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| indelible | not able to be forgotten or removed | |
| credo | any creed or formula of belief | |
| eidetic | marked by extraordinarily detailed and vivid recall of visual images | |
| truism | a self-evident, obvious truth | |
| metonymy | a figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated, as in the use of Washington for the United States government or of the sword for military power | |
| mercurial | volatile | |
| august | impressive | |
| manifold | many different | |
| turbid | cloudy | |
| prurient | lasciviousness (expressive of lust or lewdness) | |
| artless | without guile or deception | |
| machinate | scheme | |
| entomophilous | pollinated by insects | |
| ligneous | woody | |
| effulgence | splendor | |
| callow | immature | |
| variegated | having different colors, motley | |
| alacrity | eagerness | |
| germane | relevant | |
| lethalogica | inability to remember the correct word | |
| iatrolog | medical word | |
| macabre | suggesting the horror of death and decay | |
| sesquipedalian | using long words | |
| ad hominem | rising from emotion | |
| rhetorical | used for persuasive effect | |
| ethos | the character or disposition of a community, group, person, etc; dominant assumptions of a people or period | |
| pathos | quality that arouses pity or sorrow | |
| eros | sexual desire; sum of instincts of self-preservation | |
| thanatos | impulse for destruction, decay, and death | |
| deductive reasoning | reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect) | |
| inductive reasoning | reasoning from detailed facts to general principles (generalization) | |
| endemic | prevalent in, native to | |
| epidemic | temporarily, widely prevalent | |
| pandemic | an epidemic that spreads through human populations over a widespread area | |
| edenic | paradisiacal | |
| archane | secret | |
| archaic | antiquated | |
| vernal | spring=like | |
| dilettante | amateur | |
| gambol | frolic | |
| ursine | bear-like | |
| tumid | swollen; pompous | |
| bombastic | inflated, pretentious, grandiloquent | |
| slake | quench | |
| confute | disprove | |
| unseemly | indecent | |
| taciturn | silent | |
| circumlocution | roundabout language | |
| sedulity | diligence | |
| supplication | plea | |
| reprobation | disapproval | |
| deference | respect | |
| elan | flair | |
| resplendent | glorious | |
| preclude | make impossible | |
| contentious | quarrelsome | |
| proem | preface | |
| befoul | sully | |
| upbraid | reproach | |
| heterodox | unconventional | |
| inimitable | matchless | |
| parsimonious | stingy | |
| argillaceous | clay-like | |
| reticent | uncommunicative | |
| extirpate | destroy | |
| incommodius | uncomfortable | |
| rapacious | predatory | |
| didactic | instructive | |
| ligation | binding | |
| bibulous | fond of alcohol | |
| seriatum | in sequence | |
| bedizen | adorn | |
| apocryphal | false | |
| lamina | layer | |
| adjutant | assistant | |
| plaint | lamentation | |
| antipodal | opposite | |
| inculpate | blame | |
| solicitous | concerned, anxious | |
| cognomen | nickname | |
| abrogate | abolish | |
| agitprop | political propaganda | |
| defrayal | payment | |
| regnant | reigning | |
| vituperate | scold | |
| exacting | rigorous | |
| Zeitgiest | the defining spirit of a particular period in history | |
| Gestalt | organized whole perceived as more than the sum of its parts | |
| ennui | feeling of dissatisfaction and listlessness arising from a lack of occupation or excitement | |
| puerile | childishly silly and trivial | |
| implacable | relentless, unstoppable | |
| erudite | having or showing great knowledge or learning | |
| soma | whole body of an organism, excluding its germ cells | |
| capricious | fickle | |
| stolid | impassive, apathetic | |
| picayune | trifling | |
| phantasmagoria | succession of illusive images | |
| petit four | small, frosted cake | |
| peevish | fretful, irritable, petulant | |
| philharmonic | fond of or devoted to music | |
| philippic | oration full of invective | |
| invective | vehement denunciation | |
| vituperate | to address with harsh, abusive language | |
| inure | deaden the sensibility of (transitive verb) | |
| irascible | easily provoked to anger | |
| commodious | spacious | |
| venerate | regard with reverence | |
| illustrious | very distinguished; conspicuous | |
| fastidious | hard to please | |
| impertinent | unmannerly in conduct; irrelevant | |
| indomitable | not able to be subdued or repressed | |
| abscond | hide or depart suddenly | |
| ensconce | settle firmly or snuggly; cover, hide | |
| dastardly | cowardly, mean, reprehensible | |
| inexorable | not to be persuaded or moved; unrelenting | |
| repudiate | refuse to acknowledge; reject, renounce | |
| ostensible | appearing outwardly, professed | |
| interminable | never-ending | |
| miasmic | of a noxious emanation | |
| pedantic | bookish | |
| pedagogy | related to teaching/learning (pedagogue = teacher) | |
| impudent | offensively forward in behavior | |
| premonitory | forewarning (adj) | |
| pontifical | having to do with bishop/pope; to speak pompously | |
| timbre | musical quality | |
| rancor | bitter animosity, spitefulness | |
| capitulated | surrender on stipulated terms | |
| oblique | slanting, indirectly expressed | |
| obtuse | not sensitive, stupid | |
| atavistic | reverting to distant hereditary traits or characteristics | |
