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  1. aberrant
    markedly different from an accepted norm
  2. alacrity
    liveliness and eagerness
  3. anomaly
    deviation from the normal or common order, form, or rule
  4. deviation
    a variation from the standard or norm
  5. approbation
    official acceptance or agreement
  6. assuage
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  7. appease
    make peace with
  8. audacious
    disposed to venture or take risks
  9. capricious
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
  10. erratic
    liable to sudden unpredictable change
  11. censure
    harsh criticism or disapproval
  12. rebuke
    an act or expression of criticism and censure
  13. chicanery
    the use of tricks to deceive someone
  14. subterfuge
    something intended to misrepresent the nature of an activity
  15. connoisseur
    an expert able to appreciate a field
  16. astute
    marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
  17. discordant
    not in agreement or harmony
  18. dissonant
    harmonically unresolved
  19. disparate
    fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
  20. eloquent
    expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively
  21. articulate
    express or state clearly
  22. enervate
    weaken physically, mentally, or morally
  23. ennui
    the feeling of being bored by something tedious
  24. apathy
    an absence of emotion or enthusiasm
  25. equivocate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
  26. exculpate
    pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
  27. exonerate
    pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
  28. exigent
    demanding immediate attention
  29. filibuster
    a tactic for delaying legislation by making long speeches
  30. ingenuous
    lacking in sophistication or worldliness
  31. artless
    simple and natural; without cunning or deceit
  32. candid
    openly straightforward and direct without secretiveness
  33. inured
    made tough by habitual exposure
  34. irascible
    quickly aroused to anger
  35. laud
    praise, glorify, or honor
  36. magnanimity
    nobility and generosity of spirit
  37. mundane
    found in the ordinary course of events
  38. nascent
    being born or beginning
  39. nebulous
    lacking definite form or limits
  40. neologism
    a newly invented word or phrase
  41. noxious
    injurious to physical or mental health
  42. obtuse
    of an angle, between 90 and 180 degrees
  43. obviate
    do away with
  44. onerous
    burdensome or difficult to endure
  45. parody
    a composition that imitates or misrepresents a style
  46. perennial
    lasting an indefinitely long time
  47. perfunctory
    hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
  48. cursory
    hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
  49. prattle
    speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly
  50. prescience
    the power to foresee the future
  51. prevaricate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
  52. refute
    overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof
  53. relegate
    assign to a lower position
  54. solicitous
    full of anxiety and concern
  55. sporadic
    recurring in scattered or unpredictable instances
  56. stupefy
    make someone dazed or foolish
  57. tortuous
    marked by repeated turns and bends
  58. truculent
    defiantly aggressive
  59. voracious
    devouring or craving food in great quantities
  60. waver
    pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
  61. abscond
    run away, often taking something or somebody along
  62. clandestine
    conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
  63. ameliorate
    make better
  64. arduous
    characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
  65. ascetic
    someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
  66. axiom
    a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof
  67. canonical
    conforming to orthodox or recognized rules
  68. contentious
    showing an inclination to disagree
  69. culpable
    deserving blame or censure as being wrong or injurious
  70. eclectic
    selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
  71. effrontery
    audacious behavior that you have no right to
  72. erudite
    having or showing profound knowledge
  73. eulogy
    a formal expression of praise for someone who has died
  74. extemporaneous
    with little or no preparation or forethought
  75. fulminate
    cause to explode violently and with loud noise
  76. hyperbole
    extravagant exaggeration
  77. lucid
    transparently clear; easily understandable
  78. paean
    a hymn of praise
  79. penurious
    excessively unwilling to spend
  80. perfidy
    an act of deliberate betrayal
  81. pernicious
    exceedingly harmful
  82. perspicacious
    mentally acute or penetratingly discerning
  83. pious
    having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity
  84. precursor
    something indicating the approach of something or someone
  85. predilection
    a predisposition in favor of something
  86. prolific
    intellectually productive
  87. qualm
    uneasiness about the fitness of an action
  88. quiescence
    a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction
  89. recant
    formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief
  90. redoubtable
    inspiring fear
  91. reticent
    reluctant to draw attention to yourself
  92. satire
    witty language used to convey insults or scorn
  93. sordid
    foul and run-down and repulsive
  94. squalid
    foul and run-down and repulsive
  95. squander
    spend thoughtlessly; throw away
  96. stoic
    seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive
  97. steadfast
    marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
