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Laud (verb)

to praise highly (adj. form: laudatory)

Lucid (adj.)

clear; easily understood

Magnanimity (noun)

the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart , esp. in forgiving (adj. form: magnanimous)

Martial (adj.)

associated with war and the armed forces

Mundane (adj.)

of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary

Nascent (adj.)

coming into being; in early developmental stages

one of the leading figures in the nascent civil-rights movement

Nebulous (adj.)

vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form

Neologism (noun)

a new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses

Noxious (adj.)

harmful, injurious

Obtuse (adj.)

lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression

Obviate (verb)

to anticipate and make unnecessary

Onerous (adj.)

troubling; burdensome

Paean (noun)

a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving

his retirement party featured many paeans for his long years of service to the company

Parody (noun)

a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, esp. in literature and art

Perennial (adj.)

recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly

Perfidy (noun)

intentional breach of faith; treachery (adj. form: perfidious)

Perfunctory (adj.)

cursory; done without care or interest

Perspicacious (adj.)

acutely perceptive; having keen discernment (noun form: perspicacity)

Prattle (verb)

to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner

Precipitate (adj.)

acting with excessive haste or impulse

Precipitate (verb)

to cause or happen before anticipated or required

Predilection (noun)

a disposition in favor of something; preference

Prescience (noun)

foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring (adj. form: prescient)

Prevaricate (verb)

to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead

Qualms (noun)

misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy

Recant (verb)

to retract, esp. a previously held belief

Refute (verb)

to disprove; to successfully argue against

Relegate (verb)

to forcibly assign, esp. to a lower place or position

Reticent (adj.)

quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings

Solicitous (adj.)

concerned and attentive; eager

Sordid (adj.)

characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul

Sporadic (adj.)

occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances

Squander (verb)

to waste by spending or using irresponsibly

Static (adj.)

not moving, active, or in motion; at rest

Stupefy (verb)

to stun, baffle, or amaze

Stymie (verb)

to block; to thwart

Synthesis (noun)

the combination of parts to make a whole (verb form: synthesize)

Torque (noun)

a force that causes rotation

Tortuous (adj.)

winding, twisting; excessively complicated

Truculent (adj.)

fierce and cruel; eager to fight

Veracity (noun)

truthfulness, honesty

Virulent (adj.)

extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic

Voracious (adj.)

having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous

Waver (verb)

to move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion