- tumid
abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas
- filigree
delicate and intricate ornamentation
- rubric
category name
- intemperance
excess in action and immoderate indulgence of appetites
- narcissist
someone who is excessively self-centered
- tautology
useless repetitionWell, one possible lesson would be that some Australian young men are uncultured oafs but then that would be a tautology
- uxorious
foolishly fond of or submissive to your wifeKeynes never stopped desiring beautiful men, but he was physically beguiled by Lopokova and settled into a very uxorious husband.
- quixotic
not sensible about practical matters
- abhorrent
offensive to the mind
- elixir
a substance believed to cure all ills
- potpourri
a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
- actuarial
relating to statistics to calculate insurance premiums
- ciliated
having a margin or fringe of hairlike projections
- raspy
unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
- acidulous
being sour to the taste
- sesquipedalian
a very long word (a foot and a half long)
- dolorous
showing sorrow
- dogma
a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
- perpetual
continuing forever or indefinitely
- trepidation
a feeling of alarm or dread
- matrix
an enclosure within which something originates or develops
- benevolent
showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding
- benign
kind in disposition or manner
- belligerent
characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
- beacon
a fire that can be seen from a distance
- impetuous
characterized by undue haste and lack of thought
- ineluctable
impossible to avoid or evade
- assemblage
several things grouped together or considered as a whole
- xenophobia
a fear of foreigners or strangers
- vexation
anger produced by some annoying irritation
- peruse
examine or consider with attention and in detail
- pernicious
exceedingly harmful
- experiential
of or relating to direct observation or participation
- skein
coils of worsted yarn
- unfettered
not bound or restrained, as by shackles and chains
- chaperone
one who accompanies and supervises young people
- brazen
unrestrained by convention or propriety
- affliction
a cause of great suffering and distress
- doppelganger
a person who is almost identical to another
- droll
comical in an odd or whimsical manner
- beleaguer
annoy persistently
- oversight
an unintentional omission from failure to notice something
- dotage
mental infirmity as a consequence of old age
- nettle
plant having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation
- levity
a manner lacking seriousness
- buccaneer
someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea
- vanity
feelings of excessive pride
- acuity
sharpness of vision
- parity
functional equality
- equivalence
essential comparability and interchangeability
- impasse
a situation in which no progress can be made
- indiscrete
not divided or divisible into parts
- exhume
dig up for reburial or for medical investigation
- purvey
supply with provisions
- cloister
residence that is a place of religious seclusion
- preamble
a preliminary introduction, as to a statute or constitution
- axiom
a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof
- aphasia
inability to use language because of a brain lesion
- desuetude
a state of inactivity or disuse
- insularity
lack of openness to new ideas; narrow-mindedness
- ichthyology
the branch of zoology that studies fishes
- conceit
the trait of being unduly vain
- purgatory
a temporary state of the dead in Roman Catholic theology
- dissemination
the act of dispersing or diffusing something
- indemnification
compensation for loss or damage or for trouble and annoyance
- megalomania
a psychological state characterized by delusions of grandeur
- restitution
the act of restoring something to its original state
- hearsay
gossip passed around by word of mouth
- pusillanimous
lacking in courage, strength, and resolution
- malevolence
wishing evil to others
- ennui
the feeling of being bored by something tedious
- prosaic
lacking wit or imagination
- precocity
intelligence achieved far ahead of normal development
- invidious
containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice
- gregarious
temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others
- effrontery
audacious behavior that you have no right to
- torpor
a state of motor and mental inactivity
- pummel
strike, usually with the fist
- manumit
free from slavery or servitude
- detonation
the act of setting off an explosive
- profundity
the quality of being physically deep
- presage
a foreboding about what is about to happen
- fleece
outer coat of especially sheep and yaks
- diurnal
having a daily cycle or occurring every day
- stentorian
very loud or booming
- dainty
something considered choice to eat
- extol
praise, glorify, or honor
- hurtle
move with or as if with a rushing sound
- obviate
do away with
- fete
an elaborate party, often outdoors
- euphoria
a feeling of great elation
- guru
a Hindu or Buddhist religious leader and spiritual teacher
- contemporaneous
occurring in the same period of time
- concierge
a caretaker in an apartment complex or hotel
- concatenation
the act of linking together as in a series or chain
- nepotism
