EASY Flashcards
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Adamant
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not yielding
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affected
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haughty (self pride and arrogance)
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allocate
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assign or portion (divide work look)
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amicable
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friendly
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apathetic/Apathy
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Lacking interest
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Apt
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appropriate or inclined (find appropriate situations that are fitting)
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aspire
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strive for
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auspicious
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favorable (outcome will come, future likeliness of success)
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autocrat or autocratic
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dictator or dictatorial
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bombastic
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pompous (irritating person)
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callous
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insensitive
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concur
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agree
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contempt(uous)
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disdainful (lack of respect)
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cosmopolitan
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sophisticated or urbane
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debacle
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failure
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debunk
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prove wrong
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degradation
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humiliation
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demonstrative
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openly emotional
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deprecate
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disapprove or belittle
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diffuse
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spread out
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dire
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urgent or dreadful
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dispassionate
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unemotional
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dormant
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inactive
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duplicitous or duplicity
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deliberately deceptive
25
elude
evade
26
elusive
difficulty to catch or define
27
empathetic or empathy
compassionate
28
encompass
include or surround
29
epiphany
sudden realization
30
eulogy or eulogize
praising speech
31
evoke
bring about or stir up
32
exposé
a report designed to reveal the truth to the public
33
fallacy
false belief
34
fathom (web)
understand
35
folly
foolishness
36
futile or futility
hopeless
37
glutton(ous)
someone who eats and drinks too much
38
hardy
robust or sturdy
39
hasten
speed up the progress of
40
illicit
ilegal
41
inane
senseless or stupid
42
induce
Cause
43
indulgent
lenient
44
inert or inertia
not moving or inactive
45
invoke
call forth or appeal to
46
irony or ironic
incongruity between what is expected and what actually results
47
jovial
cheerful
48
lucid
clear and easily understood
49
lull
short period of calm
50
malleable
capable of being shaped or pliable
51
nuance
subtle difference
52
opportunist or opportunistic
a person who takes advantage of opportunities , often unethically
53
oracle
prophet
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orthodox
conservative or traditional
55
painstaking
careful
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parody
intentional mockery
57
placid
calm
58
precipitate
outcome
59
prolific
fertile or fruitful or plentiful
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prospective
likely or expected to become
61
rapport
relationship
62
recessive
tending to go backwards
63
regressive
tending to return or revert
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reproach
scold
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sage
wise
66
scope
opportunity or range
67
scrutinize or scrutiny
examine carefully
68
self-righteous
smug or holier-than-thou
69
self-serving
selfish
70
serendipity
luck
71
simlie
comparsion
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slight (verb)
insult or snub
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stock (adjective)
standard or hackneyed (lacking significance through having been overused; unoriginal )
74
succulent
delicious
75
susceptible
easily influenced or affected
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teem or teeming
abundant
77
tout
praise
78
transient
lasting for only a short time
79
uncanny
extraordinary or weird
80
vanquish
conquer or defeat
81
viscous
thick or sticky
82
vocation
career
83
wrath
anger
84
wry
clever or grim sense of humour
85
adverse
In an opposing direction
86
advocate
A person who pleads for a person, cause or idea
87
alias
a name that has been assumed temporarily
88
antiseptic
thoroughly clean and free of disease causing organisms
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bashful
self-consciously timid
90
cobbler
a person who makes or repairs shoes
91
abyss
enormous chasm or vast bottomless pit any deep immeasurable space, hell
92
acclaim
applaud, announce with great approval
93
altar
modify or cause to change or make different ; convert
94
affix
fasten or append or add on secure to something
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atone
make amends as for sin or fault
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animate(d)
endowed with life or alive or living
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audible
heard or perceptible by the ear
98
baton
staff or truncheon for various purposes as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race
99
bawl
cry out with a loud full sound
100
bask
