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20. Arable suitable for producing crops.21. Arbiter a person
empowered to decide matters at issue;
judge; umpire; a person who has the sole orabsolute power of
judging or determining.
22. Arbitrary subject to individual will or judgment
withoutrestriction; contingent solely upon one'sdiscretion; decided
by a judge or arbiter ratherthan by a law or statute; having
unlimitedpower; uncontrolled or unrestricted by law;despotic;
tyrannical; capricious; unreasonable;unsupported.
23. Arrant downright; thorough; unmitigated;
notorious;wandering; errant.
24. Arriviste a person who has recently acquiredunaccustomed
status, wealth, or success,especially by dubious means and
withoutearning concomitant esteem.
25. Aseptic free from the living germs of disease,fermentation,
or putrefaction.
26. Atrabilious gloomy; morose; melancholy; morbid;
irritable;bad-tempered; splenetic.
27. Attenuate to weaken or reduce in force, intensity,
effect,quantity, or value; to make thin; make slender orfine.
28. Augur soothsayer; prophet; to divine or predict, as
fromomens; prognosticate; to conjecture from signsor omens;
predict; to argue, talk, or converse; anexcessively talkative
person.
29. Bailiwick a person's area of skill, knowledge, authority,
orwork.
30. Banausic serving utilitarian purposes only;
mechanical;practical.
31. Bearing the manner in which one conducts or carriesoneself,
including posture and gestures; the act,capability, or period of
producing or bringingforth.
32. Bellwether a person or thing that assumes the leadership
orforefront.
33. Benison blessing; benediction.34. Bibulous fond of or
addicted to drink; absorbent; spongy.35. Bifurcate to divide or
fork into two branches.36. Bombastic pompous and grandiloquent
language;
pretentious.37. Boondoggle a product of simple manual skill;
work of little
or no value done merely to keep or look busy.38. Bosky covered
with bushes, shrubs, and small trees;
woody; shady.
1. Abject utterly hopeless, miserable, humiliating, orwretched;
contemptible; despicable; base-spirited; shamelessly servile;
slavish.
2. Ablution a cleansing with water or other liquid,especially as
a religious ritual; the liquid thusused.
3. Abnegate to refuse or deny oneself (some rights,conveniences,
etc.); reject; renounce;relinquish; give up.
4. Acidulous slightly sour; sharp; caustic; moderately acidor
tart.
5. Acrimonious caustic, stinging, or bitter in nature,
speech,behavior, etc.
6. Admonish to caution, advise, or counsel againstsomething; to
reprove or scold, especially in amild and good-willed manner; to
urge to aduty; remind.
7. Adventitious associated with something by chance ratherthan
as an integral part; extrinsic.
8. Adverse unfavorable or antagonistic in purpose oreffect;
opposing one's interests or desire;being or acting in a contrary
direction;opposite; confronting.
9. Afflatus inspiration; an impelling mental force actingfrom
within; divine communication ofknowledge.
10. Agathism the belief that things ultimately lead to good.11.
Agnate related or akin through males or on the
father's side; allied or akin.12. Aleatory of or pertaining to
accidental causes; of luck
or chance; unpredictable13. Ana a collection of miscellaneous
information, or
an item, about a particular subject, person,place, or thing.
14. Animus strong dislike or enmity; hostile attitude;animosity;
purpose; intention; animatingspirit.
15. Antediluvian very old, old-fashioned, or out of
date;antiquated.
16. Antinomy opposition between one law, principle, rule,etc.,
and another (especially two seeminglytrue statements).
17. Aphasia The loss of a previously held ability to speak
orunderstand spoken or written language.
18. Aphorism a terse saying embodying a general truth, orastute
observation.
19. Apt inclined; disposed; given; prone; likely;appropriate;
unusually intelligent; able tolearn quickly and easily.
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39. Braggadocio empty boasting; bragging; a boastingperson;
braggart.
