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balk
refuse/prevent
bacchanalian
festive
assiduous
diligent
apotheosis
glorified ideal
aplomb
poise/confidence
anthropomorphic
attributing human qualities to nonhumans
antediluvian
prehistoric
ancillary
accessory
amortize
installment payments
ambulatory
itinerant
aerie
nest built in the air
adumbrate
sketch/outline
acme
summit
acerbic
bitter (taste/temper)
abut
be in contact
abrogate
to abolish
abnegate
to deny/renounce
ablution
cleansing
abjure
reject/abandon
abdicate
give up a position
bellicose
warlike
natty
neatly dressed
sybarite
indulging in pleasures
pernicious
extremely harmful
licentious
immoral
brazen
bold; forward
timorous
timid
donnybrook
brawl
pertinacious
persisting stubbornly
sapience
wisdom
fatuity
foolishness
promulgate
broadcast/disseminate
specious
false
ineffable
unable to be expressed
vapidity
dullness
imitable
worthy of imitation
inveterate
habitual
precipitate
rash
circumscribed
limited
imperious
domineering; overbearing
pallid
pale
caustic
poisonous
avail
profit; advantage
drake
male duck
vestment
priest clothing
vitiate
corrupt; make worse
contrived
deliberately planned
jejune
immature; sophomoric
temerity
recklessness; foolish daring
mawkish
sickeningly sentimental
discharge
unburden
effulgent
shiny
minotaur
mythological monster
sphinx
mythical creatures (that give riddles)
diluvial
having to do with a flood
pique
excite
moribund
process of dying
impetuous
rash; without care
obstreperous
loud or unruly
impeachable
subject to accusation
expedient
suitable
ebullient
cheerful; lively
saturnine
heavy, gloomy, sluggish
vituperative
verbally abusive
restive
stubborn; restless!!
disburden
free from oppression
encumber
block; weigh down
sterility
unable to reproduce
temperate
moderate; self-restrained
blanch
turn pale/white
fecundity
fertility
inundated
overwhelmed; flooded
dissipated
extreme devotion to pleasure
modal
mode (in logic: classification if true/false)
ineluctable
inescapable
taxonomy
study of classifications
tenet
particular belief/principle
penance
to atone for a sin
whitewash
misrepresent a bad thing (to make it look better)
expurgate
remove obscenities
dyspeptic
suffering from indigestion
quixotic
impractical
sacristy
closet for priest clothing
humidor
storage for cigars
eminent
high in rank
perquisite
additional perks (of employment, e.g. bonuses)
obfuscate
to confuse
impunity
exempt from punishment
allay
to calm
monochrome
painted only in one color
somatic
physical
inerrant
infallible
forsake
desert; abandon
defect
shortcoming
prelate
priest of high position
epicure
connoisseur of food/drink
suture
stitches
cauterize
burn (a wound) with hot iron (to stop bleeding)
conifer
pine tree
obviate
get rid of
mange
skin disease (marked by loss of hair)
solicitor
lawyer in lower court of law
staid
serious; sober
disinter
dig up; unearth
broach
introduce as a subject
carrion
rotting flesh of dead body
harangue
long, passionate speech
prefatory
introductory
glower
glare
gourmand
person who takes pleasure in food/drink
trifling
trivial
chaff
worthless products of an endeavor
apothegm
pithy saying
ferment
agitation
extemporaneous
not planned; impromptu
dank
damp (unpleasantly)
factitious
artificial; false
default
failure to act
cleave
cling to
palate
roof of mouth; sense of taste
visceral
felt in one's inner organs
retiring
modest; shy and reserved
gestate
evolve in prenatal growth
masticate
chew
tonsure
shaving off head (for religion)
intractable
unruly (e.g. child); hard to manage
maim
mutilate
slapdash
hasty and careless
miasma
swamp gas
ursine
bearlike (pertaining to a bear)
repine
fret; complain
gauche
clumsy (socially)
parquet
floor made of wooden strips
deface
disfigure
rhapsodize
speak in an enthusiastic manner
immure
imprison
necromancy
black magic; sorcery
deplete
reduce; exhaust
retrench
cut down expenses
yen
longing; desire
impugn
contradict
rivulet
small stream
plaintive
mournful
presumptuous
arrogant
winsome
charming (in a childlike way)
immutable
unchangeable
iridescent
colorful
supercilious
arrogant
harrowing
agonizing; traumatic
melee
fight
waffle
speak equivocally about an issue
gambol
frolic
promulgate
announce
tribune
protector of the people
dally with
toy with
leonine
like a lion
mellifluous
melodious; smoothly flowing
postulate
self-evident truth
politic
prudent; well judged
