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  1. aberrant
    markedly different from an accepted norm
  2. abjure
    formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief
  3. abound
    exist in large quantities
  4. abounding
    existing in abundance
  5. abstemious
    marked by temperance in indulgence
  6. acrimony
    a rough and bitter manner
  7. acumen
    shrewdness shown by keen insight
  8. adduce
    advance evidence for
  9. adulation
    exaggerated flattery or praise
  10. affectation
    a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
  11. ameliorate
    make better
  12. angst
    an acute but unspecific feeling of anxiety
  13. animus
    a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility
  14. antipathy
    a feeling of intense dislike
  15. aphorism
    a short pithy instructive saying
  16. apoplectic
    marked by extreme anger
  17. apoplexy
    a loss of consciousness from the lack of oxygen in the brain
  18. apostate
    not faithful to religion or party or cause
  19. apotheosis
    model of excellence or perfection of a kind
  20. approbation
    official acceptance or agreement
  21. archetype
    something that serves as a model
  22. arrogate
    seize and take control without authority
  23. artifice
    the use of deception or trickery
  24. assuage
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  25. attenuated
    reduced in strength
  26. augmented
    added to or made greater in amount or number or strength
  27. auspicious
    indicating favorable circumstances and good luck
  28. austere
    of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor
  29. avarice
    reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth
  30. avaricious
    immoderately desirous of acquiring something
  31. avuncular
    being or relating to an uncle
  32. axiomatic
    evident without proof or argument
  33. beleaguer
    annoy persistently
  34. belie
    be in contradiction with
  35. bellicose
    having or showing a ready disposition to fight
  36. bifurcate
    split or divide into two
  37. bridle
    anger or take offense
    Some of Fleming's associates said that gives him enough to do at Morgan Stanley to bridle his ambition for some time.
  38. cadence
    the accent in a metrical foot of verse
  39. cantankerous
    stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate
  40. capitulate
    surrender under agreed conditions
  41. capricious
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
  42. catechism
    an elementary book summarizing the principles of a religion
  43. chauvinism
    fanatical patriotism
  44. circumscribe
    draw a geometric figure around another figure
  45. circumspect
    careful to consider potential consequences and avoid risk
  46. cloying
    overly sweet
  47. coercion
    using force to cause something to occur
  48. comity
    a state or atmosphere of harmony or mutual civility
  49. compendium
    a publication containing a variety of works
    Table 5-1 is a compendium of data showing how we have changed as a society over the last 50 years or so.
  50. compendium
    a publication containing a variety of works
  51. compunction
    a feeling of deep regret, usually for some misdeed
  52. conciliate
    gain the good will of or cause to be more favorably inclined
  53. conflagration
    a very intense and uncontrolled fire
  54. congenital
    present at birth but not necessarily hereditary
  55. congruence
    the quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate
  56. congruent
    corresponding in character or kind
  57. constituent
    one of the individual parts making up a composite entity
  58. constitutive
    essential in the structure of something
  59. contemplative
    deeply or seriously thoughtful
  60. conterminous
    being of equal extent or scope or duration
  61. convener
    the member of a group whose duty it is to convene meetings
  62. corollary
    an inference following from the proof of another proposition
  63. corpulent
    excessively large
  64. countenance
    the appearance conveyed by a person's face
  65. crestfallen
    brought low in spirit
  66. declamation
    a long, impassioned speech
  67. demagogue
    a leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions
  68. deprecate
    express strong disapproval of; deplore
  69. depredation
    an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding
  70. derisive
    expressing contempt or ridicule
  71. desiccate
    lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless
  72. desiccated
    thoroughly dried out
  73. diffident
    showing modest reserve
  74. dilatory
    wasting time
  75. disaffected
    discontented as toward authority
  76. discomfit
    cause to lose one's composure
  77. discompose
    cause to lose one's composure
  78. discompose
    cause to lose one's composure
  79. discordant
    not in agreement or harmony
    To a government “trying to signal continuity and friendliness to the banks,” his presence would have been, he supposes, more than a little discordant.
