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Advocate
to speak in favor of

Related: Advocacy - active support for

Similar meanings:
Back
Champion
Support
Abyss
an extremely deep hole

Related:
Abyssal - pertaining to great depth
Abysmal - extremely bad
Abscond
to leave secretly

Similar meanings:
flee
decamp
escape
Aesthetic
concerning the appreciation of beauty

Related:
Aesthete: someone unusually sensitive to beauty
Aestheticism: devoted to beauty

Similar meanings: artistic, tasteful
Aggrandize
to increase in power, influence and reputation

Similar meanings:
amplify, dignify, ennoble, magnify, apotheosize, elevate, exalt, swell, wax, augment, enlarge, glorify, uplift
Alacrity
speed or quickness

Similar meanings:
celerity, haste, dispatch, swiftness
Amalgamate
to combine, mix together

Related words: Amalgam - a mixture of two metals

Similar meanings,
admix, commingle, intermingle, blend, commix, intermix, mix, coalesce, compound, merge, unite, combine, fuse, mingle
Ameliorate
to make better, improve

Similar meanings,
amend, pacify, better, improve, upgrade
Alleviate
to make more bearable

similar meanings:
allay, ease, mitigate, assuage, lessen, palliate, comfort, lighten, relieve
Anachronism
something out of place in time

similar meanings:
archaism, incongruity
Ambiguous
doubtful or uncertain

Related words: ambiguity - the quality of being ambigous

Similar meanings: cloudy, equivocal, obscure, doubtful, nebulous, unclear, dubious, indeterminate, vague
Analogous
similar or alike in some way; equivalent to

Related words:
analogy - a similarity between things that are otherwise dissimilar
Analogue - something that is similar in some way to something else

Similar meanings:
alike, equivalent, comparable, homogeneous, similar, corresponding, parallel
Antagonize
to annoy or provoke to anger

Related words:
Antagonistic: tending to provoke conflict
Antagonist: someone who fights another

Similar meanings:
clash, irritate, provoke, conflict, oppose, incite, pester, vex
Apathy
lack of interest or emotion

similar meanings
coolness, impassivity, lassitude, phlegm, disinterest, indifference, lethargy, stolidity, unresponsiveness, disregard, insensibility, listlessness, unconcern
Approbation
approval and praise

Related: approbate - to authorize

Words with similar meanings:
Acclaim
Commendation
Extol
Adulation
Compliments
Hail
Praise
applause
exalt
kudos
Abate
to reduce in amount, degree, or severity

Similar meanings:
ebb
moderate
subside
lapse
relent
let up
slacken
wane
Aberrant
deviating from what is normal or expected

Related:
Aberrations - a deviation from what is normal

Similar:

abnormal
divergent
anomalous
errant
deviant
irregular
Adulterate
to make impure

Related words:
unadulterated - pure
adultery - an illicit relationship
Abstain
to choose not to do something

Similar meanings

forbear
refrain
withhold
Antipathy
extreme dislike

similar meanings:
abhorrence
antagonism
enmity
loathing
repulsion
animosity
aversion
hatred
repellence
animus
dislike
hostility
repugnance
revulsion
Apocryphal
of questionable authority or authenticity

words with similar meanings

disputed
fictitious
doubtful
fradulent
Arbitrary
determined by chance or impulse

similar meanings:
changeable
random
erratic
indiscriminate
wayward
Anomaly
deviation from what is normal

Related words: deviating from what is normal

Similar meanings:
aberrant
deviance
aberration
deviation
preternaturalness
abnormality
irregularity
Arbitrate
to judge a dispute between two opposing parties


Related words:
Arbitration - a process by which a conflict is resolved
Arbitrator - a judge

similar meanings:
adjudge
determine
referee
adjudicate
judge
decide
moderate
rule
Archaic
ancient, old fashioned

related words:
Archaism - an outdated word or phrase

similar meanings
ancient
bygone
obsolete
outmodded
superannuated
antediluvian
dated
old-fashioned
passe
superseded
antique
dowdy
outdated
prehistoric
vintage
archaic
fusty
outmoded
stale
Ardor
intense and passionate feeling

related words:
ardent- expressing ardor or passion

similar meanings:
devotion
fervency
fervor
zeal
enthusiasm
fervidity
fire
enthusiasm
fervidness
pasion
zealousness
Articulate
able to speak clearly and expressively

