408.

Imperial like an emperor or an

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empire
not allowing anything to
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Facebook.com/groups/mcqindex through; impenetrable
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impatient
Abash to make ashamed; to 411. Implement to carry out
1.
embarrass
2. Abate to subside; to reduce 412. Impotent powerless; helpless;
Abdicate to step down from a unable to perform
3. position of power or sexual intercourse
responsibility 413. Impugn to attack, especially to
Aberration something not attack the truth or
4. typical; a deviation integrity of something
from the standard 414. Inane silly; senseless
Abhor to hate very, very 415. Inaugurate to begin officially; to
5.
much; to detest induct formally into
Abject hopeless; extremely office
sad and servile; 416. Incandescent brilliant; giving off heat
6.
defeated; or light
utterly bummed out 417. Incantation a chant; the repetition of
Abnegate to deny oneself state-
7. things; to reject; to ments or phrases in a
renounce way reminiscent of a
8. Abortive unsuccessful chant
Abridge to shorten; to 418. Incense to make very angry
9.
condense 419. Incessant Unceasing
Absolute total; unlimited; 420. Incipient beginning; emerging
10.
perfect
 Absolve v to forgive or free 421. Incisive cutting right to the heart
from blame; to free of the matter
from sin; 422. Incongruous not harmonious; not
11.
to free from an consis-
obligation tent; not appropriate; not
fitting in
Abstinent abstaining; 423. Incorrigible incapable of being
voluntarily not doing reformed
something,
12. especially something 424. Increment an increase; one in a
pleasant that is bad series of increases
for you or has a bad
reputation . 425. Indifferent no caring one way or the
Abstract theoretical; other;
13.
impersonally
14. Abstruse hard to understand 426. Indigenous native; originating in that
Abysmal extremely hopeless area
15. or wretched; 427. Indigent poor
bottomless 428. Indignant angry, especially as a
Accolade an award, honour, result of some-
recognition, thing unjust or unworthy;
16.
privilege, award, insulted
gift, title
Accost to approach and 429. Indolent lazy
17.
speak to someone 430. Indulgent lenient; yielding to desire
18. Acerbic bitter; sour; severe 431. Ineffable incapable of being
Acquiesce to comply passively; expressed or de-
19. to accept; to assent; i icribed
to agree
20. Acrid harsh; like acid 432. Inept clumsy; incompetent;
 Acrimonious full of spite; bitter; gauche
21.
nasty 433. Inert inactive; sluggish; not
Acumen keenness of reacting chemically
22. judgment; mental 434. Inexorable relentless; inevitable;
sharpness unavoidable
23. Acute sharp; shrewd 435. Infer to conclude; to deduce
Adamant stubborn; 436. Infinitesimal very, very, very small;
24. unyielding; infinitely small
completely inflexible 437. Ingenuous frank; without deception;
Address to speak to; to direct simple;
25.
one's attention to artless; charmingly naive
Adherent follower; supporter; 438. Inherent pari of ihe essential
26.
believer nature of something;
Admonish to scold gently; to intrinsic
27.
warn
Adroit skillful; dexterous; 439. Injunction a command or order,
28. clever; shrewd; especially a
socially at ease court order
Adulation wild or excessive 440. Innate existing since birth;
29.
admiration; flattery inborn; inherent
Adulterate to contaminate; to
30.
make impure 441. Innocuous harmless; banal
Adverse unfavorable;
31.
antagonistic 442. Inordinate excessive; unreasonable
Aesthetic having to do with 443. Insatiable hard or impossible to
32. artistic beauty; satisfy;
artistic greedy; avaricious
Affable easy to talk to;
33. rude and not showing
friendly 444. Insolent
34. Affectation unnatural or artificial respect:
 behavior, 445. Inexorable relentless; inevitable;
usually intended to unavoidable
impress 446. Infamous shamefully wicked;
Affinity sympathy; attraction; having an extremely
35.
kinship; similarity bad reputation;
36. Affluent rich; prosperous disgraceful
Agenda program; the things 447. Infatuated foolish; foolishly
37.
to be done passionate or
Agrarian relating to land; attracted; made foolish;
relating to the foolishly in love
38.
management or 448. Infer to conclude; to deduce
farming of land 449. Infinitesimal very, very, very small
Aggregate sum total; a 450. Ingenuous frank; without deception;
collection of simple;
39.
separate things 451. Inherent part of the essential
mixed together nature of something;
Agnostic one who believes intrinsic
that the existence of 452. Injunction a command or order,
40. a god can be neither especially a
proven nor court order
disproven
Alacrity cheerful eagerness or 453. Innate existing since birth;
41.
readiness to respond inborn; inherent
Allege to assert without 454. Innocuous harmless; banal
42.
proof
Alleviate to relieve, usually 455. Inordinate excessive; unreasonable
temporarily or 456. Insatiable hard or impossible to
43. incompletely; to satisfy;
make bearable; to greedy; avaricious
lessen 457. Insidious
 Allocate to distribute; to 458. Instigate to provoke; to stir up
44.
assign, to allot 459. Insular like an island; isolated
Alloy combination of two
45. or more things, 460. Integral essential
usually metals 461. Jntractable uncontrollable; stubborn
Allusion indirect reference 462. Intrinsic part of the essential
46. (often to a literary nature of something;
work); a hint
Aloof uninvolved; standing 463. Introspective tending to think about
47. off; keeping one's oneself;
distance examining one's feelings
Altruism selflessness;
generosity; devotion 464. Inundate to flood; to cover
48.
to the interests of completely with water; to
others overwhelm
Ambience atmosphere; mood;
49.
