than others
apropos
appropriate to the situation apt
accretion
the growing of separate things into one
acarpous
effete no longer fertile worn out
abraded
rubbed off worn away by friction
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