Abate Subside or Moderate Aberrant Deviant; Abnormal Abeyance Held In

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Abate

Subside or moderate

Aberrant

Deviant; abnormal

Abeyance

Held in suspended action

Abscond

Depart secretly and hide

Abstemious

Sparing in eating or drinking

Admonish

Warn; reprove

Adulterate

make impure by addition of inferior ortainted substances

Aesthetic

Artistic; dealing with or capable ofappreciating the beautiful

Aggregate

Gather; accumulate

Alacrity

Cheerful promptness; eagerness

Alleviate

Relieve

Ambiguous

Unclear or doubtful in meaning

Ambivalence

State of having two opposing orconflicting emotions

Ameliorate

Improve


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Anachronism

Something or someone misplaced intime

Analogous

Comparable

Anarchy

Absence of a governing body; state ofdisorder

Anomalous

Irregular abnormal

Antipathy

Dislike; aversion

Apathy

Lack of caring; indifference

Appease

Soothe; pacify

Apprise

Inform

Approbation

Approval

Appropriate

Acquire; take possession of for one'sown use

Arduous

Hard; strenuous

Artless

Without guile; open and honest

Ascetic

Practicing self-denial; austere

Assiduous


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Diligent

Assuage

Ease or lessen; soothe; satisfy

Attenuate

Weaken; make thin

Audacious

Daring; bold

Austere

Forbiddingly stern; severely simpleand unornamented

Autonomous

Self-governing

Aver

State confidently

Banal

Trite; commonplace; hackneyed;unoriginal

Belie

Contradict; give a false impression

Beneficient

Kindly; doing good

Bolster

Support; reinforce

Bombastic

Pompous; using inflated language

Boorish

Rude; insensitive

Burgeon

Grow forth; send out buds

Buttress


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Support; prop up

Cacophonous

Discordant; not in harmony

Capricious

Upredicatable; fickle

Castigation

Punishment; severe criticism

Caustic

Burning; sarcastically biting

Chicanery

Trickery; deception

Coagulate

Clot; congeal; thicken

Coda

Conclusion to a musical or literarypiece

Cogent

Convincing

Commensurate

Equal in extent

Compendium

Brief and comprehensive summary

Complaisant

Trying to please; obliging

Compliant

yielding; conforming to requirements

Conciliatory

Reconciling; soothing

Condone

Approve; overlook; forgive; excuse


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Confound

Confuse; puzzle

Connoisseur

person competent to act as a judge ofart, etc; lover of an art

Contention

Thesis; claim

Contentious

Quarrelsome

Contrite

Penitent

Conundrum

Riddle; difficult problem

Converge

Approach; tend to meet; cometogether

Convoluted

Coiled around; intricate; involved

Craven

Cowardly

Daunt

Frighten; intimidate

Decorum

Propriety; orderliness and good tastein manners

Default

Failure to act

Deference

Courteous regard for others wishes

Delineate


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Sketch; portray; depict

Denigrate

Blacken

Deride

Ridicule; make fun of

Derivative

Unoriginal; obtained from anothersource

Desultory

Aimless; haphazard; digressing atrandom

Deterrant

Something that discourages;hindrance

Diatribe

Bitter scolding; invective

Dichotomy

Split; separate into two branches,often conflicting

Diffidence

Shyness

Diffuse

Wordy; rambling; spread out

Digression

Wandering away from the subject

Dirge

Lament with music

Disabuse

Correct a false impression; undeceive

Discerning

Mentally quick and observant; havinginsight


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Discordant

Not harmonious; conflicting

Discredit

Destroy confidence in; disbelieve;defame

Discrepancy

Lack of consistency; difference

Discrete

Separate; unconnected

Disingenuous

Not naive; sophisticated

Disinterested

Unprejudiced

Dismiss

Reject; eliminate from consideration

Disparage

Belittle

Disparate

Unrelated; basically different

Dissemble

Pretend; disguise

Disseminate

Spread; distribute; scatter

Dissolution

Disintegration; looseness of morals

Dissonance

Discord; opposite of harmony

Distend

Enlarge; swell; expand


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Distill

Purify; refine; concentrate

Diverge

Vary; go in different directions fromthe same point

Divest

Strip; deprive

Document

Provide written evidence

Dogmatic

Doctrinal; arbitrary; opinionated

Dormant

Asleep; latent; lethargic

Dupe

Someone easily fooled

Ebullient

Showing excitement; overflowing withenthusiasm

Eclectic

Selective; obtained from disparatesources

Efficacy

The power to produce desired results

Effrontery

Shameless boldness

Elegy

Song or poem expression lamentation

Elicit

Draw out by discussion

Emebellish

Adorn; ornament; enhance


