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enfranchise
give voting rights
noxious
harmful; posionous lethal
placid
calm, peaceful
remuneration
payment for work done
engender
cause
knotty
complex, difficult to solve
nuance
something subtle, a fine shade of meaning
abasement
humiliation, degradation
harangue
noisy, attacking speech
replete
full
abrogate
cancel, deny, repeal
enigma
puzzle, mystery
harbingers
indicators, bringers of warnings
labyrinthine
complicated, highly convoluted
plaudit
statement giving strong praise
esconce
establish firmly in a position
obdurate
stubborn
tawdry
of little value, gaudy
blighted
damaged, destroyed, ruined
credulous
gullible, ready to believe anything
enshroud
cover
lachrymose
tearful, sad
obfuscate
deliberately make something difficult to understand
repudiate
shun, eschew
tedium
boredom
blithe
free spirited, carefree
crespuscular
active at dawn and dusk
temper
to moderate, soften
abstruse
difficult to understand, obsucre
blunderbuss
ancient weapon, (type of gun) /a clumsy person
envenom
to cause bitterness and bad feeling
hedonism
self ingulgence, pleasure seeking
laconic
using few words, brief, to the point
oblique
indirect, slanting
tenacious
stubborn, resolute, holding firm to a purpose
ephemeral
short-lived
hedonist
a pleasure seeker
bombast
arrogant, pompous language
lampoon
ridicule, spoof
resonant
echoing
tenuous
flimsy, not solid
acrid
sharp, pungent
boorish
ill-mannered
cynical
believing that people act only out of selfish motives
epistle
a letter (form of communication0
heresy
against orthodox opinion
lance
spear, slike, javelin
respite
break, intermission
terse
concise, to the point
acrophobia
fear of heights
bourgeois
middle class
debility
weakness, incapacity
epostolary
concerned with letters, through correspondence
hiatus
interruption, pause
languid
tired, slow
poised
calm, collected, self possessed
resplendent
shining, glowing
acuity
sharpness (mental or visual)
braggart
someone who boasts
epitomized
typified, characterized, personified
hidebound
rigid in opinions
languish
decay, fade away, get weaker
obsequious
servile, submissive
polemical
causing debate or argument
restorative
a tonic
thwart
prevent, frustrate
decathlon
an athletic competition with ten events
equivocate
speak ambiguously, avoid telling the truth
larceny
theft, robbery, stealing
ponderous
weighty, slow and heavy
timorous
cowardly, fearful
adroit
skillfull
brevity
being brief
decorum
dignified, corrected behavior
largess
generosity
pontificate
speak pompously or dogmatically
reticent
restrained, holding something back, uncommunicative
tirade
stream of verbal abuse
adulation
strong admiration, worship
bristle
to show irritation
histrionic
theatrical, exaggerated
laud
praise
obstreperous
noisy an dboisterous
portend
fortell
titter
giggle quietly
broach
start to discuss, approach
deference
respect
esoteric
obscure and difficult to understand
hoary
old
lavish
on a grand scale, wasteful
obtuse
mentally dull
portent
a warning sign, omen
revere
worship
tome
large book
advocate
support
brusque
blunt, abrupt
defoliate
cause leaves to fall off
espouse
promote, take up support
hone
sharpen, increase, whet
lax
careless, not strict
obviate
avoid, make unnecessary
poseur
someone who puts on an act
riddled
full of (usually holes)
torpid
incactive, lazy, stagnant
aesthetic
concerning art of beauty
bulwark
fortification, barricade, wall
defunct
no longer in existence
etymology
the study of word origins
hyperbole
grossly, exaggerated speech
odious
hateful
posterity
future generations
rifle
common
torpor
dormancy, sluggishness, inactivity
affable
friendly, social, easygoing
burreaucracy
officialdom
degradation
deprivation, poverty, debasement
eulogy
praise
legion
in large numbers
officious
domineering, intrusive, meddlesome
posthumous
after death
totter
walk unsteadily
alacrity
eagerness, enthusiasm, quickness
burgeon
grow, flourish, put forth new shoots
deleterious
harmful
euphemism
a polite phrase to cover something unpleasant
ogle
stare at, observe in an obvious manner
postulate
hypothesize, propose
tractable
obedient, dutiful, polite
alchemy
medievil chemistry, attempt to change base metal into gold
burnish
polish
deliberate
to think over deeply
euphony
pleasant sounds
iconoclast
person who opposes orhtodoxy
levity
flippancy, joking about serirous matters
olfactory
concerned with the sense of smell
potable
suitable for drinking
rotund
round
buttress
strenghten, support
delineation
demarcation, explanation, definition, outlining
idiosyncrasy
a personal peculiarity, something uniquet to an individual
libertarian
someone who opposes tyranny
ominous
threatening
ruminate
think over something, ponder
allay
to lessen
beline
