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Nat test 748 1

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aberrant	Markedly different from an accepted norm.
aberration	Deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
abet	To aid, promote, or encourage the commission of (an offense)
abeyance	A state of suspension or temporary inaction.
abjure	To recant, renounce, repudiate under oath.
ablution	A washing or cleansing, especially of the body.
abrogate	To abolish, repeal.
abscond	To depart suddenly and secretly, as for the purpose of escaping arrest.
abstemious	Characterized by self denial or abstinence, as in the use of drink, food.
abstruse	dealing with matters difficult to be understood.
abut	To touch at the end or boundary line.
accede	To agree.
acquiesce	To comply; submit.
acrid	Harshly pungent or bitter.
acumen	Quickness of intellectual insight, or discernment; keenness of
adage	An old saying.
adamant	Any substance of exceeding hardness or impenetrability.
admonition	Gentle reproof.
adumbrate	To represent beforehand in outline or by emblem.
affable	Easy to approach.
aggrandize	To cause to appear greatly.
aggravate	To make heavier, worse, or more burdensome.
agile	Able to move or act quickly, physically, or mentally.
agog	In eager desire.
alacrity	Cheerful willingness.
alcove	covered recess connected with or at the side of a larger room.
alleviate	To make less burdensome or less hard to bear.
aloof	Not in sympathy with or desiring to associate with others.
amalgamate	To mix or blend together in a homogeneous body.
ambidextrous	Having the ability of using both hands with equal skill or ease.
ambiguous	Having a double meaning.
ameliorate	To relieve, as from pain or hardship
anathema	Anything forbidden, as by social usage.
animadversion	The utterance of criticism or censure.
animosity	Hatred.
antediluvian	Of or pertaining to the times, things, events before the great flood in
antidote	Anything that will counteract or remove the effects of poison, disease, or
aplomb	Confidence; coolness.
apocryphal	Of doubtful authority or authenticity.
apogee	The climax.
apostate	False.
apotheosis	Deification.
apparition	Ghost.
appease	to soothe by quieting anger or indignation.
apposite	Appropriate.
apprise	To give notice to; to inform.
approbation	Sanction.
arboreal	Of or pertaining to a tree or trees.
ardor	Intensity of passion or affection.
argot	A specialized vocabulary peculiar to a particular group.
arrant	Notoriously bad.
ascetic	Given to severe self-denial and practicing excessive abstinence and devotion.
ascribe	To assign as a quality or attribute.
asperity	Harshness or roughness of temper.
assiduous	Unceasing; persistent
assuage	To cause to be less harsh, violent, or severe, as excitement, appetite, pain,or disease.
astringent	harsh in disposition or character.
astute	Keen in discernment.
atonement	Amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
audacious	Fearless.
augury	Omen
auspicious	Favorable omen
austere	Severely simple; unadorned.
autocrat	anyone who claims or wields unrestricted or undisputed authority or influence.
auxiliary	One who or that which aids or helps, especially when regarded as subsidiary or accessory.
avarice	Passion for getting and keeping riches.
aver	To avouch, justify or prove
aversion	A mental condition of fixed opposition to or dislike of some particular thing.
avow	To declare openly.
baleful	Malignant.
banal	Commonplace.
bask	To make warm by genial heat.
beatify	To make supremely happy.
bedaub	To smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
bellicose	warlike.
belligerent	Manifesting a warlike spirit.
benefactor	A doer of kindly and charitable acts.
benevolence	Any act of kindness or well-doing.
benign	Good and kind of heart.
berate	To scold severely.
bewilder	To confuse the perceptions or judgment of.
blandishment	Flattery intended to persuade.
blatant	Noisily or offensively loud or clamorous.
blithe	Joyous.
boisterous	Unchecked merriment or animal spirits.
bolster	To support, as something wrong.
bombast	Inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
boorish	Rude.
breach	The violation of official duty, lawful right, or a legal obligation.
brittle	Fragile.
broach	To mention, for the first time.