| insolent | contemptuously rude, disrespectful, or insulting | |
| indolent | lazy, sluggish | |
| dogmatic | adhering rigidly to tenet | |
| pragmatic | practical, matter of fact | |
| paroxysm | violent outburst | |
| tenacious | stubborn | |
| tendentious | opinionated, biased | |
| polyglot | knowing or comprising several languages | |
| pernicious | highly destructive, ruinous | |
| prodigal | lavish, wasteful | |
| profligate | recklessly extravagant | |
| reprobate | unprincipled | |
| obfuscate | darken, bewilder, obscure | |
| hermetic | complete and airtight; relating to ancient occult; esoteric | |
| ineluctable | inescapable; unable to be resisted or avoided | |
| disarming | allay the suspicions of | |
| climacteric | critical period or event; having far-reaching implications | |
| intransigence | unwilling or refusing to change one's view or to agree | |
| austere | severe or strict in manner | |
| transient | impermanent | |
| corpulence | fat | |
| banal | so lacking in originality as to be obvious and borring | |
| incursion | sudden invasion or attack | |
| tenebrous | dark, shadowy, obscure | |
| languid | slow and relaxed | |
| ardent | enthusiastic | |
| eminent | famous, respected | |
| covetous | having, showing great desire to possess something | |
| mitigate | make less severe, serious, or painful | |
| consign | deliver to a person's custody; commit decisively or permanently | |
| lugubrious | looking/sounding sad or dismal; glum | |
| diligent | showing care and conscientiousness in one's work or duties | |
| diaphanous | light, delicate, translucent | |
| derisive | mocking, jeering | |
| contempt | the feeling with which a person regards anything considered mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn | |
| somnolence | sleepiness, drowsiness | |
| presentiment | intuitive feeling about the future | |
| mendicancy | begging | |
| crepuscular | relating to twilight | |
| illustrious | well known, respected for past achievements | |
| indigent | poor, needy | |
| indignant | feeling or showing annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment | |
| deluge | severe flood | |
| petulant | childishly sulky or bad tempered | |
| stentorian | loud and powerful | |
| coup de foudre | sudden unforeseen event, in particular, love at first sight | |
| perfidious | deceitful and untrustworthy | |
| perfunctory | carried out with a minimum of effort or reflection | |
| genial | friendly and cheerful | |
| amiable | friendly, sociable | |
| amicable | friendly, peaceable | |
| personable | affable, sociable | |
| incendiary | stirring up conflict, very exciting | |
| miserliness | pitiably small or inadequate | |
| ignominious | deserving or causing public disgrace or shame | |
| ineffable | too extreme or great to be put in words | |
| Byzantine | excessively complicated; characterized by deviousness or underhanded procedure | |
| sibylline | foretelling the future | |
| beneficent | resulting in good | |
| lacustrine | relating to lakes | |
| coup de grace | final blow given to a wounded something | |
| redolent | strongly reminiscent or suggestive of something | |
| propitious | favorable; indicating a good chance of success | |
| consternation | feelings of anxiety or dismay, typically at something unexpected | |
| Gabriel Garcia Marquez Quote | He allowed himself to be swayed by the conviction that human beings are not both once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them, but that life obliges them over and over again to give birth to themselves. | |
| caveat | warning, admonition | |
| penury | poverty, destitution; scarcity | |
| fey | whimsical, supernatural | |
| umbrage | resentment | |
| sojourn | visit | |
| recapitulate | summarize | |
| lithe | supple, pliant, limber, flexible | |
| diatribe | tirade, harangue | |
| relegate | banish, sent to | |
| disparage | belittle | |
| gumption | initiative | |
| unctuous | excessively smooth, smug | |
| cyclopean | huge | |
| pilosity | hairiness | |
| epicure | gourmet | |
| preceptor | teacher | |
| sedition | rebellion | |
| expurgate | censor | |
| convalesce | recover | |
| stolid | impassive | |
| logorrhea | talkativeness | |
| entropic | lack or order or predictability | |
| collusion | secret or illegal cooperation or conspiracy | |
| iniquities | immoral or grossly unfair behavior | |
| purport | appear or claim to be or do something, especially falsely; profess | |
| positivistic | maintaining that any statement that cannot be verified empirically is meaningless | |
| untenable | not able to maintained or defended against attack | |
| espouse | adopt or support | |
| normative | establishing, relating to, or deriving from a standard or norm | |
| blitz | sudden, energetic, concerted effort on a specific task; attack or damage | |
| glut | excessively abundant supply of something | |
| pejorative | expressing contempt or disapproval | |
| ostensible | stating or appearing to be true, but not necessarily so | |
| torrid | very hot and dry; full of passionate or highly charged emotions resulting from sexual love; full of difficulty or tribulation | |
| tribulation | cause of great trouble or suffering | |
| tome | weighty book | |
| construe | interpret | |
| vestal | chaste | |
| harbinger | forerunner | |
| bacchanal | drunken revelry |
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