40. Brummagem showy but inferior and worthless.41. Caducity the
infirmity or weakness of old age;
senility; frailty; transitoriness.42. Canard a false or
baseless, usually derogatory story,
report, or rumor.43. Carrion dead and putrefying flesh;
rottenness;
anything vile.44. Celerity swiftness; speed.45. Centrifugal
moving or directed outward from the center.46. Centripetal directed
toward the center.47. Chauvinist a person who is aggressively and
blindly
patriotic; a person who believes one genderis superior to the
other.
48. Clamor a vehement expression of desire ordissatisfaction; a
popular outcry; any loudand continued noise.
49. Claque a group of persons hired to applaud an actor
performer; a group of sycophants.
50. Clerisy learned persons as a class; intellectualelites.
51. Comely pleasing in appearance; attractive; fair;proper;
seemly; becoming.
52. Compendium a concise treatise; a summary, epitome,
orabridgment.
53. Concomitant existing or occurring with something else,often
in a lesser way; accompanying;concurrent.
54. Conduit a pipe, tube, or the like, for conveying wateror
other fluid.
55. Congenial agreeable, suitable, or pleasing in nature
orcharacter; compatible.
56. Courtesan a prostitute or paramour, especially
oneassociating with noblemen or men ofwealth.
57. Culvert a drain or channel crossing under a road,sidewalk,
etc.; sewer; conduit.
58. Daedal skillful; ingenious; cleverly
intricate;diversified.
59. Deciduous falling off or shed at a particular season,stage
of growth, etc., as leaves, horns, orteeth; not permanent;
transitory.
60. Defalcation misappropriation of money or funds held byan
official, trustee, or other fiduciary.
61. Defenestration the act of throwing a thing, especially
aperson, out of a window.
62. Deism belief in a God who created the world but hassince
remained indifferent to it.
63. Demimonde prostitutes or courtesans in general; a
groupcharacterized by lack of success or status.
64. Denouement the outcome or resolution of a doubtful seriesof
occurrences, in life or as in a novel ordrama.
65. Denounce to condemn or censure openly or publicly.66. Desist
to cease, as from some action or proceeding; to
stop or abstain.67. Despot a king or other ruler with absolute,
unlimited
power; autocrat; any tyrant or oppressor.68. Desultory lacking
in consistency, constancy, or visible
order, disconnected; fitful; digressing from orunconnected with
the main subject; random.
69. Diadem A crown or cloth headband that indicatesroyalty;
royal dignity or authority.
70. Diffident lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth,or
fitness; timid; shy; restrained or reserved inmanner, conduct,
etc.
71. Dolorous full of, expressing, or causing pain or
sorrow;grievous; mournful.
72. Downright thorough; absolute; out-and-out; franklydirect;
straightforward.
73. Dubious of doubtful quality or propriety;
questionable;wavering or hesitating in opinion.
74. clat brilliance of success, reputation, etc.; showy
orelaborate display; acclamation; acclaim.
75. Edacious devouring; voracious; consuming.76. Edict a decree
issued by a sovereign or other
authority; any authoritative proclamation orcommand.
77. Effeminate (of a man or boy) having traits, tastes,
habits,etc., traditionally considered feminine, assoftness or
delicacy; characterized by excessivesoftness, delicacy,
self-indulgence, etc.
78. Ensue to follow in order; come afterward, especiallyin
immediate succession; to follow as aconsequence; result.
79. Ephemeral lasting a very short time;
short-lived;transitory.
80. Epicene belonging to, or partaking of thecharacteristics of,
both sexes; flaccid; feeble;weak; effeminate; unmasculine.
81. Epitome a person or thing that is typical of or possessesto
a high degree the features of a whole class; acondensed account,
especially of a literarywork; abstract.
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82. Equivocate to use ambiguous or unclear expressions,usually
to avoid commitment or in order tomislead; prevaricate or
hedge.
83. Err to go astray in thought or belief; bemistaken; be
incorrect.
84. Errant deviating from the regular or proper course;erring;
straying; moving in an aimless orlightly changing manner.
85. Escarpment cliff, a steep slope resulting from erosion.86.
Esculent suitable for use as food; edible.87. Etiolate to cause to
become weakened or sickly;
drain of color or vigor.88. Euthenics a science concerned with
bettering the
condition of human beings through theimprovement of their
environment.