bumptious	Full of offensive and aggressive self-conceit.
buoyant	Having the power or tendency to float or keep afloat.
burnish	To make brilliant or shining.
cabal	A number of persons secretly united for effecting by intrigue some private
cacophony	A disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
cajole	To impose on or dupe by flattering speech.
callow	Without experience of the world.
calumny	Slander.
candid	Straightforward.
cant	To talk in a singsong, preaching tone with affected solemnity.
capacious	Roomy.
capitulate	surrender or stipulate terms.
captious	Hypercritical.
castigate	To punish.
cataract	Opacity of the lens of the eye resulting in complete or partial blindness.
caustic	Sarcastic and severe.
censure	To criticize severely; also, an expression of disapproval.
centurion	A captain of a company of one hundred infantry in the ancient Roman army.
chagrin	Keen vexation, annoyance, or mortification, as at one's failures or errors.
chary	Careful; wary; cautious.
chicanery	The use of trickery to deceive.
coddle	To treat as a baby or an invalid.
coerce	To force.
coeval	Existing during the same period of time; also, a contemporary.
cogent	Appealing strongly to the reason or conscience.
cogitate	Consider carefully and deeply; ponder.
cognizant	Taking notice
colloquial	Pertaining or peculiar to common speech as distinguished from literary.
collusion	A secret agreement for a wrongful purpose.
comestible	Fit to be eaten.
commemorate	To serve as a remembrance of.
complaisance	Politeness.
complement	To make complete.
comport	To conduct or behave (oneself).
compunction	Remorseful feeling.
conceit	Self-flattering opinion.
conciliatory	Tending to reconcile.
concord	Harmony.
concur	To agree.
condense	To abridge.
conflagration	A great fire, as of many buildings, a forest, or the like.
confluence	The place where streams meet.
congeal	To coagulate.
conjoin	To unite.
connoisseur	A critical judge of art, especially one with thorough knowledge and sound judgment of art.
console	To comfort.
conspicuous	Clearly visible.
consternation	Panic.
constrict	To bind.
consummate	To bring to completion.
contiguous	Touching or joining at the edge or boundary.
contrite	Broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
contumacious	Rebellious.
copious	Plenteous.
cornucopia	The horn of plenty, symbolizing peace and prosperity.
corporeal	Of a material nature; physical.
correlate	To put in some relation of connection or correspondence.
corroboration	Confirmation.
counterfeit	Made to resemble something else.
countervail	To offset.
covert	Concealed, especially for an evil purpose.
cower	To crouch down tremblingly, as through fear or shame.
crass	Coarse or thick in nature or structure, as opposed to thin or fine.
credulous	Easily deceived.
cupidity	Avarice.
cursory	Rapid and superficial.
curtail	To cut off or cut short.
cynosure	That to which general interest or attention is directed.
dearth	Scarcity, as of something customary, essential ,or desirable.
defer	To delay or put off to some other time.
deign	To deem worthy of notice or account.
deleterious	Hurtful, morally or physically.
delineate	To represent by sketch or diagram.
deluge	To overwhelm with a flood of water.
demagogue	An unprincipled politician.
denizen	Inhabitant.
denouement	That part of a play or story in which the mystery is cleared up.
deplete	to reduce or lessen, as by use, exhaustion, or waste.
deposition	Testimony legally taken on interrogatories and reduced to writing, for
deprave	To render bad, especially morally bad.
deprecate	To express disapproval or regret for, with hope for the opposite.
deride	To ridicule.
derision	Ridicule.
derivative	Coming or acquired from some origin.
descry	To discern.
desiccant	Any remedy which, when applied externally, dries up or absorbs
desuetude	A state of disuse or inactivity.
desultory	Not connected with what precedes.
deter	To frighten away.
dexterity	Readiness, precision, efficiency, and ease in any physical activity or in any mechanical work.
diaphanous	Transparent.
diatribe	A bitter or malicious criticism.
didactic	Pertaining to teaching.
diffidence	Self-distrust.
