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tradition
one who practices self-denial as a spiritual politics and
25 ascetic, asceticism
discipline tradition
26 aspire strive for give up?
27 assail Belittle praise and criticism
28 assiduous Diligent give up?
29 assuage relieve, appease give up?
size, amount,
30 atrophy waste away
location
size, amount,
31 attenuate weaken, reduce
location
politics and
32 august Dignified
tradition
33 aura air, feeling emotions
34 auspicious Favorable war and peace
politics and
35 autocrat, autocratic dictator, dictatorial
tradition
politics and
36 automaton a person who acts like a robot
tradition
37 avarice greed money
politics and
38 banal common
tradition
39 barrage bombardment, torrent war and peace
40 belie give a false impression truth
41 belligerent aggressive, warlike war and peace
42 benevolent generous money
43 bequeath hand down (through a will) money
44 berate scold harshly praise and criticism
supported by two opposing groups (political politics and
45 bipartisanship
parties) tradition
46 blighted destroyed war and peace
47 bog marsh, swamp science
48 bolster support war and peace
49 bombastic pompous emotions
knowledge and
50 boorish, boorishness crude
skill
51 buoyant cheerful, floating emotions
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size, amount,
52 burgeon grow, flourish
location
53 buttress support war and peace
54 byzantine convoluted, complex the senses
55 cacophonous, cacophony discordant sound the senses
argument and
56 cajole coax
language
57 callous insensitive emotions
58 cantankerous(ness) irritable emotions
59 capricious fickle emotions
60 castigate belittle praise and criticism
61 caustic bitter emotions
62 censorious harshly critical praise and criticism
63 censure scold praise and criticism
knowledge and
64 cerebral intellectual
skill
65 chagrin mortification pride
66 charlatan swindler truth
67 chastise belittle praise and criticism
68 chide belittle praise and criticism
knowledge and
69 churlish vulgar, boorish
skill
70 circuitous indirect truth
size, amount,
71 circumscribe restrict
location
72 circumvent escape, avoid war and peace
73 clandestine secretive truth
74 coalesce blend, fuse science
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75 compendious succinct
language
76 complacency, complacent self-satisfaction, smugness pride
77 compliant, compliance yielding give up?
78 conciliate, conciliatory compromising, apologizing pride
argument and
79 concur agree
language
80 conflagration large destructive fire war and peace
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tradition
111 depravity moral corruption war and peace
112 deprecate disapprove, belittle praise and criticism
depreciation,
113 decrease in value money
depreciatory
114 deride make fun of praise and criticism
politics and
115 derivative not original
tradition
116 derogatory, derogate disparaging, belittling praise and criticism
politics and
117 desecration violate the sacredness of
tradition
118 despondent sad, depressed emotions
politics and
119 despot dictator
tradition
120 destitute poor money
121 deterrent hindrance, impediment give up?
size, amount,
122 devoid lacking
location
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123 didactic (often excessively) morally instructive
skill
124 diffident, diffidence shy emotions
size, amount,
125 diffuse spread out
location
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126 digress(ion) stray from the subject at hand
language
127 dilatory tending to waste time time
size, amount,
128 diminutive, diminution extremely small
location
129 dire urgent, dreadful war and peace
knowledge and
130 discern, discerning perceive, perceptive
skill
131 discomfited disappointed, defeated emotions
132 discount (verb) disregard praise and criticism
133 disheartening discouraging give up?
