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abjure (verb)
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arrogate (verb)
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atavism (noun)
attenuate (verb)
autocratic (adjective)
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bastardization (noun)
beg (verb)
bemoan (verb)
benighted (adjective)
bereft (adjective)
bereft (adjective)
besotted (adjective)
besotted (adjective)
bilious (adjective)
blinkered (adjective)

formally reject or give up (as a belief)

revoke formally
to serve as a judge in a competition; to arrive at a judgment or
conclusion
provide with an opportunity
an eager willingness to do something
something that is inappropriate for the given time period (usually
something old).
a detested person; the source of somebody's hate
lacking energy and vigor
something that soothes or relieves pain
inoffensive
ludicrously odd
great coolness and composure under strain
the highest point
a person who has abandoned a religious faith or cause
a short, pithy instructive saying
exaltation to divine status; the highest point of development
expressing praise or approval
to give or take something by force
to allocate
supply added support
to be deliberately teasing
complete and wholly (usually modifying a noun with negative
connotation)
a person who has recently reached a position of power; a social
climber
seize and control without authority
cunning tricks used to deceive others
without cunning or deceit
the quality of innocence
harshness of manner
with care and persistence
a reappearance of an earlier characteristic; throwback
to weaken (in terms of intensity); to taper off/become thinner.
characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having
absolute sovereignty
offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually
unwarranted power
threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
the lowest, class were without any moral principles
an act that debases or corrupts
to evade or dodge (a question)
express discontent or a stong regret
fallen into a state of ignorance
unhappy in love; suffering from unrequited love
sorrowful through loss or deprivation
strongly affectionate towards
very drunk
irritable; always angry
to have a limited outlook or understanding

bowdlerize (verb)
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broadside (noun)
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brook (verb)
browbeat (verb)
byzantine (adjective)
callow (adjective)
canard (noun)
capitulate (noun)
cataclysm (noun)
catholic (adjective)
cede (verb)
celerity (noun)
chagrin (noun)
chagrin (verb)
charlatan (noun)
chary (adjective)
chauvinism (noun)
chimera (noun)
choleric (adjective)
churlish (adjective)
complaisant (adjective)
complicit (adjective)
conciliate (verb)
conflagration (noun)
conflate (verb)
contentious (adjective)
corollary (noun)
cosseted (verb)
coterminous (adjective)
countermand (verb)
cow (verb)
crestfallen (adjective)
crystallize (verb)
cupidity (noun)
curmudgeon (noun)
debonair (adjective)
decry (verb)
defray (verb)
deign (verb)
demonstrative
(adjective)
denouement (noun)

edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate

the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess
anger or take offense
react in an offended or angry manner
a strong verbal attack
a trite or obvious remark
put up with something or somebody unpleasant
be bossy towards; discourage or frighten with threats or a
domineering manner
intricate and complex
young and inexperienced
a deliberately misleading fabrication
to surrender (usually under agreed conditions)
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
of broad scope; universal
relinquish possession or control over
speed, rapidity
strong feelings of embarrassment
cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or
jokes
cautious
fanatical patriotism; belief that one's group/cause is superior to
all other
something desired or wished for but is only an illusion and
impossible to achieve
prone to outbursts of temper; easily angered
lacking manners or refinement
showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others
Associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a
questionable nature
to make peace with
a very intense and uncontrolled fire
mix together different elements or concepts
likely to argue
a practical consequence that follows naturally
treat with excessive indulgence
being of equal extent or scope or duration
a contrary command cancelling or reversing a previous
command
to intimidate
brought low in spirit
cause to take on a definite and clear shape
greed for money
a grouchy, surly person
having a sophisticated charm
express strong disapproval of
to help pay the cost of, either in part of full
do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
given to or marked by the open expression of emotion
the final resolution of the many strands of a literary or dramatic
work; the outcome of a complex sequence of events

derelict (adjective)
derelict (noun)
desiccated (adjective)
desideratum (noun)
despot (noun)
diatribe (noun)
diminutive (noun)
diminutive (adjective)
disabuse (verb)
discursive (adjective)
disingenuous
(adjective)
dispensation (noun)
dissemble (verb)
dissipate (verb)
dissipate (verb)
dissolution (noun)
doleful (adjective)
dolorous (adjective)
doughty (adjective)
dovetail (verb)
duplicity (noun)
ebullient (adjective)
effervescent (adjective)
effrontery (noun)
elegiac (adjective)
embryonic (adjective)
empiricism (noun)
enamor (verb)
encumber (verb)
enjoin (verb)
enormity (noun)
enthrall (verb)
epigram (noun)
epiphany (noun)
eponym (noun)
equitable (adjective)
equivocate (verb)
ersatz (adjective)
estimable (adjective)
ethereal (adjective)
evanescent (adjective)
excoriate (verb)
execrate (verb)
exegesis (noun)