  80. discursive
    tending to cover a wide range of subjects
  81. disjunctive
    serving or tending to divide or separate
  82. disparate
    fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
  83. disposition
    your usual mood
  84. dissimulate
    hide feelings from other people
  85. dissolute
    unrestrained by convention or morality
  86. dissolute
    unrestrained by convention or morality
  87. dolorous
    showing sorrow
  88. dysphoria
    abnormal depression and discontent
  89. dystopia
    state in which the conditions of life are extremely bad
  90. ebullience
    eager enjoyment or approval
  91. ecclesiastic
    of or associated with a church
  92. ecumenical
    concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions
  93. effervescent
    giving off bubbles
  94. effrontery
    audacious behavior that you have no right to
  95. effulgent
    radiating or as if radiating light
  96. effusive
    uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm
  97. emblematic
    serving as a visible symbol for something abstract
  98. emollient
    having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin
  99. empiricism
    the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience
  100. enigmatic
    not clear to the understanding
  101. enjoin
    give instructions to or direct somebody to do something
  102. enmity
    a state of deep-seated ill-will
  103. ensconce
    fix firmly
  104. enumerate
    specify individually
  105. envisage
    form a mental image of something that is not present
  106. ephemeral
    anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day
  107. epicurean
    devoted to pleasure
  108. epigram
    a witty saying
  109. equivocate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
  110. equivocate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
  111. erudition
    profound scholarly knowledge
  112. eschatology
    the branch of theology that is concerned with final things
  113. eschew
    avoid and stay away from deliberately
  114. esteemed
    having an illustrious reputation; respected
  115. esurient
    extremely hungry
  116. ethereal
    characterized by lightness and insubstantiality
  117. etiolate
    make weak by stunting the growth or development of
  118. etymology
    a history of a word
  119. evince
    give expression to
  120. exacting
    severe and unremitting in making demands
  121. excision
    surgical removal of a body part or tissue
  122. exculpate
    pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
  123. execrable
    unequivocally detestable
  124. execrate
    curse or declare to be evil or anathema
  125. exiguous
    extremely scanty
  126. existential
    relating to or dealing with the state of being
  127. expiation
    compensation for a wrong
  128. exposition
    a collection of things for public display
  129. expository
    serving to expound or set forth
  130. extant
    still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost
  131. extraneous
    not belonging to that in which it is contained
  132. facetious
    cleverly amusing in tone
  133. fallacious
    containing or based on incorrect reasoning
  134. farrago
    a motley assortment of things
  135. feckless
    generally incompetent and ineffectual
  136. fecundity
    the state of being fertile or capable of producing offspring
  137. felicitous
    exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style
  138. filial
    designating the generation following the parental generation
  139. flinty
    showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings
  140. foible
    a minor weakness or peculiarity in someone's character
  141. forbearance
    a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges
  142. forbidding
    an official prohibition or edict against something
  143. garrulous
    full of trivial conversation
  144. genial
    diffusing warmth and friendliness
  145. gentrification
    change in poorer areas due to an influx of wealthier people
  146. gestalt
    a whole that cannot be described as a sum of its parts
  147. goldbrick
    a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort
  148. harangue
    a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
  149. heuristic
    a commonsense rule to help solve some problem
  150. iconoclastic
    characterized by attack on established beliefs
  151. ignominious
    deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
  152. imbibe
    take in liquids
  153. imbroglio
    an intricate and confusing interpersonal situation
  154. impecunious
    not having enough money to pay for necessities
  155. imperious
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  156. impinge
    infringe upon
  157. impious
    lacking piety or reverence for a god
  158. implacable
    incapable of being appeased or pacified
  159. impolitic
    lacking tact, shrewdness, or prudence
  160. importunate
    making persistent or urgent requests
  161. importune
    beg persistently and urgently
  162. improvident
    not supplying something useful for the future
  163. impugn
    attack as false or wrong
  164. inanity
    the quality of being meaningless or foolish
  165. incipient
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
  166. incisive
    demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
  167. inculcate
    teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
  168. indefatigable
    showing sustained enthusiasm with unflagging vitality
  169. indolent
    disinclined to work or exertion
  170. indomitable
    impossible to subdue
  171. indubitable
    too obvious to be doubted
  172. ineluctable
    impossible to avoid or evade
  173. inexorable
    impossible to prevent, resist, or stop
  174. inexorably
    in a manner impervious to change or persuasion
  175. inextricable
    incapable of being disentangled or untied
  176. infelicity
    inappropriate and unpleasing manner or style
  177. inimical
    tending to obstruct or cause harm
  178. inimitable
