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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
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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
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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
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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