diffident	Affected or possessed with self-distrust.
dilate	To enlarge in all directions.
dilatory	Tending to cause delay.
disallow	To withhold permission or sanction.
discomfit	To put to confusion.
disconcert	To disturb the composure of.
disconsolate	Hopelessly sad; also, saddening; cheerless.
discountenance	To look upon with disfavor.
discredit	To injure the reputation of.
discreet	Judicious.
disheveled	Disordered; disorderly; untidy.
dissemble	To hide by pretending something different.
disseminate	To sow or scatter abroad, as seed is sown.
dissent	Disagreement.
dissolution	A breaking up of a union of persons.
distraught	Bewildered.
divulge	To tell or make known, as something previously private or secret.
dogmatic	Making statements without argument or evidence.
dormant	Being in a state of or resembling sleep
duplicity	Double-dealing.
earthenware	Anything made of clay and baked in a kiln or dried in the sun.
ebullient	Showing enthusiasm or exhilaration of feeling.
edacious	Given to eating.
edible	Suitable to be eaten.
educe	To draw out.
effete	Exhausted, as having performed its functions.
efficacy	The power to produce an intended effect as shown in the production of it.
effrontery	Unblushing impudence.
effulgence	Splendor.
egregious	Extreme.
egress	Any place of exit.
elegy	A lyric poem lamenting the dead.
elicit	To educe or extract gradually or without violence.
elucidate	To bring out more clearly the facts concerning.
emaciate	To waste away in flesh.
embellish	To make beautiful or elegant by adding attractive or ornamental features.
embezzle	To misappropriate secretly.
emblazon	set forth publicly or in glowing terms.
encomium	A formal or discriminating expression of praise.
encumbrance	A burdensome and troublesome load.
endemic	Peculiar to some specified country or people.
enervate	To render ineffective or inoperative.
engender	To produce.
engrave	To cut or carve in or upon some surface.
enigma	A riddle.
enmity	Hatred.
entangle	To involve in difficulties, confusion, or complications.
entreat	To ask for or request earnestly.
Epicurean	Indulging, ministering, or pertaining to daintiness of appetite.
epithet	Word used adjectivally to describe some quality or attribute of is objects, as
epitome	A simplified representation.
equable	Equal and uniform; also, serene.
equanimity	Evenness of mind or temper.
equanimity	calmness; composure.
equilibrium	A state of balance.
equivocal	Ambiguous.
equivocate	To use words of double meaning.
eradicate	To destroy thoroughly.
errant	Roving or wandering, as in search of adventure or opportunity for gallant deeds.
erratic	Irregular.
erroneous	Incorrect.
eschew	To keep clear of.
espy	To keep close watch.
eulogy	A spoken or written laudation of a person's life or character.
euphonious	Characterized by agreeableness of sound.
evanescent	Fleeting.
evince	To make manifest or evident.
evoke	To call or summon forth.
exacerbate	To make more sharp, severe, or virulent.
exculpate	To relieve of blame.
exhaustive	Thorough and complete in execution.
exigency	A critical period or condition.
exigency	State of requiring immediate action; also, an urgent situation; also, that which is required in a
exorbitant	Going beyond usual and proper limits.
expatiate	To speak or write at some length.
expedient	Contributing to personal advantage.
expiate	To make satisfaction or amends for.
explicate	To clear from involvement.
expostulate	To discuss.
expropriate	To deprive of possession; also, to transfer (another's property) to oneself.
extant	Still existing and known.
extempore	Without studied or special preparation.
extenuate	To diminish the gravity or importance of.
extinct	Being no longer in existence.
extinguish	To render extinct.
extirpate	To root out; to eradicate.
extol	To praise in the highest terms.
extort	To obtain by violence, threats, compulsion, or the subjection of another to some necessity.
extraneous	Having no essential relation to a subject.
exuberance	Rich supply.
facetious	Amusing.
facile	Not difficult to do.
factious	Turbulent.
fallacious	Illogical.
