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1 SparkNotes Study Cards are Copyright © 2004 by SparkNotes LLC STUDY CARDS English Vocabulary Our 1,000 English Vocabulary study cards contain the following words and their definitions: Vocabulary Word Part of Speech abase VERB abate VERB abdicate VERB abduct VERB aberration NOUN abet VERB abhor VERB abide VERB abject ADJECTIVE abjure VERB abnegation NOUN abort VERB abridge VERB / ADJECTIVE abrogate VERB abscond VERB absolution NOUN abstain VERB abstruse ADJECTIVE accede VERB accentuate VERB accessible ADJECTIVE acclaim NOUN accolade NOUN accommodating ADJECTIVE accord NOUN accost VERB accretion NOUN acerbic ADJECTIVE acquiesce VERB acrimony NOUN acumen NOUN acute ADJECTIVE adamant ADJECTIVE adept ADJECTIVE adhere VERB / NOUN admonish VERB adorn VERB adroit ADJECTIVE adulation NOUN

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SparkNotes Study Cards are Copyright © 2004 by SparkNotes LLC

STUDY CARDS™

English Vocabulary

Our 1,000 English Vocabulary study cards contain the following words and their definitions:

Vocabulary Word Part of Speech

abase

VERB

abate

VERB

abdicate

VERB

abduct

VERB

aberration

NOUN

abet

VERB

abhor

VERB

abide

VERB

abject

ADJECTIVE

abjure

VERB

abnegation

NOUN

abort

VERB

abridge

VERB

/

ADJECTIVE

abrogate

VERB

abscond

VERB

absolution

NOUN

abstain

VERB

abstruse

ADJECTIVE

accede

VERB

accentuate

VERB

accessible

ADJECTIVE

acclaim

NOUN

accolade

NOUN

accommodating

ADJECTIVE

accord

NOUN

accost

VERB

accretion

NOUN

acerbic

ADJECTIVE

acquiesce

VERB

acrimony

NOUN

acumen

NOUN

acute

ADJECTIVE

adamant

ADJECTIVE

adept

ADJECTIVE

adhere

VERB

/

NOUN

admonish

VERB

adorn

VERB

adroit

ADJECTIVE

adulation

NOUN

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adumbrate

VERB

adverse

ADJECTIVE

advocate

VERB

/

NOUN

aerial

ADJECTIVE

aesthetic

ADJECTIVE

affable

ADJECTIVE

affinity

NOUN

affluent

ADJECTIVE

affront

NOUN

aggrandize

VERB

aggregate

NOUN

/

VERB

aggrieved

ADJECTIVE

agile

ADJECTIVE

agnostic

ADJECTIVE

agriculture

NOUN

aisle

NOUN

alacrity

NOUN

alias

NOUN

allay

VERB

allege

VERB

alleviate

VERB

allocate

VERB

aloof

ADJECTIVE

altercation

NOUN

amalgamate

VERB

ambiguous

ADJECTIVE

ambivalent

ADJECTIVE

ameliorate

VERB

amenable

ADJECTIVE

amenity

NOUN

amiable

ADJECTIVE

amicable

ADJECTIVE

amorous

ADJECTIVE

amorphous

ADJECTIVE

anachronistic

ADJECTIVE

analgesic

NOUN

analogous

ADJECTIVE

anarchist

NOUN

anathema

NOUN

anecdote

NOUN

anesthesia

NOUN

Vocabulary Word Part of Speech

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anguish

NOUN

animated

ADJECTIVE

annex

VERB

/

NOUN

annul

VERB

anomaly

NOUN

anonymous

ADJECTIVE

antagonism

NOUN

antecedent

NOUN

antediluvian

ADJECTIVE

anthology

NOUN

antipathy

NOUN

antiquated

ADJECTIVE

antiseptic

ADJECTIVE

antithesis

NOUN

anxiety

NOUN

apathetic

