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abate

aberrant

abeyance

abscond

abstemious

admonish

adulterate

aesthetic

aggregate

alacrity

alleviate

amalgamate

ambiguous

ambivalence

ameliorate

anachronism

analogous

anarchy

anomalousantipathy

apathy

appease

apprise

approbation

appropriate

arduous

artless

ascetic

assiduous

assuage

attenuate

audacious

austere

1. subside or moderate

2. abnormal or deviant

3. suspended action

4. depart secretly and hide

5. sparing in eating and drinking; temperate

6. warn; reprove

7. make impure by adding inferior or tainted

substances

8. artistic; dealing with or capable of

appreciating the beautiful

9. gather; accumulate

10. cheerful promptness; eagerness

11. relieve

12. combine; unite in one body

13. unclear or doubtful in meaning

14. the state of having contradictory or

conflicting emotional attitudes

15. improve

16. something or someone misplaced in time

17. comparable

18. absence of governing body; state of disorder

19. abnormal; irregular20. aversion; dislike

21. lack of caring; indifference

22. pacify or soothe; relieve

23. inform

24. approval

25. acquire; take possession of for one's own use

26. hard; strenuous

27. without guile; open and honest

28. practicing self-denial; austere

29. diligent

30. ease or lessen (pain); satisfy (hunger); soothe

(anger)

31. make thinner; weaken or lessen (in density,

force, degree)

32. daring; bold

33. forbiddingly stern; severely simple and

unornamented

aver

banal

belie

beneficent

bolster

bombastic

boorish

burgeon

burnish

buttress

cacophonous

capricious

castigation

catalyst

caustic

chicanery

coagulate

coda

cogent

commensurate

compendium

complaisant

compliant

conciliatory

condone

confound

connoisseur

contention

contentious

contrite

conundrum

converge

convoluted

34. assert confidently or declare; as used in law,

state formally as a fact

35. hackneyed; commonplace; trite; lacking

originality

36. contradict; give a false impression

37. kindly; doing good

38. support; reinforce

39. pompous; using inflated language

40. rude; insensitive

41. grow forth; send out buds

42. make shiny by rubbing; polish

43. support; prop up

44. discordant; inharmonious

45. unpredictable; fickle

46. punishment; severe criticism

47. agent that stimulates or precipitates a

reaction, development, or change

48. burning; sarcastically biting

49. trickery; deception

50. thicken; congeal; clot

51. concluding section of a musical or literary

composition; something that summarizes

52. convincing

53. corresponding in extent, degree, amount,

etc.; proportionate

54. brief, comprehensive summary

55. trying to please; overly polite; obliging

56. yielding; conforming to requirements

57. reconciling; soothing

58. overlook; forgive; give tacit approval; excuse

59. confuse; puzzle

60. person competent to act as a judge of art,

etc.; a lover of an art

61. claim; thesis

62. quarrelsome

63. penitent

64. riddle; difficult problem

65. approach; tend to meet; come together

66. coiled around; involved; intricate

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craven

daunt

decorum

default

deference

delineate

denigrate

deride

derivative

desiccate

desultory

deterrent

diatribe

dichotomy

diffidence

diffuse

digression

dirge

disabuse

discerning

discordant

discredit

discrepancy

discrete

disingenuous

disinterested

disjointed

dismiss

disparage

disparate

dissemble

disseminate

dissolution

dissonance

distend

distill

67. cowardly

68. intimidate; frighten

69. propriety; orderliness and good taste in

manners

70. failure to act

71. courteous regard for another's wish

72. portray; depict; sketch

73. blacken

74. ridicule; make fun of

75. unoriginal; obtained from another source

76. dry up

77. aimless; haphazard; digressing at random

78. something that discourages; hindrance

79. bitter scolding; invective

80. split; branching into two parts (especially contradictory ones)

81. shyness

82. wordy; rambling; spread out (like a gas)

83. wandering away from the subject

84. lament with music

85. correct a false impression; undeceive

86. mentally quick and observant; having

insight

87. not harmonious; conflicting

88. defame; destroy confidence in; disbelieve

89. lack of consistency; difference

90. separate; unconnected; consisting of distinct

parts

91. lacking genuine candor; insincere

92. unprejudiced

93. lacking coherence

94. eliminate from consideration; reject

95. belittle

96. basically different; unrelated

97. disguise; pretend

98. distribute; spread; scatter (like seeds)

