1 abscond to depart clandestinely
2 aberrant deviating from the norm
3 alacrity eager and enthusiastic willingness
4 anomaly deviating from the norm
5 approbation an expression of approval or praise
6 arduous strenuous; taxing
7 assuage to ease of lessen; to appease or pacify
8 audacious daring and fearless; recklessly bold
9 austere plain; without adornment
10 axiomatic undeniable truth
11 canonical following traditional standards
12 capricious inclined to change one’s mind impulsively
13 censure to criticize severely, to officially rebuke
14 chicanery trickery
15 connoisseur an informed and astute judge in matters of taste; an expert
16 convoluted complex or complicated
17 disabuse to undeceive; to free someone from a mistruth
18 discordant conflicting; harsh in sound
19 disparate fundamentally distinct
20 effrontery extreme boldness; presumptuousness
21 eloquent well-spoken, expressive, articulate
22 enervate to weaken
23 ennui dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy
24 equivocate to use ambiguous language with deceptive intent
25 erudite very scholarly
26 exculpate exonerate, free from blame
27 exigent urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention
28 extemporaneous improvised; done without preparation
29 filibuster intentional obstruction using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative activity
30 fulminate to loudly attack or denounce
31 ingenuous artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication
32 inured accustomed to accepting something undesirable
33 irascible easily angered; prone to temperamental outburts
34 laud to praise highly
35 lucid clear; easily understood
36 magnanimity generously noble in mind and heart; especially forgiving
37 martial associated with war and the armed forces
38 mundane of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary
39 nascent coming into being; in early developmental stages
40 nebulous vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form
41 neologism a new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses
42 noxious harmful; injurious
43 obtuse lacking sharpness or intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression
44 obviate to anticipate and make unnecessary
45 onerous troubling; burdensome
46 paean a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving
47 parody a humorous imitation intended for ridicule of comic effect
48 perennial recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly
49 perfidy intentional breach of faith; treachery
50 perfunctory cursory; done without care or interest
51 perspicacious acutely perceptive; having keen discenment
52 prattle to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner
53 precipitate acting with excessive haste or impulse; bring about prematurely, hastily, or suddenly
54 predilection a preference
55 prescience foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occuring
56 prevaricate to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead
57 qualms misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy
58 recant to retract, especially a previously held belief
59 refute to disprove; to successfully argue against
60 relegate to forcibly assign, especially to a lower place or position
61 reticent quiet or reserved
62 solicitous concerned and attentive; eager
63 sordid characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul
64 sporadic occuring only occasionally, or in scattered instances
65 squander to waste irresponsibly
66 static not moving or active
67 stupefy to stun, baffle, or amaze
68 stymie to block; thwart
69 synthesis the combination of parts to make a whole
70 torque a force that causes rotation
71 tortuous winding, twisting; excessively complicated
72 truculent fierce and cruel; eager to fight
73 veracity truthfulness, honesty
74 virulent extremely harmful or poisonous (like a virus), bitterly hostile or antagonistic
75 voracious having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous
76 waver to move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in an opinion
77 abate to lessen in intensity or degree
78 accolade an expression of praise
79 adulation excessive praise
80 aesthetic dealing with, appreciative of, or responsive to art or the beautiful
81 ameliorate to make better or more tolerable
82 ascetic one who practices rigid self-denial, esp. as an act of religious devotion
83 avarice greed, especially for wealth
84 axiom a universally recognized principle
85 burgeon to grow rapidly or flourish
86 bucolic rustic and patoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants
87 cacophony harsh, jarring, discordant sound; dissonance
88 canon an established set of principles or code of laws, often religious in nature
89 castigation severe criticism or punishment
90 caustic burning or stining; causing corrosion
91 chary wary, cautious; sparing
92 cogent very convincing; appealing forcibly to the mind or reason
93 complaisance the willingness to comply with the wishes of others
94 contentious argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement
95 contrite regretful; penitent; seeking forgiveness
96 culpable deserving blame
97 dearth a lack; scarcity; smallness of quantity
98 demur to question or oppose; to take exception; to object
99 didactic intended to teach or instruct
100 discretion ability to make responsible decisions; caustious reserve in speech
101 disinterested free from bias
102 dogmatic expressing a rigid opinion based on unprovable principles
103 ebullience the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings
104 eclectic composed of elements drawn from various sources
105 elegy a mournful poem, especially one lamenting the dead.
