AFOQT Flashcards by Daniel wright

abase

humiliate, degrade

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abdicate

relinquish

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aberration

not normal, eccentricity

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abet

aid, help

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abhor

hate

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abject

miserable, utter

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abjure

reject, renounce

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abnegation

rejection

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abrogate

abolish, repeal

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abscond

hide, escape

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absolution

pardon, forgiveness

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abstruse

obscure

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accede

agree

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acclaim

high praise, approbation, adulation

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accost

confront, waylay

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accretion

lump, small growth

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acerbic

bitter, mordant

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acquiesce

agree without protesting, assent

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acrimony

bitterness, discord

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adept

extremely skilled

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adroit

skillful, dexterous

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aesthetic

artistic, beauty

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affable

friendly, amiable

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affinity

empathy, attraction

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affront

insult, slur

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aggrandize

increase, exaggerate

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aggregate

whole

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aggrieved

distressed, wronged

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alacrity

eagerness, speed

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allay

soothe, ease

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aloof

reserved, distant

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amalgamate

unite

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ambiguous

uncertain, equivocal

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ambivalent

unsure

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ameliorate

improve

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amenable

willing, acquiescence

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amenity

facility, comfort

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amiable

friendly, amicable

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amorous

showing love, ardent, enamored

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amorphous

formless, nebulous

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anachronistic

outdated

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analgesic

painkilling, palliative

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analogous

similar, akin

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anathema

cursed, loathing

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antecedent

precursor, forefunner

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antediluvian

ancient

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anthology

collection, omnibus

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antipathy

repugnance, aversion

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antiquated

old, outdated

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apathetic

emotionless, listless

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apocryphal

fictitious, false

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appropriate

suitable

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arbiter

mediator

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arbitrary

random, capricious

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arbitration

settlement

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arcane

secret, esoteric

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ardor

vigor, energy

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arid

dry, unfertile

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arrogate

claim, annex

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artisan

craftsman

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ascetic

austere, frugal

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ascribe

assign credit to

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aspersion

curse

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assail

attack - who was the assailiant?