99. disintegration; looseness in morals

100. discord; opposite of harmony

101. expand; swell out

102. purify; refine; concentrate

diverge

divest

document

dogmatic

dormant

dupe

ebullient

eclectic

efficacy

effrontery

elegy

elicit

embellish

empirical

emulate

endemic

enervate

engender

enhance

ephemeral

equanimity

equivocate

erudite

esoteric

eulogy

euphemism

exacerbate

exculpate

exigency

extrapolation

facetious

facilitate

fallacious

103. vary; go in different directions from the same

point

104. strip; deprive

105. provide written evidence

106. opinionated; arbitrary; doctrinal

107. sleeping; lethargic; latent

108. someone easily fooled

109. showing excitement; overflowing with

enthusiasm

110. selective; composed of elements drawn from

disparate sources

111. power to produce desired effect

112. impudence; shameless boldness; sheer

nerve; presumptuousness

113. poem or song expressing lamentation

114. draw out by discussion

115. adorn; ornament; enhance, as a story

116. base on experience

117. imitate; rival

118. prevailing among a specific group of people

or an area

119. weaken

120. cause; produce

121. increase; improve

122. short-lived; fleeting

123. calmness of temperament; composure

124. lie, mislead; attempt to conceal the truth

125. learned; scholarly

126. hard to understand; known only to the

chosen few

127. expression of praise, often on the occasion of

someone's death

128. mild expression in place of an unpleasant

one129. worsen; embitter

130. clear from blame

131. urgent situation; pressing needs or demands;

state of requiring immediate attention

132. projection; superfluous

133. joking (often inappropriately); humorous

134. help bring about; make less difficult

135. false; misleading



fatuous

fawning

felicitous

fervor

flag

fledgling

flout

foment

forestall

frugality

futile

gainsay

garrulous

goad

gouge

grandiloquent

gregarious

guileless

gullible

harangue

homogenous

hyperbole

iconoclast

idolatry

immutable

impair

impassive

impede

impermeable

imperturbable

impervious

implacable

implicit

implode

inadvertently

inchoate

136. brainless; inane; foolish , yet smug

137. trying to please by behaving obsequiously,

flattering or cringing

138. apt; suitably expressed; well chosen

139. glowing ardor; intensity of feeling

140. droop; grow feeble

141. inexperienced

142. reject; mock; show contempt for

143. stir up; instigate

144. prevent by taking action in advance

145. thrift; economy

146. useless; hopeless; ineffectual

147. deny

148. loquacious; wordy; talkative

149. urge on

150. overcharge

151. pompous; bombastic; using high-sounding

language

152. sociable

153. without deceit

154. easily deceived

155. long, passionate, and vehement speech

156. of the same kind

157. exaggeration; overstatement

158. attacking cherished traditions

159. worship of idols; excessive admiration

160. unchangeable

161. injure; hurt

162. without feeling; imperturbable; stoical

163. hinder, block

164. impervious; not permitting passage through

its substance165. calm; placid

166. impenetrable; incapable of being damaged

or distressed

167. incapable of being pacified

168. understood but not stated

169. burst inward

170. unintentionally; by oversight; carelessly

171. recently begun; rudimentary; elementary

incongruity

inconsequential

incorporate

indeterminate

indigence

indolent

inert

ingenuous

inherent

innocuous

insensible

insinuate

insipid

insularity

intractable

intransigence

inundate

inured

invective

irascible

irresolute

itinerary

laconic

lassitude

latent

laud

lethargic

levee

levity

log

loquacious

lucid

luminous

magnanimity

malingerer

172. lack of harmony; absurdity

173. insignificant; unimportant

174. introduce something into a larger whole;

combine; unite

175. uncertain; not clearly fixed; indefinite

176. poverty

177. lazy

178. inactive; lacking power to move

179. naive and trusting; young;

unsophisticated

180. firmly established by nature or habit

181. harmless

182. unconscious; unresponsive

183. hint; imply; creep in

184. lacking in flavor; dull

185. narrow-mindedness; isolation

186. unruly; stubborn; unyielding

187. refusal of any compromise; stubbornness

188. overwhelm; flood; submerge

189. accustomed; hardened

190. abuse

191. irritable; easily angered

192. uncertain how to act; weak

193. plan of a trip

194. brief and to the point

195. languor; weariness

196. potential but undeveloped; dormant;

hidden

197. praise

198. drowsy; dull

199. earthen or stone embankment to prevent

flooding

200. lack of seriousness or steadiness; frivolity

201. record of a voyage or flight; record of day-

to-day activities

202. talkative

203. easily understood; clear; intelligible

204. shining; issuing light

205. generosity

206. one who feigns illness to escape duty



malleable

maverick

mendacious

metamorphosis

meticulous

misanthrope

mitigate

mollify

morose

mundane

negate

neophyte

obdurate

obsequious

obviate

occlude

officious

onerous

opprobium

oscillate

ostentatious

paragon

partisan

pathological

paucity

pedantic

penchant

penury

perennial

perfidious

perfunctory

permeable

pervasive

phlegmatic

207. capable of being shaped by pounding;

impressionable

208. rebel; nonconformist

209. lying; habitually dishonest

210. change of form

211. excessively careful; painstaking;