reaper
one who harvest grain
overweening
arrogant
manifesto
statement of policy
accolade
strong praise/approval
ballast
heavy substance (adds stability)
tempestuous
stormy
premonition
forewarning
nuptial
of marriage
natal
connected with birth
ubiquitous
omnipresent
talisman
charm
candor
frankness; honesty
inveigle
deceive
illicit
illegal
rabid
suffering rabies
dregs
sediment in a liquid
acrimonious
bitter in words
obsequy
funeral ceremony
remit
free (someone) from debt
lugubrious
mournful
ingenue
young innocent girl
regent
person who replaces ruler temporarily
hale
healthy
enamored
in love
seine
net for catching fish
forthcoming
happening in near future
hoodwink
deceive
indelible
not able to be erased
assail
assault
philistine
narrow-minded person
podiatrist
doctor who treats feet
pall
become boring/tiresome
comeuppance
well-deserved punishment
anodyne
drug that relieves pain
querulous
complaining
stultify
make stupid; frustrate
surreptitious
done secretly
spartan
lacking luxery/comfort
crotchety
eccentric (of someone old)
malingerer
someone who pretends to be sick to avoid work
preen
tidy in appearance
prodigal
wasteful
concordat
formal agreement
gratis
free (without charge)
cadence
rhythm (rise and fall)
cipher
worthless thing; zero
cistern
reservoir
ement
correct (a text)
disgorge
surrender something (stolent); vomit
conviction
strong belief; belief someone is guilty
sacrosant
extremely sacred
pecuniary
pertaining to money
unfledged
immature
profligate
wastful (money); immoral
unequivocal
clear; obvious
vying
contending
excise
cut out; gov't tax
phoenix
symbol of immortality
abscission
cut off
homespun
domestic
incarnate
personified
castigation
punishment
orthodox
traditional; conservative
scrupulous
conscientious
propagate
1. reproduce; 2. publicize
equanimity
mental calmness
coax
persuade
cephalic
relating to the skull
rapprochement
reestablishment of cordial relations (between 2 countries)
catechism
book summarizing christianity
perjure
making a false statement under oath
rig
put in proper order
plummet
descend rapidly
berate
scold to a great degree
beneficence
doing good; charity
knoll
mound of earth
ditties
disparagement
hidebound
inflexible
vitriol
abuse
unsolicited
not looked for
obverse
opposite
recalcitrant
resisting authority
prolix
wordy
vigilant
wary of danger
obsequious
obedient
impudence
rudeness; arrogance
chicanery
trickery
vim
active/lively spirit; enthusiasm
polemic
argument
palliate
mitigate; alleviate
ignoble
morally low
stolid
unemotional
inimical
antagonistic; harmful
perspicacious
astute; perceptive
lachrymose
mourning; tearful
inchoate
undeveloped; beginning
tawdry
showy and cheap
latent
not actualized; potential
turgid
swollen; distended
unconscionable
not guided by conscience
hoary
grey with age
foment
foster; promote growth
aggrandize
enlarge
irascible
crabby
furtive
sneaky; secretive
slake
decrease; appease
burnish
polish
disabuse
free from error
prevaricate
lie
salubrious
healthful
trenchant
incisive or keen
diaphanous
sheer and light; translucent
pathogenic
producing disease
heedless
careless; unmindful
sentient
conscious
panegyric
formal praise
specious
apparently good/right but lacking real merit
sardonic
mocking
ossify
cause to harden (like bone)
lampoon
satire
cosset
pamper; treat as a pet
largess
generous giving of gifts
intrepid
fearless
hegemony
leadership
multifarious
having many different parts
noisome
foul-smelling
scintilla
a trace (small particle)
umbrage
displeasure
opprobrium
disgrace
benediction
good wishes; blessing
rejoinder
a response
proclivity
tendency; propensity
inure
accustom to hardship
dither
vibration; excitement; vacillate
banal
trite; lacking originality
endemic
native; indigenous
apocryphal
doubtful authenticity
exigent
need immediate attention
diffident
shy
flagrant
obvious; scandalous
polyglot
multilingual
putative
supposed; reputed; alleged
purveyor
person who supplies (e.g. food = caterer)
anathema
a curse
altercation
argument
expunge
obliterate; destroy
exhume
revive; remove from grave
knell
chime (of bell)
incongruous
out of place
oculist
eye doctor
scrappy
argumentative
pillage
rob; plunder
inordinate
unrestrained; excessive
ineffable
incapable of being described in words
egregious
extraordinary in a bad way
despoil
plunder; sack; rob
complacency
self-satisfaction
quiescent
dormant; at rest