feeling 465. Invective insulting or abusive
Ambiguous unclear in meaning; speech
confusing;
50. capable of being 466. Inveterate habitual; firm in habit;
interpreted in deeply rooted
different ways 467. Irascible easily angered or
Ambivalent undecided; neutral; provoked; irritable
51.
wishy-washy 468. Ironic meaning the opposite of
Ameliorate to malce better or what you seem to
52.
more tolerable say
Amenable obedient; willing to 469. Irrevocable irreversible
give in to the 470. Itinerant moving from place to
53.
wishes of another; place
agreeable 471. Judicious exercising sound
 Amenity pleasantness; judgment
54. attractive or 472. Kinetic haying to do with
comfortable feature motion; lively; active
55. Amiable friendly; agreeable 473. Labyrinth a maze; something like a
Amnesty an official pardon for maze
a group of people 474. Laconic using few words,
56. who especially to the point of
have violated a law seeming rude
or policy
Amoral lacking a sense of 475. Lament to mourn
right and wrong;
neither 476. Lampoon to satirize; to mock; to
57. good nor bad, parody
neither moral nor 477. Languish to become weak, listless,
immoral; without or depressed
moral feelings 478. Largess generous giving of gifts
Amorphous shapeless; without a (or the gifts themselves);
58. regular or stable generosity; philanthropy
shape; bloblike
Anachronism something out of 479. Latent present but not visible or
place in time apparent; potential
59.
or history; an
incongruity 480. Laud to praise; to applaud; to
Analogy a comparison of one extol; to celebrate
60. thing to another;
similarity 481. Legacy something handed down
Anarchy absence of from the past; a
government or bequest
61.
control; lawless-
ness; disorder 482. Lethargy sluggishness; laziness;
 Anecdote a short account of a drowsiness; indifference
humorous or
62.
revealing 483. Levity lightness; frivolity;
incident 484. Libel a written or published
Anguish agonizing physical falsehood that injures the
63.
or mental pain reputation or defames
Animosity resentment; hostility; someone
64.
ill will
Anomaly an aberration; an 485. Litigate to try in court; to engage
65. irregularity; a in legal proceedings
deviation 486. Loquacious talking a lot or too much
Antecedent someone or 487. Lucid clear; easy to understand
something that went 488. Lugubrious exaggeratedly mournful
before; something 489. Luminous giving off light; glowing;
66. that provides a bright
model for something
that came 490. Machination scheming activity for an
after it evil
67. Antipathy firm dislike; a dislike purpose
68. Antithesis the direct opposite 491. Magnanimous forgiving; unresentful;
Apartheid the abhorrent policy noble in spirit; generous
of racial segregation
69. and oppression in the 492. Magnate a rich, powerful, or very
Republic of South successful business-
Africa person.
Apathy lack of interest; lack
70.
of feeling 493. Malaise a feeling of depression,
Aphorism a brief, often witty uneasiness, or queasiness
71.
saying; a proverb
72. Apocalypse a prophetic 494. Malfeasance an illegal act, especially
 revelation, especially by a public
one concerning the official
end o/ the world . 495. Malinger to pretend to be sick to
Apocryphal of dubious avoid doing work
authenticity;
73.
fictitious; 496. Malleable easy to shape or bend
spurious 497. Mandate a command or
Apotheosis elevation to divine authorization to do some-
status; the thing; the will of the
74.
perfect example of voters as expressed by
something the results of an election
Appease to soothe; to pacify
75.
by giving in to 498. Manifest visible; evident
76. Appreciate to increase in value 499. Manifesto a public declaration of
77. Apprehensive worried; anxious beliefs or
78. Approbation approval; praise principles, usually
Appropriate to take without political ones
permission; to set 500. Marshal to arrange in order; to
79.
aside for a particular gather together for
use the purpose of doing
Aptitude capacity for something
80. learning; natural 501. Martial warlike; having to do
ability with combat
Arbiter one who decides; a 502. Martyr someone who gives up
81.
judge his or her life in pursuit
Arbitrary random; capricious. of a cause, especially a
82.
based on chance rather religious one; one who
than being planned or suffers for a cause; one
based on reason: who makes a show of
Arcane mysterious; known suffering in order to
83.
only to a select few
 Archaic extremely old; arouse sympathy
84.
ancient; outdated 503. Matriculate to enroll, especially at a
Archetype an original model or college
85.
pattern 504. Maudlin silly and overly
86. Ardent passionate sentimental
87. Arduous hard; difficult
Aristocratic of noble birth; 505. Maverick a nonconformist; a rebel
88.
snobbish 506. Maxim a fundamental principle;
89. Artful crafty; wily; sly an old saying
Artifice a clever trick;
90.
cunning 507. Mfdiate to help settle differences
Ascendancy supremacy; 508. Mellifluous sweetly flowing
91.
domination
Ascetic hermitlike; 509. Mentor a teacher, tutor,
92.
practicing self-denial counselor, or coach;
Assiduous hardworking; busy; 510. Mercenary a hired soldier; someone
93.
quite diligent who will do
Assimilate to take in; to absorb; anything for money
94.
to learn thoroughly
Assuage to soothe; to pacify; 511. Mercurial emotionally
95. to ease the pain of; unpredictable; rapidly
to relieve changing in mood
Astute shrewd; keen in 512. Metamorphosi a magical change in
96. s form-
judgment
Attrition gradual wearing a striking or sudden
away, weakening, or change
97. loss; a natural or
expected decrease in 513. Microcosm the world in miniature
numbers or size
98. Audacity boldness; reckless 514. Milieu environment;
 daring; impertinence surroundings
Augment to make bigger; to 515. Minuscule very tiny
99.
