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Punitive
Inflicting punishment
Abhorrence
Abomination
Enervate
Weaken
Sardonic
Sneering
Soporific
Drowsy
Stentorian
Very loud or powerful in sound
Incessant
Unending
Exemplar
An original or archetype
Jargon
The language peculiar to a particular trade
Aesthetic
Concerned with Notions such as the beautiful and The Ugly
Facade
A superficial appearance
Coquettish
Characteristically flirtatious
Sully
To soil
Specious
Apparently good
Vicarious
Experience in the imagination through another person
Eulogy
A speech In Praise of a person or thing
Crass
Stupid
Paean
Any song of praise
Ebullient
Overflowing with excitement
Conjuncture
The formation of an opinion without sufficient evidence
Morose
Gloomily ill humored
Primogeniture
First born of the same parents
Staunch
Firm or steadfast in principle
Disputatious
Argumentative
Moniker
A person’s name
Berate
To scold
Superlative
Of the highest kind
Skeptic
A person who questions
Empathy
The psychological identification with experiencing the feelings of another
Incredulity
Inability to believe
Censorious
Severely critical
Pensive
Dreamily thoughtful
Resonant
Echoing of sounds
Sonorous
A deep sound
Capacious
Spacious
Joie de vivre
A delight in being alive
Noisome
Offensive or disgusting
Ascetic
A person who dedicates their life to a Pursuit of self-denial for religious reasons
Decadent
Characterized by decadence
Existential
Relating to existence
Transcendental
Transcendent
Serendipitous
Found by accident good
Malaise
A condition of General bodily weakness
Poemical
Controversial
Obsolescence
The states of becoming obsolete