fatuous	Idiotic
fawn	A young deer.
feint	Any sham, pretense, or deceptive movement.
felon	A criminal or depraved person.
ferocity	Savageness.
fervid	Intense.
fervor	Ardor or intensity of feeling.
fidelity	Loyalty.
erudite	Very-learned
flamboyant	Characterized by extravagance and in general by want of good taste.
flippant	Having a light, pert, trifling disposition.
florid	Flushed with red.
flout	To treat with contempt.
foible	A personal weakness or failing.
foment	To nurse to life or activity; to encourage.
foppish	Characteristic of one who is unduly devoted to dress and the niceties of manners.
forbearance	Patient endurance or toleration of offenses.
forfeit	To lose possession of through failure to fulfill some obligation.
forgery	Counterfeiting.
forswear	To renounce upon oath.
fragile	Easily broken.
frantic	Frenzied.
frugal	Economical.
fugacious	Fleeting.
fulminate	To cause to explode.
fulsome	Offensive from excess of praise or commendation.
gainsay	To contradict; to deny.
gamut	The whole range or sequence.
garrulous	Given to constant trivial talking.
germane	Relevant.
gesticulate	To make gestures or motions, as in speaking, or in place of speech.
glimmer	A faint, wavering, unsteady light.
gossamer	Flimsy.
gourmand	A connoisseur in the delicacies of the table.
grandiloquent	Speaking in or characterized by a pompous or bombastic style.
gregarious	Sociable, outgoing
grievous	Creating affliction.
guile	Duplicity.
gullible	Credulous.
halcyon	Calm.
harangue	A tirade.
harbinger	One who or that which foreruns and announces the coming of any person or thing.
head	Adv. Precipitately, as in diving.
heinous	Odiously sinful.
heresy	An opinion or doctrine subversive of settled beliefs or accepted principles.
heterogeneous	Consisting of dissimilar elements or ingredients of different kinds.
hirsute	Having a hairy covering.
hoodwink	To deceive.
hospitable	Disposed to treat strangers or guests with generous kindness.
hypocrisy	Extreme insincerity.
iconoclast	An image-breaker.
finesse	Subtle contrivance used to gain a point.
idiosyncrasy	A mental quality or habit peculiar to an individual.
ignoble	Low in character or purpose.
ignominious	shameful.
illicit	Unlawful.
imbroglio	A misunderstanding attended by ill feeling, perplexity, or strife.
imbue	To dye; to instill profoundly.
immaculate	Without spot or blemish.
imminent	Dangerous and close at hand.
immutable	Unchangeable.
impair	To cause to become less or worse.
impassive	Unmoved by or not exhibiting feeling.
impecunious	Having no money.
impede	To be an obstacle or to place obstacles in the way of.
imperative	Obligatory.
imperious	Insisting on obedience.
imperturbable	Calm.
impervious	Impenetrable.
impetuous	Impulsive.
impiety	Irreverence toward God.
implacable	Incapable of being pacified.
implicate	To show or prove to be involved in or concerned
implicit	implied.
importunate	Urgent in character, request, or demand.
importune	To harass with persistent demands or entreaties.
impromptu	Anything done or said on the impulse of the moment.
improvident	Lacking foresight or thrift.
impugn	To assail with arguments, insinuations, or accusations.
impute	To attribute.
inadvertent	Accidental.
inane	Silly.
incessant	Unceasing.
inchoate	Incipient.
incipient	Initial.
incite	To rouse to a particular action.
incongruous	Unsuitable for the time, place, or occasion.
inculcate	To teach by frequent repetitions.
indelible	That can not be blotted out, effaced, destroyed, or removed.
indigence	Poverty.
indigenous	Native.
indistinct	Vague.
indolence	laziness.
indolent	Habitually inactive or idle.
indomitable	Unconquerable.
indulgent	Yielding to the desires or humor of oneself or those under one's care.
ineffable	Unutterable
ineluctable	Impossible to avoid.
inept	Not fit or suitable.