favoritism shown to relatives or friends by those in power
- zealot
a fervent and even militant proponent of something
- zany
ludicrous or foolish
- Zeitgeist
the spirit of the time
- zephyr
a slight wind
- zero in
direct onto a point or target
- yoke
a wooden frame across the shoulders for carrying buckets
- waif
a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned
- probity
complete and confirmed integrity
- cupidity
extreme greed for material wealth
- melee
a noisy riotous fight
- sophist
someone whose reasoning is subtle and often specious
- milieu
the environmental condition
- dulcet
pleasing to the ear
- odoriferous
emitting a smell, especially an unpleasant smell
- maelstrom
a powerful circular current of water
- fracas
a noisy quarrel
- carrion
the dead and rotting body of an animal; unfit for human food
- carcass
the dead body of an animal
- cabal
a clique that seeks power usually through intrigue
- cachet
an indication of approved or superior status
- vortex
a powerful circular current of water
- peroration
the concluding section of a rhetorical address
- glib
artfully persuasive in speech
- plausible
apparently reasonable, valid, or truthful
- puissant
powerful
- gruel
a thin porridge
- bombastic
ostentatiously lofty in style
- tithe
a levy of one tenth of something
- denouement
the outcome of a complex sequence of events
- fortitude
strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity
- gist
the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
- malaise
a feeling of mild sickness or depression
- agog
highly excited
- agape
with the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe
- nebula
an immense cloud of gas and dust in interstellar space
- rancid
having an offensive smell or taste
- euthanasia
the act of killing someone painlessly
- censorious
harshly critical or expressing censure
- recondite
difficult to understand
- abstruse
difficult to understand
- sashay
walk with a lofty proud gait, often to impress others
- bellicose
having or showing a ready disposition to fight
- cathartic
emotionally purging
- clique
an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
- guileless
innocent and free of deceit
- sinuous
curved or curving in and out
- regatta
a series of boat races
- countermand
cancel officially
- salubrious
promoting health
- frenetic
fast and energetic in an uncontrolled or wild way
- importune
beg persistently and urgently
- imbroglio
an intricate and confusing interpersonal situation
- imp
one who is playfully mischievous
- slake
satisfy, as thirst
- apposite
being of striking appropriateness and pertinence
- precinct
an administrative district of a city or town
- tourniquet
a bandage that stops the flow of blood by applying pressure
- convivial
occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company
- truculent
defiantly aggressive
- mendicant
a pauper who lives by begging
- slick
made smooth, as by ice, grease, or water
- factitious
not produced by natural forces; artificial or fake
- fictitious
formed or conceived by the imagination
- limn
make a portrait of
- commensurate
corresponding in size or degree or extent
- nuance
a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
- nostalgia
a longing for something past
- naive
marked by or showing unaffected simplicity
- naivete
lack of sophistication or worldliness
- disparity
inequality or difference in some respect
- equanimity
steadiness of mind under stress
- atavistic
characteristic of a throwbackFor all of Hollywood’s supposed political correctness, some of the bigger awards went to movies with an oddly atavistic way of righting social wrongs.New York Times (Feb 27, 2012)
- hypocrite
a person who professes beliefs that he or she does not hold
- hypothesis
a tentative insight that is not yet verified or tested
- hypochondriac
a patient with imaginary symptoms and ailments
- hypodermic
a piston syringe that is fitted with a needle for injections
- gestate
be pregnant with
- resplendent
having great beauty
- voluble
marked by a ready flow of speech
- ersatz
an artificial or inferior substitute or imitation
- obsolescent
becoming disused or outdated
- surly
unfriendly and inclined toward anger or irritation
- arid
lacking sufficient water or rainfall
- polyglot
a person who speaks more than one language
- homespun
made of cloth woven in one’s household
- alliteration
use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word
- arbitrary
based on or subject to individual discretion or preference
- pedantic
marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning
- virulent
extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom
- reprobate
a person without moral scruples
- traduce
speak unfavorably about
- goad
stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick
- jostle
make one’s way by pushing or shoving
- sanctimonious
excessively or hypocritically pious
- bemused
perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements
- unabashed
not embarrassed
- pliant
capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out
- billowing
characterized by great swelling waves or surges
- bedizen
decorate tastelessly
- delineate
represented accurately or precisely
- evolutionist
a person who believes in Darwinian theory
- ornery
having a difficult and contrary disposition