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Empirical

based on experience

Emulate

Mimic; rival

Endemic

Prevailing among a specific group ofpeople or in a specific area or country

Enervate

Weaken

Engender

Cause; produce

Enhance

Increase; improve

Equanimity

Calmness of temperament;composure

Equivocate

Lie; mislead; attempt to conceal thetruth

Erudite

Learned; scholarly

Esoteric

Hard to understand; known only to achosen few

Eulogy

Expression of praise, often on theoccasion of someone's death

Euphemism

A mild expression in place of anunpleasant one

Exacerbate

Embitter; worsen


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Exculpate

Clear from blame

Exigency

Urgent situation

Extrapolation

Projection; conjecture

Facetious

Joking (inappropriately); humorous

Facilitate

Make easy; help bring about

Fallacious

False; misleading

Fatuous

Foolish; inane

Fawning

Courting favour by cringing andflattering

Felicitous

Apt; well chosen; suitably expressed

Fervor

Glowing ardor; intensity of feeling

Flag

Droop; grow feeble

Fledgling

Inexperienced

Flout

Reject; mock

Foment

Stir up; instigate


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Forestall

Prevent by taking action in advance

Frugality

Economy; thrift

Futile

Useless; ineffectual

Gainsay

Deny; contradict or oppose; declareto be untrue

Garrulous

Talkative; wordy; loquacious

Goad

Urge on

Gouge

Overcharge

Grandiloquent

Pompous; using inflated language;bombastic

Gregarious

Sociable

Guileless

Without deceit

Gullible

Easily deceived

Harangue

Long, passionate and vehementspeech

Homogeneous

Of the same kind

Hyperbole

Exaggeration; overstatement


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Iconoclastic

Attacking cherished traditions

Idolatry

Idol worship; excessive admiration

Immutable

Unchangeable

Impair

Injure; hurt

Impassive

Imperturbable; without feeling; stoic

Impede

Block; hinder

Imperturbable

Calm; placid

Impervious

Impenetrable; incapable of beingdamaged or distressed

Implacable

Not able to be placated

Implicit

Meant but not said

Implode

Burst inwards

Inadvertently

Unintentionally; by oversight;carelessly

Inchoate

Recently begun; rudimentary;elementary

Incongruity


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Absurdity; not in harmony

Inconsequential

Insignificant; unimportant

Inconsequential

Insignificant; unimportant

Incorporate

Introduce something into a largerwhole; combine; unite

Indeterminate

Uncertain; not clearly fixed; indefinite

Indigence

Poverty

Indolent

Lazy

Inert

Lacking the power to move; inactive

Ingenuous

Naive and trusting; young; notsophisticated

Inherent

Firmly established by nature or habit

Innocuous

Harmless

Insensible

Unconscious; unresponsive

Insinuate

Imply; hint; creep in

Insipid

Flavourless; bland


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Insularity

Narrow-mindedness; isolation

Intractable

Unruly; stubborn; unyeilding

Intransigence

Refusal to come to a compromise;stubborness

Inundate

Teach

Inured

Accustomed; hardened

Invective

Abuse

Irascible

Irritable; easily angered

Irresolute

Uncertain how to act; weak

Itinerary

Travel schedule

Laconic

Brief and to the point

Lassitude

Weariness; languor

Latent

Potential but undeveloped; dormant;hidden

Laud

Praise; applaud

Lethargic

Drowsy; dull


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Levee

Stone or earthen embankment builtto prevent flooding

Levity

Lack of seriousness or steadiness;frivolity

Log

Record of flight or voyage; writtenrecord of day to day activities

Loquacious

Talkative

Lucid

Clear; easily understood; intelligible

Luminous

Shining; giving off light

Magnanimity

Generosity

Malingerer

One who feigns sickness to escapefrom duty

Malleable

Able to be shaped by pounding;impressionable

Maverick

Rebel; non-conformist

Mendacious

Lying; habitually dishonest

Metamorphosis

Change of form

Meticulous

Very careful; Painstakingly scrupulous


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Misanthrope

One who hates mankind

Mitigate

Moderate; appease

Mollify

Soothe

Morose

Ill-humoured; sullen; melancholy

Mundane

Everyday; worldy as opposed tospiritual

Negate

Nullify; cancel out; deny

Neophyte

Beginner; recent convert

Obdurate

Stubborn

Obsequious

Slavishly attentive; servile;sycophantic

Obviate

Make unnecessary; get rid of

Occlude

Hinder; block

Officious

Meddlesome

Onerous

Burdunsome

Opprobrium

Infamy; villification


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Oscillate

Pendulum-like movement; waver

Ostentatious

Pretenious; showy; trying to attractattention

Paragon

Model of perfection

Partisan

One-sided; prejudiced; committed toa party

