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  1. advent
  2. any coming into being, arrival
  3.  
  4. plebeian
  5. comman, vulgar, pertaining to common people
  6.  
  7. venal
  8. capable of being bought, corrupt
  9.  
  10. obdurate
  11. hard, unyielding, stubbornly wicked
  12.  
  13. ostentatious
  14. showy, pretentious
  15.  
  16. abortive
  17. coming to nothing, unsuccessful
  18.  
  19. bias
  20. a prejudice, leaning of the mind
  21.  
  22. brackish
  23. salty, distasteful
  24.  
  25. harbinger
  26. messenger, forerunner
  27.  
  28. paucity
  29. scarcity, small numbers, fewness
  30.  
  31. arrant
  32. out-and-out, very much so, downright
  33.  
  34. paroxysm
  35. fit, a convulsion
  36.  
  37. postern
  38. rear, private
  39.  
  40. feasible
  41. capable of being done, practicable
  42.  
  43. hauter
  44. pride, arrogance
  45.  
  46. palliate
  47. to ease, reduce, soften
  48.  
  49. ideology
  50. set of beliefs of any individual or class
  51.  
  52. averse
  53. opposed, having a dislike, unwilling
  54.  
  55. pastoral
  56. relating to rural life and scenes
  57.  
  58. savory
  59. tasty, pleasing to the taste
  60.  
  61. querulous
  62. fault finding, peevish, complaining
  63.  
  64. turpitude
  65. guilt, baseness, depravity
  66.  
  67. venerable
  68. worthy of respect or reverence
  69.  
  70. exploit
  71. to use selfishly, to make use of unfairly for one's
  72. own advantage
  73. mendicants
  74. beggars, those who seek alms
  75.  
  76. perspicacity
  77. keen judgement, ability to see through
  78.  
  79. postulated
  80. assumed, taken for granted
  81.  
  82. bovine
  83. of an ox, of a cow; oxlike or cowlike; slow, patient,
  84. stupid, stolid, etc.
  85. decorum
  86. code of good form, correctness, good taste
  87.  
  88. euphemism
  89. substitution of a mild or more pleasant term
  90. for a seemingly offensive one
  91. verisimilitude
  92. the appearance of truth
  93.  
  94. expunged
  95. erased, wiped off
  96.  
  97. paean
  98. hymn of praise, song of triumph
  99.  
  100. pathological
  101. concerned with the science of treating diseases
  102.  
  103. capillary
  104. thin, hair-like tube, very slender
  105.  
  106. iconoclast
  107. one who ignores traditions
  108.  
  109. prognosticate
  110. to predict, foretell
  111.  
  112. palaver
  113. idle talk, excessive talk
  114.  
  115. parsimonious
  116. stingy, close fisted
  117.  
  118. tutelary
  119. protecting, having guardianship
  120.  
  121. garbled
  122. mixed up terribly, changed in such a way as to mislead
  123.  
  124. avarice
  125. inordinate desire for gain, greed
  126.  
  127. oligarchy
  128. government by the few, power invested in a few leaders
  129.  
  130. abridged
  131. reduced, shortened by use of fewer words
  132.  
  133. mnemonics
  134. devices for aiding memory
  135.  
  136. plenitude
  137. abundance, fullness, plenty
  138.  
  139. aura
  140. a distinctive atmosphere
  141.  
  142. idiosyncrasy
  143. a peculiarity, an eccentricity, mannerism
  144.  
  145. eulogy
  146. high praise, often a speech praising a deceased person
  147.  
  148. anthropology
  149. study of mankind
  150.  
  151. eccentricity, mannerism
  152.  
  153. eulogy
  154. high praise, often a speech praisin