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Term
ABERRANT
 Definition
DEVIATING FROM THE NORM
Term
ABSCOND
 Definition
TO DEPART CLANDESTINELY
TO STEAL OFF AND HIDE
Term
ABSTEMIOUS
 Definition
SPARING IN USE OF FOOD OR DRINK
Term
AGGRANDIZE
 Definition
TO INCREASE IN POWER/PRESTIGE
Term
ALACRITY
 Definition
EAGER AND ENTHUSIASTIC WILLINGNESS
Term
AMALGAMATE
 Definition
TO COMBINE INTO A WHOLE
Term
APPOSITE
 Definition
RELEVANT
Term
APPROBATION
 Definition
APPROVAL OR PRAISE
Term
ASCETIC
 Definition
ONE WHO PRACTICES RIGID SELF DENIAL (RELIGIOUS)
Term
ATTENUATE
 Definition
TO WEAKEN
DILUTE
Term
AUSTERE
 Definition
BARE
WITHOUT ADORNMENT
ASCETIC
Term
AVER
 Definition
TO STATE AS FACT
Term
AXIOMATIC
 Definition
TAKEN AS A GIVEN
POSSESSING SELF-EVIDENT TRUTH
Term
BUCOLIC
 Definition
RUSTIC/PASTORAL/RURAL
Term
CANON
 Definition
ESTABLISHED SET OF PRINCIPLES/LAWS
Term
CANONICAL
 Definition
TRADITIONAL
FOLLOWING WITH THE ACCEPTED NORM
Term
CHARY
 Definition
WARY
CAUTIOUS
Term
COMPLAISANCE
 Definition
WILLINGNESS TO COMPLY WITH WISHES OF OTHERS
Term
CONTIGUOUS
 Definition
ADJACENT
Term
CREDULOUS
 Definition
GULLIBLE
Term
DIDACTIC
 Definition
INTENDED TO TEACH
Term
DIFFIDENT
 Definition
TIMID
Term
DILETTANTE
 Definition
SUPERFICIAL INTEREST IN ARTS
Term
DISSEMBLE
 Definition
TO MISLEAD
Term
EFFRONTERY
 Definition
EXTREME BOLDNESS
Term
EMOLLIENT
 Definition
SMOOTHING
Term
ESOTERIC
 Definition
INTENDED FOR/UNDERSTOOD BY A SMALL GROUP
Term
EVANESCENT
 Definition
VANISHING
Term
EXCULPATE
 Definition
EXONERATE
TO CLEAR OF BLAME
Term
EXIGENT
 Definition
URGENT
PRESSING
REQUIRING IMMEDIATE ACTION/ATTENTION
Term
EXIGENT
 Definition
URGENT
PRESSING
Term
EXTEMPORANEOUS
 Definition
IMPROVISED
DONE WITHOUT PREPARATION
Term
FULMINATE
 Definition
DENOUNCE
LOUDLY ATTACK
Term
FURTIVE
 Definition
SURREPTITIOUS
Term
GAINSAY
 Definition
TO DENY
Term
GARRULOUS
 Definition
POINTLESSLY TALKATIVE
Term
GRANDILOQUENCE
 Definition
POMPOUS SPEECH/EXPRESSION
Term
HALCYON
 Definition
CALM AND PEACEFUL
Term
ICONOCLAST
 Definition
ONE WHO UNDERMINES TRADITIONAL CONVENTIONS/RELIGIONS
Term
IMMUTABLE
 Definition
NOT CAPABLE OF CHANGE
Term
IMPECUNIOUS
 Definition
WITHOUT MONEY
Term
IMPLACABLE
 Definition
UNAPPEASABLE
Term
INCHOATE
 Definition
NOT FULLY FORMED
Term
INCIPIENT
 Definition
BEGINNING TO COME INTO BEING
TO BECOME APPARENT
Term
INFELICITOUS
 Definition
INAPPROPRIATE
Term
INGENUOUS
 Definition
ARTLESS
FRANK AND CANDID
LACKING IN SOPHISTICATION
Term
INIMICAL
 Definition
DAMAGING
HARMFUL
INJURIOUS
Term
INSIPID
 Definition
BLAND
LACKING SPIRIT
Term
INTRANSIGENT
 Definition
