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  1. abridge
    lessen, diminish, or curtail
  2. compendium
    a publication containing a variety of works
  3. cursory
    hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
  4. curtail
    terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end
  5. syllabus
    a summary or outline of what will be covered in an academic course
  6. synopsis
    a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument
  7. terse
    brief and to the point
  8. abrupt
    exceedingly sudden and unexpected
  9. apace
    rapidly; in a speedy manner
  10. headlong
    with the upper or anterior part of the body foremost
  11. impetuous
    characterized by undue haste and lack of thought
  12. precipitate
    bring about abruptly
  13. abet
    assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing
  14. advocate
    a person who pleads for a person, cause, or idea
  15. ancillary
    furnishing added support
  16. bolster
    support and strengthen
  17. corroborate
    give evidence for
  18. countenance
    the appearance conveyed by a person's face
  19. espouse
    choose and follow a theory, idea, policy, etc.
  20. mainstay
    a prominent supporter
  21. proponent
    a person who argues for a cause or puts forward an idea
  22. stalwart
    having rugged physical strength
  23. sustenance
    the act of providing a means of subsistence or survival
  24. bilious
    relating to a digestive juice secreted by the liver
  25. dudgeon
    a feeling of intense righteous anger
  26. pettish
    easily irritated or annoyed
  27. petulant
    easily irritated or annoyed
  28. pique
    call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response
  29. querulous
    habitually complaining
  30. umbrage
    a feeling of anger caused by being offended
  31. waspish
    very irritable
  32. dilettante
    an amateur engaging in an activity without serious intention
  33. fledgeling
    young bird that has just fledged or become capable of flying
  34. neophyte
    a participant with no experience with an activity
  35. proselyte
    a new convert, especially to a religion
  36. bourgeon
    produce buds, branches, or germinate
  37. callow
    young and inexperienced
  38. engender
    call forth
  39. inchoate
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
  40. incipient
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
  41. nascent
    being born or beginning
  42. acerbic
    sour or bitter in taste
  43. acidulous
    being sour to the taste
  44. acrimonious
    marked by strong resentment or cynicism
  45. caustic
    capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action
  46. mordacious
    biting or given to biting
  47. trenchant
    having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought
  48. audacious
    disposed to venture or take risks
  49. courageous
    able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching
  50. dauntless
    invulnerable to fear or intimidation
  51. banal
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  52. fatuous
    devoid of intelligence
  53. hackneyed
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  54. insipid
    lacking interest or significance or impact
  55. mundane
    found in the ordinary course of events
  56. pedestrian
    a person who travels by foot
  57. platitude
    a trite or obvious remark
  58. prosaic
    lacking wit or imagination
  59. quotidian
    found in the ordinary course of events
  60. trite
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  61. bacchanalian
    used of riotously drunken merrymaking
  62. debauchery
    a wild gathering
  63. depraved
    deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper
  64. dissipated
    unrestrained by convention or morality
  65. iniquity
    absence of moral or spiritual values
  66. libertine
    unrestrained by convention or morality
  67. libidinous
    driven by lust
  68. licentious
    lacking moral discipline
  69. reprobate
    a person without moral scruples
  70. ribald
    humorously vulgar
  71. salacious
    suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
  72. sordid
    foul and run-down and repulsive
  73. turpitude
    a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice
  74. capricious
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
  75. mercurial
    liable to sudden unpredictable change
  76. volatile
    liable to lead to sudden change or violence
  77. counterpart
    a person or thing having the same function as another
  78. emulate
    strive to equal or match, especially by imitating
  79. facsimile
    an exact copy or reproduction
  80. factitious
    not produced by natural forces; artificial or fake
  81. paradigm
    a standard or typical example
  82. precursor
    something indicating the approach of something or someone
  83. quintessence
    the most typical example or representative of a type
  84. simulated
    reproduced or made to resemble; imitative in character
  85. vicarious
    experienced at secondhand
  86. aspersion
    a disparaging remark
  87. belittle
    cause to seem lesser or inferior
  88. berate
    censure severely or angrily
  89. calumny
    a false accusation of an offense
  90. castigate
    inflict severe punishment on
  91. decry
    express strong disapproval of
  92. defamation
    an abusive attack on a person's character or good name
  93. denounce
    speak out against
  94. deride
    treat or speak of with contempt
  95. diatribe
    thunderous verbal attack
  96. disparage
    express a negative opinion of
  97. excoriate
    express strong disapproval of
  98. gainsay