scrupulous

212. one who hates mankind

213. lessen in intensity; moderate; appease

214. soothe

215. ill-humored; sullen; melancholy

216. worldly as opposed to spiritual; everyday

217. cancel out; nullify; deny

218. recent convert; beginner

219. stubborn

220. slavishly attentive; servile; sycophantic

221. make unnecessary; get rid of

222. shut; close

223. meddlesome; excessively pushy in offering

one's services

224. burdensome

225. infamy; vilification

226. vibrate pendulumlike; waver

227. showy; pretentious; trying to attractattention

228. model of perfection

229. one-sided; prejudiced; committed to a

party

230. pertaining to disease

231. scarcity

232. showing off learning; bookish

233. strong inclination; liking

234. severe poverty; stinginess

235. something long-lasting

236. treacherous; disloyal

237. superficial; not thorough; lacking interest,

care, or enthusiasm

238. penetrable; porous; al lowing liquids or

gas to pass through

239. spread throughout

240. calm; not easily disturbed

piety

placate

plasticity

platitude

plethora

plummet

porous

pragmatic

preamble

precarious

precipitate

precursor

presumptuous

prevaricate

pristine

probity

problematic

prodigal

profound

prohibitive

proliferate

propensity

propitiate

propriety

proscribe

pungent

qualified

quibble

quiescent

rarefied

recalcitrant

recant

recluse

recondite

refractory

refute

241. devoutness; reverence for God

242. pacify; conciliate

243. ability to be molded

244. trite remark; commonplace statement

245. excess; overabundance

246. fall sharply

247. full of pores; like a sieve

248. practical (as opposed to idealistic)

249. introductory statement

250. uncertain; risky

251. rash; premature; hasty; sudden

252. forerunner; harbinger

253. arrogant; taking liberties

254. lie

255. characteristic of earlier times; primitive;

unspoiled

256. uprightness; incorruptibility

257. doubtful; unsettled; questionable;

perplexing

258. wasteful; reckless with money

259. deep; not superficial; complete

260. inclined to prevent or forbid

261. grow rapidly; spread; multiply

262. natural inclination

263. appease

264. fitness; correct conduct

265. ostracize; banish; outlaw

266. stinging; sharp in taste or smell; caustic

267. limited; restricted

268. minor objection or complaint

269. at rest; dormant; temporarily inactive

270. made less dense (of a gas)

271. obstinately stubborn; determined to resist

authority; unruly

272. disclaim or disavow; retract a previous

statement; openly confess error

273. hermit; loner

274. abstruse; profound; secret

275. stubborn; unmanageable

276. disprove



relegate

reproach

reprobate

repudiate

rescind

resolution

resolve

reticent

reverent

sage

salubrious

sanction

satiate

saturate

savor

secrete

shard

skeptic

solicious

soporific

specious

spectrum

sporadic

stigma

stint

stipulate

stolid

striated

strut

strut

subpoena

subside

substantiate

277. banish to an inferior position; delegate;

assign

278. express disapproval or disappointment

279. person hardened by sin, devoid of a sense of

decency

280. disown; disavow

281. cancel

282. determination

283. determination; firmness of purpose

284. reserved; uncommunicative; inclined to

silence

285. respectful; worshipful

286. person celebrated for wisdom

287. healthful

288. approve; ratify

289. satisfy fully

290. soak thoroughly

291. enjoy; have a distinctive flavor, smell, or

quality

292. hide away or cache; produce and release a

substance into an organism

293. fragment; generally of pottery

294. doubter; person who suspends judgment until

having examined the evidence supporting a

point of view

295. worried, concerned

296. sleep-causing; marked by sleepiness

297. seemingly reasonable but incorrect;

misleading (often intentional)

298. colored band produced when a beam of light

passes through a prism

299. occurring irregularly

300. token of disgrace; brand

301. be thrifty; set limits

302. make express conditions, specify

303. dull; impassive

304. marked with parallel bands; grooved

305. supporting bar

306. pompous walk

307. writ summoning a witness to appear

308. settle down; descend; grow quiet

309. establish by evidence; verify; support

supersede

supposition

tacit

tangential

tenuous

tirade

torpor

tortuous

tractable

transgression

truculence

vacillate

venerate

veracious

verbose

viable

viscous

vituperative

volatile

warranted

wary

welter

whimsical

zealot

310. cause to be set aside; replace; make obsolete

311. hypothesis; surmise

312. understood; not put into words

313. peripheral; only slightly connected;

digressing

314. thin; rare; slim

315. extended scolding; denunciation; harangue

316. lethargy; sluggishness; dormancy

317. winding; full of curves

318. docile; easily managed

319. violation of a law; sin

320. aggressiveness; ferocity

321. waver; fluctuate

322. revere

323. truthful

324. wordy

325. practical or workable; capable of

maintaining life

326. sticky, gluey

327. abusive; scolding

328. changeable; explosive; evaporating rapidly

329. justified; authorized

330. very cautious

331. turmoil; bewildering jumble

332. capricious; fanciful

333. fanatic; person who shows excessive zeal

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