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ABATE
to reduce in amount, degree, or severity
ABSCOND
To leave secretly
AMALGAMATE
To combine, to mix together
AMERLIORATE
To make better; to improve
ANACHRONISM
Something out of place in time
ANTIPATHY
extreme dislike
ARDOR
intense and passionate feeling
ASSUAGE
to make something unpleasant less severe
ATTENUATE
To reduce in force or degree; to weaken
AUSTERE
severe or stern in appearance, undecorated
BANAL
boring, predictable, cliched
BOMBASTIC
pompous in speech and manner
CACOPHONY
harsh, jarring noise
CAPRICIOUS
changing one's mind quickly and often
CHICANERY
deception by means of craft or guile (artful deception)
COGENT
convincing and well reasoned
CREDULOUS
too trusting; gullible
DEFERENCE
respect, courtesy
DERIDE
to speak of or treat with contempt; to mock
DESICCATE
to dry out thoroughly
DESULTORY
jumping form one thing to another; disconnected
DIFFIDENT
lacking self-confidence
DILATORY
intended to delay
DIRGE
a funeral hymn or mournful speech
DISABUSE
to set right; to free from error
DISCERN
to perceive; to recognize
DISSEMBLE
to present a false appearance; to disguise one's real intentions or character
ENERVATE
to reduce in strength
ENGENDER
to produce, cause, or bring about
ENIGMA
a puzzle, a mystery
EPHEMERAL
lasting a short time
EQUIVOCATE
to use expressions of a double meaning in order to mislead
ERUDITE
learned, scholarly, bookish
ESOTERIC
known or understood by only a few
ESTIMABLE
admirable
EUPHEMISM
use of an inoffensive word in place of a more distasteful one
EXCULPATE
to clear from blame; prove innocent
EXIGENT
urgent; requiring immediate action
FAWN
to grovel
FERVID
intensely emotional; feverish
FLORID
excessively decorated or embellished
FOMENT
to arouse or incite
GARRULOUS
tending to tak a lot
ICONOCLAST
one who opposes established beliefs, customs, and institutions
IMPERVIOUS
impossible to penetrate; incapable of being effected
IMPETUOUS
quick to act without thinking
IMPLACABLE
unable to be calmed down or made peaceful
INCHOATE
not fully formed; disorganized
INGENUOUS
childlike simplicity or showing innocence
INSIPID
lacking interest or flavor
INTRANSIGENT
uncompromising; refusing to be reconciled
INUNDATE
to overwhelm; to cover with water
IRASCIBLE
easily made angry
LACONIC
using few words
LAMENT
to express sorrow; to grieve
LAUD
to give praise; to glorify
LOQUACIOUS
talkative
MALINGER
to evade responsibility by pretending to be ill
MISANTHROPE
a person who dislikes others
MOLLIFY
to calm or make less severe
OBDURATE
hardened in feeling; resistant to persuasion
OBSEQUIOUS
overly submissive and eager to please
OBSTINATE
stubborn, unyielding
OBVIATE
to prevent; to make unnecessary
OCCLUDE
to stop up; to prevent the passage of
ONEROUS
troublesome and oppressive; burdensome
OPPROBRIUM
public disgrace
PARAGON
model of excellence or perfection
TACITURN
silent, not talkative
TIRADE
long, harsh speech or verbal attack
TORPOR
mental and physical sluggishness
TRANSITORY
temporary, lasting a brief time
VACILLATE
sway physically, to be indecisive
VENERATE
to respect deeply
VERACITY
filled with truth and accuracy
VERBOSE
wordy
VEX
to annoy
WHIMSICAL
acting in a fanciful or capricious manner; unpredictable
PEDANT
someone who shows off learning
PERFIDIOUS
willing to betray one's trust
PERFUNCTORY
dont in a routine way; indifferent
PERFUNCTORY
dont in a routine way; indifferent
PLACATE
to soothe or pacify
PRECIPITATE
to throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation
PREVARICATE
to lie or deviate from the truth
PRODIGAL
lavish, wasteful
PROPITIATE
to conciliate; to appease
PROPRIETY
correct behaviour; obedience to rules and customs
PRUDENCE
wisdom, caution, or restrait
QUIESCENT
motionless
RAREFY
to make thinner or sparser
REPUDIATE
to reject the validity of
RETICENT
silent, reserved
RHETORIC
effective writing or speaking
SATIATE
to satisfy fully or overindulge
SOPORIFIC
causing sleep or lethargy
SPECIOUS
deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but false
STOLID
unemotional; lacking sensitivity
TACIT
done without using words