  98. stymie
    hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
  99. supplant
    take the place or move into the position of
  100. synthesis
    the combination of ideas into a complex whole
  101. torpid
    in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation
  102. lethargic
    deficient in alertness or activity
  103. torque
    a twisting force
  104. ubiquitous
    being present everywhere at once
  105. veracity
    unwillingness to tell lies
  106. vilify
    spread negative information about
  107. virulent
    extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom
  108. antagonistic
    characterized by feelings of intense dislike or hostility
  109. abate
    become less in amount or intensity
  110. accolade
    a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
  111. adulation
    exaggerated flattery or praise
  112. aesthetic
    characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste
  113. avarice
    reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth
  114. burgeon
    grow and flourish
  115. cacophony
    loud confusing disagreeable sounds
  116. canon
    a collection of books accepted as holy scripture
  117. castigation
    verbal punishment
  118. catalyst
    substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction
  119. caustic
    capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action
  120. chary
    characterized by great caution
  121. cogent
    powerfully persuasive
  122. contrite
    feeling or expressing pain or sorrow
  123. demur
    politely refuse or take exception to
  124. didactic
    instructive, especially excessively
  125. discretion
    power of making choices unconstrained by external agencies
  126. disinterested
    unaffected by concern for one's own welfare
  127. dogmatic
    pertaining to a code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
  128. ebullience
    eager enjoyment or approval
  129. elegy
    a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
  130. emollient
    a substance with a soothing effect when applied to the skin
  131. empirical
    derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
  132. enigmatic
    not clear to the understanding
  133. esoteric
    understandable only by an enlightened inner circle
  134. fallacy
    a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning
  135. furtive
    secret and sly
  136. stealth
    the act of moving in a quiet or secretive way to avoid being noticed
  137. gregarious
    temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others
  138. harangue
    a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
  139. heretical
    departing from accepted beliefs or standards
  140. impecunious
    not having enough money to pay for necessities
  141. incipient
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
  142. innocuous
    not injurious to physical or mental health
  143. intransigent
    impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, or reason
  144. inveigle
    influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
  145. morose
    showing a brooding ill humor
  146. odious
    extremely repulsive or unpleasant
  147. opaque
    not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy
  148. peruse
    examine or consider with attention and in detail
  149. preen
    clean with one's bill
  150. prodigious
    great in size, force, extent, or degree
  151. putrefy
    decay with an offensive smell
  152. quaff
    swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught
  153. sanction
    official permission or approval
  154. urbane
    showing a high degree of refinement
  155. viscous
    having a relatively high resistance to flow
  156. acerbic
    sour or bitter in taste
  157. amalgamate
    bring or combine together or with something else
  158. amenable
    disposed or willing to comply
  159. bolster
    support and strengthen
  160. bombast
    pompous or pretentious talk or writing
  161. grandiloquent
    lofty in style
  162. gullible
    naive and easily deceived or tricked
  163. diatribe
    thunderous verbal attack
  164. fawn
    a young deer
  165. fervent
    characterized by intense emotion
  166. flout
    treat with contemptuous disregard
  167. fortuitous
    lucky; occurring by happy chance
  168. garrulous
    full of trivial conversation
  169. germane
    relevant and appropriate
  170. glib
    artfully persuasive in speech
  171. hubris
    overbearing pride or presumption
  172. imminent
    close in time; about to occur
  173. imperturbable
    marked by extreme calm and composure
  174. impetuous
    characterized by undue haste and lack of thought
  175. implacable
    incapable of being appeased or pacified
  176. intrepid
    invulnerable to fear or intimidation
  177. laconic
    brief and to the point
  178. malleable
    capable of being shaped or bent
  179. maverick
    someone who exhibits independence in thought and action
  180. mendacity
    the tendency to be untruthful
  181. mercurial
    liable to sudden unpredictable change
  182. meticulous
    marked by precise accordance with details
  183. mollify
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  184. obdurate
    stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
  185. obfuscate
    make obscure or unclear
  186. obsequious
    attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
  187. obstinate
    refusing to change one's mind or ways; difficult to convince
  188. opprobrium
    a state of extreme dishonor
  189. ostentatious
    intended to attract notice and impress others
  190. pedantic
    marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning
  191. pervade
    spread or diffuse through
  192. pervasive
    spreading or spread throughout
  193. phlegmatic
    showing little emotion