REFUSING TO COMPROMISE
Term
INURED
 Definition
ACCUSTOMED TO ACCEPTING SOMETHING UNDESIRABLE
Term
INVEIGLE
 Definition
TO OBTAIN BY DECEPTION OR FLATTERY
Term
IRASCIBLE
 Definition
EASILY ANGERED
PRONE TO TEMPERAMENTAL OUTBURSTS
Term
LACONIC
 Definition
TERSE
Term
LUCID
 Definition
CLEAR
EASILY UNDERSTOOD
Term
MACERATE
 Definition
TO SOFTEN BY STEEPING IN LIQUID
Term
MACULATE
 Definition
BLOTCH
DEFILED
Term
MENDACITY
 Definition
DISHONESTY
Term
NASCENT
 Definition
COMING INTO BEING
IN EARLY DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES
Term
NEOLOGISM
 Definition
NEW WORD/EXPRESSION/USAGE
CREATION OR USE OF SENSES
Term
NEOPHYTE
 Definition
RECENT CONVERT
Term
OBDURATE
 Definition
UNYIELDING
HARDHEARTED
INTRACTABLE
Term
OBSEQUIOUS
 Definition
OBEDIENTLY COMPLAISANT
EXHIBITING FAWNING ATTENTIVENESS
Term
OBVIATE
 Definition
TO ANTICIPATE AND MAKE UNNECESSARY
Term
OCCLUDE
 Definition
TO OBSTRUCT
Term
OPPROBRIUM
 Definition
SCORN
CONTEMPT
Term
OSSIFY
 Definition
TO HARDEN
TURN TO BONE
Term
PAEAN
 Definition
SONG/HYMN OF THANKS/PRAISE
Term
PARSIMONIOUS
 Definition
VERY FRUGAL
Term
PEDAGOGY
 Definition
THE ART OF INSTRUCTING
Term
PENURIOUS
 Definition
UNGENEROUS
PENNY-PINCHING
Term
PENURY
 Definition
POVERTY
Term
PERFIDY
 Definition
TREACHERY
Term
PERNICIOUS
 Definition
EXTREMELY HARMFUL
Term
PERSPICACIOUS
 Definition
ACUTELY PERCEPTIVE
Term
PHLEGMATIC
 Definition
SLUGGISH
UNEMOTIONAL
Term
PITH
 Definition
THE ESSENTIAL/CENTRAL PART
Term
PITHY
 Definition
PRECISE
BRIEF
Term
POLEMICAL
 Definition
ARGUMENTATIVE
CONTROVERSIAL
Term
PRECIPITATE
 Definition
ACTING WITH IMPULSE
TO CAUSE BEFORE ANTICIPATED OR REQUIRED
Term
PRESCIENCE
 Definition
FOREKNOWLEDGE OF EVENTS
KNOWING OF EVENTS PRIOR TO THEIR OCCURRING
Term
PROBITY
 Definition
INTEGRITY
UPRIGHTNESS
Term
PRODIGAL
 Definition
LAVISH
EXTRAVAGANT
RECKLESSLY WASTEFUL
Term
PRODIGIOUS
 Definition
EXTRAORDINARY
Term
PROFLIGATE
 Definition
EXCESSIVELY WASTEFUL
Term
QUAFF
 Definition
TO DRINK DEEPLY
Term
QUERULOUS
 Definition
QUARRELSOME
Term
QUIESCENCE
 Definition
STILLNESS
MOTIONLESS
Term
QUIXOTIC
 Definition
FOOLISHLY IMPRACTICAL
Term
QUOTIDIAN
 Definition
OCCURRING DAILY
MUNDANE
COMMONPLACE
Term
RAREFY
 Definition
TO THIN OUT
TO REFINE
Term
RECALCITRANT
 Definition
DEFIANT OF AUTHORITY
DIFFICULT TO MANAGE
Term
RECONDITE
 Definition
HIDDEN
OBSCURE
Term
RECONDITE
 Definition
HARD TO UNDERSTAND
Term
REDOUBTABLE
 Definition
AWE-INSPIRING
WORTHY OF HONOR
Term
REFULGENT
 Definition
RADIANT
SHINY
Term
SALUBRIOUS
 Definition
PROMOTING HEALTH/WELL BEING
Term
SEDULOUS
 Definition
DILIGENT
Term
SOLICITOUS
 Definition
EAGER
