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adj,abstract,theoretical; not concrete; nonrepresentational verb,acquiesce,assent; agree passively adj,adroit,skillful verb,advocate,urge; plead for adj,aesthetic,artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciation of the beautiful noun,affirmation,positive assertion; confirmation; solemn pledge by one who refuses to take an oath verb,alienate,make hostile; separate adj,aloof,apart; reserved adj,altruistic,unselfishly generous; concerned for others verb,amass,collect adj,ambiguous,unclear or doubtful in meaning noun,ambivalence,the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes verb,ameliorate,improve verb,amend,correct; change—generally for the better noun,amity,friendship adj,amorphous,shapeless adj,analogous,comparable noun,anarchist,person who rebels against the established order adj,antagonistic,hostile; opposed noun,antithesis,contrast; direct opposite of or to noun,apathy,lack of caring;indifference verb,appease,pacify; soothe noun,apprehension,fear adj,arbitrary,fixed or definite; imperious; tyrannical; despotic noun,arrogance,pride; haughtiness adj,articulate,effective; distinct noun,ascendancy,controlling influence adj,ascetic,practicing self-denial; austere noun,assessment,estimation verb,assuage,ease; lessen adj,astute,wise; shrewd noun,asylum,place of refuge or shelter; protection noun,atrophy,wasting away verb,augment,increase noun,austerity,sternness; severity; lack of luxuries adj,banal,hackneyed; commonplace; trite verb,belittle,disparage; depreciate adj,belligerent,quarrelsome adj,benevolent,generous; charitable adj,benign,kindly; favorable; not malignant adj,blasphemous,profane; impious adj,blithe,gay; joyous verb,bolster,support; prop up noun,braggart,boaster noun,brevity,conciseness noun,candor,frankness adj,capricious,fickle; incalculable adj,caustic,burning; sarcastically biting verb,censure,blame; criticize noun,charlatan,quack; pretender to knowledge adj,chimerical,fantastic; highly imaginative noun,clamor,noise noun,clemency,disposition to be lenient; mildness—as of the weather verb,coalesce,combine; fuse noun,coercion,use of force verb,collaborate,work together adj,compatible,harmonious; in harmony with adj,complacent,self-satisfied noun,compliance,readiness to yield; conformity in fulfilling requirements adj,comprehensive,thorough; inclusive verb,concede,admit; yield adj,conciliatory,reconciling; soothing adj,concise,brief and compact verb,concur,agree verb,condescend,bestow courtesies with a superior air verb,condone,overlook; forgive adj,conspicuous,easily seen; noticeable; striking noun,contempt,scorn; disdain adj,contrite,penitent noun,conviction,strongly held belief adj,crass,very unrefined; grossly insensible noun,credulity,belief on slight evidence noun,criterion,standard used in judging adj,cynical,skeptical or distrustful of human motives noun,decadence,decay noun,defamation,harming a person’s reputation noun,deference,courteous regard for another’s wish adj,deleterious,harmful verb,deliberate,consider; ponder verb,delineate,portray verb,denounce,condemn; criticize verb,depict,portray verb,deplete,reduce; exhaust noun,depravity,corruption; wickedness verb,deprecate,disapprove regretfully adj,derivative,unoriginal; derived from another source adj,despondent,depressed; gloomy adj,detached,emotionally removed; calm and objective; indifferent noun,deterrent,something that discourages; hindrance adj,detrimental,harmful; damaging verb,deviate,turn away from adj,didactic,teaching; instructional noun,diligence,steadiness of effort; persistent hard work noun,diminution,lessening; reduction in size adj,discerning,mentally quick and observant; having insight adj,discordant,inharmonious; conflicting noun,discretion,prudence; ability to adjust actions to circumstances adj,discriminating,able to see differences; prejudiced adj,discursive,digressing; rambling verb,disdain,treat with scorn or contempt noun,disinclination,unwillingness verb,disparage,belittle noun,disparity,difference; condition of inequality adj,dispassionate,calm; impartial verb,dispel,scatter; drive away; cause to vanish verb,disperse,scatter adj,disputatious,argumentative; fond of argument verb,disseminate,scatter verb,dissent,disagree noun,dissonance,discord adj,divergent,differing; deviating adj,diverse,differing in some characteristics; various noun,diversion,act