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  1. seemly
    according with custom or propriety
  2. umbrage
    a feeling of anger caused by being offended
  3. primacy
    the state of being first in importance
  4. maleficent
    harmful or evil in intent or effect
  5. palpable
    capable of being perceived
  6. execrate
    curse or declare to be evil or anathema
  7. countenance
    the appearance conveyed by a person's face
  8. munificent
    given or giving freely, generously, or without restriction
  9. dour
    showing a brooding ill humor
  10. unctuous
    unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating
  11. vile
    morally reprehensible
  12. smarmy
    unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating
  13. oleaginous
    containing an unusual amount of grease or oil
  14. dissipated
    unrestrained by convention or morality
  15. fecundity
    the state of being fertile or capable of producing offspring
  16. levity
    a manner lacking seriousness
  17. syncopated
    stressing a normally weak beat
  18. vituperate
    spread negative information about
  19. ebullient
    joyously unrestrained
  20. axiom
    a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof
  21. postulate
    maintain or assert
  22. credulous
    showing a lack of judgment or experience
  23. atone
    turn away from sin or do penitence
  24. vouchsafe
    grant in a condescending manner
  25. unassailable
    impossible to attack
  26. placate
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  27. complacent
    contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions
  28. venal
    capable of being corrupted
  29. efficacious
    giving the power to produce an intended result
  30. lachrymose
    showing sorrow
  31. rubric
    category name
  32. platitude
    a trite or obvious remark
  33. portentous
    of momentous or ominous significance
  34. syllogism
    reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises
  35. circumlocution
    an indirect way of expressing something
  36. provident
    giving something useful for the future
  37. perdition
    the place or state in which one suffers eternal punishment
  38. travesty
    a composition that imitates or misrepresents a style
  39. puny
    of inferior size
  40. pirouette
    a rapid spin of the body
  41. parry
    impede the movement of
  42. dueler
    a person who fights duels
  43. derisive
    expressing contempt or ridicule
  44. pliant
    capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out
  45. irksome
    tedious or irritating
  46. cogitate
    consider carefully and deeply
  47. mitigate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
  48. deterrent
    something immaterial that interferes with action or progress
  49. restive
    in a very tense state
  50. filibuster
    a tactic for delaying legislation by making long speeches
  51. obverse
    the more conspicuous of two alternatives or cases or sides
  52. hidebound
    stubbornly inflexible and narrow-minded
  53. tedium
    the feeling of being bored by something
  54. vitriol
    abusive or venomous language to express blame or censure
  55. adulation
    exaggerated flattery or praise
  56. trepidation
    a feeling of alarm or dread
  57. chastened
  58. jettison
    throw away, of something encumbering
  59. puritanical
    of or relating to a certain group of English Protestants
  60. travail
    use of physical or mental energy; hard work
  61. impudence
    the trait of being rude and impertinent
  62. knoll
    a small natural mound
  63. rind
    the natural outer covering of food
  64. ditty
    a short simple song
  65. slovenly
    negligent of neatness especially in dress and person
  66. fastidious
    giving careful attention to detail
  67. saturnine
    bitter or scornful
  68. beseech
    ask for or request earnestly
  69. pique
    call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response
  70. sweepstakes
    a lottery in which the prize consists of the money paid by the participants
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