106 emollient soothing, esp. to the skin; mollifying; making less harsh
107 empirical based on observation or experiement
108 enigmatic mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand
109 ephemeral brief; fleeting
110 esoteric intended for or understood by a small, specific group
111 eulogy a speech honoring the dead
112 exonerate to remove blame
113 facetious playful; humorous
114 fallacy a mistaken belief
115 furtive marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious
116 gregarious sociable; outgoing; enjoying the company of people
117 harangue to deliver a pompous speech or tirade (v.); a long, pompous speech or tirade (n.)
118 heretical violating dogma or convention
119 impecunious lacking funds; without money
120 incipient beginning to come into being or to become apparent
121 inert unmoving; lethargic; sluggish
122 innocuous harmless
123 intransigent refusing to compromise
124 inveigle to obtain by deception, fraud, or manipulation
125 morose sad, sullen, melancholy
126 odious invoking intense aversion or dislike; detestable
127 opaque impenetrable by light, not reflecting light
128 oscillation the act of swining back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm
129 penurious penny-pinching; excessively thrify
130 pernicious extremely harmful; potentially causing death
131 peruse to examine with great care
132 pious extremely reverent or devout; showing strong religious devotion
133 precursor one that precedes and indicates or announces another
134 preen to dress up; to primp
135 prodigious abundant in size, force, or extent; extraordinary
136 prolific producing large volumes or amounts; productive
137 putrefy to rot; to decay; to give a fowl odor
138 quaff to drink deeply
139 quiescence stillness; motionless
140 redoubtable awe-inspiring; worthy of honor
141 sanction authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance; to give permission or authority to
142 satire a literary wore tht ridicules or criticizes human vice through humor
143 supplant take the place of
144 torpid lethargic, sluggish
145 ubiquitous existing everywhere at the same time; constantly encourntered; widespread
146 urbane sophisticated; elegant; refined
147 viscous thick; sticky
148 acumen keen, accurate judgement or insight
149 adulterate to reduce purity by combining with inferiour ingredients
150 amalgamate to combine
151 aver to state as fact; to declare or assert
152 bolster to provide support or reinforcement
153 bombastic pompous, grandiloquent
154 diatribe a harsh denunciation or attack
155 dissemble to disguide or conceal; to mislead
156 endemic characteristic of or often found in particular locality, region, or people
157 evanescent tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing
158 exacerbate to make worse or more severe
159 fervent greatly amotional or zealous
160 fortuitous happening by accident or chance
161 germane relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in subject matter
162 grandiloquence pompous speech or expression
163 halcyon calm and peaceful
164 hedonism devotion to pleasurable pursuits, esp. to the pleasures of the senses
165 hegemony consistent dominance of one state or idiology over others
166 iconoclast one who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions
167 idolatrous given to intense or excessive devotion to something
168 impassive revealing no emotion
169 imperturbable marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness
170 implacable not capable of being appeased or significantly changed
171 impunity immunity from punishment or penalty
172 inchoate in an initial stage; not fully formed
173 infelicitous unfortunate; inappropriate
174 insipid without taste or flavor; lacking in spirit; bland
175 loquacious extremely talkative
176 mendacity the condition of being untruthful; dishonesty
177 misanthrope one who hates all other humans
