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VOCABULARY (SYNONYMS & ANTONYMS)
S.# WORDS SYNONYMS ANTONYMS

1. ABASE Lower, Degrade, Humiliate, acclaim, applaud, boast, celebrate,
(v) 1. Humiliate, degrade, Debase, Deteriorate, cheer, cite, commend, compliment,
discredit Demoralize, Corrupt, congratulate, decorate, eulogize, extol
2. To lower in position Lessen, Profane (also extoll), fete (or fête), hail, honor
physically
2. ABBESS Nun, Priestess, Prioress lay reader, lector, layman, layperson,
(n). The lady superior of a secular
nunnery.
3. ABBEY Monastery, Cloister,

(n). The group of buildings Hermitage, Priory
which collectively form the
dwelling-place of a society of
monks or nuns
4. ABBOT Monk, Hermit, Priest layman, layperson, secular, lay

(n). The superior of a reader, lector
community of monks.
5. ABDICATE Abnegate, cede, relinquish, appropriate, arrogate, assume, claim,

(v). 1. To leave the position of to give up, abjure, confiscate, seize, take over, usurp,
being king or queen renounce, abandon, wrest, defend, guard, protect,
2. To fail to do what is required refuse, resign (royal power safeguard, secure
by a duty or the like)., surrender
6. ABDUCTION Hijacking, capturing

(n). 1 .movement, argument; 2. Kidnapping, hostage
A carrying away of a person movement, argument
against his will, or illegally
7. ABED In bed; on a bed

(adv) lying in a bed Slumbering, comatose,
inactive, latent, dormant
8. ABERRATION Deviation, Abnormality, norm, ordinary, usual

(n). 1. Deviation from a right, irregularity, Peculiarity,
customary, or prescribed course oddness, Insanity,
2. Something (such as a dementia, lunacy, mania,
problem or type of behavior) rage madness
that is unusual or unexpected.
9. ABET Assist, help, support, balk, bar, block, constrain, hamper,

(v). Assist, support, aid, encourage, urge, Incite, handicap, hold back, impede, inhibit,
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promote, or encourage the brew, foment. Instigate, obstruct, restrain, strangle, baffle, foil,
commission of (an offense) whip(up) frustrate, inconvenience, interfere,
oppose, sabotage, thwart
10. ABEYANCE discontinuation dormancy, recommencement, renewal,
(n). A state of suspension or inactivity intermission, resumption, resuscitation
temporary inaction/disuse; latency postponement,
dormant condition liable to quiescence
revival
11. ABHORRENCE Hate, abomination, beloved, darling, dear, honey,
(n). The act of hating extremely aversion, noire, sweetheart, delight, enjoyment,
detestation, antipathy felicity, joy, pleasure, favorite, like,
preference, treasure
12. ABIDANCE Observance, adherence, brush-off, disregard, ignoring,

(n). Acting according to certain compliance, conformity, delinquency, dereliction, forgetting,
accepted standards obedience neglect, overlooking, offense (or
offence), sin, wrong, challenge,
defiance, flouting, rebellion
13. ABJECT Hopeless, miserable, arrogant, haughty, high-handed,

(adj). 1. Extremely bad or wretched, Horrible, imperious, lordly, supercilious,
severe Humble, Menial, Servile, superior, uppity
2. Feeling or showing shame Slavish
3. Lacking courage or strength
14. ABJURE Abnegate, Retract, acknowledge, admit, affirm, assert,

(v). To recant, renounce, reject Renege, Repudiate avow, claim, contend, declare,
under oath maintain, proclaim, profess, state,
vouch, vow, back, confirm, defend
15. ABLUTION Cleansing, bathing,

(n). the act of washing yourself. lavation
16. ABNEGATE Abdicate, step aside, deny,

(v). To renounce (a right or relinquish, resign
privilege).
17. ABOMINABLE Awful, abhorrent, offensive, acceptable, agreeable, alluring,
(adj). Very hateful. horrendous, loathsome, appealing, attractive, blessed (also
nasty blest), congenial, darling, delectable,
delicious, delightful, delightsome,
desirable, dreamy, dulcet, enjoyable,
felicitous, gratifying, heavenly
18. ABORIGINAL Natives, indigenous, imported, introduced, transplanted,

(adj). of or relating to the people Origional Unsophisticated, alien, exotic, foreign, strange,

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that have been in region from endemic expatriate, immigrant, nonindigenous,
the earliest time nonnative
19. ABRADE Grind down, Chafe, polish, smooth, soften, wax

(adj). to damage something by corrode, erode, fray,
rubbing, grinding, or scraping frazzle, fret, rasp
20. ABRIDGE Shorten, edit, reduce, enlarge, expand, supplement, add,
(v). To make shorter in words, condense, abbreviate, aggrandize, amplify, augment,
keeping the essential features, curtail, elide, truncate, balloon, boost, dilate, escalate,
leaning out minor particles. syncopate, cut back heighten, increase, maximize, pump
up, raise, blow up, distend, inflate,
swell
21. ABROGATE Cancel, undo, invalidate enact, lay down, legislate, establish,
(v.) 1. to abolish, usually by Abate, negate,, nullify, found, institute, formalize, legalize,
authority vacate, rescind, invalidate legitimate, legitimize, validate, pass,
2. to fail to do something such ratify, allow, approve, authorize, clear
as responsibility
22. ABSCESS Boil, Sore, Swelling,

(n). A Collection of pus in a eruption, bulge,
cavity formed within some inflammation
tissue of the body.
23. ABSCISSION Removal, cut, incise

(n). The act of cutting off
24. ABSCOND Hide, escape, run away, abide, dwell, hang around, linger,
(v). leave hurriedly and secretly; flee, lam remain, stay, stick around, tarry,
to go away from a place come back, return
secretly.
25. ABSOLUTION Pardon, amnesty, conviction, sentence, assessment,

(n). The act of forgiving forgiveness, exonerate, charge, fine, imposition, levying,
someone for having done vindicate, remittal, castigation, chastening, chastisement,
something sinful. remission condemnation, penalty, punishment,
retribution
26. ABSTAIN avoid refrain, give up, choose, conclude, decide, determine,
(v). to choose not to do or have forbear, hold back, shun, figure, name, opt, resolve, settle (on
something. eschew or upon), decree, rule, cull, elect,
handpick, pick, prefer, select, single
(out)
27. ABSTEMIOUS Self denying, austere, gluttonous, greedy, rapacious,

(adj). Characterized by self sober, self-restrained, voracious, Cyrenaic, hedonistic, self-

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denial or abstinence, as in the ascetic, self-abnegating, pleasing, sensual, sybaritic,
use of drink, food. temperate voluptuous, voluptuary, masturbatory,
self-indulgent
28. ABSTRUSE obscure, deep, mysterious, easy, facile, simple, straightforward,

(adj). nebulous, dealing with unfathomable, inscrutable, comprehensible, fathomable,
matters difficult to he enigmatic intelligible, understandable, apparent,
understood clear, clear-cut, distinct, evident, lucid
29. ABSURD idiotic, stupid, nonsensical, realistic, reasonable, brainy, bright,

(adj). extremely foolish, silly preposterous, senseless, clever, intelligent, smart, logical,
inane crazy, ludicrous rational, reasonable, valid
30. ABYSS bottomless gulf, cavity,

(n). an immeasurably deep gulf void, pit, bottomless pit,
or great space hole, depth ravine, canyon
31. ACERBIC biting, bitter, criticizing, amusing, droll, merry, playful,

(adj). expressing harsh or sharp admonishing, in tone or sportive, waggish, gentle, mild, bland
criticism in a clever way taste, sarcastic, smart- good-humored, good-natured,
mouthed diplomatic, polite, smooth, suave,
urbane, affable, cordial, genial,
gracious, hospitable, sociable
32. ACRIMONY Discord, acridity, virulence, civility, cordiality, courtesy, diplomacy,

(n) Bitterness (in feelings) asperity, mordancy geniality, graciousness, kindness,
politeness, tactfulness, compassion,
softness, sweetness, sympathy,
tenderness, warmth, oiliness,
smoothness, suaveness, suavity,
unctuousness, urbanity
33. ACUMEN Wisdom, keenness insight, artlessness,greenness, guilelessness,

(n). the ability to think clearly astuteness, canniness, ingenuousness,innocence, naiveness,
and make good decisions shrewdness, clear- naïveté (also naivete or naiveté),
sightedness simplemindedness, simpleness
34. ACCEDE Agree to, consent to, allow, rebuff, refuse, reject, scorn, spurn,
(v) 1. to agree to a request or grant, accept, assent, deny, gainsay, dissent
demand acquiesce, endorse,
2. to enter a high office or comply with
position
35. ACCESSION Attainment, succession, discharge, dismissal, ejection,

(n) 1. The act or process by taking over, Acquisition, expulsion, ouster, rejection, removal

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which someone rises to a obtainment, Access, the
powerful and important act of adherence, increase,
Position augmentation, increment,
2. something that is added to a gain, enlargement,
collection at a museum expansion, extension
36. ACCOMPLICE Helper, associated partner,

(n.) An associate in wrong- ally, assistant, aider,
doing. henchman, right hand,
cohort, abettor
37. ACCOST Speak to, approach, avoid, eschew, shun, elude, escape,
(v.) to approach and speak to confront, come up speak evade, shake, dodge, duck, funk,
(someone) often in a to, talk to, call to, shout to, shirk, sidestep
challenging or aggressive way hail, initiate a discussion
with, address, approach
38. ACCUMULATE Acquire, accelerate, contract, decrease, diminish, dwindle,

(v.) to gather something increase, multiply escalate, lessen, recede, wane, disperse,
gradually as time passes proliferate dissipate, scatter, break up, disband,
disintegrate, dissolve, separate,
sever, split (up), dismiss, send
39. ACERBITY Acidity, bitterness, anger, gentleness, kindliness, mildness,

(n.) Sourness, with bitterness rage, acrimoniousness, softness
and astringency acuteness, harshness,
pungency
40. ACETIC Pungent, liquid, acrid taste

(adj.) of, pertaining to, or of the bitter
nature of vinegar.
41. ACHROMATIC Colorless, Free from Chromatic, colorful, kaleidoscopic,

(adj.) transmitting light without colors, neutral, no hue motley, multicolored, polychromatic,
decomposing it into its anemic, bleached polychrome, rainbow, varicolored,
constituent colors. cadaverous, drab dull, varied, variegated, dappled (also
faded, flat, ghastly, dapple), marbled, shaded, mottled,
uncolored parti-color (or parti-colored), piebald
42. ACME Peak, apex, apogee, bottom, nadir, rock bottom

(n). The highest point, or culmination, pinnacle,
summit zenith, climax, crescendo
43. ACQUAINT familiarize, accustom, misinform, mislead

(v.) To make familiar or initiate orient, make known

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conversant, make to
familiar/conversant
44. ACQUIESCE Accept, agree, to comply; rebuff, refuse, reject, scorn, spurn,
(v.) to accept or allow submit, accede deny, gainsay, dissent
something to happen by staying
silent or not by arguing
2. to accept or allow unwillingly
45. ACQUIESCENCE absolution, exoneration, animosity, antipathy, enmity, hostility,

(n.) Passive consent. discharge, vindication, ill will, defiance, disobedience,
Acquittal (n.) clearing, A liberation, deliverance intractability, recalcitrance
discharge from accusation by
judicial action
46. ACQUITTAL forgiveness, clearing, accusation, arraignment,

(n). the act of deciding that a exculpation, exoneration, impeachment, incrimination,
person is not guilty of crime vindication indictment, prosecution, castigation,
censure, condemnation, denunciation,
conviction
47. ACRID bitter, acidic, tart caring, forgiving, gentle, kind,