    matchless
  179. inimitable
    matchless
  180. injunction
    a judicial remedy to prohibit a party from doing something
  181. insipid
    lacking interest or significance or impact
  182. insouciant
    marked by unconcern
  183. insularity
    lack of openness to new ideas; narrow-mindedness
  184. insuperable
    incapable of being surpassed or excelled
  185. intemperate
    excessive in behavior
  186. invective
    abusive language used to express blame or censure
  187. inveterate
    habitual
  188. invidious
    containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice
  189. invigilation
    keeping watch over examination candidates to prevent cheating
  190. inviolable
    incapable of being transgressed or dishonored
  191. irascible
    quickly aroused to anger
  192. iteration
    the act or process of doing or saying again
  193. jeremiad
    a long and mournful complaint
  194. kismet
    fate or fortune
  195. languid
    lacking spirit or liveliness
  196. lascivious
    driven by lust
  197. laudatory
    full of or giving praise
  198. maladroit
    not quick or skillful in action or thought
  199. malinger
    avoid responsibilities and duties, often by faking illness
  200. manifestly
    unmistakably
  201. manumit
    free from slavery or servitude
  202. masticate
    bite and grind with the teeth
  203. maxim
    a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits
  204. mendacious
    given to lying
  205. mendacity
    the tendency to be untruthful
  206. mercurial
    liable to sudden unpredictable change
  207. meritorious
    deserving reward or praise
  208. minatory
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  209. misanthropy
    hatred of mankind
  210. mollify
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  211. moniker
    a familiar name for a person
  212. nebulous
    lacking definite form or limits
  213. neologism
    a newly invented word or phrase
  214. neophyte
    a participant with no experience with an activity
  215. non sequitur
    a reply that has no relevance to what preceded it
  216. numinous
    of or relating to or characteristic of a spirit
  217. obdurate
    stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
  218. obliquely
    not in a direct or straightforward manner
  219. obliquely
    not in a direct or straightforward manner
  220. obsequious
    attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
  221. obstreperous
    noisily and stubbornly defiant
  222. obtuse
    of an angle, between 90 and 180 degrees
  223. odious
    extremely repulsive or unpleasant
  224. officious
    intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
  225. officious
    intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
  226. omnibus
    a vehicle carrying many passengers
  227. ontological
    relating to the metaphysical study of existence
  228. oratory
    the act of addressing an audience formally
  229. overwrought
    deeply agitated especially from emotion
  230. panoply
    a complete and impressive array
  231. parlance
    a manner of speaking natural to a language's native speakers
  232. parry
    impede the movement of
  233. paucity
    an insufficient quantity or number
  234. peculiar
    beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
  235. pecuniary
    relating to or involving money
  236. pedagogy
    the profession of a teacher
  237. pensive
    deeply or seriously thoughtful
  238. peroration
    the concluding section of a rhetorical address
  239. petulant
    easily irritated or annoyed
  240. phlegmatic
    showing little emotion
  241. pillory
    a wooden instrument of punishment on a post
  242. pithy
    concise and full of meaning
  243. plebiscite
    a vote determining public opinion on a question
  244. pollyannaish
    pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic
  245. ponderous
    having great mass and weight and unwieldiness
  246. portentous
    of momentous or ominous significance
  247. precipitant
    done with very great haste and without due deliberation
  248. precipitous
    extremely steep
  249. predilection
    a predisposition in favor of something
  250. prescience
    the power to foresee the future
  251. presuppose
    take for granted or as a given
  252. prevaricate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
  253. privation
    the act of stripping someone of food, money, or rights
  254. prodigal
    recklessly wasteful
  255. profane
    grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
  256. profligate
    unrestrained by convention or morality
  257. profundity
    the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas
  258. promulgate
    state or announce
  259. propitious
    presenting favorable circumstances
  260. prosaic
    lacking wit or imagination
  261. proscribe
    command against
  262. prospective
    of or concerned with or related to the future
  263. protean
    taking on different forms
  264. protuberance
    something that bulges out or projects from its surroundings
  265. provenance
    where something originated or started
  266. provident
    giving something useful for the future
  267. provincial
    a country person
  268. proviso
    a stipulated condition
  269. pugilist
    someone who fights with fists for sport
  270. punctilious
    marked by precise accordance with details
  271. putative
    purported
  272. quintessence
    the most typical example or representative of a type
  273. ramify
    have or develop complicating consequences
  274. rapprochement
    the reestablishing of cordial relations
  275. rarified
    of high moral or intellectual value
  276. rebarbative
    serving or tending to repel
  277. recalcitrant
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  278. recant
    formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief
  279. recapitulate
    summarize briefly
  280. reckoning
    problem solving that involves numbers or quantities
  281. recompense
    make payment to