    take exception to
  99. impugn
    attack as false or wrong
  100. inveigh
    complain bitterly
  101. lambaste
    censure severely or angrily
  102. objurgate
    censure severely
  103. obloquy
    state of disgrace resulting from public abuse
  104. opprobrium
    a state of extreme dishonor
  105. pillory
    a wooden instrument of punishment on a post
  106. rebuke
    an act or expression of criticism and censure
  107. reprehend
    express strong disapproval of
  108. reprove
    reprimand, scold, or express dissatisfaction with
  109. revile
    spread negative information about
  110. tirade
    a speech of violent denunciation
  111. vituperate
    spread negative information about
  112. bereave
    deprive through death
  113. cadaver
    the dead body of a human being
  114. defunct
    no longer in force or use; inactive
  115. demise
    the time when something ends
  116. dolorous
    showing sorrow
  117. elegy
    a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
  118. knell
    the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death
  119. macabre
    shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
  120. moribund
    being on the point of death
  121. sepulchral
    of or relating to a chamber that is used as a grave
  122. wraith
    a ghostly figure, especially one seen shortly before death
  123. abstain
    refrain from doing, consuming, or partaking in something
  124. ascetic
    someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
  125. spartan
    unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment
  126. stoic
    seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive
  127. temperate
    not extreme
  128. authoritarian
    characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule
  129. despotic
    having the characteristics of a tyrannical ruler
  130. dogmatic
    pertaining to a code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
  131. hegemony
    the dominance or leadership of one social group over others
  132. imperious
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  133. peremptory
    putting an end to all debate or action
  134. tyrannical
    characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule
  135. abstruse
    difficult to understand
  136. ambiguous
    having more than one possible meaning
  137. arcane
    requiring secret or mysterious knowledge
  138. bemuse
    cause to be confused emotionally
  139. cryptic
    having a secret or hidden meaning
  140. enigmatic
    not clear to the understanding
  141. inscrutable
    difficult or impossible to understand
  142. obscure
    not clearly understood or expressed
  143. opaque
    not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy
  144. paradoxical
    seemingly contradictory but nonetheless possibly true
  145. perplexing
    lacking clarity of meaning
  146. recondite
    difficult to understand
  147. turbid
    clouded as with sediment
  148. defile
    make dirty or spotty
  149. invidious
    containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice
  150. odious
    extremely repulsive or unpleasant
  151. putrid
    of or relating to the process of decay
  152. rebarbative
    serving or tending to repel
  153. articulate
    express or state clearly
  154. cogent
    powerfully persuasive
  155. eloquent
    expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively
  156. evident
    clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
  157. limpid
    clear and bright
  158. lucid
    transparently clear; easily understandable
  159. pellucid
    transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity
  160. aberrant
    markedly different from an accepted norm
  161. anachronism
    locating something at a time when it couldn't have existed
  162. anomalous
    deviating from the general or common order or type
  163. discrete
    constituting a separate entity or part
  164. eclectic
    selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
  165. esoteric
    understandable only by an enlightened inner circle
  166. iconoclast
    someone who attacks cherished ideas or institutions
  167. abash
    cause to be embarrassed
  168. chagrin
    strong feelings of embarrassment
  169. compunction
    a feeling of deep regret, usually for some misdeed
  170. contrition
    sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation
  171. diffidence
    lack of self-assurance
  172. foible
    a minor weakness or peculiarity in someone's character
  173. gaucherie
    the quality of being rustic or gauche
  174. rue
    feel sorry for; be contrite about
  175. equitable
    fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience
  176. equity
    the quality of being fair, reasonable, or impartial
  177. tantamount
    being essentially equal to something
  178. apocryphal
    being of questionable authenticity
  179. canard
    a deliberately misleading fabrication
  180. chicanery
    the use of tricks to deceive someone
  181. duplicity
    the act of deceiving or acting in bad faith
  182. equivocate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
  183. erroneous
    containing or characterized by mistakes
  184. ersatz
    an artificial or inferior substitute or imitation
  185. fallacious
    containing or based on incorrect reasoning
  186. feigned
    not genuine
  187. guile
    shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
  188. mendacious
    given to lying
  189. perfidy
    an act of deliberate betrayal
  190. prevaricate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
  191. specious
    plausible but false
  192. spurious