belabor
dwell on tediously
macabre
gruesome
dilettante
amateur
handsome
large in quantity
headlong
hasty
defection
desertion
consort
associate with
rig
manipulate
ruddy
reddish (of the face)
unguent
ointment
inclement
stormy; unkind
fatuous
smugly foolish
addendum
addition
bestow
confer (consult together)
imperil
put in danger
appraise
estimate value of
ostensible
apparent (pretended)
askew
at an angle
unfetter
liberate
plenitude
abundance
misadventure
bad luck
apogee
highest point
contravene
contradict
affliction
state of distress
contumacious
stubborn and disobedient
precept
practical rule
skittish
capricious; not serious
gaudy
flashy
inscrutable
difficult to understand
mangle
tear to pieces; disfigure
transgression
violation of law
sequester
isolate
demoniac
cruel
skiff
small sailboat
flounder
proceed in confusion
credence
belief
defoliate
destroy leaves
demerit
fault; bad quality
supple
flexible
check
curb; restrain
vagabond
wanderer
crypt
underground room (under a church)
jostle
shove; bump
rider
amendment to a legislative bill
cleft
split
larder
pantry
bard
poet
gerontology
study of sociological phenomena associated w/old age
actuate
motivate
cog
tooth projecting from a wheel
holster
leather pistol case
aureole
sun's corona; halo
avid
greedy
inviolable
secure from corruption/attack
inextricable
can't be untied
impale
pierce
plane
carpenter's tool for leveling wood
refectory
dining hall
incognito
with identity concealed
evanescent
fleeting; vanishing
insurrection
rebellion; uprising
minatory
menacing
concerted
mutually agreed on
exult
rejoice
credulity
gullibility
intransigence
stubbornness
fauna
animals of a region
apoplexy
stroke
equanimity
calmness; composure
ingratiate
become popular with
rabble
mob; noisy crowd
clipper
sailing vessel built for speed
epaulette
ornament worn on the shoulder
effete
exhausted
unctuous
oily
debilitate
weaken
spangle
shiny metallic piece sewn to clothing
infringe
violate (a law)
swathe
bandage
wreak
inflict
bemused
confused
superannuated
obsolete
deport
sent out of the country
dearth
scarcity
perfidious
disloyal; treacherous
beguile
deceive
onus
burden; responsibility
reproach
blame (sadly); disapprove of
uxorious
extremely devoted to wife
natty
neatly dressed; dapper
moratorium
legal delay of payment/action
granary
storehouse for grain
insubordination
disobedience
discord
lack of harmony
megalomania
mania for doing grandiose things;
chimerical
highly unrealistic (fanciful)
sear
burn the surface of
incorporeal
without a material body; insubstantial
residual
remaining; of a residue
bravado
swagger; false show of bravery
avarice
greedness for wealth
obloquy
slander; disgrace
misanthrope
one who hates mankind
temerity
boldness; rashness
expostulation
protest
executor
person designated to execute terms of a will
onslaught
fierce attack
itinerant
traveling from place to place; wandering
morbid
unwholesome thought; moody
ephemeral
short-lived
inalienable
nontransferable
unassuming
modest
tantamount
equivalent in value
tractable
docile; easily managed
canto
division of a long poem
snip
short quick cut of scissors
unfaltering
not changing
monastic
related to monks/monasteries
arcane
mysterious
unerringly
infallibly
mealymouthed
indirect in speech (when something unpleasant must be said)
epigram
witty thought, usually short
outmoded
no longer in fashion
disconsolate
hopelessly sad
ravage
devastate; damage
verisimilar
having the appearance of truth
billow
large wave of water
gale
windstorm
abstemious
sparing in eating/drinking
tutelary
protective
tensile
capable of being stretched
tumid
swollen; distended
belie
contradict
din
continued loud noise
bestial
beastlike
engender
cause
purse
pucker
provincial
pertaining to a province; limited in outlook
palliate
ease pain (without curing)
bawdy
indecent
perfunctory
superficial; lacking interest/care
bent
determined
infernal
pertaining to hell
nefarious
very wicked
temper
moderate; make less severe
alchemy
medieval chemistry
cornice
projecting molding on building
dys-
abnormal
checkered
marked by great changes in fortune
apropos
with reference to; regarding
fitful
irregular; intermittent
disbar
make (a lawyer) leave the legal profession
rig
arrangement of masts and sails
commandeer
take (private property) for military use without needing permission
gloss
brief explanation note
nascent