ADJECTIVE

apocryphal

ADJECTIVE

appalling

ADJECTIVE

appease

VERB

appraise

VERB

apprehend

VERB

approbation

NOUN

appropriate

VERB

aquatic

ADJECTIVE

arable

ADJECTIVE

arbiter

NOUN

arbitrary

ADJECTIVE

arbitration

NOUN

arboreal

ADJECTIVE

arcane

ADJECTIVE

archaic

ADJECTIVE

archetypal

ADJECTIVE

ardor

NOUN

arid

ADJECTIVE

arrogate

VERB

artifact

NOUN

artisan

NOUN

ascertain

VERB

ascetic

ADJECTIVE

ascribe

VERB

aspersion

NOUN

Vocabulary Word Part of Speech

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aspire

VERB

assail

VERB

assess

VERB

assiduous

ADJECTIVE

assuage

VERB

astute

ADJECTIVE

asylum

NOUN

atone

VERB

atrophy

VERB

attain VERB

attribute VERB / NOUN

atypical ADJECTIVE

audacious ADJECTIVE

audible ADJECTIVE

augment VERB

auspicious ADJECTIVE

austere ADJECTIVE

avarice NOUN

avenge VERB

aversion NOUN

balk VERB

ballad NOUN

banal ADJECTIVE

bane NOUN

bard NOUN

bashful ADJECTIVE

battery NOUN

beguile VERB

behemoth NOUN

belated ADJECTIVE

belie VERB

bellicose ADJECTIVE

benefactor NOUN

benevolent ADJECTIVE

benign ADJECTIVE

bequeath VERB

berate VERB

bereft ADJECTIVE

beseech VERB

bias NOUN

bilk VERB

Vocabulary Word Part of Speech

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blandish VERB

blemish NOUN

blight NOUN

boisterous ADJECTIVE

bombastic ADJECTIVE

boon NOUN

bourgeois NOUN

brazen ADJECTIVE

brusque ADJECTIVE

buffet VERB / NOUN

burnish VERB

buttress VERB / NOUN

cacophony NOUN

cadence NOUN

cajole VERB

calamity NOUN

calibrate VERB

callous ADJECTIVE

calumny NOUN

camaraderie NOUN

candor NOUN

canny ADJECTIVE

canvas NOUN / VERB

capacious ADJECTIVE

capitulate VERB

capricious ADJECTIVE

captivate VERB

carouse VERB

carp VERB

catalog VERB / NOUN

catalyze VERB

caucus NOUN

caustic ADJECTIVE

cavort VERB

censure NOUN / VERB

cerebral ADJECTIVE

chaos NOUN

chastise VERB

cherish VERB

chide VERB

choreography NOUN

Vocabulary Word Part of Speech

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chronicle NOUN / VERB

chronological ADJECTIVE

circuitous ADJECTIVE

circumlocution NOUN

circumscribed ADJECTIVE

circumspect ADJECTIVE

circumvent VERB

clairvoyant ADJECTIVE

clamor NOUN / VERB

clandestine ADJECTIVE

cleave VERB

clemency NOUN

clergy NOUN

cloying ADJECTIVE

coagulate VERB

coalesce VERB

cobbler NOUN

coerce VERB

cogent ADJECTIVE

cognizant ADJECTIVE

coherent ADJECTIVE

collateral ADJECTIVE / NOUN

colloquial ADJECTIVE

collusion NOUN

colossus NOUN

combustion NOUN

commendation NOUN

commensurate ADJECTIVE

commodious ADJECTIVE

compelling ADJECTIVE

compensate VERB

complacency NOUN

complement VERB

compliant ADJECTIVE

complicit ADJECTIVE

compliment NOUN

compound VERB / NOUN

comprehensive ADJECTIVE

compress VERB

compunction NOUN

concede VERB

Vocabulary Word Part of Speech

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conciliatory ADJECTIVE

concise ADJECTIVE

concoct VERB