similar meanings

eloquent
lucid
expressive
silver-tongued
fluent
smooth-spoken
Assuage
to make something unpleasant less severe

similar meanings:
allay
comfort
lighten
pacift
propitiate
alleviate
conciliate
mitigate
palliate
relieve
sweeten
appease
ease
mollify
soothe
Attenuate
reduce in force or degree

words with similar meanings:
debilitate
enervate
sap
undo
devtalize
enfeeble
thin
unnerve
weaken
dilute
rarefy
undermine
water
Audacious
fearless and daring

related words:
audacity - the quality of being audacious
Austere
sever or stern in appearance; undecorated

related words:
austerity - severity, especially poverty

similar meanings:
bleak
hard
dour
harsh
grim
severe
Banal
predictable, cliched, boring

related words:
banality- something that is banal

similar meanings:
bland
fatuous
jejune
quotidian
threadbare
bromidic
hackneyed
musty
shopworn
timeworn
vapid
cliched
innocuous
platitudinous
stale
tired
worn-out
commonplace
insipid
prosaic
sterotypic
trite
Bombastic
pompous in speech and manner

related words:
bombast: pompous speech or writing

similar meanings:
bloated
grandiloquent
magniloquent
rhetorical
declamatory
grandiose
orotund
fustian
high-flown
pretentious
self-important
Burnish
to polish

similar meanings
buff
polish
luster
scour
Candid
impartial and honest in speech

similar meanings
direct
honest
straight
forthright
open
straightforward
frank
sincere
undisguised
Bolster
support, prop up

similar meanings
brace
prop
sustain
buttress
stay
underpinning
crutch
support
uphold
Burgeon
to grow and flourish

words with similar meanings
bloom
prosper
burgeon
flourish
thrive
Cacophony
harsh, jarring noise

similar meanings
discord
noise
chaos
clamor
disharmony
din
Capricious
Changing one's mind quickly and often

related words:
caprice: whim, sudden fancy

Similar meanings
arbitrary
erratic
mercurial
chance
fickle
random
willful
changeable
inconstant
whimsical
Castigate
to punish or criticize harshly

similar meanings:
admonish
rebuke
reprove
chastise
reprimand
scold
upbraid
chide
reproach
tax
Catalyst
something that brings about a change in something else

related words
catalyze - to bring about a change in something else
Caustic
biting in wit

words with similar meanings
acerbic
biting
trenchant
mordant
Chaos
great disorder or confused situation

related words:
chaotic - jumbled confused

similar meanings
clutter
disarray
disorganized
muddle
topsy-turviness
confusion
disorder
jumble
scramble
disarrangement
disorderliness
mess
snarl
turmoil
Chicanery
deception by means of craft or guile

similar meanings
artifice
deception
pettifoggery
sophistry
conniving
deviousness
shadiness
subterfuge
craftiness
misrepresentation
sneakiness
underhandedness
Chauvinist
someone prejudiced in favor of a group that he or she belongs to

similar meanings:
biased
partial
prepossessed
colored
partisan
one-sided
prejudicial
tendentious
Coalesce
to grow together to form a single whole

words with similar meanings:
amalgamate
condense
blend
consolidate
unite
coalesce
fuse
Circumspect
cautious, aware of potential consequences

Related words-
circumspection: caution

words with similar meaning
alert
mindful
vigilant
cautious
prudent
heedful
solicitious
wary
cogent
convincing and well-reasoned

related words:
cognitive: to do with the powers of reasoning
cognition: knowledge
Cogitate: to think deeply

similar meanings
convincing
sound
persuasive
telling
solid
valid
Condone
to overlook, pardon, or disregard

similar meanings
exculpate
excuse
remit
pardon
Convoluted
intricate and complicated

words with similar meanings
byzantine

intricate
perplexing
complex
knotty
elaborate
labyrinthine
tangled
Connoisseur
a person with expert knowledge or discriminating tastes

similar meanings
authority
gastronome
epicure
expert
gourmet
Corroborate
supporting evidence

similar meanings:
authenticate
buttress
validate
back
confrm
bear out
substantate
verify
Credulous
too trusting, gullible

related words:
credulity: the quality of being credulous

words with similar meanings
naive
susceptible
trusting
Decorum
appropriateness of behavior or conduct; propriety

related words
decorous- conforming to acceptable standards

words with similar meanings:
correctness
manners
decency
mores
seemliness
etiquette
propriety
Crescendo
steadily increasing in volume or force
Dogma
a firmly held opinion, especially religious

similar meanings
creed
teaching
doctrines
tenet
Dissonance
a harsh and disagreeable combination, especially of sounds

