Vocab Flashcards

Question

gradation

Answer 1

-noun -a degree or stage in a process, a variation in color -synonyms: nuance, subtlety

Answer 2

-adj -phony, artificial

Answer 3

-noun -plot or scheme -synonyms: cabal, design, intrigue

Answer 4

-adj -artificial or stilted in character

Answer 5

-adj -charming, happily engaged

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-noun -rebellion -synonyms: mutiny

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-adj -foul-smelling; putrid -synonyms: malodorous, noisome, rank

Answer 8

-verb -to assume as real or conceded; to propose an an explanation

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-noun -no variation; tediously the same -synonyms: drone, tedium

Answer 10

-noun -relief from wrong or injury -synonyms: amends, indemnity, quittance, reparation, restitution

Answer 11

-noun -novice; beginning -synonyms: apprentice, greenhorn, tyro

Answer 12

-adj -done in a routine way -synonyms: apathetic, automatic, mechanical

Answer 13

-noun -premise;postulate; self-evident truth -synonyms: adage, aphorism, apothegm, maxim, rule

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-adj -wandering from place to place, especially on foot -synonyms: itinerant, nomadic, wayfaring

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-noun -deceit, trickery -synonyms: artifice, chicanery, connivery, duplicity

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-adj -lacking energy and enthusiasm -synonyms: fainéant, indolent, languid, lackadaisical, torpid

Answer 17

-verb -to humble; to disgrace -synonyms: demean

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-verb -to decline in vigor, stregthen, or interest -synonyms: ebb, slacken, subside, wane

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-adj -harmless -synonyms: insipid

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-noun -a cranky person, usually an old one -synonyms: coot

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-adj -unable to be calmed down or made peaceful -synonyms: irreconcilable, obdurate, obstinate, unyielding

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-adj -very old, whitish or gray from age -synonyms: antediluvian, venerable

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-adj -tearful

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-adj -talkative -synonyms: effusive, garrulous, verbose

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-noun -someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic -synonyms: dabbler, superficial, tyro

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-noun -extreme dislike -synonyms: animus, enmity, repugnance

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-adj -moderate in appetite; practicing moderation or abstinence -synonyms: continent, temperate

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-adj -proper, tasteful, socially correct -synonyms: comme il faut, courteous

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-adj -known or understood only by a few -synonyms: abstruse, arcane

Answer 30

-synonyms: credulous, exploitable

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-adj -having bad connotations, disparaging

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-verb -to leave secretly -synonyms: decamp

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-noun -greed, strong desire -synonyms: avarice, covetousness, rapacity

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-verb -to wander from from place to place; to travel, especially on foot -synonyms: transverse, trek

Answer 35

-verb -to become thinner or sparser -synonyms: attenuate

Answer 36

-adj -not devout in religion -synonyms: irreverent

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-noun -extreme mental and physical sluggish -synonyms: apathy, languor

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-verb -to shed hair, skin, or an outer layer periodically -synonyms: cast, defoliate, desquamate

Answer 39

-noun -intense and passionate feeling -synonyms: fervency, fervidity, fervidness

Answer 40

-adj -composed of unlike parts; different; diverse -synonyms: motley

Answer 41

-noun -a monarch or ruler with great power

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-noun -a long, harsh speech or verbal attack -synonyms: diatribe, fulmination, harangue, obloquy, revilement, vilification

Answer 43

-noun -a secret group seeking to overturn something -synonyms: coterie, mafia, mod

Answer 44

-muddle, scramble, snarl, turmoil

Answer 45

-verb -to discard; to get rid of as unnecessary or encumbering

Answer 46

-eloquence, oratory

Answer 47

-noun -wisdom, caution, or restraint -synonyms: astuteness, circumspection, discretion, frugality, judiciousness, providence, thrift

Answer 48

-adj -earthly, down-to-earth, commonplace -synonyms: mundane, sublunary, tellurian, terrene

Answer 49

-adj -sharp and irritating to the senses -synonyms: acrid, caustic, piquant, stinging

Answer 50

-adj -quick to act without thinking -synonyms: impulsive, precipitate

Answer 51

-adj -cynical, scornfully mocking -synonyms: acerbic, caustic, satirical

Answer 52

-adj -overly submissive and eager to please -synonyms: deferential, servile, subservient

Answer 53

-verb -to perceive or recognize -synonyms: descry, espy

Answer 54

-noun -ceremony conferring authority -synonyms: inaugural, inauguration, induction

Answer 55

-noun -meal or mealtime

Answer 56

-adj -extremely plain or secluded, as in a monastery -synonyms: austere, regimented, self-abnegating

Answer 57

-adj -thrown violently or brought about abruptly, lacking deliberation -synonyms: headlong, impetuous

Answer 58

-noun -good-natured geniality, an atmosphere of good cheer -synonyms: affability, amiability, cordiality, geniality

Answer 59

-verb -to overlook, pardon, or disregard -synonyms: exculpate, remit

Answer 60

-noun -frivolity, gaiety, laughter -synonyms: jollity

Answer 61

-noun -discussion, usually between enemies.