concomitant ADJECTIVE

concord NOUN

condolence NOUN

condone VERB

conduit NOUN

confection NOUN

confidant NOUN

conflagration NOUN

confluence NOUN

conformist NOUN

confound VERB

congeal VERB

congenial ADJECTIVE

congregation NOUN

congruity NOUN

connive VERB

consecrate VERB

consensus NOUN

consign VERB

consolation NOUN

consonant ADJECTIVE

conspicuous ADJECTIVE

constituent NOUN

constrain VERB

construe VERB

consummate VERB

consumption NOUN

contemporaneous ADJECTIVE

contentious ADJECTIVE

contravene VERB

contrite ADJECTIVE

contusion NOUN

conundrum NOUN

convene VERB

convention NOUN

convivial ADJECTIVE

convoluted ADJECTIVE

copious ADJECTIVE

Vocabulary Word Part of Speech

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cordial ADJECTIVE

coronation NOUN

corpulence ADJECTIVE

corroborate VERB

corrosive ADJECTIVE

cosmopolitan ADJECTIVE

counteract VERB

coup NOUN

covert ADJECTIVE

covet VERB

credulity NOUN

crescendo NOUN

criteria NOUN

culmination NOUN

culpable ADJECTIVE

cultivate VERB

cumulative ADJECTIVE

cunning ADJECTIVE

cupidity NOUN

cursory ADJECTIVE

curt ADJECTIVE

curtail VERB

daunting ADJECTIVE

dearth NOUN

debacle NOUN

debase VERB

debauch VERB

debunk VERB

decorous ADJECTIVE

decry VERB

deface VERB

defamatory ADJECTIVE

defer VERB

deferential ADJECTIVE

defile VERB

deft ADJECTIVE

defunct ADJECTIVE

delegate VERB

deleterious ADJECTIVE

deliberate ADJECTIVE

delineate VERB

Vocabulary Word Part of Speech

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demagogue NOUN

demarcation NOUN

demean VERB

demure ADJECTIVE

denigrate VERB

denounce VERB

deplore VERB

depravity NOUN

deprecate VERB

derelict ADJECTIVE

deride VERB

derivative ADJECTIVE

desecrate VERB

desiccated ADJECTIVE

desolate ADJECTIVE

despondent ADJECTIVE

despot NOUN

destitute ADJECTIVE

deter VERB

devious ADJECTIVE

dialect NOUN

diaphanous ADJECTIVE

didactic ADJECTIVE

diffident ADJECTIVE

diffuse VERB / ADJECTIVE

dilatory ADJECTIVE

diligent ADJECTIVE

diminutive ADJECTIVE

dirge NOUN

disaffected ADJECTIVE

disavow VERB

discern VERB

disclose VERB

discomfit VERB

discordant ADJECTIVE

discrepancy NOUN

discretion NOUN

discursive ADJECTIVE

disdain VERB / NOUN

disgruntled ADJECTIVE

disheartened ADJECTIVE

Vocabulary Word Part of Speech

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disparage VERB

disparate ADJECTIVE

dispatch VERB

dispel VERB

disperse VERB

disrepute NOUN

dissemble VERB

disseminate VERB

dissent VERB / NOUN

dissipate VERB

dissonance NOUN

dissuade VERB

distend VERB

dither VERB

divine ADJECTIVE

divisive ADJECTIVE

divulge VERB

docile ADJECTIVE

dogmatic ADJECTIVE

dormant ADJECTIVE

dour ADJECTIVE

dubious ADJECTIVE

duplicity NOUN

duress NOUN

dynamic ADJECTIVE

ebullient ADJECTIVE

eclectic ADJECTIVE

ecstatic ADJECTIVE

edict NOUN

efface VERB

effervescent ADJECTIVE

efficacious ADJECTIVE

effrontery NOUN

effulgent ADJECTIVE