add to; to increase 516. Misanthropic hating mankind
Auspicious favorable; 517. Mitigate to moderate the effect of
promising; pointing something
100.
to a 518. Mollify to soften; to soothe; to
good result pacify
Austere unadorned; stern; 519. Monolithic massive, solid, uniform,
101. forbidding; without un yielding
excess 520. Moribund dying
Autocratic ruling with absolute 521. Morose gloomy; sullen
102. authority; 522. Mortify humiliate
extremely bossy - 523. Mundane ordinary; pretty boring;
103. Autonomous acting independently not heavenly and eternal
Avarice greed; excessive 524. Munificent very generous; lavish
104.
love of riches 525. Myopia nearsightedness; lack of
Avow to claim; to declare foresight
105.
boldly; to admit
Avuncular like an unde, 526. Myriad a huge number
106. especially a nice 527. Narcissism excessive love of one's
uncle body or
Awry twisted to one side , oneself
107.
amiss, wrong
Axiom a self-evident rule or 528. Nebulous vague; hazy; indistinct
truth; a widely 529. Nefarious evil; flagrantly wicked
108.
accepted 530. Neologism a new word or phrase; a
saying new usage
B of a word
109. Banal unoriginal; ordinary
110. Bane poison; torment; 531. Nepotism showing favoritism to
 cause of harm friends or family in
Bastion stronghold; fortress; business or politics
111.
fortified place 532. Nihilism the belief that there are
Beget to give birth to; to no values or
112. create; to lead to; to morals in the universe
cause
Belabor to go over repeatedly 533. Nominal in name only;
113. or to an absurd insignificant
extent 534. Nostalgia sentimental longing for
Beleaguer to surround; to the past; home-
114.
besiege; to harass sickness
Belie to give a false
115. impression of; to 535. Notorious famous for something
contradict bad
Belittle to make to seem 536. Novel new; original
116. little; to put someone 537. Noxious harmful; offensive
down 538. Nuance a subtle difference or
Belligerent combative; distinction
117. quarrelsome; waging 539. Obdurate stubborn and insensitive
war 540. Obfuscate to darken; to confuse; to
Bemused confused; make confusing
118.
bewildered
Benefactor n one who provides 541. Obfuscate to darken; to confuse; to
help, especially in make confusing
119.
the form of a gift or
donation 542. Oblique indirect; at an angle
Benevolent generous; kind; 543. Oblivion total forgetfulness; the
120.
doing good deeds state of being
Benign gentle; not harmful; forgotten
121.
kind; mild
 Bequest something left to 544. Obscure unknown; hard to
122.
someone in a will understand; dark
Bereaved deprived or left 545. Obsequious fawning; subservient;
123. desolate, especially sucking up to
through death 546. Obtuse insensitive; blockheaded
Beset to harass; to
124.
surround 547. Officious annoyingly eager to help
Blasphemy irreverence; an insult or advise
125. to something held 548. Onerous burdensome; oppressive
sacred; profanity
Blatant unpleasantly or 549. Opaque impossible to see
126. offensively noisy; through; impossible to
glaring understand
Blight disease in plants; 550. Opulent Luxurious
127. anything that injures 551. Orthodox conventional; adhering to
or destroys established principles or
128. Blithe carefree; cheerful doctrines/especially in
Bourgeois middle class, usually religion; by the book
in a pejorative sense;
129.
boringly 552. Ostensible apparent (but
conventional misleading); fessed
130. Bovine cow related; cowlike
Broach to open up a subject 553. Ostentatious excessively conspicuous;
for discussion, often showing off
131.
a 554. Pacify to calm someone down;
delicate subject to placate
Bucolic charmingly rural; 555. Painstaking extremely careful
132.
rustic; countrylike 556. Palliate to relieve or alleviate
Bureaucracy a system for something without get-
133.
controlling or ting rid of the problem;
 managing a country, to assuage; to mitigate;
company, or 557. Palpable capable of being
organization that is touched; obvious;
operated by a large tangible
number of officials 558. Paltry insignificant; worthless
employed to follow 559. Panacea something that cures
rules carefully everything
Burgeon to expand; to
134.
flourish 560. Paradigm a model or example
Burlesque a ludicrous,
mocking, or 561. Paradox a true statement or
135.
exaggerated phenomenon that
imitation nonetheless seems to
Cacophony n harsh-sounding contradict itself;
136. mixture of words, 562. Parody a satirical imitation
voices, or sounds 563. Parsimonious stingy
Cadence rhythm; the rise and 564. Partisan n one who supports a
137.
fall of sounds particular person,
Cajole to persuade someone cause, or idea
to do something he 565. Patent obvious
138.
or she doesn't want 566. Paternal fotherly; fatherlike
to do 567. Pathology the science of diseases
Callow (of a young person) 568. Patriarch the male head of a family
139. inexperienced and or tribe
immature. 569. Patrician a person of noble birth;
an aristocrat

570. Patronize to treat as an inferior; to

condescend to
 Candor truthfulness; sincere 571. Paucity scarcity
honesty, the quality 572. Peccadillo a minor offense
of being honest, 573. Pedantic
140.
sincere, and kind in 574. Pedestrian unimaginative; banal
dealing with other 575. Pejorative disparaging
people: 576. Penitent sorry; repentant; contrite
Capitalism Cambridge: An 577. Pensive thoughtful and sad
economic, political,
and social system in 578. Peremptory final; categorical;
which property, dictatorial
business, and
industry are 579. Perennial continual; happening
141. privately owned, again and
directed towards again or year after year
making the greatest
possible profits for 580. Perfidy treachery
successful 581. Perfunctory unenthusiastic; careless
organizations and 582. Peripatetic wandering; traveling
people continually;
Capitulae to surrender; to give itinerant
142.