the line that tells you who wrote an articl
demur
hesitate, refuse
exacerbate
make worse
ignominious
shameful
linement
soothing lotion
omnipotent
all powerful
pragmatic
pratical
ruse
trick, stratagem
cacophony
discordant loud noises
exasperated
frustrated, annoyed
ignominy
shame
lithe
flexible, supple
omniscient
all knowing
pramatist
pratical person, one who is concerned with usefulness
saccharin
falsely sweet
transient
short lived, ephemaral
cajole
coax
exceptionable
very bad (something which we should object to)
onerous
burdensome, hard to undertake
preamble
introductory material
sacrosanct
very holy, inviolable
traverse
to move across
altruism
putting others first, being self sacrificing
caldron
huge cooking pot
deplore
regret
exculpate
free someone from blame, pardon, acquit
illusory
deceptive, false, misleading
lobbyist
person who tried to persuade someone to support a particular cause
onus
burden
precarious
unstable, risky
trepidation
fear
amass
accumulate
callow
immature
depravity
moral corruption
exercrable
very very bad
immoderate
excessive, extreme
lofty
snooty, arrogant, haughty
opaque
does not let light through
precedent
a previous occurrence used as a guide
sage
a wise person
trinket
something of little value, knick knack
ambiguity
uncertaninty, vagueness
candid
frank, honest
deprecate
criticize, denounce
exegesis
scholarly, explanation or interpretation
immutable
unchanging, permanent
longevity
long life
opulent
wealthy, rich, magnificent
precept
guiding principle
salacious
lecherous, erotic
trite
unoriginal, dull
ambiguous
unclear in meaning, can be interpreted in diferent ways
deride
ridicule, make fun of, mock
exemplary
outstandingly good, setting a fine example
impartial
unbiased, neutral
loquacious
talkative
ordain
destine, confer holy orders on a priest
precinct
district of a city
ambivalence
lack of clarity, wavering, being undecided
cantankerous
bad tempered, quarrelsome
exemplify
to serve as a good example
impecunious
having no money
ornate
highly decorated
precipice
steep slope
salubrious
health giving
ambulatory
ablt to walk around
capacious
spacious
impious
wicked, profane
orthodox
conventional
precipitous
done in a hurry
salutary
something which teaches you a lesson, beneficial
ameliorate
make better
capitulate
surrender, give in to
ossify
turn to bone, become fixed and rigid
sanctimonious
hupocritically holly
tumult
uproar, noise
amelioration
improvement
carping
constant criticism
desist
stop, discontinue, cease
lummox
clumsy person
ostentatious
showy
precocious
developing early
sanction
give approval to
turpitude
depravity
amiable
friendly
cartographer
person who makes maps
depsondent
having no hope, miserable
expatriate
refugee, emigrant, someone living away from his own country
luscious
juicy, moist, succulent
oust
push out of a position
sanguinary
bloodthirsty, bloody
tyro
novice, beginner
amity
friendship
castigate
scold strongly
incantation
chant, invocation, prayer
sanguine
optimistic, cheerful
ubiquitous
found everywhere, omnipresent
amorphous
lacking in shape
catharsis
purging of pent up emotions
deter
put off, prevent
machinations
plots and plans
overwrought
worked up, in an emotional state
preeminent
famous, outstanding
sardonic
mocking
unalloyed
undiluted, total
analgesic
medicine to combat pain
caucus
type of private politicla meeting
incessant
without stopping
maelstom
whirlpool, storm in the ocean
prerogative
right or privilege
savant
person with knowledge
unctuous
oily, using excessive flattery
caustic
burning
incipient
just beginning
magnanimous
generous, big hearted
palisade
fence made of posts
prescient
having fore knowledge
scale
to climb
anarchy
chaos, lack of government
cavalcade
procession of vehicles
devoured
greedily eaten/consumed
extradite
deport from one country back to the home country
inclination
tendency, a leaning toward
magnate
powerful businessman
palliative
a remedy that improves but doesnt cure
presentiment
a feeling that something might happen
anecdote
a brief amusing story
celerity
speed
dexterous
skilful with hands
extraneous
irrelevant
incoherent
not clear
maladroit
culmsy, unskillful
pallid
pale
scrupulous
careful, diligent, painstaking
unequivocal
clear, obvious
animosity
hatred, antagonism
censorious
disapporving, critical
dichotomy
a division into two parts
extrapolate
extend, pretend on the basis of known data
incongruous
not fitting in, out of place
malady
illness
palpable
easily felt, easily perceived
pretentious
pompous, self-important
scrutinize
examine carefully
unfetter
set free
annex
a building which in an addition to an existing building
censure
blame
didactic
intended to teach, instructive
extrinsic
irrelevant, on the outside
inconsequential
unimportant, insignificant, negligible