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countenance facetious
pedantic esoteric
ambiguous repudiate
melancholy paradigm
the look or expression of the face,also approval or encouragement;
moral support
not meant to be taken seriously orliterally, lacking serious intent;
amusing or frivolous
ostentatious in one's learning,overly concerned with minute
details or formalisms, especially inteaching
understood by or meant for onlythe select few who have specialknowledge or interest; secret or
condential
open to or having several possiblemeanings or interpretations;
difcult to comprehend,distinguish, or classify
to reject as having no authority orbinding force, to cast off or disown
affected with, characterized by, orshowing sadness; mournful;
soberly thoughtful
a set of forms all of which containa particular element, an example
serving as a model or pattern
capricious ostentatious
paradox mitigate
pragmatic auspicious
plethora lethargic
subject to, led by, or indicative ofcaprice or whim; erratic
characterized by or given topretentious or conspicuous showin an attempt to impress others or
attract notice
a statement or proposition thatseems self-contradictory or absurdbut in reality expresses a possible
truth
to lessen in force or intensity, aswrath, grief, harshness, or pain;moderate or make less severe
pertaining to a practical point ofview or practical considerations
promising success, favored byfortune; prosperous
overabundance, excessdrowsy and sluggish
gullible erudite
eclectic obsequious
refute disingenuous
lucid opaque
easily deceived or cheatedcharacterized by great knowledge;learned or scholarly
selecting from various sources ormade up of what is selected from
different sources
characterized by or showingservile complaisance or
deference; fawning, servilelycompliant or deferential
to prove to be false or erroneous,as an opinion or charge
lacking in frankness, candor, orsincerity
easily understood; completelyintelligible or comprehensible
not transparent or translucent;impenetrable to light; dark or dull
aesthetic mundane
hyperbole loquacious
rhetoric apathy
discretion articulate
pertaining to the beautiful or thebranch of philosophy dealing withsuch notions as the beautiful, the
ugly, the sublime, the comic
pertaining to this world or earth ascontrasted with heaven; earthly,
common, ordinary, banal orunimaginative
obvious and intentionalexaggeration; an extravagant
statement or gure of speech notintended to be taken literally
talking or tending to talk much,excessively or freely
the undue use of exaggeration ordisplay in writing or speech;
bombast
absence or suppression ofpassion, emotion, or excitement;lack of interest in or concern forthings that others nd moving or
exciting
the power or right to decide or actaccording to one's own judgment;
freedom of judgment or choice
to utter clearly and distinctly;pronounce with clarity
enigmatic appropriate
acumen advocate
innocuous gregarious
anathema banal
perplexing and mysterious
to set apart and authorize forsome specic purpose; to take for
oneself or to take withoutpermission or consent
keen insight or shrewdnessto speak or write in favor of;
support or urge by argument;recommend publicly
not harmful or injurious; harmlessfond of the company of others;sociable
a person or thing detested,loathed, consigned to damnation
or destruction; a formalecclesiastical curse involving
excommunication
devoid of freshness or originality;hackneyed or trite
efcacy benign
meticulous ephemeral
succinct reticent
contentious ambiguity
capacity for producing a desiredresult or effect; effectiveness
having a kindly disposition;showing or expressive ofgentleness or kindness
taking or showing extreme careabout minute details; precise and
thoroughlasting a very short time, transitory
expressed in few words; conciseor terse
disposed to be silent or not tospeak freely; reluctant or
restrained
tending to argument or strife;causing, involving, or
characterized by controversy
doubtfulness or uncertainty ofmeaning or intention
insipid alacrity
austere presumptuous
dogmatic arcane
taciturn impetuous
without distinctive, interesting, orstimulating qualities; vapid or
bland
cheerful readiness, promptness, orwillingness
severe in manner or appearance,rigorously self-disciplined and
severely moral; lacking softness
unwarrantedly or impertinentlybold; forward
of the nature of a dogma ordoctrine, asserting opinions in an
arrogant manner; opinionated
known or understood by very few;mysterious, secret or obscure
inclined to silence; reserved inspeech; dour, stern, and silent in