(adj). Harshly pungent or bitter acrimonious, embittered, kindhearted, loving, sweet,
resentful, rancorous sympathetic, tender, warm,
warmhearted, Unbitter, amusing,
droll, merry, playful, sportive, waggish
48. ACRIMONIOUS Angry, caustic, biting, caring, forgiving, gentle, kind,

(adj). Full of bitterness. rancorous, sore, hard kindhearted, loving, sweet,
sympathetic, tender, warm,
warmhearted, not bitter
49. ACTUARY Clerk, registrar

(n). An officer, as of an
insurance company, who
calculates and states the risks
and premiums.
50. ADUMBRATE Overshadow, obscure, to

(v). General idea without detail, suggest, outline
to guess, to sketch out in a
vague way
51. ADAMANT Unshakable, rigid, firm, docile, obedient, placable,

(n.) 1. Any substance of Inflexible, immovable, submissive, tractable, accepting,

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exceeding hardness or determined persuadable, receptive, responsive,
impenetrability willing, governable, manageable,
2. Refusing to be persuaded or reasonable, temperate, slavish
to change one's mind.
52. ADDENDUM Addition, supplement, foreword, introduction, preface,
(n.) Something added, or to be afterward, prologue (also prolog), deduction,
added. appendix subtraction, abatement, decline,
decrease, decrement, depletion
53. ADDLE Confused, perplexed, alert, conscious, clearheaded

(v.) make (someone) unable to unbalanced, idle, muddled,
think clearly; confuse. unsound, befogged, dizzy,
(of an egg) become rotten, bewildered, confound
producing no chick.
54. ADDUCE Mention, cite, put forward, alert, conscious, clearheaded

(v.) To bring forward or name point out, quote, name,
for consideration. To offer as instance, present, offer
example, reason, or proof in
analysis
55. ADHERE Loosen, drop, fall

1. to hold fast or stick by or as if
by gluing, suction, grasping, or 1. Cling, hold fast, be fixed
fusing 2. stick to, hold to, abide
2. adhering to their principles, by, comply with, to, follow,
adhere to, traditional values 3. be attached to, support,
3. adhere to the democratic connected, affiliated to
party
56. ADJUDGE Judge, adjudicate, referee, equivocate, hedge, pussyfoot, skirt

(v). To award or bestow by determine, arbitrate
formal decision, Settle or decide
(a matter) judicially.
57. ADJUNCT extra, addition, attachment, essential, necessity, requirement,

(n). something joined to or accessory appendage, requisite
connected with another thing, addendum, apprentice,
but holding a subordinate mate
58. Rebuke, chide, reprimand, approve, endorse (also indorse), OK

ADMONISH
reproach, reprove, advise, (or okay), sanction, applaud, extol
(v). To warn of a fault.
warn, criticize (also extoll), hail, laud, praise, salute,
To speak to someone in a way
tout
that expresses disapproval
59. ADROIT skillful, expert, adept, awkward, clumsy, crude, klutzy,

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(adj) Clever or Having skill dexterous, capable, ineffective, ineffectual, incompetent,
competent, masterly, inept, amateur, amateurish, artless,
proficient rude, unprofessional, unskillful
60. ADULTERATE Debase, impure, dilute, clarified, filtered, purified, refined,

(v) To make impure by the weaken, spurious, ultrarefined, neat, plain, straight,
admixture of other or baser contaminated concentrated, strong, uncombined,
ingredients. Pasteurized, sterile, sterilized, clean
61. AFFABLE friendly, amiable, genial, ceremonious, decorous, formal, rigid,

(adj) Easy to approach, easy to congenial, cordial, good- strict, anxious, bothered, distressed,
talk to. Easygoing humor, good-natured, kind, worried, jittery, jumpy, nervous,
sociable skittish, tense, high-strung, uptight
62. AFFIX To fasten, attach, stick, break up, disconnect, disjoin, disjoint,
(v.) 1.paste fasten, fix, tack, glue, bend dissever, dissociate, disunite, divide,
2. A signature to a document. divorce, part, separate, sever, split,
3. Prefix or a suffix sunder, uncouple, unlink, unyoke,
loose, loosen, unbind, unfix, unlash,
untie, detach, undo, unfasten, unhook
63. AFFLUENCE Wealth, riches, prosperity, emigration, exodus, flight, outflow,

(n). A profuse or abundant privileged circumstances, outpouring
supply of riches. Influx, flux, income, inflow,
inrush
64. AFOOT In progress, advancement, receding, regressing, retrogressing,

(adv) 1. In the process of furtherance, onrush, arrested, ended, halted, stalled,
development procession stopped
2. Happening now: going on
65. AGGLOMERATE Collage, round, ball, roll, flatten, open, smooth, spread, unfold,
(v). To pile or heap together. assortment, collection, unroll
Cluster gather
66. AGGRANDIZE exaggerate, elaborate, belittle, decry, depreciate, detract,

(v). To cause to appear greatly. enhance, enlarge, disparage, minimize, abase, degrade,
increase, magnify, demean, humble, humiliate,
intensify, exalt, glorify abbreviate, abridge, curtail, shorten,
compress, condense, constrict
67. AGGRAVATE 1. serious, complicate, appease, conciliate, mollify, oblige,

(v) 1. To make an injury or worse, intensify pacify, placate, propitiate, delight,
problem more severe 2. annoy, tease, irritate, gladden, gratify, please, satisfy,
vex assure, cheer, comfort, console

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68. ALACRITY (N) Eagerness, quickness,
leisureliness, pokiness, slowness,
a quick and cheerful readiness promptness, enthusiasm,
sluggishness, apathy,
to do something readiness, Willingness,
disinterestedness, halfheartedness,
goodwill, amenability indifference, lukewarmness,
perfunctoriness, delay, dilatoriness
69. ALIENATE Alien, estrange, make endear, ingratiate, appease,
(v). To make someone feel unfriendly, push away, set conciliate, disarm, mollify, pacify,
unfriendly against, make hostile, placate, propitiate, reconcile
disaffect
70. ALLUVIUM Flood, overflow, torrent

(n). The wash or flow of water cataclysm.
against a shore
71. ALLUSION reference, hint, clue, quote, implication, inference, innuendo,

(n). Reference to something source, poem insinuation, clue, cue, hint, indication,
without mentioning it inkling, intimation, lead, suggestion,
mention, reference, breath, flicker
72. ALTERCATE Wrangle, argue, quarrel, coexist, get along, accept, agree,
(v). To dispute angrily or noisily brawl, tiff, fight, disagree assent, concur, consent
73. ALTERNATE Rotate, swap, exchange, compulsory, mandatory, nonelective,

(n). every other, every second Replace, choice, option, nonvoluntary, obligatory, required,
one substitute essential, indispensable, necessary
74. ALTERNATIVE Option, choice, substitute, coercion, duress, force, duty,

(n). Something that may be different obligation, Hobson's choice
chosen on the place of other
75. ALTRUIST unselfish, selfless, sincere, beneficiary, donee, giftee, recipient

(n). One who advocates or honest
practices altruism.
76. AMALGAMATE combine, merge, unite, cleave, disjoin, disunite, divide,

(v). To mix or blend together in integrate, fuse, blend, divorce, part, rupture, sever, sunder,
a homogeneous body. intermingle, mix, intermix, disperse, dissolve, scatter, detach,
incorporate; disengage, split
77. AMBIDEXTROUS Skilful, expert, versatile,

(adj) Having the ability of using double- dealing, clever,
both hands with equal skill or adroit
ease.
78. AMBROSIAL Divinely sweet, fragrant, or odorless, unscented, fusty, musty,

(adj) Perfumes of the gods delicious, essence stale, gamy (or gamey), fetid, foul,
malodorous, noisome, putrid, rancid,

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rank, reeking, reeky, skunky, smelly,
stenchful, stenchy, stinking, stinky,
strong
79. ANACHRONISM Relic, left over, misdate,

(n). Anything occurring or Chronological error,
existing out of its proper time. metachronism,
misplacement
80. ANAGRAM Rearrange, contrast,

(n) a word or phrase made by transposed letters
changing the order of the letters
in another word or phrase
81. ANATHEMA Curse, ban, execration, benediction, benison, blessing,

(n). A cursed, detested person malediction, abhorrence, citation, commendation, endorsement
abomination (also indorsement), beloved, darling,
dear, honey, sweetheart, delight,
enjoyment, felicity, joy, pleasure,
favorite, like, preference, treasure
82. ANGLOPHOBIA Dislike, disfavor, allergy,

(n). Hatred or dread of England avarice
or of what is English
83. ANNALS archives, chronicles,

(n). A record of events in their records, accounts; register,
chronological order, year by history
year.
84. ANNOTATE Explain, interpret, befog, cloud, confound, confuse,

(v) to add notes to a text or Comment on, add obfuscate, obscure
diagram in order to provide notes/footnotes to,
additional insight and elucidate, explicate.
understanding about something
85. ANTIPATHY Antagonism, enmity, beloved, darling, dear, honey,

(n). deep rooted feeling of dislike, abhorrence, ill sweetheart, delight, enjoyment,
dislike feeling. felicity, joy, pleasure, favorite, like,
preference, Treasure, love
86. ANTIC Adventure, experience, earnest, grave, no-nonsense, sedate,

(n). attention-drawing often prank, trick, practical joke, serious, severe, sober, sobersided,
wildly playful or funny act funny, comic, ludicrous solemn, somber (or sombre), staid
87. ANTIDOTE Cure, remedy, corrective,

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(n). Anything that will counteract countermeasure,
or remove the effects of poison, counteragent
disease, or the like.
88. ANHYDROUS Desiccated, dehydrate, dry,

(adj). with all water removed evaporated, moisture, less,
parched
89. ANIMADVERSION Criticism, disapproving

(n). The utterance of criticism or remarks, unfavorable
censure. comments, derogation
90. ANIMOSITY Hatred, ill-will, enmity amiability, amicability, civility,

(n). feeling of strong dislike hostility, unfriendliness cordiality, friendliness, hospitality,
neighborliness, comity, empathy,
friendship, goodwill, sympathy,
understanding, amity
91. ANNIHILATE destroy, devastate, conserve, preserve, protect, save,

(v). To destroy absolutely desolate, demolish, smash build, construct, create, fabricate,
fashion, forge, form, frame, make
92. ANTAGONISM Rivalry, conflict, friction, amiability, amicability, civility,

(n). Mutual opposition or animosity, opposing, cordiality, friendliness, hospitality,
resistance of counteracting hostility neighborliness, comity, empathy,
forces. friendship, goodwill, sympathy,
understanding
93. ANTEDILUVIAN Primitive, outdated, aged, fresh, vernal, young, youthful,

(adj). old-fashioned ancient, antique contemporary, current, latest, mod,
novel, present-day, ultramodern,
untested, untried, brand-new, unused,
unworn
94. ANTEMUNDANE Beginning, classic,

(adj). Pertaining to time before oldness, fossil, ancestral
the world's creation
95. ANTIPATHIZE Abhor, abominate, be

(v). To show or feel antipathy averse to, condemn, dislike
96. APOSTASY Renunciation, Atheism conformity, orthodoxy, agreement,

(n). A total departure from one’s abandonment of belief, conformation, conventionality
faith or religion. recantation, alienation,
lacking

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97. APPELLATE Appellant, suppliance,
(adj). having the power or pleading, conjuration
authority to review and decide
appeals, as a court.
98. APATHY Indifference, compassion, empathy, pity, sympathy