    plausible but false
  193. conjugal
    relating to the relationship between a wife and husband
  194. consanguine
    related by blood
  195. distaff
    a stick on which wool or flax is wound before spinning
  196. endogamous
    characterized by or fit for fertilization by pollen from another flower of the same kind
  197. filial
    designating the generation following the parental generation
  198. fratricide
    the murder of your sibling
  199. progenitor
    an ancestor in the direct line
  200. scion
    a descendent or heir
  201. ardor
    feelings of great warmth and intensity
  202. doctrinaire
    a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions
  203. fervid
    characterized by intense emotion
  204. partisan
    a fervent and even militant proponent of something
  205. tendentious
    having a strong bias, especially a controversial one
  206. zealot
    a fervent and even militant proponent of something
  207. absolve
    grant remission of a sin to
  208. acquit
    pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
  209. exculpate
    pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
  210. exonerate
    pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
  211. expiate
    make amends for
  212. palliate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
  213. redress
    make reparations or amends for
  214. vindicate
    show to be right by providing justification or proof
  215. chortle
    a soft partly suppressed laugh
  216. droll
    comical in an odd or whimsical manner
  217. facetious
    cleverly amusing in tone
  218. flippant
    showing an inappropriate lack of seriousness
  219. gibe
    laugh at with contempt and derision
  220. jocular
    characterized by jokes and good humor
  221. levity
    a manner lacking seriousness
  222. ludicrous
    inviting ridicule
  223. raillery
    light teasing
  224. riposte
    a counterattack made immediately after successfully parrying
  225. simper
    smile in an insincere, unnatural, or coy way
  226. abatement
    the act of making less active or intense
  227. aperture
    a natural opening in something
  228. fissure
    a long narrow depression in a surface
  229. hiatus
    an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
  230. interregnum
    the time between two reigns or governments
  231. interstice
    small opening between things
  232. lull
    make calm or still
  233. orifice
    an opening, especially one that opens into a bodily cavity
  234. rent
    a payment or series of payments made by a lessee to an owner
  235. respite
    a pause from doing something
  236. rift
    a narrow fissure in rock
  237. altruistic
    showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others
  238. beneficent
    doing or producing good
  239. clement
    (of weather or climate) mild
  240. largess
    liberality in bestowing gifts
  241. magnanimous
    noble and generous in spirit
  242. munificent
    given or giving freely, generously, or without restriction
  243. philanthropic
    of or relating to charitable giving
  244. unstinting
    given or giving freely, generously, or without restriction
  245. avaricious
    immoderately desirous of acquiring something
  246. covetous
    immoderately desirous of acquiring something
  247. mercenary
    a person hired to fight for another country than their own
  248. miserly
    characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity
  249. penurious
    excessively unwilling to spend
  250. rapacious
    living by preying on other animals
  251. venal
    capable of being corrupted
  252. baleful
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  253. dour
    showing a brooding ill humor
  254. fell
    cause to go down by or as if by delivering a blow
  255. malevolent
    wishing or appearing to wish evil to others
  256. mordant
    harshly ironic or sinister
  257. sardonic
    disdainfully or ironically humorous
  258. scathing
    marked by harshly abusive criticism
  259. vitriolic
    harsh, bitter, or malicious in tone
  260. vituperation
    abusive or venomous language to express blame or censure
  261. baneful
    evil or sinister
  262. deleterious
    harmful to living things
  263. inimical
    tending to obstruct or cause harm
  264. injurious
    harmful to living things
  265. insidious
    working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
  266. minatory
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  267. perfidious
    tending to betray
  268. pernicious
    exceedingly harmful
  269. cacophony
    loud confusing disagreeable sounds
  270. din
    a loud, harsh, or strident noise
  271. dissonant
    harmonically unresolved
  272. raucous
    unpleasantly loud and harsh
  273. strident
    unpleasantly loud and harsh
  274. abhorrence
    hate coupled with disgust
  275. anathema
    a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication
  276. antagonism
    an actively expressed feeling of dislike and hostility
  277. antipathy
    a feeling of intense dislike
  278. detestation
    hate coupled with disgust
  279. enmity
    a state of deep-seated ill-will
  280. loathing
    hate coupled with disgust
  281. malice
    the desire to see others suffer
  282. odium
    hate coupled with disgust
  283. rancor
    a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
  284. beneficial
    promoting or enhancing well-being
  285. salubrious
    promoting health
  286. salutary
    tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health
  287. dither
    be undecided or uncertain
  288. oscillate
    move or swing from side to side regularly
  289. teeter