  194. plethora
    extreme excess
  195. polemical
    of or involving dispute or controversy
  196. pragmatic
    concerned with practical matters
  197. rancorous
    showing deep-seated resentment
  198. rhetoric
    study of the technique for using language effectively
  199. salubrious
    promoting health
  200. sedulous
    marked by care and persistent effort
  201. solvent
    capable of meeting financial obligations
  202. soporific
    inducing sleep
  203. aggrandize
    embellish; increase the scope, power, or importance of
  204. alchemy
    a pseudoscientific forerunner of chemistry in medieval times
  205. anachronism
    locating something at a time when it couldn't have existed
  206. astringent
    tending to draw together or constrict soft organic tissue
  207. contiguous
    having a common boundary or edge
  208. cynicism
    a pessimistic feeling of distrust
  209. decorum
    propriety in manners and conduct
  210. dilettante
    an amateur engaging in an activity without serious intention
  211. disparage
    express a negative opinion of
  212. divulge
    make known to the public information previously kept secret
  213. immutable
    not subject or susceptible to change or variation
  214. inimical
    tending to obstruct or cause harm
  215. neophyte
    a participant with no experience with an activity
  216. presumptuous
    going beyond what is appropriate, permitted, or courteous
  217. pristine
    immaculately clean and unused
  218. proclivity
    a natural inclination
  219. profligate
    unrestrained by convention or morality
  220. propensity
    a natural inclination
  221. prosaic
    lacking wit or imagination
  222. pungent
    strong and sharp to the sense of taste or smell
  223. quixotic
    not sensible about practical matters
  224. quotidian
    found in the ordinary course of events
  225. recondite
    difficult to understand
  226. refulgent
    radiating or as if radiating light
  227. renege
    fail to fulfill a promise or obligation
  228. shard
    a broken piece of a brittle artifact
  229. sparse
    not dense or plentiful
  230. spendthrift
    someone who spends money freely or wastefully
  231. subtle
    difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
  232. tacit
    implied by or inferred from actions or statements
  233. tout
    advertise in strongly positive terms
  234. trenchant
    having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought
  235. unfeigned
    not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed
  236. untenable
    incapable of being defended or justified
  237. vacillate
    be undecided about something
  238. variegated
    having an assortment of colors
  239. vexation
    anger produced by some annoying irritation
  240. vigilant
    carefully observant or attentive
  241. vituperate
    spread negative information about
  242. acumen
    shrewdness shown by keen insight
  243. adulterate
    make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance
  244. archaic
    so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
  245. aver
    declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
  246. eccentric
    conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
  247. evanescent
    short-lived; tending to vanish or disappear
  248. exacerbate
    make worse
  249. hackneyed
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  250. hedonism
    an ethical system that values the pursuit of pleasure
  251. hegemony
    the dominance or leadership of one social group over others
  252. iconoclast
    someone who attacks cherished ideas or institutions
  253. impassive
    having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
  254. impunity
    exemption from punishment or loss
  255. inchoate
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
  256. infelicitous
    not appropriate in application; defective
  257. insipid
    lacking interest or significance or impact
  258. loquacious
    full of trivial conversation
  259. luminous
    softly bright or radiant
  260. malevolent
    wishing or appearing to wish evil to others
  261. misanthrope
    someone who dislikes people in general
  262. mitigate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
  263. occlude
    block passage through
  264. pedagogy
    the profession of a teacher
  265. penury
    a state of extreme poverty or destitution
  266. pith
    spongelike central cylinder of the stems of flowering plants
  267. pithy
    concise and full of meaning
  268. placate
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  269. platitude
    a trite or obvious remark
  270. plummet
    drop sharply
  271. prodigal
    recklessly wasteful
  272. profuse
    produced or growing in extreme abundance
  273. proliferate
    grow rapidly
  274. querulous
    habitually complaining
  275. recalcitrant
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  276. repudiate
    refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid
  277. rescind
    cancel officially
  278. specious
    plausible but false
  279. spurious
    plausible but false
  280. subpoena
    a writ issued to compel the attendance of a witness
  281. succinct
    briefly giving the gist of something
  282. superfluous
    more than is needed, desired, or required
  283. tenacity
    persistent determination
  284. tenuous
    lacking substance or significance
  285. transient
    lasting a very short time
  286. alloy
    a mixture containing two or more metallic elements
  287. arrest
    take into custody
  288. august
    profoundly honored
  289. broach
    bring up a topic for discussion
  290. brook
    a natural stream of water smaller than a river
  291. chauvinist
    a person with a prejudiced belief in his own superiority
  292. consequential
    having important effects or results