Similar meanings
clash
dissension
friction
contention
dissent
strife
discord
dissidence
variance
Disparate
fundamentally different, entierly unlike

similar meanings
different
diverse
dissimilar variant
divergent
various
Dissemble
to present a false appearance to disguise one's real intentions or character

similar meanings
act
camouflage
cover up
fake
masquerade
put on
affect
cloak
disguise
feign
pose
sham
assume
counterfeit
dissimulate
mask
pretend
simulate
Disabuse
set right, free from error

words with similar meanings
correct
undeceive
Discern
to perceive or recognize

related words: discernment- taste and cultivation

words with similar meanings
catch
differentiate
espy
separate
descry
discriminate
glimpse
spot
tell
detect
dstinguish
know
spy
Dilettante
someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic

words with similar meanings
amateur
superficial

dabbler
tyro
Dirge
a funeral hymn or mournful speech

words with similar meanings
elegy
lament
Dilate
to make larger, expand

words with similar meanings
amplify
enlarge
develop
expand
elaborate
expatiate
Dilatory
intended to delay

similar meanings
dragged
lagging
slow-going
flagging
slow
slow-paced
laggard
slow-footed
tardy
Diatribe
an abusive condemnatory speech

words with similar meanings
fulmination
jeremiad
harangue
malediction
tirade
invective
obloquy
Diffident
lacking self-confidence

similar meanings
backward
demure
self-effacing
bashful
modest
shy
coy
retiring
timid
desicate
to dry out thoroughly

related words
Desiccant - sometimes that removes water from another substance

Similar meanings
dry
parch
dehydrate
desultory
jumping from one thing to another; dsconnected

similar meanings
aimless
haphazard
objectless
stray
disconnected
indiscriminate
purposeless
unconsidered
erratic
objectless
random
unplanned
Deride
to speak or treat with contempt

related words
derision-mockery and taunts
derisive - in a mocking manner

words with similar meanings
gibe
ridicule
jeer
scoff
taunt
mock
sneer
Deference
respect, curtesy

related words
defer -either to delay or show someone deference
deferent: curteous and respectful

similar meanings
courtesy
obeisance
honor
respsect
veneration
homage
reverence
Exigent
urgent, requiring immediate action

similar meanings
critical
needed
imperative
urgent
Exacerbate
to make worse

similar meanings
annoy
irritate
aggravate
intensify
provoke
Eulogy
speech in praise of someone

similar meanings
commend
extol
laud
Esoteric
known or understood only by a few

similar meanings
abstruse
arcane
obscure
Exonerate
to clear of blame

words with similar meanings
absolve
exculpate
acquit
clear
vindicate
Exculpate
to clear from blame, prove innocent

words with similar meanings
absolve
exonerate
acquit
clear
vindicate
Euphemism
use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distasteful one
Estimable
admirable

related words: high regard

similar meanings
admirable
honorable
praiseworth
commendable
laudable
respectable
worthy
creditable
meritorious
venerable
Erratic
wandering and unpredictable

related words
Eerrant: straying, mistaken, roving

Similar meanings
capricious
irresolute
inconstant
whimsical
Ephemeral
lasting a short time

similar meanings
evanescent
momentary
fleeting
transient
Enigma
A puzzle or mystery

similar meanings
conundrum
perplexity
Enervate
to reduce in strength

related words
unnerve: to deprive of strength or courage

similar meanings
debilitate
enfeeble
weaken
sap
Erudite
learned, scholarly, bookish

related words:
erudition: extensive knowledge or learning

similar meanings
scholastic
learned wise
Equivocate
to use expression of double meaning in order to mislead

related words
Equivocal - undecided, trying to deceive
Equivocation - the act or state of equivocating

similar meanings
ambiguous
evasive
waffling
Enumerate
to count, list, itemize

similar meanings
catalog
index
tabulate
Engender
to produce, cause or bring about

words with similar meanings
beget
proliferate
generate
reproduce
procreate
spawn
Embellish
to add ornamental of fictitious details

words with similar meanings
adorn
embroider
bedeck
enhance
elaborate
exaggerate
Elegy
a sorrowful poem or speech

related words-
Elegiac: like an elegy-mournful

Words with similar meanings
dirge
lament
Eclectic
selecting from or made up from a variety of sources