coming into existence
corpus
collection (of writing)
scintillate
sparkle
irksome
annoying; tedious
insuperable
insurmountable, incapable of being overcome
deleterious
harmful
welter
confusion; turmoil
pellucid
transparent
implicate
incriminate
gerrymander
change voting district lines in order to favor a political party
eclipse
darken
flotsam
drifting wreckage
welt
a ridge on the surface of the body (e.g. from a stick)
avuncular
of or like an uncle
interstice
narrow space between things
indigence
poverty
disclaim
disown; deny
destitute
extremely poor
dapper
neat in appearance
jurisdiction
authority (power to apply law)
preternatural
supernatural
monograph
scholarly article
abet
encourage; (usually in doing something wrong)
sedate
composed; grate
sycophant
servile flatterer
spry
nimble, active (esp. of old people)
dispatch
speediness
acuity
sharpness (of mind/senses)
unprepossessing
unattractive
crabbed
bad-tempered
acidulous
slightly sour
inane
silly
philatelist
stamp collector
vagrant
wandering from place to place
supplicant
one who supplicates (prays humbly)
magistrate
official with power to administer the law
aspirant
seeker after position
chaffing
joking
don
put on
benison
blessing
compendium
brief, comprehensive summary
parley
conference
insolvent
bankrupt
cognizant
aware
consonant
consistent
idiosyncratic
peculiar; abnormal
expurgate
cleanse of moral offensiveness (i.e. edit out curse words)
credulous
gullible
pertinacious
holding persistently; obstinate
magnanimous
generous in forgiving; noble
ignominious
humiliating
zenith
highest point; apex
perfunctory
lacking interest; performed as routine duty
stagnate
to cease flow
erratic
unpredictable
protract
draw out time
recant
withdraw; retract (a statement)
insipid
dull; bland
resilient
returning to original form (syn. elastic)
pedestrian
dull
auspicious
favorable; hopeful
renege
break one's promise
venerate
revere; worship
bigot
somebody intolerant of any other belief/creed/opinion
nom-
law
auto-
self
synoptic
(related to synopsis) related to a summary
precocious
maturing early
sanguine
cheerfully optimistic
saccharine
sugary
amorphous
lacking form; vague
magnanimity
generous
avaricious
greedy
invective
abusive words
lackluster
lacking shine, lacking brilliance
demur
raise an objection; hesitate
bereaved
deprived of (because of a death)
mountebank
boastful phony (charlatan)
dissemble
disguise; conceal truth
malapropism
comic misuse of word
(e.g. "end of physical year" rather than "end of fiscal year")
unsullied
stainless, clean
censorious
severely critical (v. censure: criticize)
pedant
scholar who overemphasizes book learning (adj. pedantic)
insouciant
carefree; unconcerned
extenuate
make less serious; weaken
headstrong
stubborn
depredation
destruction
horticultural
related to cultivating gardens
misogynist
hater of women
demagogue
person who appeals to people's prejudice
enmity
hatred
resumption
recommencement (v. resume)
malign
bad-mouth
catharsis
cleansing of the body (or emotions)
execrable
very bad
primogeniture
seniority by birth
wage
begin & continue (a war)
lance
v. cut into; n. spearlike weapon
sadistic
inclined to cruelty
bearing
connection
taper
very thin candle
diffuse
wordy
orthography
correct spelling
jargon
technical terminology
hamper
obstruct
eugenic
relating to improvement of race
procurement
obtaining (procure: obtain by effort)
sprightly
lively
epistemologist
philosopher who studies the nature of knowledge
extant
still in existence (something written/painted)
base
morally bad; inferior in quality
sphinx-like
mysterious
disparage
belittle
hoax
practical joke
condole
express sympathy
manumit
emancipate
enact
make into law (a bill)
gravity
seriousness
barterer
trader
empirical
based on experience
legerdemain
dexterity of hand
mortician
undertaker
foster
bring up; encourage
gall
annoy
retort
quick sharp reply
hem
surround tightly
apposite
appropriate; fitting
vilify
slander
cursory
casual; hastily done
comely
attractive; agreeable
advert
refer
stint
be thrifty
pretension
claim (without foundation); pretensiousness
credo
creed (faith)
palm
conceal (in palm of hand)
expropriate
take possession of
captious
too critical
chafe
warm by rubbing
categorical
without exceptions; absolute
judicious
wise
dissolute
lacking in morals
rake
immoral person
calorific
heat-producing
crass
unrefined
macerate