egregious ADJECTIVE

elaborate ADJECTIVE

elated ADJECTIVE

elegy NOUN

elicit VERB

eloquent ADJECTIVE

elucidate VERB

Vocabulary Word Part of Speech

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elude VERB

emaciated ADJECTIVE

embellish VERB

embezzle VERB

emend VERB

eminent ADJECTIVE

emollient ADJECTIVE

emote VERB

empathy NOUN

empirical ADJECTIVE

emulate VERB

enamor VERB

encore NOUN

encumber VERB

enervate VERB

enfranchise VERB

engender VERB

enigmatic ADJECTIVE

enmity NOUN

ennui NOUN

entail VERB

enthrall VERB

ephemeral ADJECTIVE

epistolary ADJECTIVE

epitome NOUN

equanimity NOUN

equivocal ADJECTIVE

erudite ADJECTIVE

eschew VERB

esoteric ADJECTIVE

espouse VERB

ethereal ADJECTIVE

etymology NOUN

euphoric ADJECTIVE

evanescent ADJECTIVE

evince VERB

exacerbate VERB

exalt VERB

exasperate VERB

excavate VERB

exculpate VERB

Vocabulary Word Part of Speech

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excursion NOUN

execrable ADJECTIVE

exhort VERB

exigent ADJECTIVE

exonerate VERB

exorbitant ADJECTIVE

expedient ADJECTIVE

expiate VERB

expunge VERB

expurgate VERB

extant ADJECTIVE

extol VERB

extraneous ADJECTIVE

extricate VERB

exult VERB

fabricate VERB

façade NOUN

facile ADJECTIVE

fallacious ADJECTIVE

fastidious ADJECTIVE

fathom VERB

fatuous ADJECTIVE

fecund ADJECTIVE

felicitous ADJECTIVE

feral ADJECTIVE

fervent ADJECTIVE

fetid ADJECTIVE

fetter VERB

fickle ADJECTIVE

fidelity NOUN

figurative ADJECTIVE

flabbergasted ADJECTIVE

flaccid ADJECTIVE

flagrant ADJECTIVE

florid ADJECTIVE

flout VERB

foil VERB

forage VERB

forbearance NOUN

forestall VERB

forlorn ADJECTIVE

Vocabulary Word Part of Speech

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forsake VERB

fortitude NOUN

fortuitous ADJECTIVE

forum NOUN

foster VERB

fractious ADJECTIVE

fraught ADJECTIVE

frenetic ADJECTIVE

frivolous ADJECTIVE

frugal ADJECTIVE

furtive ADJECTIVE

garish ADJECTIVE

garrulous ADJECTIVE

genial ADJECTIVE

gluttony NOUN

goad VERB

gourmand NOUN

grandiloquence NOUN

grandiose ADJECTIVE

gratuitous ADJECTIVE

gregarious ADJECTIVE

grievous ADJECTIVE

guile NOUN

hackneyed ADJECTIVE

hallowed ADJECTIVE

hapless ADJECTIVE

harangue NOUN / VERB

hardy ADJECTIVE

harrowing ADJECTIVE

haughty ADJECTIVE

hedonist NOUN

hegemony NOUN

heinous ADJECTIVE

heterogeneous ADJECTIVE

hiatus NOUN

hierarchy NOUN

hypocrisy NOUN

hypothetical ADJECTIVE

iconoclast NOUN

idiosyncratic ADJECTIVE

idolatrous ADJECTIVE

Vocabulary Word Part of Speech

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ignominious ADJECTIVE

illicit ADJECTIVE

immerse VERB

immutable ADJECTIVE

impassive ADJECTIVE

impeccable ADJECTIVE

impecunious ADJECTIVE

imperative ADJECTIVE / NOUN

imperious ADJECTIVE

impertinent ADJECTIVE

impervious ADJECTIVE

impetuous ADJECTIVE

impinge VERB

implacable ADJECTIVE

implement NOUN / VERB

implicate VERB

implicit ADJECTIVE

impregnable ADJECTIVE

impudent ADJECTIVE

