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Abeyance Abstemious Admonish Aggregate Ambivalence Appease Apprise Appropriate Arduous Artless Ascetic Assiduous Aver Belie Benefcent Boorish Buttress Coda

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AbeyanceAbstemious

AdmonishAggregate

AmbivalenceAppease

AppriseAppropriate

ArduousArtless

AsceticAssiduous

AverBelie

BeneficentBoorish

ButtressCoda

sparing in eating and drinking; temperate

suspended action

gather; accumulate

warn; reprove

pacify or soothe; relieve

the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes

acquire; take possession of for ones own use

Inform

without guile; open and honest

hard; strenuous

hard-working; diligent

practicing self-denial; austere

contradict; give a false impression

assert confidently or declare; as used in law,state formally as a fact

rude; insensitive

kindly; doing good

concluding section of a musical or literary composition; summarizes or concludes the final, sometimes inessential, part of a musical structuresupport; prop up

CommensurateCompendium

ComplaisantCompliant

ConciliatoryConfound

ContentionContentious

ContriteConundrum

ConvergeCraven

DauntDefault

DelineateDenigrate

DeterrentDichotomy

brief, comprehensive summary

corresponding in extent, degree, etc.; proportionate

yielding; conforming to requirements

trying to please; overly polite; obliging

confuse; puzzle

reconciling; soothing

tending to argue or quarrel

claim; thesis

riddle; difficult problem

penitent

cowardly

approach; tend to meet; come together

failure to act

intimidate; frighten

blacken

portray; depict; sketch

split; branching into two parts (especially contradictory ones)

something that discourages; hindrance

DiffidenceDiffuse

DigressionDiscerning

DiscordantDiscredit

DiscrepancyDiscrete

DisingenuousDisinterested

DisjointedDisparage

DisseminateDissolution

DistendDiverge

DivestDocument

wordy, rambling, spread out (like a gas)

shyness

mentally quick and observant; having insight

wandering away from the subject

defame; destroy confidence in; disbelieve

not harmonious; conflicting

separate; unconnected; consisting of distinct parts

lack of consistency; difference

free from bias or partiality; objective; not interested

lacking genuine candor; insincere

belittle

lacking coherence; separated at the joints

disintegration; looseness in morals

distribute; spread; scatter (like seeds)

vary; go in different directions from the same point

expand; swell out

provide written evidencestrip; deprive

DormantEbullient

EffronteryElicit

EmpiricalEndemic

EnhanceEquanimity

ExigencyExtrapolation

FacetiousFacilitate

FallaciousFatuous

FelicitousFervor

FlagFledgling

showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm

sleeping; lethargic; latent

draw out by discussion

impudence; shameless boldness; sheer nerve;presumptuousness

prevailing among a specific group of people or in a specific area or country

based on experience

calmness of temperament; composure

increase; improve

projection; conjectureurgent situation; pressing needs or demands; state of requiring immediate attention

help bring about; make less difficult

joking (often inappropriately); humorous

brainless; inane; foolish, yet smug

false; misleading

glowing ardor; intensity of feeling

apt; suitably expressed; well chosen

inexperienced

droop; grow feeble

FloutForestall

FutileGainsay

GoadGouge

GrandiloquentHarangue

ConfoundHyperbole

IconoclasticIdolatry

ImmutableImpair

ImpassiveImpede

ImpermeableImplacable

prevent by taking action in advance

reject; mock; show contempt for

deny

useless; hopeless; ineffectual

overcharge

urge on

long, passionate, and vehement speech

pompous; bombastic;

exaggeration; overstatement

confuse; puzzle

worship of idols; excessive admiration

attacking cherished traditions

injure; hurt

unchangeable

hinder; block

without feeling; imperturbable; stoical

incapable of being pacified

impervious; not permitting passage through its substance

ImplicitImplode

InadvertentlyIncongruity

InconsequentialIncorporate

IndeterminateIndigence

IndolentInherent

InsinuateInsularity

IntractableIntransigence

InuredInvective

IrresoluteItinerary

burst inward

understood but not stated

lack of harmony; absurdity

unintentionally; by oversight; carelessly

introduce something into a larger whole; combine; unite

insignificant; unimportant

poverty

uncertain; not clearly fixed; indefinite

firmly established by nature or habit

lazy

narrow-mindedness; isolation

hint; imply; creep in

refusal of any compromise; stubbornness

unruly; stubborn; unyielding

abuse

accustomed; hardened

plan of a trip

uncertain how to act; weak

LeveeLevity

LogMagnanimity

MaverickMendacious

MoroseMundane

NegateNeophyte

ObsequiousOfficious

OpprobriumOstentatious

PartisanPaucity

PenchantPenury

lack of seriousness or steadiness; frivolity

stone embankment to prevent flooding

generosity

record of a voyage or flight; record of day-to-day activities

lying; habitually dishonest

rebel; nonconformist

worldly as opposed to spiritual; everyday

ill-humored; sullen; melancholy

recent convert; beginner

cancel out; nullify; deny

meddlesome; excessively pushy in offering ones services

lavishly attentive; servile; sycophantic

showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention

infamy; vilification

scarcity

one-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party

severe poverty; stinginess

strong inclination; liking

PerennialPermeable

PietyPlatitude

PlummetPreamble

PrecariousPrecipitate

PrecursorPresumptuous

ProfoundProhibitive

PropensityProscribe

QualifiedQuibble

RecalcitrantRecant

penetrable; porous; allowing liquids or gas to pass through

something long-lasting

trite remark; commonplace statement

devoutness; reverence for God

introductory statement

fall sharply

rash, premature, hasty, sudden

uncertain; risky

arrogant; taking liberties

forerunner

tending to prevent the purchase or use of something;inclined to prevent or forbid

deep; not superficial; complete

ostracize; banish; outlaw

natural inclination

minor objection or complaint

limited; restricted

disclaim or disavow; retract a previous statement; openly confess error

obstinately stubborn; determined to resist authority; unruly

RecluseRecondite

RefractoryRefute

RelegateReproach

ReprobateRepudiate

RescindResolution

ResolveReverent

SageSalubrious

SanctionSaturate

SavorSecrete

abstruse; profound; secret

hermit; loner

disprove

stubborn; unmanageable

express disapproval or disappointment

banish to an inferior position; delegate; assign

disown; disavow

person hardened in sin; devoid of a sense of decency

determination

cancel

respectful; worshipful

determination; firmness of purpose

healthful

person celebrated for wisdom

soak thoroughly

approve; ratify

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

enjoy; have a distinctive flavor, smell, or quality

ShardSolicitous

SporadicStint

StipulateStriated

StrutSubpoena

SubsideSubstantiate

SupersedeSupposition

TangentialTenuous

TortuousTractable

TransgressionTruculence

worried; concerned

fragment, generally of pottery

be thrifty; set limits

occurring irregularly

marked with parallel bands; grooved

make express conditions; specify

writ summoning a witness to appear

pompous walk; supporting bar

establish by evidence; verify; support

settle down; descend; grow quiet

hypothesis; surmise

cause to be set aside; replace; make obsolete

thin; rare; slim

peripheral; only slightly connected; digressing

docile; easily managed

winding; full of curves

aggressiveness; ferocity

violation of a law; sin

VeraciousViable

VituperativeWarranted

WaryWelter

ZealotAbdicate

practical or workable

truthful

justified; authorized

abusive; scolding

turmoil

very cautious

to give up a position, right, or power

fanatic; person who shows excessive zeal