up or give in 583. Periphery the outside edge of
Capricious unpredictable; likely something
143. to change at any
moment 584. Perjury lying under oath
Caricature (the art of making) a
drawing or written or 585. Permeate to spread or seep
spoken description through; to penetrate
144. of someone that 586. Pernicious deadly; extremely evil
usually makes them
look silly by making
587. Perquisite a privilege that goes
part of their
 appearance or along with a job
character more 588. Pertinent relevant;
noticeable than it 589. Perturb to disturb greatly
really is: 590. Peruse to read carefully
Castigate to criticize severely; 591. Pervade to spread throughout
145.
to chastise 592. Petulant rude; cranky; ill-
Catalyst something that tempered
makes a chemical
reaction happen 593. Philanthropy love of mankind,
more quickly especially by
146.
without itself being doing good deeds
changed or an event
or person that causes 594. Philistine a smugly ignorant person
great change: with no apprecia-
Categorical unconditional; tion of intellectual or
absolute artistic matters
147. without any doubt or 595. Pious reverent or devout;
possibility of being outwardly (and
changed: sometimes
Catharsis the process of falsely) reverent or
releasing strong devout; hypocritical
emotions through a
particular activity or 596. Pivotal crucial
148. experience, such as 597. Placate to pacify; to appease; to
writing or theatre, in soothe
a way that helps you
to understand those 598. Plaintive expressing sadness or
emotions sorrow
Catholic universal; embracing 599. Platitude a dull or trite remark; a
149.
everything cliche
150. Caustic like acid; corrosive
151. Celibacy abstinence from sex 600. Plebeian common; vulgar; low
Censure to condemn severely class; bourgeois
152. for doing something Plebeian is the opposite
bad of aristocratic.
Cerebral brainy; intellectually
refined , 601. Plethora an excess
Cambridge: 602. Poignant painfully emotional;
demanding or extremely moving;
153.
involving careful sharp or astute
thinking and mental 603. Polarize
effort rather than 604. Polemic a powerful argument
feelings: often made to attack or
Chagrin humiliation; refute a controversial
154. embarrassed issue
disappointment 605. Ponderous so large as to be clumsy;
Charisma a magical-seeming massive
ability to attract fol- 606. Portent an omen; a sign of
155.
lowers or inspire something coming in the
loyalty future
156. Charlatan fraud; quack; 607. Postulate something accepted as
Chasm a deep, gaping hole; true without proof
157.
a gorge 608. Pragmatic practical; down to earth;
Chastise to criticize someone based on
158.
severely: experience rather than
Chicanery trickery; theory
deceitfulness; 609. Precedent an earlier example or
159.
artifice, especially model of some-
legal or political thing
Chimera an illusion; a foolish
160.
fancy 610. Precept a rule to live by; a
 Choleric hot-tempered; quick principle establishing a
161.
to anger certain kind of action or
Chronic constant; lasting a behavior; a maxim
162.
long time; inveterate 611. Precipitate to cause to happen
Chronicle a record of events in abruptly
163. order of time; a
history 612. Precipitous steep
Circuitous not straight or 613. Preclude to prevent something
164.
direct; roundabout: from ever happening
Circumlocution an indirect
expression; 614. Precursor forerunner; something
165. that goes before
use or wordy or
evasive language and anticipates or paves
Circumscribe to draw a line the way for whatever it is
around; to set the that follows
166. 615. Predilection a natural preference for
limits; to define; to
restrict something
167. Circumspect cautious 616. Preeminent better than anyone else;
Circumvent to avoid something, outstand-
168. especially cleverly or ing; supreme
illegally:
Civil polite; civilized; 617. Preempt to seize something by
169. prior right
courteous
Clemency mercy; forgiveness; 618. Premise an assumption; the basis
170. for a conclusion
mildness
Cliche an overused saying
171. 619. Prepossess to preoccupy; to
or idea
Clique an exclusive group influence beforehand
172. bound together by or prejudice; to make a
some shared good impression on
 quality or interest beforehand
Coalesce to come together as
173.
one; to fuse; to unite 620. Prerogative a right or privilege
Coerce to force someone to connected
174. do or not to do exclusively with a
something position, a person, a
Cogent powerfully class, a nation, or some
175. other
convincing
Cognitive dealing with how we group or classification
know the world
176. 621. Prevail to triumph; to overcome
around us through
our senses; mental rivals
177. Cognizant aware; conscious 622. Pristine original; unspoiled; pure
Coherent holding together; 623. Prodigal wastefully extravagant
178.
making sense 624. Prodigious extraordinary; enormous
Colloquial conversational; 625. Prodigy an extremely talented
179.
informal in language child; an extraordi-
Collusion conspiracy; secret nary accomplishment or
180.
cooperation occurrence
181. Commensurate equal; proportionate
Compelling forceful; causing to 626. Profane not having to do with
182. religion; irreverent;
yield
Compendium a summary; an blasphemous
183.
abridgment
Complacent satisfied; overly 627. Profess to declare; to declare
184. pleased with falsely or pretend
oneself; 628. Proficient thoroughly competent;
Complement to complete or fill skillful; very
185. up; to be the good (at something)
perfect counterpart
 Complicity participation in 629. Profligate extravagantly wasteful
wrongdoing; the act and, usually,
186.
to being an wildly immoral
accomplice
Comprehensive covering or 630. Profound deep (in several senses)
187.