luxuriate or take pleasure in warmth
101
bestial
beastlike or brutal
102
bureaucracy
over regulated administrative system
103
prodigal
wastefully extravagant
104
ubiquitous
ever-present or pervasive
105
fervid
enthusiastic and passionate
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laudable
deserving praise and commendation
107
vacillate
to switch between different opinions or actions
108
enervate
to feel weak
109
ingenious
innocent
110
misanthrope
a person who dislikes humankind
111
venerate
regard with great respect
112
WAVER
to go back and forth between choices or opinions
113
dissonance
a lack of harmony or agreement
114
garrulous
excessively talkative
115
ostentation
excessive display of wealth
116
prevaricate
avoid telling the truth by not directly answering the question
117
summit
the peak or highest point or a meeting of high-level leaders
118
slapdash
carelessly and hastily put together
119
zenith
the highest point or culmination
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telltale
revealing
121
erratic
unpredictable or strange and unconventional
122
insolvent
unable to pay ones bills
123
underwrite
to support financially
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pine
to yearn for
125
peruse
to read very carefully
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remiss
to be negligent in one's duty
127
incendiary
that causes a fire
128
hound
to pursue relentlessly
129
voracious
very hungry or approaching an activity with gusto
130
spendthrift
one who spends money extravagantly
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thrifty
spending money wisely
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bleak
having a depressing or gloomy outlook
133
unnerve
to make nervous or upset
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acme
the highest point of achievement
135
screed
an abusive rant
| often tedious
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vindictive
to have very strong desire for revenge
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macabre
suggesting the horror of death and decay or gruesome
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affable
likeable or easy to talk to
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diabolical
to be extremely wicked like the devil
140
inundate
Overwhelm
141
profuse
given or produced in great quantity
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errant
to be wandering and not sticking to a cirumscribed path
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imponderable
impossible to estimate or figure out
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immaterial
not relevant
145
amok
in a frenzied or uncontrolled state
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ferret
to search for something persistently
147
sanctimonious
making a show of being pious (devotely religious) or holier than thou
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balicose
warlike or inclined to quarrel
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avarice
greed
150
cardinal
fundamental
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raft
a large number of something
152
cadaverous
emaciated and gaunt
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contrite
to be remorseful
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hodgepodge
a confusing mixture or jumble
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extenuating
making less guilty or more forgiveable
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animosity
intense hostility
157
replete
completely stocked or furnished with somethign
158
preemptive
done before someone else can do it
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sanguine
cheerful or optimistic
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paucity
a lack of something
161
desecrate
to willfully violate or destroy a scared place
162
melee
a wild, confusing fight or struggle
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cogent
clear and persusaive
164
checkered
marked by disreputable or unfortunate happenings
165
beatific
blissfully happy
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aboveboard
open and honest
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exhort
encourage
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unconscionable
Unreasonable
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badger
to pester
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disparate
two things are fundamentally different
171
pittance
small amount of money
172
fleece
To deceive
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junta
an aggressive takeover by a group (military), the group that executes such an takeover
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lassitude
extreme tiredness
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pugnacious
eager to fight or argue or verbally combative
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virago
an ill-tempered woman
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ascendancy
the state that exists when one person or group has power over the other
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disenfranchise
deprive of voting rights
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fete
to celebrate a person
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moot
open to argument or debate
181
abreast
latest news or info
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abstain
restrain from doing something
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agog
eargerness to do something
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allure
quality of being powerful
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altruism
selfless concern for the wellbeing of others
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apathy
lack of enthusiasm
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arbiter
a person who settles a dispute
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artless
Without deception
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blight
thing that spoils something
190
blowhard
a person who bluster
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boycott
rejection
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burlesque
a variety show
193
chronic
long lasting
194
coda
conclusion event
195
confound
contradict
196
deign
consider to be beneath one's dignity
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docile
obedient
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doff
removing something
199
dote
adore
200
ethos
characteristics of a culture
201
proclivity
inclination
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fallow
inactive
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falter
fumble
