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abate
lessen
accost
confront
adept
skillful
affected
haughty
amenable
yielding
antediluvian
very old
antipathy
dislike
assuage
relieve, appease
atrophy
waste away
attenuate
weaken, reduce
august
dignified
aura
air, feeling
auspicious
favorable
automaton
person who acts like a robot
barrage
torrent
belligerent
aggressive, warlike
belligerent
aggressive, warlike
bequeath
hand down
berate
scold harshly
bog
marsh swamp
boorish
crude
cantankerous
irritable
chagrin
mortification
compendious
succinct
complacen
self-satisfaction
conflagration
large destructive fire
confluence
place where things merge
consternation
dismay
convivial
sociable, lively
cursory
hasty
debacle
failure
debilitate
weaken
decorum
order
denigrate
belittle
deprecate
disapprove, belittle
disingenuous
insinere
elicit
bring about
elucidate
clarify
encroaching
intrusive
estrange
alienate
flummox
confuse
foolhardy
recklessly daring
gait
manner of walking
garish
tastelessly showy
grandiose
pompous, pretentious
impasse
obstacle
imperious
arrogant
ineffable
impossible to express in words
innuendo
implicit suggestion
intrepid
courageous
lackadaisical
lacking energy, lethargic
laggard
lazy person
languid
inactive, dreamy
latent
not active
lucrative
profitable
maudlin
overly sentimental
mercurial
fickle
morose
depressed
motley
diverse, heterogeneous
nuance
subtle difference
pedant
person who makes a great deal about his knowledge
penchant
preference
penurious
cheap, stingy
peremptory
bossy, decisive
perfunctory
done routinely with little interest or care
perquisite
bonus, additional payment
petulant
irritable
placate
calm someone done
polemic
controversial
prevaricator
liar
procure
get or provide
pundit
knowledgeable commentator
ramshackle
poorly construct
rapport
relationship
recalcitrant
stubborn
relegate
demote
repertory
collection
rescind
annul, retract
slipshod
careless, sloppy
static
not moving
stock
standard, hackneyed
tirade
critical speech
toady
suck-up
torpor
drowsiness, apathy
tout
praise
truculent
aggressive
unabashed
not embarrassed
uncouth
crude
ungainly
clumsy
unruly
unrestrained
unwitting
unintentional
urban
elegant
vapid
dull
venal
willing to accept bribes
vying
striving
avid
eager
barter
trade goods or services
chauvinist
someone with a prejudiced belief
contour
outline
fanfare
spectacular public display
humdrum
dull, monotonous
miffed
offended, upset
taut
pulled tight, not slack
testy
irritated, peevish
truncate
shorten by cutting off
voracious
insatiable
deference
respectful submission, yiedl
gargantuan
gigantic
incriminate
accuse someone of a crime
ineptitude
incompetence
irate
angry
lithe
graceful, supple
lurid
sensational, shocking
officious
meddlesome, interfering
ostensible
apparent, seeming
viscous
thick, sticky
waning
lessening
avant-garde
vanguard, daring
behemoth
huge monster or animal
bigotry
intolerance, prejudice
caricature
exaggerated portrait
catalog
list
connoisseur
expert
dilapidated
broken down
forestall
delay
garnish
ornamentation
gruff
stern, harsh
hiatus
interruption, break
rehash
rework, reuse
remiss
neglectful, neligent