words with similar meanings
selective
catholic
broad
Dogmatic
dictatorial in one opinions

similar meanings
authoritarian
doctrine
magisterial
bossy
domineering
masterful
preemptory
dictatorial
imperious
overbearing
Emulate
to copy, try to equal, or ecel

words or similar meanings
ape
imitate
simulate
Eloquent
persuasive and moving, especially in speech

words with similar meanings
articulate
meaningful
expressive
significant
fluent
smooth-spoken
Efficacy
effectiveness

related words
efficacious- effective productive

words with similar meanings
dynamism
force
proficiency
effectiveness
power
strength
efficency
productiveness
vigor
Dupe
to deceive or person who is easily deceived

similar meanings
beguile
cozen
fool
mislead
betray
deceive
hoodwink
take in
bluff
delude
humbug
trick
Florid
excessively decorated embellished

similar meanings
baroque
ornate
elaborate
ostentatious
flamboyant
rocco
Fortuitous
happening by chance, fortunate

similar meanings
chance
lucky
fortunate
propitious
haphazard
prosperous
Fawn
to grovel

similar meanings
bootlick
toady
grovel
pander
fanatical
acting excessively enthusiastic

similar meanings
extremist
fiery
zealous
frenzied
forment
to arouse or incite

similar meanings
agitate
instigate
impassion
inflame
kindle
frugality
tending to be thrifty of cheap

similar meanings
economical
prudence
parsimony
sparing
fervid
intensely emotion, feverish

related words - fervent: enthusiastic
fervor - passion

similar meanngs
burning
vehement
impassioned
passionate
zealous
explicit
clearly stated or shown; forthright in expression

related words -
explicable: capable of being explained
explicate: to give a detailed explanation

similar meanings
candid
straightforward
frank
unequivocal
Imperturbable
not capable of being disturbed

related words
perturb: to disturb greatly

similar meanings
composed
serene
dispassionate
impassive
stoical
homogenous
of a similar kind

related words
homogenized: thoroughly mixed together

similar meanings
consistent
uniform
standardized
unvarying
Guile
deceit, trickery

related words
guileless: innocent, without trickery; gullible: easily deceived

similar meanings
artifice
connivery
chicanery
duplicity
Garrulous
tending to talk a lot

words with similar meanings
effusive
loquacious
impervious
impossible to penetrate: incapable of being affected

similar meanings
resistant
impregnable
iconoclast
one who opposes established beliefs, customs and institutions

similar meanings
maverick
rebel
nonconformist
revolutionary
gullible
easily deceived

related words
gull- a person who is easily tricked

words with similar meanings
credulous
exploitable
naive
gregarious
outgoing, sociable

words with similar meanings

affable
communicative
congenial
sociable
Paradox
a contradiction or dilemma

words with similar meanings:
incongruity
ambiguity
opprobrium
public disgrace

words with similar meanings:
discredit
disrepute
obloquy
disgrace
ignominy
dishonor
infamy
shame
onerous
troublesome and oppressive; burdensome

words with similar meanings:
arduous
cumbersome
formidable
oppressive
taxing
backbreaking
difficult
hard
oppressive
burdensome
exacting
laborious
rigorous
trying
obviate
to prevent; to make unnecessary

words with similar meanings:
forestall
preclude
prohibit
paragon
model of excellence or perfection

words with similar meanings:
apotheosis
quintessence
ideal
standard
ostentation
excessive showiness

Related words:
ostensible - apparent

words with similar meanings:
conspicuousness
pretentiousness
flashiness
showiness
opaque
impossible to see through, preventing the passage of light

Related words:
opacity: the quality of being obscure and indecipherable

words with similar meanings:
obscure
occlude
to stop up, prevent the passage of

words with similar meanings:
barricade
obstruct
block
close
obstruct
obsequious
overly-submissive and eager to please

related words:
obeisance - a physical show of respect of submission, such as a bow

words with similar meanings:
complant
servile
deferential
subservient
naive
lacking sophistication or experience

related words
naivete: the state of being naive

words with similar meanings:
artless
ingenuous
credulous
simple
guileless
unaffected
mollify
to calm or make less severe

words with similar meanings:
appease
conciliate
assuage
paciify
misanthrope
a person who dislikes others
ostnate
stubborn, uunyeilding

words with similar meanings:
intransigent
pertinacious
mulish
stubborn
persistent
tenacious
obdurate
hardened in feeling, resistant to persuasion