including everything 631. Profuse flowing; extravagant
188. Comprise to consist of 632. Proletariat the industrial working
Conciliatory making peace; class
attempting to 633. Proliferate to spread or grow rapidly
189.
resolve a dispute
through goodwill 634. Prolific abundantly productive;
Concise brief and to the fruitful or fertile
190.
point; succinct
191. Concord harmony; agreement 635. Promulgate to proclaim; to publicly
Concurrent happening at the or formally
192.
same time; parallel
Condescend to stoop to someone declare something
else's level,
193. usually in an 636. Propensity a natural inclination or
offensive way; to tendency; a
patronize predilection
Condone to overlook; to 637. Propitious marked by favorable
194.
permit to happen signs or conditions
195. Conducive promoting
Confluence a flowing together, 638. Proponent an advocate; a supporter
especially of a position
196. rivers; the place
where, they begin to 639. Proprietary characteristic of an
flow together owner of
197. Congenial agreeably suitable; property; constituting
 pleasant property
Congenital a trait or condition 640. Propriety properness; good
acquired between manners
198.
conception and birth; 641. Prosaic dull; unimaginative; like
innate prose (as opposed
Conjecture to guess; to deduce to poetry)
199. or infer on slight 642. Proscribe to outlaw; to prohibit
evidence
Conjure to make something 643. Proselytize to convert (someone)
200. appear by magic, or as from one
if by magic religion or doctrine to
Connoisseur an expert, another; to recruit
particularly in converts to a religion or
201.
matters of doctrine
art or taste 644. Protagonist the leading character in a
Consecrate to make or declare novel,
202.
sacred play, or other work; a
Consensus unanimity or general leader or champion
203.
agreement 645. Protract to prolong
Consonant harmonious; in 646. Provident preparing for the future;
204.
agreement providing
205. Construe to interpret for the future; frugal
Consummate perfect; complete;
206.
supremely skillful 647. Provincial limited in outlook to
Contentious argumentative; one's own small
207.
quarrelsome corner of the world;
Contiguous side by side; narrow
208.
adjoining 648. Provisional conditional; temporary;
209. Contingent dependent; possible tentative
Contrite admitting guilt; 649. Proximity nearness
210.
especially feeling
 remorseful
artificial and difficult to
211. Contrived believe
650. Prudent careful; having foresight
651. Purported rumored; claimed
Conventional common; customary; 652. Putative commonly accepted;
212.
unexceptional supposed; reputed
Convivial fond of partying; 653. Qualify to modify or restrict
213.
festive
214. Copious abundant; plentiful 654. Qualitative having to do with the
Corollary something that quality or
follows; a natural qualities of something
215.
con-; (as opposed to the
sequence quantity)
Corroborate to confirm; to back
216.
up with evidence 655. Querulous complaining; grumbling;
Cosmopolitan internationally whining
217.
sophisticated 656. Quixotic romantic or idealistic to a
Countenance the appearance or foolish or
218. expression of
impractical degree
someone's face
Coup a brilliant victory or
657. Ramification a consequence; a
accomplishment; the
branching
violent over-
219. 658. Ranco
throw of a
659. Rebuk criticize sharply
government by a
small internal group 660. Rebut to contradict; to argue in
opposition to; to prove to
Covenant a solemn agreement;
220. be
a contract; a pledge
false
221. Covert secret; hidden
222. Covet to wish for enviously
661. Recalcitrant stubbornly defiant of
Credulous eager to believe;
223. authority
gullible
 Criterion standard; basis for or control; disobedient
224.
judgment
Cryptic mysterious; 662. Recant to publicly take back and
225.
mystifying deny (something
Culinary refuting to cooking previously said or
226.
or the kitchen believed); to openly
Culpable deserving blame; confess error
227.
guilty 663. Reciprocal mutual; shared;
228. Cursory hasty; superficial interchangeable
Curtail to shorten; to cut
229.
short 664. Reclusive hermitlike; withdrawn
Cynic one who deeply from society
distrusts human
nature; one who 665. Recondite hard to understand; over
230.
believes humans are one's head
motivated only by
selfishness 666. Recrimination a bitter
Daunt to make fearful; to counteraccusation,
231. or the act of making a
intimidate
232. Dearth lack; scarcity bitter counteraccusation
Debacle violent breakdown;
233. 667. Redolent fragrant
sudden overthrow
Debauchery Wild living; 668. Redundant unnecessarily repetitive;
234. excessive;
excessive
235. Debilitate to weaken; to cripple excessively wordy
Decadent decaying or decayed,
236. especially in 669. Refute to prove to be false; to
terms of morals disprove
Decimate to kill or destroy a
237. 670. Reiterate to say again; to repeat
large part of
 Decorous proper; in good taste;
238.
orderly 671. Relegate to banish; to send away
Deduce to conclude from the 672. Relentless continuous; unstoppable
239.
evidence; to infer 673. Relinquish to release or let go of; to
Defame to libel or slander; to surrender
240.
ruin the good name 674. Remonstrate to argue against; to
Deference submission to protest
241. another will; respect; 675. Renaissance a rebirth or revival
courtesy
not able to be changed
242. Definitive or improved:
676. Renounce to give up formally or
resign;
Degenerate to break down; to 677. Reparation paying back; making
243.
deteriorate amends;
244. Deleterious harmful compensation
Delineate to describe
245. accurately; to draw 678. Repercussion n a consequence; an
in outline indirect effect
246. Delude to deceive 679. Replenish to fill again; to resupply;
247. Deluge an inundation to restore
Demagogue a leader of the
248. people, but more a 680. Replete completely filled;
rabble rouser abounding
249. Denizen inhabitant
Depravity extreme wickedness 681. Reprehensible worthy of blame or
250.