expression and manner
characterized by sudden or rashaction; impulsive; moving with
great force or violence
anomaly inherent
pernicious spurious
contrite volatile
emulate petulant
a deviation from the common rule,type, arrangement, or form; an
odd or peculiar condition
existing in someone or somethingas a permanent and inseparable
element, quality, or attribute
causing insidious harm or ruin,injury or hurt
not genuine, authentic, or true;pretended or counterfeit
showing sincere remorse; lledwith a sense of guilt and the desire
for atonement
tending or threatening to break outinto open violence; changeable or
mercurial
imitate with effort to equal orsurpass or to rival with some
degree of success
moved to or showing sudden,impatient irritation, especially over
some triing annoyance
convoluted obstinate
laconic propensity
audacious pique
prosaic mercurial
twisted or coiled; complicated orintricately involved
rmly or stubbornly adhering toone's purpose or opinion; not
yielding to argument, persuasion,or entreaty
using few words; expressing muchin few words; concisea natural inclination or tendency
extremely bold or daring;recklessly brave and fearless, also
extremely original
a feeling of irritation orresentment, as from a wound to
pride or self-esteem
commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative; having the
character of prose rather thanpoetry
changeable, volatile, ckle, ightyand erratic
hegemony exacerbate
nascent disparate
avarice sporadic
assuage penchant
leadership or predominantinuence exercised by one nation
over others; predominance
to increase the severity, bitterness,or violence of; aggravate
beginning to exist or developdistinct in kind and essentiallydifferent; dissimilar
insatiable greed for riches; miserlydesire to gain and hoard wealth
appearing or happening atirregular intervals in time;
scattered or isolated instances
to make milder or less severe;relieve, ease or mitigate
a strong inclination, taste, or likingfor something
arduous specious
dearth cogent
ambivalence ameliorate
perfunctory lugubrious
requiring great exertion; laborious,using much energy and vigor; full
of hardships
apparently good or right thoughlacking real merit; supercially
pleasing
an inadequate supply; scarcity;lack as during famine
convincing or believable by virtueof forcible, clear, or incisive
presentation
uncertainty, especially whencaused by inability to make a
choice or by a simultaneous desireto say or do two opposite or
conicting things
to make or become better, morebearable, or more satisfactory;
improve
performed merely as a routineduty; hasty and supercial; lacking
interest, care, or enthusiasm;indifferent or apathetic
mournful, dismal, or gloomy in anaffected, exaggerated, or
unrelieved manner
pithy empirical
tenuous amenable
catalyst digress
peruse indolent
brief, forceful, and meaningful inexpression; full of vigor,
substance, or meaning; terse
depending upon experience orobservation alone, without using
scientic method or theory
thin or slender in form like athread; lacking a sound basis in
reasoning; an unsubstantiated orweak stand, statement or
argument
ready or willing to answer, open toinuence, persuasion, or advice;
agreeable
a person or thing that precipitatesan event or change
to deviate or wander away fromthe main topic or purpose in
speaking or writing
to read through with thoroughnessor care, to examine in detail
having or showing a disposition toavoid exertion; slothful
tacit latent
placate eloquent
ascetic vindictive
caustic garrulous
understood without being openlyexpressed; implied, unvoiced or
unspoken
present but not visible, apparent,or actualized; existing as potential
to appease or pacify, especially byconcessions or conciliatory
gestures
having or exercising the power ofuent, forceful, and appropriate
speech, characterized by forcefuland appropriate expression
a person who dedicates his or herlife to a pursuit of contemplative
ideals and practices extreme self-denial for religious reasons
disposed or inclined to revenge;proceeding from or showing a
revengeful spirit
capable of burning, corroding, ordestroying living tissue; severely
critical or sarcastic
excessively talkative in a rambling,roundabout manner, especially
about trivial matters
recalcitrant precarious
anachronism prodigal
diatribe bane
morose verbose
resisting authority or control, notobedient or compliant
dependent on circumstancesbeyond one's control; uncertain,
unstable or insecure
something or someone that is notin its correct historical or
chronological time, especially onethat belongs to an earlier time