    move unsteadily, with a rocking motion
  290. vacillate
    be undecided about something
  291. waver
    pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
  292. antithetic
    sharply contrasted in character or purpose
  293. churlish
    having a bad disposition; surly
  294. curmudgeon
    an irascible, cantankerous person full of stubborn ideas
  295. irascible
    quickly aroused to anger
  296. malevolent
    wishing or appearing to wish evil to others
  297. misanthropic
    hating mankind in general
  298. truculent
    defiantly aggressive
  299. vindictive
    disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge
  300. credulous
    showing a lack of judgment or experience
  301. gullible
    naive and easily deceived or tricked
  302. ingenuous
    lacking in sophistication or worldliness
  303. naive
    marked by or showing unaffected simplicity
  304. novitiate
    the period during which you are a novice
  305. tyro
    someone new to a field or activity
  306. disingenuous
    not straightforward or candid
  307. dissemble
    behave unnaturally or affectedly
  308. fulsome
    unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating
  309. ostensible
    appearing as such but not necessarily so
  310. unctuous
    unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating
  311. appraise
    consider in a comprehensive way
  312. ascertain
    learn or discover with confidence
  313. assay
    a test of a substance to determine its components
  314. descry
    catch sight of
  315. peruse
    examine or consider with attention and in detail
  316. indolent
    disinclined to work or exertion
  317. inert
    unable to move or resist motion
  318. lackadaisical
    idle or indolent especially in a dreamy way
  319. languid
    lacking spirit or liveliness
  320. lassitude
    a feeling of lack of interest or energy
  321. lethargic
    deficient in alertness or activity
  322. phlegmatic
    showing little emotion
  323. quiescent
    being quiet or still or inactive
  324. slothful
    disinclined to work or exertion
  325. torpid
    in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation
  326. adventitious
    associated by chance and not an integral part
  327. amulet
    a trinket thought to be a magical protection against evil
  328. fortuitous
    lucky; occurring by happy chance
  329. kismet
    fate or fortune
  330. optimum
    most desirable possible under a restriction
  331. propitiate
    make peace with
  332. propitious
    presenting favorable circumstances
  333. providential
    peculiarly fortunate or appropriate
  334. talisman
    a trinket thought to be a magical protection against evil
  335. admonish
    scold or reprimand; take to task
  336. belabor
    beat soundly
  337. cavil
    raise trivial objections
  338. enjoin
    give instructions to or direct somebody to do something
  339. exhort
    spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
  340. harangue
    a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
  341. hector
    talk to or treat someone in a bossy or bullying way
  342. martinet
    someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms
  343. remonstrate
    argue in protest or opposition
  344. reproof
    an act or expression of criticism and censure
  345. fetid
    offensively malodorous
  346. noisome
    causing or able to cause nausea
  347. noxious
    injurious to physical or mental health
  348. askance
    with suspicion or disapproval
  349. awry
    turned or twisted to one side
  350. careen
    move at high speed and in an uncontrolled way
  351. carom
    a glancing rebound
  352. circuitous
    deviating from a straight course
  353. circumvent
    surround so as to force to give up
  354. gyrate
    revolve quickly and repeatedly around an axis
  355. labyrinth
    complex system of paths in which it is easy to get lost
  356. meander
    move or cause to move in a winding or curving course
  357. oblique
    slanting or inclined in direction or course or position
  358. serrated
    notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex
  359. sidle
    move sideways
  360. sinuous
    curved or curving in and out
  361. undulate
    move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
  362. vortex
    a powerful circular current of water
  363. bombastic
    ostentatiously lofty in style
  364. circumlocution
    an indirect way of expressing something
  365. garrulous
    full of trivial conversation
  366. grandiloquent
    lofty in style
  367. loquacious
    full of trivial conversation
  368. periphrastic
    roundabout and unnecessarily wordy
  369. prolix
    tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at length
  370. rhetoric
    study of the technique for using language effectively
  371. turgid
    ostentatiously lofty in style
  372. verbose
    using or containing too many words
  373. ameliorate
    make better
  374. appease
    make peace with
  375. assuage
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  376. defer
    yield to another's wish or opinion
  377. mitigate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
  378. mollify
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  379. placate
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  380. satiate
    fill to satisfaction
  381. slake
    satisfy, as thirst
  382. sooth
    truth or reality
  383. euphonious
    having a pleasant sound
  384. harmonious
    exhibiting equivalence or correspondence among constituents
  385. melodious
    having a musical sound; especially a pleasing tune
  386. sonorous
    full and loud and deep
  387. destitute