89. Evince to show clearly; make evident or manifest;prove.
90. Exhort to urge, advise, or caution earnestly;admonish
urgently.
91. Filial of, pertaining to, or befitting a son ordaughter;
noting or having the relation of achild to a parent.
92. Forebode to foretell or predict; be an omen of; to warnor
indicate beforehand; portend; to have astrong inner feeling or
notion of; have apresentiment of.
93. Forward presumptuous, impertinent, or bold.94. Fustian a
stout fabric of cotton and flax; inflated or
turgid language in writing or speaking.95. Galoot an awkward,
eccentric, or foolish person.96. Gemeinschaft an association of
individuals having
sentiments, tastes, and attitudes incommon; fellowship.
97. Grandiloquent speaking or expressed in a lofty style,
oftento the point of being pompous or bombastic.
98. Gregarious fond of the company of others;
sociable;pertaining to a flock or crowd.
99. Grig a cricket or grasshopper; a small or youngeel; a lively
person.
100. Hedge any barrier or boundary; an act or means ofpreventing
complete loss of a bet, anargument, an investment, or the like,
with apartially counterbalancing or qualifyingone; to prevent or
hinder free movement;obstruct.
101. Hegira any flight or journey to a more desirable
orcongenial place.
102. Hodgepodge a heterogeneous mixture; jumble.
103. Homolgate to approve; confirm or ratify.104. Horatory
urging to some course of conduct or action;
exhorting; encouraging.105. Hugger-
muggerdisorder or confusion; muddle; secrecy;reticence.
106. Iconoclast a person who attacks cherished
beliefs,traditional institutions, etc., as being basedon error or
superstition; a breaker ordestroyer of images, especially those set
upfor religious veneration.
107. Ignoble of low character, aims, etc.; mean; base; oflow
grade or quality; inferior.
108. Imago an adult insect; an idealized concept of aloved one,
formed in childhood andretained unaltered in adult life.
109. Impassive without emotion; apathetic; unmoved;calm; serene;
unconscious; insensible; notsubject to suffering.
110. Impel to drive or urge forward; press on; propel;incite or
constrain to action.
111. Imperturbable incapable of being upset or agitated;
noteasily excited; calm.
112. Indeterminate not determinate; not precisely fixed
inextent; indefinite; uncertain; not clear;vague; not established;
not settled ordecided.
113. Indubitable that cannot be doubted; patently evident
orcertain; unquestionable.
114. Ineffable incapable of being expressed or describedin
words; inexpressible; not to be spokenbecause of its sacredness;
unutterable.
115. Ineluctable inescapable, not to be evaded.116. Inert having
no inherent power of action,
motion, or resistance; inactive or sluggishby habit or
nature.
117. Inertia inertness, especially with regard to effort,motion,
action, and the like; inactivity;sluggishness.
118. Infirm feeble or weak in body or health;unsteadfast,
faltering, or irresolute, aspersons or the mind; vacillating;
unsoundor invalid, as an argument or a propertytitle..
119. Inimical adverse in tendency or effect;
unfavorable;harmful; unfriendly; hostile.
120. Inquietude restlessness or uneasiness;
disquietude;disquieting thoughts.
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121. Inure to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain,
etc.;toughen or harden; habituate; to come intouse; take or have
effect; to become beneficial oradvantageous.
122. Jejune without interest or significance; dull;
insipid;juvenile; immature; childish; uninformed;deficient or
lacking in nutritive value.
123. Labile apt or likely to change.124. Lachrymose suggestive
of or tending to cause tears;
mournful; tearful.125. Lambent running or moving lightly over a
surface;
dealing lightly and gracefully with a subject;brilliantly
playful; softly bright or radiant.
126. Lissome lithesome or lithe, especially of body;
supple;flexible; agile, nimble, or active.
127. Lithe bending readily; pliant; limber; supple;flexible.
128. Loquacious talking or tending to talk much or
freely;talkative; chattering; babbling; garrulous;wordy.
129. Luminary a celestial body; a body, object, etc., that
giveslight; a person who has attained eminence inhis or her field
or is an inspiration to others.
130. Lupine pertaining to or resembling the wolf;
savage;ravenous; predatory; any of numerous plantsbelonging to the
genus "Lupinus."