- quandary
state of uncertainty in a choice between unfavorable options
- inimitable
matchless
- promulgate
state or announce
- contusion
an injury in which the skin is not broken
- psychosis
severe mental disorder in which contact with reality is lost
- stalemate
a situation in which no progress can be made
- effeminate
lacking traits typically associated with men or masculinity
- expiate
make amends for
- beatific
resembling or befitting an angel or saint
- awl
a pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching holes
- tureen
large deep serving dish with a cover
- careen
move at high speed and in an uncontrolled way
- sociopath
a person with an antisocial personality disorder
- alimony
support paid by one spouse to another after separation
- motley
consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds
- insensate
devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation
- pandemic
existing everywhere
- simper
smile in an insincere, unnatural, or coy way
- mortician
one whose business is the management of funerals
- masochist
someone who obtains pleasure from receiving punishment
- philistine
a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits
- renegade
someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw
- plumb
exactly vertical
- abattoir
a building where animals are butchered
- plethora
extreme excess
- pastiche
a work of art that imitates the style of some previous work
- cenotaph
monument to honor those whose remains are interred elsewhere
- mezzanine
intermediate floor just above the ground floor
- privation
the act of stripping someone of food, money, or rights
- bacchanalian
used of riotously drunken merrymaking
- congeal
solidify, thicken, or come together
- execrable
unequivocally detestable
- cornucopia
a horn filled with fruit and grain symbolizing prosperity
- discombobulated
having self-possession upset; thrown into confusion
- protuberance
something that bulges out or projects from its surroundings
- palimpsest
a manuscript on which more than one text has been written
- verisimilitude
the appearance of truth; the quality of seeming to be true
- gaudy
tastelessly showy
- extemporaneous
with little or no preparation or forethought
- beseech
ask for or request earnestly
- ominous
threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
- incredulous
not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving
- halcyon
a mythical bird said to breed at the winter solstice
- palliative
moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear
- placid
calm and free from disturbance
- furor
an interest followed with exaggerated zeal
- pantomime
a performance using gestures and movements without words
- motif
a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
- quatrain
a stanza of four lines
- dreary
lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise
- recant
formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief
- camouflage
an outward semblance misrepresenting the nature of something
- verdant
characterized by abundance of vegetation and green foliage
- parley
a negotiation between enemies
- palaver
loud and confused and empty talk
- essay
an analytic or interpretive literary composition
- empirical
derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
- stratify
form, arrange, or deposit in layers
- bemoan
regret strongly
- aggrandize
embellish; increase the scope, power, or importance of
- aperture
a natural opening in something
- diagnostic
concerned with identifying the nature or cause of something
- ambrosia
the food and drink of the gods
- wilderness
a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition
- hubris
overbearing pride or presumption
- haughty
having or showing arrogant superiority
- hauteur
overbearing pride with a superior manner toward inferiors
- sundry
consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds
- miscellaneous
having many aspects
- provender
food for domestic livestock
- verve
an energetic style
- theology
the rational and systematic study of religion
- temperate
not extreme
- disparate
fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
- lexicon
a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words
- deify
exalt to the position of a God
- leeway
a permissible difference
- antecedent
a preceding occurrence or cause or event
- precarious
not secure; beset with difficulties
- prevaricate
be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
- tergiversate
be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead
- fulminate
cause to explode violently and with loud noise
- syndrome
a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease
- acquiesce
agree or express agreement
- menagerie
a collection of live animals for study or display
- diadem
an ornamental jeweled headdress signifying sovereignty
- astringent
tending to draw together or constrict soft organic tissue
- elysian
relating to the abode of the blessed after death
- brocade
thick expensive material with a raised pattern
- incinerate
become reduced to ashes
- addle
mix up or confuse
- effete
excessively self-indulgent, affected, or decadent
- clangor
a loud resonant repeating noise
- parry
impede the movement of
- plague
any large-scale calamity
- dissident
