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aberration
not typical, deviation from standard
abstemious
sparing when eating
abstinent
voluntarily not doing something
abtruse
hard to understand
acclain
praise or admiration
accolade
an award, high praise
accrete
in increase in growth
acquiesce
to give in or agree
acute
sharp or shrewd
alacrity
eagerness or liveliness
allocate
to distribute
allusion
indirect reference or hint in literature
amass
accumulate
ambiguous
unclear in meaning, confusing
ambivalent
undecided, blowing hot or cold
ambulatory
walking
ameliorate
to make tolerable
amiable
friendly
amity
friendship
anecdote
brief entertaining story
anomaly
abberation, deviation
antipathy
firm dislike, hatred
apathy
lack of emotion
apocryphal
false or doubtful origin
appease
soothe or pacify by giving in
arbiter
one who decides, a judge
arid
dry, dull
ascetic
hermit-like, practicing self-denial
assauge
to soothe or pacify (pain)
assiduous
hardworking, busy, dilligent
astute
perceptive, intelligent
audacity
boldness, reckless daring
augment
to make bigger
auspicious
promising, pointing to a good result
austere
stern, forbidding, without much money
authoritarian
dictator like
axiom
widely accepted saying
baleful
meanacing, harmful
banal
ordinary
bastion
fortified place
beget
to cause or produce
belligerent
quarrelsome, waging war
benefactor
generous donor
beneficient
doing good
benevolent
kind hearted, generous
benign
gentile, not harmful, kind
bereave
to deprive or leave desolate regarding death
bias
prejudice, tendency, tilt
blithe
carefree, cheerful
brawn
bulk or muscles
brevity
briefness
brook
to tolerate something
cacophony
harsh-sounding mixture of words or sounds
cajole
to persuade someone to do something they dont want to do
candid
honest
capricious
likely to change at any moment, unpredictable
caustic
like acid, corrosive
censure
to condemn for doing bad
chronology
order of events
circumlocution
in indirect expression, wordy language
coalesce
to fuse or come together as one
coda
a passage at the end of a musical composition
cognizant
perceptive, observant
complacent
smug, pleased with oneself, content to a fault
compliant
yielding, submissive
concillatory
making peace
congenial
agreeable, suitable, pleasant
conjure
to summon
connoisseur
an expert in matters of art or taste
consensus
unanimity
conspicious
standing out, obvious
contempt
reproachful disdain
contentious
argumentative
contrite
remorseful
contumacious
stubbornly rebellious, disobedient
conundrum
a puzzle/riddle
conventional
common, customary
correlate
to find the relationship of two things
corroborate
to confirm
credulous
believing
cryptic
mysterious, mystifying
dearth
lack of, scarcity
debacle
sudden overthrow
debauchery
intemperance, wild living
decorous
good taste, orderly
deference
respect, orderly
deleterious
harmful
denounce
to condemn
deplete
to use up or reduce
depravity
moral corruption
deride
to ridicule
desecrate
to make a place unholy
dessicate
to dry out
deter
to prevent or stop
didactic
instructive
diffident
timid, low self esteem
digress
to go off topic
diligent
hardworking
disavow
deny
discernment
to see things clearly
discomfort
to confuse, frustrate, or deceive
discord
disagreement
discourse
to converse or discuss a subject
disdain
arrogant scorn or contempt
disinterested
unbiased
disparage
to belittle, talk about someone in an uncomplimentary way
disparate
different, incompatible
dispassionate
without passion, neutral
disseminate
to scatter or spread widely
dissent
disagreement
dissonant
in disagreement
divergent
differing in opinion, deviating
diverse
varied
divert
to change course or amuse
doggerel
comic or loose verse
dogmatic
arrogantly claiming something is beyond dispute (of a belief system)
drone
to talk on in a dull way
dubious
doubtful, uncertain
eclectic
drawing from many sources
economical
frugal
efface
to erase or rub away the features
effluvium
noxious vapor or escaping gas
elusive
hard to pin down, evasive
engender
to create or produce
enigma
mystery
enthrall
to thrill
ephemeral
short lived, fleeting
equivocal
ambiguous, intentionally confusing
erratic
wandering, unpredictable
erudite
scholarly, deeply learned
esoteric
hard to understand, peculiar
euphony
pleasant sound
evanscent
vanishing or fading
exemplary
setting a good example
exemplify
to serve as an example
exhaustive
thorough or complete
exigent
urgent
exonerate
to free completely from blame
exorbitance
an exceedingly large amount
expedient
providing an immediate advantage
expedite
to make faster or easier
exposition
explaining
extol
to praise
extraneous
irrelevant, extra
exuberant
exteremly joyful, profuse in growth
facetious
humerous, clumsily humerous
facilitate
to make easier
fallacious
false
fanatic
extremely devoted to a cause or idea
fastidious
meticulous or demanding
feasible
able to be done
fecund
fertile, productive
fervor
passion
fickle
capricious, whimsical, unpredictable
flag
to weaken or slow
flagrant
shocking or outstandingly bad
flippant
frivolously shallow and disrespectful
forbear
to refrain from
fortuitous
accidental, by chance
foster
to promote the growth or development of
frenetic
frantic
fulsome
excessive, insincere, disgusting
furtive
secrative
futile
hopeless
gainsay
to deny, to speak against
garner
to gather and store, to earn
garrulous
extremely chatty or wordy
genial
cheerful and pleasant, helpful
gerrymander
to divide a state or country into election districts to gain political advantage
goad
to urge forcefully
guile
cunning
gullible
overly trusting
hackneyed
banal, overused, trite
heresy
an opinion violently opposed to established beliefs
hermetic
airtight, cannot influence
hindrance
obstructing, annoying delay
hone
to sharpen
idiom
