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  1. abate
    become less in amount or intensity
  2. abscond
    run away, often taking something or somebody along
  3. abstain
    refrain from doing, consuming, or partaking in something
  4. abyss
    a bottomless gulf or pit
  5. adulterate
    make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance
  6. advocate
    a person who pleads for a person, cause, or idea
  7. aesthetic
    characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste
  8. aggrandize
    embellish; increase the scope, power, or importance of
  9. alleviate
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  10. amalgamate
    bring or combine together or with something else
  11. ambiguous
    having more than one possible meaning
  12. ameliorate
    make better
  13. anachronism
    locating something at a time when it couldn't have existed
  14. analogous
    similar or equivalent in some respects
  15. anomaly
    deviation from the normal or common order, form, or rule
  16. antagonize
    provoke the hostility of
  17. antipathy
    a feeling of intense dislike
  18. apathy
    an absence of emotion or enthusiasm
  19. arbitrate
    act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
  20. archaic
    so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
  21. ardor
    feelings of great warmth and intensity
  22. articulate
    express or state clearly
  23. assuage
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  24. attenuate
    become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude
  25. audacious
    disposed to venture or take risks
  26. austere
    of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor
  27. banal
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  28. bolster
    support and strengthen
  29. bombastic
    ostentatiously lofty in style
  30. cacophony
    loud confusing disagreeable sounds
  31. candid
    openly straightforward and direct without secretiveness
  32. capricious
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
  33. castigate
    inflict severe punishment on
  34. catalyst
    substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction
  35. caustic
    capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action
  36. chaos
    formless state of matter before the creation of the cosmos
  37. chauvinist
    a person with a prejudiced belief in his own superiority
  38. chicanery
    the use of tricks to deceive someone
  39. cogent
    powerfully persuasive
  40. condone
    excuse, overlook, or make allowances for
  41. convoluted
    highly complex or intricate
  42. corroborate
    give evidence for
  43. credulous
    showing a lack of judgment or experience
  44. crescendo
    a gradual increase in loudness
  45. decorum
    propriety in manners and conduct
  46. deference
    courteous regard for people's feelings
  47. deride
    treat or speak of with contempt
  48. desiccate
    lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless
  49. desultory
    marked by lack of definite plan, purpose, or enthusiasm
  50. diatribe
    thunderous verbal attack
  51. diffident
    showing modest reserve
  52. dilate
    become wider
  53. dilatory
    wasting time
  54. dilettante
    an amateur engaging in an activity without serious intention
  55. dirge
    a song or hymn of mourning as a memorial to a dead person
  56. disabuse
    free somebody from an erroneous belief
  57. discern
    perceive, recognize, or detect
  58. disparate
    fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
  59. dissemble
    behave unnaturally or affectedly
  60. dissonance
    disagreeable sounds
  61. dogma
    a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
  62. dogmatic
    pertaining to a code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
  63. dupe
    fool or hoax
  64. eclectic
    selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
  65. efficacy
    capacity or power to produce a desired result
  66. elegy
    a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
  67. eloquent
    expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively
  68. emulate
    strive to equal or match, especially by imitating
  69. enervate
    weaken physically, mentally, or morally
  70. engender
    call forth
  71. enigma
    something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
  72. enumerate
    specify individually
  73. ephemeral
    anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day
  74. equivocate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
  75. erratic
    liable to sudden unpredictable change
  76. erudite
    having or showing profound knowledge
  77. esoteric
    understandable only by an enlightened inner circle
  78. estimable
    deserving of respect or high regard
  79. euphemism
    an inoffensive expression substituted for an offensive one
  80. eulogy
    a formal expression of praise for someone who has died
  81. exacerbate
    make worse
  82. exculpate
    pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
  83. exigent
    demanding immediate attention
  84. exonerate
    pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
  85. explicit
    precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable
  86. fanatical
    marked by excessive enthusiasm for a cause or idea
  87. fawn
    a young deer
  88. fervid
    characterized by intense emotion
  89. florid