words with similar meanings:
inflexible
tenacious
intransigent
recalcitrant
unyeilding
monotony
no variation, tediously the same

related words:
monotone: a sound that is made at the same tone or pitch

words with similar meanings:
drone
tedium
mitigate
to soften, to lessen

words with similar meanings:
allay
ease
mollify
alleviate
lighten
palliate
assuage
moderate
temper
metaphor
a figure of speech comparing two different things

related words:
metaphorical: standing as a symbol for something else

words with similar meanings:
analogy
comparison
malinger
to evade responsibility by pretending to be ill

related words:
linger - be be slow in leaving

words with similar meanings:
shirk
slack
lucid
clear and easily understood

related words:
lucidity - clarity
lucent - glowing with light

words with similar meanings:
clear
intelligible
coherent
explicit
limpid
lethargic
acting in an indifferent or slow, sluggish manner

words with similar meanings:
apathetic
listless
languid
lackadaisical
torpid
meticulous
extremely careful about details

words with similar meanings:
conscientious
precise
scrupulous
malleable
capable of being shaped

words with similar meanings:
adaptable
pliable
ductile
plastic
pliant
luminous
bright, brilliant, glowing

related words
illuminate - to shine light on
luminary - an inspiring person

words with similar meanings:
incandescent
radiant
lucent
lustrous
resplendent
loquacious
talkative

related words:
eloquence: powerful, convincing speaking
loquacity: the quality of being loquacious

words with similar meanings:
effusive
garrulous
verbose
laud
to give praise, to glorify

related words
laudable: worth of praise
laudatory: expressing praise

words with similar meanings:
acclaim
compliment
hail
applaud
exalt
commend
extol
praise
lassitude
a state of diminished energy

words with similar meanings:
debilitation
languor
enervation
listlessness
weariness
fatigue
tiredness
laconic
using few words

words with similar meanings:
concise
terse
curt
pithy
taciturn
inundate
to overwhelm, to cover with water

words with similar meanings:
deluge
flood
drown
engulf
submerge
lavish
extremely generous or extravagant; to give unsparingly

words with similar meanings:
bestow
extravagant
prodigal
confer
opulent
luxuriant
exuberant
profuse
superabundant
latent
potential that is not readily apparent

related words:
latency- the state or quality of being latent

words with similar meanings:
concealed
potential
dormant
inert
quiescent
lament
to express sorrow, to grieve

words with similar meanings:
bewail
grieve
deplore
mourn
irascible
easily made angry

related words
irate - angry

words with similar meanings:
cantankerous
ornery
irritable
testy
insipid
lacking interest or flavor

words with similar meanings:
banal
stale
bland
dull
vapid
inimical
hostile, unfrendly

words with similar meanings:
adverse
dissident
antagonistic
recalcitrant
inchoate
not fully formed, disorganized

words with similar meanings:
amorphous
incomplete
incoherent
unorganized
impetuous
quick to act without thinking

related words:
impetus - impulse

words with similar meanings:
impulsive
reckless
precipitate
rash
spontaneous
intransigent
uncompromising, refusing to be reconciled

words with similar meanings:
implacable
obdurate
rigid
inexorable
obstnate
unbending
unyielding
irreconcilable
remoreseless
unrelenting
innocuous
harmless

related words:
inoculate: to give a shot to prevent or heal an illness

words with similar meanings:
benign
inoffensive
harmless
insipid
ingenuous
showing innocence or childlike simplicity

related words:
ingenue - a naive girl or young woman
disingenuous - giving a false impression of innocence

words with similar meanings:
artless
naive
guileless
simple
innocent
unaffected
implacable
unable to be calmed down or made peaceful

related words:
placate: to make peaceful

words with similar meanings:
inexorable
relentless
intransigent
remorseless
unrelenting
irreconcilable
unforgiving
probity
complete honesty and integrity

words with similar meanings:
morality
rectitude
integrity
virtue
uprightness
prevaricate
to lie or deviate from the truth

words with similar meanings:
equivocate
lie
perjure
pragmatic
practical as opposed to idealistic

related words:
pragmatism - a practical approach to problem solving

words with similar meanings:
realistic
rational
plastic
able to be molded, altered or bent

related words
pliable: able to be bent

words with similar meanings:
adaptable
malleable
ductile
pliant
phlegmatic
calm and unemotional in temperment