    poor enough to need help from others
  388. esurient
    extremely hungry
  389. impecunious
    not having enough money to pay for necessities
  390. indigent
    poor enough to need help from others
  391. acclaim
    enthusiastic approval
  392. accolade
    a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
  393. aggrandize
    embellish; increase the scope, power, or importance of
  394. encomium
    a formal expression of praise
  395. eulogize
    praise formally and eloquently
  396. extol
    praise, glorify, or honor
  397. fawn
    a young deer
  398. laud
    praise, glorify, or honor
  399. venerate
    regard with feelings of respect and reverence
  400. augur
    predict from an omen
  401. auspice
    a favorable omen
  402. fey
    suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness
  403. harbinger
    something indicating the approach of something or someone
  404. portentous
    of momentous or ominous significance
  405. presage
    a foreboding about what is about to happen
  406. prescient
    perceiving the significance of events before they occur
  407. prognosticate
    make a prediction about; tell in advance
  408. discomfort
    the state of being tense and feeling pain
  409. encumber
    hold back, impede, or weigh down
  410. fetter
    a shackle for the ankles or feet
  411. forfend
    prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
  412. hinder
    be an obstacle to
  413. impede
    be a hindrance or obstacle to
  414. inhibit
    limit the range or extent of
  415. occlude
    block passage through
  416. astute
    marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
  417. canny
    showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
  418. erudite
    having or showing profound knowledge
  419. perspicacious
    mentally acute or penetratingly discerning
  420. disconsolate
    sad beyond comforting; incapable of being soothed
  421. doleful
    filled with or evoking sadness
  422. elegiac
    resembling or characteristic of a lament for the dead
  423. forlorn
    marked by or showing hopelessness
  424. lament
    a cry of sorrow and grief
  425. lugubrious
    excessively mournful
  426. melancholy
    a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
  427. morose
    showing a brooding ill humor
  428. plaintive
    expressing sorrow
  429. threnody
    a song or hymn of mourning
  430. implacable
    incapable of being appeased or pacified
  431. inexorable
    impossible to prevent, resist, or stop
  432. intractable
    difficult to manage or mold
  433. intransigent
    impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, or reason
  434. obdurate
    stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
  435. recalcitrant
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  436. refractory
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  437. untoward
    not in keeping with accepted standards of what is proper
  438. pithy
    concise and full of meaning
  439. vexing
    extremely annoying or displeasing
  440. antecede
    be earlier in time; go back further
  441. diurnal
    having a daily cycle or occurring every day
  442. eon
    the longest unit of geological time
  443. craven
    lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful
  444. pusillanimous
    lacking in courage, strength, and resolution
  445. recreant
    having deserted a cause or principle
  446. trepidation
    a feeling of alarm or dread
  447. fealty
    the loyalty that one owes to a country, sovereign, or lord
  448. indubitable
    too obvious to be doubted
  449. probity
    complete and confirmed integrity
  450. veracious
    habitually speaking the truth
  451. idiosyncrasy
    a behavioral attribute peculiar to an individual
  452. ambulatory
    able to walk about
  453. itinerant
    traveling from place to place to work
  454. peripatetic
    traveling especially on foot
  455. discursive
    tending to cover a wide range of subjects
  456. expatiate
    add details to clarify an idea
  457. forage
    collect or look around for, as food
  458. peregrination
    traveling or wandering around
  459. sojourn
    a temporary stay
  460. enervate
    weaken physically, mentally, or morally
  461. stultify
    deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless
  462. undermine
    weaken or impair, especially gradually
  463. vitiate
    make imperfect
  464. adage
    a condensed but memorable saying embodying an important fact
  465. aphorism
    a short pithy instructive saying
  466. apothegm
    a short pithy instructive saying
  467. axiom
    a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof
  468. bromide
    a trite or obvious remark
  469. dictum
    an authoritative declaration
  470. epigram
    a witty saying
  471. platitude
    a trite or obvious remark
  472. sententious
    concise and full of meaning
  473. abeyance
    temporary cessation or suspension
  474. abjure
    formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief
  475. abnegation
    the denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief
  476. abrogate
    revoke formally
  477. decamp
    leave suddenly
  478. demur
    politely refuse or take exception to
  479. recant
    formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief
  480. recidivism
    habitual relapse into crime
  481. renege
    fail to fulfill a promise or obligation
  482. rescind
    cancel officially
  483. retrograde
    moving or directed or tending in a backward direction
Created on Wed May 29 15:46:25 EDT 2013 (updated Thu May 30 11:50:05 EDT 2013)

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