impute VERB

inane ADJECTIVE

inarticulate ADJECTIVE

incarnate ADJECTIVE / VERB

incendiary NOUN / ADJECTIVE

incessant ADJECTIVE

inchoate ADJECTIVE

incisive ADJECTIVE

inclination NOUN

incontrovertible ADJECTIVE

incorrigible ADJECTIVE

increment NOUN

incumbent NOUN / ADJECTIVE

indefatigable ADJECTIVE

indigenous ADJECTIVE

indigent ADJECTIVE

indignation NOUN

indolent ADJECTIVE

indomitable ADJECTIVE

induce VERB

ineffable ADJECTIVE

inept ADJECTIVE

Vocabulary Word Part of Speech

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inexorable ADJECTIVE

inextricable ADJECTIVE

infamy NOUN

infusion NOUN

ingenious ADJECTIVE

ingenuous ADJECTIVE

inhibit VERB

inimical ADJECTIVE

iniquity NOUN

injunction NOUN

innate ADJECTIVE

innocuous ADJECTIVE

innovate VERB

innuendo NOUN

inoculate VERB

inquisitor NOUN

insatiable ADJECTIVE

insidious ADJECTIVE

insinuate VERB

insipid ADJECTIVE

insolent ADJECTIVE

instigate VERB

insular ADJECTIVE

insurgent NOUN

integral ADJECTIVE

interject VERB

interlocutor NOUN

interminable ADJECTIVE

intimation NOUN

intractable ADJECTIVE

intransigent ADJECTIVE

intrepid ADJECTIVE

inundate VERB

inure VERB

invective NOUN

inveterate ADJECTIVE

inviolable ADJECTIVE

irascible ADJECTIVE

iridescent ADJECTIVE

irreverence NOUN

irrevocable ADJECTIVE

Vocabulary Word Part of Speech

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jejune ADJECTIVE

jubilant ADJECTIVE

judicious ADJECTIVE

juxtaposition NOUN

knell NOUN

kudos NOUN

laceration NOUN

laconic ADJECTIVE

languid ADJECTIVE

larceny NOUN

largess NOUN

latent ADJECTIVE

laudatory ADJECTIVE

lavish ADJECTIVE / VERB

legerdemain NOUN

lenient ADJECTIVE

lethargic ADJECTIVE

liability NOUN

libertarian ADJECTIVE

licentious ADJECTIVE

limpid ADJECTIVE

linchpin NOUN

lithe ADJECTIVE

litigant NOUN

lucid ADJECTIVE

luminous ADJECTIVE

lurid ADJECTIVE

maelstrom NOUN

magnanimous ADJECTIVE

malediction NOUN

malevolent ADJECTIVE

malleable ADJECTIVE

mandate NOUN

manifest ADJECTIVE / VERB

manifold ADJECTIVE

maudlin ADJECTIVE

maverick NOUN

mawkish ADJECTIVE

maxim NOUN

meager ADJECTIVE

medley NOUN

Vocabulary Word Part of Speech

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melee NOUN

mendacious ADJECTIVE

mercurial ADJECTIVE

meritorious ADJECTIVE

metamorphosis NOUN

meticulous ADJECTIVE

mitigate VERB

moderate ADJECTIVE / NOUN

modicum NOUN

modulate VERB

mollify VERB

morass NOUN

mores NOUN

morose ADJECTIVE

multifarious ADJECTIVE

mundane ADJECTIVE

munificence NOUN

mutable ADJECTIVE

myriad ADJECTIVE

nadir NOUN

nascent ADJECTIVE

nebulous ADJECTIVE

nefarious ADJECTIVE

negligent ADJECTIVE

neophyte NOUN

nocturnal ADJECTIVE

noisome ADJECTIVE

nomadic ADJECTIVE

nominal ADJECTIVE

nonchalant ADJECTIVE

nondescript ADJECTIVE

notorious ADJECTIVE

novice NOUN

noxious ADJECTIVE

nuance NOUN

nurture VERB

obdurate ADJECTIVE

obfuscate VERB

oblique ADJECTIVE

oblivious ADJECTIVE

