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Despondent
mock scornfully; express contempt for
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mock scornfully; express contempt for
Deride
Regaled
Contrived
Throng
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Despondent
slowed or stopped in growth or development; interrupted
in low spirits from loss of courage
deprived and made desolate; forlorn
incapable of being expressed in words; inexpressible
3
extremely bad, unpleasant or degrading
Abject
Jocular
Deride
Disconsolate
4
being unable to choose between two courses of action because choices are of equal value
Sedulous
Austere
Ambivalent
Egregious
5
to annoy, provoke, or irritate
Inundate
Assail
Abate
Vex
6
Impertinent
extraordinarily bad in some way
rude and irrelevant
impossible to understand or interpret
unimaginative; ordinary; dull
7
cunning or treacherous in a subtle way
Imperious
Insidious
Obsequious
Incredulous
8
Denizen
one’s behavior or conduct
inhabitant
conversation; expression of thought; communication
feeling of hatred or contempt
9
Exasperate
to irritate intensely; infuriate
to expose as false
to lessen in intensity
to regret deeply
10
Singular
a spirit of friendliness
happening by accident or chance rather than design
not talkative by nature
uncommon or peculiar
11
excessive confidence or boldness
Temerity
Pedant
Demeanor
Discourse
12
Vacuous
famous or well respected within a particular profession
weak or slight; flimsy and insubstantial
filthy, contemptible or corrupt
without meaning; empty; lacking in ideas or intelligence
13
knowing something before it happens
Prefatory
Prescience
Prevalent
Predilection
14
Peruse
to use gestures, especially dramatic, instead of speaking
to puzzle or bewilder; confuse
read or examine in a thorough and careful way
to scatter or spread widely; disperse; dispel
15
Inundate
to attack
read or examine in a thorough careful way
to flood or overwhelm
to motion or signal with the hands to emphasize a point
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to draw out or bring forth; evoke
Eminent
Illicit
Iminint
Elicit
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Stupefy
diligent in application or attention
to astonish or shock
to remove completely something unwanted or unpleasant
willing to overlook or justify; to pardon or forgive
18
having a sharply strong taste or smell; sharp, biting comment
Ardent
Copious
Benign
Pungent
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to analyze carefully and critically
Enhance
Peruse
Mollify
Scrutinize
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to obtain something from something else
Derided
Allude
Derived
Portend
21
Opulent
extremely bad, unpleasant or degrading
explaining clearly and in detail
having a sharply strong taste or smell
wealthy
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friendly and cheerful
Curt
Cincise
Candid
Genial
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impossible to understand or interpret
Illicit
Inscrutable
Indisputable
Imminent
24
to criticize or correct
Mitigate
Refute
Mollify
Reproved
25
a puzzle
Paragon
Enigma
Demeanor
Discourse
26
to bounce back after being bent; to bounce back from a bad situation
Rapacious
Indignant
Resilient
Precarious
27
Assiduous
crying out nosily; clamorous
harmless; not likely to irritate or offend
working diligently; showing perseverance
excessively greedy
28
disaster; event causing distress
Histrionics
Paragon
Calamity
Rhetoric
29
Ostentatious
intended to attract notice; flamboyant; pretentious; flashy
containing an error; incorrect; mistaken; wrong; flawed
extremely strict or severe; rigid; stern; harsh
full of complaints; cross; disagreeable; critical
30
Illicit
likely to occur at any moment
unlawful; illegal
draw out or bring forth
famous or well respected
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Poignant
intended to attract notice; flamboyant; pretentious; flashy
characterized by a display of importance; pretentious
keenly felt; affecting or moving the emotions
existing as an inseparable quality or element
32
to criticize or correct
Inundated
Reproved
Preclude
Regaled
33
Pedestrian
an offensively condescending manner; belittling; demeaning
unimaginative and ordinary; dull
pleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled; easygoing
harmless or inoffensive in effect; harmless; innocent
34
Callous
requiring a strenuous effort, difficult
showing extreme care about small details; detailed
diligent in application or attention
insensitive; indifferent; unsympathetic (for others)
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requiring a strenuous effort; difficult
Ambivalent
Contentious
Arduous
Callous
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Loathing
having knowledge or being aware of
of great difference
imposing severe, rigorous standards
feeling of hatred or contempt
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Throng
feeling of hatred or contempt
tendency toward something
a large densely packed crowd of people or animals
one’s behavior or conduct
38
Rancorous
excessively talkative especially about trivial matters
characterized by or dealing with base emotions
characterized by bitterness or resentment
to render obscure; unclear; bewilder
39
a scarcity or lack of something
Demise
Dearth
Demeanor
Discourse
40
having knowledge or being aware of
Clandestine
Rudimentary
Diligent
Cognizant
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anger caused by feeling unjustly treated
Cognizant
Exorbitant
Indignant
Blatant
42
causing one to feel drained of energy; exhausting
Inordinate
Enervating
Inscrutable
Cognizant
43
to take a position of power illegally or by force
Obfuscate
Substantiate
Usurp
Exacerbate
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wisdom; soundness of judgment
Fortuitous
Adulation
Pedant
Sagacity
45
highly excessive
Pungent
Mundane
Genial
Exorbitant