(n). Insensibility to emotion or Emotionlessness, receptiveness, receptivity,
passionate feeling numbness, impassiveness, responsiveness, sensitivity, solicitude,
affectlessness, lethargy, tenderness, understanding, warmth,
boredom hand-wringing, histrionics, hysteria,
hysterics, melodrama, vehemence
99. APEX Acme, apogee, climax, abyss, base, foot, minimum, bottom,
(n). The highest point, as of a crest, crescendo, zenith, nadir, rock bottom
mountain summit, pinnacle
100. APHORISM Adage, saying, proverb,

(n). A short phrase that maxim, epigram, sentential
expresses a true idea.
101. APIARY Bee yard, beehive, swarm,

(n). Bees place husbandry
102. APPALL Shock, weaken, shake up, buffer, cushion, delight, gratify,
(v) To fill with dismay or horror jolt, fail please, rejoice, tickle, charm, entice,
tempt, assure, cheer, comfort,
console, solace, soothe, reassure
103. APPARITION Bogey, spirit, vision,

(n). Ghost. specter, phantom, haunt
(dialect)
104. APPERTAIN Association, relate to,

(v). To belong to or be belong to, be connected,
connected to something be pertinent to, have
reference to
105. APPOSITE Appropriate, fitting, apt, frivolous, inconsequential,

(Adj) suitable for the occasion relevant, to the point, insignificant, little, minor, negligible,
or situation pertinent, applicable slight, trifling, trivial, unimportant,
meaningless, purposeless, senseless
106. APPREHENSIBLE Appreciable, perceptible, inaudible, intangible, invisible,

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(Adj) Capable of being sensible, distinguishable, inconspicuous, indistinct,
conceived understandable unnoticeable, unobtrusive, faint
107. APPROBATION Sanction, approval, praise, refusal, rejection, repudiation, dislike,

(n) Approval blessing, favor dissatisfaction, censure,
condemnation, criticism,
denunciation, deprecation
108. Arbitrary 1. Random, inconsistent, balanced, disinterested,

(adj) unreasoned dispassionate, equal, equitable,
1. not planned or chosen for a 2. tyrannical, peremptory, evenhanded, fair, impartial, just,
particular reason dictatorial nonpartisan, objective, rational
2. Autocratic in use of authority
109. ARBORESCENT Treelike in appearance,

(adj). Having the nature of a branching
tree
110. ARCHIPELAGO Cay, enclave, haven,

(n). an extensive group of peninsula, islet
islands
111. ARMADA Caravan, fleet, motorcade,

(n) A fleet of war-vessels. train, cavalcade, Navy,
Squadron
112. AROMA Fragrance, scent, perfume, fetor, malodor, reek, stench, stink
(n). An agreeable odor. redolence, balm, attar
(Otto)
113. ARRAIGN accuse, charge, lay advocate, champion, defend, excuse,

(v). To call into court, as a charges against, indict, forgive, justify, pardon, remit, shrive,
person indicted for crime impeach absolve, acquit, clear, exculpate,
exonerate, vindicate
114. ARRANT Complete, total, extreme doubtful, dubious, equivocal,

(adj) Notoriously bad. qualified, questionable, restricted,
All-out, thorough-going, uncertain
downright, unconditional,
straight- out, deadly
115. ARTIFICE Deception, pretence, amateurishness, awkwardness,

(n). dishonest or insincere stratagem, ruse, dodge clumsiness, crudeness, klutziness,
behavior or speech that is subterfuge, trick tactic rudeness, inability, inadequacy,
meant to deceive someone scheme inadequateness, incapability

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116. ASCENSION Ascent, climb, rise, soar plop, plummeting, sinking, decline,
(n) The act of rising or up, decrease, down, comedown,
ascending downfall, downgrade, descent, dip,
dive, drop, fall, nosedive, plunge
117. ASKANCE Distrustfully, dubiously, approvingly, favorably, positively,

(adv). With a side or indirect skeptically, with a grain of confidently, sanguinely, credulously,
glance or meaning. salt, suspiciously uncritically, unquestioningly, trustfully,
trustingly
118. ASSIDUOUS Diligent, industrious, Free, asleep, dormant, latent, lifeless,

(adj). showing great care or hardworking, busy, quiescent, sleepy, inert, passive,
attention laborious, engaged, active, dead, dull, slow, inoperative,
occupied nonoperating, idle, inactive, unbusy,
unemployed, unoccupied
119. ASSONANCE Duplication, repetition,

(n) the use of words that have similarity, agreement,
same or similar vowel sounds sameness, resemblance in
sound, rhymes, verse,
poetry
120. ASSUAGE lessen, allay, alleviate harm, hurt, impair, injure, heighten,
(v). To cause to be less harsh, ease, mitigate, soothe, intensify, sharpen, aggravate,
less painful palliate exacerbate
121. ASTRINGENT harsh, severe, biting, Sweet, bland, smooth, flat, flavorless,
(adj) 1. Very harsh or having critical, pungent, sharp, insipid, savorless, tasteless, zestless
sharp quality 2. in medical term, bitter, austere dilute, thin, watery, weak
cause body tissues to tighten
122. ASTUTE shrewd, sharp, acute, artless, guileless, ingenuous,

(adj). Keen in judgment and quick, quick-witted, clever innocent, naive (or naïve), exploitable,
calculation crafty, cunning, wise gullible (also gullable), unperceptive,
unwise, dense, dull, obtuse,
airheaded, birdbrained, brain-dead,
brainless, dim-witted
123. AUGUR foretell, forecast, predict,
(v) To predict prophesy, foreshadow,
bode, promise
124. AUSTERE Severe, ascetic, spartan, easy, easygoing, laid-back,

(adj) stern or cold in abstemious, abstinent, undemanding, charitable, kind,
appearance or manner, giving moral, harsh, stern, self- merciful, mild, patient, soft,

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simple or no scope for pleasure denying. self-abnegating. softhearted, accepting, compromising,
yielding, responsive, willing
125. AUTOPSY dissection, postmortem, biopsy, vivisection

(n) The examination of a dead examination, thorough
body by dissection to ascertain observation. Necropsy
the cause of death.
126. AVARICE Greed, rapaciousness contentment, fulfillment (or fulfilment),

(n.) Passion for getting and avidness, cupidity, gratification, satisfaction,
keeping riches. covetousness bounteousness, bountifulness,
bounty, charity, generosity,
generousness, largesse
127. AVERSION Disgust, horror, distaste, appetite, bent, fancy, favor, fondness,
(n) strong feeling of not liking nausea, loathing, like, liking, love, partiality, penchant,
something repugnance predilection, preference, propensity,
relish, shine, taste, use
128. AWRY uneven, unequal, ordered, orderly, regular, uniform

(adv. & adj) Out of the proper asymmetrical, askew, balanced, symmetrical (or symmetric),
form, direction, or position. crooked, wrong even, level, straight
129. AZURE Vibrant blue hue

(n). The color of the sky
130. BLANDISH Flatter, Coax, cajole, bug, harass, nag, pester, tease,
(v) to coax with flattery palaver, sweet-talk, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, cow,
wheedle, blarney intimidate, coerce, compel, constrain,
demand, force, make, oblige, require
131. BLEMISH Stain, mark, spot, Taint, adornment, decoration,

(v) To make something darken, spoil, poison, embellishment, enhancement,
imperfect or less beautiful tarnish, vitiate, fault, flaw, ornament
discolouration
132. BOON Blessing, advantage, aid, Misanthropic, aloof, cold, cool,

(n) something pleasant or benefit, favour, asset detached, distant, frosty, remote,
helpful reserved, standoffish, mum, mute,
reticent, silent, taciturn, antisocial,
insociable, introverted
133. BOROUGH District, section, town,

(n). 1. a village, town or part of area, region
large city
2. a town that has its own

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government
134. BOWLDERIZE Expurgate, censor, cut,

(v) remove material that is edit, blue-pencil, redact
considered improper
135. BRAGGART Blower, boaster, swagger, egoless, humble, modest,

(n) A person who brags a great vaunter, brag, snob uncomplacent, diffident, self-critical,
deal self-distrustful, self-doubting, self-
reproachful, self-reproving, meek,
timid, unassertive
136. BRAVADO Bravery, swaggering bashfulness, demureness,

(n) confident or brave talk or conduct, best, fine, gaiety retiringness, shyness
behavior that is intended to diffidence, self-distrust, self-doubt,
impress other people timidity, timidness
lowliness, meekness, mousiness,
passiveness, passivity
137. BRIC-A-BRAC Knick-knacks, ornaments, blemish, defacement, disfigurement,

(n) small objects that are used trinkets, baubles, scar, blot, spot, stain
for decoration and are not gimcracks
valuable
138. BRISTLE 1. Hair, fiber, filament, lack, need, want, allay, appease,
(n) 1. a short, stiff hair fiber thread, cord pacify, soothe, check, choke (back),
(v) 2. The indication of being 2. anger, fierce, rage, collect, compose, contain, curb,
angry annoy pocket, rein, repress, restrain,
3. Rise smother, stifle, strangle, subdue,
suppress, swallow, moderate, temper
139. BRUSQUE Rough, abrupt, blunt, civil, considerate, courteous,

(adj) talking in a very direct and downright, unceremonious, diplomatic, gracious, polite, politic,
unfriendly way unpleasant, rude smooth, suave, tactful, loquacious,
talkative, voluble, long-winded, prolix,
verbose, courtly, cultivated, gallant
140. BUFFET Bash, batter, beat, punch-

(v) to hit (something) with great out, pound, whip, lash,
force lather
141. BUFFOON Stupid, clown, harlequin,

(n) a foolish person who tries to zany, ludicrous figure
be funny
142. BULWARK Defend, cover, fence, bombard, storm, beset, besiege,

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(n) Something that provides guard, shield, protect, overrun, capitulate, cave, submit,
protection for or against screen yield, assail, assault, attack
something
143. BURNISH Polish, buff, furbish, dimness, dinginess, dirtiness,

(n) to make something smooth smooth, shine, gloss, drabness, dullness (also dulness),
and shiny by rubbing it sheen, luster flatness, grayness, paleness,
cloudiness, gloom, murkiness,
obscureness, obscurity, somberness
144. BUTTRRESS Support, Anchor,

(n) a structure built against a dependence, mainstay,
wall to support it pillar, standby, reliance
145. BUMPTIOUS Arrogant, obtrusive, lofty, bashful, cowering, cringing, demure,

(adj) proud or confident in a masterful, overweening, diffident, introverted, mousy (or
loud and rude way that annoys superior mousey), overmodest, self-critical,
others self-doubting, sheepish, shrinking,
shy, subdued, timid, acquiescent,
compliant, deferential, meek, passive
146. BUOYANT Blithe, bright, cheerful, joyless, sad, unhappy, unsatisfied

(adj) able to float, happy and lively, enthusiastic, upbeat, dull, lethargic, listless, sluggish, torpid
confident gladsome, winsome blue, brokenhearted, crestfallen,
Floating dejected, depressed, despondent,
disconsolate, disheartened, down,
downcast, downhearted, droopy
147. CACOPHONY Babel, blare, bluster, calm, hush, lull, quietude, serenity,
(n). tremendous noise, clamor, disharmony, tranquillity (or tranquility), quiet,
disharmonious sound disagreement, rattle, roar silence, silentness, still, stillness
148. CAJOLE Flatter, to urge, coax, bug, harass, nag, pester, tease,
(v) to persuade someone to do blandish, wheedle, sweet- browbeat, bulldoze, bully, cow,
something by saying nice things talk intimidate, coerce, compel, constrain,
demand, force, make, oblige, require
149. CALUMNY Slander, False accusation, acclaim, accolade, applause,

(n) An attempt to spoil Evil Speaking, defaming, commendation, praise, esteem,
someone’s reputation by aspersing honor, respect, adulation, flattery,
spreading lies adoration, reverence, veneration,
worship
150. CAPRICIOUS Changeable, variable equable, even, uniform, abiding,

