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Catacomb
burial
Bastion
fortress, fortified
Extricate
to free
Tout
solicit business
Obloquy
censure, blame
Manumit
release from slavery or servitude
Wanton
without regard for what is right
Conjecture
doubt, not tested
Uncouth
unrefined
Ingenuous
lacking craft, naive
Importune
beg, plead
Hale
healthy
nostrum
medicine with false claims
Pleonasm
verbose
Leviathan
enormous
Quorum
members of a group
Picayune
of little value or importance
Farce
light, humorous play
Abound
abundant
Brood
offspring
Cavort
prance, high-spirited
Quibble
equivocate
Maceration
to separate by steeping in liquid
Vexillology
study of flags
Louche
dubious
Inveigh
protest, attack
Proviso
stipulation or condition
Ethereal
light, airy, delicate
Lech
strong desire
Tacit
implied, unvoiced
Ornery
ugly, unpleasant, stubborn
Preternatural
out of ordinary
Cabalistic
mystic
Divot
piece of turf
Dowdy
not stylish
Inane
lacking sense, empty
Cede
yield
Logy
sluggish, dull
Abrade
wear down by scraping
Protract
extend, prolong
Controvert
dispute
Rancor
bitter
Concerted
planned together, cooperative
Forbear
refrain, abstain
Dastardly
wicked
Piquant
irritating
Chaste
modest and simple
Mulish
unreasonable
Amoral
without moral
vicissitude
change, variation
Apposite
suitable
Ensnare
to capture
Subjugate
bring under control
Verdant
green with vegetation
Fauna
animals of given region/period
Ostensible
external, apparent
Denizen
inhabitant, resident
Sundry
diverse
Crass
unrefined
Pinioned
wing, feather
Incensed
make angry
Asinine
foolish
Despoils
rob, plunder
Gait
manner of walking
Exhortation
encouragement
Beguile
seduce
Wiles
tricks
Intemperance
excessive
Plenitude
abundant
Picayune
of little value
Rarefy
make rare, less dense
Purulent
full of pus
Propriety
conforming to proper behavior
Rapport
relation, connection
Mettlesome
spirited and brave
Craven
cowardly
Catholic
broad
Divert
to entertain
Divest
remove
Rasp
scrape, rub
Accouter
to supply or equip
Turbid
not clear
Unobtrusive
not easy to see
Wan
pale
Rend
tear apart
Misfeasance
a wrong
Heckle
harass
Accretion
adding to something
Attrition
erosion
Panache
showy attitude
Periphrasis
circumlocution, verbose
Supercilious
proud
Petulant
sulky
Waylay
hinder
Recapitulate
summarize
Beleaguer
attack
Wax
increase
Subversive
revolutionary
Goad
urge
Subterfuge
trick
Begrudge
resent
Ire
anger
Bane
bad influence
Persnickety
fussy
Moratorium
temporary prohibition
Garish
gaudy
Peripatetic
nomadic
Concatenate
link together
Modicum
small amount
Futile
useless, hopeless
Drivel
nonsense
Vilification
denigrate
Staunch
loyal
Cogitate
ponder
Milieu
Environment
Vignette
small sketch
Dolt
stupid person
Vestigial
not developed
Pejorative
derogatory
Venial
unimportant
Artifice
trick
Flout
reject
Vehemence
violence, forceful
Discursiveness
indirect
Inexpedient
not advisable
Vagrant
person wandering without a home
Fitful
not continuous
Apocryphal
of doubtful origin
Skirmish
minor battle
Utilitarian
useful
Parity
equality
Marshal
gather together
Chimerical
unstable
Sequester
seclude
Unwitting
not deliberate
Paragon
perfect example
Indelible
cannot be wiped out
Unfrock
remove priest from his position
Panacea
remedy for all ills
Unfetter
set free
Palpable
easily felt
Scrupulous
diligent, meticulous
Magnate
powerful businessman
Maelstrom
whirlpool, storm
Analgesic
medicine
Amity
friendship
Despondent
hopeless
Precocious
develop early
Lummox
clumsy person
Carping
constant criticism
Capitulate
surrender
Precipitous
done in a hurry
Impious
profane
Capacious
spacious
Cantankerous
bad tempered
Sallow
yellowish
Execrable
very bad
Callow
immature
Exceptionable
very bad, should object to