of turning aside; entertaining pastime verb,document,provide written evidence adj,dogmatic,positive; arbitrary adj,dubious,doubtful adj,eccentric,odd; whimsical; irregular noun,effervescence,inner excitement; exuberance noun,elaboration,addition of details; intricacy adj,elated,overjoyed; in high spirits noun,eloquence,expressiveness; persuasive speech adj,elusive,evasive;baffling;hard to grasp verb,endorse,approve; support verb,engender,cause; produce verb,enhance,advance; improve adj,enigmatic,obscure; puzzling adj,ephemeral,short-lived; fleeting adj,equivocal,doubtful; ambiguous adj,erratic,odd; unpredictable adj,erroneous,mistaken; wrong verb,esteem,respect; value; judge adj,evasive,not frank; eluding verb,exacerbate,worsen; embitter verb,exalt,raise in rank or dignity; praise verb,execute,put into effect; carry out adj,exhaustive,thorough; comprehensive adj,expedient,suitable; practical; politic verb,expedite,hasten adj,explicit,definite; open noun,exploit,notable deed or action—particularly a brave deed verb,exploit,make use of—sometimes unjustly verb,extol,praise; glorify adj,extraneous,not essential; external verb,extricate,free; disentangle noun,exuberance,abundance; effusiveness; lavishness verb,facilitate,make less difficult adj,fallacious,misleading noun,fanaticism,excessive zeal adj,fastidious,excessively particular critical or demanding; difficult to please; squeamish noun,fervor,glowing ardor adj,fickle,changeable; faithless adj,flagrant,conspicuously wicked adj,fledgling,inexperienced verb,fluctuate,waver noun,foresight,ability to foresee future happenings; prudence noun,frivolity,lack of seriousness adj,furtive,stealthy; sneaky adj,garbled,mixed up; based on false or unfair selection noun,glutton,someone who eats too much adj,grandiose,imposing; impressive noun,gravity,seriousness adj,grudging,unwilling; reluctant; stingy noun,guile,deceit; duplicity adj,gullible,easily deceived verb,hamper,obstruct adj,haphazard,random; by chance noun,haughtiness,pride; arrogance verb,heed,pay attention to; consider noun,hindrance,block; obstacle noun,humility,humbleness of spirit adj,hypocritical,pretending to be virtuous; deceiving adj,hypothetical,based on assumptions or hypotheses adj,illusory,deceptive; not real adj,immutable,unchangeable adj,impartial,not biased; fair noun,implication,that which is hinted at or suggested adj,impoverished,poor adj,inadvertently,carelessly; unintentionally; by oversight adj,inane,silly; senseless adj,incidental,not essential; minor verb,incite,arouse to action adj,incompatible,inharmonious adj,incongruous,not fitting; absurd adj,inconsequential,of trifling significance adj,incorrigible,uncorrectable verb,indict,charge adj,indifferent,unmoved; lacking concern adj,indiscriminate,choosing at random; confused adj,indolent,lazy adj,indulgent,humoring; yielding; lenient adj,inevitable,unavoidable adj,infallible,unerring adj,infamous,notoriously bad verb,infer,deduce; conclude verb,inhibit,prohibit; restrain verb,initiate,begin; originate; receive into a group adj,injurious,harmful adj,innate,inborn adj,innocuous,harmless adj,innovative,novel; introducing a change adj,insipid,tasteless; dull adj,insolvent,bankrupt; lacking money to pay verb,instigate,urge; start; provoke adj,insurgent,rebellious adj,interminable,endless adj,intricate,complex; knotty; tangled adj,ironic,resulting in an unexpected and contrary manner adj,irresolute,uncertain how to act; weak adj,judicious,sound in judgment; wise verb,kindle,start a fire; inspire verb,languish,lose animation; lose strength verb,laud,praise noun,legacy,a gift made by a will adj,lethargic,drowsy; dull noun,levity,lightness adj,listless,lacking in spirit or energy adj,lofty,very high adj,lucid,bright; easily understood adj,magnanimous,generous adj,malicious,dictated by hatred or spite adj,marred,damaged; disfigured adj,meager,scanty; inadequate verb,meander,to wind or turn in its course adj,methodical,systematic adj,meticulous,excessively careful adj,minute,extremely small adj,miserly,stingy; mean verb,mitigate,appease adj,morose,ill-humored; sullen adj,muted,silent; muffled; toned down noun,novelty,something new; newness noun,novice,beginner adj,objective,not influenced by emotions; fair noun,objective,goal; aim verb,obliterate,destroy completely noun,oblivion,state of being forgotten or unknown; forgetfulness adj,obscure,dark; vague; unclear