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Excoriate - flay; abrade-
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Glint ( )
Glisten ()
Glister ()
Glitter ()
Harbinger- Something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone
Masochist - person who enjoys his own pain -
Forthright - straightforward; direct; frank -
Tergiversate- to change repeatedly one's attitude or opinions with respect to a cause
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Pass - old-fashioned; past the prime -
Headstrong - stubborn; willful; unyielding -
Killjoy - grouch; spoilsport -
Surrogate - substitute -
Foment - stir up; instigate -
Rebus - puzzle in which pictures stand for words -
Geniality - cheerfulness; kindliness; sympathy -
Skittish - lively; frisky -
Verbatim - word for word -
Serendipity - gift for finding valuable or desirable things by accident; accidental -
Musty- stale, spoiled by age -
Perfunctory - superficial; not thorough; lacking interest, care, or enthusiasm-
Floccinaucinihilipilification- Something worthless
Marshal - put in order -
Spartan - lacking luxury and comfort; sternly disciplined
Inadvertently - carelessly; unintentionally; by oversight -
Stupor - state of apathy; daze; lack of awareness -
Disconsolate - sad -
Grandiose - imposing; impressive -
Cloying - distasteful (because excessive); excessively sweet or sentimental -
Gnome - dwarf; underground spirit-
Importunate - urging; demanding -
Awry - distorted; crooked -
Malapropism - comic misuse of a word -
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Livid - lead-colored; black and blue; ashen; enraged -
Immaculate - pure; spotless -
Egregious - notorious; conspicuously bad; shocking
Abnegation - renunciation; self-sacrifice
Cognizance - Knowledge -
Sanguine - cheerful; hopeful -
Guffaw - boisterous laughter -
Cherubic - angelic; innocent-looking
Chary - cautious; sparing or restrained about giving-
Bigotry - stubborn intolerance
Punctilious - laying stress on niceties of conduct or form; precise -
Niceties- justness
Debunk - expose as false, exaggerated, worthless, etc.; ridicule
Ebullient - showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm -
Arcane - secret; mysterious
Desultory - aimless; haphazard; digressing at random
Cavalier - casual and offhand; arrogant
Apogee - highest point
Berserk - frenzied
Behemoth - huge creature; something of monstrous size or power
Succulent - juicy; full of richness
Defamation - harming a person's reputation - ,
Vendetta - blood feud-
Quaint - odd; old-fashioned; picturesque
Figurative - not literal, but metaphorical; using a figure of speech
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Stalwart - strong, brawny; steadfast
Vehement - impetuous; with marked vigor; zeal
Supersede - cause to be set aside; replace
Trepidation- fear; trembling agitation
Verve-enthusiasm; liveliness
Reconcile - correct inconsistencies; become friendly after a quarrel
Exasperate- vex-
Preen - make oneself tidy in appearance; feel self-satisfaction -
Fiasco- total failure
Peccadillo - slight offense
Carafe - glass water bottle -
Prune: cut away; trim - (?)
Titillate - tickle, (v) excite -
Apparition - ghost
Placid - Calm and peaceful, with little movement or activity
Silt - sediment deposited by running water
Alimony- payments make to an ex-spouse after divorce -
Covenant - agreement
Apex- tip; summit; climax
Loquacious - excessively talkative, chatty, wordy, chatterbox
Indict - Formally accuse or charge (someone) with a serious crime
Genuflect- Lower one's body briefly by bending one knee to the ground, typically in worship or as a sign of
respect or to propose
Squalid- Extremely dirty and unpleasant as a result of poverty or neglect -
Deference - A courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard
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Accolade award; merit; praise -
Capitulate- to surrender
Avant Garde - new and unusual or experimental ideas, esp. in the arts, or the people introducing them.