178 mitigate to make or become less severe or intense; to moderate
179 obdurate unyeilding; hardhearted; intractable
180 obsequious exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
181 occlude to obstruct or block
182 opprobrium disgrace; contempt; scorn
183 pedagogy the profession or principles of teaching or instruction
184 pedantic overly concerned with the trivial details of learning or education; show-offish about one’s knowledge
185 penury poverty; detitution
186 pervasive having the tendency to premeate or spread throughout
187 pine to yearn intensely; to languish; to lose vigor
188 pith the essential or central part
189 pithy precise and brief
190 placate to appease; to calm by making concessions
191 platitude a superficial remark, esp. one offered as meaningful
192 polemical controversial; argumentitive
193 prodigal recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
194 profuse given or coming forth abundantly; extravagant
195 proliferate to grow or increase swiftly and abundantly
196 querulous prone to complaining or grumbling; peevish
197 rancorous characterized by bitter long-lasting recentment
198 recalcitrant obstinately (firmly) defiant of authority; difficult to manage
199 repudiate refuse to have anything to do with; to disown
200 rescind to invalidate; to repeal; to retract
201 rhetoric the art or study of effective use of language for communication and persuasion
202 salubrious promoting health or well-being
203 solvent able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance
204 specious seeming true, but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive; plausible but false
205 spurious lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfit
206 subpoena a court order requiring appearance and/or testimony
207 supurfluous more than what is necessary
208 surfeit an overabundant supply; excess; to feed or supply excess
209 tenacity persistant determination
210 acerbic having sour or bitter taste of character; sharp; bitter; biting
211 aggrandize to increase in intensity, power, influence, or prestige
212 amenable agreeable; responsive to suggestion
213 anachronism someone or something out of place in historical or chronological context
214 astringent having a tightening effect on living tissue; harsh, severe; something with a tightening effect on living tissue
215 contiguous sharing a border; touching; adjacent
216 convention a generally agreed-upon practice or attitude
217 credulous tending to believe too readily; gullible
218 cynicism a belief that all people are motivated by selfishness
219 decorum polite or appropriate conduct or behavior
220 derision scorn, ridicule, contemptuous treatment
221 desiccate to dry our or dehydrate; to make dry or dull
222 dilettante one with amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge
223 disparage to slight or belittle
224 divulge to disclose something secret
225 fawn to flatter or praise excessively
226 flout to treat with contempt or scorn, as in to violate the rules of convention
227 garrulous pointlessly talkative; talking too much
228 glib marked by ease or informality; nonchalant; lacking in depth; superficial
229 hubris overbearing presumption or pride; arrogance
230 imminent about to happen; impending
231 immutable not capable of change
232 impetuous hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement
233 inimical damaging; harmful; injurious
234 intractable stubborn; not easily managed or directed; obstinate
235 intrepid steadfast and corageous
236 laconic using few words; terse
237 maverick an independent person who doesn’t go along with a group
238 mercurial characterized by rapid and unpredictable changes in mood
239 mollify to calm or soothe; to reduce in emotional intensity
240 neophyte a recent convert; a beginner; a novice
241 obfuscate to deliberately obscure; to make confusing
242 obstinate stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising
243 pervade to permeate throughout
244 phlegmatic calm; sluggish; unemotional
245 pragmatic practical rather than idealistic
246 presumptuous overstepping due bounds; taking liberties
247 pristine pure; uncorrupted; clean
248 probity adherence to highest principles; complete and confirmed integreity; uprightness
249 proclivity a natural predisposition of inclination
250 profligate excessively wasteful; recklessly extravagant
251 propensity a natural inclination or tendency; pechant
252 prosaic dull; lacking in spirit or imagination
253 pungent characterized by stong, sharp smell or taste
254 quixotic foolishly impractical; marked by loft romantic ideals
255 quotidian occuring or recurring daily; commonplace
256 rarefy to make or become thin, less dense; to refine
257 recondite hidden; concealed; difficult to understand; obscure
258 refulgent radiant; shiny; brilliant
259 renege to fail to honor a commitment; to go back on a promise
260 sedulous diligent; persistent; hard-working
261 shard a piece of broken pottery or glass
262 soporific causing drowsiness; tending to induce sleep
263 spendthrift one who spends money wastefully
264 tacit implied; not explicitly stated
265 terse brief and concise in words
266 tout to publicly praise or promote
267 trenchant sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating
268 unfeigned genuine; not false or hypocritical
269 untenable indefensible; not viable; uninhabitable
270 vacillate to waver indecisively between one course of action or opinion and another
271 variegated multicolored; characterized by a variety of atches of different color
272 vexation annoyance; irritation
273 vigilant alertly watchful
274 vituperate to use harsh condemnatory language; to berate; to sensure severely or abusively
275 volatile readily changing to vapor; changable; fickle; explosive
276 alloy to commingle; to debase by mixing with something inferior
277 unalloyed pure
278 appropriate to take for one’s own use; confiscate
279 arrest to suspend; to engage; holding one’s attention
280 august majestic, venerable
281 bent leaning, inclination, proclivity, tendency
282 broach to bring up, announce, begin to talk about
283 brook to tolerate, endure, countenance
284 cardinal major
285 chauvinist a blindly devoted patriot
286 color to change as if by dyeing, i.e. to distort, gloss or affect
287 consequential pompous, self-important
288 damp to diminish the intensity or check the vibration of sound
289 die a tool used for shaping
290 essay to test or try; attempt, experiment
291 exact to demand, call for, require, take
292 fell (v.) to cause to fall by striking
293 fell (adj.) inhumanely cruel
294 flag to sag or droop, to become spiritless, to decline
295 flip sarcastic, impertinent, as in flippant
296 ford to wade across the shallow part of a river
297 grouse to complain or grumble
298 guy a rope, cord, or cable attached to something as a brace or guide (n.); to steady or reinfoce using a rope or cord (v.)
299 intimate to imply, suggest, or insinuate
300 list to tilt of lean to one side
301 lumber to move heavily or clumsily
302 meet fitting, proper
303 milk to exploit; to squeeze every last ounce of
304 mince pronounce or speak affectedly, euphemize, speak to carefully; to take tiny steps
305 affectedly assumed artificially, unnaturally
306 nice exacting, fastidious, extremely precise
307 obtain (adj.) to be established, accepted, or customary
308 occult hidden, concealed, beyond comprehension
309 pedestrian common place, trite, unremarkable, quotidian
310 pied multicolored, especially in patches
311 pine to lose vigor (as through grief); to yearn
312 plastic (adj.) moldable, pliable, not rigid
313 pluck (n.) courage, spunk, fortitude
314 prize (v.) to pry, to press or force with a lever; something taken by force, spoils
315 rail to complain about bitterly
316 rent tore (v.); an opening caused by a tear (n.)
317 quail (v.) to lose courage, turn frightened
318 qualify to limit
319 sap (v.) to enervate or weaken the vitality of
320 sap (n.) a fool or nitwit
321 scurvy (adj.) contemptible, despicable
322 singular exceptional, unusual, odd
323 stand a group of trees
324 steep to saturate or completely soak
325 strut the supporting structural cross-part of a wing
326 table (v.) to remove from consideration
327 tender (v.) to offer
328 waffle to equivocate; to change one’s position
329 wag (n.) a joker
330 abjure to renounce or reject solemnly; to recant; to avoid
331 abdumbrate to foreshadow vaguely or intimate; to suggest or outline sketchily; to obscure or overshadow
332 anathema a solemn or ecclesiastical (religious) cursel accursed or thoroughly loathed person or thing
333 anodyne soothing, something that assuages or allays pain or comforts
334 apogee farthest or highest point; culmination; zenith
335 apostate one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions
336 apotheosis deification, florification to godliness, an exalted example, a model of excellence and perfection
337 asperity severity, rigor; roughness, harshness; acrimony, irritability
338 asseverate to aver, allege, assert
339 assiduous diligent, hard-working, sedulous
340 augury omen, portent
341 bellicose belligerent, pugnacious, warlike
342 calumniate to slander, make a false accusation
343 calumny slander, aspersion
344 captious disposed to point of trivial faults, calculated to confuse or entrap in argument
345 cavil to find fault without good reason
346 celerity speed, alacrity
347 chimera an illusion; originally, an imaginary fire-breathing she-monster
348 contumacious insubordinate, revellious
349 costumely insult, scorn, aspersion
350 debacle rout, fiasco, complete failure
351 denouement an outcome or solution; the unraveling of a plot
352 descry to discriminate or discern
353 desuetude disuse
354 desultory random; aimless, marked by a lack of plan or purpose
355 diaphenous transparent, gauzy
356 diffident reserved, shy, unassuming; lacking in self-confidence
357 encomium glowing and enthusiastic praise; tribute, panegyric, eulogy
358 eschew to shun or avoid
359 excoriate to censure scathingly, to upbraid
360 execrate denounce, feel loathing for, curse, declare to be evil
361 exegesis critical examination, explication
362 expiate to atone or make amends for
363 extirpate to destroy, exterminate, cut out, exscind
364 fatuous silly, inanely foolish
365 fractious quarrelsom, rebellious, unruly, refractory, irritable
366 gainsay to deny, dispute, contradict, oppose
367 heterodox unorthodox, heretical, iconoclastic
368 imbroglio difficult or embarassing situation
369 indefatigable not easily exhaustible; tireless, dogged
370 ineluctable certain, inevitable
371 inimitable one of a kind, peerless
372 insouciant unconcerned, carefree, heedless
373 inveterate deep-rooted, ingrained, habitual
374 jejune vapid, uninteresting, nugatory, childish, immature, peurile
375 vapid without liveliness or spirit; dull or tedious
376 lubricious lewd, wanton, greasy, slippery
377 wanton done, shown, or used maliciously or unjustifiably; sexually lawless or unrestrained
378 mendicant a begger, a supplicant
379 supplicant humble begger
380 meretricious cheap, gaudy, tawdry, flashy, showy, attracting by false show
381 minatory menacing, threatening
382 nadir low point, perigee
383 nonplussed baffled, bewildered, at a loss for what to do or think
384 obstreperfous noisily and stubbornly defiant, aggressively boisterous
385 ossified tending to become more rigid, conventional, sterile, and reactionary with age; literally, turned into bone
386 palliate to make something seem less serious, to gloss over, to make less severe or intense
387 panegyric formal praise, eulogy, encomium
388 panegyrical expressing elaborate praise
389 parsimonious cheap, miserly
390 pellucid transparent, east to understand, limpid
391 peroration the concluding part of a speech; flowery, rhetorical speech
392 plagent pounding, thundering, resounding
393 prolix long-winded, verbose
394 propitate to appease; to conciliate
395 propitious presenting favorable conditions; auspicious, favorable
396 puerile childish, immature, jejune, nugatory
397 puissance power, strength
398 pusillanimous cowardly, craven
399 remonstrate to protest, object
400 sagacious wise, like a sage; perceptive
401 salacious lustful, lascivious, bawdry
402 salutary remedial, wholesome, causing improvement
403 sanguine cheerful, confident, optimistic
404 saturnine dark, gloomy, sullen, morose
405 sententious tending to moralize excessively; self-righteous
406 stentorian extremely loud and powerful
407 stygian gloomy, dark
408 sycophant toady, servile, self-seeking flatterer; parasite
409 tendentious biased; showing marked tendencies
410 timorous timid, fearful, diffident
411 tyro novice, greenhorn, rank amateur
412 vitiate to corrupt, debase, spoil, make ineffective
413 voluble fluent, verbal, having easy use of spoken language