131. Luxuriate to enjoy oneself without stint; revel; to
growfully or abundantly; thrive; to take voluptuouspleasure.
132. Malinger to pretend illness, especially in order to
shirkone's duty, avoid work, etc.
133. Manqu having failed, missed, or fallen short;unsuccessful;
unfulfilled or frustrated.
134. Manumit to release from slavery or servitude.135. Matrix
something that constitutes the place or point
from which something else originates, takesform, or
develops.
136. Medley a mixture, especially of heterogeneouselements;
hodgepodge; jumble.
137. Mlange a mixture; medley.138. Mien air, bearing, or
demeanor, as showing
character, feeling, etc.139. Minion a servile follower or
subordinate of a person in
power; a favored or highly regarded person; aminor official.
140. Monotony wearisome uniformity or lack of variety;
thecontinuance of an unvarying sound;monotone.
141. Morose gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a personor
mood.
142. Moue a pouting grimace.143. Mugwump a person who is unable
to make up his or her
mind on an issue; a person who is neutralon a controversial
issue.
144. Nefandous unspeakable, unutterable; appalling.145. Nimbus a
cloud, aura, atmosphere, etc., surrounding
a person or thing; a rain cloud.146. Obloquy censure, blame, or
abusive language aimed
at a person or thing, especially by numerouspersons or by the
general public; disgrace ordiscredit from public blame.
147. Obsequious characterized by or showing servilecomplaisance
or deference; fawning;obedient; dutiful.
148. Obstinate firmly or stubbornly adhering to one'spurpose,
opinion, etc.; not yielding toargument, persuasion, or entreaty;
notyielding readily to treatment, as a disease;not easily
controlled or overcome.
149. Obstreperous resisting control or restraint in a
difficultmanner; unruly; noisy, clamorous, orboisterous.
150. Offal the parts of a butchered animal that areconsidered
inedible by human beings;carrion; viscera; refuse; rubbish;
garbage.
151. Opine to hold or express an opinion.152. Oratory skill or
eloquence in public speaking; the art
of public speaking.153. Out-and-out complete; total;
thoroughgoing.154. Pace with deference to; with the permission
of.155. Pachyderm any thick skinned hoofed animal, such as an
elephant; a person who is not sensitive tocriticism, ridicule,
etc.; a thick-skinnedperson.
156. Paragon a model or pattern of excellence or of aparticular
excellence; quintessence;someone of exceptional merit; an
unusuallylarge, round pearl.
157. Paralogism an argument or conclusion violatingprinciples of
valid reasoning.
158. Paramour an illicit lover, especially of a marriedperson;
any lover.
159. Paroxysm any sudden, violent outburst; a fit of
violentaction or emotion.
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160. Parvenu a person who has recently or suddenlyacquired
wealth, importance, position, or thelike, but has not yet developed
theconventionally appropriate manners, dress,surroundings, etc.
161. Pastiche a literary, musical, or artistic piece
consistingwholly or chiefly of motifs or techniquesborrowed from
one or more sources; anincongruous combination of materials,
forms,motifs, etc., taken from different sources;hodgepodge.
162. Percipience having perception; discerning;
discriminating.163. Perdition a state of final spiritual ruin; loss
of the soul;
damnation; the future state of the wicked; hell;utter
destruction or ruin.
164. Pinnacle a lofty peak; the highest or culminating point,as
of success, power, fame, etc.; any pointed,towering part or
formation, as of rock; to seton or as if on a pinnacle.
165. Plenary full; complete; entire; absolute;
unqualified;attended by all qualified members;
fullyconstituted.
166. Plethora overabundance; excess; superfluity.167. Pliant
bending readily; flexible; supple; adaptable;
easily influenced; yielding to others;compliant.
168. Pluvial of or pertaining to rain, especially much
rain;rainy.
169. Poltroon a wretched coward; craven.170. Portend to indicate
in advance; to foreshadow or
presage, as an omen does; to signify.171. Precipitate to hasten
the occurrence of; bring about
prematurely, hastily, or suddenly; to cast,plunge, or send,
especially violently orabruptly.