46
obviously placed, planned, orchestrate or forced; artificial
Obfuscated
Contrived
Extolled
Overt
47
happening by accident or chance rather than design
Ephemeral
Fortuitous
Ebullient
Disconsolate
48
attempting to impress by affecting greater importance than is actually possessed
Genial
Incoherent
Disreputable
Pretentious
49
characteristic of ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing
Pragmatic
Colloquial
Dilatory
Obsolete
50
Incoherent
incapable of being expressed in words
of spoken or written language expressed in a confusing way
out of place; absurd, odd, strange
unable to be morally corrupt
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extraordinarily bad in some way
Dubious
Odious
Facetious
Egregious
52
Acerbic
direct in speech; straightforward; honest; blunt; open
bare and desolate; cheerless; dreary
bitter or sour (figuratively)
bitter or sour (literally)
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to amuse or entertain with speech
Regaled
Repudiate
Enumerate
Decry
54
Paragon
a category of art; style
a small, pleasing sketch or view; scene; essay; article
a strict pattern ofliving; regime; system; routine; schedule
a person or thing regarded as a perfect example
55
to plan
Concede
Convey
Condone
Contrive
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Effervescent
hissing or bubbling sound; enthusiasm
characterized by a display of importance
not talkative by nature
happening by accident or by chance
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Imminent
inactive, as if asleep; inert; latent
having or showing offensive boldness
capable of being wounded or hurt
likely to occur
58
promising success; favorable conditions; given or being a sign of fortune
Cursory
Auspicious
Ardor
Inexplicable
59
tending to argument; quarrelsome
Contentious
Rapacious
Cantankerous
Languid
60
disgraceful, dishonorable, infamous
Disreputable
Dispasisonate
Disgruntled
Disconsolate
61
Emulate
to match or surpass typically by imitation
to plan or scheme
to submit without protest
to show to be false
62
inflammatory; designed to cause fires (both literally and figuratively)
Stringent
Incendiary
Disreputable
Ephemeral
63
a thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that which it exists.
Rhetoric
Anachronism
Paragon
Countenance
64
excessive praise
Pessimist
Discourse
Adulation
Animosity
65
truthfulness
Temperament
Disparity
Veracity
Ruse
66
to think deeply about something
Ruminate
Resonate
Remonstrate
Regenerate
67
showing or suffering from nervousness, fear or a lack of confidence
Illicit
Ostentatious
Timorous
Incoherent
68
hasty; not thorough or detailed
Cursory
Abstruse
Facile
Stringent
69
Discourse
limitation or restriction
a direct comparison between two dissimilar things
a strict pattern ofliving; regime; system; routine; schedule
conversation; expression of thought; communication
70
Extolled
to praise highly
to divide into opposites; separate; split
to astonish or shock
to take possession of; seized; stolen
71
using gestures especially dramatic ones rather than speaking
Congestive
Gesticulating
Dramatize
Gestating
72
Innocuous
harmless; not likely to irritate or offend
unimaginative; ordinary; dull
uncommon or peculiar
highly excessive
73
Resonated
to resound; to echo; to stick with
erase or remove completely something unwanted or unpleasant
obviously placed, planned, orchestrated, forced; artificial
to praise highly
74
Recluse
one who expects a negative outcome; complainer; cynic
a spirit of friendliness or good-fellowship
one who is shut off from the world
an associate; coworker
75
to prevent the presence; to make impossible
Elicit
Preclude
Exasperate
Stupefy
76
Condone
willing to overlook or justify, to pardon or forgive
to astonish or shock
using gestures, especially dramatic, instead of speaking
to densely pack into a crowd
77
Undulating
to move in a wave like motion
likely to develop positively; hopeful; capable;talented
bitterly severe; caustic; cutting; scornful; sarcastic
holding interest as if by a spell; enthralling;enchanting
78
explaining clearly and in detail
Coherent
Blatant
Explicit
Poingant
79
lacking significance through having been overused (words and phrases)
Hackneyed
Restive
Imperious
Visceral
80
Blasphemy
the act of speaking sacrilegiously about sacred ideas
the act of verbally abusing or harshly criticizing
the act of working together
the act of leaving something out
81
Vociferous
excessive confidence or boldness
crying out nosily; clamorous
lasting for a very short time
untrustworthy; doubting
82
Reticent
over flowing with excitement; enthusiastic
reluctant to speak, especially about oneself
using language easily or clearly; eloquent
highly excessive; extreme; extravagant; ridiculous
83
Tenuous
tending to argument or conflict; quarrelsome
rudely brief or abrupt in speech or manner; brusque
weak or slight; flimsy and insubstantial
long and tiresome; dreary; dull; boring
84
excessive or inappropriate display of learning
Inexplicable
Mundane
Pedantic
Munificent
85
Rapacious
characterized by or dealing with base emotions
hasty; not thorough or detailed
excessively greedy
lacking interest or excitement; dull
86
an act or instance of placing close together or side by side usually for comparison or contrast
Retaliation
Juxtaposition
Recrimination
Exasperation
87
of great difference
Mediocrity
Animosity
Disparity
Placticity
88
to criticize or correct
Reproved
Inundate
Contrived
Throng
89
Inordinate
not within reasonable limits; excessive
indicating dismissal or rejection; indifferent
inactive, as if asleep; inert
incapable of producing results; ineffective; useless
90
gloomy or dreary
Wary
Disreputable
Sullen
Garrulous
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Eminent
widespread; accepted; common
famous or well respected within a particular profession
showing extreme care about small details
abruptly concise; curt; short and sweet; to the point