or corruption censure
Deprecate to express 682. Reprisal a military action
251.
disapproval undertaken in revenge
Deride to ridicule; to laugh for
252.
at Contemptuously another; an act of taking
253. Derogatory disapproving; "an eye for an eye
 degrading 683. Reproach to scold, usually in
254. Desiccate to dry out disappointment; to
Despondent extremely depressed; blame; to disgrace
255.
full of despair
Despot an absolute ruler; an 684. Reprove to criticize mildly
256.
autocrat
Destitute extremely poor; 685. Repudiate to reject; to renounce; to
257.
utterly lacking disown; to
Desultory without a plan or have nothing to do with
purpose;
258.
disconnected; 686. Requisite required; necessary
random 687. Resolute determined; firm;
Dialectical relating to unwavering
discussions; relating 688. Respite a period of rest or relief
to
the rules and 689. Reticent quiet; restrained;
259. methods of reluctant to speak,
reasoning; especially about oneself
approaching truth in
the middle of 690. Revere to respect highly; to
opposing extremes honor
Dictum an authoritative 691. Rhetoric the art of formal
saying; an adage; a speaking or writing;
260.
maxim; a inflated
proverb discourse
Didactic intended to teach;
261. morally instructive; 692. Rigorous strict; harsh; severe
pedantic To be rigorous is to act
Diffident timid; lacking in with rigor.
262.
self-confidence
 Digress to stray from the 693. Robust strong and healthy;
263.
main subject vigorous
Dilettante someone with
superficial 694. Rogue a criminally dishonest
264. knowledge of person; a scoundrel
the arts; an amateur;
a dabbler 695. Rudimentary basic; crude; unformed
Discern to have insight; to or
see things clearly, to undeveloped
265.
discriminate; to
differentiate 696. Ruminate to contemplate; to
Discreet prudent; judiciously ponder; to mull over
266.
reserved 697. Rustic rural; lacking urban
Discrete unconnected; comforts or
267.
separate; distinct sophistication;
Discriminate to notice or point out primitive
the difference
268. between two or more 698. Saccharine sweet; excessively or
things; to discern; to disgustingly sweet
differentiate 699. Sacrilege a violation of something
Disdain arrogant scorn; sacred; blasphemy
269.
contempt 700. Sacrosanct sacred; held to be
Disinterested not taking sides; inviolable
270.
unbiased 701. Sagacious discerning; shrewd; keen
Disparage to belittle; to say in judgment; wise
uncomplimentary 702. Salient sticking out;
things conspicuous; leaping
271.
about, usually in a 703. Salutary healthful; remedial;
somewhat indirect curative
way 704. Sanctimonious pretending to be devout;
 Disparate different; affecting religious
272. incompatible; feeling
unequal 705. Sanguine cheerful; optimistic;
Disseminate to spread the seeds hopeful
of something; to 706. Sardonic mocking; scornful
273.
scatter; to make
widely known 707. Scintillate to sparkle
Dissipate to thin out, drift 708. Scrupulous strict; careful; hesitant
away, or dissolve; to for ethical
cause reasons
274.
to thin out, drift 709. Scrutinize to examine very carefully
away, or dissolve; to
waste or squander 710. Secular having nothing to do
Dissolution the breaking up or wilh religion or
dissolving of spiritual concerns
275.
something into parts;
disintegration 711. Sedition n treason; the incitement
Distend to swell; to extend a of public disorder or
276.
great deal rebellion .
Distinguish to fell apart; to cause
277.
to stand out 712. Sensory having to do with the
Docile easily taught; senses or sensation
278. obedient; easy to 713. Sentient able to perceive by the
handle senses; conscious
Doctrinaire inflexibly committed 714. Requester to set or keep apart
to a doctrine
or theory without 715. Serendipity the fact of finding
279.
regard to its interesting or valuable
practicality; things by chance
dogmatic 716. Sekvile submissive and
 Dogmatic arrogantly assertive subservient; like a
of unproven ideas; servant
stubbornly claiming 717. Singular unique; superior;
280. that something exceptional; strange
(often a system of 718. Slander To speak badly about
beliefs) is beyond someone publicly; to
dispute defame; to spread
Domestic having to do with the malicious rumor
281. household or
family; not foreign 719. Sloth laziness; sluggishness
Dormant inactive; as though 720. Sobriety the state of being sober ;
282.
asleep; asleep seriousness
Dubious full of doubt;
283.
uncertain 721. Solicitous eager and attentive, often
Duplicity the act of being two- to the point
284. faced; double- of hovering; anxiously
dealing; deception caring or attentive
Ebullient boiling; bubbling
285. with excitement; 722. Solvent not broke or bankrupt;
exuberant able to pay one's
Eccentric not conventional; a bills
286. little kooky; 723. Soporific sleep inducing;
irregular extremely boring; very
Eclectic choosing the best sleepy
from many sources;
287.
drawn 724. Sordid vile; filthy; squalid
from many sources
Edify to enlighten; to 725. Spawned to cause something new,
288. instruct, especially in or many new things, to
moral or grow or start suddenly:
 religious matters 726. Specious deceptively plausible or
Efface to erase; to rub away attractive
289.
the features of 727. Sporadic stepping and starting;
290. Effusion a pouring forth scattered; occur-
Egalitarian believing in the ring in bursts every once
social and in a while
291.
economic equality of 728. Spurious false; fake
all people 729. Squalor filth; wretched,
Egocentric selfish; believing degraded,
292. that one is the 730. Squander to waste
center of everything 731. Stagnation motionlessness;
Egregious extremely bad; inactivity
293.
