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| Having a great or noble spirit; acting generously; acting with great patience and kindness. |
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| Showing or resulting from a complete lack of feelings for others; makred by extreme thoughtlessness or ill will; having loose morals; gratuitous (uncalled for); unjustifiable |
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| Making deliberately false statements while under oath; to commit a lie; false swearing. |
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| To crush; to defeat; to conquer; to dispatch; to put down; to suppress; to overwhelm. |
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| Witty conversation; a witty retort or reply; jousting; banter; wordplay. |
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| Rude; impudent; flippant; impertinent. |
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| Stretched; tight; tense; inflexible; extended. |
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| Pretentious and flashy; showy; over the top; brazen; flamboyant. |
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| To irritate to an enormous degree; to annoy; to irk; to exasperate; to displease. |
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| An eager and enthusiastic supporter; a fanatic; a devotee; a believer. |
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| Something or someone associated with another by being placed in a supporting position; an appendage; an accessory; an attachment. |
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| To wheedle; to persuade with promises of flattery; to coax; to flatter; to entice. |
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| To capture; to involve; to trap; to entangle. |
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| Faithfulness to duties; truthfulness; loyalty; devotion; accuracy; integrity. |
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| To humble oneself; to beg; to crawl; to plead. |
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| About to happen; on the verge of occurring; impending. |
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| Drowsiness; tiredness; an inability to do much of anything; general fatigue; lassitude; indolence; the adjective form of the word is lethargic. |
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| Can be molded or shaped; flexible; agreeable; impressionable; compliant; acquiescent; supple. |
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| To withdraw formally one’s belief in something previously believed or maintained; to disavow; to renounce; to repudiate; to retract; to revoke. |
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| Someone who lives far away from other people; a loner; a hermit; an outsider. |
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| A division or separation between groups of members within an organization; disunity; conflict; a clash. |
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| Fear; apprehension; foreboding. |
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| To make something truly come alive; to animate; to vivify; to hearten; to bolster; to encourage. |
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| The state of being brief; not lasting a long time; shortness; terseness; swiftness; succinctness. |
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| Quarrelsome and grouchy; argumentative; ill-tempered; unreasonable. |
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| To scatter or spread widely; to disperse; to distribute; to propagate. |
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| To form a circle or ring around something; to be surrounded; to circumscribe; to take in. |
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| Present at birth; natural; inborn; inherent; instinctive |
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| To convert something from inferior to superior; finer; splendid; of high quality; inspirational; transcendent; moving. |
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| Placing too much evidence on unimportant details or formal rules; plodding; dull; arcane. |
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| A compensation for a loss, expense, or injury. |
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| To lecture in a pompous, all-knowing manner; to be dogmatic; to be preachy |
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| Having enormous strength, courage, or size |
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| A meaning that a word or phrase suggests in addition to its literal meaning - the underlying meaning of a word - as opposed to the “denotation” which is the dictionary meaning of a word. |
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| To make or become less in force, intensity, or amount. Synonyms include decrease, halt and subside. |
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A harsh or unpleasant sound; shrill; discord; piercing.