Answer 62

-adj -shrewd, wise -synonyms: astute, judicious, perspicacious, sage

Answer 63

-noun -one who opposes established beliefs, customs, and institutions -revolutionary

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-noun -the female branch of the family

Answer 65

-derelict, leper, offscouring

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-adj -hostile, unfriendly -synonyms: dissident, recalcitrant

Answer 67

-verb -to mar the appearance of, to vandalize -synonyms: impair, spoil

Answer 68

-adj -sickly sweet, excessive -synonyms: fulsome

Answer 69

-adj -sour in taste or manner -synonyms: acerbic, acetous, piquant, pungent

Answer 70

-noun -a sorrowful poem or speech -synonyms: dirge

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-adj -selecting from or made up from a variety of sources

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-adj -concerning the appreciation of beauty

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-noun -a natural inclination or predisposition -synonyms: penchant, predilection, predisposition, propensity

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-adj -agitated, overdone -synonyms: ornate

Answer 75

-adj -lacking interest or flavor -synonyms: banal, full, vapid

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-adj -amusing in a wry, subtle way -synonyms: cosmic, risible

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-noun -a crude person, one lacking manners or taste -synonyms: clod, lout, oaf, vulgarian, yahoo

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-verb -to stop up; to prevent the passage of -synonyms: barricade, close

Answer 79

-adj -determined by chance or impulse -synonyms: wayward

Answer 80

-noun -a nest built high in the air; an elevated, often secluded, dwelling -synonyms: stronghold

Answer 81

-noun -lowest point

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-noun -complete honesty and integrity -synonyms: rectitude

Answer 83

-adj -rigidly devoted to theories without regard for practically; dogmatic -synonyms: dictatorial

Answer 84

-verb -to dance or skip around playfully -synonyms: caper, cavort, frisk, rollick, romp

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-adj -lacking color or liveliness -synonyms: ashen, blanched, wan

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-verb -to be present throughout; to permeate -synonyms: imbue, infuse, permeate, suffuse

Answer 87

-noun -a person who dislikes other -synonyms: curmudgeon

Answer 88

-noun -controversy, argument, verbal attack -synonyms: denunciation, refutation

Answer 89

-noun -something that calms or soothes pain -synonyms: narcotic, nepenthe, opiate

Answer 90

-noun -a puzzle, a mystery -synonyms: conundrum, perplexity

Answer 91

-adj -temporary, lasting a brief time

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-noun -the domination of one state or group over its allies

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-adj -cowardly, without courage

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-verb -to scold sharply -synonyms: berate, chide, rebuke, reproach, tax

Answer 95

-verb -to make better, to improve

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-verb -to make impure -synonyms: debase, doctor, load

Answer 97

-noun -grammatical mistake -synonyms: blooper, faux pas, vulgarism

Answer 98

-noun -a harsh, jarring noise -synonyms: chaos, clamor, din, discord

Answer 99

-noun -an ornament worn as a charm against evil spirits -synonyms: talisman

Answer 100

-noun -effectiveness -synonyms: dynamism

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-adj -exhilarated, a full of enthusiasm and high spirits -synonyms: ardent, avid, bubbly, zestful

Answer 102

-noun -vitality and energy

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-verb -to operate against, work against

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-adj -persuasive and moving, especially in speech

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-verb -to move slowly and awkwardly -synonyms: galumph, hulk, lurch, stumble

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-adj -gaudy, falsely attractive -synonyms: specious, tawdry

Answer 107

-noun -trick designed to deceive an enemy -synonyms: artifice, feint, maneuver, ruse, wile

Answer 108

-verb -to physically sway; to be indecisive -synonyms: dither, falter, fluctuate, oscillate, waver

Answer 109

-noun -a free thinker (usually used disparagingly); one without moral restraint -synonyms: hedonist

Answer 110

-noun -excess -synonyms: glut, overabundance, superfluity, surfeit

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-adj -wandering and unpredictable -synonyms: capricious, inconstant, irresolute, whimsical

Answer 112

-noun -a funeral hymn or mournful speech -synonyms: elegy, lament

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-noun -claw of an animal, especially a bird of prey