flagrant 732. Static stationary; not changing
Elicit to bring out; to call or moving
294.
forth 733. Staunch firmly committed; firmly
Elliptical oval; missing a word in favor of; steadfast
295.
or words; obscure 734. Steadfast loyal; faithful
Elusive hard to pin down; 735. Stigmatize to brand with disgrace; to
296.
evasive set a mark
Emigrate to move to a new to disgrace upon
country; to move to
297.
q new place to live; 736. Stipulate to require something as
to expatriate part of an agreement
Eminent well-known and 737. Stoic indifferent (at least
respected; standing outwardly) to pleasure or
out from all others in pain, to joy or grief, to
298.
quality or fortune or misfortune
accomplishment; 738. Stratum a layer; a level
outstanding 739. Stricture a restriction; a limitation;
299. Empirical relying on a negative criticism
 experience or 740. Strife bitter conflict; discord; a
observation; struggle or clash
not merely 741. Stringent strict; restrictive
theoretical
Emulate to strive to equal or 742. Stymie to thwart; to get in the
excel, usually way of; to hinder
300.
through
imitation 743. Subjugate to subdue and dominate;
Encroach v to make gradual or to enslave
301. stealthy inroads into; 744. Sublime awesome; extremely
to trespass exalted; lofty; majestic
Endemic native; restricted to a
302. particular region or 745. Subordinate lower in importance,
era; indigenous position, or
Enervate to reduce the rank; secondary
strength or energy
303.
of, especially 746. Substantive having substance; real;
to do so gradually essential;
Enfranchise to grant the
privileges of citizen- 747. Subtle not obvious; able to
304.
ship, especially the make fine distinctions
right to vote 748. Subversive corrupting;
Engender to bring into overthrowing;
305. existence; to create; undermining;
to cause
306. Enigma a mystery 749. Succinct brief and to the point;
Enormity extreme evil; a concise
hideous offense;
307.
immen- 750. Succumb to yield or submit; to die
sity 751. Supercilious haughty; patronizing
 Ephemeral lasting a very short
308.
time 752. Superfluous extra; unnecessary;
Epigram a brief and usually redundant
309. witty or satirical
saying 753. Surfeit excess; an excessive
Epitaph a commemorative amount; excess or over
310. inscription on a indulgence in eating or
grave drinking
Epitome a brief summary that 754. Surreptitious sneaky; secret
captures the meaning 755. Surrogate substitute
of the whole; the 756. Sycophant one who sucks up to
311.
perfect example of others
something; a 757. Synthesis the combining of parts to
paradigm form a whole
312. Equanimity composure; calm
313. Equitable fair 758. Tacit implied; not spoken
Equivocal ambiguous; 759. Taciturn Untalkative by nature
intentionally
confusing; 760. Tangential
314.
capable of being 761. Tangible touchable; palpable
interpreted in more
than one way 762. Tantamount equivalent to
Erudite scholarly; deeply
315.
learned 763. Tautological redundant; circular
Esoteric hard to understand; 764. Temerity boldness; recklessness;
316. understood by only a audacity
select few; peculiar 765. Temperate mild; moderate;
Espouse to support; to restrained
317.
advocate
318. Ethereal heavenly; as light 766. Tenable defensible, as in one's
 and insubstantial as a position in an
gas or ether argument; capable of
Euphemism a pleasant or being argued
inoffensive successfully; valid
expression
319.
used in place of an 767. Tenacious persistent; stubborn; not
unpleasant or letting go
offensive one
Evanescent fleeting; vanishing; 768. Tenet a shared principle or
happening for belief
320.
only the briefest
period 769. Tentative experimental; temporary;
321. Exacerbate to make worse uncertain
Exacting extremely
demanding; difficult; 770. Tenuous flimsy; extremely thin
322.
requiring
great skill or care 771. Terse using no unnecessary
323. Exalt to raise high; to words; succinct
glorify 772. Theology the study of God or
Exasperate to annoy thoroughly; religion
to make very
324.
angry; to try the 773. Tirade prolonged, bitter speech
patience of 774. Torpor sluggishness; inactivity;
Exemplify to illustrate by apathy
325. example; to serve as
a good example 775. Touchstone a standard; a test of
Exhaustive thorough; rigorous; authenticity
complete; pains- 776. Tout to praise highly; to brag
326.
taking publicly about
777. Transcend to go beyond or above; to
 Exhort to urge strongly; to surpass
327. give a serious 778. Transgress to violate (a law); to sin
warning
Exigency an emergency; an 779. Transient not staying for a long
328.
urgency time
Existential having to do with 780. Trepidation fear; apprehension;
existence; having nervous trembling
to do with the Body 781. Turpitude shameful wickedness;
of thought called depravity
existentialism, which
basically 782. Ubiquitous being everywhere at the
holds that human same time
329.
beings are
responsible for their 783. Unconscionabl not controlled by
own actions but is e conscience; unscrupulous
otherwise too
complicated to 784. Unctuous oily, both literally and
summarize in a figuratively;
single sentence insincere
Exonerate to free completely
330. from blame; to 785. Uniform consistent; unchanging;
exculpate the same for
Expatriate to throw (someone) everyone
out of his or her
native land; to move 786. Unremitting unceasing; unabated;
331.
away from one's relentless
native land; to
emigrate 787. Unwitting unintentional; ignorant;
Expedient providing an not aware
332. immediate 788. Urbane poised; sophisticated;
advantage;
 serving one's refined
immediate self- 789. Usurp to seize wrongfully
interest; practical
Expedite to speed up or ease 790. Utilitarian stressing usefulness or
333.