(of a person) not doing one's duties

(of a building) abandoned
uninteresting, lacking vitality
something desired as a necessity
a cruel and oppressive dictator
a strong verbal attack against a person or institution
to indicate smallness
very small
to persuade somebody that his/her belief is not valid
(of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main
point
not straightforward; giving a false appearance of frankness
an exemption from a rule or obligation
conceal one's true motives, usually through deceit
squander or spend money frivolously
to disperse or scatter
a living full of debauchery and indulgence in sensual pleasure
filled with or evoking sadness
showing sorrow
brave; bold; courageous
fit together tightly, as if by means of a interlocking joint
deceitfulness, pretending to want one thing but interested in
something else
joyously unrestrained
marked by high spirits or excitement
audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to
expressing sorrow
in an early stage of development
any method that derives knowledge from experience, used in
experimental science as a way to gain insight and knowledge
attraction or feeling of love
hold back
give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with
authority
an act of extreme wickedness
hold spellbound
a witty saying
a sudden revelation or moment of insight
the name derived from a person (real or imaginary); the person
for whom something is named
fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience
to speak vaguely, usually with the intention to mislead or
deceive
not real or genuine; phony
deserving of esteem and respect
characterized by lightness and insubstantiality
tending to vanish like vapor
to criticize very harshly
to curse and hiss at
critical explanation or analysis, especially of a text
interpretations as there are pages in the Old Testament.

exemplar (noun)
exiguity (noun)
exorbitant (adjective)
expansive (adjective)
expunge (verb)
expurgate (verb)
extrapolate (verb)
facile (adjective)
factious (adjective)
factitious (adjective)
feckless (adjective)
fecund (adjective)
fell (adjective)
firebrand (noun)
flag (verb)
flippant (adjective)
flummox (verb)
fractious (adjective)
gaffe (noun)
gambit (noun)
gerrymander (verb)
graft (noun)
grandiloquent
(adjective)
gumption (noun)
hagiographic
(adjective)
hail (verb)
halcyon (adjective)
hauteur (noun)
hector (verb)
hedge (verb)
histrionic (adjective)
hoary (adjective)
hobble (verb)
hoodwink (verb)
hubris (noun)
illustrious (adjective)
imbibe (verb)
imbroglio (noun)
immure (verb)
impecunious (adjective)
imperious (adjective)
impervious (adjective)
impetuous (adjective)
importuned (verb)

something to be imitated
the quality of being meager
greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
communicative, and prone to talking in a sociable manner
to eliminate completely
to remove objectionable material
draw from specific cases for more general cases
arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth
produced by, or characterized by internal dissension
artificial; not natural
lazy and irresponsible
intellectually productive
terribly evil
someone who deliberately creates trouble
droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of
tautness; become less intense
showing inappropriate levity
be a mystery or bewildering to
irritable and is likely to cause disruption
a socially awkward or tactless act
a manuveur or risk in a game or conversation, designed to
secure an advantage
to manipulate voting districts in order to favor a particular
political party
corruption, usually through bribery
puffed up with vanity
resourcefulness and determination
excessively flattering toward someone's life or work
enthusiastically acclaim or celebrate something
idyllically calm and peaceful; suggesting happy tranquillity;
marked by peace and prosperity
overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward
inferiors
to bully or intimidate
to limit or qualify a statement; to avoid making a direct
statement
to be overly theatrical
ancient
to hold back the progress of something
to deceive or trick someone
overbearing pride or presumption
widely known and esteemed; having or conferring glory
to drink or absorb as if drinking
a confusing and potentially embarrassing situation
to enclose, usually in walls
lacking money; poor
having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those
one views as
not admitting of passage or capable of being affected
characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation
beg persistently and urgently

improvident (adjective)
impugn (verb)
impute (verb)
inanity (noun)
inchoate (adjective)
incontrovertible
(adjective)
indigent (adjective)
indigent (noun)
ineffable (adjective)
ineluctable (adjective)
inequity (noun)
infelicitous (adjective)
inimitable (adjective)
insouciance (noun)
insufferable (adjective)
internecine (adjective)
intimation (noun)
inure (verb)
invective (noun)
invidious (adjective)
inviolable (adjective)
inviolate (adjective)
irrefutable (adjective)
jaundice (adjective)
jejune (adjective)
jejune (adjective)
jingoist (noun)
juggernaut (noun)
kowtow (verb)
lacerate (verb)
lachrymose (adjective)
lampoon (verb)
languish (verb)
lascivious (adjective)
limpid (adjective)
litany (noun)
loath (adjective)
lugubrious (adjective)
machinate (verb)
magisterial (adjective)
malapropism (noun)
malfeasance (adjective)
malingerer (noun)
martinet (noun)
maudlin (adjective)
maunder (verb)
maunder (verb)
mellifluous (adjective)