Synonym: Vanguard
Abject - wretched, degraded, very pity condition
Spurious - false; counterfeit; forged; illogical; Not being what it purports to be
Cadaverous - Resembling a corpse in being very pale, thin, or bony
Adherent - supporter; follower
Agape - open mouthed, shocked
Munificent- very generous; lavish
Loiter - To wander as an idle vagrant; hang around; linger
Impertinent - insolent; impudent; rude; trifling; inattentive; frivolous
Flaccid - Soft and hanging loosely or limply
Confiscate - To appropriate (private property) as forfeited to the public use or treasury; seize; commandeer
Abate - To bring down or reduce from a higher to a lower state, number, or degree; to lessen
Culinary - related to cooking, the art of preparing and cooking foods
Swindler- cheater
Tryst - meeting; to mutually agree to meet at a certain place
Reprieve - temporary stay; to relieve for a time, or temporarily
Penchant - strong inclination; liking; a bias in favor of something
Onerous - burdensome; oppressive- ; ; ; ;
Nonplus - bring to a halt by confusion; perplex- ; ;
Listless - lacking in spirit or energy- ;
Impromptu - without previous preparation- ; ; ;
Heyday - time of greatest success; prime -
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Grovel - crawl or creep on ground; remain prostrate -
Forbearance - patience; the act of forbearing or waiting; the exercise of patience
Decimate - kill, usually one out of ten; to destroy a measurable or large proportion of
Concerted - mutually agreed on; done together
Affinity - kinship; Companionship; acquaintance
Windfall - fallen fruit; unexpected lucky event; an unexpected legacy, or other gain
virtuoso - One devoted to virtue; one skilled in the fine arts, in antiquities, and the like; a collector or ardent
admirer of curiosities, etc.
Unobtrusive - inconspicuous; not blatant; reticent- ; -
Titter - nervous laugh; a restrained laugh- ;
Sedentary - requiring sitting; Accustomed to sit much or long; as, a sedentary man- ;
Rendezvous - A place appointed for a meeting, or at which persons customarily meet-
Plagiarize - steal another's ideas and pass them off as one's own
Opus - work; a work; specif. (Mus.), a musical composition.
Nemesis - revenging agent; the goddess of retribution or vengeance; hence, retributive justice personified;
divine vengeance - ; ;
Internecine - mutually destructive; Involving, or accompanied by, mutual slaughter; mutually destructive-
Gerontocracy - government ruled by old people
Erudite - learned; scholarly; Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned
Desiccate - To dry up; to deprive or exhaust of moisture; to preserve by drying; as, to desiccate fish or fruit
Confidant - trusted friend; One to whom secrets are entrusted
Bilious - suffering from indigestion; irritable
Wheedle - To entice by soft words; cajole; coax; deceive by flattery
Vociferous - clamorous; noisy; Making a loud outcry
Upbraid - scold; reproach; to charge with something wrong or disgraceful
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Thrive - prosper; flourish; to prosper in any business; to have increase or success
Surreptitious - secret; clandestine
Retrospective - looking back on the past; having reference to what is past; affecting things past; retroactive
Penance - self-imposed punishment for sin -
Ordain - command; arrange; consecrate; to set in order; to arrange according to rule
Nostrum - questionable medicine; any scheme or device proposed by a quack
Modish - fashionable; conformed to the fashion
Lewd lustful; given to the promiscuous indulgence of lust; dissolute; lustful; libidinous
Inebriety - habitual intoxication; Drunkenness; inebriation
Gargantuan - huge; enormous; prodigious; inordinate
Fanaticism - excessive zeal; Excessive enthusiasm; religious frenzy
Extol - praise; glorify; to place on high; to lift up; to elevate
Dolorous - sorrowful; Occasioning pain or grief; painful
Boorish - rude; insensitive; like a boor; clownish; uncultured; unmannerly
Antagonistic - hostile; opposed
Whinny - neigh like a horse; the ordinary cry or call of a horse
Veneer - thin layer; cover
Urchin - A roguish, mischievous boy
Tightwad - excessively frugal person; miser
Simper - smirk; smile affectedly
Rotunda - circular building or hall covered with a dome
Opulence - extreme wealth; luxuriousness; abundance
Neologism - new or newly coined word or phrase
Mendacious - lying; false; given to deception or falsehood; lying; as, a mendacious person
Lament - grieve; express sorrow; to mourn for; to bemoan; to bewail
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Insensate - without feeling; wanting sensibility; destitute of sense; stupid; foolish
Haggle - argue about prices; to be difficult in bargaining; to stick at small matters
Gait - manner of walking or running; speed
Febrile - Pertaining to fever; indicating fever, or derived from it; as, febrile symptoms
Equanimity - calmness of temperament; Evenness of mind or temper
Docile - obedient; easily managed
Blithe - joyous; gay; careless; cheerful
Alleviate - relieve; to lighten or lessen the force or weight of
Wanton - unrestrained; willfully malicious; unchaste; profligate; careless
Voyeur - Peeping-
Undulate - move with a wavelike motion -
Thrifty - careful about money; economical
Stickler - perfectionist; person who insists things be exactly right
Rubble - fragments, debris; a mass or stratum of fragments or rock lying under the alluvium-
Parched - extremely dry; very thirsty
Nexus - connection
Limbo - region near heaven or hell where certain souls are kept; a place or state of imprisonment or
confinement
Garish - gaudy; Showy; dazzling; ostentatious; attracting or exciting attention
Felicity - happiness; appropriateness (of a remark, choice, etc.)