obscure ADJECTIVE

Vocabulary Word Part of Speech

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obsequious ADJECTIVE

obsolete ADJECTIVE

obstinate ADJECTIVE

obstreperous ADJECTIVE

obtuse ADJECTIVE

odious ADJECTIVE

officious ADJECTIVE

ominous ADJECTIVE

onerous ADJECTIVE

opulent ADJECTIVE

oration NOUN

ornate ADJECTIVE

orthodox ADJECTIVE

oscillate VERB

ostensible ADJECTIVE

ostentatious ADJECTIVE

ostracism NOUN

pacific ADJECTIVE

palatable ADJECTIVE

palette ADJECTIVE

palliate VERB

pallid ADJECTIVE

panacea NOUN

paradigm NOUN

paradox NOUN

paragon NOUN

paramount ADJECTIVE

pariah NOUN

parody NOUN

parsimony NOUN

partisan NOUN

patent ADJECTIVE

pathology NOUN

pathos NOUN

paucity ADJECTIVE

pejorative ADJECTIVE

pellucid ADJECTIVE

penchant NOUN

penitent ADJECTIVE

penultimate ADJECTIVE

penurious ADJECTIVE

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perfidious ADJECTIVE

perfunctory ADJECTIVE

permeate VERB

pernicious ADJECTIVE

perplex VERB

perspicacity ADJECTIVE

pert ADJECTIVE

pertinacious ADJECTIVE

perusal NOUN

pervasive ADJECTIVE

petulance NOUN

philanthropic ADJECTIVE

phlegmatic ADJECTIVE

pillage VERB

pinnacle NOUN

pithy ADJECTIVE

pittance NOUN

placate VERB

placid ADJECTIVE

platitude NOUN

plaudits NOUN

plausible ADJECTIVE

plenitude NOUN

plethora NOUN

pliable ADJECTIVE

poignant ADJECTIVE

polemic NOUN

portent NOUN

potable ADJECTIVE

potentate NOUN

pragmatic ADJECTIVE

precipice NOUN

preclude VERB

precocious ADJECTIVE

predilection NOUN

preponderance ADJECTIVE

prepossessing ADJECTIVE

presage NOUN

prescient ADJECTIVE

prescribe VERB

presumptuous ADJECTIVE

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pretense NOUN

primeval ADJECTIVE

privation NOUN

probity NOUN

proclivity NOUN

procure VERB

profane ADJECTIVE

profligate ADJECTIVE

profuse ADJECTIVE

promulgate VERB

propagate VERB

propensity NOUN

propitious ADJECTIVE

propriety NOUN

prosaic ADJECTIVE

proscribe VERB

protean ADJECTIVE

prowess NOUN

prudence NOUN

prurient ADJECTIVE

puerile ADJECTIVE

pugnacious ADJECTIVE

pulchritude NOUN

punctilious ADJECTIVE

pungent ADJECTIVE

punitive ADJECTIVE

putrid ADJECTIVE

quagmire NOUN

quaint ADJECTIVE

quandary NOUN

quell VERB

querulous ADJECTIVE

quixotic ADJECTIVE

quotidian ADJECTIVE

rail VERB

rancid ADJECTIVE

rancor NOUN

rapport NOUN

rash ADJECTIVE

raucous ADJECTIVE

raze VERB

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rebuke VERB

recalcitrant ADJECTIVE

recapitulate VERB

reciprocate VERB

reclusive ADJECTIVE

reconcile VERB

rectitude NOUN

redoubtable ADJECTIVE

refract VERB

refurbish VERB

refute VERB

regurgitate VERB

relegate VERB

relish VERB

remedial ADJECTIVE

remiss ADJECTIVE

renovate VERB

renown NOUN

renunciation NOUN

repentant ADJECTIVE

replete ADJECTIVE

repose VERB

reprehensible ADJECTIVE

reprieve NOUN

reproach VERB

reprobate ADJECTIVE

reprove VERB

repudiate VERB

repulse VERB

reputable ADJECTIVE