wastefully or recklesslyextravagant or lavish
a bitter, sharply abusivedenunciation, attack, or criticism
a person or thing that ruins orspoils
gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, asa person or mood; characterized
by or expressing gloom
characterized by the use of manyor too many words
deleterious onerous
rescind axiom
abate assiduous
admonish ostensible
injurious to healthburdensome, oppressive, or
troublesome; having obligations orthat outweigh the advantages
to annul, revoke or repeal, toinvalidate by a later action or a
higher authority
a self-evident truth that requiresno proof, a universally accepted
principle or rule
to reduce in amount, degree, orintensity
unremitting; constant in applicationor effort; working diligently at a
task
to caution, advise, to reprove orscold in a mild and good-willed
manner
outwardly appearing, professed orpretended
corroborate lament
sagacious sanction
paucity fervent
terse bombastic
to make more certain; conrmto feel or express sorrow or regret
for, to mourn for something orsomeone
having or showing acute mentaldiscernment and keen practical
sense; shrewd
authoritative permission thatserves to support an action or
condition
smallness of quantity, scarcity,insufciency of number
having or showing great warmth orintensity of spirit, feeling,
enthusiasm; ardent
neatly or effectively concise, briefand pithy
high-sounding, inated orpretentious speech or writing
malevolent whimsical
decorum abscond
connoisseur obdurate
resolute apocryphal
wishing evil or harm to another orothers; showing ill will
given to whimsy or fancifulnotions; capricious
dignied propriety of behavior,speech and dress; an observance
or requirement of polite society
to depart in a sudden and secretmanner, especially to avoid
capture and legal prosecution
a person who is especiallycompetent to pass critical
judgments in an art, particularlyone of the ne arts, or in matters
of taste
unmoved by persuasion, pity, ortender feelings; stubborn,
unyielding
rmly resolved or determined,characterized by rmness and
determination
of doubtful authorship orauthenticity
difdent zealot
archaic guile
inchoate ingenuous
fortuitous endemic
lacking condence in one's ownability, worth, or tness; restrainedor reserved in manner or conduct
an excessively zealous person ora fanatic
marked by the characteristics ofan earlier period; antiquated or
primitive
insidious cunning in attaining agoal; crafty or artful deception
not yet completed or fullydeveloped; just begun; incipient;
not organized
free from reserve, restraint, ordissimulation; candid or sincere
happening or produced by chance;lucky or fortunate
characteristic of a specic peopleor place; native or indigenous
fatuous halcyon
disparage irascible
propriety misanthrope
hackneyed vindicate
foolish or inane, especially in anunconscious, complacent manner;
silly
calm and tranquil; rich andprosperous; happy and carefree
to treat slightingly or belittleeasily provoked to anger; veryirritable
conformity to establishedstandards of good or proper
behavior or mannersa person who dislikes other people
made commonplace or trite; staleor banal
to clear, as from an accusation,imputation or suspicion; to upholdor justify by argument or evidence
acerbic approbation
platitude sordid
impede precipitate
maverick perennial
sour or astringent in taste; harshor severe, as of temper or
expression
approval; commendation or ofcialsanction
a at, dull, or trite remark utteredas if it were fresh or profound
morally ignoble or base; meanlyselsh, self-seeking, or mercenary
to retard in movement or progressby means of obstacles or
hindrances
to hasten the occurrence of; bringabout prematurely, or to cast or
plunge violently
an unbranded calf that isseparated from its mother, or a
lone dissenter who takes anindependent stand apart from his
or her associates
lasting for an indenitely long time;enduring
adroit quotidian
ippant pusillanimous
levity tirade
obviate inscrutable
expert or nimble in the use of thehands or body; cleverly skillful,
resourceful, or ingenious
daily, usual or customary;everyday
frivolously disrespectful, shallow,or lacking in seriousness;
characterized by levity
lacking courage or resolution;timid
lightness of mind, character, orbehavior; lack of appropriateseriousness or earnestness
a prolonged outburst of bitter,outspoken denunciation
to anticipate and prevent oreliminate difculties by effectivemeasures; render unnecessary
incapable of being investigated,analyzed, or scrutinized; not easily
understood; mysterious
odious blithe
phlegmatic deference