Ennui - boredom
Decant - pour off gently; to pour from one vessel into another
Clamor - noise; any loud and continued noise
Amenable - readily managed; willing to be led
Waylay - ambush; lie in wait - wait in hiding to attack
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Viscous - Adhesive or sticky, and having a ropy or glutinous consistency; gluey
Unfaltering - steadfast -
Turmoil - confusion; strife
Slapdash - haphazard; careless; sloppy
Raconteur - story-teller; one who tells stories with wit and skill
Portly - stout; corpulent -
Ovation - enthusiastic applause; an expression of popular homage; the tribute of the multitude to a public
favorite; victory
Nirvana - in Buddhist teachings, the ideal state in which the individual loses himself in the attainment of an
impersonal beatitude- ;
Megalomania - mania for doing grandiose things; mental disorder characterized by delusions of wealth,
power, or importance
Lush - (of a plant or grass) growing very well
Implore - entreat, beg, beseech, supplicate, pray, plead, adjure, conjure, solicit, petition, crave, appeal,
request, and ask
Hone - A stone of a fine grit, or a slab covered with an abrading substance or powder, used for sharpening
cutting instruments, and especially for setting razors - -
Grotto - small cavern; A natural covered opening in the earth; a cave
Flout - reject; to mock or insult; to treat with contempt -
Elucidate - explain; enlighten; to make clear or manifest; to render more intelligible; to illustrate
Derelict - neglectful of duty; abandoned; given up or forsaken by the natural owner or guardian-
Cajole - coax; wheedle; to deceive with flattery or fair words
Bourgeois - middle class; a man of middle rank in society; one of the shop keeping class
Anguish - acute pain; extreme suffering
Motley - Variegated in color; consisting of different colors; dappled; party-colored
Vindictive - revengeful; Disposed to revenge; prompted or characterized by revenge; Punitive
Unfledged - immature; Not fledged; not feathered; hence, not fully developed
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Torpid - sluggish in functioning or acting
Sanguinary - bloody, gory, bloodthirsty, slaughterous, sanguineous -
Quaff - drink with relish; to drink largely or luxuriously
Ravenous - extremely hungry; Eager for prey or gratification; ravenous appetite or desire
Olfactory - concerning the sense of smell; pertaining to the sense of smell
Insularity - narrow-mindedness; isolation
Hovel - An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce from the weather; A poor cottage; a small,
mean house; a hut
Gadfly - animal-biting fly; an irritating person
Felicitous - apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
Expedite - hasten; Expeditious; quick; speedily; prompt
Convivial - festive; gay; characterized by joviality
Blurt - To utter suddenly and unadvisedly -
Amorous - Inclined to love; having a propensity to love; moved by sexual love; loving
Vintner - winemaker; seller of wine
Unrequited - not reciprocated
Shimmer - glimmer intermittently; to shine with a tremulous or intermittent light; to shine faintly; to gleam;
to glisten; to glimmer-
Relish - savor; enjoy; tasting or eating with pleasure; to like the flavor of; to partake of with gratification
Queasy - easily nauseated; squeamish; sick at the stomach; affected with nausea; inclined to vomit
Pachyderm - thick-skinned animal -
Natation - swimming; the act of floating on the water
Malodorous - foul-smelling
Impuissance - powerlessness; feebleness
Hapless - unfortunate; without hap or luck; luckless
Garrulity - talkativeness; loquacity
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Frugality - prudent economy; thrift
Comely - attractive; agreeable
Blas- bored with pleasure or dissipation
Awe - solemn wonder; great fear mingled with respect
Vapid - insipid; inane; lifeless, flavorless, prosaic
Unscathed - unharmed
Abash - To destroy the self-possession of; to confuse or confound, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of
guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to put to shame; to disconcert; to discomfit; embarrass
Slacken - slacken slow up; loosen; To become slack; to be made less tense, firm, or rigid; to decrease in
tension; as, a wet cord slackens in dry weather
Repartee - clever reply; retort; rejoinder -
Quintessence - purest and highest embodiment; the fifth or last and highest essence or power in a natural
body
Pediatrician - physician specializing in children's diseases