  293. essay
    an analytic or interpretive literary composition
  294. exact
    marked by strict and complete accordance with fact
  295. flip
    turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse
  296. ford
    cross a river where it's shallow
  297. grumble
    make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath
  298. intimate
    marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity
  299. list
    a database containing an ordered array of items
  300. lumber
    the wood of trees prepared for use as building material
  301. mince
    cut into small pieces
  302. occult
    supernatural forces and events and beings collectively
  303. pedestrian
    a person who travels by foot
  304. pied
    having sections or patches colored differently and brightly
  305. plastic
    synthetic material that can be molded into objects
  306. pluck
    pull lightly but sharply
  307. pry
    be nosey
  308. rent
    a payment or series of payments made by a lessee to an owner
  309. qualify
    prove capable or fit; meet requirements
  310. scurvy
    a condition caused by deficiency of ascorbic acid
  311. singular
    being a single and separate person or thing
  312. steep
    having a sharp inclination
  313. saturate
    infuse or fill completely
  314. strut
    walk in a proud, confident way
  315. table
    furniture having a smooth flat top supported by legs
  316. abjure
    formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief
  317. adumbrate
    describe roughly or give the main points or summary of
  318. anathema
    a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication
  319. anodyne
    capable of relieving pain
  320. apogee
    the farthest point in an orbit around the Earth
  321. apostate
    not faithful to religion or party or cause
  322. apotheosis
    model of excellence or perfection of a kind
  323. asperity
    harshness of manner
  324. assert
    declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
  325. assiduous
    marked by care and persistent effort
  326. augury
    an event indicating important things to come
  327. bellicose
    having or showing a ready disposition to fight
  328. pugnacious
    ready and able to resort to force or violence
  329. calumniate
    charge falsely or with malicious intent
  330. captious
    tending to find and call attention to faults
  331. cavil
    raise trivial objections
  332. celerity
    a rate that is rapid
  333. chimera
    a grotesque product of the imagination
  334. contumacious
    willfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient
  335. debacle
    a sudden and complete disaster
  336. denouement
    the outcome of a complex sequence of events
  337. descry
    catch sight of
  338. desuetude
    a state of inactivity or disuse
  339. desultory
    marked by lack of definite plan, purpose, or enthusiasm
  340. diaphanous
    so thin as to transmit light
  341. diffident
    showing modest reserve
  342. dirge
    a song or hymn of mourning as a memorial to a dead person
  343. encomium
    a formal expression of praise
  344. eschew
    avoid and stay away from deliberately
  345. excoriate
    express strong disapproval of
  346. execrate
    curse or declare to be evil or anathema
  347. exegesis
    an explanation or critical interpretation
  348. expiate
    make amends for
  349. extirpate
    destroy completely, as if down to the roots
  350. fatuous
    devoid of intelligence
  351. fractious
    easily irritated or annoyed
  352. refractory
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  353. gainsay
    take exception to
  354. heterodox
    characterized by departure from accepted standards
  355. imbroglio
    an intricate and confusing interpersonal situation
  356. indefatigable
    showing sustained enthusiasm with unflagging vitality
  357. ineluctable
    impossible to avoid or evade
  358. inimitable
    matchless
  359. insouciant
    marked by unconcern
  360. inveterate
    habitual
  361. jejune
    lacking interest or significance or impact
  362. lubricious
    characterized by lust
  363. mendicant
    a pauper who lives by begging
  364. meretricious
    tastelessly showy
  365. minatory
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  366. nadir
    the lowest point of anything
  367. nonplussed
    filled with bewilderment
  368. obstreperous
    noisily and stubbornly defiant
  369. ossified
    set in a rigid pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs
  370. palliate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
  371. parsimonious
    excessively unwilling to spend
  372. pellucid
    transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity
  373. peroration
    the concluding section of a rhetorical address
  374. prolix
    tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at length
  375. propitiate
    make peace with
  376. puissance
    power to influence or coerce
  377. pusillanimous
    lacking in courage, strength, and resolution
  378. remonstrate
    argue in protest or opposition
  379. sagacious
    acutely insightful and wise
  380. salacious
    suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
  381. salutary
    tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health
  382. sanguine
    confidently optimistic and cheerful
  383. saturnine
    bitter or scornful
  384. sycophant
    a person who tries to please someone to gain an advantage
  385. tendentious
    having a strong bias, especially a controversial one
  386. timorous
    shy and fearful by nature
  387. tyro
    someone new to a field or activity
  388. vitiate
    make imperfect
  389. voluble
    marked by a ready flow of speech
Created on Fri Oct 11 13:27:58 EDT 2013 (updated Sat Apr 02 10:47:10 EDT 2016)

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