inexorable	Unrelenting.
infuse	To instill, introduce, or inculcate, as principles or qualities.
ingenuous	Candid, frank, or open in character or quality.
inimical	Adverse.
innocuous	Harmless.
inscrutable	Impenetrably mysterious or profound.
insensible	Imperceptible.
insinuate	to imply.
insipid	Tasteless.
insouciant	Nonchalant.
insurrection	The state of being in active resistance to authority.
interdict	Authoritative act of prohibition.
interim	Time between acts or periods.
intransigent	Not capable of being swayed or diverted from a course.
intrepid	Fearless and bold.
introspection	The act of observing and analyzing one's own thoughts and feelings.
inundate	To fill with an overflowing abundance.
inure	To harden or toughen by use, exercise, or exposure.
invalid	One who is disabled by illness or injury.
invective	An utterance intended to cast censure, or reproach.
inveigh	To utter vehement censure or invective.
inveterate	Habitual.
invidious	Showing or feeling envy.
invincible	not to be conquered, subdued, or overcome.
iota	A small or insignificant mark or part.
irascible	Prone to anger.
irate	moved to anger.
ire	Wrath.
irksome	Wearisome.
itinerant	Wandering.
itinerate	To wander from place to place.
jocular	Inclined to joke.
jovial	Merry.
judicious	Prudent.
junta	A council or assembly that deliberates in secret upon the affairs of
lachrymose	Given to shedding tears.
lackadaisical	Listless.
languid	Relaxed.
lascivious	Lustful.
lassitude	Lack of vitality or energy.
latent	Dormant.
laudable	Praiseworthy.
laudatory	Pertaining to, expressing, or containing praise.
legacy	A bequest.
levee	An embankment beside a river or stream or an arm of the sea, to prevent
levity	Frivolity.
lexicon	A dictionary.
libel	Defamation.
licentious	Wanton.
lien	legal claim or hold on property, as security for a debt or charge.
listless	Inattentive.
lithe	Supple.
loquacious	Talkative.
lugubrious	Indicating sorrow, often ridiculously.
luminary	One of the heavenly bodies as a source of light.
lustrous	Shining.
malaise	A condition of uneasiness or ill-being.
malcontent	One who is dissatisfied with the existing state of affairs.
malevolence	Ill will.
malign	To speak evil of, especially to do so falsely and severely.
malleable	Pliant.
massacre	The unnecessary and indiscriminate killing of human beings.
maudlin	Foolishly and tearfully affectionate.
mawkish	Sickening or insipid.
mellifluous	Sweetly or smoothly flowing.
mendacious	Untrue.
mendicant	A beggar.
meretricious	Alluring by false or gaudy show.
mesmerize	To hypnotize.
meticulous	Over-cautious.
mettle	Courage.
mettlesome	Having courage or spirit.
microcosm	The world or universe on a small scale.
mien	The external appearance or manner of a person.
mischievous	Fond of tricks.
miscreant	A villain.
miser	A person given to saving and hoarding unduly.
misnomer	A name wrongly or mistakenly applied.
moderation	Temperance.
modicum	A small or token amount.
mollify	To soothe.
molt	To cast off, as hair, feathers, etc.
monomania	The unreasonable pursuit of one idea.
morbid	caused by or denoting a diseased or unsound condition of body or mind.
mordant	Biting.
moribund	On the point of dying.
morose	Gloomy.
multifarious	Having great diversity or variety.
mundane	Worldly, as opposed to spiritual or celestial.
munificent	Extraordinarily generous.
myriad	A vast indefinite number.
nadir	The lowest point.
nefarious	Wicked in the extreme.
negligent	Apt to omit what ought to be done.
neophyte	Having the character of a beginner.
noisome	Very offensive, particularly to the sense of smell.
nostrum	Any scheme or recipe of a charlatan character.
noxious	Hurtful.
nugatory	Having no power or force.
obdurate	Impassive to feelings of humanity or pity.
obfuscate	To darken; to obscure.