not given careful consideration

attack as false or wrong truth.
attribute (responsibility or fault) to something
total lack of meaning or ideas
only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
necessarily or demonstrably true; impossible to deny or disprove
poor; having very little material luxuries.
a poor or needy person
too sacred to be uttered; defying expression or description
impossible to avoid or evade
injustice by virtue of not conforming with rules or standards
inappropriate
defying imitation; matchless
lack of concern
intolerable, difficult to endure
(of conflict) within a group or organization
an indirect suggestion
to make accustomed to something unpleasant
abusive or denunciatory language
likely to cause resentment
never to be broken, infringed, or dishonored
must be kept sacred
impossible to deny or disprove
to be biased against due to envy or prejudice
dull; lacking flavor
immature; childish
a person who thinks that their country should be at war and
vehemently denounce those who do not do.
a force that cannot be stopped
to bow or act in a subservient manner
deeply hurt the feelings of; distress
showing sorrow
ridicule with satire
become feeble
lecherous; sexually perverted
clarity in terms of expression
any long and tedious account of something
unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom (usually
followed by 'to')
excessively mournful
engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together
offensively self-assured or given to exercising unwarranted power
the confusion of a word with another word that sounds similar
misconduct or wrongdoing (especially by a public official)
someone shirking their duty by pretending to be sick or
incapacitated
a strict disciplinarian
overly emotional and sad
wander aimlessly
speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
smooth and sweet-sounding

mendicant (noun)
meteoric (adjective)
mettlesome (adjective)
misattribute (verb)
modicum (noun)
mordant (adjective)
moribund (adjective)
mulct (verb)
nadir (noun)
nettlesome (adjective)
noisome (adjective)
nonchalant (adjective)
objurgate (verb)
oblique (adjective)
obstreperous
(adjective)
obtain (adjective)
obtuse (adjective)
officious (adjective)
ossify (verb)
overweening (adjective)
palatable (adjective)
palaver (verb)
palimpsest (noun)
panacea (noun)
panegyric (noun)
paragon (noun)
paragon (noun)
pariah (noun)
parvenu (noun)
patent (adjective)
pecuniary (adjective)
pellucid (adjective)
penurious (adjective)
penurious (adjective)
percipient (adjective)
peremptory (adjective)
perfunctory (adjective)
peripatetic (adjective)
perspicacious
(adjective)
phantasmagorical
(adjective)
philistine (adjective)
phlegmatic (adjective)
phlegmatic
picayune (adjective)
pillory (verb)

a pauper who lives by begging

like a meteor in speed or brilliance or transience
filled with courage or valor
To erroneously attribute; to falsely ascribe; used especially of
authorship.
a small or moderate or token amount
biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style
being on the point of death; declining rapidly losing all
momentum in progress
to defraud or swindle
the lowest point
causing irritation or annoyance
having an extremely bad smell
coming across as cooly uninterested
express strong disapproval of
not straightforward; indirect
noisily and stubbornly defiant; willfully difficult to control
be valid, applicable, or true
slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; lacking in
insight or discernment.
intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
make rigid and set into a conventional pattern
arrogant; presumptuous
acceptable to the taste or mind
speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
something that has been changed numerous times but on which
traces of former
hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; a universal solution
a formal expression of praise
model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal
an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept
an outcast research community.
a person who has suddenly become wealthy, but not socially
accepted as part of
glaringly obvious
relating to or involving money
transparently clear; easily understandable
lacking money; poor
miserly
highly perceptive
bossy and domineering
done routinely and with little interest or care
traveling by foot
acutely insightful and wise
illusive; unreal
smug and ignorant towards artistic and cultural values
showing little emotion
he doesn't have the energy or inclination to care about anything.
trifling or petty (a person)
ridicule or expose to public scorn