Pathological

Pertaining to disease

Paucity

Scarcity

Pedantic

Bookish; showing off learning

Penchant

Inclination; liking

Penury

Severe poverty

Perennial

Long lasting

Perfidious

Treacherous; disloyal

Perfucntory

Superficial; not thorough; lackinginterest, care or enthusiasm

Permeable

Allowing gases or liquids to passthrough; penetrable; porous

Pervasive


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Spread throughout

Phlegmatic

Calm; not easily disturbed

Piety

Devoutness; reverence for God

Placate

Pacify; soothe

Plasticity

Able to be molded

Platitude

Trite expression; commonplacestatement

Plethora

Excess; overabundance

Plummet

Fall sharply

Porous

Full of pores

Pragmatic

Practical (as opposed to idealistic);concerned with practical worth orimpact of something

Preamble

Introductory statement

Precarious

Uncertain; risky

Precipitate (ADJ)

Hasty; rash; premature; sudden

Precursor

Forerunner

Presumptous


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Arrogant; taking liberties

Prevaricate

Lie

Pristine

Primordial; primitive; charactersitic ofolder times; unspoiled

Probity

Incorruptibility; uprightness

Problematic

Doubtful; perplexing; questionable;unsettled

Prodigal

Wasteful; reckless with money

Profound

Deep; complete

Prohibitive

Tending to prevent the use orpurchase of something; inclined toforbid or prevent

Proliferate

Grow rapidly; multiply; spread

Propensity

Natural inclination

Propitiate

Appease

Propriety

Fitness; correct conduct

Proscribe

Ostracise; banish; outlaw

Pungent

Stinging; sharp in taste or smell;


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caustic

Qualified

Limited; restricted

Quibble

Minor objection or complaint

Quiescent

At rest; dormant; temporarily inactive

Rarefied

Make less dense

Recalcitrant

Obstinately stubborn; determined toresist authority; unruly

Recant

Disavow or disclaim; retract aprevious statement; openly confesserror

Recluse

Hermit; loner

Recondite

Abstruse; secret; profound

Refractory

Stubborn; unmanageable

Refute

Disprove

Relegate

Banish to an inferior position;delegate; assign

Reproach

Express disapproval ordisappointment

Reprobate

Person hardened in sin; devoid or a


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sense of decency

Repudiate

Disavow or Disown

Rescind

Cancel

Resolution

Determination

Resolve

Determination; firmness of purpose

Reticent

Reserved; uncommunicative

Reverent

Respectful; worshipful

Sage

Person known for his wisdom

Salubrious

Healthful

Sanction

Approve; ratify

Satiate

Satisfy fully

Saturate

Soak thoroughly

Savor

Enjoy; having a distinctive flavour,smell or quality

Secrete

Hide away or cache; produce and release a substance into an organism

Shard


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Fragment, usually of pottery

Skeptic

Doubter; person who suspends

judgement about something until

having examined all evidence

Solicitous

Worried; concerned

Soporific

Sleep causing; marked by sleepiness

Specious

Seemingly reasonable but false;misleading

Spectrum

Band of colour produced when light ispassed through a prism

Sporadic

Irregular

Stigma

Token of disgrace; brand

Stint (n)

Supply; alloted amount; assigned

portion of work

Stint (v)

Be thrifty; set limits

Stipulate

Make express conditions; specify

Stolid

Dull; impassive

Striated


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Marked with parallel bands; grooved

Strut (n)

Supporting bar

Strut (n)

Pompous walk

Subpoena

Writ summoning a witness to appear

Subside

Settle down; descend; grow quiet

Substantiate

Establish by evidence; verify; support

Supersede

Cause to be set aside; replace; makeobsolete

Supposition

Hypothesis; surmise

Tacit

Understood but not put into words

Tangential

Digressing; peripheral; only slightlyconnected

Tenuous

Slim; thin; rare

Tirade

Extended scolding; harangue;

denunciation

Torpor

Lethargy; sluggishness; dormancy

Tortuous

Winding; full of curves

Tractable


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Docile; easily managed

Transgression

Violation of the law; sin

Trucluence

Aggressiveness; ferocity

Vacillate

Waver; fluctuate

Venerate

Revere

Veracious

Truthful

Verbose

Wordy

Viable

Practical or workable; capable ofmaintaining life

Viscous

Sticky; gluey

Vituperative

Scolding; abusive

Volatile

Explosive; changeable; unstable;

evaporating rapidly

Warranted

Justified; authorised

Wary

Very cautious

Welter

Turmoil; bewildering jumble


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Whimsical

Capricious; fanciful

Zealot

Fanatic; person showing excessivezeal

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