requisition NOUN

rescind VERB

reservoir NOUN

resilient ADJECTIVE

resolute ADJECTIVE

resolve VERB

respite NOUN

resplendent ADJECTIVE

restitution NOUN

restive ADJECTIVE

retract VERB

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revel VERB

revere VERB

revoke VERB

rhapsodize VERB

ribald ADJECTIVE

rife ADJECTIVE

ruminate VERB

ruse NOUN

saccharine ADJECTIVE

sacrosanct ADJECTIVE

sagacity NOUN

salient ADJECTIVE

salutation NOUN

salve NOUN

sanctimonious ADJECTIVE

sanguine ADJECTIVE

satiate VERB

scathing ADJECTIVE

scintillating ADJECTIVE

scrupulous ADJECTIVE

scurrilous ADJECTIVE

sedentary ADJECTIVE

semaphore NOUN

seminal ADJECTIVE

sensual ADJECTIVE

sensuous ADJECTIVE

serendipity NOUN

serene ADJECTIVE

servile ADJECTIVE

sinuous ADJECTIVE

sobriety NOUN

solicitous ADJECTIVE

solipsistic ADJECTIVE

soluble ADJECTIVE

solvent NOUN / ADJECTIVE

somnolent ADJECTIVE

sophomoric ADJECTIVE

sovereign ADJECTIVE

speculative ADJECTIVE

spurious ADJECTIVE

stagnate VERB

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staid ADJECTIVE

static ADJECTIVE

stingy ADJECTIVE

stoic ADJECTIVE

stolid ADJECTIVE

strenuous ADJECTIVE

strident ADJECTIVE

stupefy VERB

subjugate VERB

sublime ADJECTIVE

submissive ADJECTIVE

succinct ADJECTIVE

superfluous ADJECTIVE

surfeit NOUN

surmise VERB

surreptitious ADJECTIVE

surrogate NOUN

swarthy ADJECTIVE

sycophant NOUN

tacit ADJECTIVE

taciturn ADJECTIVE

tangential ADJECTIVE

tantamount ADJECTIVE

tedious ADJECTIVE

temerity NOUN

temperance NOUN

tenable ADJECTIVE

tenuous ADJECTIVE

terrestrial ADJECTIVE

timorous ADJECTIVE

tirade NOUN

toady NOUN

tome NOUN

torpid ADJECTIVE

torrid ADJECTIVE

tortuous ADJECTIVE

tractable ADJECTIVE

tranquil ADJECTIVE

transgress VERB

transient ADJECTIVE

transmute VERB

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travesty NOUN

tremulous ADJECTIVE

trenchant ADJECTIVE

trepidation NOUN

trite ADJECTIVE

truculent ADJECTIVE

truncate VERB

turgid ADJECTIVE

turpitude NOUN

ubiquitous ADJECTIVE

umbrage NOUN

uncanny ADJECTIVE

unctuous ADJECTIVE

undulate VERB

upbraid VERB

usurp VERB

utilitarian ADJECTIVE

utopia NOUN

vacillate VERB

vacuous ADJECTIVE

vagary NOUN

validate VERB

vapid ADJECTIVE

variegated ADJECTIVE

vehemently (ADV.)veneer NOUN

venerable ADJECTIVE

venerate VERB

veracity NOUN

verbose ADJECTIVE

verdant ADJECTIVE

vestige NOUN

vex VERB

vicarious ADJECTIVE

vicissitude NOUN

vigilant ADJECTIVE

vilify VERB

vindicate VERB

vindictive ADJECTIVE

virtuoso NOUN

viscous ADJECTIVE

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vitriolic ADJECTIVE

vituperate VERB

vivacious ADJECTIVE

vocation NOUN

vociferous ADJECTIVE

wallow VERB

wane VERB

wanton ADJECTIVE

whimsical ADJECTIVE

wily ADJECTIVE

winsome ADJECTIVE

wistful ADJECTIVE

wizened ADJECTIVE

wrath NOUN

yoke VERB

zealous ADJECTIVE

zenith NOUN

zephyr NOUN

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