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-noun -model of excellence or perfection -synonyms: apotheosis, ideal, quintessence

Answer 115

-noun -steady increase in volume or force -synonyms: acme, capstone, crest, culmination, meridian

Answer 116

-adj -lacking self-confidence -synonyms: self-effacing

Answer 117

-verb -to choose not to do something -synonyms: forbear, refrain

Answer 118

-verb -to speak of or treat with contempt, to mock -synonyms: gibe, jeer

Answer 119

-adj -changing one's mind quickly and often -synonyms: mercurial, whimsical

Answer 120

-verb -to afflict, to destroy -synonyms: plague

Answer 121

-verb -to prevent, to make unnecessary -synonyms: forestall, preclude, prohibit

Answer 122

-noun -passion, excitement -synonyms: ardency

Answer 123

-noun -something out of place in time -synonyms: archaism, incongruity

Answer 124

-adj -intended to delay -synonyms: flagging, laggard

Answer 125

-adj -suffering from indigestion; gloomy and irritable -synonyms: acerbic, melancholy, morose, solemn

Answer 126

-noun -a leader or rabble-rouser, usually one appealing to emotion or prejudice -synonyms: agitator, inciter, instigator

Answer 127

-noun -the highest point; the summit; the highest level of degree attainable -synonyms: apex, peak, summit

Answer 128

-adj -suspicious -synonyms: distrustful, guarded, wary

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-adj -lacking courage -synonyms: fainthearted, spineless, timid

Answer 130

-noun -a person with refined taste in food and wine -synonyms: bon vivant, connoisseur, gastronome, gastronomist, gourmand, gourmet

Answer 131

-noun -a gentle breeze; something airy or unsubstantial -synonyms: breath; draft

Answer 132

-adj -pompous; rich or full sounding -synonyms: aureate, bombastic, declamatory, euphuistic, grandiloquent, magniloquent, oratorical, sonorous

Answer 133

-verb -to calm down or moderate

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-adj -rebellious -synonyms: factious; insubordinate, insurgent, mutinous, seditious

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-adj -willing to betray someone's trus

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-synonyms: allegory

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-noun -something that brings about a change in something else -synonyms: goad, impetus, spur

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-noun -new word or expression -synonyms: slang, coinage

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-noun -an ungrateful person -synonyms: cad, churl

Answer 140

-verb -to reduce in amount, degree or severity -synonyms: ebb, lapse, relent

Answer 141

-adj -ruddy, cheerfully optimistic -synonyms: rubicund

Answer 142

-adj -childish, immature, or silly -synonyms: infantile, jejune

Answer 143

-adj -clear, transparent -synonyms: lucid, pellucid, serene

Answer 144

-noun -a person devoted pleasure and luxury -synonyms: hedonist, sensualist

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-verb -to trim off excess, to reduce -synonyms: clip, peel

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-adj -impatient, uneasy, or restless

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-noun -one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors -synonyms: parasite, sycophant

Answer 148

-adj -fundamentally different, entirely unlike

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-noun -generous giving (as of money) to others who may seem inferior -synonyms: benevolence, boon

Answer 150

-adj -urgent, requiring immediate action

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-adj -acting excessively enthusiastic, filled with extreme, unquestioned devotion -synonyms: frenzied, zealous

Answer 152

-adj -diverse -synonyms: assorted, legion, motley, multifold, multiform, multiplex, populous

Answer 153

-noun -a blocked path, a dilemma with no solution -synonyms: cul-de-sac, deadlock, stalemate

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-noun -respect, courtesy -synonyms: obeisance, reverence, veneration

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-noun -a false and malicious accusation, misrepresentation

Answer 156

authority, epicure, expert, gastronome, gourmet

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-adj -hardened in feeling, resistant to persuasion -synonyms: intransigent, recalcitrant, tenacious, unyielding

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-verb -to harden, accustom

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-adj -lightly acting in a fanciful or capricious manner, unpredictable, playful -synonyms: capricious, frivolous, fanciful

Answer 160

-adj -occurring daily, commonplace

Answer 161

-noun -a witty, skillful storyteller -synonyms: anecdotalist, monologist

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-adj -tightly sealed -synonyms: impervious

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-adj -talkative, speaking easily, glib

Answer 164

-noun -fixed customs or manners, moral attitudes -synonyms: conventions, practices

Answer 165

-noun -abusive language -synonyms: denunciation, revilement, vituperation

Answer 166

-vern -to swell, inflate, or bloat -synonyms: broaden, bulge

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-adj -overly sentimental -synonyms: bathetic, mawkish, saccharine, weepy