172. Presage a presentiment or foreboding; something
thatportends or foreshadows a future event; anomen, prognostic, or
warning indication;prophetic significance; augury;
foresight;prescience.
173. Prognosis a forecasting of the probable course andoutcome
of a disease, especially of the chancesof recovery; a forecast or
prognostication.
174. Prognostic of or pertaining to prognosis; predictive
ofsomething in the future; a forecast orprediction; an omen or
portent; sign.
175. Proscenium the part of the stage in front of the curtain;
thewall frame for the stage; the stage itself; thearch or opening
separating the stage from theauditorium together with the area
immediatelyin front of the arch.
176. Proselytize to seek to convert someone to a religion,
cause,belief, or political position.
177. Pulchritude physical beauty; comeliness.178. Qua as; as
being; in the character or capacity of.179. Quandary a state of
perplexity or uncertainty, especially
as to what to do; dilemma; predicament.180. Quiddity the quality
that makes a thing what it is; the
essential nature of a thing; a trifling nicety ofsubtle
distinction, as in argument.
181. Quiescent being at rest; quiet; still; inactive
ormotionless; dormant.
182. Quisling a person who betrays his or her own countryby
aiding an invading enemy.
183. Quotidian usual or customary; ordinary; everyday;
daily;characterized by paroxysms that recur daily.
184. Rarefy to make rare or rarer; make less dense; thinout; to
make more refined, spiritual, or exalted.
185. Ratify to confirm by expressing consent, approval, orformal
sanction.
186. Retainer a servant or attendant who has served a familyfor
many years; A fee paid to secure services, asof a lawyer.
187. Retinue a body of retainers in attendance upon animportant
personage; suite.
188. Rhetoric the undue use of exaggeration or display;bombast;
the study of the effective use oflanguage; the ability to use
languageeffectively; the art of prose in general asopposed to
verse; the art of using speech topersuade, influence, or please;
oratory; speechor discourse that pretends to significance butlacks
true meaning.
189. Sanction authoritative permission or approval, as for
anaction; something that serves to support anaction, condition,
etc.
190. Saporous full of flavor or taste; flavorful.191. Satrap a
subordinate ruler, often a despotic one.192. Sciolism superficial
knowledge.193. Senescence growing old; aging; characteristic of old
age.194. Sequacious following with smooth or logical
regularity;
ready to follow any leader; pliant; slavish;obsequious.
195. Serried pressed together or compacted; crowdedtogether.
196. Serviette a table napkin.197. Shantung a heavy silk fabric
with a knobbly surface.
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198. Shrew a woman of violent temper and speech;termagant; any
of several small, mouselikeinsectivores of the genus Sorex and
relatedgenera, having a long, sharp snout.
199. Slavish of or befitting a slave; abjectly submissive;base;
mean; ignoble; deliberatelyimitative; lacking originality.
200. Soothsayer a person who professes to foretell events;
aseer.
201. Soporific causing or tending to cause sleep;
sleepy;drowsy.
202. Specious apparently good or right though lackingreal merit;
superficially pleasing orplausible; pleasing to the eye but
deceptive.
203. Splenetic irritable; peevish; spiteful; of the spleen.204.
Stigma a mark of disgrace or infamy; a stain or
reproach, as on one's reputation; a smallscar or mark such as a
birthmark.
205. Stint to be frugal; get along on a scantyallowance; to
limit to a certain amount,number, share, or allowance, oftenunduly;
set limits to; restrict; a period oftime spent doing something.
206. Stolid not easily stirred or moved mentally;unemotional;
impassive.
207. Sublime fear to the point of awe; elevated or lofty
inthought, language, etc.; impressing themind with a sense of
grandeur or power;inspiring awe, veneration, etc.; supreme
oroutstanding; complete; absolute; utter.
208. Subordinate placed in or belonging to a lower order orrank;
of less importance; secondary;subservient; subject; dependent.
209. Suite a number of things forming a series or set;a company
of followers or attendants; atrain or retinue.
210. Superfluity a superabundant or excessive amount;something
superfluous, as a luxury.
211. Superfluous unnecessary or needless; exceeding whatis
sufficient or required; being more thanis sufficient or required;
excessive.