Obese - Excessively corpulent; fat; fleshy; exceedingly fat
Necromancy - The art of revealing future events by means of a pretended communication with the dead; the
black art; hence, magic in general; conjuration; enchantment
Macerate - To soften by steeping in a liquid, with or without heat; to wear away or separate the parts of by
steeping; as, to macerate animal or vegetable fiber -
Jaunty - lighthearted; animated; easy and carefree
Insinuate - To introduce gently or slowly, as by a winding or narrow passage, or a gentle, persistent
movement -
Hedonism - belief that pleasure is the sole aim in life-
Gusto - enjoyment; enthusiasm; Nice or keen appreciation or enjoyment; relish; taste; fancy
Foppish - Fop-like; characteristic of a top in dress or manners; making an ostentatious display of gay clothing;
affected in manners; vain about dress and appearance
Egress - The act of going out or leaving, or the power to leave; departure; exit
Dispassionate - calm; impartial; free from passion; not warped, prejudiced, swerved, or carried away by
passion or feeling; judicial; calm; composed
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Bevy - A flock of birds, especially quails or larks; also, a herd of roes; large group
Allure - To attempt to draw; to tempt by a lure or bait, that is, by the offer of some good, real or apparent; to
invite by something flattering or acceptable; to entice; to attract
Wistful - vaguely longing; sadly pensive; full of thought; eagerly attentive; meditative; musing; pensive;
contemplative
Satiate - surfeit; satisfy fully; o satisfy fully the appetite or desire of
Revelry - boisterous merrymaking; the act of engaging in a revel; noisy festivity -
Quiver - A case or sheath for arrows to be carried on the person; V: To shake or move with slight and
tremulous motion; to tremble -
Prostrate - stretch out full on ground; lying prone, or with the head to the ground -
Ovoid - egg-shaped; a solid resembling an egg in shape
Mollycoddle - pamper; indulge excessively
Lull - To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm; to soothe; to quiet
Jollity - gaiety; cheerfulness; Noisy mirth; gayety; merriment; festivity; -
Inquisitive - unduly curious; prying; seeking knowledge; ;
Hoard - stockpile; accumulate for future use
Gainsay - deny; contradict; controvert; dispute; forbid
Flaunt - To display ostentatiously; to make an impudent show of;
Din - Loud, confused, harsh noise; a loud, continuous, rattling or clanging sound; clamor; roar
Expatriate - exile; someone who has withdrawn from his native land
Coquette - flirt; jilt, minx
Belligerent - quarrelsome; Pertaining or tending to war; of or relating to belligerents as, a belligerent tone;
belligerent rights
Catharsis - purging or cleansing of any passage of the body-
Mar- Destroy or injure severely- !!
Eccentric - Deviating or departing from the center, or from the line of a circle; odd; whimsical; irregular
Stoic - person who is indifferent to pleasure or pain
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Laudatory - Of or pertaining praise, or to the expression of praise; as, laudatory verses; the laudatory powers
of Dryden -
Repudiate - To cast off; to disavow; to have nothing to do with; to renounce; to reject- ; ;
Ogle - glance coquettishly at; make eyes at; an amorous side glance -
Sybarite - A luxurious person; lover of luxury
Jargon - Confused, unintelligible speech or highly technical speech; language used by special group; gibberish
-
Zephyr- ; ; ;
Histrionic - of or pertaining to actors or acting; deliberately affected or self-consciously emotional; overly
dramatic, in behavior or speech; theatrical
Maudlin - Tearful; easily moved to tears; exciting to tears; excessively sentimental; weak and silly
Curmudgeon - churlish, miserly individual; niggard, miser, skinflint, tightwad;
Toga-
Banter - To address playful good-nature ridicule to, being the subject of the jesting;
Flippancy - trifling gaiety; lack of seriousness; flippant; frivolous- ;
Somnambulist - sleepwalker
Quibble - To evade the point in question by artifice, play upon words, caviling, or by raising any insignificant
or impertinent question or point; to trifle in argument or discourse; to equivocate
Piety - devoutness; reverence for God
Anachronism - something or someone misplaced in time
Intractable - unruly; stubborn; unyielding; difficult
Endemic - prevailing among a specific group of people or in a specific area or country
Vituperative - abusive; scolding
Levity - lack of seriousness or steadiness; frivolity.