134 disillusionment disenchantment, disappointment emotions
135 disingenuous insincere truth
136 disparage belittle praise and criticism
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size, amount,
165 encompass include, surround
location
size, amount,
166 encroaching intrusive
location
167 encumbrance burden war and peace
168 enigma(tic) mystery, mysterious truth
argument and
169 enumerate list
language
170 ephemeral short-lived time
knowledge and
171 epiphany sudden realization
skill
argument and
172 epitome, epitomize representative example
language
173 equanimity calmness energy
174 equitable even-handed law and order
argument and
175 equivocal ambiguous
language
knowledge and
176 erudite, erudition scholarly
skill
knowledge and
177 esoteric understood only by a few
skill
178 estrange, estrangement alienate, alienation friends and enemies
179 eulogy, eulogize praising speech praise and criticism
180 evoke bring about, stir up emotions
181 exacting demanding, severe requirements friends and enemies
size, amount,
182 excavate unearth, dig up
location
argument and
183 exemplar representative example
language
exhibitionist, deliberately behaving a certain way to attract politics and
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exhibitionistic attention tradition
argument and
185 exhort encourage
language
186 exorbitant too expensive money
argument and
187 expedient useful
language
188 exposé a report designed to reveal the truth to the public truth
189 extol praise praise and criticism
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size, amount,
190 extricate disentangle
location
191 facile superficial, effortless give up?
politics and
192 faction group within a larger group
tradition
193 fallacious deceitful, incorrect truth
194 fallacy false belief truth
politics and
195 fanaticism excessive enthusiasm
tradition
knowledge and
196 fastidious careful
skill
argument and
197 fathom (verb) understand
language
198 felicitous well-suited, happy emotions
knowledge and
199 finesse tact, elegant skill
skill
argument and
200 flagrant evident, obvious
language
201 flippant, flippancy disrespectful pride
argument and
202 florid(ity) flushed, flowery
language
knowledge and
203 flummox confuse
skill
knowledge and
204 folly foolishness
skill
knowledge and
205 foolhardy recklessly daring
skill
206 forlorn sad emotions
207 fortitude courage emotions
208 fortuitous fortunate, lucky war and peace
209 fraudulent deceitful truth
210 frugal(ity) cheap(ness) money
211 furor commotion, anger emotions
212 furtive sneaky truth
213 futile, futility hopeless give up?
214 gait manner of walking the senses
215 gallant(ry) courageous give up?
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size, amount,
216 gargantuan gigantic
location
size, amount,
299 motley diverse, heterogeneous
location
300 multifarious many types science
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301 nebulous vague
language
302 nefarious evil war and peace
knowledge and
303 neophyte beginner
skill
304 notoriety, notorious infamous, ill fame pride
305 noxious poisonous praise and criticism
argument and
306 nuance subtle difference
language
307 obdurate stubborn pride
308 obstinate (obstinacy) stubborn(ness) pride
309 officious meddlesome, interfering friends and enemies
310 onerous difficult, trying give up?
opportunist, a person who takes advantage of opportunities,
311 pride
opportunistic often unethically
312 oracle prophet time
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313 orthodox conservative, traditional
tradition
314 ostensible apparent, seeming truth
knowledge and
315 oversight mistake
skill
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316 pacifist one who completely opposes violence
tradition
317 pacify soothe, calm energy
knowledge and
318 painstaking careful
skill
319 palliate, palliative relieve pain without curing war and peace
argument and
320 paradigm clear example
language
size, amount,
321 parch make dry
location
322 parody intentional mockery friends and enemies
politics and
323 partisan someone with biased beliefs
tradition
324 patronize financially support, be condescending towards money
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size, amount,
325 paucity scarcity
location
pedant, pedantic, a person who makes a great show of his knowledge and
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pedantry knowledge skill
327 peevish unpleasant emotions
328 penchant preference emotions
329 penurious cheap, stingy money
330 peremptory bossy, decisive pride
331 perfunctory done routinely with little interest or care emotions
size, amount,
332 peripheral outermost, secondary
location
333 perquisite additional payment, bonus money
334 petulant irritable emotions