212. Supervene to take place or occur as somethingadditional or
extraneous; to follow closely;to ensue.
213. Surcease to cease from some action; desist; to cometo an
end.
214. Tatterdemalion a person in tattered clothing; a
shabbyperson; ragged; unkempt or dilapidated.
215. Teleology the doctrine that there is evidence ofpurpose or
design in the universe, and espthat this provides proof of the
existence ofa Designer.
216. Temerarious reckless; rashness or boldness.217. Tenebrous
dark; gloomy; obscure.218. Termagant a violent, turbulent, or
brawling woman;
violent; turbulent; brawling; shrewish.219. Terrace a raised
level with a vertical or sloping
front or sides faced with masonry, turf, orthe like, especially
one of a series of levelsrising one above another; the flat roof of
ahouse.
220. Theology the field of study and analysis that treats ofGod
and of God's attributes and relationsto the universe; study of
divine things orreligious truth; divinity.
221. Thoroughgoing carried out to the full extent;
thorough;complete; unqualified.
222. Tor a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rockymountain or
hill.
223. Torpor sluggish inactivity or inertia;
lethargicindifference; apathy; dormancy, as of ahibernating
animal.
224. Transitoriness not lasting, enduring, permanent, oreternal;
lasting only a short time; brief;short-lived; temporary.
225. Trilemma a situation, analogous to a dilemma, inwhich there
are three almost equallyundesirable alternatives; a quandary
posedby three alternative courses of action.
226. Tyro a beginner in learning anything; novice.227. Ukase any
order or proclamation by an absolute
or arbitrary authority; an official edict.228. Umpire one
selected to settle disputes about the
application of settled rules or usages; aperson agreed on by
disputing parties toarbitrate their differences.
229. Unduly excessively; in an inappropriate,unjustifiable, or
improper manner;immoderately; in contradiction of moral orlegal
standards.
230. Unkempt not combed; uncared-for or neglected;disheveled;
messy; unpolished; rough;crude.
231. Usufruct the right to use someone else's property aslong as
it is not damaged in the process.
232. Vacillate to waver in mind or opinion; be indecisiveor
irresolute; to sway unsteadily; waver;totter; stagger.
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233. Vernal of, pertaining to, or suggesting spring; springlike;
belonging to or characteristic of youth.234. Vex to confuse; to
irritate; annoy; provoke; to torment; trouble; distress; plague;
worry; to discuss or debate with vigor or at
great length; to afflict with physical pain.235. Viscera the
organs in the cavities of the body, especially those in the
abdominal cavity; the intestines, bowels.236. Vituperation verbal
abuse or castigation; violent denunciation or condemnation.237.
Votary a person who is bound by solemn religious vows; a person who
is devoted or addicted to some subject or pursuit; a
devoted follower or admirer.238. Wallow to roll about or lie in
water, snow, mud, dust, or the like, as for refreshment; to live
self-indulgently; luxuriate; revel; to
flounder about; move along or proceed clumsily or with
difficulty; to surge up or billow forth, as smoke or heat.239.
Welter
(noun)a confused mass; a jumble or muddle; a state of commotion,
turmoil, or upheaval; a rolling, tossing, or tumbling about.
240. Welter(verb)
to roll, toss, or heave; to writhe, or tumble about; wallow, as
animals; to lie bathed in or be drenched in something,especially
blood; to become deeply or extensively involved, associated,
entangled, etc.
241. Winnow to blow off or away; to separate the good from the
bad; to subject to some process of separating or distinguishing;
sift; toanalyze critically.
242. Wraith an apparition of a living person supposed to portend
his or her death; a visible spirit; a ghost or any apparition;
aninsubstantial copy of something; something pale, thin, and
lacking in substance, such as a column of smoke.
243. Writhe to twist the body about, or squirm, as in pain,
violent effort, etc.; to shrink mentally, as in acute discomfort;
to twist orbend out of shape or position; distort; contort.
244. Ziggurat massive structure built in the ancient
Mesopotamian valley and western Iranian plateau, having the form of
a terracedstep pyramid of successively receding stories or
levels.
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