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assiduous

hard working, diligent

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assuage

to ease, pacify

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atrophy

decay

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audacious

impudent, bold

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auspicious

positive, propitious

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austere

bare, bleak

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avarice

greed

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aversion

dislike, loathing

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banal

dull

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bane

burden

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bard

poet, singer

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beguile

trick

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benevolent

kind, benign

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benign

mild

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bequeath

give, bestow - I bequeath this to you

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bereft

without, bereaved

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bilk

cheat

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blight

plague, disease

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bombastic

confident, pompous

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boon

gift

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bourgeois

staid, middle-classed

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brusque

short, dismissive

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buffet

attack, pound

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burnish

polish

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buttress

support

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cacophony

disharmony, strident

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cajole

urge, coax

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calumny

slander, libel

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candor

honesty

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canny

shrewd

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capitulate

surrender, cede

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carouse

party

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carp

annoy, grouse

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catalyze

inspire

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caucus

conclave, group

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caustic

bitter, acidic

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cavort

frolic, gambol

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censure

criticism, disapproval

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cerebral

intellectual

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chide

reproach, reprimand

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circumlocution

periphrasis, indirectness

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circumscribed

marked off, bounded

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circumspect

cautious, prudent

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clairvoyant

intuitive, psychic

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clamor

loud noise

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cleave

slice, smite

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cloying

syrupy, saccharine

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coalesce

amalgamate, merge

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cogent

forceful, clear, lucid

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colloquial

idiomatic, conversational

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collusion

conspiracy, involvement

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commodious

roomy

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compunction

regret, scruple

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conciliatory

friendly, agreeable

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concomitant

associated

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concord

agreement

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condone

overlook, pardon

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conflagration

inferno

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confluence

convergence, union

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confound

frustrate, confuse

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congenial

amiable, friendly

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consonant

harmony

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constituent

essential, voter

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contemporaneous

concurrent

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contentious

quarrel, dispute

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contrite

penitent, remorseful

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convivial

pleasant, genial

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copious

profuse, abundant

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cordial

warm, affectionate

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corpulence

fatness

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corroborate

validate, support

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coup

overthrow

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credulity

gullible, imprudence

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culpable

blame

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cultivate

improve, refine

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cupidity

greed, avarice

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curt

abrupt, terse

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dearth

scarcity, drought

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debauch

degrade

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decorous

appropriate

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decry

disparage, criticize

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defamatory

insulting

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deferential

respectful, obsequious

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deft

skillful, capable

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defunct

obsolete, invalid

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deleterious

harmful

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delineate

outline, explain

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demarcation

delineation, separation

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demure

quiet

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denigrate

belittle, deprecate

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depravity

wickedness

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derelice

abandoned

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deride

scorn

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desiccated

dehydrated

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despondent

discouraged, hopeless

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despot

dictator, tyrant

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diaphanous

light, transparent

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didactic

moral, instructional

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diffident

shy

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diffuse

scatter

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dilatory

delay

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dirge

elegy, song

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disaffected

rebellious

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discomfit

thwart, baffle

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discordant

not agreeing

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discursive

rambling

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disdain

scorn

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disparate

differing

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dissemble

fake, conceal

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dissent

disagreement, discord

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distend

swell, bloat

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dither

hesitate, vacillate, irresolute

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divisive

discorn, troublesome

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docile

quiet, submissive

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dogmatic

rigid, inflexible

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dour

stern joyless

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duplicity

crafty, dishonest