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flail
struggle uselessly
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fluke
accident
206
forage
hunt
207
fringe
unorthodox
208
garner
gathering something informational
209
gist
main idea
210
gossamer
Somthing very light
211
harangue
aggressive speech
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impetuous
impulsive
213
indictment
citation
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ingrate
ungrateful person
215
lax
severe
216
listless
lacking energy or enthusiasm
217
livid
furiously angry
218
mince
polite way to indicate disapproval
219
minion
a follower
220
mirth
high spirits
221
muse
inspiration
222
oblique
indirect
223
opaque
not transparent
224
pine
type of tree
225
platitude
a commonplace
226
posit
postulate
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prophetic
visionary
228
purist
perfectionist
229
quack
fraud
230
rue
bitterly regret
231
ruminate
think deeply about something
232
stigma
shame
233
strut
parade
234
taunt
wound
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tawdry
poor quality but flashy
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temperate
pleasant
237
tome
scholarly one
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torrid
fully of diffifulty
239
vestige
fragment
240
vilify
speaking of writing in defame manner
241
volatile
Strained
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waffle
lengthy but trivial
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wanton
deliberate and unprovoked
244
whittle
wear away
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wizened
wrinkled with age
246
zeal
passion
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fetid
stincking
248
flout
openly disregard
249
forestall
get in before
250
frenetic
wild
251
affiliation
state of being attach to something
252
unanimous
agreed by everyone
253
castastrophe/ic
a sudden disaster that causes great suffering or damage
254
agitate
to incite the public against someone or something
255
oblivious
not noticing or realizing what is happening around you
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exaggerate
to make something seem larger than it is
257
allege
to say that somebody has done something wrong
258
retrieve
to get something back from the place where it was left or lost
259
ferocious
very aggressive and violent
260
acquire
to obtain or buy something
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erstwhile
former
262
detract
to make something seem less good or important
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implausible
not easy to believe
264
reverberate
to be repeated several times as it comes off different surfaces
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obnoxious
extremely unpleasant
266
alleviate
to make something less strong or bad
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effigy
a statue of a famous or religous person or god
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cynic
a person who believes that people only do things for themselves rather than to help others
269
acknowledge
to accept or admit that something is true or exists
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antagonize
to make somebody angry or to annoy somebody
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attribute
to believe that something was causes or done by somebody or something
272
bewilder
to confuse and surprise
273
competent
having the ability or skill needed for something
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condemn
to say strongly that you think somebody or something is very bad or wrong
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largesse
to go somewhere very slowly money or gifts given generously
276
deceitful
dishonest
277
demeanor
the way a person behaves , dresses, speaks, looks etc that shows what their character is like
278
devastate
to destroy something or damage it badly
279
apprehend
to catch somebody and arrest him or her
280
unprecedented
never having happened or existed before
281
conudrum
a confusion and difficult problem or question
282
audacious
willing to take risks or do something shocking
283
bizarre
very strange or unusual
284
conjecture
to guess about something without real proof or evidence
285
elapse
to pass
286
despicable
very unpleasant or evil
287
gruesome
Very unpleasant or shocking
288
sullen
showing a brooding ill humor
289
commodify
turn into or treat as a commodity
290
tentative
uncertain; not deifnite
291
infuriate
to make somebody very angry
292
intimidate
to frighten or threaten somebody often in order to make him or her do something
293
naive
without enough experience of life and too ready to believe or trust other people
294
contrition
the feeling of remorse or guilt that comes from doing something bad
295
resilient
strong enough to deal with illness
296
jeopardize
to do something that may damage something or put it at risk
297
sabotage
damage that is done on purpose and secretly
298
maladroit
inefficient or clumsy
299
maverick
a person who does not behave or think like everyone else, but who has independent unusual opinions
300
hopeless
unfortuante
301
abrupt
sudden
302
affiliation
association
303
imbue
wet or stain an object
304
irascible
easily provoked
305
aberrant
different from the norm
306
affection
feeling of love and care
307
anomaly
different from the norm
308
brazen
extremely strong
309
capacity
ability
310
cacophony
chaotic sound
311
compelling
evoking strong interest
312
chronological
in a timely order
313
covet
yearns to possess
314
craft
activity involving skills
315
craven
cowardly
316
demur
raise objections
317
detactment
the state of being aloof
318
diatribe
a forceful and bitter attack by someone or something
319
dirge
a lament for the dead
320
discern
recognize
321
elegy
serious reflection
322
elicit
evoke or draw out
323
engender
cause or give rise to something
324
equable
regular
325
erroneous
wrong
326
exposition
explanation
327
facilitate
ease
328
fluctuate
rise and fall irregularly
329
pedestrian
commonplace trite unremarkable
330
partial
incomplete
331
prevail
win
332
probity
uprightness incorruptibility principle
333
propitiate
appease
334
propriety
decorum
335
qualification
knowledge
336
adulterate
degrade
337
eschew
deliberately avoid using
338
exigent
pressing or demanding
339
expatiate
speak or write in detail about
340
extrapolate
gather
341
fellocious
based on a mistaken belief
342
gauche
unsophisticated and socially awkward
343
exacerbate
make a bad situation
344
imperturbable
calm
345
instigate
bring about or innate
346
respectively
in order given
347
raze
completely destroy
348
tractable
easy to control or influence
349
trepidation
a feeling of fear or anxiety
350
waning
disappear
351
entitlement
the fact of having a right to something