    elaborately or excessively ornamented
  90. foment
    try to stir up
  91. frugality
    prudence in avoiding waste
  92. garrulous
    full of trivial conversation
  93. gregarious
    temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others
  94. guile
    shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
  95. gullible
    naive and easily deceived or tricked
  96. homogeneous
    all of the same or similar kind or nature
  97. iconoclast
    someone who attacks cherished ideas or institutions
  98. imperturbable
    marked by extreme calm and composure
  99. impervious
    not admitting of passage or capable of being affected
  100. impetuous
    characterized by undue haste and lack of thought
  101. implacable
    incapable of being appeased or pacified
  102. inchoate
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
  103. ingenuous
    lacking in sophistication or worldliness
  104. inimical
    tending to obstruct or cause harm
  105. innocuous
    not injurious to physical or mental health
  106. insipid
    lacking interest or significance or impact
  107. intransigent
    impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, or reason
  108. inundate
    fill or cover completely, usually with water
  109. irascible
    quickly aroused to anger
  110. laconic
    brief and to the point
  111. lament
    a cry of sorrow and grief
  112. laud
    praise, glorify, or honor
  113. lavish
    given or giving freely, generously, or without restriction
  114. lethargic
    deficient in alertness or activity
  115. loquacious
    full of trivial conversation
  116. lucid
    transparently clear; easily understandable
  117. luminous
    softly bright or radiant
  118. malinger
    avoid responsibilities and duties, often by faking illness
  119. malleable
    capable of being shaped or bent
  120. metaphor
    a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity
  121. meticulous
    marked by precise accordance with details
  122. misanthrope
    someone who dislikes people in general
  123. mitigate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
  124. mollify
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  125. monotony
    the quality of wearisome constancy and lack of variety
  126. naive
    marked by or showing unaffected simplicity
  127. obdurate
    stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
  128. obsequious
    attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
  129. obstinate
    refusing to change one's mind or ways; difficult to convince
  130. obviate
    do away with
  131. occlude
    block passage through
  132. onerous
    burdensome or difficult to endure
  133. opaque
    not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy
  134. opprobrium
    a state of extreme dishonor
  135. ostentation
    pretentious or showy or vulgar display
  136. paradox
    a statement that contradicts itself
  137. paragon
    a perfect embodiment of a concept
  138. pedant
    a person who is preoccupied with rules and learning
  139. perfidious
    tending to betray
  140. perfunctory
    hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
  141. permeate
    spread or diffuse through
  142. philanthropy
    the act of donating money or time to promote human welfare
  143. placate
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  144. plastic
    synthetic material that can be molded into objects
  145. plethora
    extreme excess
  146. pragmatic
    concerned with practical matters
  147. precipitate
    bring about abruptly
  148. prevaricate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
  149. pristine
    immaculately clean and unused
  150. prodigal
    recklessly wasteful
  151. proliferate
    grow rapidly
  152. propitiate
    make peace with
  153. propriety
    correct behavior
  154. prudence
    discretion in practical affairs
  155. pungent
    strong and sharp to the sense of taste or smell
  156. quiescent
    being quiet or still or inactive
  157. rarefy
    lessen the density or solidity of
  158. repudiate
    refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid
  159. reticent
    reluctant to draw attention to yourself
  160. rhetoric
    study of the technique for using language effectively
  161. satiate
    fill to satisfaction
  162. soporific
    inducing sleep
  163. specious
    plausible but false
  164. stigma
    a symbol of disgrace or infamy
  165. stolid
    having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
  166. sublime
    of high moral or intellectual value
  167. tacit
    implied by or inferred from actions or statements
  168. taciturn
    habitually reserved and uncommunicative
  169. tirade
    a speech of violent denunciation
  170. torpor
    a state of motor and mental inactivity
  171. transitory
    lasting a very short time
  172. vacillate
    be undecided about something
  173. venerate
    regard with feelings of respect and reverence
  174. veracity
    unwillingness to tell lies
  175. verbose
    using or containing too many words
  176. vex
    disturb, especially by minor irritations
  177. volatile
    liable to lead to sudden change or violence
  178. waver
    pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
  179. whimsical
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
  180. zeal
    a feeling of strong eagerness
Created on Sun Apr 13 22:29:37 EDT 2008

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