oblique	slanting; said of lines.
obsequious	Showing a servile readiness to fall in with the wishes or will of another.
obstreperous	Boisterous.
obtrude	To be pushed or to push oneself into undue prominence.
obtrusive	Tending to be pushed or to push oneself into undue prominence.
obviate	To clear away or provide for, as an objection or difficulty.
odious	Hateful.
odium	A feeling of extreme repugnance, or of dislike and disgust.
officious	Intermeddling with what is not one's concern.
ominous	Portentous.
onerous	Burdensome or oppressive.
onus	A burden or responsibility.
opprobrium	The state of being scornfully reproached or accused of evil.
ossify	To convert into bone.
ostentation	A display dictated by vanity and intended to invite applause or flattery.
ostracism	Exclusion from intercourse or favor, as in society or politics.
ostracize	To exclude from public or private favor.
palate	The roof of the mouth.
palatial	Magnificent.
palliate	To cause to appear less guilty.
palpable	Perceptible by feeling or touch.
panacea	A remedy or medicine proposed for or professing to cure all diseases.
panegyric	A formal and elaborate eulogy, written or spoken, of a person or of an act.
panoply	A full set of armor.
paragon	A model of excellence.
Pariah	A member of a degraded class; a social outcast.
paroxysm	A sudden outburst of any kind of activity.
parsimonious	Unduly sparing in the use or expenditure of money.
partisan	characterized by or exhibiting undue or unreasoning devotion to a party.
pathos	The quality in any form of representation that rouses emotion or sympathy.
paucity	Fewness.
peccadillo	A small breach of propriety or principle.
pedestrian	One who journeys on foot.
pellucid	Translucent.
penchant	A bias in favor of something.
penurious	Excessively sparing in the use of money.
penury	Indigence.
peregrination	A wandering.
peremptory	Precluding question or appeal.
perfidy	Treachery.
perfunctory	Half-hearted.
peripatetic	Walking about.
perjury	A solemn assertion of a falsity.
permeate	To pervade.
pernicious	Tending to kill or hurt.
persiflage	Banter.
perspicacity	Acuteness or discernment.
perturbation	Mental excitement or confusion.
petrify	To convert into a substance of stony hardness and character.
petulant	Displaying impatience.
phlegmatic	Not easily roused to feeling or action.
physiognomy	The external appearance merely.
pious	Religious.
pique	To excite a slight degree of anger in.
placate	To bring from a state of angry or hostile feeling to one of patience or friendliness.
platitude	A written or spoken statement that is flat, dull, or commonplace.
plea	An argument to obtain some desired action.
plenary	Entire.
plethora	Excess; superabundance.
plumb	A weight suspended by a line to test the verticality of something.
plummet	A piece of lead for making soundings, adjusting walls to the vertical.
poignant	Severely painful or acute to the spirit.
polyglot	Speaking several tongues.
ponderous	Unusually weighty or forcible.
portend	To indicate as being about to happen, especially by previous signs.
portent	Anything that indicates what is to happen.
precarious	Perilous.
preclude	To prevent.
precocious	Having the mental faculties prematurely developed.
predominate	To be chief in importance, quantity, or degree.
premature	Coming too soon.
presage	To foretell.
prescience	Knowledge of events before they take place.
presumption	That which may be logically assumed to be true until disproved.
preternatural	Extraordinary.
prevalent	Of wide extent or frequent occurrence.
prevaricate	To use ambiguous or evasive language for the purpose of deceiving or diverting attention.
prim	Stiffly proper.
pristine	Primitive.
probity	Virtue or integrity tested and confirmed.
proclivity	A natural inclination.
procrastination	Delay.
prodigal	One wasteful or extravagant, especially in the use of money or property.
prodigious	Immense.
profligacy	Shameless viciousness.
profligate	Recklessly wasteful
profuse	Produced or displayed in overabundance.
prolix	Verbose.
propinquity	Nearness.
propitious	Kindly disposed.
prosaic	Unimaginative.