(adj) changing often and Inconstant, Unstable, durable, lasting, permanent,
quickly, not logical or fluctuating, fickle persistent, dependable, reliable, sure,

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reasonable tried, tried-and-true, true, trustworthy
151. CLEMENCY mercy, kindness, hard-heartedness, mercilessness,

(n) kind treatment of someone forgiveness, charity, pitilessness, ruthlessness,
who could be given harsh lenience, forbearance uncharitableness, reprisal, requital,
punishment quarter retaliation, retribution, revenge,
vengeance, venom, vindictiveness,
virulence, vitriol, atrocity, barbarity,
brutality, cruelty, sadism, savageness,
savagery, truculence, viciousness,
violence, wantonness
152. COGENT intellectually convincing, groundless, invalid, shaky,

(adj) very easy and clever for logical, well-argued, unfounded, unsound, inconsequential,
the mind to accept. compelling, conclusive, insignificant, unimportant, immaterial,
decisive, persuasive, irrelevant, feeble, weak, inconclusive,
indecisive, ineffective, uncompelling,
unconvincing, unpersuasive
153. CONCOMITANT linked, associated, unassociated, unconnected, unrelated

(adj) accompanying in a connected, accompanying,
subordinate fashion coincidental, coexistent,
concurrent attendant
154. CONFLAGRATION Holocaust, inferno, fire, demilitarization, demobilization,

(n) great fire conflict, war disarmament, pacification, cease-fire,
truce, calm, peacefulness, tranquillity
(or tranquility), peace
155. CONTRITE Apologetic, regretful, compassionless, cruel, merciless,

(adj) feeling or showing regret repentant, remorseful pitiless, ruthless, unmerciful,
for bad behavior sorry, rueful shameless, unashamed, impenitent,
remorseless, unapologetic,
unrepentant
156. CONUNDRUM Mystery, confusing, head-

(n) a confusing or difficult scratcher, puzzle, riddle,
problem secret, enigma
157. CREDULITY Innocence, credulousness, sophistication, worldliness, distrust,

(n) ability or willingness to honesty, naiveté’s misdoubt, mistrust, suspicion,
believe something gullibility, simpleness suspiciousness, wariness, doubt,
uncertainty, incredulity, skepticism
158. CUPIDITY Avarice, greediness, contentment, fulfillment (or fulfilment),

(n) a strong desire for money or rapacity, avidity, gratification, satisfaction,

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possessions acquisitiveness bounteousness, bountifulness,
bounty, charity, generosity,
generousness, largesse (also
largess), liberality, magnanimity
159. CURSORY Hasty, headlong, hurried, calculated, calculating, measured

(adj) done or made quickly rash, rushed, precipitous circumspect, foresighted,
forethoughtful, drawn-out, extended,
long-term, prolonged, faltering
160. CADAVEROUS Corpselike, ghastly, thin, blushing, flushed, pink, blooming,

(adj). Resembling a corpse. Pallid, livid, ashen, pale, florid, flush, full-blooded, glowing, red,
wan, blanched, doughy rosy, rubicund, ruddy, sanguine,
beefy, brawny, burly, fit, hale, healthy
161. CADENCE Beat, rhythm, measure,

(n) Rhythmical or measured meter, stream
flow or movement, as in poetry
162. CALLOW immature, inexperienced, advanced, precocious, knowing,

(adj.) Without experience of the unsophisticated, innocent, savvy, sophisticated, worldly, worldly-
world. juvenile wise, adult, experienced, grown-up,
mature, ripe
163. CAMEO 1. Ornament, trinket, Rough

(n). 1. Any small engraved or beads, costume
carved work in relief 2. minor role, protagonist,
2. short appearance in a play walk-on, piece, character
164. CANDID frank, open, honest, inhibited, reserved, restrained, close-

(adj). Straightforward. truthful, sincere, forthright, mouthed, laconic, quiet, reticent,
direct, plainspoken taciturn, tight-lipped,
uncommunicative, ambiguous,
circuitous, equivocal, evasive
165. CANDOR Directness, sincerity, circuitousness, evasiveness,

(n). The quality of frankness or simplicity, honesty, secretiveness, inhibition, reserve,
outspokenness. uprightness, boldness ease restraint, reticence, shyness,
diplomacy, tact, dissembling,
dissimulation, indirection
166. CARDINAL basic, fundamental, key inconsequential, inconsiderable,

(adj) Of prime or special prime, essential, chief, insignificant, minor, negligible, slight,

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importance. foremost, central, main, trifling, trivial, unimportant, collateral,
paramount inferior, secondary, subordinate,
subsidiary, last, least
167. CARICATURE cartoon, parody, burlesque, homage, tribute, belittlement,

(n) a picture or description in mimicry, travesty, mockery disparagement, minimizing, poor-
which natural characteristics are mouthing, meiosis, understatement
exaggerated
168. CAROUSE drink, get drunk, go on a
(n) To drink deeply and in spree, binge, bender, toot,
boisterous or jovial manner. jamboree
169. CASTIGATE chastise, reproach, scold, approve, endorse (also indorse),

(v). To criticize harshly reprimand, censure, sanction, extol (also extoll), laud,
berate, criticize praise, acclaim, commend,
compliment, hail, laud, praise
170. CATACLYSM Catastrophe, destruction, dribble, drip, trickle, drought (also

(n) something that causes great devastation, flood, deluge, drouth), godsend, manna, windfall
destruction alluvion, cataract overflow
171. CAUTERIZE Burn, sear, singe, scorch, amplify, augment, beef (up), boost,
(v). Burn the skin or flesh of (a disinfect, sterilize, sanitize, consolidate, deepen, enhance,
wound) with a heated clean, cleanse, heighten, intensify, magnify, redouble,
instrument or caustic substance decontaminate step up, strengthen, animate, arouse,
in order to stop bleeding or to stimulate, sharpen, whet
prevent infection.
172. CEREMONIAL formal, ritual, solemnity. unauthorized, unofficial, graceless,

(adj). Characterized by outward dignified, celebratory, improper, inappropriate, incorrect,
form or ceremony, done as a conventional, traditional indecorous, inept, infelicitous, unapt,
part of ceremony unbecoming, unfit, unhappy
173. CHIVALRY gallantry, gentleman, boorishness, churlishness,

(n) an honorable way of courteousness. clownishness, loutishness, vulgarity
behaving especially towards politeness, discourteousness, discourtesy,
women impoliteness, incivility, rudeness,
surliness, ungraciousness
174. CIRCUMLOCUTION wordiness, redundancy. candor, directness, forthrightness,

(n). Indirect or roundabout verbosity, shuffle, frankness, openheartedness,
expression. equivocation openness, plainness, plumpness,
straightforwardness
175. CIRCUMNAVIGATE Go around, fly around, confront, face, meet, accept, court,
(V) to travel all the way around Circle, circuit, girdle, orbit, embrace, pursue, seek, welcome

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in a ship, plane etc. round, compass
176. CIRCUMSCRIBE Hold down, restrict, limit, broaden, expand, widen, overextend,
v. To confine within bounds boundary, confine, cap overreach, exceed
177. CLAIRVOYANCE Wisdom, Perception,

n. Intuitive sagacity or extrasensory, sixth sense,
perception second sight
178. CLAMOROUS noisy, load, deafening, noiseless, quiet, silent, soundless, still
(adj.) making a loud and blatant, clamant, calm, hushed, subdued
confused noise obstreperous, vociferating,
yowling
179. CLANDESTINE secret, surreptitious, acknowledged, avowed, aboveboard,

(Adj) keep secret or done undercover, furtive, straightforward, unconcealed,
secretively concealed, hidden undisguised, unclassified, unrestricted
clear, evident, manifest, obvious,
patent, plain, open, overt, public
180. COAGULATE Clot, congeal, gel, thicken, deliquesce, flux, fuse, liquefy (also
(v) to become thick or partially harden, jelly, set, curdle liquify), melt, thaw
solid.
181. CODDLE Overprotect, Pamper, control, discipline, restrain, oppress

v. To treat as a baby or an cosset, play up to, nurse, neglect, overlook, slight, molest,
invalid indulge outrage, violate, harass, harm, hurt
182. COERCIVE Forced, bullying, chosen, discretionary, dispensable,

(adj) using force or threats to intimidating, violent, unnecessary, unneeded, unwanted
make someone do something aggressive elective, optional, voluntary
183. COGNIZANT conscious, knowing, careless, heedless, inattentive,

adj. Taking notice, aware of sensible, familiar with, incautious, mindless, unguarded,
something acquainted with unheeding, unwary, insensible,
oblivious, unaware, unconscious,
unmindful, unwitting
184. COLLOQUIAL conversational, informal standard, undialectical, correct,

adj. using an informal style everyday, casual, familiar, educated, genteel, grammatical,
unbookish proper, bookish, formal, learned,
literary
185. COMELY Handsome, beautiful, cute, abhorrent, abominable, bad,

adj. pleasing in appearance drop-dead, ravishing, disagreeable, disgusting, dreadful,
stunning foul, frightful, ghastly, horrible,

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loathsome, nasty, nauseating,
objectionable, offensive, repellent
(also repellant), repugnant, repulsive,
revolting, shocking, sickening, terrible
186. COMMEMORATE Remember, memorize, disgrace, dishonor

v. To serve as a remembrance Celebrate, admire,
of monument, pay tribute,
salute
187. COMMITTAL Inter, burial, entombment,

n. the burial of a dead body Bondage, confinement,
custody, concern,
obligation
188. COMPLAISANT Agreeable, amenable,
(adj) willing to please others deferential, compliant,
obedient
189. COMPOSURE Calmness, self-control, alarm (also alarum), anxiety,

(N) the state or feeling of being self-command, serenity anxiousness, apprehension,
calm tranquility, balance apprehensiveness, care, concern,
disquiet, solicitude, uneasiness, worry
excitability, excitableness,
nervousness, disturbance, agitation,
discomposure, perturbation
190. CONCEDE 1. To surrender, Give up. disallow, disavow, disclaim, disown,

(v) 1. surrender relinquish, cede contradict, dispute, gainsay, negate,
2. Admit that something is true 2. Acknowledge, accept, negative, rebut, refute, reject,
after first denying it. confess, grant, recognize repudiate, conceal, cover (up), hide,
obscure, veil, kid (oneself), deny
191. CONCEIT Pride, arrogance, vanity, actuality, fact, reality

n. Self-flattering opinion, self-admiration self-love,
excessive pride in oneself. self-importance, narcissism
192. CONDENSATION Compression reduction, dilation, dispersion, dissipation,

(n) “Condensation” is water abbreviation, shortening. scattering, distension (or distention),
droplets from the air turning inflation, swelling, decompression,
from a gaseous state back to a Moisture, water droplets, expansion
liquid. precipitation, distillation,
steam.
193. CONCURRENCE Agreement, consistency, asynchrony (or asynchronism)

(n) accordance in opinion synchronism, unanimity

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194. CONFIDANT Close friend, intimate adversary, antagonist, competitor,
(n) One to whom secrets are companion, partner, opponent, rival, archenemy, nemesis,
entrusted. second self, crony enemy, foe
195. CONFISCATE seize, impound, take cede, deliver, forfeit, give up, hand
(v) take or seize someone's possession of, annex, over, release, relinquish, render,
property with authority commandeer surrender, turn over, yield
196. CONFLUENCE Union, Meeting, flowing divergence

(n) The place where streams together, convergence,
meet. conjunction, joining,
conflux
197. CONFORMITY contrast, discrepancy, disparateness,