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-adj -undisciplined, unrestrained, reckless -synonyms: capricious, lewd, licentious

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-noun -an authoritative statement -synonyms: adage, aphorism, apothegm, decree, edict

Answer 170

-adj -lacking foresight, having a narrow view or short-range perspective

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-adj -easily flexed, limber, agile -synonyms: lithe, supple

Answer 172

-noun -the science or art of making maps -synonyms: topography

Answer 173

-adj -existing in name only, negligible -synonyms: minimal, titular

Answer 174

-adj -convincing and well-reasoning

Answer 175

-verb -to infuse, dye, wet, or moisten -synonyms: charge, impregnante, permeate, pervade

Answer 176

-noun -an investigation, an inquiry -synonyms: probe

Answer 177

-adj -deceptively attractive, seemingly plausible but fallacious -synonyms: illusory, ostensible, sophistic, spurious

Answer 178

-noun -a lessening of pain without loss of consciousness

Answer 179

-noun -a group -synonyms: troop

Answer 180

-adj -unruly; rebellious -synonyms: contentious, peevish, quarrelsom

Answer 181

-verb -to arouse or incite -synonyms: inflame, instigate, kindle

Answer 182

-adj -active or occurring the day

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-noun -a period between reigns

Answer 184

finicky, fussy, punctilious, scrupulous

Answer 185

-verb -to punish or criticize harshly -synonyms: admonish, chastise, chide, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reprove, scold, tax, unbraid

Answer 186

-verb -to diminish by installment payments

Answer 187

-noun -a sin; an evil act -synonyms: enormity, vice, wickedness

Answer 188

-adj -inflexible, unyielding -synonyms: adamant, obdurate, relentless

Answer 189

-noun -temporary irregularity in musical rhythm

Answer 190

-adj -varied; marked with different colors -synonyms: diversified

Answer 191

-noun -excessive amount -synonyms: glut, plethora, repletion, superfluity, surplus

Answer 192

-adj -unfortunate, having bad luck -synonyms: ill-fated, ill-starred, luckless

Answer 193

-adj -immoral, unrestrained by society -synonyms: lewd, wanton

Answer 194

-noun -coin collecting

Answer 195

-verb -to annoy, irritate, puzzle, or confuse -synonyms: annoy, chafe, exasperate, irk, nettle

Answer 196

-adj -pompous in speech and manner -synonyms: bloated, declamatory, fustian, grandiloquent, grandiose, high-flown, magniloquent, orotund

Answer 197

-verb -to reject the validity of -synonyms: disavow, disown

Answer 198

-adj -shriveled, withered, wrinkled -synonyms: atrophied, desiccated, gnarled, wasted

Answer 199

-noun -tending to be thrifty or cheap -synonyms: economy, parsimony, prudence, sparingness

Answer 200

-verb -to manage economically, to use sparingly -synonyms: conserve, ration

Answer 201

-adj -wandering from place to place; unsettled -synonyms: nomadic, vagrant

Answer 202

-adj -causing grief or sorrow; serious and distressing -synonyms: dire, dolorous, grave

Answer 203

-verb -to reject; to abandon formally -synonyms: forswear, recant, retract

Answer 204

-noun -beggar -synonyms: panhandler, pauper

Answer 205

-adj -corrupt, degenerate -synonyms: dissolute, improvident, prodigal

Answer 206

-adj -lavish; wasteful -synonyms: profligate, spendthrift, wasteful

Answer 207

-noun -one who champions or advocates; supporter

Answer 208

-adj -unemotional, lacking sensitivity -synonyms: apathetic, impassive, phlegmatic, stoic

Answer 209

-adj -relating to a palace, magnificent -synonyms: stately

Answer 210

-noun -warm praise -synonyms: citation, eulogy, panegyric, salutation, tribute

Answer 211

-verb -to ward off or deflect, especially by a quick-witted answer -synonyms: evade

Answer 212

-noun -a firmly help opinion, especially a religious belief -synonyms: creed, doctrine, tenet

Answer 213

-noun -altruism, humanitarianism

Answer 214

-noun -a book, usually a large and academic one -synonyms: codex, volume

Answer 215

-verb -to tarnish, to taint -synonyms: besmirch, defile

Answer 216

-adj -blood-red in color -synonyms: reddened, ruddy

Answer 217

-noun -a self-serving flatterer, a yes-man -synonyms: bootlicker, fawner, lickspittle, toady

Answer 218

verb -to reduce in force or degree; to weaken -synonyms: debilitate, devitalize, dilute, enervate, enfeeble, rarefy, sap