paragon voracious
soporic accolade
deserving or causing hatred;highly offensive
joyous, merry, or gay indisposition; without thought or
regard
not easily excited to action ordisplay of emotion; self-
possessed, calm, or composed
respectful submission or yieldingto the judgment, opinion or will of
another
a model or pattern of excellence orof a particular excellence
craving or consuming largequantities of food; exceedingly
eager or avid
causing sleep; characterized bydrowsiness
award, honor, or laudatory notice;originally a light touch on the
shoulder with the at side of thesword in the ceremony of
conferring knighthood
feign extant
abeyance prevaricate
antipathy boisterous
propitious salacious
to invent ctitiously or deceptively,as a story or an excusestill existing, not destroyed or lost
temporary inactivity, cessation, orsuspension
to speak falsely, deliberatelymisstate or create an incorrect
impression; to lie
a basic, or habitual repugnance;aversion or dislike
rough and noisy, jolly or rowdy;clamorous and unrestrained
presenting favorable conditions;auspicious
lustful or lecherous; obscenewriting or photographs
appease dilettante
aberrant umbrage
invidious lial
elegy truculent
to bring to a state of peace, quiet,ease, calm, or contentment
a person who takes up an art,activity, or subject merely foramusement, especially in asupercial way; a dabbler
departing from the right, normal, orusual course; exceptional
offense, annoyance ordispleasure; the slightest
indication or vaguest feeling ofsuspicion, doubt or hostility
calculated to create ill will,resentment or give offense; hateful
pertaining to or betting a son ordaughter; noting or having therelation of a child to a parent
a mournful, melancholy poem,especially in remembrance of the
dead
erce; cruel; brutally harsh oraggressively hostile
iconoclast incipient
anomalous partisan
opprobrium exigent
vacillate desultory
a person who attacks cherishedbeliefs, traditional institutions, orreligions as being based on error
or superstition
beginning to exist or appear; in aninitial stage
deviating from or inconsistent withthe common order, form, or rule;
not tting into a common or type orpattern
an adherent or supporter of aperson, group, party, or cause,
especially one that shows abiased, emotional allegiance
the disgrace incurred by conductconsidered outrageously
shameful; infamy
requiring immediate action or aid;requiring a great deal, or more
than is reasonable
to waver in mind or opinion; beindecisive or irresolute
lacking in consistency or visibleorder; random
lassitude apposite
inhibit implacable
eulogy effrontery
inimical turgid
weariness of body or mind fromstrain; a condition of indolent
indifference
suitable, well-adapted, pertinent,relevant or apt
to restrain, hinder, arrest, orcheck; to prohibit or forbid
not to be appeased, mollied, orpacied
a speech or writing in praise andin honor of a deceased person
shameless or impudent boldness;barefaced audacity
adverse in tendency or effect,unfavorable; unfriendly or hostile
swollen, distended, tumid;overblown or pompous
bolster pristine
neophyte credulous
anodyne iniquity
apotheosis exonerate
to support with a pillow or cushion,or to support and uphold
having its original purity;uncorrupted or unsullied
a beginner or novice, a personnewly converted to a belief, as aheathen, heretic, or nonbeliever
willing to believe or trust tooreadily without proper or adequate
evidence; gullible
a medicine that relieves or allayspain
gross injustice or wickedness; aviolation of right or duty
the elevation or exaltation of aperson to the rank of a god; an
ideal example
to clear, as of an accusation; freefrom guilt or blame
demur dissonance
viscous rue
salubrious pungent
out reprobate
the act of making objection
inharmonious or harsh sound; asimultaneous combination of tonesconventionally accepted as beingin a state of needing completion
of a thick nature or consistencyto feel sorrow over or regret
bitterly; to wish that something hadnever taken place
favorable to or promoting healthsharply affecting the organs of
taste or smell, as if by apenetrating power; biting or acrid
to treat with disdain, scorn, orcontempt
morally depraved, unprincipled orbad; rejected by God and beyond
hope of salvation
inert abstain
apprise amalgamate
castigate apostate
luminous engender
having no inherent power ofaction, motion, or resistance
to hold oneself back voluntarily,especially from something
regarded as improper or unhealthy
to give notice to; inform or adviseto combine, unite, merge, orcoalesce
