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Abate The reduce in amount, degree or severity  
Abscond To leave secretly  
Abstain To choose not to do something  
Abyss Extremely deep hole  
Adulterate To make impure  
Advocate to speak in favor of  
Aesthetic concerning the appreciation of beauty  
Aggrandize to increase in power, influence and reputation  
Alleviate to make more bearable  
Amalgamate to combine or mix together  
Ambiguous Doubtful or unceratin, able to be interpreted in several ways  
Ameliorate To make better, to improve  
Anachronism Something out of place in time  
Analogous Similar or alike in some way, equivalent to  
Anomaly Deviation from what is normal  
Antagonize To annoy or provoke to anger  
Antipathy Extreme dislike  
Apathy Lack of interest or emotion  
Arbitrate To judge a dispute between two opposing parties  
Archaic Ancient or old-fashioned  
Ardor Intense and passionate feeling  
Articulate Able to speak clearly and expressively  
Assuage To make something unpleasant less severe  
Attenuate To reduce in force or degree, weaken  
Audacious Fearless and daring  
Austere Severe or stern in appearance, undecorate  
Banal Predictable, cliched, boring  
Bolster To support, to prop up  
Bombastic Pompous in speech and manner  
Cacophony Harsh, jarring noise  
Candid Impartial and honest in speech  
Capricious Changing one's mind quickly and often  
Castigate To punish or criticize harshly  
Catalyst Something that brings about a change in something else  
Caustic Biting in wit  
Chaos Great disorder or confusion  
Chauvinist Someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which he or she belongs  
Chicanery Deception by means of craft or guile  
Cogent Convincing and well reasoned  
Condone to overlook, pardon or disregard  
Convoluted Intricate and complicated  
Corroborate To provide supporting evidence  
Credulous Too trusting, gullible  
Crescendo Steadily increasing volume or force  
Decorum Appropraiteness of behavior or conduct, propriety  
Deference Respect, Courtesy  
Deride To speak of or threat with contempt, to mock  
Desiccate To dry out thoroughly  
Desultory Jumping from one thing to another, disconnected  
Diatribe An abusive, condemnatory speech  
Diffident Lacking self-confidence  
Dilate to expand, to make larger  
Dilatory Intended to delay  
Dilettante Someone with an amaterurish and superficial interest in a topic  
Dirge Funeral hymn or mournful speech  
Disabuse To set right, to free from error  
Discern To perceive or recognize  
Disparate Fundamentally different, extremely unlike  
Dissemble To present a false appearance, to disguise one's real intentions or character  
Dissonance A harsh or disagreeable combination, of ten of sounds  
Dogma a firmly held opinion, often a religious belief  
Dogmatic Dictatorial in ones opinions  
Dupe To deceive , a person who is easily deceived  
Eclectic Selecting from or made up from a variety of sources  
Efficacy Effectiveness  
Elegy Sorrowful poem or speech  
Eloquent Persuasive or moving especially in speech  
Emulate To copy, to tryp to equal or excel  
Enervate To reduce in strength  
Engender To produce, cause, to bring about  
Enigma A puzzle or mystery  
Enumerate To count, list or itemize  
Ephemeral Lasting a short time  
Equivocate To use expressions of double meanings in order to mislead  
Erratic Wandering and unpredictable  
Erudite learned, scholarly, bookish  
Esoteric Known or understood by only a few  
Estimable Admirable  
Eulogy Speech in praise of someone  
Euphemism Use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distasteful one  
Exacerbate to make worse  
Exculpate To clear from blame, prove innocent  
Exigent Urgent, requiring immediate action  
Exonerate To clear of blame  
Explicit Clearly stated or shown, forthright in expression  
Fanatical Acting excessively enthusiastic, filled with extreme unquestioned devotion  