(n) compliance with standards, Traditionalism, obedience disparity, dissimilarity, distinction,
rules or laws to, Adherence to, distinctiveness, distinctness,
observance of, adjustment, diverseness, diversity, unlikeness,
accommodation, deviance, divergence, discord,
adaptation discordance, dissension
198. CONGENIAL 1. friendly, pleasant, kindly, disagreeable, pleasureless,

(adj) Having kindred character pleasing, amiable, nice, unpalatable, unpleasant, unwelcome,
or agreeable tastes. 2. compatible, agreeable, abominable, ghastly, god-awful,
enjoyable hellish, horrid, miserable, wretched
199. CONGREGATE Assemble, gather, collect, break up, disband, disintegrate,

(v). To bring together into a flock together, rally, group, dissolve, separate, sever, split (up),
crowd cluster dismiss, send, dispel, disperse,
dissipate, scatter
200. CONNOTE To mean; signify, indicate,

(v). imply or suggest an idea or suggest hint clue,
feeling in addition to literal associated with, have
meaning overtones
201. CONSANGUINEOUS Of the same blood, same Illegitimate, adopted, adoptive,

(adj). Descended from the same origin, descended from nonbiological
parent or ancestor same ancestor, kinship
202. CONSCIENTIOUS reliable, careful, diligent cutthroat, dishonest, dishonorable,

(adj) wishing to do one’s work industrious, laborious, immoral, unconscionable, unethical,
thoroughly thorough, meticulous, unjust, unprincipled, unscrupulous,
careful, dedicated cursory, halfhearted, heedless
203. CONSECUTIVE Continuously, following, inconsecutive, inconsequent,

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(adj). Following in uninterrupted unbroken, back-to-back, nonconsecutive, nonsequential
succession running, one-after-the-
other
204. CONSPICUOUS Subtle, concealed, hidden, shrouded

Obvious, Easily seen,
(adj) Clearly visible dim, faint, obscure, insignificant,
noticeable, perceptible,
undistinguished, unimportant, modest,
detectable, observable,
unaffected, unassuming,
discernible
unpretentious, conservative, plain
205. CONTAGION Infection, transmission, antidote, antivenin, antivenom,

(n). The communication of contamination, domino mithridate, cure, cure-all, elixir,
disease from person to person spread panacea, fitness, healthiness,
hardiness, heartiness, lustiness
206. CONTORT twist, wrench/bend out of straighten, unbend, uncurl

(v). To twist or bend out of shape, warp, deform,
normal shape. misshape, distort
207. CONTUMACIOUS Rebellious, stubbornly acquiescent, agreeable, amiable,

(adj). extremely disobedient perverse, cooperative, deferential, obliging
Contrary, headstrong, Yielding, behaved, disciplined, well-
antagonist, intractable, bred, courteous, polite, respectful,
factious kowtowing
208. CORNUCOPIA Abundance, profusion, black hole, sinkhole

(n). a mythical horn able to wealth, Mine, gold mine,
provide whatever is desired. argosy, mother lode,
wellspring, treasure trove.
209. CORRODE eat away, wear away, freshen, recreate, refresh, refreshen,
(v.) To ruin or destroy little by erode, gnaw away, abrade, regenerate, rejuvenate, renew,
little. destroy, consume, rust, restore, revitalize, revive
oxidize
210. CRASS Stupid, insensitive aristocratic, courtly, patrician, elegant,

(adj.) Coarse or thick in graceful, restrained, considerate,
structure/showing no dense, thick, hard gracious, sensitive, thoughtful, citified,
intelligence or sensitivity blundering, oafish, asinine sophisticated,
211. CREVICE crack, fissure, cleft, chink,

n. A small gap, especially in a cranny, split, rift, slit, gash,
rock or wall rent, fracture
212. CULPABLE Guilty, responsible, liable, flawless, perfect, pure, guiltless,

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(Adj) deserving blame at fault, blameworthy, innocent, blameless, faultless,
censurable impeccable, irreproachable
213. CULVERT channel, conduit, drain,

(n) Any artificial covered gutter, watercourse
channel for the passage of
water through a bank.
214. CURT 1. Blunt, abrupt, brusque, civil, considerate, courteous,

(Adj) 1. rudely brief in speech sharp diplomatic, gracious, polite, politic,
2. concise 2. Terse, laconic, interval, smooth, suave, tactful, loquacious,
brief talkative, voluble, long-winded, prolix,
verbose
215. DECRY Condemn, criticize, approve, countenance, endorse (also

(V) publicly condemn censure, attack, damn rail indorse), favor, recommend, sanction
against, deplore commend, compliment, eulogize,
acclaim, applaud, exalt, extol (also
extoll), glorify, laud, magnify, praise
216. DEFILE 1. spoil, sully, mar, impair, clarify, clean, cleanse, clear, distill
(V) 1. Damage the purity or debase, degrade (also distil), purge, filter, disinfect,
appearance 2. rape sanitize, sterilize, decontaminate,
2. sexually assault purify
217. DELETERIOUS Harmful, hurtful, advantageous, beneficial, useful

(adj) causing harm or damage detrimental, adverse, favorable, good, propitious, curative,
injurious, undesirable healthful, healthy, helpful, palliative,
remedial, salubrious, salutary,
wholesome, secure, sound
218. DEMURE Modest, reserved, shy, aggressive, assertive, audacious,

(adj) shy women or her bashful, quiet, timid, bold, brash, brassy, cheeky, forward,
behaviour reticent impertinent, impudent, saucy
cocksure, cocky, confident, hubristic,
overconfident, self-confident
219. DEPRECATE Abhor, deplore, detest, endorse (also indorse), sanction,

(V) express disapproval of execrate, unacceptable, support, adore, delight (in), dig, enjoy,
take a dim view of fancy, groove (on), love, relish, revel
(in), approve, favor, like
220. DERIDE ridicule mock, pillory, laugh applaud, approve, commend, endorse

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(V) express contempt for at, poke fun at, jibe at, (also indorse), sanction
ridicule taunt, banter
221. DESECRATE Profane, treat bless, consecrate, dedicate, hallow,

(V) treat a sacred thing or place sacrilegiously, defile, sanctify, honor, respect, cleanse,
with disrespect violate, dishonor, outrage, purge, purify
disrespect, pollute
222. DESICCATED Dry, dehydrated, castrate, fleshy, juicy, pulpy, succulent, sappy,
(V) without moisture or content devitalize, petrify, watery
decomposed, lifeless, dull,
lazy
223. DIAPHANOUS Transparent, flimsy, thin, Opaque, cloudy, foggy, hazy, misty,
(adj) delicate, translucent Sheer, fine, light, murky, nebulous, smoky (also
(especially of dress) insubstantial, silk, gauze smokey), drab, dull, lackluster,
like lusterless
224. DIFFIDENT Shy, Bashful, timid, boon, clubbable (also clubable),

(Adj) modesty or shy because humble, meek, reserved, companionable, convivial, gregarious,
of lack of self- confidence introverted, shrinking sociable, social, bold, dashing
225. DISSEMBLE Evade, dodge, deceive,
(V) conceal or disguise one’s Dissimulate, pretend, feign,
true feelings or beliefs bluff, counterfeit, sham
226. DITHER Hesitate, falter, vacillate, aplomb, calm, composure,

(N) be indecisive fluctuate, change one’s equanimity, imperturbability, self-
mind, ambivalent possession, tranquillity (or tranquility)
227. DEBONAIR Elegant, handsome, suave, earnest, grave, serious, serious-

(Adj) urbane, self- assured, minded, somber (or sombre)
{The boy in air} stylish, dapper, courteous, careful, cautious, heedful, wary
confident, charming mannerly, gallant, anxious, concerned, upset, worried
chivalrous, refined long-suffering, overburdened,
sorrowful, careworn
228. DECIMATE Destroy, annihilate, doctor, fix, mend, patch, recondition,

v. To destroy a measurable or devastate, demolish, repair, revamp, create, invent,
large proportion of. shatter, smash, wreck assemble, fabricate, fashion, forge,
form, frame, make, manufacture
229. DECREPIT Old, feeble, frail, weak, brand-new, fresh, new, cared-for,
(adj) worn out or ruined Rickety, run down, broken- kept-up, maintained, hard, hardy,
because of age or neglect down, falling apart, ruined lusty, red-blooded, robust, sturdy,
tough, hale, healthy, sound, mighty,

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powerful, rugged, stalwart, stout,
strong
230. DEFIANT disobedient, insolent, acquiescent, agreeable, amiable,

(Adj) disobedient behavior recalcitrant, rebellious, cooperative, deferential, obliging
insubordinate Yielding, behaved, disciplined, well-
bred, courteous, polite, respectful
231. DEFERENCE respect, regard, animosity, antipathy, enmity, hostility,

n. polite submission and respect consideration, ill will, defiance, disobedience,
attentiveness, courtesy, intractability, recalcitrance
politeness, civility,
dutifulness, reverence
232. DEIFY Worship, revere, venerate, abhor, abominate, despise, detest,

(v). regard or worship as a god exalt, pay homage to, disdain, dislike, hate, loathe, belittle,
adore, extol deprecate, disparage, misprize, put
down, blaspheme, desecrate
233. DELIQUESCE Liquefy, flux, fuse, run, clot, coagulate, congeal, gel, jell, jelly,
(v.) To dissolve or melt away melt, thaw, soften, thicken, harden, set, solidify
gradually and become liquid by dissolve, thin
absorption of moisture
234. DELUDE Trick, fool, deceive, debunk, expose, reveal, show up,
v. To mislead the mind or double-cross, beguile uncloak, uncover, unmask, disclose,
judgment hoodwink divulge, tell, unveil, disabuse,
disenchant, disillusion, undeceive
235. DEMAGOGUE political agitator, firebrand, peacemaker, reconciler, uniter
(n.) a political leader who seeks soapbox orator, haranguer,
support by appealing to popular troublemaker
desires rather than by using
rational argument
236. DEMEANOR conduct, appearance,

(n) outward behavior or bearing manner, attitude, air, cast,
aspect
237. DEMOLISH Destroy, To annihilate, build, construct, erect, put up, raise
(V) to pull or knock down flatten, bulldoze, bring rebuild, renew, renovate, restore
down, raze, topple create, fabricate, fashion, forge, form,
make, manufacture, shape
238. DENIZEN Inhabitant, resident, alien, foreigner, nonresident, guest,

(n)A person who lives in a townsman, local, familiar, tourist, visitor, defector, emigrant,

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country but is not native- born frequenter escaper, evacuee, exile, expatriate,
refugee, transient
239. DENOUEMENT End, conclusion, finish, consideration, determinant, factor,

(n) That part of a play or story in ending, outcome, upshot, base, basis, beginning, foundation,
which the mystery is cleared up. result, culmination, climax, ground, groundwork, impetus,
epilogue, finale incentive, inspiration, instigation,
stimulus
240. DERELICT abandoned, Negligent, meticulous, painstaking, punctilious,

(Adj) 1. Neglectful of obligation. remiss, slack, cautious, chary, circumspect,
2.in a very poor condition as a irresponsible, delinquent, gingerly, guarded, alert, heedful,
result of disuse careless heeding
241. DESICCANT Hygroscopic, absorber,

(n.) substance that dries up or anhydrous, baked,
absorbs moisture, dehydrated, waterless,
hard, exhausted
242. DESPICABLE Contemptible, loathsome, high-minded, honest, honorable,

(Adj.) deserving hatred and reprehensible, abhorrent, noble, principled, redoubtable,
contempt awful, hated reputable, right-minded, scrupulous,
upright, ethical
243. DETRIMENT Harm, damage, loss, healing, recovery, cure, fix, remedy
(n) Something that causes impairment, mischief,
damage, depreciation, or loss. disadvantage
244. DEXTERITY Adroitness, nimbleness, inadequacy, incompetence,