words with similar meanings:
apathetic
impassive
calm
indifferent
unemotional
emotionless
passionless
pervasive
to be present throughout, to permeate

related words:
pervasive: tending to permeate or pervade

words with similar meanings:
imbue
permeate
infuse
penetrate
suffuse
perfunctory
done in a routine way; indifferent

words with similar meanings:
apathetic
automatic
mechanical
pedant
someone who shows off learning

related words:
pedantic - making an excessive display of learning
proclivity
a natural inclination or predisposition

words with similar meanings:
bias
penchant
prejudice
leaning
predilection
partiality
predisposition
propensity
pristine
fresh and clean, uncorrupted

words with similar meanings:
innocent
undamaged
precipitate
to throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation

related words:
precipitous: very steep
precipice: a steep cliff
precipitation: rain

words with similar meanings:
abrupt
ill-considered
hasty
impetuous
rash
headlong
impulsive
reckless
hurried
prompt
sudden
plethora
excess

words with similar meanings:
glut
superfluity
overabundance
surfeit
placate
to soothe or pacify

related words:
placid: tolerant; calm
implacable: unable to be made peaceful

words with similar meanings:
appease
conciliate
mollify
philanthropy
charity, a desire or effort to promote goodness

related words:
philanthropist: someone who is generous and desires to promote goodness

words with similar meanings:
humanitarianism
altruism
permeate
to penetrate

related words:
impermeable: unable to be permeated

words with similar meanings:
imbue
pervade
infuse
suffuse
perfidious
willing to betray one's trust

related words:
perfidy: deceit, treachery

words with similar meanings:
disloyal
treacherous
faithless
traitorous
stigma
a mark of shame or discredit

related words:
stigmatize: to disgrace, to label with negative terms of reputation

words with similar meanings:
blemish
stain
blot
opprobrium
taint
soporific
causing sleep or lethargy

related words:
sopor: deep sleep

words with similar meanings:
hypnotic
slumberous
narcotic
somnolent
rhetoric
effective writing or speaking

words with similar meanings:
eloquence
oratory
stolid
unemotional, lacking sensitivity

words with similar meanings:
apathetic
phlegmatic
impassive
stoical
indifferent
unconcerned
specious
deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious

words with similar meanings:
illusory
spurious
ostensible
plausible
sophistic
satiate
to satisfy fully or overindulge

related words:
sate: to fully satisfy or overindulge
insatiable: incapable of being satisfied

words with similar meanings:
cloy
gorge
glut
surfeit
repudiate
to reject the validity of

words with similar meanings:
deny
disown
disavow
disclaim
renounce
prudence
wisdom, caution, or restraint

related words:
prude - someone who is excessively concerned with propriety
prudish: prissy and puritanical

words with similar meanings:
astuteness
frugality
circumspection
judiciousness
thrift
discretion
providence
propitiate
to conciliate, to appease

related words:
propitious: advantageous, a good omen

words with similar meanings:
apepase
pacify
conciliate
mollify
placate
prodigal
lavish, wasteful

related words
prodigality: excessive or reckless spending

words with similar meanings:
extravagant
spendthrift
lavish
profligate
wasteful
reticent
silent, reserved

words with similar meanings
cool
standoffish
introverted
taciturn
laconic
undemonstrative
pungent
sharp and irritating to the senses

words with similar meanings:
piquant
caustic
poignant
acrid
stinging
propriety
acting in a proper manner, obeying rules and customs

related words:
appropriate: suitable for a particular occasion or place

words with similar meanings:
decency
modesty
decorum
seemly
proliferate
to increase in number quickly

related words:
prolific: very productive or highly able to reproduce

words with similar meanings:
breed
propagate
multiply
reproduce
procreate
spawn
quiescent
motionless

related words:
quiescence: state or rest or inactivity

words with similar meanings:
latent
dormant
rarefy
to make thinner or sparser

related words:
rarefaction: the process of making something less dense

words with similar meanings:
attenuate
thin
whimsical
lightly acting in a fanciful or capricious manner; unpredictable

related words-
whim : a fancy or sudden notion

words with similar meanings:
capricious
frivolous
erratic
flippant
volatile
easily aroused or changeable; lively or explosive

related words:
volcanic: extremely explosive

words with similar meanings:
capricious
inconsistent
erratic
inconstant
tempermental
fickle
mercurial
vex
to annoy