proscribe	To reject, as a teaching or a practice, with condemnation or denunciation.
protuberant	Bulging.
provident	Anticipating and making ready for future wants or emergencies.
prudence	Caution.
puerile	Childish.
pugnacious	Quarrelsome.
punctilious	Strictly observant of the rules or forms prescribed by law or custom.
pungency	The quality of affecting the sense of smell.
pusillanimous	Without spirit or bravery.
pyre	A heap of combustibles arranged for burning a dead body.
qualm	A fit of nausea.
quandary	A puzzling predicament.
quibble	An utterly trivial distinction or objection.
quiescence	Being quiet, still, or at rest; inactive
quiescent	Being in a state of repose or inaction.
Quixotic	Chivalrous or romantic to a ridiculous or extravagant degree.
quotidian	Of an everyday character; ordinary.
raconteur	A person skilled in telling stories.
ramify	To divide or subdivide into branches or subdivisions.
rapacious	Sieze by force, avaricious
raucous	harsh.
reactionary	Pertaining to, of the nature of, causing, or favoring reaction.
rebuff	A peremptory or unexpected rejection of advances or approaches.
recalcitrant	Marked by stubborn resistance.
recant	To withdraw formally one's belief (in something previously believed or maintained).
reciprocity	Equal mutual rights and benefits granted and enjoyed.
recluse	One who lives in retirement or seclusion.
recondite	Incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding.
recrudescent	becoming raw or sore again.
recuperate	To recover.
redoubtable	Formidable.
redress	To set right, as a wrong by compensation or the punishment of the wrongdoer.
refractory	Not amenable to control.
regale	To give unusual pleasure.
regicide	The killing of a king or sovereign.
reiterate	To say or do again and again.
relapse	To suffer a return of a disease after partial recovery.
remonstrate	To present a verbal or written protest to those who have power to right or prevent a wrong.
renovate	To restore after deterioration, as a building.
repast	A meal; figuratively, any refreshment.
repel	To force or keep back in a manner, physically or mentally.
repine	To indulge in fretfulness and faultfinding.
reprobate	One abandoned to depravity and sin.
repudiate	To refuse to have anything to do with.
repulsive	Grossly offensive.
requisite	Necessary.
requite	To repay either good or evil to, as to a person.
rescind	To make void, as an act, by the enacting authority or a superior authority.
resilience	The power of springing back to a former position
resonance	Able to reinforce sound by sympathetic vibrations.
respite	Interval of rest.
restive	Resisting control.
retinue	The group of people who accompany an important person during travels.
revere	To regard with worshipful veneration.
reverent	Humble.
ribald	Indulging in or manifesting coarse indecency or obscenity.
risible	Capable of exciting laughter.
rotund	Round from fullness or plumpness.
ruffian	A lawless or recklessly brutal fellow.
ruminate	To chew over again, as food previously swallowed and regurgitated.
sagacious	Able to discern and distinguish with wise perception.
salacious	Having strong sexual desires.
salient	Standing out prominently.
salubrious	Healthful; promoting health.
salutary	Beneficial.
sanction	To approve authoritatively.
sanguine	Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
sardonic	Scornfully or bitterly sarcastic.
satiate	To satisfy fully the appetite or desire of.
satyr	A very lascivious person.
savor	To perceive by taste or smell.
scabbard	The sheath of a sword or similar bladed weapon.
scintilla	The faintest ray.
scribble	Hasty, careless writing.
sedulous	Persevering in effort or endeavor.
sequence	The order in which a number or persons, things, or events follow one another in space or time.
severance	Separation.
shrewd	Characterized by skill at understanding and profiting by circumstances.
sinecure	Any position having emoluments with few or no duties.
sinuous	Curving in and out.
skiff	Usually, a small light boat propelled by oars.
sluggard	A person habitually lazy or idle.
solace	Comfort in grief, trouble, or calamity.
solvent	Having sufficient funds to pay all debts.
somniferous	Tending to produce sleep.
