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  1. abeyance
    temporary cessation or suspension
  2. aver
    declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
  3. belie
    be in contradiction with
  4. bolster
    support and strengthen
  5. boorish
    ill-mannered and coarse in behavior or appearance
  6. burgeon
    grow and flourish
  7. buttress
    a support usually of stone or brick
  8. coda
    the closing section of a musical composition
  9. commensurate
    corresponding in size or degree or extent
  10. complaisant
    showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others
  11. compliant
    disposed to act in accordance with someone's wishes
  12. conciliatory
    making or willing to make concessions
  13. condone
    excuse, overlook, or make allowances for
  14. contentious
    showing an inclination to disagree
  15. contrite
    feeling or expressing pain or sorrow
  16. conundrum
    a difficult problem
  17. craven
    lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful
  18. daunt
    cause to lose courage
  19. decorum
    propriety in manners and conduct
  20. default
    an option that is selected automatically
  21. deference
    courteous regard for people's feelings
  22. delineate
    represented accurately or precisely
  23. deride
    treat or speak of with contempt
  24. desultory
    marked by lack of definite plan, purpose, or enthusiasm
  25. deterrent
    something immaterial that interferes with action or progress
  26. diatribe
    thunderous verbal attack
  27. diffidence
    lack of self-assurance
  28. digression
    a message that departs from the main subject
  29. dirge
    a song or hymn of mourning as a memorial to a dead person
  30. disabuse
    free somebody from an erroneous belief
  31. discerning
    having or revealing keen insight and good judgment
  32. discordant
    not in agreement or harmony
  33. discrepancy
    a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
  34. disingenuous
    not straightforward or candid
  35. disparage
    express a negative opinion of
  36. disparate
    fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
  37. distend
    cause to expand as if by internal pressure
  38. ebullient
    joyously unrestrained
  39. effrontery
    audacious behavior that you have no right to
  40. embellish
    make more attractive, as by adding ornament or color
  41. engender
    call forth
  42. equanimity
    steadiness of mind under stress
  43. esoteric
    understandable only by an enlightened inner circle
  44. eulogy
    a formal expression of praise for someone who has died
  45. euphemism
    an inoffensive expression substituted for an offensive one
  46. exacerbate
    make worse
  47. exculpate
    pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
  48. exigency
    a pressing or urgent situation
  49. facetious
    cleverly amusing in tone
  50. fatuous
    devoid of intelligence
  51. fallacious
    containing or based on incorrect reasoning
  52. fawning
    attempting to win favor by flattery
  53. fervor
    feelings of great warmth and intensity
  54. flout
    treat with contemptuous disregard
  55. foment
    try to stir up
  56. forestall
    keep from happening or arising; make impossible
  57. harangue
    a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
  58. implacable
    incapable of being appeased or pacified
  59. incongruity
    the quality of disagreeing
  60. indigence
    a state of extreme poverty or destitution
  61. inert
    unable to move or resist motion
  62. inured
    made tough by habitual exposure
  63. on leave
  64. loquacious
    full of trivial conversation
  65. malleable
    capable of being shaped or bent
  66. malingerer
    someone shirking duty by feigning illness or incapacity
  67. mendacious
    given to lying
  68. meticulous
    marked by precise accordance with details
  69. mollify
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  70. morose
    showing a brooding ill humor
  71. obdurate
    stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
  72. obsequious
    attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
  73. obviate
    do away with
  74. officious
    intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
  75. onerous
    burdensome or difficult to endure
  76. opprobrium
    a state of extreme dishonor
  77. paragon
    a perfect embodiment of a concept
  78. paucity
    an insufficient quantity or number
  79. penchant
    a strong liking or preference
  80. penury
    a state of extreme poverty or destitution
  81. perennial
    lasting an indefinitely long time
  82. perfunctory
    hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
  83. pervasive
    spreading or spread throughout
  84. piety
    righteousness by virtue of being religiously devout
  85. placate
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  86. platitude
    a trite or obvious remark
  87. plummet
    drop sharply
  88. pragmatic
    concerned with practical matters
  89. precarious
    not secure; beset with difficulties
  90. presumptuous
    going beyond what is appropriate, permitted, or courteous
  91. prevaricate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
  92. no-par stock
    stock with no par value specified in the corporate charter or on the stock certificate
  93. probity
    complete and confirmed integrity
  94. prodigal
    recklessly wasteful
  95. propensity
    a natural inclination
  96. propitiate
    make peace with
  97. proscribe
    command against
  98. pungent
    strong and sharp to the sense of taste or smell
  99. quibble
    evade the truth of a point by raising irrelevant objections
  100. rarefied
    of high moral or intellectual value
  101. recalcitrant
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  102. recant
    formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief
  103. recluse
    one who lives in solitude
  104. recondite
    difficult to understand
  105. refractory
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  106. refute
    overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof
  107. reprobate
    a person without moral scruples
  108. repudiate
    refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid
  109. rescind
    cancel officially
  110. resolve
    find a solution or answer
  111. nurturant
    providing physical and emotional care and nourishment
  112. sage
    a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics
  113. salubrious
    promoting health
  114. sanction
    official permission or approval
  115. satiate
    fill to satisfaction
  116. savor
    a particular taste or smell, especially an appealing one
  117. solicitous
    full of anxiety and concern
  118. soporific
    inducing sleep
  119. specious
    plausible but false
  120. sporadic
    recurring in scattered or unpredictable instances
