1. Invigorate - To impart vigor, strength, or vitality to; animate; stimulate; heighten or intensify; give life or energy to; make lively; impart vigor, strength, or vitality to
2. Assiduous - Constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing; persistent; hard-working 3. Penchant - A definite liking; a strong inclination; fondness; strong liking for or bias in favor of something
4. Eulogy - A laudatory speech or written tribute, especially one praising someone who has died; high praise or commendation; expression of warm approval; acclamation
5. Disavow - To disclaim knowledge of, responsibility for, or association with; refuse to recognize or acknowledge; reject
6. Incompetent - Not qualified in legal terms; inadequate for or unsuited to a particular purpose or application; devoid of those qualities requisite for effective conduct or action; unskillful, unable; lacking the qualities, as efficiency or skill, required to produce desired results
7. Resilient - Marked by the ability to recover readily, as from misfortune; capable of returning to an original shape or position, as after having been compressed; bouncy, flexible; having the quality of springing back to a former position. Also: Able to recover quickly from sickness or difficulty; sturdy
8. Arid - Lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or woody plants; lacking interest or feeling; lifeless and dull; uninterested, spiritless; having little or no liquid or moisture; extremely dry
9. Bedlam - A place or situation of noisy uproar and confusion; chaotic situation; a state of extreme confusion and disorder; scene of great uproar and confusion
10. Frenetic - Wildly excited or active; frantic; frenzied; marked by extreme excitement, confusion, or agitation; maniacal
11. Erratic - Having no fixed or regular course; wandering; lacking consistency, regularity, or uniformity; unpredictable; wandering
12. Penitent - Feeling or expressing remorse for one's misdeeds or sins; person performing penance under the direction of a confessor; shamed, sorrowful; undergoing or awaiting punishment
13. Elation - High spirits; extreme happiness; lifting up by success; exaltation; inriation with pride of prosperity
14. Probity - Complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness; quality or state of being morally sound; fairness, honesty; virtue or integrity tested and confirmed
15. Indefeasible - That cannot be annulled or made void
16. Dawdler - One who wastes time in trifling employments; an idler; a trifler; someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind17. Bogus - Counterfeit or fake; not genuine; fraudulently or deceptively imitative
18. Abstruse - Difficult to understand; recondite; difficult to understand
19. Resplendent - Splendid or dazzling in appearance; brilliant; bright, radiant; bright and colorful, almost glowing; marked by extraordinary elegance, beauty, and splendor
20. Metaphorical - Figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison; one thing conceived as representing another; a symbol; expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another
21. Literal - Employing the very same words as another; exact, real; being in accordance with, conforming to, or upholding the exact or primary meaning of a word or words; avoiding exaggeration, metaphor, or embellishment; factual; prosaic
22. Hapless - Luckless; unfortunate; involving or undergoing chance misfortune
23. Intransigent - Refusing to moderate a position, especially an extreme position; uncompromising; firmly, often unreasonably immovable in purpose or will; not capable of being swayed or diverted from a course; unsusceptible to persuasion
24. Predicament - A situation, especially an unpleasant, troublesome, or trying one, from which extrication is difficult; a difficult, often embarrassing situation or condition; the wage of consistency
25. Tactual - Of, relating to, or arising from the sense of touch; producing a sensation of touch; tactile
26. Opulent - Possessing or exhibiting great wealth; affluent; characterized by rich abundance; luxuriant; rich and superior in quality
27. Floppy - Tending to flop; loose and flexible; lacking in stiffness or firmness; limp
28. Willowy - Slender and graceful; planted with or abounding in willows
29. Potentiate - To enhance or increase the effect of (a drug); promote or strengthen (a biochemical or physiological action or effect); make potent or powerful
30. Frugality - Careful use of material resources; prudence in avoiding waste
31. Insolent - Presumptuous and insulting in manner or speech; arrogant; audaciously rude or disrespectful; impertinent; bold, disrespectful; rude and insulting
32. Mushroom - Any of various fleshy fungi of the class Basidiomycota, characteristically having an umbrella-shaped cap borne on a stalk, especially any of the edible kinds; to increase or expand suddenly, rapidly, or without control; sprout
33. Fungus - A plant that has no leaves, flowers, or green color
34. Satirize - A literary work in which human vice or folly is attacked through irony, derision, or wit
35. Lampoon - A written attack ridiculing a person, group, or institution; light, good-humored satire; a work, as a novel or play, that exposes folly by the use of humor or irony; ridicule, make fun of
36. Toil - To labor continuously; exhausting labor or effort; something that binds, snares, or entangles one; an entrapment; hard work; walk heavily, slowly, and with difficulty; to exert one's mental or physical powers, usually under difficulty and to the point of exhaustion
37. Motley - Having elements of great variety or incongruity; heterogeneous; mixed, varied; having many colors; variegated; parti-colored
38. Assuage - To make less severe or more bearable; soothe, relieve; reduce fear, excitement, pain, or disease
39. Immaculate - Impeccably clean; spotless; free from fault or error; innocent, uncorrupted; very clean
40. Dicey - Involving or fraught with danger or risk; risky;of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk
41. Feisty - Touchy; quarrelsome; full of spirit or pluck; frisky or spunky; showing courage; irritable and looking for trouble
42. Apocryphal - Of questionable authorship or authenticity; erroneous; fictitious; questionable; fake; of questionable authenticity
43. Mire - A usually low-lying area of soft waterlogged ground and standing water; viscous, usually offensively dirty substance; soil with mud; marsh or bog
44. Palpitate - To move with a slight tremulous motion; tremble, shake, or quiver; beat with excessive rapidity; throb; make rhythmic contractions, sounds, or movements; beat at a rapid pace, like heart; tremble; beat rapidly and irregularly
45. Redoubtable - Arousing fear or awe; formidable; worthy of respect or honor; formidable; causing fear
46. Amalgamate - To put together into one mass so that the constituent parts are more or less homogeneous; blend
47. Rebut - To refute, especially by offering opposing evidence or arguments, as in a legal case; to repel; present opposing evidence or arguments; argue against; prove wrong
48. Censor - To examine (material) and remove parts considered harmful or improper for publication or transmission; ban; forbid; person authorized to examine books, films, or other material and to remove or suppress what is considered morally, politically, or otherwise objectionable
49. Torpor - A state of mental or physical inactivity or insensibility; apathy; dormant, inactive state of a hibernating or estivating animal; deficiency in mental and physical alertness and activity; lethargy; dullness
50. Sangfroid - A stable, calm state of the emotions
51. Diatribe - A long, violent, or blustering speech, usually of censure or denunciation; harangue, criticism; bitter or angry attack in speech or writing
52. Complaisance - The inclination to comply willingly with the wishes of others; amiability; agreeableness; disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others
53. Perturbable - Liable to be perturbed or agitated; liable to be disturbed or disquieted
54. Amenable - Willing to carry out the wishes of others; able to be judged; responsible; willing, cooperative; willing to change or submit
55. Aberration - A departing from what is prescribed; condition of being abnormal; serious mental illness or disorder impairing a person's capacity to function normally and safely; state of abnormality; deviation from the normal or usual; straying away from what is normal; defect of focus, such as blurring in an image
56. Digression - The act of digressing; deviation; straying
57. Phlegmatic - Without emotion or interest; having or suggesting a calm, sluggish temperament; unemotional
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59. Modicum - A small, moderate, or token amount
60. Fathom - A unit of length equal to 6 feet (1.83 meters), used principally in the measurement and specification of marine depths; to perceive and recognize the meaning of; discern, understand
61. Incomprehensible - Difficult or impossible to understand or comprehend; unintelligible; impossible to know or fathom; not understandable
62. Tardy - Occurring, arriving, acting, or done after the scheduled, expected, or usual time; late; moving slowly; sluggish
63. Hapless - Luckless; unfortunate; involving or undergoing chance misfortune
64. Metaphysical - Having no body, form, or substance; of, coming from, or relating to forces or beings that exist outside the natural world; not physical; without physical presence; ideal
65. Deferential - Marked by or exhibiting deference; marked by courteous submission or respect; respectful, considerate
66. Palliated - To relieve the symptoms of a disease or disorder; to make less severe or intense; mitigate; to make (an offense or crime) seem less serious; extenuate
67. Fawn - To seek favor or attention by flattery and obsequious behavior; to support slavishly every opinion or suggestion of a superior; a young deer, less than one year old; a grayish yellow-brown to moderate reddish brown
68. Avaricious - Immoderately desirous of wealth or gain; greedy
69. Covet - To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another's); wish for longingly; feel immoderate desire for that which is another's; desire strongly; feel envy towards or for; Wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person)
70. Byline - A line at the head of a newspaper or magazine article carrying the writer's name; a line giving the name of the writer of a story or article; an auxiliary activity
71. Indigenous - native
72. Tincture - An alcoholic, hydroalcoholic, or ethereal solution of a drug; something that imparts color; coloring or dyeing substance; a pigment; quality that colors, pervades, or distinguishes; to stain or tint with a color; to infuse, as with a quality; impregnate
73. Askew - To one side; awry; crooked(ly); crooked; out of alignment
74. Puckish - Mischievous; impish; naughtily or annoyingly playful
75. Abscond - To leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution; leave confinement or threat, run away
76. Alcove - A recess or partly enclosed extension connected to or forming part of a room; secluded structure, such as a bower, in a garden; small recessed space, opening directly into a larger room
77. Recess - A pause or interval, as from work or duty; interrupt regular activity for a short period; stop action; break, interval in action; any shallow depression in a surface
78. Furtive - Characterized by stealth; surreptitious; expressive of hidden motives or purposes; shifty; slow, deliberate, and secret as to escape observation; trickily secret; sneaky, secretive; done on the sly or in a sneaky way
79. Untenable - Incapable of being defended or justified
80. Amalgamate - To combine into a unified or integrated whole; unite; mix or alloy (a metal) with mercury; unite or blend with another metal
81. Choir - An organized company of singers, especially one performing church music or singing in a church
82. Ephemeral - lasting for a markedly brief time
83. Enduring - Lasting; continuing; durable; long-suffering; patient; existing or remaining in the same state for an indefinitely long time
84. Splint - A rigid device used to prevent motion of a joint or of the ends of a fractured bone; thin, flexible wooden strip, such as one used in the making of baskets or chair bottoms; plate or strip of metal; bony enlargement of the cannon bone or splint bone of a horse; hin piece split off from a larger piece; a splinter; a rigid appliance for the fixation of displaced or movable parts; a support or brace used to fasten or confine; metal, acrylic resin, or modeling compound fashioned to retain in position teeth that may have been replanted or have fractured roots
85. Choreography - The art of creating and arranging dances or ballets; art of designing dances
86. Plot - A secret plan to achieve an evil or illegal end; series of events and relationships forming the basis of a composition; piece of land; show graphically the direction or location of, as by using coordinates; plan, scheme
87. Laconic - Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise; short, to the point
88. Sobriquet - An affectionate or humorous nickname; an assumed name; a familiar name (often a shortened version of a person's given name)89. Audacious - daring ;bold
90. Lassitude - lack of energy
91. Rile - To stir to anger; to stir up (liquid); roil; to trouble the nerves or peace of mind of, especially by repeated vexations; anger, upset; cause annoyance in; disturb, esp. by minor irritations; make turbid by stirring up the sediments of
92. Debilitated - Showing impairment of energy or strength; enfeebled; lacking strength or vigor
93. Impel - To urge to action through moral pressure; drive; to drive forward; propel; prompt, incite
94. Flashy - Cheap and showy; gaudy; Giving a momentary or superficial impression of brilliance; flamboyant, in poor taste
95. Esoteric - Beyond the understanding of an average mind; mysterious, obscure; not publicly disclosed; confidential; confined to a small group; intended for or understood by only a particular group; of or relating to that which is known by a restricted number of people
96.Topography - Concerned with topography; the character, natural features, and configuration of land; surface features of a place or region
97. Measureless - Too great to be measured; immeasurable; having no ends or limits; boundless
98. Connotation - Something, such as a feeling, thought, or idea, associated in one's mind or imagination with a specific person or thing; that which is signified by a word or expression; implication
99. Rue - European strong-scented perennial herb with gray-green bitter-tasting leaves; leaves sometimes used for flavoring fruit or claret cup but should be used with great caution; feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about
100. Exhortation - A speech or discourse that encourages, incites, or earnestly advises; urging; a communication intended to urge or persuade the recipients to take some action
101. Canonize - To declare (a deceased person) to be a saint and entitled to be fully honored as such; to treat as sacred; glorify; approve as being within canon law
1. Invigorate - To impart vigor, strength, or vitality to; animate; stimulate; heighten or intensify; give life or energy to; make lively; impart vigor, strength, or vitality to
2. Assiduous - Constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing; persistent; hard-working
3. Penchant - A definite liking; a strong inclination; fondness; strong liking for or bias in favor of something
4. Eulogy - A laudatory speech or written tribute, especially one praising someone who has died; high praise or commendation; expression of warm approval; acclamation
5. Disavow - To disclaim knowledge of, responsibility for, or association with; refuse to recognize or acknowledge; reject
6. Incompetent - Not qualified in legal terms; inadequate for or unsuited to a particular purpose or application; devoid of those qualities requisite for effective conduct or action; unskillful, unable; lacking the qualities, as efficiency or skill, required to produce desired results
7. Resilient - Marked by the ability to recover readily, as from misfortune; capable of returning to an original shape or position, as after having been compressed; bouncy, flexible; having the quality of springing back to a former position. Also: Able to recover quickly from sickness or difficulty; sturdy
8. Arid - Lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or woody plants; lacking interest or feeling; lifeless and dull; uninterested, spiritless; having little or no liquid or moisture; extremely dry
9. Bedlam - A place or situation of noisy uproar and confusion; chaotic situation; a state of extreme confusion and disorder; scene of great uproar and confusion
10. Frenetic - Wildly excited or active; frantic; frenzied; marked by extreme excitement, confusion, or agitation; maniacal
11. Erratic - Having no fixed or regular course; wandering; lacking consistency, regularity, or uniformity; unpredictable; wandering
12. Penitent - Feeling or expressing remorse for one’s misdeeds or sins; person performing penance under the direction of a confessor; shamed, sorrowful; undergoing or awaiting punishment
13. Elation - High spirits; extreme happiness; lifting up by success; exaltation; inriation with pride of prosperity
14. Probity - Complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness; quality or state of being morally sound; fairness, honesty; virtue or integrity tested and confirmed
15. Indefeasible - That cannot be annulled or made void
16. Dawdler - One who wastes time in trifling employments; an idler; a trifler; someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
17. Bogus - Counterfeit or fake; not genuine; fraudulently or deceptively imitative
18. Abstruse - Difficult to understand; recondite; difficult to understand
19. Resplendent - Splendid or dazzling in appearance; brilliant; bright, radiant; bright and colorful, almost glowing; marked by extraordinary elegance, beauty, and splendor
1. Metaphorical - Figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison; one thing conceived as representing another; a symbol; expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another
2. Literal - Employing the very same words as another; exact, real; being in accordance with, conforming to, or upholding the exact or primary meaning of a word or words; avoiding exaggeration, metaphor, or embellishment; factual; prosaic
4. Intransigent - Refusing to moderate a position, especially an extreme position; uncompromising; firmly, often unreasonably immovable in purpose or will; not capable of being swayed or diverted from a course; unsusceptible to persuasion
5. Predicament - A situation, especially an unpleasant, troublesome, or trying one, from which extrication is difficult; a difficult, often embarrassing situation or condition; the wage of consistency
6. Tactual - Of, relating to, or arising from the sense of touch; producing a sensation of touch; tactile
7. Opulent - Possessing or exhibiting great wealth; affluent; characterized by rich abundance; luxuriant; rich and superior in quality
8.. Floppy - Tending to flop; loose and flexible; lacking in stiffness or firmness; limp
9. Willowy - Slender and graceful; planted with or abounding in willows
10.. Potentiate - To enhance or increase the effect of (a drug); promote or strengthen (a biochemical or physiological action or effect); make potent or powerful
20. Frugality - Careful use of material resources; prudence in avoiding waste
22. Mushroom - Any of various fleshy fungi of the class Basidiomycota, characteristically having an umbrella-shaped cap borne on a stalk, especially any of the edible kinds; to increase or expand suddenly, rapidly, or without control; sprout
23. Fungus - A plant that has no leaves, flowers, or green color
1. Satirize - A literary work in which human vice or folly is attacked through irony, derision, or wit
2. Lampoon - A written attack ridiculing a person, group, or institution; light, good-humored satire; a work, as a novel or play, that exposes folly by the use of humor or irony; ridicule, make fun of
3. Toil - To labor continuously; exhausting labor or effort; something that binds, snares, or entangles one; an entrapment; hard work; walk heavily, slowly, and with difficulty; to exert one’s mental or physical powers, usually under difficulty and to the point of exhaustion
4. Motley - Having elements of great variety or incongruity; heterogeneous; mixed, varied; having many colors; variegated; parti-colored
5. Assuage - To make less severe or more bearable; soothe, relieve; reduce fear, excitement, pain, or disease
6. Immaculate - Impeccably clean; spotless; free from fault or error; innocent, uncorrupted; very clean
7. Dicey - Involving or fraught with danger or risk; risky;of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk
8. Feisty - Touchy; quarrelsome; full of spirit or pluck; frisky or spunky; showing courage; irritable and looking for trouble
9. Apocryphal - Of questionable authorship or authenticity; erroneous; fictitious; questionable; fake; of questionable authenticity
10. Mire - A usually low-lying area of soft waterlogged ground and standing water; viscous, usually offensively dirty substance; soil with mud; marsh or bog
11. Palpitate - To move with a slight tremulous motion; tremble, shake, or quiver; beat with excessive rapidity; throb; make rhythmic contractions, sounds, or movements; beat at a rapid pace, like heart; tremble; beat rapidly and irregularly
12. Redoubtable - Arousing fear or awe; formidable; worthy of respect or honor; formidable; causing fear
13. Amalgamate - To put together into one mass so that the constituent parts are more or less homogeneous; blend
14. Rebut - To refute, especially by offering opposing evidence or arguments, as in a legal case; to repel; present opposing evidence or arguments; argue against; prove wrong
15. Censor - To examine (material) and remove parts considered harmful or improper for publication or transmission; ban; forbid; person authorized to examine books, films, or other material and to remove or suppress what is considered morally, politically, or otherwise objectionable
16. Torpor - A state of mental or physical inactivity or insensibility; apathy; dormant, inactive state of a hibernating or estivating animal; deficiency in mental and physical alertness and activity; lethargy; dullness
1. Obituary - published notice of death, sometimes with brief biography of deceased.
2. Beckon - seem appealing
3. Recalcitrant - disobedient
4. Revisionist - disapprove the changing of accepted theories
5. Didactic - intended to teach or give moral instruction
6. Reclusive - hermit or a loner; withdrawn from society; seeking solitude,providing privacy or seclusion
7. Heretic - a person guilty of going against traditional religious teachings
8. Lassitude - lack of energy
9. Rectitude - orally correct behaviour
10. Bigotry - a prejudiced and intolerant person
11. Furrow - a long narrow trench; a deep wrinkle on person’s face
12. Lambaste - critiize someone harshly
13. Vociferous - vehement or loud
14. Peevish - irritable
14. Manumission - the formal act of freeing from slavery
16. Cameo - to make into or like a gem or shell carved in relief; to portray insharp, delicate relief, as in a literary composition
17. Ensue - to follow as a consequence or result
18. Ephemeral - lasting for a markedly brief time
19. Hedonism - pursuit of or devotion to pleasure, especially to the pleasures of the senses
20. Knoll - a small rounded hill or mound; a hillock
21. Pusillanimous - lacking courage; cowardly
22. Green - means learning, growth and harmony
23. Belligerent - inclined or eager to fight; hostile or aggressive; of,pertaining to, or engaged in warfare.
24. Frugality - careful use of material resources
25. Noxious - injurious to physical or mental health; deadly, injurious
26. Eyesore - something, such as a distressed building, that is unpleasant oroffensive to view; mess, ugliness
27. Plausible - seemingly or apparently valid, likely, or acceptable; credible
28. Transitory - existing or lasting only a short time; short-lived or temporary
29. Maverick - one that refuses to abide by the dictates of or resists adherence to a group; a dissenter; radical
30. Sybarite - a person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses
31. Agog - full of keen anticipation or excitement; eager
32. Evanescent - lasting or existing only for a short time;
33. Assuage - soothe, relieve
34. Circuitous - going around, indirect, long
35. Spurn - to reject disdainfully or contemptuously; scorn
36. Hindsight - perception of the significance and nature of events after they have occurred; the rear sight of a firearm
37. Chortle - a snorting, joyful laugh or chuckle
38. Glee - jubilant delight; joy
39. Gauche - lacking social polish; tactless
40. Lax - lacking in strength or firmness or resilience
41. Incipient - beginning to exist or appear
42. Incorrigible - incapable of being corrected or reformed
43. Offhand - without preparation or forethought; extemporaneously
44. Disputation - the act of disputing; debate. An academic exerciseconsisting of a formal debate or an oral defense of a thesis.
45. Metamorphose - to change into a wholly different form or appearance; transform
46.. Rapport - relationship or communication
47. Exorcise - drive an evil spirit from a person or place
48. Invigoration - give strength
49. Obviate - to make unnecessary
50. Hapless - deserving or inciting pity; unfortunate
51. Protean - variable
52. Substantiate - to support with proof or evidence; verify
53. Talon - the claw of a bird of prey
54. Consensus - an opinion or position reached by a group as a whole
55. Slothful - disinclined to work or exertion; lazy
56. Perturbable - to disturb greatly; make uneasy or anxious; to throw intogreat confusion
57. Floppy - tending to flop; loose and flexible
58. Folly - a lack of good sense, understanding, or foresight
59. Eamark - to set aside or apart for a specified purpose; an identifying feature or characteristic; reserve
60. Convergence - the act, condition, quality, or fact of converging
61. Incontrovertible - impossible to dispute; unquestionable
62. Blurt - to utter suddenly and impulsively
63. Sangfroid - coolness and composure, especially in trying circumstances
64. Moxie - the ability to face difficulty with spirit and courage; aggressive energy
65. Tintinnabulation- the ringing or sounding of bells
66. Skein - a length of thread or yarn wound in a loose long coil; a flock of geese or similar birds in flight
67. Grimace - a sharp contortion of the face expressive of pain, contempt, or disgust
68. Manna - hardened sugary exudation of various trees; food that God gave the Israelites during the exodus
69. Knot - an exceedingly complicated problem or deadlock
70. Disillusion - to free or deprive of illusion
71. Disgruntle - to make discontented
72. Indispensable - essential
73. Splurge - to indulge in an extravagant expense or luxury
74. Gorge - the seam on the front of a coat or jacket where the lapel and thecollar are joined
75. Stentorian - extremely loud
76. Vapid - lacking liveliness, animation, or interest; dull
77. Halcyon - calm and peaceful; tranquil; prosperous; golden; serene
78. Sojourn - to reside temporarily; temporary residence
79. Bilious - suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress;not in good physical or mental health
80. Vicissitude - a change or variation. The quality of being changeable; mutability
81. Genuflect - to bend the knee or touch one knee to the floor or ground, as in worship; to be servilely respectful or deferential; grovel
82. Jocund - sprightly and lighthearted in disposition, character, or quality
83. Enliven - to make lively or spirited; animate
84. Polymorphous - having, or occurring in, several distinct forms
85. Purism - strict observance of or insistence on traditional correctness,especially of language
86. Befitting - appropriate; suitable; proper
87. Japery - acting like a clown or buffoon; a trick or practical joke
88. Overwrought - excessively nervous or excited; agitated; extremelyelaborate or ornate; overdone
89. Dolorous - marked by or exhibiting sorrow, grief, or pain
90. Nostrum - medicine whose effectiveness is unproved and whose ingredients are usually secret; a quack remedy.
91. Panacea - a remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all
92. Ensue - to follow as a consequence or result
93. Tort - damage, injury, or a wrongful act done willfully, negligently, or incircumstances involving strict liability, but not involving breach.
94. Pettifogger - a petty, quibbling, unscrupulous lawyer. One who quibbles over trivia
95. Tessellated - decorated with small pieces of colored glass or stone fitted together; “a mosaic floor”;having a checkered or mottled appearance
96.. Slatternly - slovenly; untidy
97. Muckrake - to search for and expose misconduct in public life.
98. Mordant - bitingly sarcastic
99. Moribund - approaching death; about to die. On the verge of becoming obsolete
100. Francophile - a person who admires France, its people, or its culture
101. Wane - to decrease gradually in size, amount, intensity, or degree; decline.
102. Protean - readily taking on varied shapes, forms, or meanings. Exhibiting considerable variety or diversity
103. Saturnine - melancholy or sullen; gloomy
104. Foursquare - characterized by firm and unwavering conviction; a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon
105. Pert - trim and stylish in appearance; jaunty; impudently bold; saucy; high-spirited; vivacious
106. Enfeoff - to invest with a feudal estate or fee
107. Slattern - an untidy, dirty woman
108. Ineluctable - impossible to avoid or evade
109. Malfeasance - misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official
110. Financier - one who is occupied with or expert in large-scale financial affairs
111. Exhume - to remove from a grave; disinter. To bring to light, especially after a period of obscurity.
112. Vilify - to make vicious and defamatory statements about
113. Veto - to forbid or prohibit authoritatively; refusal of permission
114. Malcontent - a chronically dissatisfied person; one who rebels against the established system; discontented as toward authority
115. Incontrovertible - impossible to dispute; unquestionable; beyond dispute
116. Disputable - open to dispute; debatable; open to discussion
117. Knaw (Gnaw) - bite or chew on with the teeth; become ground down or deteriorate; to afflict or worry persistently; to cause persistent worry or pain
118. Nugatory - of little or no importance; trifling; having no force; invalid; Contemptibly unimportant
119. Slake - to satisfy (a craving); quench; to lessen the force or activity of; moderate; to cool or refresh by wetting or moistening; to combine (lime) chemically with water or moist air; make less active or intense
120. Hull - the dry outer covering of a fruit, seed, or nut; a husk; the outer casing of a rocket, guided missile, or spaceship; the frame or body of a ship, exclusive of masts, engines, or superstructure
121. Formulaic - characterized by or in accordance with some formula; being of no special quality or type; average
122. Circumspect - heedful of circumstances and potential consequences; prudent; trying attentively to avoid danger, risk, or error; cautious, discreet; showing watchfulness, caution, or careful consideration
123. Lofty - of imposing height; elevated in character; exalted; arrogant; haughty; affecting grandness; pompous; exceedingly dignified in form, tone, or style; of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style
ANALOGIES
1). frenetic:energetic
2). mushroom:fungus
3). lampoon:satirize
4). palpitate:beat
5). tilt:level
6). perturbable:annoy
7). aberration:usual
8). incomprehensible:fathom
9). avaricious:covet
10). article:byline
11). singer:choir
12). tincture:stain
13). depart:abscond
14). alcove:recess
15). choreography:dance
16). splint:mobility
17). ephemeral:enduring
18). topographical:surface
19). measureless:limit
20). evanescence:permanence
21). ossified:flexibility
22). oxygen:gas
23). portrait:paintings
24). document:file
25). metamorphosis:latent
26). banana:peel
27). fixture:permanent
1. Invigorate - To impart vigor, strength, or vitality to; animate; stimulate; heighten or intensify; give life or energy to; make lively; impart vigor, strength, or vitality to
2. Assiduous - Constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing; persistent; hard-working
3. Penchant - A definite liking; a strong inclination; fondness; strong liking for or bias in favor of something
4. Eulogy - A laudatory speech or written tribute, especially one praising someone who has died; high praise or commendation; expression of warm approval; acclamation
5. Disavow - To disclaim knowledge of, responsibility for, or association with; refuse to recognize or acknowledge; reject
6. Incompetent - Not qualified in legal terms; inadequate for or unsuited to a particular purpose or application; devoid of those qualities requisite for effective conduct or action; unskillful, unable; lacking the qualities, as efficiency or skill, required to produce desired results
7. Resilient - Marked by the ability to recover readily, as from misfortune; capable of returning to an original shape or position, as after having been compressed; bouncy, flexible; having the quality of springing back to a former position. Also: Able to recover quickly from sickness or difficulty; sturdy
8. Arid - Lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or woody plants; lacking interest or feeling; lifeless and dull; uninterested, spiritless; having little or no liquid or moisture; extremely dry
9. Bedlam - A place or situation of noisy uproar and confusion; chaotic situation; a state of extreme confusion and disorder; scene of great uproar and confusion
10. Frenetic - Wildly excited or active; frantic; frenzied; marked by extreme excitement, confusion, or agitation; maniacal
11. Erratic - Having no fixed or regular course; wandering; lacking consistency, regularity, or uniformity; unpredictable; wandering
12. Penitent - Feeling or expressing remorse for one's misdeeds or sins; person performing penance under the direction of a confessor; shamed, sorrowful; undergoing or awaiting punishment
13. Elation - High spirits; extreme happiness; lifting up by success; exaltation; inriation with pride of prosperity
14. Probity - Complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness; quality or state of being morally sound; fairness, honesty; virtue or integrity tested and confirmed
15. Indefeasible - That cannot be annulled or made void
16. Dawdler - One who wastes time in trifling employments; an idler; a trifler; someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
17. Bogus - Counterfeit or fake; not genuine; fraudulently or deceptively imitative
18. Abstruse - Difficult to understand; recondite; difficult to understand
19. Resplendent - Splendid or dazzling in appearance; brilliant; bright, radiant; bright and colorful, almost glowing; marked by extraordinary elegance, beauty, and splendor
20. Metaphorical - Figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison; one thing conceived as representing another; a symbol; expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another
21. Literal - Employing the very same words as another; exact, real; being in accordance with, conforming to, or upholding the exact or primary meaning of a word or words; avoiding exaggeration, metaphor, or embellishment; factual; prosaic
22. Hapless - Luckless; unfortunate; involving or undergoing chance misfortune
23. Intransigent - Refusing to moderate a position, especially an extreme position; uncompromising; firmly, often unreasonably immovable in purpose or will; not capable of being swayed or diverted from a course; unsusceptible to persuasion
24. Predicament - A situation, especially an unpleasant, troublesome, or trying one, from which extrication is difficult; a difficult, often embarrassing situation or condition; the wage of consistency
25. Tactual - Of, relating to, or arising from the sense of touch; producing a sensation of touch; tactile
26. Opulent - Possessing or exhibiting great wealth; affluent; characterized by rich abundance; luxuriant; rich and superior in quality
27. Floppy - Tending to flop; loose and flexible; lacking in stiffness or firmness; limp
28. Willowy - Slender and graceful; planted with or abounding in willows
29. Potentiate - To enhance or increase the effect of (a drug); promote or strengthen (a biochemical or physiological action or effect); make potent or powerful
30. Frugality - Careful use of material resources; prudence in avoiding waste
31. Insolent - Presumptuous and insulting in manner or speech; arrogant; audaciously rude or disrespectful; impertinent; bold, disrespectful; rude and insulting
32. Mushroom - Any of various fleshy fungi of the class Basidiomycota, characteristically having an umbrella-shaped cap borne on a stalk, especially any of the edible kinds; to increase or expand suddenly, rapidly, or without control; sprout
33. Fungus - A plant that has no leaves, flowers, or green color
34. Satirize - A literary work in which human vice or folly is attacked through irony, derision, or wit
35. Lampoon - A written attack ridiculing a person, group, or institution; light, good-humored satire; a work, as a novel or play, that exposes folly by the use of humor or irony; ridicule, make fun of
36. Toil - To labor continuously; exhausting labor or effort; something that binds, snares, or entangles one; an entrapment; hard work; walk heavily, slowly, and with difficulty; to exert one's mental or physical powers, usually under difficulty and to the point of exhaustion
37. Motley - Having elements of great variety or incongruity; heterogeneous; mixed, varied; having many colors; variegated; parti-colored
38. Assuage - To make less severe or more bearable; soothe, relieve; reduce fear, excitement, pain, or disease
39. Immaculate - Impeccably clean; spotless; free from fault or error; innocent, uncorrupted; very clean
40. Dicey - Involving or fraught with danger or risk; risky;of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk
41. Feisty - Touchy; quarrelsome; full of spirit or pluck; frisky or spunky; showing courage; irritable and looking for trouble
42. Apocryphal - Of questionable authorship or authenticity; erroneous; fictitious; questionable; fake; of questionable authenticity
43. Mire - A usually low-lying area of soft waterlogged ground and standing water; viscous, usually offensively dirty substance; soil with mud; marsh or bog
44. Palpitate - To move with a slight tremulous motion; tremble, shake, or quiver; beat with excessive rapidity; throb; make rhythmic contractions, sounds, or movements; beat at a rapid pace, like heart; tremble; beat rapidly and irregularly
45. Redoubtable - Arousing fear or awe; formidable; worthy of respect or honor; formidable; causing fear46. Amalgamate - To put together into one mass so that the constituent parts are more or less homogeneous; blend
47. Rebut - To refute, especially by offering opposing evidence or arguments, as in a legal case; to repel; present opposing evidence or arguments; argue against; prove wrong
48. Censor - To examine (material) and remove parts considered harmful or improper for publication or transmission; ban; forbid; person authorized to examine books, films, or other material and to remove or suppress what is considered morally, politically, or otherwise objectionable
49. Torpor - A state of mental or physical inactivity or insensibility; apathy; dormant, inactive state of a hibernating or estivating animal; deficiency in mental and physical alertness and activity; lethargy; dullness
50. Sangfroid - A stable, calm state of the emotions
51. Diatribe - A long, violent, or blustering speech, usually of censure or denunciation; harangue, criticism; bitter or angry attack in speech or writing
52. Complaisance - The inclination to comply willingly with the wishes of others; amiability; agreeableness; disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others
53. Perturbable - Liable to be perturbed or agitated; liable to be disturbed or disquieted
54. Amenable - Willing to carry out the wishes of others; able to be judged; responsible; willing, cooperative; willing to change or submit
55. Aberration - A departing from what is prescribed; condition of being abnormal; serious mental illness or disorder impairing a person's capacity to function normally and safely; state of abnormality; deviation from the normal or usual; straying away from what is normal; defect of focus, such as blurring in an image
56. Digression - The act of digressing; deviation; straying
57. Phlegmatic - Without emotion or interest; having or suggesting a calm, sluggish temperament; unemotional
58. Concord - Harmonious mutual understanding; formal, usually written settlement between nations; pleasing agreement, as of musical sounds; agreement, treaty; unity, harmony
59. Modicum - A small, moderate, or token amount
60. Fathom - A unit of length equal to 6 feet (1.83 meters), used principally in the measurement and specification of marine depths; to perceive and recognize the meaning of; discern, understand
61. Incomprehensible - Difficult or impossible to understand or comprehend; unintelligible; impossible to know or fathom; not understandable
62. Tardy - Occurring, arriving, acting, or done after the scheduled, expected, or usual time; late; moving slowly; sluggish
63. Hapless - Luckless; unfortunate; involving or undergoing chance misfortune
64. Metaphysical - Having no body, form, or substance; of, coming from, or relating to forces or beings that exist outside the natural world; not physical; without physical presence; ideal
65. Deferential - Marked by or exhibiting deference; marked by courteous submission or respect; respectful, considerate
66. Palliated - To relieve the symptoms of a disease or disorder; to make less severe or intense; mitigate; to make (an offense or crime) seem less serious; extenuate
67. Fawn - To seek favor or attention by flattery and obsequious behavior; to support slavishly every opinion or suggestion of a superior; a young deer, less than one year old; a grayish yellow-brown to moderate reddish brown
68. Avaricious - Immoderately desirous of wealth or gain; greedy
69. Covet - To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another's); wish for longingly; feel immoderate desire for that which is another's; desire strongly; feel envy towards or for; Wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person)
70. Byline - A line at the head of a newspaper or magazine article carrying the writer's name; a line giving the name of the writer of a story or article; an auxiliary activity
71. Indigenous - native
72. Tincture - An alcoholic, hydroalcoholic, or ethereal solution of a drug; something that imparts color; coloring or dyeing substance; a pigment; quality that colors, pervades, or distinguishes; to stain or tint with a color; to infuse, as with a quality; impregnate
73. Askew - To one side; awry; crooked(ly); crooked; out of alignment
74. Puckish - Mischievous; impish; naughtily or annoyingly playful
75. Abscond - To leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution; leave confinement or threat, run away
76. Alcove - A recess or partly enclosed extension connected to or forming part of a room; secluded structure, such as a bower, in a garden; small recessed space, opening directly into a larger room
77. Recess - A pause or interval, as from work or duty; interrupt regular activity for a short period; stop action; break, interval in action; any shallow depression in a surface
78. Furtive - Characterized by stealth; surreptitious; expressive of hidden motives or purposes; shifty; slow, deliberate, and secret as to escape observation; trickily secret; sneaky, secretive; done on the sly or in a sneaky way
79. Untenable - Incapable of being defended or justified
80. Amalgamate - To combine into a unified or integrated whole; unite; mix or alloy (a metal) with mercury; unite or blend with another metal
81. Choir - An organized company of singers, especially one performing church music or singing in a church
82. Ephemeral - lasting for a markedly brief time
83. Enduring - Lasting; continuing; durable; long-suffering; patient; existing or remaining in the same state for an indefinitely long time
84. Splint - A rigid device used to prevent motion of a joint or of the ends of a fractured bone; thin, flexible wooden strip, such as one used in the making of baskets or chair bottoms; plate or strip of metal; bony enlargement of the cannon bone or splint bone of a horse; hin piece split off from a larger piece; a splinter; a rigid appliance for the fixation of displaced or movable parts; a support or brace used to fasten or confine; metal, acrylic resin, or modeling compound fashioned to retain in position teeth that may have been replanted or have fractured roots
85. Choreography - The art of creating and arranging dances or ballets; art of designing dances
86. Plot - A secret plan to achieve an evil or illegal end; series of events and relationships forming the basis of a composition; piece of land; show graphically the direction or location of, as by using coordinates; plan, scheme
87. Laconic - Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise; short, to the point
88. Sobriquet - An affectionate or humorous nickname; an assumed name; a familiar name (often a shortened version of a person's given name)
89. Audacious - daring ;bold
90. Lassitude - lack of energy
91. Rile - To stir to anger; to stir up (liquid); roil; to trouble the nerves or peace of mind of, especially by repeated vexations; anger, upset; cause annoyance in; disturb, esp. by minor irritations; make turbid by stirring up the sediments of
ANALOGIES
1). frenetic:energetic
2). mushroom:fungus - X is a type of Y
3). lampoon:satirize
4). palpitate:beat
5). tilt:level
6). perturbable:annoy
7). aberration:usual
8). incomprehensible:fathom
9). avaricious:covet
10). article:byline
11). singer:choir
12). tincture:stain
13). depart:abscond
14). alcove:recess
15). choreography:dance
16). splint:mobility
17). ephemeral:enduring
ISSUE TOPICS
1. It is primarily through formal education that a culture tries to perpetuate the ideas it favors and discredit the ideas it fears
2. In any field of inquiry, the beginner is more likely than the expert to make important discoveries
3. Technologies not only influence but actually determine social customs and ethics
4. It is always an individual who is the impetus for innovation; the details may be worked out by a team, but true innovation results from the enterprise and unique perception of an individual
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