(n) skill in performing tasks skill, accomplishment, incompetency, ineptitude, ineptness
efficiency, mastery brainlessness, denseness, density,
doltishness, dopiness, dullness
245. DILETTANTE /dilitanti:/ Amateur, Dabbler, tinkerer, able, accomplished, capable,

(n.) a person whose interest in dallier, trifler, superficial competent, dexterous (also dextrous),
an area of knowledge is not interest gifted, habile, handsome, proficient,
very serious. skilled, skillful, talented
246. DECLAMATION speech, address, oration,

(n) the act or art of declaiming lecture, delivery, sermon
discourse, recitation
247. DEMULCENT Soothing, mollifying,

(n) Any application soothing to pacifying, solacing, allaying
an irritable surface irritation

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248. EBULLIENT Exuberant, buoyant, joyful, indolent, lazy, unambitious, inert,

(adj) cheerful and full of energy light-hearted, high-spirited, lethargic, sleepy, sluggish, tired,
vivacious torpid, weary, apathetic, impassive,
phlegmatic, stolid
249. EFFRONTERY Impudence, audacity, bashfulness, diffidence,

(N) insolent or impertinent boldness, shamelessness, faintheartedness, hesitancy, modesty,
behavior impoliteness, disrespect, shyness, timidity, timidness,
forwardness, temerity timorousness, civility, courteousness,
courtesy, gentility, graciousness,
mannerliness, manner
250. EFFULGENT Radiant, shining brightly. blackened, dark, darkened, darkish,

(adj) expression of a person darkling, darksome, dimmed, dusky,
radiating joy gloomy, lightless, murky, obscure,
obscured, pitch-black, pitch-dark
251. EGREGIOUS Gross, outrageous, imperceptible, inconspicuous,

(adj) extraordinary in some bad shocking, notorious unnoticeable, unobtrusive,
way intolerable inconsequential, inconsiderable,
insignificant, slight, small, trifling,
trivial, concealed, hidden, invisible
252. ENERVATE Exhaust, fatigue, weary arouse, rouse, stir, charge, electrify,
(V) make someone feel drained weaken, enfeeble, galvanize, excite, ferment, fire,
of energy immobilize, devitalize foment, incite, inflame (also enflame),
instigate, kindle, provoke, spark,
trigger, whip (up), abet, boost, buoy,
cheer, embolden, fortify, hearten
253. EPHEMERAL Transitory, transient, Lifelong, continuing, durable,

(adj.) lasting for a very short fleeting, short-lived, persistent, imperishable, indefectible,
time cursory, temporary, indestructible, ceaseless, dateless,
impermanent deathless, endless, enduring, eternal,
everlasting, immortal, lasting, long-
lived, permanent, perpetual, timeless,
undying, unending
254. ESCHEW Abstain from, shun, accept, court, embrace, pursue, seek,
(V) deliberately avoid forswear, abjure, reject, welcome, catch, contract, incur
relinquish, deny, abnegate
255. EVANESCENT Vanishing, fade, Lifelong, continuing, durable,

(adj) soon passing out of sight evaporating, disappearing, persistent, imperishable, indefectible,
or memory diminishing, shrinking, indestructible, ceaseless, dateless,

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transient, short period deathless, endless, enduring, eternal,
everlasting
256. EVINCE Show, indicate, display, belie, misrepresent, distort, falsify,

(v) reveal the presence of (a manifest, evidence, exhibit, garble, twist, camouflage, disguise
quality or feeling) demonstrate gild, gloss (over), varnish, whitewash
conceal, counterfeit, cover, hide,
mask, obscure, occlude, veil
257. EXCULPATE Pardon, forgive, absolve, accuse, arraign, charge, impeach,

(V) show or declare that clear, exonerate, vindicate, indict, convict, criminate, incriminate
someone is not guilty of wrong acquit
doing
258. EXECRABLE terrible, appaling, choice, excellent, exceptional, first-

(adj) very bad atrocious, awful, dismal, class, first-rate, premium, prime,
wretched, horrible, terrible superior, adequate, sufficient,
acceptable, satisfactory, bitchin'
[slang], great, marvelous (or
marvellous), wonderful
259. EXIGENT urgent, emergent, instant incidental, low-pressure, minor,

(adj) requiring immediate Compelling, clamant, negligible, trivial, unimportant,
attention critical, acute, imperative nonthreatening, safe, stable,
noncritical, nonurgent
260. EXPIATE Compensate, indemnify

(v) to do something to show that Atone(for), mend, redeem,
you are sorry about doing make good for, make
something bad amends for
261. EXPUNGE erase, wipe out, abolish, conserve, preserve, protect, save,
(V) to remove something black out, cancel, extirpate, build, construct, create, fabricate,
completely annihilate, exterminate, fashion, forge, form, frame, make,
stamp out manufacture, shape, fix, mend, patch,
rebuild, recondition, reconstruct,
renew, renovate, repair, restore,
revamp
262. EXTANT defunct, destroyed, exterminated,

(adj) in existence, not destroyed kaput (also kaputt), departed, gone,
existing, alive, around, lost, nonexistent, idle, inactive, inert,
present, living, animate dead, extinct, nonextant
breathing
263. EXTOL admire, bless, glorify, blame, censure, reprehend, reprobate
(V) to praise someone or emblazon, laud, magnify criticize, reprove, admonish, chide,

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something highly exalt, resound keelhaul, rebuke, reprimand, reproach
castigate, lambaste (or lambast)
264. EFFEMINATE Unmanly, sissy, epicene, manlike, manly, mannish, masculine,

(adj) having womanish traits or effete, feministic characters virile
qualities
265. EFFERVESCE Bubble, sparkle, liveliness,

(v) to bubble up as gas escapes exhilaration, enthusiasm
266. EFFETE 1. Over-refined, artificial, undecadent, able-bodied, athletic,

(adj) lacking strength or pretentious, mannered beefy, brawny, fit, husky, muscular,
courage (resembling a woman) 2. Weakened, powerless, sinewy, strapping, virile, hard, hardy,
enfeebled lusty, red-blooded, robust, sturdy,
3. Womanish, girlish, tough, fortified, hardened, inured
unmasculine
267. EFFICACIOUS Effective, fruitful, potent, Counterproductive, incapable,

(adj) having the power to operative, productive, incompetent, inexperienced, inexpert,
produce a desired result efficient unqualified, unseasoned, unskilled,
unskillful, abortive, bootless, futile,
vain, empty, hollow, idle, pointless
268. EFFLORESCENCE Folding, flowering, decay, decline, downfall, bottom,

(n) The state of being flowering sprouting, blossom, nadir, shriveling (or shrivelling),
/ an example or result of growth flourishing, developing, wilting, withering
and development budding
269. EFFLUVIUM Deadwood, debris, catch, gem, goody (or goodie), jewel,
(n) A noxious or ill-smelling garbage, dust, scrap, pearl, plum, prize, treasure, treasure
exhalation from decaying or rubbish, trash, litter, junk trove, trove, valuable, booty, find,
putrefying matter. salvage
270. ELUCIDATE explain; make clear, befog, cloud, confound, confuse,

(v) To bring out more clearly the interpret, illuminate, throw obfuscate, obscure
facts concerning light on, comment on,
demystify
271. EMACIATE Decay, droop, weaken, convalesce, rally, rebound, recover,

(v) To waste away in flesh. fade, fail, languish, waste, recuperate, gain
wither, lag
272. EMANCIPATE Enfranchise, free, loose, handcuff, manacle, shackle, trammel

(v) To release from bondage. liberate, disenthrall, commit, immure, imprison,
uncage incarcerate, intern, jail, lock (up)
conquer, enslave, subdue, subjugate,

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bind, confine, enchain, fetter, restrain
273. EMBELLISH decorate, color, elaborate, belittle, minimize, play down,

(v) To make beautiful or elegant embroider, exaggerate, understate
by adding attractive or hyperbolize, magnify
ornamental features.
274. EMBOLISM blockage, Intercalation,

(n) 1. An obstruction of a blood mass of coagulation,
vessel by an air bubble, a cluster, curdling, occlusion,
detached blood clot, or a foreign clot
body.
275. EMERITUS Retired, isolated, reclusive,

(Adj). Retired from active professor, respected,
service but retained to an reverence
honorary position.
276. EMPORIUM Bazaar, shop, store,

(n). A bazaar or shop. market, place of trade
277. ENDEMIC 1. Widespread, prevalent, imported, introduced, transplanted,

(adj) growing or existing in rife, epidemic alien, exotic, foreign, strange,
certain place or region 2. Aboriginal, born, expatriate, immigrant, nonindigenous,
domestic, native, nonnative
indigenous
278. EPIDEMIC Catching, contagious, calm, doldrums, slump

(adj) (Of a disease: normally infectious, spreading
absent or infrequent in a
population but liable to
outbreaks of greatly increased
frequency and severity
279. ENFEEBLE To debilitate, to make energize, invigorate, recruit,

(v) deprive of strength feeble, devitalize, etiolate, rejuvenate, vitalize, harden, season,
enervate, weaken toughen, beef (up), fortify, strengthen
280. ERRATIC Irregular, aimless, arbitrary, established, fixed, regular, set, stable,
(Adj) moving, changing in ways desultory, random, steady, constant, continuous, even
that are not usual. scattered arranged, managed, orchestrated
281. EULOGIZE Extol, praise, laud, glorify, demean, disgrace, dishonor, humble,
(v) To speak or write a laudation magnify, bless humiliate, mortify, shame, take down

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of a person's life or character depose, dethrone, dismiss, expel,
impeach, oust, overthrow
282. EXCRUCIATE Torture mentally, inflict abet, aid, assist, help, deliver,
(v) To inflict severe pain or extreme mental anguish release, relieve, reprieve, comfort,
agony upon. console, content, quiet, solace,
soothe, succor
283. (adj) containing a mistake, not Illogical, illegitimate,

true or accurate invalid, unreasoning, weak,
irrational, deceptive
284. FASTIDIOUS Choosy, dainty, delicate, affable, breezy, carefree, devil-may-

(adj) very careful about how you demanding, particular, care, happy-go-lucky, lackadaisical,
do something persnickety laid-back, low-pressure, relaxed,
flexible, lax, loose, lenient, permissive
285. FATUOUS Brainless, stupid, dense, ingenious, resourceful

(adj) foolish or stupid obtuse, oafish, witless, acute, astute, discerning, insightful,
doltish, dopey, dull, dumb keen, knowing, perceptive, percipient,
perspicacious, sagacious, sage
286. FECUND Fertile, prolific meager (or meagre), scant, scanty,

(adj) Cornucopian, fructuous, skimp, skimpy, spare, sparse, barren,
1. producing or able to produce fruitful, lush, productive dead, infertile, sterile, unfertile,
many babies, young animals or unfruitful, unproductive
plants
2. Producing many new ideas
287. FERAL Savage, untamed, controlled, docile, familiar,

(adj) resembling a wild beast undomesticated, wild, semidomesticated, subdued,
uncontrolled, uncivilized submissive, halterbroken,
unsophisticated, philistine housebroken, trained, civilized,
semicivilized, socialized, broken,
busted, domestic, domesticated,
gentled, tame, tamed
288. FETID Malodorous, foul, ripe, flowery, fruity, spicy, woodsy,

(adj) having a strong, smelly, stinky, noisome, ambrosial, aromatic, fragrant,
unpleasant smell fusty perfumed, redolent, savory (also
savoury), scented, sweet
289. FLORID Ornate, bedizened, bare, denuded, exposed, naked,

(adj). 1.very fancy gingerbread, over stripped, uncovered, modest, simple,
2.having red color decorated, over wrought unassuming, unpretentious,
conservative, muted, quiet,