Saccharin
false sweet
Ruse
trick
Idiosyncrasy
personal peculiarity, unique to one person
Delineation
explanation, definition
Potable
suitable for drinking
Euphony
pleasant sounds
Burnish
polish
Collude
plot together
Foible
small weakness
Rugose
wrinkled
Proffer
offer
Legion
in large numbers
Rife
common
Defunct
nonexistent
Torpid
lazy
Poseur
someone who puts on an act
Espouse
support
Portent
omen
Esoteric
difficult to understand
Broach
approach, start to discuss
Portend
foretell
Histrionic
exaggerated
Bristle
show irritation
Pontificate
speak pompously
Equivocate
speak ambiguously, avoid the truth
Debunk
expose false claims and myths
Boorish
ill-mannered
Epistle
letter
Resplendent
shining, glowing
Heed
listen to
Acquiesce
agree
Resignation
acceptance of fate
Envenom
cause bad feeling
Blunderbuss
ancient weapon, clumsy person
Temper
to moderate
Crepuscular
active at dawn and dusk
Blithe
Carefree
Reprieve
postponement of sentence, respite
Ensconce
establish firmly in a position
Replete
full
Bilk
cheat, fraud
Deference
respect
Purloin
steal
Parry
to ward off
Arcane
mysterious
Deaden
weaken
Vernal
spring (season)
Assay
examine or analyze
Proscribe
condemn, prohibit
Dilatoriness
slow
Deprecate
disapprove
Vulpine
cunning
Mellifluous
sweetly or smoothly flowing
Morganatic
form of marriage where high rank marries low rank
Decant
to pour
Maudlin
tearful, emotional
Bard
poet
Epistaxis
nosebleed
Grate
frame
Inordinate
Excessive
Jettison
discard
Tawdry
Gaudy, showy
Putative
commonly regarded as
Treacly
sentimental, sweet
Lurid
gruesome
Equable
Uniform
Inerrant
free from error
Punctiliousness
precise, careful
Inquietude
disturbed state
Hortatory
encouraging
Feral
existing in natural state, wild
Venal
open to bribery
Hidebound
narrow-minded
Glaucous
blue-green
Clement
lenient, compassionate
Avouch
affirm
Stoke
stir up, poke
Mire
Marsh
Swathe
wrap, bind
Engender
create
Silo
container to store grain
Slag
ashes
Upshot
conclusion
Undergird
strengthen
Repine
complain, fret
Upbraid
find fault with
Reproach
find fault with
Feckless
ineffective, indifferent
Headlong
rashly
Impudence
bold, shameless
Approbate
approve
Affront
personally offensive act or word
Wraith
ghost
Wizened
wrinkled
Waspish
easily irritated
Vitriolic
caustic
Virile
manly
Usury
Lend money at exorbitant rates
Untoward
unfavorable
Unctuous
smug, greasy
Umbrage
offense
Turgid
swollen
Threnody
Sad poem/song
Tenable
reasonable
Surreptitious
secrecy
Surly
rude
Staid
self-restrained
Sophist
good at arguing deviously
Sonorous
full sound
Somnambulist
sleepwalker
Solecism
grammatical mistake
Sojourn
visit
Slake
quench, moderate
Simper
smirk
Seraphic
angelic
Sepulchral
typical of place of burial
Sentient
aware
Senescent
aging
Sedition
promoting rebellion
Scurrilous
vulgar
Scintillate
small amount
Scabbard
sheat for a sword
Ruminate
contemplate
Rococo
highly ornamented
Riposte
retort
Ribald
humorous in vulgar way
Revelry
festivity
Respite
interval of relief
Reprobate
morally unprincipled
Repast
meal
Renitent
resist pressure
Rejoinder
response
Redress
relief from wrong/injury
Recreant
disloyal, coward
Recidivism
repeat previous behavior
Raze
demolish
Rapprochement
Reestablishing cordial behavior
Rapacious
Greedy, predatory
Raillery
Lighthearted jesting
Raconteur
Skillful storyteller
Pulchritude
Beauty
Prurient
Lustful
Proselytize
Induce someone to convert
Propinquity
nearness
Promulgate
Make known publicly
Privation
Lack of usual needs
Precept
Law
Posit
Put into position, suggest
Polyglot
Speak many languages
Plaudit
Applause
Phalanx
massed group
Penchant
Inclination
Peccadillo
Minor sin
Paucity
Lack
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