pith (noun)
plucky (adjective)
Pollyannaish (adjective)
ponderous (adjective)
pontificate (verb)
portentous (adjective)
precipitate (adjective)
precipitate (verb)
presentiment (noun)
primacy (noun)
probity (noun)
prognostication (noun)
prolixity (noun)
promulgate (verb)
propitiate (verb)
prosaic (adjective)
proscribe (verb)
proselytize (verb)
protean (adjective)
provident (adjective)
puerile (adjective)
puissant (adjective)
punctilious (adjective)
pyrrhic (adjective)
quail (verb)
quisling (noun)
quixotic (adjective)
raconteur (noun)
raillery (noun)
rapprochement (noun)
rarefied (verb)
recapitulation (noun)
recrimination (noun)
recrudesce (verb)
redoubtable (adjective)
remonstrate (verb)
reprisal (noun)
ribald (adjective)
row (noun)
sagacious (adjective)
sangfroid (noun)
sardonic (adjective)
sartorial (adjective)
saturnine (adjective)
schadenfreude (noun)
sedulous (adjective)
self-effacing (adjective)
semblance (noun)

the most essential part of something

marked by courage and determination
extremely optimistic
weighed-down; moving slowly
talk in a dogmatic and pompous manner
ominously prophetic
hasty or rash
to cause to happen
a feeling of evil to come
the state of being first in importance
integrity, strong moral principles
a statement made about the future
boring verbosity
state or announce
to placate or appease
dull and lacking imagination
command against
convert to another religion, philosophy, or perspective
readily taking on different roles; versatile
careful in regard to your own interests; providing carefully for the
future
of or characteristic of a child; displaying or suggesting a lack of
maturity
powerful
marked by precise accordance with details
describing a victory that comes at such a great cost that the
victory is not worthwhile
draw back, as with fear or pain
a traitor
wildly idealistic; impractical
a person skilled in telling anecdotes
light teasing
the reestablishing of cordial relations
make more subtle or refined
a summary (think of recap)
mutual accusations
to break out or happen again
inspiring fear or awe
to make objections while pleading
a retaliatory action against an enemy in wartime
humorously vulgar
an angry dispute
having good judgement and acute insight
calmness or poise in difficult situations
disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking
related to fashion or clothes
morose or gloomy
joy from watching the suffering of others
done diligently and carefully
reluctant to draw attention to yourself
an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately
misleading

sententious (adjective)
simulacrum (noun)
simulacrum (noun)
sinecure (noun)
solecism (noun)
solicitous (adjective)
solicitude (noun)
spartan (adjective)
splenetic (adjective)
squelch (verb)
stalwart (adjective)
stultify (verb)
subterfuge (noun)
supercilious (adjective)
surfeit (noun)
surreptitious (adjective)
sybarite (noun)
temerity (noun)
tempestuous
(adjective)
tendentious (adjective)
transmute (verb)
trenchant (adjective)
truculence (noun)
truculent (adjective)
turgid (adjective)
turpitude (noun)
tyro (noun)
umbrage (noun)
unassailable (adjective)
unflappable (adjective)
unforthcoming
(adjective)
unimpeachable
(adjective)
unprepossessing
(adjective)
unpropitious (adjective)
unstinting (adjective)
untenable (adjective)
untoward (adjective)
untrammeled
(adjective)
unviable (adjective)
vaunted (adjective)
venial (adjective)
verisimilitude (noun)
veritable (adjective)
vicissitude (noun)

to be moralizing, usually in a pompous sense

a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture)
a bad imitation
an office that involves minimal duties
a socially awkward or tactless act
showing hovering attentiveness
a feeling of excessive concern
unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment;
practicing great selfdenial
very irritable
suppress or crush completely
dependable; inured to fatigue or hardships
cause one, through routine, to lose energy and enthusiasm
something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an
activity
haughty and disdainful; looking down on others
an excessive amount of something
stealty, taking pains not to be caught or detected
a person who indulges in luxury
fearless daring
as if driven by turbulent or conflicting emotions; highly energetic
and wildly changing or fluctuating
likely to lean towards a controversial view
change or alter in form, appearance, or nature
characterized by or full of force and vigor; having keenness and
forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect
defiant aggressiveness
having a fierce, savage nature
(of language) pompous and tedious
depravity; a depraved act
someone new to a field or activity
a feeling of anger caused by being offended
immune to attack; without flaws.
not easily perturbed or excited or upset; marked by extreme
calm and composure
uncooperative, not willing to give up information
free of guilt; not subject to blame; beyond doubt or reproach
creating an unfavorable or neutral first impression
(of a circumstance) with little chance of success
very generous
(of theories etc) incapable of being defended or justified
unfavorable; inconvenient
not confined or limited
not able to work, survive, or succeed (also spelled inviable).
highly or widely praised or boasted about
easily excused or forgiven; pardonable
the appearance of truth
truthfully, without a doubt
change in one"s circumstances, usually for the worse

vitriol (noun)
vitriolic (adjective)
vituperate (adjective)
zeitgeist (noun)

abusive or venomous language used to express blame or bitter

deep-seated ill will
harsh or corrosive in tone
to criticize harshly; to berate
spirit of the times