verb,obscure,darken; make unclear adj,obsolete,outmoded adj,obstinate,stubborn adj,ominous,threatening adj,opaque,dark; not transparent; hard to understand noun,optimist,person who looks on the good side adj,painstaking,showing hard work; taking great care adj,parochial,narrow in outlook; provincial; related to parishes adj,partial,(1) incomplete; ((2) biased adj,partisan,one-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party noun,paucity,scarcity adj,pedantic,showing off learning; bookish adj,peripheral,marginal; outer noun,pessimism,belief that life is basically bad or evil; gloominess adj,petty,trivial; unimportant; very small noun,phenomena,observable facts; subjects of scientific investigation adj,pious,devout verb,placate,pacify; conciliate adj,plausible,having a show of truth but open to doubt; specious noun,pomposity,self-important behavior; acting like a stuffed shirt adj,potent,powerful; persuasive; greatly influential verb,preclude,make impossible; eliminate noun,predecessor,former occupant of a post adj,pretentious,ostentatious; ambitious adj,prodigal,wasteful; reckless with money adj,prodigious,marvelous; enormous adj,profound,deep; not superficial; complete noun,profusion,lavish expenditure; overabundant condition adj,prolific,abundantly fruitful adj,provincial,pertaining to a province; narrow verb,provoke,stir to anger; cause retaliation adj,prudent,cautious; careful adj,qualified,limited; restricted noun,quandary,dilemma verb,ratify,approve formally; verify noun,rebuttal,refutation; response with contrary evidence verb,rectify,correct adj,redundant,superfluous; excessively wordy; repetitious verb,refute,disprove verb,relegate,consign to inferior position; delegate noun,remorse,guilt; self-reproach verb,renounce,abandon; discontinue; disown; repudiate adj,reprehensible,deserving blame noun,reproach,blame; censure verb,reprove,censure; rebuke verb,repudiate,disown; disavow verb,rescind,cancel noun,reserve,self-control; care in expressing oneself adj,resigned,unresisting; patiently submissive noun,resolution,determination noun,respite,delay in punishment; interval of relief; rest noun,restraint,controlling force verb,retaliate,repay in kind noun,reticence,reserve; uncommunicativeness; inclination to be silent adj,reverent,respectful adj,rhetorical,pertaining to effective communication; insincere in language verb,sanction,approve; ratify adj,satirical,mocking verb,saturate,soak adj,scanty,meager; insufficient adj,scrupulous,conscientious; extremely thorough verb,scrutinize,examine closely and critically noun,seclusion,isolation; solitude adj,servile,slavish; cringing adj,shrewd,clever; astute noun,skeptic,doubter; person who suspends judgment until he has examined the evidence supporting a point of view noun,slander,defamation; utterance of false and malicious statements noun,solemnity,seriousness; gravity adj,sporadic,occurring irregularly verb,squander,waste adj,stagnant,motionless; stale; dull noun,stanza,division of a poem adj,static,unchanging; lacking development adj,steadfast,loyal noun,stoic,person who is indifferent to pleasure or pain noun,subtlety,nicety; cunning; guile; delicacy adj,superficial,trivial; shallow adj,superfluous,excessive; overabundant; unnecessary verb,suppress,crush; subdue; inhibit verb,surpass,exceed adj,surreptitious,secret noun,swindler,cheat noun,sycophant,servile flatterer noun,symmetry,arrangement of parts so that balance is obtained; congruity adj,taciturn,habitually silent; talking little adj,tedious,boring; tiring adj,tentative,provisional; experimental adj,terse,concise; abrupt; pithy adj,thrifty,careful about money; economical noun,tirade,extended scolding; denunciation noun,trepidation,fear; trembling agitation noun,trivia,trifles; unimportant matters noun,turbulence,state of violent agitation noun,tyranny,oppression; cruel government verb,undermine,weaken; sap noun,uniformity,sameness; monotony adj,unobtrusive,inconspicuous; not blatant noun,vacillation,fluctuation; wavering verb,venerate,revere adj,verbose,wordy adj,viable,capable of maintaining life noun,vigor,active strength verb,vilify,slander noun,virtuoso,highly skilled artist adj,virulent,extremely poisonous adj,volatile,evaporating rapidly; lighthearted; mercurial adj,vulnerable,susceptible to wounds adj,whimsical,capricious; fanciful; quaint verb,wither,shrivel; decay noun,zealot,fanatic; person who shows excessive zeal