  282. recount
    narrate or give a detailed account of
  283. recreant
    having deserted a cause or principle
  284. recreant
    having deserted a cause or principle
  285. recrimination
    mutual accusations
  286. recrudescent
    the revival of an unfortunate situation after a period of abatement
  287. rectitude
    righteousness as a consequence of being honorable and honest
  288. recursive
    characterized by repetition
  289. redolent
    having a strong pleasant odor
  290. redress
    make reparations or amends for
  291. reify
    consider an abstract concept to be real
  292. rejoinder
    a quick reply to a question or remark
  293. remunerative
    for which money is paid
  294. repartee
    adroitness and cleverness in reply
  295. repository
    a facility where things can be deposited for safekeeping
  296. reproachful
    expressing disapproval, blame, or disappointment
  297. repudiate
    refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid
  298. requiem
    a song or hymn of mourning as a memorial to a dead person
  299. retrograde
    moving or directed or tending in a backward direction
  300. risible
    arousing or provoking laughter
  301. rube
    a person who is not intelligent or interested in culture
  302. rubric
    category name
  303. sagacity
    the trait of having wisdom and good judgment
  304. salubrious
    promoting health
  305. salutary
    tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health
  306. salutary
    tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health
  307. sanguine
    confidently optimistic and cheerful
  308. sapience
    ability to apply knowledge, experience, or understanding
  309. sapient
    acutely insightful and wise
  310. saturnine
    bitter or scornful
  311. schism
    division of a group into opposing factions
  312. scrupulous
    characterized by extreme care and great effort
  313. sedulous
    marked by care and persistent effort
  314. self-effacement
    withdrawing into the background
  315. self-effacing
    reluctant to draw attention to yourself
  316. senescence
    the property characteristic of old age
  317. sentinel
    a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
  318. slovenly
    negligent of neatness especially in dress and person
  319. solicitous
    full of anxiety and concern
  320. solicitude
    a feeling of excessive concern
  321. solicitude
    a feeling of excessive concern
  322. solicitude
    a feeling of excessive concern
  323. soliloquy
    speech you make to yourself
  324. solipsism
    the philosophical theory that the self is all that exists
  325. solipsism
    the philosophical theory that the self is all that exists
  326. somatic
    characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit
  327. specious
    plausible but false
  328. spurious
    intended to deceive
  329. squalid
    foul and run-down and repulsive
  330. stochastic
    being or having a random variable
  331. stodgy
    excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull
  332. stolid
    having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
  333. subterfuge
    something intended to misrepresent the nature of an activity
  334. succor
    assistance in time of difficulty
  335. sully
    make dirty or spotty
  336. sumptuous
    rich and superior in quality
  337. supercilious
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  338. supposition
    the cognitive process of conjecturing
  339. sycophant
    a person who tries to please someone to gain an advantage
  340. taciturn
    habitually reserved and uncommunicative
  341. teetotaller
    a total abstainer
  342. teleological
    explaining phenomena by their ends or purposes
  343. tempestuous
    characterized by violent emotions or behavior
  344. tendentious
    having a strong bias, especially a controversial one
  345. tenebrous
    dark and gloomy
  346. teratogen
    any agent that interferes with normal embryonic development: alcohol or thalidomide or X-rays or rubella are examples
  347. timorous
    shy and fearful by nature
  348. torpid
    in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation
  349. transmutation
    an act that changes the form or character or substance of something
  350. transmute
    change or alter in form, appearance, or nature
  351. tremulous
    quivering as from weakness or fear
  352. trenchant
    having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought
  353. truculent
    defiantly aggressive
  354. uncanny
    surpassing the ordinary or normal
  355. unctuous
    unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating
  356. unflagging
    unceasing
  357. ungainly
    lacking grace in movement or posture
  358. ungainly
    lacking grace in movement or posture
  359. univocal
    admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding
  360. unremitting
    uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
  361. unremitting
    uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
  362. untoward
    contrary to your interests or welfare
    Is cloning likely to engender untoward effects in a cloned person?
  363. vainglorious
    feeling self-importance
  364. venality
    susceptibility or openness to bribery and corruption
  365. veracious
    habitually speaking the truth
  366. verisimilitude
    the appearance of truth; the quality of seeming to be true
  367. veritable
    not counterfeit or copied
  368. virago
    a noisy or scolding or domineering woman
  369. virtuosity
    great technical skill, fluency, or style
  370. viscera
    internal organs collectively
  371. vitiate
    make imperfect
  372. vitreous
    relating to or resembling or derived from glass
  373. voluble
    marked by a ready flow of speech
  374. voracious
    devouring or craving food in great quantities
  375. wastrel
    someone who squanders resources or time
Created on Fri Jan 17 18:42:58 EST 2014 (updated Wed Sep 09 02:45:36 EDT 2020)

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