Fawn to grovel  
Fervid Intesnsely emotional, feverish  
Florid Excessively decorated or embellished  
Foment To arouse or incite  
Frugality A tendency to be thrify or cheap  
Garrulous Tending to talk a lot  
Gregarious Outgoing, sociable  
Guile Deceit or trickery  
Gullible Easily deceived  
Homogeneous Of a similar kind  
Iconoclast One who opposes established beliefs, customs and institutions  
Impeturbable Not capable of being disturbed  
Impervious Impossible to penetrate, incapable of being affected  
Impetuous Quick to act without thinking  
Implacable Unable to be calmed down or made peaceful  
Inchoate Not fully formed, disorganized  
Ingenuous Showing innocence or childlike simplicity  
Inimical Hostile, unfriendly  
Innocuous Harmless  
Insipid Lacking interest or flavor  
Intransigent Uncompromising, refusing to be reconciled  
Inundate To overwhelm, to cover with water  
Inrascible Easily made angry  
Laconic Using few words  
Lament To express sorrow, to grieve  
Laud To give praise, glorify  
Lavish To give unsparingly, extremely generous or extravagent  
Lethargic Acting in an indifferent or slow sluggish manner  
Loquacious Talkative  
Lucid Clear and easily understood  
Luminious Bright, brilliant, glowing  
Malinger To evade responsibility by pretending to be ill  
Malleable Capable of being shaped  
Metaphor A figure of speech comparing two different things, symbol  
Meticulous Extremely careful, about details  
Misanthrope A person who dislikes others  
Mitigate To soften, to lessen  
Mollify To calm or make less severe  
Monotony Lack of variation  
Naive Lacking sophistication or experience  
Obdurate Hardened in feeling, resistant to persuasion  
Obsequious Overly submissive and eager to please  
Obstinate Stubborn, unyielding  
Obviate To prevent, to make unnecessary  
Occlude To stop up, to prevent the passage of  
Onerous Troublesome and oppressing, burdensom  
Opaque Impossible to see through, preventing the passage of light  
Opprobrium Public disgrace  
Ostentation Excessive showiness  
Paradox A contradicion or dilemma  
Paragon Model of excellence or perfection  
Pedant Someone who shows off learning  
Perfidious Willing to betray one's trust  
Perfunctory Done in a routine way, indifferent  
Permeate To penetrate  
Philanthropy Charity, a desire or effort to promote goodness  
Placate To soothe or pacify  
Plastic Able to be molded, altered, bent  
Plethora Excess  
Pragmatic Practical as opposed to idealistic  
Precipitate To throw violently or bring about abruptly, lacking differentiation  
Prevaricate To lie, deviate from the truth  
Pristine Fresh and clean, uncorrupted  
Prodigal Lavish, wasteful  
Proliferate To increase in number quickly  
Propitiate To conciliate, to appease  
Propriety To correct behavior, obedience to rules and customs  
Prudence Wisdom, caution, restraint  
Pungent Sharp and irritating to the senses  
Quiescent Motionless  
Rarefy To make thinner or sparser  
Repudiate To reject the validity of  
Reticient Silent, reserved  
Rhetoric Effective writing or speaking  
Satiate To satisfy fully or overindulge  
Soporific Causing sleep or lethargy  
Specious Deceptively attractive, seemingly plausible but fallacious  
Stigma A mark of shame or discredit  
Stolid Unemotional, lacking sensitivity  
Sublime Lofty or grand  
Tacit Done without using words  
Taciturn Silent, not talkative  
Tirade Long, harsh speech or verbal attack  
Torpor Extreme mental and physical sluggishness  
Transitory Temporary, lasting brief time  
Vacillate To sway physically, be indecisive  
Venerate To respect deeply  
Veracity Filled with truth and accuracy  
Verbose Wordy  
Vex To annoy  
Volatile Easily aroused or changeable, lively or explosive  
Waver To fluctuate between choices  
Whimsical Acting in a fanciful or capricious manner, unpredictable  
Zeal Passion, excitement  

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