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-adj -troublesome and oppressive; burdensome -synonyms: arduous, backbreaking, cumbersome, exacting, formidable, taxing

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-adj -healthful -synonyms: bracing, curative, tonic

Answer 221

-exuberant, luxuriant, opulent, profuse, superabundant

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-adj -joyful, cheerful, or without appropriate thought -synonyms: merry

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-adj -sickly pale -synonyms: ashen

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-noun -a dilemma -synonyms: ambiguity, incongruity

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-noun -a speaker of many languages

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-verb -to instruct morally and spiritually

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-adj -learned; scholarly; bookish

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-adj -silent, reserved -synonyms: laconic, taciturn, undemonstrative

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-noun -an inappropriate lack of seriousness' an overly casual atmosphere

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-adj -belonging to a particular area; inherent -synonyms: indigenous

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-adj -done without using words -synonyms: implicit

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-bucolic; pastoral

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-noun -the practice of lending money at exorbitant rates -synonyms: loan-sharking

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-adj -too trusting, gullible -synonyms: susceptible

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-adj -causing sleep of lethargy -synonyms: hypnotic, narcotic, slumberous, somnolent

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-guileless, ingenuous

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-adj -quick, shrewd, and unpredictable -synonyms: volatile

Answer 238

-verb -to give praise; to glorify -synonyms: acclaim, commend, exalt

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-adj -dishonest

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-adj -relating to motion; characterized by movement -synonyms: dynamic

Answer 241

-verb -to treat as a celebrity -synonyms: regale, feast

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-noun -the point of culmination; peak -synonyms: acme, pinnacle

Answer 243

-adj -shrewd, astute, or keen-witted -synonyms: sagacious

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-noun -a fear of hatred of foreigners of strangers -synonyms: chauvinism

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-adj -showing innocence or childlike simplicity -synonyms: artless, guileless

Answer 246

-noun -a gradual growth in size; an increase in amount

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-adj -too helpful; meddlesome

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-verb -to teach; to impress in the mind -synonyms: indoctrinate, instill

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-verb -to grovel -synonyms: bootlick, pander, toady, grovel

Answer 250

-noun -an extremely deep hole -synonyms: chasm; void

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-noun -strict disciplinarian; one who rigidly follows rules -synonyms: stickler, tyrant

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-verb -to combine; to mix together -synonyms: admix, coalesce, commingle, commix, fuse, mingle

Answer 253

-noun -one who renounces a religious faith -synonyms: defector, deserter

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-adj -potentially available, but not readily apparent -synonyms: dormant, inert, quiescent

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-noun -the beliefs or character of a group -synonyms: ethic

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-verb -to set right; to free from error -synonyms: undeceive

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-verb -to polish -synonyms: luster; scour

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-adj -deeply sorrowful and repentant for a wrong

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Lassitude -noun -a state of diminished energy -synonyms: debilitation, enervation, languor, listlessness

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-adj -secret; stealthy -synonyms: clandestine, shifty, surreptitious, underhand

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-noun -a position requiring little or no work but giving the holder status or financial benefit.

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-noun -a lie -synonyms: falsity, prevarication

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-verb -to judge a dispute between two opposing parties -synonyms: adjudge, adjudicate, intermediate

Answer 264

-verb -to foretell or know by inspiration -synonyms: auger, foresee, intuit, presage

Answer 265

-adj -playful; humorous

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-adj -admirable -synonyms: commendable, creditable, laudable, meritorious, venerable

Answer 267

-adj -not easily managed or manipulated

Answer 268

-adj -profound or substantial yet concise, succinct, and to the point -synonyms: compact, laconic, terse

Answer 269

-noun -sound of a funeral bell; omen of death or failure -synonyms: chime, peal, toll

Answer 270

-noun -trickery -synonyms: chicanery, conjuring

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-adj -acute, sharp, or incisive; forceful; effective -synonyms: biting; caustic; cunning; keen

Answer 272

-adj -extremely sacred; beyond criticism -synonyms: inviolable

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-noun -whirlpool; turmoil; agitated state of mind -synonyms: eddy; turbulence

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-adj -impossible to penetrate; incapable of being affected -synonyms: impregnable

Answer 275

-adj -clever; deceptive -synonyms: crafty

Answer 276

-verb -to express doubts or objections -synonyms: dissent, expostulate, remonstrate

Answer 277

-verb -to gain favor with another by deliberate effort; to seek to please somebody so as to gain an advantage -synonyms: curry favor

Answer 278

-noun -something that brings about a change in something else -synonyms: accelerator; goad; impetus; spur; stimulant

