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  1. dissipate
    cause to separate and go in different directions
  2. deign
    do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
  3. pathos
    a quality that arouses emotions, especially pity or sorrow
  4. anachronism
    locating something at a time when it couldn't have existed
  5. apartheid
    a social policy of racial segregation
  6. antipathy
    a feeling of intense dislike
  7. parity
    functional equality
  8. disparate
    fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
  9. cynical
    believing the worst of human nature and motives
  10. coalesce
    fuse or cause to come together
  11. congeal
    solidify, thicken, or come together
  12. contiguous
    having a common boundary or edge
  13. fission
    reproduction of a unicellular organism by cell division
  14. integrate
    make into a whole or make part of a whole
  15. juxtapose
    place side by side
  16. rendezvous
    a meeting planned at a certain time and place
  17. egress
    the act or means of going out
  18. intangible
    incapable of being perceived by the senses, especially touch
  19. vex
    disturb, especially by minor irritations
  20. prolific
    intellectually productive
  21. scull
    a long oar that is mounted at the stern of a boat and moved left and right to propel the boat forward
  22. sporadic
    recurring in scattered or unpredictable instances
  23. repugnant
    offensive to the mind
  24. mollify
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  25. consecrate
    give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
  26. extrapolate
    draw from specific cases for more general cases
  27. anomaly
    deviation from the normal or common order, form, or rule
  28. craven
    lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful
  29. naysayer
    someone with an aggressively negative attitude
  30. ordain
    invest with ministerial or priestly authority
  31. variegated
    having an assortment of colors
  32. duplicity
    the act of deceiving or acting in bad faith
  33. duplicity
    the act of deceiving or acting in bad faith
  34. apartheid
    a social policy of racial segregation
  35. accentuate
    stress or single out as important
  36. accord
    concurrence of opinion
  37. acme
    the highest point of something
  38. augment
    enlarge or increase
  39. augment
    enlarge or increase
  40. aesthetic
    characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste
  41. scull
    a long oar that is mounted at the stern of a boat and moved left and right to propel the boat forward
  42. abdicate
    give up power, duties, or obligations
  43. condone
    excuse, overlook, or make allowances for
  44. debunk
    expose while ridiculing
  45. avuncular
    being or relating to an uncle
  46. abstemious
    marked by temperance in indulgence
  47. mendicant
    a pauper who lives by begging
  48. obstreperous
    noisily and stubbornly defiant
  49. ominous
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  50. loquacious
    full of trivial conversation
  51. mettle
    the courage to carry on
  52. quell
    suppress or crush completely
  53. avarice
    reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth
  54. conciliate
    gain the good will of or cause to be more favorably inclined
  55. solace
    comfort offered to one who is disappointed or miserable
  56. benign
    kind in disposition or manner
  57. capitulate
    surrender under agreed conditions
  58. gregarious
    temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others
  59. ostracize
    expel from a community or group
  60. candid
    openly straightforward and direct without secretiveness
  61. ethereal
    characterized by lightness and insubstantiality
  62. oblique
    slanting or inclined in direction or course or position
  63. ambiguous
    having more than one possible meaning
  64. credulous
    showing a lack of judgment or experience
  65. taciturn
    habitually reserved and uncommunicative
  66. garrulous
    full of trivial conversation
  67. hapless
    unfortunate and deserving pity
  68. amiable
    diffusing warmth and friendliness
  69. extol
    praise, glorify, or honor
  70. aspirant
    an ambitious young person
  71. benevolent
    showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding
  72. aloof
    distant, cold, or detached in manner
  73. astute
    marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
  74. anthology
    a collection of selected literary passages
  75. elusive
    skillful at evading capture
  76. blatant
    without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious
  77. antediluvian
    of or relating to the period before the biblical flood
  78. torpid
    in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation
  79. stymie
    hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
  80. ire
    anger; irritability
  81. soporific
    inducing sleep
  82. veneer
    coating consisting of a thin layer of wood
  83. belligerent
    characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
  84. apt
    being of striking appropriateness and relevance
  85. altruistic
    showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others
  86. acquit
    pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
  87. engender
    call forth
  88. sheer
    so thin as to transmit light
  89. pique
    call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response
  90. pique
    call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response
  91. elegy
    a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
  92. ardor
    feelings of great warmth and intensity
  93. antic
    ludicrously odd
  94. odious
    extremely repulsive or unpleasant
  95. formidable
    extremely impressive in strength or excellence
  96. hew
    make or shape as with an axe
  97. smolder
    burn slowly and without a flame
  98. swindle
    deprive of by deceit
  99. caustic
    capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action
  100. prim
    affectedly dainty or refined
  101. visage
    the human face
  102. heinous
    extremely wicked or deeply criminal
  103. smite
    inflict a heavy blow on, with the hand, a tool, or a weapon
  104. circumlocution
    an indirect way of expressing something
  105. fulsome
    unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating
  106. chaff
    material consisting of seed coverings and pieces of stem
  107. deluge
    a heavy rain
  108. chronicle
    a record or narrative description of past events
  109. defer
    yield to another's wish or opinion
  110. sanguine
    confidently optimistic and cheerful
  111. lithe
    moving and bending with ease
  112. trepidation
    a feeling of alarm or dread
  113. nadir
    the lowest point of anything
  114. ameliorate
    make better
  115. conscientious
    characterized by extreme care and great effort
  116. abstract
    existing only in the mind
  117. dexterous
    skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands
  118. boon
    something that is desirable, favorable, or beneficial
  119. benighted
    overtaken by darkness
  120. zealot
    a fervent and even militant proponent of something
  121. impede
    be a hindrance or obstacle to
  122. aggrandizement
    the act of increasing the prestige or power of something
  123. protean
    taking on different forms
  124. zephyr
    a slight wind
  125. incite
    provoke or stir up
  126. brazen
    not held back by conventional ideas of behavior
  127. unctuous
    unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating
  128. ruminate
    reflect deeply on a subject
  129. agrarian
    relating to rural matters
  130. annihilate
    kill in large numbers
  131. archaic
    so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
  132. admonish
    scold or reprimand; take to task
  133. aptitude
    inherent ability
  134. allude
    make an indirect reference to
  135. assimilation
    the process of absorbing one cultural group into another
  136. aberration
    a state or condition markedly different from the norm
  137. adorn
    make more attractive, as by adding ornament or color
  138. arbitrary
    based on or subject to individual discretion or preference
  139. atone
    turn away from sin or do penitence
  140. affinity
    a natural attraction or feeling of kinship
  141. jocular
    characterized by jokes and good humor
  142. alacrity
    liveliness and eagerness
  143. affinity
    a natural attraction or feeling of kinship
  144. reminiscence
    a mental impression retained and recalled from the past
  145. apocryphal
    being of questionable authenticity
  146. abashed
    feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious
  147. abet
    assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing
Created on Mon Apr 16 01:30:00 EDT 2012 (updated Mon Oct 14 04:21:05 EDT 2013)

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