Equivocate - lie; mislead; attempt to conceal the truth
Bemused - confused; lost in thought; preoccupied
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Jocund - Merry; cheerful; gay; airy; lively; sportive
Gregarious - sociable
Diadem - Originally, an ornamental head band or fillet, worn by Eastern monarchs as a badge of royalty;
hence (later), also, a crown, in general
Diadem - an ornamental head band or fillet, worn by Eastern monarchs as a badge of royalty- ;
Recalcitrant - obstinately stubborn, disobedient, unruly, refractory
Metamorphosis - change of form; the change of material of one kind into another through the agency of the
living organism; metabolism.
Pulchritude - beauty, loveliness, prettiness, fairness, comeliness
Convoluted - coiled around; involved; intricate
Meticulous - excessively careful; painstaking; scrupulous
Eclectic - selective; composed of elements drawn from disparate sources
Austere - forbiddingly stern; severely simple and unornamented- ; ;
Hyperbole - exaggeration; overstatement
Obsequious - slavishly attentive; servile; sycophantic-
Harangue - long, passionate, and vehement speech
Tenuous - thin; rare; slim
Embellish - adorn; ornament; enhance, as a story
Aesthetic - artistic
Confound - confuse; puzzle
Decorum - propriety; orderliness and good taste in manners
Pragmatic-practical (as opposed to idealistic); concerned with the practical worth or impact of something
Soporific - sleep-causing; marked by sleepiness
Exigency -urgent situation; pressing needs or demands; state of requiring immediate attention.
Abstemious - sparing in eating and drinking; temperate
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Adulterate - make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances- ;
Aver - assert confidently or declare; as used in law, state formally as a fact
Secrete - hide away or cache; produce and release a substance into an organism
Reprobate - person hardened in sin; devoid of a sense of decency
Tirade - A declamatory strain or flight of censure or abuse; a rambling invective; an oration or harangue
abounding in censorious and bitter language= Harangue
Sedative - calming drug or influence; soothing, calming, restful, anodyne; n tranquilizer, tranquillizer
Proximity - nearness, vicinity, closeness, propinquity, neighborhood, neighborhood, adjacency
Ostentatious - showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention; a. Fond of, or evincing, ostentation; unduly
conspicuous; pretentious; boastful
Indolence - Freedom from that which pains, or harasses, as toil, care, grief, etc.; n Laziness
Babble - Idle talk; senseless prattle; gabble; twaddle; to utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter
inarticulate sounds; as a child babbles
Bivouac-
Ascetic- Given to severe self-denial and practicing excessive abstinence and devotion
Garrulous - Talking much, especially about commonplace or trivial things; talkative; loquacious; excessively
talkative, especially about unimportant subjects
Occlude -To shut up; to close; to take in and retain; to absorb; -- said especially with respect to gases; as iron,
platinum, and palladium occlude large volumes of hydrogen
Ambivalence - the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes
Sheaf - A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or
straw
Occult - secret; concealed; unknown; Existing but not immediately perceptible; mysterious; secret;
supernatural
Supercilious - Exhibiting haughty and careless contempt
Archipelago - Any large body of water studded with islands or the islands collectively themselves; any sea or
broad sheet of water interspersed with many islands or with a group of islands
Peripatetic - Walking about; itinerant
Quizzical - Relating to quizzing: given to quizzing; of the nature of a quiz; farcical; sportive. Bantering;
comical; humorously serious
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Naivet - quality of being unsophisticated; Native simplicity; artlessness
Junket - To feast; to banquet; to make an entertainment; especially one taken for pleasure by an official at
public expense
Filial - pertaining to a son or daughter
Emancipate - Set free; to set free from the power of another; to liberate
Coy - Shy; modest; coquettish
Berate - Scold strongly; to rate or chide vehemently
Poultice - soothing application applied to sore and inflamed portions of the body
Hilarity - boisterous mirth; merriment; jollity
Dubious - doubtful; wavering or fluctuating; undetermined