somnolent	Sleepy.
sonorous	Resonant.
sophistry	Reasoning sound in appearance only, especially when designedly deceptive.
soporific	Causing sleep; also, something that causes sleep.
sordid	Filthy, morally degraded
specious	Plausible.
spurious	Not genuine.
squalid	Having a dirty, mean, poverty-stricken appearance.
stanch	To stop the flowing of; to check.
stigma	A mark of infamy or token of disgrace attaching to a person as the result of evil-doing.
stingy	Cheap, unwilling to spend money.
stolid	Expressing no power of feeling or perceiving.
submerge	To place or plunge under water.
subterfuge	Evasion.
succinct	Concise.
sumptuous	Rich and costly.
supercilious	Exhibiting haughty and careless contempt.
superfluous	Being more than is needed.
supernumerary	Superfluous.
supersede	To displace.
supine	Lying on the back.
supplicate	To beg.
suppress	To prevent from being disclosed or punished.
surcharge	An additional amount charged.
surfeit	To feed to fullness or to satiety.
susceptibility	A specific capability of feeling or emotion.
sybarite	A luxurious person.
sycophant	A servile flatterer, especially of those in authority or influence.
synopsis	A syllabus or summary.
taciturn	Disinclined to conversation.
taut	stretched tight.
temerity	foolhardy disregard of danger; recklessness.
terse	Pithy.
timorous	Lacking courage.
torpid	Dull; sluggish; inactive.
torrid	Excessively hot.
tortuous	Abounding in irregular bends or turns.
tractable	Easily led or controlled.
transgress	To break a law.
transient	One who or that which is only of temporary existence.
transitory	Existing for a short time only.
travail	Hard or agonizing labor.
travesty	A grotesque imitation.
trenchant	Cutting deeply and quickly.
trepidation	Nervous uncertainty of feeling.
trite	Made commonplace by frequent repetition.
truculence	Ferocity.
truculent	Having the character or the spirit of a savage.
turbid	In a state of turmoil; muddled
turgid	Swollen.
turpitude	Depravity.
tutelage	The act of training or the state of being under instruction.
tyro	One slightly skilled in or acquainted with any trade or profession.
ubiquitous	Being present everywhere.
ulterior	Not so pertinent as something else to the matter spoken of.
umbrage	A sense of injury.
unctuous	Oily.
undermine	To subvert in an underhand way.
undulate	To move like a wave or in waves.
untoward	Causing annoyance or hindrance.
upbraid	To reproach as deserving blame.
vagary	A sudden desire or action
vainglory	Excessive, pretentious, and demonstrative vanity.
valorous	Courageous.
vapid	Having lost sparkling quality and flavor.
variegated	Having marks or patches of different colors; also, varied.
vehement	Very eager or urgent.
venal	Mercenary, corrupt.
veneer	Outside show or elegance.
venial	That may be pardoned or forgiven, a forgivable sin.
veracious	Habitually disposed to speak the truth.
veracity	Truthfulness.
verbiage	Use of many words without necessity.
verbose	Wordy.
verdant	Green with vegetation.
veritable	Real; true; genuine.
vestige	A visible trace, mark, or impression, of something absent, lost, or gone.
vicissitude	A change, especially a complete change, of condition or circumstances, as of fortune.
vigilance	Alert and intent mental watchfulness in guarding against danger.
vigilant	Being on the alert to discover and ward off danger or insure safety.
virago	Loud talkative woemn, strong statured women
virtue	Rare, curious, or beautiful quality.
visage	The face, countenance, or look of a person.
vitiate	To contaminate.
vituperate	To overwhelm with wordy abuse.
vivify	To endue with life.
vociferous	Making a loud outcry.
volatile	Changeable.
voluble	Having great fluency in speaking.
wean	To transfer (the young) from dependence on mother's milk to another form of nourishment.
whimsical	Capricious.
winsome	Attractive.
Zeitgeist	The intellectual and moral tendencies that characterize any age or epoch.

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