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ebullient

lively, effervescent

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eclectic

heterogeneous, varied

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edict

order, decree

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efface

obliterate

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efficacious

effective

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effrontery

impudence, nerve

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effulgent

radiant

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egregious

bad

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elegy

eulogy

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elicit

evoke, draw out

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elucidate

explain

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emaciated

thin

eminent

distinguished, conspicuous

emollient

soothing

empathy

understanding

empirical

pragmatic, observed

encumber

burden

enervate

exhause, weaken

engerder

create, generate

enigmatic

mystifying, cryptic

ennui

boredom

enthrall

charm

ephemeral

fleeting

equanimity

composure

equivocal

ambiguous, uncertain

erudite

learned

eschew

shun, avoid

esoteric

obscure

espouse

support

ethereal

heavenly

evanescent

fleeting, momentary

evince

reveal

exacerbate

intense

exasperate

irritate, irk

exculpate

exonerate

exevrable

loathsome, detestable

exhort

urge, spur

exigent

urgent, critical

exorbitant

excessive

expedient

advisable, advantageous

expiate

atone, compensate

expurgate

purge

extant

existing

extol

revere, praise

exult

rejoice

facile

easy

fallacious

incorrect, mileading

fastidious

meticulous, demanding

fatuous

silly, foolish

fecund

fruitful, fertile

felicitous

apt, delightful

feral

wild, savage

fervent

ardent, passionate

fetid

rotten, fusty

fetter

restrain

fickle

inconstant

fidelity

devotion

figurative

symbolic

flout

disreguard

forbearance

patience, tolerance

forestall

prevent

forlorn

lonely, abandoned

foster

stimulate, promote

fractious

irritable

fraught

tense, anxious

frivolous

little importance, trifling

furtive

secretive, sly

garish

gaudy, in bad taste

garrulous

talkative

genial

friendly, affable

goad

to urge, spur

gourmand

fond of eating and drinking

grandiloquence

lofty, pompouse language

grandiose

exaggerated scale

gratuitous

uncalled for, unwarranted

gregarious

sociable

grievous

injurious, hurtful

guile

deceitful, cunning

hackneyed

unoriginal, trite

hallowed

revered, consecrated

hapless

unlucky

harangue

speech

hardy

robust

harrowing

distressing, vexing

haughty

disdainfully proud

hegemony

dominate

heinous

wicked, repugnant

heterogeneous

varied

iconoclast

attacks common beliefs

idiosyncratic

individualized

idolatrous

worshipping one object

ignominious

humiliating

illicit

forbidden

immerse

absorb

immutable

not changeable

impassive

stoic, not susceptible to suffering

impecunious

poor

imperious

commanding

impertinent

rude, insolent, impudent

impervious

impenetrable

impetuous

rash, hastily done

impinge

impact, affect

implacable

cant be appeased

implement

utensil, tool; to put into effect

implicit

implied

impudent

casually rude, insolent, impertinent

impute

ascribe, blame

inane

silly and meaningless

incarnate

embodied

incediary

person who agitates; inflammatory

incessant

unending

inchoate

unformed

incisive

clear

inclination

tendency, propensity

incontrovertible

indisputable

incorriglible

incapable of correction, delinquent

increment

an enlargement

incumbent

one who holds an office; obligatry

indefatigable

incapable of defeat, failure, decay

indigenous

originating in a region

indigent

poor, improverished

indignation

anger by unfairness

indolent

lazy, malinger

indomitable

not conquerable

ineffable

unspeakable

inept

unqualified

inexorable

not persuaded

inextricable

entangled

infamy

notoriety

ingenuous

not devious

inimical

hostile

iniquilty

wickedness or sin

injunction

official warning

innate

inborn, native

innocuous

harmless

innuendo

insinuation

inoculate

vaccinate

inquisitor

inquire

insatiable

cant be satisfied

insidious

harmful, seductive

insinuate

suggest indirectly

insipid

dull

insolent

rude, arrogant

goad

instigate

insular

narrow-minded, closed-off

interlocutor

participates in conversation

interminable

not ending

intimation

an indirect suggestion

intractable

unmanageable

intransigent

refusing to compromise

intrepid

brave

inundate

flood with abundance

inure

become accustomed to

invective

angry verbal attack

inveterate

habit

inviolable

secure from assault - The batcave is inviolable

irascible

easily angered

irreverence

disrespect

judicious

exercising sound judgement

knell

solemn sound of a bell

laconic

terse in speech or writing

languid

sluggish

largess

giving lavish gifts

latent

hidden but can be exposed

laudatory

praise

legerdemain

deception

lenient

tolerance

lethargic

state of sluggishness or apathy

licentious

dissolute, profligate, lack of moral restraint

limpid

clear, transparent

lithe

graceful, flexible

litigant

plantiff, accuser

lucid

clear, easily understandable

lurid

ghastly, sensational

maelstrom

destructive whirlpool

magnanimous

noble, generous

malediction

a curse

malevolent

wanting harm on others

malleable

shaped or transformed

manifest

obvious

manifold

diverse, varied

maudlin

weakly sentimental

mawkish

sick sentimentality

medley

mixture of different things

mendacious

lying, false character

mercurial

rapid change or temperamental

modicum

small amount

mollify

to soften in temper

morass

wet swampy bog

moral attitudes of a group of people

morose

gloomy

multifarious

diverisity

mundane

concerned with the world rather than heaven, commonplace

munificent

generosity

mutable

able to change

myraid

big

nadir

lowest point of something

nascent

process of being born

nebulous

vaguely defined, cloudy

nefarious

villainous

neophyte

young, inexperienced

noisome

unpleasant

nomadic

wandering from place to place

nominal

trifling, insignificant

nondescript

lacking distinctive character

nuance

slight variation in meaning, tone, expression

obdurate

unyielding to moral influences

obfuscate

render incomprehensible

oblique

diverging from a straight line

obsequious

submissive

obstinate

stubborn

obstreperous

noisy, unruly

obtuse

lacking sensibility or intellect

odious

instilling hatred or displeasure

officious

meddlesome, obtrusive, intrusive

onerous

burdensome

oration

formal speech

ornate

elaborate, decorated

oscillate

sway

ostensible

seemingly, apparent, sham

ostentatious

glitzy

ostracism

exclusion from group

pacific

soothing

palliate

to reduce the severity of, deoderize, extenuate

pallid

lacking color

panacea

elixir, nostrum

paradigm

mold, standard, paragon

paradox

anomaly, puzzle

paragon

paradigm, mold

pariah

outcast

parsimony

frugality

partisan

follower, adherent

patent

understood, clear

pathology

deviation from normal

pathos

pity, commiseration

paucity

small in quantity

pejorative

derogatory

pellucid

easily intelligible, clear

penchant

preference

penitent

remorseful, regretful

penultimate

next to last

penurious

miserly, stingy

perfidious

disloyal

perfunctory

showing little interest

permeate

spread throughout

pernicious

destructive

perspicacity

shrewdness, perceptiveness

pert

flippant, bold

pertinacious

persistent

perusal

review

pervasive

permeant, to spread throughout

petulance

rudeness

phlegmatic

uninterested, unresponsive

pithy

meaningful

pittance

small amount

placate

sooth

placid

calm, peaceful

platitude

cliche

plaudit

applause

poignant

deeply affecting, moving

portent

omen, augury, presage

potentate

great power, leader

pragmatic

practical

precipice

face of cliff

precocious

advanced

preclude

to prevent

predilection

a preference

preponderance

superiority

prepossessing

occupying the mind

presage

omen, augury, portent

prescient

have foreknowledge of

presumptuous

disrespectfully bold

pretense

shamming, mask

privation

lacking basic necessities

probity

virtue, integrity

proclivity

bent, disposition

profligate

dissolute, extravagant

promulgate

proclaim

propagate

multiply, spread out

propensity

preference

propitious

favorable

propriety

decent, etiquiette

prosaic

plain

proscribe

to condemn, outlaw

protean

variable

prowess

extraordinary ability

prudence

cautious, circumspect

puerile

juvenile, immature

pugnacious

quarrelsome, combative

pulchritude

physical beauty

punctilious

precise, demeaning, conscientious

pungent

pointed, sharp quality

punitive

involving punishment

putrid

rotten, foul

quagmire

difficult situation

quaint

charmingly old-fashioned

quandary

perplexed state

quell

suppress, extinguish

querulous

whiny, complaining

quixotic

idealistic, impractical

quotidian

daily

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