Nauseate - Cause to become sick; to reject with disgust; to loathe
Obelisk - tall column tapering and ending in a pyramid
Equestrian - Rider on horseback
Gambit - opening in chess in which a piece is sacrificed
Voluble - fluent; glib; moving with ease and smoothness in uttering words
Ford - place where a river can be crossed on foot
Wean - accustom a baby not to nurse; give up a cherished activity; transfer from dependence on mother's
milk to another form of nourishment
Untenable - unsupportable; baseless, groundless
Sobriety - moderation (especially regarding indulgence in alcohol); seriousness
Emollient - soothing or softening remedy; Softening; making supple
Tawdry - cheap and gaudy; without taste or elegance; having an excess of showy ornaments without grace
Slither - slip or slide
Alacrity - cheerful promptness; A cheerful readiness, willingness, or promptitude; joyous activity
Obstetrician - physician specializing in delivery of babies
Coiffure - hairstyle
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Reconnaissance- An examination of a territory, or of an enemy's position, for the purpose of obtaining
information necessary for directing military operations; a preparatory expedition; survey of enemy by soldiers;
reconnoitering
Painstaking - The act of taking pains; carefulness and fidelity in performance; showing hard work; taking great
care
Paltry- Mean; vile; worthless; despicable; contemptible; pitiful; trifling; insignificant; petty
Nascent- Evolving; being evolved or produced; incipient; coming into being
Obdurate - Hardened in feelings; stubborn
Mawkish - Sickening; insipid; easily disgusted; squeamish; sentimentally fastidious
Dotage - senility; Feebleness or imbecility of understanding or mind, particularly in old age; the childishness
of old age
Quay dock
Impale- pierce with a pale; pierce
Lachrymose - producing tears; given to shedding tears
Befuddle - confuse thoroughly; to becloud and confuse, as with liquor
Exonerate - acquit; exculpate; to relieve or vindicate from accusation, imputation, or blame
Beatitude - blessedness; state of bliss
Impecunious - without money
Dearth - scarcity
Imperturbable - calm; placid
Dappled - spotted; Marked with spots of different shades of color; spotted; variegated
Acuity - sharpness
Knead - mix; work dough
Copious - Plentiful; Plenteous
Betroth - become engaged to marry; to engage or promise in order to marriage
Laconic - brief and to the point
Knell - tolling of a bell, especially to indicate a funeral, disaster, etc.; sound of the funeral bell
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Abominable- Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very
hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable; Excessive; large
Agility - nimbleness; the power of moving the limbs quickly and easily
Complacent - self-satisfied
Jovial - good natured; merry
Laudable - praiseworthy; commendable
Browbeat - bully; intimidate
Chagrin - vexation; disappointment
Abdicate- renounce; give up
Kleptomaniac - person who has a compulsive desire to steal
Bullion - gold and silver in the form of bars
Lank - long and thin
Filigree- delicate, lace-like metalwork
Carapace- shell covering the back (of a turtle, crab)
Jingoism - extremely aggressive and militant patriotism
Kindle - start a fire; inspire
Baffle- frustrates; perplex
Jostle - shove; bump
Babble - chatter idly
Abscond - depart secretly and hide
Jaded- exhausted; fatigued; surfeited
Languid - weary; sluggish; listless
Knoll- little, round hill
Conk () ()
Connate ()
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Cabal ()
Cabby ()
Glum Moody and melancholic
Glut ()
Gluten A protein substance that remains when starch is removed from cereal grains; gives cohesiveness to
dough
Agglutinate String together; united as if by glue
Advent Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
Debar ()
Debark
( )
Debase ()
Debasement ( )
Leaven - cause to rise or grow lighter; enliven
Edify - instruct; correct morally
Dirge - lament with music
Voluptuous - gratifying the senses
Outlandish - bizarre; peculiar; unconventional
Culpable - deserving blame
Languor - lassitude; depression
Bereavement - state of being deprived of something valuable or beloved
Tantrum - fit of petulance; caprice
Swelter - be oppressed by heat
Scapegoat - someone who bears the blame for others-
Fathom - comprehend; investigate
Libido - emotional urges behind human activity
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