a person who objects to some established policy
- antebellum
belonging to a period before a war
- viand
a choice or delicious dish
- prophylactic
preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease
- sere
having lost all moisture
- adventitious
associated by chance and not an integral part
- commiserate
feel or express sympathy or compassion
- creed
any system of principles or beliefs
- churlish
having a bad disposition; surly
- apocryphal
being of questionable authenticity
- philology
the humanistic study of language and literature
- flourish
grow vigorously
- phalanx
any closely ranked crowd of people
- accord
concurrence of opinion
- fulsome
unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating
- anarchist
an advocate of the abolition of governments
- denigrate
attack the good name and reputation of someone
- fulcrum
the pivot about which a lever turns
- certitude
complete assurance or confidence
- saucy
improperly forward or bold
- passe
out of fashion
- disingenuous
not straightforward or candid
- tenet
a basic principle or belief that is accepted as true
- rampart
an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
- anterior
of or near the head end or toward the front plane of a body
- sycophantic
attempting to win favor by flattery
- languor
inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy
- moiety
one of two approximately equal parts
- frisson
an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
- scurrilous
expressing offensive, insulting, or scandalous criticism
- febrile
of or relating to or characterized by fever
- kosher
conforming to dietary laws
- slack
not tense or taut
- caravan
a procession traveling together in single file
- eleemosynary
generous in assistance to the poor
- boondoggle
work of little or no value done merely to look busy
- embryonic
of an organism prior to birth or hatching
- manifestation
a clear appearance
- brace
a support that steadies or strengthens something else
- autochthonous
originating where it is found
- vindictive
disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge
- vindicate
show to be right by providing justification or proof
- renege
fail to fulfill a promise or obligation
- tintinnabulation
the sound of a bell ringing
- prestidigitation
manual dexterity in the execution of tricks
- montage
the technique of splicing together different sections of film to convey an idea
- cohort
a band of warriors
- calumny
a false accusation of an offense
- vestige
an indication that something has been present
- thesis
an unproved statement advanced as a premise in an argument
- acerbity
a sharp bitterness
- rotundity
the roundness of a 3-dimensional object
- coeval
of the same period
- cant
a slope in the turn of a road or track
- abnegate
deny or renounce
- dearth
an insufficient quantity or number
- demographic
a statistic characterizing human populations
- litotes
understatement for rhetorical effect
- malapropism
misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar
- expatriate
a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country
- ligament
a band of fibrous tissue connecting bones or cartilages
- mote
a tiny piece of anything
- lien
the right to take and hold the property of a debtor
- moratorium
suspension of an ongoing activity
- kudos
an expression of approval and commendation
- hiatus
an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
- sybaritic
displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses
- wangle
accomplishing something by scheming or trickery
- modality
the manner or style in which something is done
- absquatulate
run away, taking something or somebody along
- tantamount
being essentially equal to something
- adroit
quick or skillful or adept in action or thought
- polarize
cause to concentrate about two conflicting positions
- wiggle
move to and fro
- neophyte
a participant with no experience with an activity
- ember
a hot, smoldering fragment of wood left from a fire
- inveterate
habitual
- consul
a diplomat appointed to protect a government’s interests
- urbane
showing a high degree of refinement
- threadbare
thin and tattered with age
- gnaw
bite or chew on with the teeth
- tardy
after the expected or usual time
- tawdry
tastelessly showy
- pejorative
expressing disapproval
- theocracy
a political unit governed by a deity
- inscrutable
difficult or impossible to understand
- indubitable
too obvious to be doubted
- rejuvenate
make younger or more youthful
- prodigal
recklessly wasteful
- prodigy
an unusually gifted or intelligent person
- unctuous
unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating
- gawk
look with amazement
- squalid
foul and run-down and repulsive
- squall
a loud and harsh cry
- squalor
sordid dirtiness
- sordid
foul and run-down and repulsive
- opera
a drama set to music
- plausible
apparently reasonable, valid, or truthful
- jingoism
fanatical patriotism
- egoism
concern for your own interests and welfare
- aneurysm
an abnormal bulge caused by weakening of an artery wall
- bedlam
a state of extreme confusion and disorder
- vignette
a brief literary description
- feckless
generally incompetent and ineffectual
- liturgy
a rite or body of rites prescribed for public worship
- attrition
the act of rubbing together
- regalia
paraphernalia indicative of royalty or other high office
- paraphernalia
equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles
- fortuitous
lucky; occurring by happy chance
- pogrom
organized persecution of an ethnic group, especially Jews
- intransigence
stubborn refusal to compromise or change
- dilettante
an amateur engaging in an activity without serious intention
- loquacious
full of trivial conversation
- spate
a sudden forceful flow
- hiatus
an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
- comity
a state or atmosphere of harmony or mutual civility
- utopia
ideally perfect state
- dystopia
state in which the conditions of life are extremely bad
- litany
a prayer led by clergy with responses from the congregation
- decrepitude
a state of deterioration due to old age or long use
- hubris
overbearing pride or presumption
- ramshackle
in poor or broken-down condition
- pecuniary
relating to or involving money
- harangue
a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
- promulgation
a public statement containing information about an event
- acrid
strong and sharp, as a taste or smell
- pique
call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response
- aegis
armor plate that protects the chest
- cask
a cylindrical container that holds liquids
- interloper
someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another
- pestilence
any epidemic disease with a high death rate
- conformist
someone who follows established standards of conduct
- eddy
a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind
- punitive
inflicting punishment
- caper
a playful leap or hop
- antiquated
so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
- recrimination
mutual accusations
- aficionado
a serious devotee of some activity, genre, or performer
- aural
of or pertaining to hearing or the ear
- avuncular
being or relating to an uncle
- testy
easily irritated or annoyed
- zany
ludicrous or foolish
- zeugma
rhetorical use of a word to govern two or more words
- zilch
a quantity of no importance
- unconscionable
greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
- conscientious
characterized by extreme care and great effort
- mausoleum
a large burial chamber, usually above ground
- maudlin
very sentimental or emotional
- macabre
shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
- stodgy
excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull
- a priori
reasoned from a general principle to a necessary effect
- vapid
lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest
- fetid
offensively malodorous
- polemic
a verbal or written attack, especially of a belief or dogma
- finicky
fussy, especially about details
- timorous
shy and fearful by nature
- premiere
the first public performance of a play or movie
- cohere
cause to form a united, orderly, and consistent whole
- recumbent
lying down; in a position of comfort or rest
- engender
call forth
- expiate
make amends for
- declaim
recite in a skilled and formal way
- insurrection
organized opposition to authority
- emend
make corrections to
- emeritus
a professor or minister who is retired from assigned duties
- gruff
blunt and unfriendly or stern
- scourge
something causing misery or death
- reverie
an abstracted state of absorption
- repercussion
a remote or indirect consequence of some action
- soliloquy
speech you make to yourself
- mea culpa
an acknowledgment of your error or guilt
- machete
a large knife used as a weapon or for cutting vegetation
- temerity
fearless daring
- distrait
having the attention diverted especially because of anxiety
- distraught
deeply agitated especially from emotion
- protean
taking on different forms
- languid
lacking spirit or liveliness
- modality
the manner or style in which something is done
- rapine
the act of despoiling a country in warfare
- pablum
worthless or oversimplified ideas
- credible
capable of being believed
- credit
an estimate of ability to fulfill financial commitments
- felicity
pleasing and appropriate manner or style
- efficacy
capacity or power to produce a desired result
- imperturbable
marked by extreme calm and composure
- antipathy
a feeling of intense dislike
- assuage
provide physical relief, as from pain
- laconic
brief and to the point
- aver
declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
- decorum
propriety in manners and conduct
- irascible
quickly aroused to anger
- parochial
relating to or supported by or located in a parish
- tread
put down, place, or press the foot
- nonpareil
model of excellence or perfection of a kind
- confrere
a person who is member of one’s class or profession
- tempestuous
characterized by violent emotions or behavior
- philology
the humanistic study of language and literature
- modality
the manner or style in which something is done
- verdure
green foliage
- sidereal
of or relating to the stars or constellations
- salubrious
promoting health
- invective
abusive language used to express blame or censure
- condone
excuse, overlook, or make allowances for
- egregious
conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
- eclectic
selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
- affidavit
written declaration made under oath
- pleonasm
using more words than necessary
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