soften by soaking in liquid; waste away
grotto
small cavern
commodious
spacious and comfortable
anomaly
irregularity
frivolous
lacking seriousness; trivial
acetic
vinegary
relapse
return to former state
obliterate
destroy
nihilist
skeptic: considers traditional beliefs groundless
gusto
enthusiasm
isotope
varying from an element (equal # protons, different # neutrons)
interdict
prohibit
comestible
edible thing (food)
negate
cancel out; nullify
lancet
small surgical tool (for incisions)
drudgery
hard unpleasant work
humor
comply the wishes of
dappled
spotted
discursive
digressing; rambling
imbibe
drink (alcohol)
guileless
without guile (sly intelligence); innocent
exact
obtain by force
patois
local dialect
unwitting
unaware
scurvy
1. contemptible; despicable 2. disease caused by deficiency of Vitamin C
flag
droop; grow feeble
baroque
highly ornate
beeline
direct quick route
gnarled
twisted
gallows
framework that a noose is suspended
homely
unattractive
gouge
tear out
parsimony
stinginess
endue
provide w/an ability
plumage
feathers of a bird
lexicographer
compiler of a dictionary
tithe
tax (1/10th) to church
valedictory
pertaining to farewell
veracity
truthfulness
temporize
gain time by postponing
missive
letter
galleon
large three-masted ship
concede
admit
sportive
playful
filch
v. steal (things of small value)
pinion
restrain by binding wings/legs
faction
party (esp. in politics)
throttle
strangle
satyr
half-human, half-beast (like a goat)
hinterlands
back country
obstinate
stubborn
notch
V-shape cut in a surface
laud
praise
requite
repay
goad
urge on
hibernal
wintery (of winter)
imprecation
curse; swear word
effusion
outpouring of feeling
glib
fluent (with superficiality) (e.g. keeping up a flow to entertain his customers, the exercise equipment salesman was a glib speaker)
prodigious
marvelous; enormous
recidivism
habitual return to crime
discordant
not harmonious; conflicting
tatter
torn piece of cloth
vertex
summit; highest point
meteoric
(like a meteor) swift; brilliant
secrete
1) conceal; 2) release a substance
crevice
crack
pervasive
spreading widely (of people)
desecrate
profane
ovoid
egg-shaped
husband
use sparingly
pyromaniac
obsessed w/setting things on fire
gossamer
sheer; very light
indict
charge
brooch
pin (ornamental)
douse
plunge into water
conversant
familiar with
decree
authoritative order (of law)
unimpeachable
beyond doubt; exemplary
glean
1. take from various source (e.g. newspapers); 2. collect gradually
pith
1. essence; 2. forceful/concise expression; 3. core/marrow
seminal
1. influential; 2. relating to seed/semen
contrivance
thing skillfully created (e.g. machine, scheme)
alimentary
supplying food/nourishment
ruminate
1. ponder; 2. chew over and over (e.g. cow)
collusion
illegal cooperation
dysentery
inflammatory disorder of lower intestinal tract
bout
short period of intense activity (e.g. going to gym)
subsume
include (as a member of the group)
barefaced
shameless; bold
comity
courtesy
nether
lower
forlorn
sad and lonely
saunter
stroll slowly
embitter
make bitter
fracas
brawl (btw a # of people)
reprise
musical repetition
nominal
in name only
psychosomatic
influence of mind on body
pendulous
hanging; suspended
allude
refer to indirectly
depravity
wickedness
stock
standard; routine
scorch
burn surface w/flame
bait
harass
decry
express disapproval of
swell
long wave of water (that moves continuously without breaking)
emanate
issue forth
aperture
opening
resound
filled with sound
touchstone
1. stone used to test fineness of gold alloys; 2. standard
tenacious
persistent
advent
arrival
plaudit
praise
warp
twist out of shape
magisterial
authoritative
chagrin
annoyance
discerning
perceptive; mentally quick
defray
pay
apostate
somebody who abandons faith/political beliefs
irrevocable
irreversible; unalterable
phylum
classification (2nd to kingdom) of plants/animals
agglomeration
collection
fray
brawl; fight
malignant
tending to cause death; extremely evil
immolate
offer as sacrifice (esp. fire)
rote
repetition
sate
satisfy (appetite) fully
abeyance
temporary disuse
vouchsafe
grant (condescendingly)
insularity
narrow-mindedness
countermand
cancel
inculcate
teach ideas
vagary
unexpected change in behavior/situation
stem
stop the flow
stockade
wooden enclosure
histrionic
theatrical
momentous
very important
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