to criticize or reprimand severely,or punish in order to correct
a person who forsakes his religion,cause or party
radiating or reecting light;shining; bright; enlightened, as in
a writer or a writer's worksto produce, cause, or give rise to
belie chicanery
derivative fallacious
noxious august
immutable enervate
show to be false; to misrepresentor act unworthily according to
some standard
trickery or deception by quibblingor sophistry
not original but secondarycontaining a fallacy; logicallyunsound or misleading
harmful or injurious to health orphysical well-being; morally
harmful, corrupting or pernicious
inspiring reverence or admiration;of supreme dignity or grandeur;
majestic
unchangeable, changelessto deprive of force or strength;destroy the vigor of and weaken
exhort itinerant
harangue venerate
stint recondite
precursor perdy
to urge, advise, or cautionearnestly; urgently admonish
traveling from place to place,journeying
a scolding or a long or intenseverbal attack; a long, passionate,
vehement speech delivered beforea public gathering
to regard or treat with reverence
to limit to a certain amount,number, share, or allowance, often
inappropriately
dealing with very profound ordifcult subject matter; beyond
ordinary knowledge orunderstanding
a person, animal, or thing thatgoes before and indicates the
approach of someone orsomething else; harbinger
deliberate breach of faith or trust
imperious renege
attenuate stolid
probity gauche
culpable intractable
domineering in a haughty manner;dictatorial or overbearing
to break a rule of play or go backon one's word
to weaken or reduce in force,intensity, effect, quantity, or value;
to make thin, slender or ne
not easily stirred or movedmentally; unemotional or
impassive
integrity and uprightness; honestylacking social grace, sensitivity, or
acuteness; awkward, crude ortactless
deserving blame or censure;blameworthy
not easily controlled or directed;not docile or manageable;
stubborn
subpoena impugn
tortuous laud
insular churlish
reverent noisome
the usual writ for the summoningof witnesses or the submission of
evidence, as records ordocuments, before a court
to challenge as false; to cast doubtupon
full of twists, turns, or bends; notdirect or straightforward, as in
procedure or speechto praise, extol
of or pertaining to an island orislands, or detached and isolated
boorish and rude, difcult to workor deal with
feeling, exhibiting, orcharacterized by reverence;
deeply respectful
offensive or disgusting, such as anodor; harmful or injurious to health
equivocate pedestrian
fell compendium
impecunious excoriate
homogeneous ofcious
to use ambiguous or unclearexpressions, usually to avoid
commitment or in order to mislead
lacking in vitality, imagination ordistinction; commonplace or dull
an upland pasture, moor, orthicket; a highland plateau
a brief account of an extensivesubject; a summary
having little or no money;penniless, poor
to denounce or berate severely; tostrip off or remove the skin from;
verbally ay
composed of parts or elementsthat are all of the same kind; of the
same kind or nature
objectionably aggressive inoffering one's unrequested and
unwanted services, help, oradvice; meddlesome
confound dissolution
sedulous inundate
trenchant querulous
intransigent occlude
to perplex or amaze by a suddendisturbance or surprise; to throw
into confusion or disorder
the act or process of resolving ordissolving into parts or elements,
the undoing or breaking of a bond,tie, union or partnership
diligent in application or attention;persistently or carefully maintained
to ood or cover with water;deluge, or to overwhelm
incisive or keen, as language or aperson; vigorous, effective and
energetic
full of complaints; complaining orpeevish
refusing to agree or compromise;inexibleto close, shut, or stop up
pervade edgling
palliate denigrate
philanthropic augury
solicitous deprecate
to become spread throughout allparts ofyoung, new, or inexperienced
to relieve or lessen without curing;to try to conceal the gravity of anoffense by excuses or apologies
to speak damagingly in aderogatory manner; to treat or
represent as lacking in value orimportance
pertaining to or engaged inbenevolent giving, engaging in thebetterment of condition for others;
charitable work
the art or practice of divination or arelated omen, token, or indication
anxious or concerned about;desirous or eager
to express earnest disapproval of;to protest against a scheme
mendacious relegate
mollify perdious
foment torpid
turpitude deride
telling lies, habitually dishonest,untruthful
to send or consign to an inferiorposition, place, or condition
