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  1. fervent
    characterized by intense emotion
  2. figment
    a contrived or fantastic idea
  3. forebode
    make a prediction about; tell in advance
  4. forfeit
    lose the right to or lose by some error, offense, or crime
  5. forsake
    leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
  6. germinate
    sprout; produce buds or branches
  7. grudge
    a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation
  8. halfhearted
    feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm
  9. humdrum
    tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
  10. humiliate
    cause to feel shame
  11. hypothetical
    a conjectural possibility or circumstance
  12. impunity
    exemption from punishment or loss
  13. incentive
    a positive motivational influence
  14. justify
    show to be right by providing proof
  15. license
    a legal document giving official permission to do something
  16. ludicrous
    inviting ridicule
  17. luminous
    softly bright or radiant
  18. malevolent
    wishing or appearing to wish evil to others
  19. meditate
    reflect deeply on a subject
  20. meretricious
    tastelessly showy
  21. milieu
    the environmental condition
  22. military
    the armed forces of a nation
  23. nostalgia
    a longing for something past
  24. numb
    lacking sensation
  25. ordeal
    a severe or trying experience
  26. ostensible
    appearing as such but not necessarily so
  27. outgrowth
    the gradual beginning or coming forth
  28. outmoded
    no longer in fashion
  29. override
    travel on the back of (a horse) too hard
  30. overwhelm
    overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
  31. panacea
    hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases
  32. perquisite
    an incidental benefit for certain types of employment
  33. petulant
    easily irritated or annoyed
  34. pitfall
    an unforeseen or unexpected or surprising difficulty
  35. placid
    calm and free from disturbance
  36. playful
    full of fun and high spirits
  37. prerequisite
    something that is needed or obligatory in advance
  38. prerogative
    a right reserved exclusively by a person or group
  39. proclaim
    declare formally
  40. project
    a planned undertaking
  41. proprietary
    protected by trademark or patent or copyright
  42. prototype
    a standard or typical example
  43. redeem
    exchange or buy back for money; under threat
  44. replicate
    reproduce or make an exact copy of
  45. restitution
    the act of restoring something to its original state
  46. resurrect
    cause to become alive again
  47. retrieve
    get or find back; recover the use of
  48. reverberate
    ring or echo with sound
  49. ruthless
    without mercy or pity
  50. scourge
    something causing misery or death
  51. scruple
    an ethical or moral principle that inhibits action
  52. sectarianism
    a narrow-minded adherence to a particular sect or party or denomination
  53. secular
    someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person
  54. spare
    more than is needed, desired, or required
  55. stereotype
    a conventional or formulaic conception or image
  56. substitute
    a person or thing that can take the place of another
  57. succumb
    give in, as to overwhelming force, influence, or pressure
  58. supersede
    take the place or move into the position of
  59. surly
    unfriendly and inclined toward anger or irritation
  60. surmise
    infer from incomplete evidence
  61. surmount
    get on top of; deal with successfully
  62. surrogate
    someone or something that takes the place of another
  63. tame
    brought from wildness into a domesticated state
  64. tangle
    twist together or entwine into a confusing mass
  65. teeming
    abundantly filled with especially living things
  66. temporal
    of or relating to or limited by time
  67. tentative
    hesitant or lacking confidence; unsettled in mind or opinion
  68. tyrant
    a cruel and oppressive dictator
  69. unanimous
    in complete agreement
  70. unremitting
    uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
  71. versed
    thoroughly acquainted through study or experience
  72. vocation
    the particular occupation for which you are trained
  73. voyeur
    a viewer who enjoys seeing the sex acts or organs of others
  74. willful
    done by design
  75. wistful
    showing pensive sadness
  76. wrongheaded
    obstinately perverse in judgment or opinion
Created on Tue Sep 19 08:01:26 EDT 2023

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