Answer 279

-noun -speed or quickness -synonyms: celerity, dispatch, haste

Answer 280

-noun -a ghost or specter; a ghost of a living person seen just before his or her death -synonyms: apparition, bogeyman, phantasm

Answer 281

-adj -easily made angry -synonyms: cantankerous, ornery

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-adj -fearless and daring -synonyms: doughty, gallant, game, intrepid, mettlesome, plucky, stout, stouthearted, valiant, valorous, venturesome, venturous

Answer 283

-adj -having foresight -synonyms: augural, divinatory, mantic, oracular, premonitory

Answer 284

-noun -a state of static balance or equilibrium; stagnation -synonyms: inertia

Answer 285

-verb -to express an opinion

Answer 286

-adj -stupid; foolishly self-satisfied -synonyms: preposterous

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-verb -to produce, cause, or bring about -synonyms: beget, spawn

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-noun -belligerent support of one's country -synonyms: chauvinism

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-noun -a harsh and disagreeable combination, especially of sounds -synonyms: dissension, dissidence, strife

Answer 290

-adj -happened by chance; fortunate -synonyms: haphazard, propitious, prosperous

Answer 291

-noun -impressive array -synonyms: fanfare; pomp

Answer 292

-verb -to present a false appearance; to disguise one's real intentions of character -synonyms: affect; dissimulate

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-adj -worthy of respect or reverence due to age, wisdom, dignity, or position -synonyms: revered

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-adj -gaudy, cheap or showy -synonyms: meretricious

Answer 295

-noun -flamboyance or dash in style and action; verve -synonyms: flair

Answer 296

-adj -universal; broad and comprehensive

Answer 297

-noun -meaningless; foolish talk -synonyms: drivel; blather

Answer 298

-verb -to make larger; expand -synonyms: amplify; expatiate

Answer 299

-adj -rude and bad tempered -synonyms: gruff

Answer 300

-noun -someone who shows of learning -synonyms: doctrinaire; nit-picker, pedagogue; sophist

Answer 301

-circumlocution; delicacy

Answer 302

-adj -unscrupulous; shockingly unfair or unjust -synonyms: indefensible

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-adj -causing disease -synonyms: infecting; noxious

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-adj -habitually lazy or idle -synonyms: fainéant; languid; slothful

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-ashen, pallid

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-noun -someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which he or she belongs -synonyms: jingoist; partisan

Answer 307

-noun -nonsensical talk; specialized language -synonyms: argot; cant; idiom

Answer 308

-noun -a person who is guided by materialism and is disdainful of intellectual or artistic values -synonyms: boor, bourgeois, vulgarian

Answer 309

-verb -to return or repay -synonyms: compensate; reciprocate

Answer 310

-noun -beginner; novice -synonyms: fledgling, greenhorn, neophyte, tenderfoot

Answer 311

-adj -thick and adhesive, like a slow-flowing fluid -synonyms: gelatinous, glutinous

Answer 312

-adj -deviating from what is normal or expected -synonyms: anomalous, divergent, errant

Answer 313

-noun -a strongbox; a large chest for money -synonyms: exchequer, treasury

Answer 314

-noun -deception by means of craft or guile -synonyms: artifice, craftiness, pettifoggery, sophistry, subterfuge

Answer 315

-noun -an intimate group of persons with a similar purpose -synonyms: set

Answer 316

-adj -green with vegetation; inexperienced

Answer 317

-noun -peculiarity of temperament; eccentricity

Answer 318

-adj -motionless -synonyms: dormant; latent

Answer 319

-verb -to copy; to try to equal or excel -synonyms: ape

Answer 320

-adj -selecting from or made up from a variety of sources -synonyms: broad, catholic

Answer 321

-adj -apparent -synonyms: represented, surface

Answer 322

-noun -temporary suppression or suspension -synonyms: deferral; dormancy; remission

Answer 323

-verb -to give up a position, right, or power -synonyms: cede, relinquish, yield

Answer 324

-noun -a change or variation -synonyms: inconstancy; mutability

Answer 325

-noun -fame, glory, or honor -synonyms: accolade, encomium, homage

Answer 326

-adj -extremely loud -synonyms: clamorous

Answer 327

-adj -prominent; of notable significance

Answer 328

-noun -nickname

Answer 329

-noun -purposeful exaggeration for effect -synonyms: magnification

Answer 330

-adj -tolerant or broad-minded; generous or lavish -synonyms: bounteous; latitudinarian, munificent

