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  1. abase
    cause to feel shame
  2. aberrant
    markedly different from an accepted norm
  3. abeyance
    temporary cessation or suspension
  4. abscond
    run away, often taking something or somebody along
  5. adulterate
    make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance
  6. adversity
    a state of misfortune or affliction
  7. abash
    cause to be embarrassed
  8. abdicate
    give up power, duties, or obligations
  9. abet
    assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing
  10. abhor
    feel hatred or disgust toward
  11. aggregate
    a sum total of many heterogeneous things taken together
  12. alacrity
    liveliness and eagerness
  13. ambiguous
    having more than one possible meaning
  14. ambivalence
    mixed feelings or emotions
  15. ameliorate
    make better
  16. anarchy
    a state of lawlessness and disorder
  17. antipathy
    a feeling of intense dislike
  18. appease
    make peace with
  19. apprise
    inform somebody of something
  20. arduous
    characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
  21. artless
    simple and natural; without cunning or deceit
  22. ascetic
    someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
  23. assiduous
    marked by care and persistent effort
  24. assuage
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  25. attenuate
    become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude
  26. audacious
    disposed to venture or take risks
  27. autonomous
    existing as an independent entity
  28. aver
    declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
  29. bowline
    a loop knot that neither slips nor jams
  30. beneficent
    doing or producing good
  31. bombastic
    ostentatiously lofty in style
  32. burgeon
    grow and flourish
  33. burnish
    polish and make shiny
  34. buttress
    a support usually of stone or brick
  35. cacophonous
    having an unpleasant sound
  36. capricious
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
  37. castigation
    verbal punishment
  38. coagulate
    change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state
  39. coda
    the closing section of a musical composition
  40. cogent
    powerfully persuasive
  41. collusion
    secret agreement
  42. commensurate
    corresponding in size or degree or extent
  43. compendium
    a publication containing a variety of works
  44. complacent
    contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions
  45. compliant
    disposed to act in accordance with someone's wishes
  46. conciliatory
    making or willing to make concessions
  47. condole
    express one's sympathy on the occasion of someone's death
  48. connoisseur
    an expert able to appreciate a field
  49. contour
    a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height
  50. contention
    the act of competing as for profit or a prize
  51. bone of contention
    the subject of a dispute
  52. contrite
    feeling or expressing pain or sorrow
  53. conundrum
    a difficult problem
  54. converge
    be adjacent or come together
  55. convolute
    rolled longitudinally upon itself
  56. daunt
    cause to lose courage
  57. decorum
    propriety in manners and conduct
  58. default
    an option that is selected automatically
  59. deference
    courteous regard for people's feelings
  60. delineate
    represented accurately or precisely
  61. denigrate
    attack the good name and reputation of someone
  62. deride
    treat or speak of with contempt
  63. derivative
    a compound obtained from another compound
  64. desiccate
    lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless
  65. desultory
    marked by lack of definite plan, purpose, or enthusiasm
  66. deterrent
    something immaterial that interferes with action or progress
  67. diatribe
    thunderous verbal attack
  68. dichotomy
    a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses
  69. diffidence
    lack of self-assurance
  70. digress
    wander from a direct or straight course
  71. dirge
    a song or hymn of mourning as a memorial to a dead person
  72. disabuse
    free somebody from an erroneous belief
  73. discordant
    not in agreement or harmony
  74. discrepancy
    a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
  75. discrete
    constituting a separate entity or part
  76. disingenuous
    not straightforward or candid
  77. disparage
    express a negative opinion of
  78. desperate
    a person who is frightened and in need of help
  79. dissemble
    behave unnaturally or affectedly
  80. disseminate
    cause to become widely known
  81. dissolution
    separation into component parts
  82. dissonance
    disagreeable sounds
  83. distend
    cause to expand as if by internal pressure
  84. divert
    turn aside; turn away from
  85. dogmatic
    pertaining to a code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
  86. doctrine
    a belief accepted as authoritative by some group or school
  87. dormant
    inactive but capable of becoming active
  88. dopey
    having or revealing stupidity
  89. ebullient
    joyously unrestrained
  90. eclectic
    selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
  91. efficacy
    capacity or power to produce a desired result
  92. effrontery
    audacious behavior that you have no right to
  93. elegy
    a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
  94. embellish
    make more attractive, as by adding ornament or color
  95. elicit
    call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response
  96. empirical
    derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
  97. emulate
    strive to equal or match, especially by imitating
  98. enervate
    weaken physically, mentally, or morally
  99. engender
    call forth
  100. ephemeral
    anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day
  101. equivocate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
  102. erudite
    having or showing profound knowledge
  103. esoteric
    understandable only by an enlightened inner circle
  104. eulogy
    a formal expression of praise for someone who has died
  105. euphemism
    an inoffensive expression substituted for an offensive one
  106. exacerbate
    make worse
  107. exculpate
    pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
  108. exigency
    a pressing or urgent situation
  109. extrapolation
    an inference about the future based on known facts
  110. facetious
    cleverly amusing in tone
  111. facilitate
    make easier
  112. fallacious
    containing or based on incorrect reasoning
  113. fatuous
    devoid of intelligence
  114. fawning
    attempting to win favor by flattery
  115. flag
    a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
  116. fledgling
    young bird that has just become capable of flying
  117. flout
    treat with contemptuous disregard
  118. foment
    try to stir up
  119. forestall
    keep from happening or arising; make impossible
  120. frugality
    prudence in avoiding waste
  121. futile
    producing no result or effect
  122. gainsay
    take exception to
  123. garrulous
    full of trivial conversation
  124. goad
    stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick