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restrained, subdued, tasteful, toned-
down, understated, unobtrusive,
austere, plain, severe, stark,
unadorned
290. FRACTIOUS Quarrelsome, irritable, affable, amiable, amicable,

(adj) causing trouble/full of unruly, troublesome benevolent, cordial, easygoing,
anger and disagreement friendly, genial, good-natured, good-
tempered, gracious, ingratiating,
pleasant, sociable, pacific, peaceable
291. FACET aspect, angle, side,

(N) one side of something feature, characteristic
many-sided, especially of a cut factor, element, point
gem.
292. Facetious Teasing, irritating brainless, lowbrow, stupid, witless,

(adj). used to describe speech Jocular, flippant, playful, corny, hackney, hackneyed, lame,
that is meant to be funny but is frivolous, light-hearted, humorless, unamusing, uncomic,
actually annoying non-serious, funny, unfunny, earnest, grave, serious,
amusing serious-minded, sober, solemn,
somber (or sombre), doleful,
dolorous, lachrymose, plaintive, sorry,
tearful, woeful
293. FACILE discerning, penetrant, penetrating

(Adj). Not difficult to do. Too definitive, hard, broad, complete,
simple Uncomplicated, superficial, comprehensive, exhaustive,
simplistic unchallenging, extensive, far-reaching, wide, general,
easy- peasy, artificial global, inclusive, detailed, in-depth,
critical, deep, profound
294. FACSIMILE replica, reproduction, antithesis, converse, opposite,

n. An exactor carbon copy. duplicate, carbon copy, reverse
photocopy, Xerox, twin,
clone
295. faultless, flawless, impeccable,

FALLIBLE liable/prone to error, erring, perfect, complete, entire, intact, whole
(Adj) Capable of making imperfect, flawed, frail, unblemished, undamaged,
mistakes weak unimpaired, unspoiled
296. FAMISH Starve, ravenous, deprived

v. To suffer extremity of hunger of food, dying of hunger
or thirst

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297. FAUN Lustful, rapacious, greedy,
(n) a creature in Roman evil Demon,
mythology that is part human
and part goat
298. FAWN Brown, tan, Flatter, coax, despise, disdain, scorn, gibe (or jibe),
(N.V.) cajole. jeer, scoff, brave, challenge, defy
1. Young deer
2. to try to get the approval of Apple-polish, bootlick
an important person by praising toady, curry favor, truckle
299. FEALTY Allegiance, devotion, alienation, disaffection, estrangement,

n. Loyal to a person, group etc commitment, faith, piety separation, disloyalty, faithlessness,
fidelity, attachment, oath falseness, falsity, inconstancy,
infidelity, perfidiousness, perfidy,
treachery, unfaithfulness
300. FELICITATE Compliment, hug, bad-mouth, belittle, cry down, decry,

(v.) to make happy, congratulate, praise, kudo deprecate, depreciate, diminish,
(adj) made happy discount, disparage, minimize, put
down, write off, jeer, mock, ridicule,
taunt, tease
301. FEROCIOUS Acute, dreadful, intense, feeble, weak, shallow, superficial

adj. Of a wild, fierce, and fierce, furious, hellacious, moderated, qualified, alleviated,
savage nature terrible, ' vehement, violent eased, lightened, toned (down),
abated, decreased, diminished,
lessened, reduced, subdued, light,
moderate, soft
302. FERVID fervent, passionate, ardent, detached, dry, impersonal, objective

adj. having or showing feelings impassioned, intense, reserved, undemonstrative, cold, cool,
that are very strong torrid dispassionate, emotionless,
impassive, unemotional
303. FESTIVE joyful, happy, jolly, merry, abject, aggrieved, anguished, blue,
(adj) cheerful and exciting: gay, jovial, light hearted, brokenhearted, crestfallen, dejected,
suited to a celebration jocund depressed, despondent, disconsolate,
disheartened, dispirited, downcast,
downhearted, forlorn, glum,
heartbroken, heartsick, heavyhearted,
low-spirited, melancholy, sad,
saddened, sorrowful, unhappy, crying
304. FILIBUSTER Procrastination, bowl, breeze, dart, hump, hurtle,

(n.) One who attempts to obstruction, blocking hold- hustle, scramble, stampede

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obstruct legislation. up, delay gallop, jog, run, sprint, trot
a delaying tactic; a long speech accelerate, quicken, speed (up)
given in order to delay progress catch up, fast-forward, outpace,
or the making of a decision outrun, outstrip, overtake
305. GARRULOUS Blabby, chatty, mouthy, quiet, shy, mum, mute, silent,
(adj) tending to talk a lot loquacious, talkative speechless, tongue-tied, wordless,
evasive, nonvocal, secretive, self-
contained, aloof, indrawn, inhibited,
introverted, retiring, unsociable,
withdrawn, closemouthed, laconic,
reserved, reticent, taciturn, tight-
lipped, uncommunicative
306. GAMBOL 1. binge, ploy, revel, spree, mope, pout, stew, sulk
(n) skipping or leaping about in
romp
play 2. frisk, frolic, disport,
(V) to run or jump in lively way
caper
307. GAMUT entire range, whole
(n). The whole range or spectrum, complete scale,
sequence. complete sequence,
diapason
308. GENTEEL intolerable, unacceptable,
(Adj). relating to people who unsatisfactory, casual, grungy,
have high social status Befitting, correct, decent, informal, seedy, shabby, tacky,
respectable, decorous, banned, barred, disallowed,
appropriate, sophisticated, forbidden, interdicted, outlawed,
mannerly prohibited, proscribed, awkward,
gauche, ungraceful, improper
309. GESTATION development, incubation, barrenness, infertility

(n) the process by which maturation, ripening,
something (such as an idea) pregnancy, gravidity
forms and develops
310. GUSTO zest, enthusiasm, zeal, indolence, laziness, debilitation,

(n). Keen enjoyment. verve, enjoyment, delight, debility, delicacy, disablement,
vigor enfeeblement, faintness, feebleness,
frailness, frailty, impotence,
impotency, infirmity, powerlessness
311. GULLIBLE over-trustful, easily critical, cynical, mistrustful, skeptical,

(Adj) easily fooled or cheated. deceived, easily taken suspicious, wary, sophisticated, clear-
exploitable, innocent, eyed, clear-sighted, hardheaded,
naive, simpleton shrewd, street-smart, streetwise

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312. GUISE External appearance, bluntness, candidness, candor,
(n). one of several ways in likeness, costume, clothes, directness, forthrightness, frankness,
which something is seen or outfit, dress, habit, style openheartedness, outspokenness,
experienced plainspokenness, sincerity,
straightforwardness, artlessness,
genuineness, naïveté (also naivete or
naiveté)
313. GUILE cunning, duplicity, candidness, candor, directness,

(n) the use of clever and craftiness, craft, artfulness, frankness, openness, plainness,
dishonest methods to achieve art, artifice, wiliness. wiles, plainspokenness, honesty, probity,
something foxiness dependability, reliability, reliableness,
solidity, trustability, trustiness,
trustworthiness, decency, goodness,
incorruptibility, integrity
314. GROTTO Antre, cavern, delve, grot

(n). A small cave
315. GRIMACE make faces, pull a face, beam, grin, smile

(n). A distortion of the features, scowl, frown, mouth, sneer,
occasioned by some feeling of pout,, snoot, mug
pain, disgust, etc.
316. GIBE jeer, mock, sneer at, scoff applaud, approve, commend, endorse
(V). To utter taunts or at, taunt, scorn, deride, (also indorse), sanction
reproaches ridicule, hold up
317. GOSSAMER cobweb, spider’s web, silky durable, knockabout, lasting, tough
(Adj) a piece of spider’s web, substance, gauze tissue, coarse, heavy, rough, rude, sturdy,
very delicate material chiffon, thistledown, flimsy substantial
318. pompous, pretentious, prosaic, unpoetic, bald, direct, lean,

GRANDILOQUENT ostentatious, high-flown, matter-of-fact, plain, plainspoken,
(adj). Speaking in or wordy, bombastic simple, spare, stark, straightforward,
characterized by a pompous or unadorned, natural, unaffected,
bombastic style. unpretentious
319. GRATIFICATION Satisfaction, content, misery, sadness, unhappiness,

(n) the act of gratifying delight, pleasure, relish wretchedness, anguish, desolation,
enjoyment joylessness, sorrow, woe, dejection,
depression, despondency,
dispiritedness, gloom, melancholy
320. GRENADIER Attacker, soldier, warrior,

(n) a soldier who carries and invader

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throws grenades
321. GREGARIOUS sociable, social, company- Misanthropic, aloof, cold, cool,

(adj) enjoying the company of loving, companionable, detached, distant, frosty, remote,
other people convivial, outgoing, friendly reserved, standoffish, mum, mute,
reticent, silent, taciturn, antisocial,
insociable, introverted,
nongregarious, reclusive, unsociable,
unsocial
322. HACKNEYED Boring, dull, Cliché, animating, energizing, enlivening,

(adj) not interested, funny etc. obligatory, timeworn, exciting, galvanizing, invigorating,
stereotyped, cobwebby, stimulating, absorbing, engaging,
stale engrossing, gripping, interesting,
intriguing, involving, riveting, atypical
323. HAPLESS Hard-luck, ill-fated, star- blessed (also blest), favored, gifted,
(adj) having no luck: very crossed, unhappy, privileged, auspicious, fair, favorable,
unfortunate unfortunate, snakebit golden, promising, propitious,
fortunate, happy, lucky
324. HARANGUE Diatribe, tirade, jeremiad, encomium, eulogy, panegyric,

(n) a forceful or angry speech rant, philippic rhapsody, tribute, acclaim,
acclamation, accolade, citation,
homage, honor, praise, approval,
blessing, commendation,
endorsement (also indorsement),
sanction, ovation, plaudit, rave
325. HEGEMONY Ascendance, dominance, helplessness, weakness, impotence,

(n) influence or control over supremacy, imperium, impotency, powerlessness
another country, a group of reign, sovereignty
people etc
326. HABITUDE Affection, genius, bias, allergy, averseness, aversion,
(n). Customary relation or aptitude, tendency, disfavor, disinclination, dislike,
association. inclination, leaning disliking, disrelish, distaste,
detachment, impartiality, neutrality,
objectivity, apathy, disinterestedness,
indifference, insouciance,
nonchalance, unconcern
327. HARBINGER herald, announcer,

(N) something that shows what forerunner, precursor,

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is coming foregoer, angel
328. HAVOC Devastation, confusion, method, pattern, plan, system, order,

(n) a situation in which there is disorder, disarray, heck orderliness
much destruction or confusion chaos, mess, jumble
329. HEEDLESS Thoughtless, Careless, attentive, chary, observant, vigilant,

(Adj). not paying careful unsafe, unwary, mindless, watchful, foresighted, forethoughtful,
attention incautious provident, calculating, scheming,
shrewd, considerate, thoughtful,
ultracareful, ultracautious, alert,
cautious, circumspect, gingerly,
guarded, heedful, safe, wary
330. HENCHMAN assistant, aide, apostate, defector, renegade, traitor,

(n) a trusted follower or subordinate, supporter, turncoat, coryphaeus, leader
supporter who performs illegal follower, right-hand,
tasks for a powerful person underling, lackey, flunkey,
toady, hired killer
331. HEREDITARY Innate, characteristics, Acquired, nonhereditary

(adj.) Passing naturally from genetic congenital,
parent to child inherent, inbred, family,
transmissible, transferable.
332. HOODWINK Bamboozle, beguile, bluff, debunk, expose, reveal, show up,
(v) To deceive or trick someone fake out, misguide, cheat, uncloak, uncover, unmask, disclose,
delude divulge, tell, unveil, disabuse,
disenchant, disillusion, undeceive
333. HUCKSTER Hawker, peddler, seller, buyer, purchaser, consumer, end