Answer 331

-adj -not fully formed, disorganized -synonyms: amorphous

Answer 332

-verb -to censor -synonyms: bowdlerize

Answer 333

-adj -dictatorial in one's opinion -synonyms: imperious; magisterial, peremptory

Answer 334

-noun -lack of interest or emotion -synonyms: phlegm, stolidity

Answer 335

-ductile, pliant

Answer 336

-adj -cautious; aware of potential consequences -synonyms: heedful, prudent, solicitous

Answer 337

-bewail, deplore, grieve

Answer 338

-noun -elaborate praise; formal hymn of praise -synonyms: homage

Answer 339

-adj -angelic; sweet -synonyms: cherubic

Answer 340

-adj -humorous in a vulgar way -synonyms: coarse

Answer 341

-noun -short summary of facts

Answer 342

-adj -shrewd and practical in managing or dealing with things; diplomatic -synonyms: tactful

Answer 343

-noun -beauty -synonyms: comeliness

Answer 344

-noun -public disgrace -synonyms: disrepute, ignominy, infamy, obloquy

Answer 345

-verb -to dry out thoroughly -synonyms: parch

Answer 346

-verb -to satisfy fully or overindulge -synonyms: cloy, glut, gorge, surfeit

Answer 347

-noun -someone passionately devoted to a cause -synonyms: militant

Answer 348

-verb -to ridicule with satire

Answer 349

-verb -to use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead -synonyms: ambiguous, evasive

Answer 350

-noun -a written note or letter

Answer 351

-verb -to claim without justification; to claim for oneself without right -synonyms: presume

Answer 352

-verb -to bury -synonyms: entomb, inhume, sepulcher, sepulture

Answer 353

-verb -to change into bone; to become hardened or set in a rigidly conventional pattern

Answer 354

-verb -to cheat; to defraud

Answer 355

-noun -the growth process from conception to birth -synonyms: gravidity

Answer 356

-verb -to grow together to form a single whole -synonyms: amalgamate, condense

Answer 357

-noun -a bell tower; the room in which a bell is hung -synonyms: spire; steeple

Answer 358

-noun -filled with truth and accuracy -synonyms: candor, exactitude, fidelity, probity

Answer 359

-adj -excessively decorated or embellished -synonyms: baroque, flamboyant, ornate, ostentatious, rococo

Answer 360

-noun -an abusive, condemnatory speech -synonyms: fulmination, harangue, invective, jeremiad, malediction, obloquy, tirade

Answer 361

-adj -frolicsome; playful -synonyms: frisky

Answer 362

-a point of time, especially one where two things are joined -synonyms: confluence

Answer 363

-verb -to reduce in strength -synonyms: debilitate, enfeeble, sap

Answer 364

-verb -to overwhelm; to cover with water -synonyms: deluge, engulf

Answer 365

-adj -related to spring; fresh

Answer 366

-noun -deviation from what is normal -synonyms: aberrancy; preternaturlness

Answer 367

-adj -swollen as from a fluid; bloated -synonyms: distended

Answer 368

-verb -to deceive -synonyms: beguile, cozen, delude, hoodwink, humbug

Answer 369

-adj -having a sharp edge; intellectually sharp; perceptive -synonyms: acute

Answer 370

-noun -dormant; unused -synonyms: idle, unseeded

Answer 371

-noun -a curse -synonyms: damnation

Answer 372

-noun -a minor sin or offense -synonyms: lapse

Answer 373

-noun -impudent boldness; audacity -synonyms: bashness, gall, presumption, temerity

Answer 374

-adj -intricate and complicated -synonyms: Byzantine, knotty, labyrinthine

Answer 375

-adj -fearless; resolutely courageous

Answer 376

-adj -crude or coarse; characteristic of commoners -synonyms: unrefined

Answer 377

-adj -indirect or evasive; misleading or devious -synonyms: glancing; slanted; tangential

Answer 378

-adj -sensible; showing good judgment -synonyms: circumspect, prudent, sagacious, sapient

Answer 379

-adj -severe or stern in appearance; undecorated -synonyms: dour

Answer 380

-verb -a shun; to avoid (as something wrong or distasteful) -synonyms: elude, evade

Answer 381

-adj -using few words -synonyms: pithy, taciturn, terse

Answer 382

-noun -trace amount -synonyms: iota, mote

Answer 383

-verb -to penetrate -synonyms: imbue, infuse, pervade, suffuse

Answer 384

-adj -not capable of being disturbed -synonyms: dispassionate, serene, stoical

Answer 385

-adj -calm and unemotional in temperament -synonyms: apathetic

Answer 386

-verb -to damage or deface; to spoil -synonyms: impair

Answer 387

-verb -to call into question; to attack verbally

Answer 388

-noun -relaxation; leisure

Answer 389

-adj -poor; having no money -adj -biting in wit -Synonyms: destitute; impoverished; indigent; needy; penniless