A cacophony of hacking coughs could be heard throughout Locke Center. |
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| Tending to change suddenly unexpectantly, and for no apparent reason; guided by or as if by whim or fancy; unpredictable |
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| Intended to instruct or to guide moral behavior; to moralize or to lecture to others; being “preachy.” |
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| Taking what seems best from different sources; a variety of prime choices; diverse; assorted. |
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| Acting or working with skill in an easy manner; something easily done; easygoing. |
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| A person who attacks traditional or cherished ideas, beliefs, or institutions as either being false or harmful. |
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| Doing or desiring to do evil or to harm others. Malevolent is the antonym to benevolent (good; charitable; kind). |
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| Pleasant to the taste in flavor; agreeable to the mind or feelings; acceptable. |
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| The lowest point; a point in the heavens directly below where one stands; to hit rock bottom; the depths of despair. |
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| The purest form of something; the most perfect example of something; the embodiment of something; the epitome of something; the noun form of the adjective, quintessential |
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| Deep or bitter resentment; hatred; spite; animosity. |
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| Much too sweet for one’s taste; sugary; smarmy; insincere. |
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| An omen; a precursor; a forerunner of things to come; a portent; an indication. |
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| Stubborn; dogged in attitude; inflexible; pigheaded; adamant. |
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| Religiously devout or moral; upstanding; reverent; virtuous; sanctimonious. |
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| An old saying or proverb; a maxim. |
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| Having wise judgment; sage; sagacious; astute; shrewd. |
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| Incapable of being penetrated; stubborn; unable to be influenced or swayed; impenetrable. |
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| To seize; to take by force; to appropriate. |
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| Able to speak profusely; having a ready flow of words; slick; persuasive; convincing |
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| Happiness, bliss, contentment. |
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| Overflowing with fervor; enthusiasm, or excitement; high-spirited. |
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| A hiding place for treasure; anything in such a hiding place; a stash of something; a hoard; an accumulation. |
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| Not inclined to speak very much; silent; reserved. |
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| Concerned for the welfare of others; benevolent; charitable; compassionate; compassionate; humane. |
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| A scarcity; a lack of something; an obvious shortage. |
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| Imposing and impressive; magnificent; trying to seem grand; pretentious; gaudy – or “over the top”. |
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| Being everywhere at once; seeming to be everywhere at once; omnipresent. |
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| To delude; to deceive by trickery; to be charming; to allure; to bewitch; to captivate. |
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| —(adj.) Able to be attacked or assaulted by blows or words; baseless; transparent; groundless |
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| To make easier; to help bring about; to assist. |
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| —(adj.) In a state of depression; gloomy; sad; forlorn; pessimistic. |
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| —(noun) a road having no exit; a dilemma without any solution; a stalemate; a deadlock; a standstill. |
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| indecent; lewd; obscene; coarse; vulgar. |
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| A small group of people secretly united to advance themselves or their aims by scheming; a group that plots something.(FACTION) |
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| Going against the accepted beliefs, customs, traditions, or doctrines. |
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| Outgoing or interested in people; gregarious; affable; assertive. |
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| Abundant; large in number or quantity; profuse; plentiful; bountiful. |
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| Lacking originality; lacking in inspiration or interest; banal; unoriginal; commonplace; stale. |
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| Distinguished; high in rank and station; prominent; noteworthy; renowned. |
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| Very sad or depressing; gloomy; mournful; somber. |
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| Lacking in confidence in one’s self; reticent; insecure. |
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| A particular class or style, especially a class or style in literature, music, or dance. |
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| Everyday; the usual; commonplace. |
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| Not uniform; made up of different parts that remain separate; diverse; mixed groupings; various (the opposite of heterogeneous is homogeneous) |
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| Unexplainable; mysterious; inexplicable; perplexing; cryptic. |
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| Terrible; sensational; shocking; notable in drama or intrigue. |
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| Lasting or existing through the year—or even many years; lasting along time; enduring. |
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| To give into something; the act of agreement without protest. |
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| In ancient times, a person who composed and sang ballads about heores and heroic deeds; a great storyteller. |
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| The act of talking to oneself; a speech in which a character I na play expresses his or her thoughts by speaking as to himself or herself. |
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| Having or showing a limited point of view; narrow-minded. |
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| To make uneasy; to disturb; to alarm. |
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| Standing out from the rest; most noticeable or important. |
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| A quality that arouses a feeling of pity, sadness, and sympathy. |
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| Cunning; deceit; slyness. The antonym of guile is guileless—lacking in cunning; innocent. |
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| a person who is apparently indifferent to or unaffected by pain or pleasure; self-disciplined by nature. |
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| Highly skilled; expert; adroit; proficient. |
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| To keep out of sight; secret; concealed; hidden; clandestine; stealthy. |
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| Present but not active nor seen; dormant; concealed. |
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| A minor weakness of character; a shortcoming. |
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| a spirit or other source of inspiration, love, or genius; an object of inspiration |
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