philanthropist,
335 someone who supports charity money
philanthropic
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336 piety, pious religious devotion
tradition
337 placate calm someone down energy
338 placid calm energy
size, amount,
339 plasticity malleability, the ability to be shaped or molded
location
340 plausible, plausibility likely true truth
size, amount,
341 plethora, plethoric surplus
location
size, amount,
342 pliable, pliant easily shaped or influenced
location
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343 polemical controversial
tradition
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344 prattle babble
language
345 precarious dangerous, unstable war and peace
346 precipitate outcome science
size, amount,
347 preclude prevent
location
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348 precocious early development in maturity and intelligence
skill
349 presumptuous too bold, arrogant pride
350 pretext misleading claim or appearance truth
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size, amount,
376 ravenous insatiable, having a huge appetite
location
377 raze destroy, demolish war and peace
size, amount,
378 reap harvest, gather
location
argument and
379 rebuttal defense, counterargument
language
380 recalcitrant stubborn pride
argument and
381 recant reject
language
size, amount,
382 recessive tending to go backward
location
383 recluse, reclusive hermit friends and enemies
384 rectify, rectitude put right, correct truth
385 redolent reminiscent, having smell the senses
386 refutation, refute arguing that a claim is false truth
387 regressive tending to return or revert time
size, amount,
388 relegate demote
location
size, amount,
389 relinquish give back
location
politics and
390 renounce reject
tradition
size, amount,
391 repertory collection
location
392 reprehensible blameworthy praise and criticism
393 reprimand belittle praise and criticism
394 reproach scold praise and criticism
argument and
395 repudiate reject
language
396 repugnant offensive, disgusting emotions
argument and
397 rescind annull, retract
language
398 reticent, reticence emotionally reserved emotions
politics and
399 reverent respectful, pious
tradition
(related to) elegant speech/writing, elegant argument and
400 rhetoric(al), rhetorician
speaker/writer language
401 rouse, rousing provoke, excite energy
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knowledge and
402 sage wise
skill
403 sanctimonious pretending to be religious, hypocritical truth
404 sanction (verb) formally approve law and order
politics and
405 sanctity holiness
tradition
406 sanguine cheerfully confident, optimistic emotions
size, amount,
407 satiate satisfy fully
location
408 satire, satirical, satirize sarcastic imitation friends and enemies
size, amount,
409 saturate flood, soak
location
size, amount,
410 scanty barely sufficient
location
411 scathing harshly critical praise and criticism
412 scintillating lively, effervescent energy
size, amount,
413 scope opportunity, range
location
knowledge and
414 scrupulous very careful and precise
skill
argument and
415 scrutinize, scrutiny examine carefully
language
416 self-righteous smug, holier-than-thou pride
417 self-serving selfish pride
418 serendipity luck war and peace
419 servile submissive, subservient give up?
knowledge and
420 shrewd astute, smart
skill
421 shroud hide, obscure the senses
argument and
422 simile comparison
language
423 slight (verb) insult, snub praise and criticism
knowledge and
424 slipshod careless, sloppy
skill
425 solace comfort, consolation emotions
426 solicitous(ness) expressing care or concern, often too much friends and enemies
427 somber bleak emotions
428 sophistry deceptive reasoning truth
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size, amount,
481 vacuous, vacuity empty
location
482 vanquish conquer, defeat war and peace
483 vapid dull, uninteresting energy
484 venal(ity) willing to accept bribes money
knowledge and
485 venerable commanding respect because of age, dignity
skill
argument and
486 verbose wordy, long-winded
language
felt indirectly by imagining someone else's
487 vicarious emotions
experiences
488 vigilant watchful, alert war and peace
489 vindicate, vindication clear of blame or suspicion law and order
490 vindictive seeking revenge war and peace
knowledge and
491 virtuoso, virtuosity one with exceptional musical skill
skill
492 virulent poisonous war and peace
size, amount,
493 viscous thick, sticky
location
494 vocation career money
495 vying striving give up?
size, amount,
496 waning lessening
location
497 wayward selfish, stubborn pride
498 wrath anger emotions
knowledge and
499 wry clever or grim sense of humor
skill
politics and
500 zealot fanatic
tradition