peculiar expression
idyllic
charming in a rustic way, naturally peaceful
immutable
permanent and unchangeable
impartial
unbiased, neutral
impede
to hinder or slow something
impervious
not allowing anything to pass through, impenetrable
implement
to carry out
implicit
implied rather than stated
impromptu
without preparation, spur of the moment
improvident
careless
impudent
bold
impugn
to attack the truth or integrity of something
inadvertant
lax, careless, without intention
incessant
never-ending
inchoate
just beginning
incisive
cutting to the heart of the matter
incongruous
not consistent, not appropriate
incursion
a hostile invasion
indifferent
not caring one way or the other, mediocre
indigant
angry
indolence
lazyiness
indulgent
lenient, yielding to desire
ineluctable
unavoidable
inept
clumsy, incompetent
inert
sluggish, not reacting chemically
infamous
shamefully wicked, disgraceful
infer
to conclude or deduce
ingenuous
simple, candid, naive
inherent
part of the essential nature of something, intrinsic
innate
since birth, inborn
innocuous
harmless
innovate
create something new
innumerable
too mamy to count
insipid
dull
insolvent
unable to pay one's bills
invective
insulting or abusive speech
irascible
irritable
ironic
satiric, unexpected
judicious
exercising sound judgement
kinship
natural or family relationship
laconic
using few words to the point of being rude
lament
mourn
languish
to become weak, depressed
laudable
worthy or praise
lax
careless, not dilligent
levity
lightness, unseriousness
ligenous
wood-like
litigate
to try in court
lucid
clear, easy to understand
manifest
visible, evident
marred
damaged, bruised
maverick
nonconformist, rebel
meander
to wander slowly
melliflulous
sweetly flowing
merger
joining
mitigate
to lessen the severity of something
motility
spontaneous movement
munificent
very generous, lavish
neophyte
beginner
nostalgia
can mean homesickness
nullify
to make unimportant
obdurate
stubborn or inflexible
obscure
unclear, partially hidden, hard to understand
oscillate
to swing back and forth, fluctuate
ossify
to convert into bone
ostentatious
showing off
palliate
to hide seriousness of something without apology
panegyric
lofty praise
parallel
comparison made between two things
partisan
one who supports a particular person, cause, or idea
pathology
study of diseases
paucity
scarcity
pedagogue
a teacher
pedestrian
common, ordinary
penchant
strong taste or liking
peripheral
unimportant
pervade
to spread throughout
petulant
rude, cranky
philanthropy
donating to charity
piquant
pungent
pivotal
crucial
placate
to ease or soothe
placid
calm, peaceful
plumb
to measure the depth of something
polemic
argument of refutation
pragmatic
practical, down to earth
precipitate
to cause to happen abruptly
prelude
to prevent, to make impossible, to shut out
pristine
original, unspoiled, pure
prodigal
extravagant, wasteful
prodigious
enormous, extraordinary
prodigy
exceptional occurrance
profuse
flowing, extravagant
propinquity
nearness
propriety
properness, good manners
prosaic
dull, unimaginative
proselytize
to convert someone from one religion to another
provincial
limited outlook, narrow
provocative
attracting attention
prudent
careful
pundit
forceful, sharp or biting to taste or smell
qualify
to modify or restrict
rampart
a fortification, defense
recalcitrant
stubbornly defiant of control
reciprocal
mutual, shared, interchangeable
recondite
over one's head
refute
to disprove
rejuvenate
to make strong and young again
relegate
to banish or send away
reprehensible
worthy of blame
reproach
to scold
reprobate
a wicked, sinful, depraved person
repudiate
to reject or deny
rescind
to take back formally
resignation
reluctant acceptance of a bad situation
resolute
determined, unwavering
ribald
vulgar, indecent language
rivet
to fix one's attention on
saccharine
excessively sweet
sagacious
wise
sage
a wise person
salubrious
promoting health
sanction
authorize, approve
saturnine
sluggish, gloomy temperment
savor
to linger to the taste or smell of something
scrupulous
strict, careful, hesitant for ethical reasons
servile
submissive
sinuous
having many curves
solemn
serious, grave
solicit
ask for, to seek
spendthrift
wasteful with money
spurious
bogus, false
squalid
filthy, degraded
stoic
indifferent to pleasure or pain (outwardly)
stringent
restrictive
subjugate
to enslave or dominate
sullen
gloomy or dismal
supercilious
haughty, patronizing
superfluous
extra, unnecessary
surreptitious
sneaky, secret
sycophant
one who sucks up to others
synthesis
combining of parts to form a whole
tacit
not spoken, implied
taciturn
untalkative by nature
palpable
tangible
tedious
boring
temerity
boldness, recklessness
temperate
moderate
tenacious
tough, hard to defeat
tentative
experimental, temporary, uncertain
timbre
quality of sound independent of pitch and loudness
torpor
sluggishness, apathy
tractable
easily controlled, obedient
transitory
to staying for a long time
trepidation
fear, nervous trembling
truculent
savagely brutal, hostile
turptitude
shameful wickedness
unprecedented
happening for the first time
untoward
unfortunate or improper
vacillate
to waiver back and forth
vacuous
lacking intelligence or ideas
vehement
urgent, passionate
venerate
to revere, treat something as holy
verbose
wordy, overly talkative
vex
to annoy, pester, confuse
vilify
to say vile things, to defame
vindicate
to clear from all blame
virtuoso
masterful musician or practitioner in some other field
virulent
poisonous, full of hate
viscous
sticky and thick
volatile
quick to evaporate, unstable, explosive
volition
will, conscious choice
volumnious
very large, spacious
welter
confused mass, turmoil
willful
insistent on having one's way
zealous
enthusiastically devoted to something