1. Alacrity liveliness and eagerness2. Ambivalent characterized by a mixture of opposite feelings

or attitudes3. Arch (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of

those who treat others with condescension4. Auspicious favorable; promising; pointing to a good result5. Base not adhering to ethical or moral principles6. Becoming attractive; suitable; pleasing to the eye7. Beg to evade a question, to invite an obvious

question, to ask a question in itself makesunwarranted assumptions

8. Benighted lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture9. Bleak offering little or no hope10. Blinkered To have a limited outlook or understanding,

Narrow-minded11. Candid openly straightforward and direct without

reserve or secretiveness12. Check the act of restraining power or action or

limiting excess13. Check lessen the intensity of, stop its growth14. Checkered Marked by periods of varied fortune or

discreditable incidents15. Contentious quarrelsome, inclined to argue16. Contrite feeling regret or remorse for a fault or offence17. Disparate fundamentally different or distinct in quality or

kind18. Egregious conspicuously and outrageously bad or

reprehensible, stand out in a bad way19. Enervate weaken mentally or morally20. Equivocate be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to

mislead or withhold information21. Erratic likely to perform unpredictably22. Expansive friendly and open and willing to talk23. Extant still in existence24. Fell (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to

inflict pain or suffering25. Fleece to deceive26. Flush redden; blush; flow suddenly and abundantly;

wash out by a rapid brief flow of water; N:reddish tinge; blush; brief rush; rush of strongfeeling; Ex. flush of pride; ADJ: havingsurfaces in the same plane; even; blushing

27. Galvanize to stimulate to action

28. Hedge minimize loss or risk29. Imbibe to drink; to take in, absorb30. Innocuous harmless, producing no injury31. Intimate to imply, suggest, or insinuate32. Inundate fill quickly beyond capacity33. involved Complicated, and difficult to comprehend34. Laconic concise, using few words35. Maintain state or assert36. Moment having important effects or influence,

significant37. Paucity an inadequate quantity, scarcity38. Profuse very abundant; given or flowing freely39. Prosaic dull and unimaginative; matterof-

fact; factual40. Pugnacious ready and able to resort to force or violence,

aggressive41. Qualify To modify, limit, or restrict, as by giving

exceptions42. Raft (often followed by 'of') a large number or

amount or extent43. Retiring shy and reserved; modest44. Scintillating brilliantly clever45. Sedulous diligent; persistent; hard-working46. Start move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or

alarm47. Stem limit or stop the flow or growth of somthing48. Telling powerfully persuasive, significant and stands

out49. Tender offer or present for acceptance50. Veracity truthfulness51. Wanting Lacking or absent; Deficient in some way52. Wax increase in phase

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