  121. stint
    supply sparingly and with restricted quantities
  122. stipulate
    make an express demand or provision in an agreement
  123. stolid
    having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
  124. striate
    marked with stripes
  125. strut
    walk in a proud, confident way
  126. subpoena
    a writ issued to compel the attendance of a witness
  127. subside
    wear off or die down
  128. substantiate
    establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
  129. supersede
    take the place or move into the position of
  130. tacit
    implied by or inferred from actions or statements
  131. tangential
    of superficial relevance if any
  132. tenuous
    lacking substance or significance
  133. tirade
    a speech of violent denunciation
  134. torpor
    a state of motor and mental inactivity
  135. tortuous
    marked by repeated turns and bends
  136. tractable
    easily managed
  137. transgression
    the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle
  138. truculence
    stubborn and defiant aggressiveness
  139. vacillate
    be undecided about something
  140. venerate
    regard with feelings of respect and reverence
  141. veracious
    habitually speaking the truth
  142. verbose
    using or containing too many words
  143. viscous
    having a relatively high resistance to flow
  144. vituperative
    marked by harshly abusive criticism
  145. volatile
    liable to lead to sudden change or violence
  146. warranted
  147. wary
    marked by keen caution and watchful prudence
  148. welter
    a confused multitude of things
  149. whimsical
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
  150. Zealot
    a member of an ancient Jewish sect in Judea in the first century who fought to the death against the Romans and who killed or persecuted Jews who collaborated with the Romans
  151. acerbic
    sour or bitter in taste
  152. allude
    make an indirect reference to
  153. allusion
    passing reference or indirect mention
  154. altruism
    the quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others
  155. amalgam
    a combination or blend of diverse things
  156. apposite
    being of striking appropriateness and pertinence
  157. arcane
    requiring secret or mysterious knowledge
  158. archetype
    something that serves as a model
  159. arid
    lacking sufficient water or rainfall
  160. articulate
    express or state clearly
  161. aspersion
    a disparaging remark
  162. astringent
    tending to draw together or constrict soft organic tissue
  163. atrophy
    a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse
  164. autocracy
    a theory favoring unlimited authority by an individual
  165. autocrat
    a cruel and oppressive dictator
  166. baleful
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  167. bilateral
    having two sides or parts
  168. bombast
    pompous or pretentious talk or writing
  169. cacophony
    loud confusing disagreeable sounds
  170. cant
    a slope in the turn of a road or track
  171. caprice
    a sudden desire
  172. catharsis
    purging the body to stimulate evacuation of the bowels
  173. girlishness
    being characteristic of a girl
  174. circumlocution
    an indirect way of expressing something
  175. cloture
    a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body
  176. cloying
    overly sweet
  177. codify
    organize into a system, such as a body of law
  178. cogitate
    consider carefully and deeply
  179. cognitive
    relating to or involving the mental process of knowing
  180. cognizant
    having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization
  181. coherent
    marked by an orderly and consistent relation of parts
  182. cohesion
    the state of sticking together
  183. comeliness
    the quality of being good looking and attractive
  184. commodious
    large and roomy
  185. complaisance
    a tendency to try to please or yield to the will of others
  186. connotative
    implying or suggesting something extra
  187. constraint
    the state of being physically limited
  188. contravene
    go against, as of rules and laws
  189. coterie
    an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
  190. crass
    so unrefined as to be offensive or insensitive
  191. debacle
    a sudden and complete disaster
  192. debilitate
    make weak
  193. decorous
    characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste
  194. deprecate
    express strong disapproval of; deplore
  195. derision
    the act of treating with contempt
  196. disputation
    a formal debate
  197. dissonant
    harmonically unresolved
  198. ebullience
    eager enjoyment or approval
  199. ellipsis
    a mark indicating that words have been omitted
  200. elucidate
    make clear and comprehensible
  201. emollient
    a substance with a soothing effect when applied to the skin
  202. encomium
    a formal expression of praise
  203. evanescent
    short-lived; tending to vanish or disappear
  204. exigent
    demanding immediate attention
  205. extemporize
    perform or speak without preparation
  206. extrapolate
    draw from specific cases for more general cases
  207. feign
    make believe with the intent to deceive
  208. iconoclast
    someone who attacks cherished ideas or institutions
  209. impugn
    attack as false or wrong
  210. incisive
    demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
  211. incredulous
    not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving
  212. indigenous
    originating where it is found
  213. inept
    generally incompetent and ineffectual
  214. intransigent
    impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, or reason
  215. intrepid
    invulnerable to fear or intimidation
  216. macerate
    soften and cause to disintegrate as a result
  217. maculate
    morally blemished; stained or impure
  218. palpable
    capable of being perceived
  219. panegyric
    formally expressing praise
  220. paradigm
    a standard or typical example
  221. paradox
    a statement that contradicts itself
  222. parsimonious
    excessively unwilling to spend
  223. penurious
    excessively unwilling to spend
  224. petulant
    easily irritated or annoyed
  225. putrefaction
    the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action
  226. putrefy
    decay with an offensive smell
  227. rancor
    a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
  228. sagacious
    acutely insightful and wise
  229. sinuous
    curved or curving in and out
  230. spurious
    plausible but false
  231. squalid
    foul and run-down and repulsive
  232. subjugate
    make subservient; force to submit or subdue
  233. taciturn
    habitually reserved and uncommunicative
  234. truculent
    defiantly aggressive
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