  125. grandiloquent
    lofty in style
  126. gregarious
    temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others
  127. guileless
    innocent and free of deceit
  128. gullible
    naive and easily deceived or tricked
  129. harangue
    a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
  130. homogenous
    all of the same or similar kind or nature
  131. iconoclastic
    characterized by attack on established beliefs
  132. idolatry
    the worship of objects or images as gods
  133. immutable
    not subject or susceptible to change or variation
  134. impassive
    having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
  135. impede
    be a hindrance or obstacle to
  136. impermeable
    preventing especially liquids to pass or diffuse through
  137. implacable
    incapable of being appeased or pacified
  138. implicit
    suggested though not directly expressed
  139. implode
    burst inward
  140. inadvertently
    without knowledge or intention
  141. inchoate
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
  142. incongruity
    the quality of disagreeing
  143. inconsequential
    lacking worth or importance
  144. indigence
    a state of extreme poverty or destitution
  145. indolent
    disinclined to work or exertion
  146. inert
    unable to move or resist motion
  147. ingenuous
    lacking in sophistication or worldliness
  148. innocuous
    not injurious to physical or mental health
  149. insinuate
    suggest in an indirect or covert way; give to understand
  150. insipid
    lacking interest or significance or impact
  151. insularity
    lack of openness to new ideas; narrow-mindedness
  152. intractable
    difficult to manage or mold
  153. intransigence
    stubborn refusal to compromise or change
  154. inundate
    fill or cover completely, usually with water
  155. inured
    made tough by habitual exposure
  156. pandemonium
    a state of extreme confusion and disorder
  157. perfunctory
    hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
  158. invective
    abusive language used to express blame or censure
  159. irascible
    quickly aroused to anger
  160. irresolute
    uncertain how to act or proceed
  161. itinerary
    an established line of travel or access
  162. judicious
    marked by the exercise of common sense in practical matters
  163. juggernaut
    a massive inexorable force
  164. juncture
    the shape or manner in which things come together
  165. laconic
    brief and to the point
  166. lampoon
    ridicule with satire
  167. lassitude
    a feeling of lack of interest or energy
  168. latent
    potentially existing but not presently evident or realized
  169. laud
    praise, glorify, or honor
  170. lethargic
    deficient in alertness or activity
  171. levee
    an embankment built to prevent a river from overflowing
  172. levity
    a manner lacking seriousness
  173. loquacious
    full of trivial conversation
  174. lucid
    transparently clear; easily understandable
  175. luminous
    softly bright or radiant
  176. magnanimity
    nobility and generosity of spirit
  177. malingerer
    someone shirking duty by feigning illness or incapacity
  178. malleable
    capable of being shaped or bent
  179. maverick
    someone who exhibits independence in thought and action
  180. mawkish
    very sentimental or emotional
  181. mendacious
    given to lying
  182. metamorphosis
    striking change in appearance or character or circumstances
  183. meticulous
    marked by precise accordance with details
  184. misanthrope
    someone who dislikes people in general
  185. mitigate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
  186. mollify
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  187. morose
    showing a brooding ill humor
  188. mundane
    found in the ordinary course of events
  189. negate
    make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of
  190. neophyte
    a participant with no experience with an activity
  191. nettle
    plant having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation
  192. nexus
    the means of connection between things linked in series
  193. niggardly
    petty or reluctant in giving or spending
  194. obturate
    block passage through
  195. obsequious
    attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
  196. obstreperous
    noisily and stubbornly defiant
  197. occult
    supernatural forces and events and beings collectively
  198. onerous
    burdensome or difficult to endure
  199. opprobrium
    a state of extreme dishonor
  200. oscillate
    move or swing from side to side regularly
  201. ostentatious
    intended to attract notice and impress others
  202. outlandish
    noticeably or extremely unconventional or unusual
  203. paragon
    a perfect embodiment of a concept
  204. partisan
    a fervent and even militant proponent of something
  205. pathological
    relating to the study of diseases
  206. paucity
    an insufficient quantity or number
  207. pedantic
    marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning
  208. penchant
    a strong liking or preference
  209. penury
    a state of extreme poverty or destitution
  210. pandemonium
    a state of extreme confusion and disorder
  211. panacea
    hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases
  212. perennial
    lasting an indefinitely long time
  213. perfidious
    tending to betray
  214. pervasive
    spreading or spread throughout
  215. phlegmatic
    showing little emotion
  216. piety
    righteousness by virtue of being religiously devout
  217. placate
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  218. platitude
    a trite or obvious remark
  219. plethora
    extreme excess
  220. plummet
    drop sharply
  221. porous
    full of holes
  222. precarious
    not secure; beset with difficulties
  223. precipitate
    bring about abruptly
  224. precursor
    something indicating the approach of something or someone
  225. presumption
    a premise that is taken for granted
  226. prevaricate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
  227. pristine
    immaculately clean and unused
  228. probity
    complete and confirmed integrity
  229. prodigal
    recklessly wasteful
  230. prodigious
    great in size, force, extent, or degree
  231. profound
    situated at or extending to great depth
  232. proliferate
    grow rapidly
  233. propensity
    a natural inclination
  234. propitiate
    make peace with
  235. proscribe
    command against
  236. pungent
    strong and sharp to the sense of taste or smell
  237. quibble
    evade the truth of a point by raising irrelevant objections
  238. quiescent
    being quiet or still or inactive
  239. quotidian
    found in the ordinary course of events
  240. craven
    lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful
  241. diffident
    showing modest reserve
  242. pusillanimous
    lacking in courage, strength, and resolution
  243. timorous
    shy and fearful by nature
  244. trepidation
    a feeling of alarm or dread
  245. recreant
    having deserted a cause or principle
Created on Mon Oct 01 13:51:17 EDT 2012 (updated Tue Oct 02 04:52:48 EDT 2012)

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