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  1. omnivorous
  2. devouring everthing
  3.  
  4. ominous
  5. foreboding, threatening, menacing
  6.  
  7. ascetic
  8. rigid in self-denial, austere
  9.  
  10. piqued
  11. aroused, brought to sharp point, challenged
  12.  
  13. tyro
  14. a beginner or learner, a novice, amateur
  15.  
  16. prosaic
  17. ordinary, dull
  18.  
  19. vested
  20. clothed, robed, endowed with power
  21.  
  22. propound
  23. to set forth, to offer for consideration, to explain
  24.  
  25. pariah
  26. an outcast, one despised by society
  27.  
  28. virtuoso
  29. a savant, a scholar, one very learned or gifted in an art
  30.  
  31. aspersion
  32. false or injurious charge, calumny
  33.  
  34. rhetoric
  35. emphasis on style at expense of thought, art of writing well
  36.  
  37. precursor
  38. one who indicates coming of something, indicative of something
  39. to follow
  40. heterogeneous
  41. unlike, differing in kind
  42.  
  43. propriety
  44. sense of what is proper or fitting
  45.  
  46. hallucination
  47. the perceiving of an object with no reality, a delusion
  48.  
  49. oracular
  50. prophetic, forecasting the future
  51.  
  52. pittance
  53. small portion, allowance
  54.  
  55. perfidious
  56. treacherous, violating faith
  57.  
  58. omnipresent
  59. present everywhere at once
  60.  
  61. ordinance
  62. a decree or direction by government
  63.  
  64. ribald
  65. vulgar, coarse
  66.  
  67. propitious
  68. favorable, of good omen, advantageous
  69.  
  70. ascribed
  71. attributed, assigned, alleged to belong to
  72.  
  73. artisan
  74. one trained in some art or trade crafstman
  75.  
  76. paragon
  77. model, finest example of
  78.  
  79. preponderance
  80. the greater part of, most of
  81.  
  82. vernal
  83. occurring in spring, growing time, fresh
  84.  
  85. artifice
  86. skillful contriving, trick, craft
  87.  
  88. assonance
  89. repetition of vowel sounds in words for musical effect
  90.  
  91. synchronized
  92. made to happen at same time, agreed in time
  93.  
  94. hallmark
  95. a mark establishing fine quality
  96.  
  97. perfunctory
  98. performed mechanically, without interest
  99.  
  100. hermetically
  101. airtight
  102.  
  103. assimilate
  104. make alike, absorb
  105.  
  106. opulent
  107. tremendously wealthy, rich
  108.  
  109. predilection
  110. liking for, preference, leaning towards
  111.  
  112. opaque
  113. not reflecting or giving out light
  114.  
  115. ubiquitous
  116. being everywhere, omnipresent
  117.  
  118. benign
  119. kindly, of gentle disposition, gracious
  120.  
  121. peremptory
  122. leaving no chance for denial, positive in statine opinion, decisive
  123.  
  124. onamatapoeia
  125. the sound of a word helping to give its meaning
  126.  
  127. perennial
  128. continuing through the year, recurring regularly
  129.  
  130. perceptible
  131. capable of being noticed, can be seen
  132.  
  133. onerous
  134. burdensome, oppresive
  135.  
  136. vesture
  137. garments, clothes, apparel
  138.  
  139. opprobrium
  140. disgrace, shame, reproach
  141.  
  142. assuage
  143. appease, satisfy, lessen
  144.  
  145. assiduous
  146. diligent, unwearied, constant attention
  147.  
  148. rotund
  149. rounded, full
  150.  
  151. eproach
  152.  
  153. assuage
  154. appease, satisfy, lessen
  155.  
  156. assiduous
  157. diligent, unwearie