the progress of utility
Explicit clearly and directly above all other qualities;
334.
expressedc pragmatic
Extol to praise highly; to
335.
laud 791. Utopia an ideal society
Extraneous unnecessary;
336.
irrelevant; extra 792. Vacillate to be indecisive; to
Extrapolate to projector deduce waver
337. from something
known; to infer 793. Vapid without liveliness; dull;
Extricate to free from spiritless
338.
difficulty
Extrovert an open, outgoing 794. Vehement intense; forceful; violent
person; a person
whose 795. Venal capable of being bribed;
339.
attention is focused willing to do anything
on others rather than for money; corrupt
on himself or herself
Exult to rejoice; fo 796. Venerate to revere; to treat as
340.
celebrate something holy,
Fabrication a lie; something especially because of
341.
made up great age
Facetious humorous; not
342. serious; clumsily 797. Veracity truthfulness
humorous 798. Verbose using too many words;
343. Facile fluent; skillful in a not succinct;
 superficial way; easy circumlocutory
Faction a group, usually a
small part of a larger 799. Verisimilitude n similarity to reality; the
group, appearance of truth;
344. united around some looking like the real
cause; disagreement thing
within an
organization 800. Vernacular everyday speech; slang;
345. Farcical absurd; ludicrous idiom
Fastidious meticulous;
346.
demanding; finicky 801. Vestige a remaining bit of
Fatalist someone who something; a last trace
believes that future
events are 802. Vex to annoy; to pester; to
347. .already determined confuse
and that humans are 803. Viable capable of living;
powerless to change workable
them 804. Vicarious experienced, performed,
348. Fatuous foolish; silly; idiotic or suffered
349. Fauna animals through someone else;
350. Fecund fertile; productive 805. Vicissitude upheaval; natural
Felicity happiness; change; change in
skillfulness, fortune
351. especially at ex-
pressing things; 806. Vilify to say vile things about;
adeptness to defame
Fervor great warmth or
352. earnestness; ardor; 807. Vindicate to clear from all blame or
zeal suspicion; to
353. Fetter to restrain; to justify
 hamper
354. Fidelity faithfulness; loyalty 808. Vindictive seeking revenge
Figurative based on figures of
355.
speech 809. Virtuoso a masterful musician; a
Finesse Skillful. masterful
356. maneuvering; practitioner in some
subtlety; craftiness other field
Flagrant glaringly bad; 810. Virulent extremely poisonous;
357. notorious; malignant; full of
scandalous hate
Flaunt to show off; to
358. display 811. Visionary a dreamer; someone with
ostentatiously impractical
Flout to disregard goals or ideas about the
359. something out of future
disrespect 812. Vitiate to make impure; to
Foible a minor character pollute
360.
flaw
361. Foment stir up; to instigate 813. Vitriolic caustic; full of bitterness
Forbear to refrain from; to
362.
abstain 814. Vocation an occupation; a job
Forgo to do without; to 815. Vociferous loud; noisy
363.
forbear 816. Volatile quick to evaporate;
Forsake to abandon; to highly unstable; ex-
364. renounce; to plosive
relinquish 817. Volition will; conscious choice
Fortuitous accidental; occurring 818. Wanton malicious; unjustifiable;
365.
by chance unprovoked
Founder to fail; to collapse; to egregious
366.
sink
367. Fraternal like brothers 819. Willful deliberate; obstinate;
368. Frenetic frantic; frenzied insistent on having one's
Frugal economical; penny- way
369.
pinching 820. Wistful yearning; sadly longing
370. Furtive secretive; sly 821. Zealous enthusiastically devoted
371. Futile useless; hopeless to something; fervent

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Genre a type or category,
372. especially of art or
writing

373.
Genteel refined; polite;
aristocratic; affecting
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Gesticulate to make gestures,
especially when
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374.
speaking or in place
of speaking
Glut surplus; an
375.
overabundance
Grandiloquent pompous; using a lot
of big, fancy words
376.
in an attempt to
sound impressive
377. Grandiose absurdly exaggerated
Gratuitous given freely (said of
378. something
bad); unprovoked;
379. Gravity seriousness
Gregarious sociable; enjoying
380. the company of
others
 Guile cunning; duplicity;
381.
artfulness
382. Hackneyed overused; trite; stale
383. Hapless unlucky
Harbinger a forerunner; a signal
of warm weather is
384.
the harbinger of
spring.
Hedonism the pursuit of
385. pleasure as a way of
life
Hegemony leadership,
especially of one
386.
nation
over another
Heresy any belief that is
387. strongly opposed to
established beliefs
Hermetic impervious to
388. external influence;
airtight
389. Heyday golden age; prime
Hiatus a break or
390. interruption, often
from work
Hierarchy an organization
based on rank or
391.
degree; pecking
order
392. Histrionic overly dramatic;
 theatrical
393. Homily a sermon
Homogeneous uniform; made
394.
entirely of one thing
Husbandry thrifty management
395. of resources; live-
stock- farming
Hyperbole an exaggeration used
396. as a figure of
speech; exaggeration
397. Hypothetical uncertain; unproven
Iconoclast one who attacks
398. popular beliefs
or institutions
Ideology a system of social or
399.
political ideas
Idiosyncrasy a peculiarity; an
400.
eccentricity
Idyllic charming in a rustic
401. way; naturally
peaceful
402. Ignominy deep disgrace
403. Illicit illegal; not permitted
404. Imminent just about to happen
405. Immutable unchangeable
Impartial fair; not favoring one
406. side or the other;
unbiased
Impeccable flawless; entirely
407.
without sin