CONCERNED AND ATTENTIVE
Term
SOPORIFIC
 Definition
CAUSING DROWSINESS
Term
SPECIOUS
 Definition
SEEMING TRUE BUT MISLEADINGLY FALSE
Term
SPURIOUS
 Definition
FALSE
COUNTERFEIT
Term
SUPPLANT
 Definition
SUPERSEDE
Term
SURFEIT
 Definition
EXCESS
OVERINDULGENCE
Term
TORPID
 Definition
DORMANT
LETHARGIC
Term
TRENCHANT
 Definition
SHARPLY PERCEPTIVE
KEEN
Term
TRUCULENT
 Definition
FIERCE AND CRUEL
EAGER TO FIGHT
Term
URBANE
 Definition
ELEGANT
Term
VARIEGATED
 Definition
MULTICOLORED/PATCHY
Term
VITUPERATE
 Definition
BERATE
ABUSIVELY CENSURE
Term
abrogate
 Definition
to abolish by authoritative action;
to treat as non-existent
Term
aphorism
 Definition
ADAGE
a concise statement of a principle;
Term
apotheosis
 Definition
elevation to divine status;
perfect example
Term
calumny
 Definition
a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation
Term
cant
 Definition
insincere talk/jargon
Term
celerity
 Definition
rapidity of motion or action
Term
coda
 Definition
concluding passage (music)
Term
descry
 Definition
to catch sight of; to make known; discovery or view from afar
Term
elision
 Definition
the act or an instance of omitting something
Term
encomium
 Definition
glowing and warmly enthusiastic praise
Term
hidebound
 Definition
having an inflexible or ultraconservative character
Term
lachrymose
 Definition
given to tears or weeping
Term
panegyric
 Definition
a eulogistic oration or writing; formal or elaborate praise
Term
precept
 Definition
a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action
Term
pulchritude
 Definition
physical beauty
Term
ratiocinate
 Definition
to reason
Term
splenetic
 Definition
given to melancholy;
marked by bad temper, malevolence, or spite
Term
vouchsafe
 Definition
to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner;
to give by way of reply;
to grant as a privilege or special favor
Term
ABEYANCE
 Definition
SUSPENDED ACTION
Term
ASSIDUOUS
 Definition
DILIGENT
Term
COMMENSURATE
 Definition
EQUAL IN MEASURE
CORRESPONDING IN SIZE
Term
DESULTORY
 Definition
UNFOCUSED
LACKING PURPOSE
Term
DIFFIDENCE
 Definition
LACK OF SELF CONFIDENCE
Term
EQUANIMITY
 Definition
OF CALM COMPOSURE
Term
EXCULPATE
 Definition
EXONERATE
Term
FATUOUS
 Definition
SILLY
POINLESS
Term
LASSITUDE
 Definition
LACK OF ENERGY
Term
MALINGER
 Definition
FAKE SICKNESS TO PLAY HOOKEY
Term
OFFICIOUS
 Definition
AUTHORITATIVE
ASSERTIVE
Term
PROPITIATE
 Definition
PLACATE
MAKE PEACE WITH
Term
PROSCRIBE
 Definition
FORBID
Term
STOLID
 Definition
DEPENDABLE
Term
WELTER
 Definition
JUMBLE (N.)
WALLOW (V.)
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