to soften in feeling or temper;pacify or appease; reduce or
soften
deliberately faithless, treacherousor deceitful
to instigate or foster discord or illfeeling
inactive or sluggish; slow; dull orlethargic
vile, shameful or base character oract
to laugh at in scorn or contempt;scoff, jeer or mock
satiate proscribe
vitiate fawn
mendacity magnanimity
din dilatory
to supply with anything to excess,so as to disgust or weary; or to
satisfy to the full
to denounce or condemn asdangerous or harmful; prohibit or
banish into exile
to impair or weaken theeffectiveness of; invalidate
to seek notice or favor by serviledemeanor or to behave
affectionately
the quality of being untruthful, aninstance of lying
the quality of being extremelygenerous
a loud, confused noise, continuedor tumultuous
tending to delay or procrastinate;to slow
prolix venal
penury dissemble
propitiate aver
timorous peremptory
extended to great, unnecessary, ortedious length; long and wordy
willing to sell one's inuence inreturn for a bribe
extreme poverty or destitution
to give a false or misleadingappearance to; conceal the truthor real nature of something in a
feign
to make favorably inclined;appease
to assert with condence; declarein a positive or peremptory
manner
full of fear, subject to fear; timidleaving no opportunity for denial or
refusal; imperative, decisive ornal
felicitous salutary
temperate orid
fetid craven
dirge complaisant
well-suited for the occasion, as anaction, manner, or expression; apt
or appropriate
promoting or conducive to health;wholesome
moderate or self-restrained; notextreme in opinion, statement, or
overly indulgent in appetite orpassion
reddish, ruddy or rosy; owery orexcessively ornate
having an offensive odor; stinkingcowardly, contemptibly timid,pusillanimous
a funeral song expressingmourning in commemoration of
the dead
inclined or disposed to please;agreeable or gracious
municent recant
aspersion saturnine
tractable accretion
impassive strut
extremely liberal in giving; verygenerous
to withdraw or disavow astatement or opinion; to formally
retract
a damaging or derogatory remarkor criticism; the act of slandering
sluggish in temperament; gloomyor taciturn
easily managed or controlled;docile; easily worked, shaped, or
otherwise handled
an increase by natural growth orby gradual external addition;
growth in size or extent
without emotion, unmoved; calmor serene
to walk with a vain, pompousbearing, as with head erect and
chest thrown out
ebullience talisman
burgeon gossamer
fervid refractory
tendentious dupe
high spirits, exhilaration orexuberance
a stone, ring, or other objectsupposed to possess occult
powers to be worn as an amulet orcharm
to grow or develop quickly; ourish
a ne, lmy cobweb seen on grassor bushes or oating in the air in
calm weather; any thin, light fabricwith this quality
heated or vehement in spirit,enthusiasm; burning, glowing or
intensely hot
hard or impossible to manage;stubbornly disobedient
having or showing a denitetendency, bias, or purpose
a person who is easily deceived, agullible person who
unquestioningly or unwittinglyserves a cause or another person
astringent oscillate
turbid waver
discordant panegyric
expiate encomium
harshly biting, stern or severe;sharply incisive or pungent
to swing or move to and fro, as apendulum does, or to vacillate
between differing beliefs, opinionsor conditions
not clear or transparent becauseof stirred-up sediment; clouded,
opaque or obscuredan act of uttering or vacillating
being at variance; disagreeing orharsh
a lofty oration or writing in praiseof a person or thing; an eulogy
make amends or reparation fora formal expression of high praise;eulogy
aggrandize buttress
adumbrate untoward
antagonism multifaceted
exculpate ag
to widen in scope, enlarge orextend, to make greater in power,
wealth, rank, or honor
any prop or support built to steadya structure by opposing its
outward thrusts
to produce a faint image orresemblance of; to foreshadow,
darken or partially conceal
unfavorable or unfortunate;improper
an active hostility or opposition, asbetween unfriendly or conicting
groups; an opposing force ortendency
having many facets, such as agem, or having many aspects or
phases
to clear from a charge of guilt orfault; free from blame
to fall off in vigor, energy, activity,interest; to hang loosely or droop
veracious sinuous
imperturbable penurious
daunt adulterate
desiccate libertine
habitually speaking the truth;characterized by truthfulness;
honest in content
having many curves, bends, orturns; winding and indirect;
devious.