related words:
vexation: a feeling of irritation

words with similar meanings:
annoy
chafe
nettle
bane
exasperate
nuisance
provoke
bother
irk
peeve
zeal
passion, exitement

related words
zealot: a fanatic

words with similar meanings:
ardency
fire
fervor
passion
waver
to fluctuate between choices

words with similar meanings:
dither
irresolute
falter
oscillate
waver
fluctuate
vacillate
viscous
thick and adhesive, like a slow flowing fluid

related words:
viscid: viscous
viscosity: a measure of how viscous a fluid is

words with similar meanings:
thick
glutinous
gelatinous
veracity
filled with truth and accuracy

related words:
verity: truth
veracious: truthful, accurate

words with similar meanings:
candor
fidelity
exactitude
probity
vacillate
to physically sway or to be indecisive

words with similar meanings:
dither
irresolute
falter
oscillate
fluctuate
waver
torpor
extreme mental and physical sluggishness

related words
torpid: sluggish, lacking movement

words with similar meanings:
apathy
languor
taciturn
silent, not talkative

related words:
tacit: done without using words

words with similar meanings:
laconic
reticent
verbose
wordy

related words:
verbalize -to put into words
verbatim - to quote using the exact words
verbiage - lots of words that are usually superfluous

words with similar meanings:
longwinded
loquacious
superfluous
prolix
venerate
to respect deeply

related words:
venerable - old, worthy of respect

words with similar meanings:
adore
idolize
honor
revere
transitory
temporary lasting a brief time

related words:
transit: pass through, to exchange or make a transition
transient: passing quickly in and out of existence, one who stays a short time

words with similar meanings:
ephemeral
impermanent
evanescent
fleeting
momentary
tirade
long, harsh speech or verbal attack

words with similar meanings:
diatribe
obloquy
fulmination
revilement
harangue
vilification
sublime
lofty or grand

related words:
sublimate - to elevate or convert into something of higher worth, to evaporate
subliminal - existing outside conscious awareness

words with similar meanings:
august
grand
majestic
resplendent
exalted
magnificent
noble
glorious
magnificent
regal
superb
tacit
done without using words

related words:
taciturn - silent, not talkative

words with similar meanings:
implicit
unsaid
implied
undeclared
unuttered
precarious
not securely held
benevolent
well-meaning, kindly
altruistic
unselfish
baneful
destructive
vociferous
loud and forceful
abashed
embarrased and ashamed
nonplussed
surprised/speechless
dolorous
great sorrow
dubious
hesitating or doubting.
surmise
deduce/conclude
arcane
understood by few
anti-semitism
prejudice against jews
ignominious
deserving of shame
inimical
harmful
shrewdness
having good judgement - intelligent
mellifluous
pleasant to hear
strident
loud and harsh
euphonic
pleasing to hear
circuitous
roundabout and indirect
renounce
to declare abandoment of
repudiate
refuse to accept ot to associate with
reticent
introverted
congenial
having pleasant qualities
brusque
abrupt in speech
scurrilous
insulting with malacious intent
pan
to criticize
scrutinize
inspect closely
prosaic
Ordinary
abstruse
Obscure
extirpate
seek and destroy
Recondite
little known
detritus
waste/debris
refuge
safe
bedlam
confusion
punctilious
attention to detail
coviferous
loud and passionate
waggish
humerous
scathing
critical and scornful
Opulence
great wealth
Fidelity
faithfulness
Valor
great courage
voluble
loquacious
Reclusive
solitary
Prolific
producing many offspring
pensive
engaged in
regimented
Strictly controlled
unilateral
solo
heralded
a sign that (something) is about to happen
hullabaloo
a commotion
profess
to openly but falsely one has (a quality or feeling)
chagrin
distress/humiliation
recompense
to compensate/make amends
elation
great happiness
pacifism
believe that all violence is unjustifiable
abridge
to shorten
entreaty
humble request
impartial
treating all parties equal/fair
contest
competition for
construe
interpret
promulgate
to promote
ineffable
to great to be expressed with words
recompense
compensate
obloquy
verbal abuse
diaphanous
delacate
deleterious
causing harm
pernicious
subtle harmful
contumacious
stubbornly and willfully disobedient to authority
endemic
regular found disease
irresolute
unceratin
seditious
causing people to rebel
cabal
secret society
imprecation
spoken curse
artifice
cunning/sly
plucky
showing courage
ribald
refering to sex in an amusingly rude or irreverent way
politic
seeming sensible