Answer 390

-adj -silent, not talkative -Synonyms: laconic, reticent

Answer 391

-adj -easily aroused or changeable; lively or explosive -Synonyms: capricious, erratic, fickle, mercurial

Answer 392

-noun -the quality of behaving in a proper manner; obeying rules and customs -Synonyms: decorum

Answer 393

-adj -deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious -Synonyms: illusory, ostensible, sophistic, spurious

Answer 394

-adj -overly idealistic; impractical -Synonyms: capricious

Answer 395

-noun -a piece of literature of music imitating other works -Synonyms: medley, spoof

Answer 396

-adj -angelic; sweet -Synonyms: cherubic

Answer 397

-adj -dictatorial in one's opinions -Synonyms: doctrinaire; domineering; imperious; magisterial; peremptory

Answer 398

-noun -offense; resentment -Synonyms: asperity, dudgeon, ire, pique, rancor

Answer 399

-verb -to grow and flourish

Answer 400

-verb -to set fire to or ignite; to excite or inspire

Answer 401

-verb -to add ornamental or fictitious details -Synonyms: bedeck, embroider

Answer 402

-adj -highly self-disciplined; frugal; austere

Answer 403

-verb -to increase in power, influence, and reputation -Synonyms: apotheosize, augment, dignify, ennoble, exalt

Answer 404

-adj -frantic, frenzied -Synonyms: corybantic, delirious, feverish

Answer 405

-adj -relating to precious stones or the art of cutting them

Answer 406

-noun -a speech in praise of someone -extol, laud

Answer 407

-adj -predictable, cliched, boring -Synonyms: bromidic, fatuous, hackneyed, innocuous, insipid, jejune, musty, platitudinous, prosaic, quotidian, shopworn, threadbare, trite, vapid

Answer 408

-noun -a downward slope -Synonyms: grade

Answer 409

-adj -inclined to complain, irritable -Synonyms:peevish, puling, sniveling

Answer 410

-noun -powerful or influential person -Synonyms: dignitary, luminary, nabob, potentate, tycoon

Answer 411

-noun -peculiarity of temperament, eccentricity -Synonyms: oddity

Answer 412

-adj -related to spring; fresh

Answer 413

-verb -to join together

Answer 414

-adj -abundantly supplied; complete -Synonyms: abounding

Answer 415

-verb -to count, list, or itemize -Synonyms: tabulate, index

Answer 416

-bootlick, kowtow, toady

Answer 417

-noun -approval and praise -Synonyms: adulation, commendation, exaltation, extolment, hail

Answer 418

-adj -jumping from one thing to another; disconnected -Synonyms: haphazard, indiscriminate

Answer 419

-verb -to evade responsibility by pretending to be ill -Synonyms: shirk

Answer 420

-verb -to prevent or delay; to anticipate -Synonyms: obviate, preclude

Answer 421

-adj -sorrowful, mournful, dismal -Synonyms: funereal, woeful

Answer 422

-adj -lasting a short time -Synonyms: evanescent, transient

Answer 423

-adj -having a sharp edge, intellectually sharp; perceptive -Synonyms: acute

Answer 424

-adj -impossible to see through; preventing the passage of light

Answer 425

-noun -a stuffed doll; a likeness of a person

Answer 426

-adj -ancient; old-fashioned -Synonyms:antediluvian, bygone, dowdy, fusty, obsolete, outmoded, passe, superannuated, superseded

Answer 427

-verb -to lie or deviate from the truth -Synonyms: equivocate; perjure

Answer 428

-adj -doubtful or uncertain; can be interpreted several ways -Synonyms: dubious, nebulous, obscure

Answer 429

-noun -excessive showiness -Synonyms: conspicuousness, pretentiousness

Answer 430

-verb -to increase in number quickly -Synonyms: propagate

Answer 431

-verb -to damage or deface; to spoil

Answer 432

-noun -an oppressive lack of resources (as money); severe poverty -Synonyms: destitution; impoverishment

Answer 433

-verb -to replace (another) by force; to take the place of -Synonyms: supersede

Answer 434

-adj -fluent in an insincere manner; offhand casual

Answer 435

-verb -to cross a body of water by wading -Synonyms: transverse

Answer 436

-verb -to abuse verbally; to berate -Synonyms: castigate, reproach

Answer 437

-adj -intensely emotional; feverish -Synonyms: vehement; zealous

Answer 438

-verb -to gather and store -Synonyms: acquire, amass, glean, reap