incapable of being upset oragitated; not easily excited, calm
extremely stingy, parsimonious ormiserly; extremely poor
to overcome with fear; intimidateto debase or make impure by
adding inferior materials orelements
to become thoroughly dried ordried up
a person who is morally orsexually unrestrained, or a
freethinker in religious matters
limpid baleful
asperity rent
reproof remonstrate
disinterested guileless
clear and transparent, such aswater, crystal, or air; completelycalm, without distress or worry
full of menacing or maligninuences
harshness or sharpness of tone ormanner; roughness and
unevenness
an opening made by rending ortearing; a breach of relations or
union between individuals orgroups
the act of reproving, censuring, orrebuking
to say or plead in protest,objection, or disapproval
unbiased by personal interest oradvantage; not inuenced by
selsh motives
free from guile; sincere, honest,straightforward, frank
emollient gainsay
mordant fetter
qualify disabuse
auspice alloy
having the power of softening orrelaxing, such as for the skin
to deny, dispute, or contradict; tospeak or act against; oppose
sharply caustic or sarcastic, as witor a speaker; burning or corrosive
a chain or shackle placed on thefeet; anything that connes or
restrains
to modify or limit in some way;make less strong or positive
to free a person from deception orerror
patronage; support; sponsorship ;a divination or prognostication,originally from observing birds
composed of two or more metals,often a less costly metal mixed
with a more valuable one
undulate coda
tyro cacophonous
bent inveigh
forestall peccadillo
to move with a wavelike motion;display a smooth rising-and-falling
or side-to-side alternation ofmovement
in music, an independent passageat the end of a composition, madeto bring it to a satisfactory close;
anything that serves as aconclusion
a beginner in learning anythinghaving a harsh or discordantsound
direction taken, as by one'sinterests; a capacity of endurance
to protest strongly or attackvehemently with words
to prevent by action in advance,anticipate, or to buy up goods inadvance in order to increase the
price when resold
a very minor offense, a triing fault
fulminate malinger
burnish vituperate
arrant slake
descry rancorous
to explode with a loud noise, or toissue denunciations against
to pretend illness, especially inorder to shirk one's duty or avoid
work
to polish a surface by friction tomake smooth and bright
to use or address with harsh orabusive language; revile
downright, thorough, unmitigated,notorious
to allay by satisfying; to make lessactive, vigorous, intense
to see something unclear ordistant by looking carefully; to
discover or detectfull of resentment or spite
pillory benecent
plastic martinet
arrest headlong
indigence arabesque
to expose to public derision,ridicule, or abuse
doing good, conferring benets;kind in action or purpose
capable of being molded or ofreceiving form; pliable and
impressionable
a strict disciplinarian, especially amilitary one; someone who
stubbornly adheres to methods orrules
to catch and hold, attract and x,to stop and slow down
undertaken quickly and suddenly;hasty
seriously impoverished condition;poverty
a sinuous, spiraling, undulating, orserpentine line or linear motif,
often used in the Fine Arts
abnegate shard
minatory welter
striated simper
cadge depredation
to refuse or deny oneself somerights or conveniences; to reject or
renounce
a fragment such as brokenearthenware, glass or shell
menacing, threateningto roll, toss, or heave, as waves or
the sea; to roll, writhe or tumbleabout
marked with narrow furrows orridges; striped or streakeda silly, self-conscious smile
to obtain by imposing on another'sgenerosity or friendship, to borrow
without intent to repay
the act of preying upon orplundering
rarefy raillery
artless idolatrous
insensible bedizen
novitiate grandiloquence
to make more rened, spiritual, orexaltedgood-humored ridicule or banter
free from deceit or cunning;natural, simple, uncontrivedworshiping idols or blindly adoring
incapable of feeling or perceiving;deprived of sensation;
unconscious
to dress or adorn in a showy,gaudy, or tasteless manner
the state or period of being anovice of a religious order or
congregation; the state or periodof being a beginner in anything
speech that is lofty in tone, oftento the point of being pompous or
bombastic
blandish beatify
Stoic
to coax or inuence by gentleattery; cajole
to make blissfully happy; in theRoman Catholic Church, to
declare to be among the blessedentitled to specic religious honor
pertaining to the philosophy thatpeople should be free from
passion, unmoved by joy or grief,and submit without complaint to
unavoidable necessity
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