(n) someone who sells in an irritator, annoyer, teaser user, user
aggressive or annoying way
334. HUMBUG hoax,, trickery, cheat,, original

(N) Anything intended or bluff, ruse, stratagem,
calculated to deceive or fraud, swindle, deceit,
mislead. deception
335. HYPNOTIC mesmerizing, sleep-- arousing, awakening, energizing,

adj. Tending to produce sleep. inducing, drowsy, narcotic, invigorating, rousing, stimulating,
opiate, somniferous wakening, waking, bracing,
refreshing, restorative, reviving,
stimulative, stimulatory, stimulant

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336. HYDRA Snake, dragon, plague,

(n) The seven or nine headed sign of enmity, monster
water-serpent slain by Hercules.
337. HEINOUS atrocious, abominable, acceptable, agreeable, alluring,

adj. Odiously sinful. Very bad or abhorrent, detestable, appealing, attractive, blessed (also
evil loathsome, hateful blest), congenial, darling, delectable,
delicious, delightful, delightsome
338. HALCYON mild, calm, still, tranquil, blizzardy (also blizzardly), blustery,
(adj) very happy and successful quiet, serene, pleasant, squally, windy, extreme, foul,
moderate, temperate intemperate, nasty, severe, agitated,
angry, inclement, restless, rough,
stormy, tempestuous, turbulent,
unquiet, unsettled
339. HAGGARD Weak, feeble, senile, beefy, brawny, burly, fit, hale, healthy,
(Adj). looking very thin and tired drawn, gaunt, pinched hearty, husky, chubby, corpulent, fat,
esp. from pain or hunger ghostlike, deathlike, fleshy, heavyset, obese, overweight,
emaciated plump, portly, pudgy, roly-poly,
rotund, stocky, thickset, tubby, flabby,
soft
340. HARDIHOOD Gusto, bravery, courage, indolence, laziness, debilitation,

(n). resolute courage and boldness, intrepidity, debility, delicacy, disablement,
fortitude heroism enfeeblement, faintness, feebleness
341. ICONOCLAST revolutionist, rebel, an adherent, follower, supporter, Sheep,

(n). A person who criticizes image-breaker, bohemian, conformer, conformist
beliefs that are widely accepted deviant, maverick
342. IDOLIZE Worship, bow down before, abhor, abominate, despise, detest,
(v). To regard with inordinate glorify, exalt, revere, deify, disdain, dislike, hate, loathe, belittle,
love or admiration. adore, praise deprecate, disparage, misprize, put
down
343. IMBIBE Drink, swallow, absorb,

(V) to drink something Gulp, sip, hoist, belt
(down), toss, swill, sup,
slurp
344. IMBRUE Stain, dirty, defile

v. stain (something, especially

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one’s hands or sword).
To wet or moisten.
345. IMMACULATE Clean, spotless, unsoiled, blemished, defiled, soiled, spotted,
adj. Without spot or blemish unstained, speckless, spick stained, sullied, tainted, tarnished
and span, neat, improper, indecorous, indelicate
346. IMPECCABLE perfect, faultless, flawless, deficient, inadequate, incomplete,

(Adj). Free from fault or error. unblemished, Blameless, insufficient, wanting, unfinished,
absolute unpolished, fallible, blemished,
blighted, broken, damaged, defaced
347. IMPECUNIOUS Penniless, poor, comfortable, prosperous, affluent,

(Adj) Having little or no money. impoverished, needy, deep-pocketed, fat, fat-cat, flush,
pauperized moneyed (also monied), opulent, rich,
silk-stocking, wealthy, well-heeled,
well-off, well-to-do
348. IMPEDE clog, cramp, obstruct, clear, make way, open, unclog,
(v). To be an obstacle or to hamper, hinder, interfere, unplug, unstop, free, liberate, release,
place obstacles in the way of. handicap untie, loosen, smooth, encourage,
further, promote, aid, assist, facilitate,
help
349. IMPERTURBABLE self-possessed, composed, Panicky, aflutter, anxious, dithery,
(Adj) very Calm: very hard to unflappable, nerveless, edgy, het up, hung up, jittery, jumpy,
disturb or upset unshakable nervous, nervy, perturbed, shaky,
tense, troubled, uneasy, upset,
uptight, worried, perturbable,
shakable (or shakeable)
350. IMPERTINENCE insolence, impudence, civility, cordiality, courtesy, diplomacy,

(n) the quality or state of being rudeness, impoliteness, politeness, tactfulness, consideration,
impertinent back talk gallantry, gentility, graciousness,
smoothness, suaveness, suavity,
deference, respect, affability
351. IMPLAUSIBLE unbelievable, fantastic, likely, possible, probable, reasonable

(adj) not realistic or believable incredible, unconceivable, certain, incontestable, indisputable,
unimaginable indubitable, questionless, sure,
undeniable, undoubted,
unquestionable, believable, cogitable
352. IMPORTATION To import, Transportation,

(n) The act or practice of import, deport
bringing from one country into
another
353. IMPORTUNATE 1. Persistent, demanding, incidental, low-pressure, minor,

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(Adj). making repeated or annoying, harassing negligible, trivial, unimportant,
annoying requests or demands 2. Compelling, clamant, nonthreatening, safe, stable,
dire, imperative, acute, noncritical, nonurgent
emergent, urgent
3. demand, request
354. IMPUTE Ascribe, attribute, assign,

(v) to say or suggest that credit, accredit; connect
someone is guilty of something with, associate with
355. INSURRECTION insurgence, rebellion, counterinsurgency, counterrevolution

(n) a usually violent attempt to revolt, revolution, uprising,
take control of a government mutiny
356. INSURGENCE rebellion, revolution, revolt, counterinsurgency, counterrevolution

(n) the act of being insurgent mutiny, riot, outbreak
357. INSTIGATOR Trouble maker, Prime peacemaker, reconciler, uniter

(n) a person who brings about mover, planner, motivator,
or initiates something designer, mastermind,
pioneer, creator
358. INSTILL Introduce, infuse, inject,

(V) to gradually cause someone inculcate, implant, teach,
to have an attitude or feeling drill, enroot
etc.
359. (Adj) showing innocent or sincere, honest, frank,

childlike simplicity candid, direct, forthright,
artless, guileless, simple,
naïve
360. INFRINGE break, disobey, violate, forgive, justify, pardon, regret, repent,
(v) To trespass upon / to contravene, disregard rue
wrongly limit or restrict
something
361. INFLUX inrush, inflow, inundation, emigration, exodus, flight, outflow,
(n) the arrival of large number of flood, affluence, flux, outpouring
people income
362. INFLAMMATION redness, heat, swelling, comfort, ease, easiness

(N) a condition in which a part soreness, painfulness,
of body becomes red, swollen tenderness, infection

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and painful
363. Discredit, dishonor, admiration, appreciation, estimation,

INFAMY disrepute, shame, regard, awe, fear, reverence, fame,
(N). the condition of being reproach, odium glory, renown, repute, esteem, honor,
known for having done bad respect
things or for being evil
364. INDOLENT lazy, idle, slothful, do- ambitious, diligent, enterprising,
(Adj) Habitually inactive or idle. nothing, sluggish, lethargic, zealous, active, animated, bouncing,
slow brisk, dynamic, energetic, exuberant,
frisky, jaunty, jazzy, lively, peppy,
perky, pert, snappy, spirited, sprightly,
springy, vigorous, vivacious, zippy,
industrious
365. INEBRIATE Boozy, bombed, drunken, abstemious, abstinent, dry,

(v). An intoxicated person; esp. blasted, stewed, temperate, teetotal, clearheaded,
a habitual drunkard hammered cool, level, steady, sober, straight
366. INCANDESCENT white-hot, intensely hot, blackened, dark, darkened, darkish,

(Adj) White or glowing with red-hot, bright, dazzling, darkling, darksome, dimmed, dusky,
heat. glowing, wrathful, angry, gloomy, lightless, murky, obscure,
annoyed obscured, pitch-black, pitch-dark
367. INCARCERATE Imprison, throw in emancipate, enfranchise, manumit,

(v). To put someone in prison. prison/jail, lock up, put unbind, uncage, unchain, unfetter,
under lock and key, discharge, free, liberate, release
confine, commit
368. INCEPTION commencement, start, cessation, closing, closure,

(n) The beginning. starting point, opening, completion, finale, finish, period, stop,
debut, inauguration termination, windup, close,
conclusion, end, ending, omega
369. INARTICULATE Voiceless, reserved, blabby, chatty, communicative,

(adj) not able to express ideas unexpressive, incoherent, expansive, gabby, garrulous,
clearly unclear, indistinct, blurred loquacious, talkative, talky, vocal,
Speechless expatiating, speaking out, speaking
up, articulating, speaking, talking,
articulate, eloquent, fluent, voluble
370. INSOLENT impertinent, impudent, demure, humble, modest, courteous,

(Adj). showing lack of respect cheeky, rude, ill-mannered, genteel, mannerly, polite, proper,
for other people disrespectful, insubordinate deferential, respectful, abashed,
ashamed, blushing, embarrassed,
shamefaced, gentle, mild,

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inconspicuous, unobtrusive, meek,
mousy (or mousey), retiring, shy,
timid
371. INSIPID Dull, boring, cliché lacking disgusting, distasteful, loathsome,

(adj) lacking strong flavor, dull personality spiritless, sickening, unappetizing, unpalatable
or boring jejune, vapid, Tasteless cloying, mawkish, appetizing,
unentertaining delectable, delicious, palatable
372. INSIDIOUS stealthy, subtle, candid, direct, foursquare, frank, free-

(adj.) causing harm in a way surreptitious, sneaky, spoken, open, openhearted,
that is not easily noticed cunning, crafty, outspoken, plain, plainspoken,
straight, clarifying, elucidative,
explanatory, illuminating, revealing
373. INSCRIBE (v.) imprint, write, stamp, mark, check off, exclude, expel, expunge,
1. To enter in a book engrave, etch, carve, incise reject, omit, overlook, delist
2. To write or cut words on
something
374. INQUISITION interrogation, cross-

(n) A court or tribunal for examination, investigation,
examination and punishment of quizzing, exploration
heretics.
375. INKLING Hint, clue, intimation, answer, solution

(n) slight, uncertain idea about suggestion, indication, lead
something
376. IGNOMINIOUS Discreditable, decent, ethical, good, honest, just,

(adj) causing disgrace or shame dishonorable, shady, shy, moral, noble, principled, righteous,
notorious, infamous upright, upstanding, esteemed,
prestigious, reputed, respected,
authorized, legal, licensed,
permissible, permitted, approved
377. IMPASSIVE Apathetic, cold-blooded, blazing, burning, fiery, flaming,

(adj) not showing emotion phlegmatic, affectless, glowing, red-hot, ardent, enthusiastic,
stoic gung ho, warm-blooded, zealous,
gushing, maudlin, mawkish, mushy,
sentimental, dramatic, histrionic,
378. IMPERIOUS Authoritative, autocratic, humble, meek, modest, unassuming

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(adj) having or showing proud dictatorial, masterful, amenable, docile, obedient, tractable
and unpleasant attitude bossy, tyrannous indecisive, irresolute, acquiescent,
compliant, passive, resigned,
submissive, yielding
379. IMPERTINENT Audacious, bold, cheeky, demure, humble, modest, courteous,

(adj) rude or showing lack of brassy, fresh, impudent, genteel, mannerly, polite, proper,
respect nervy, sassy, wise deferential, respectful, abashed,
ashamed, blushing, embarrassed,
shamefaced, gentle, mild,
inconspicuous, unobtrusive, meek,
mousy (or mousey), retiring, shy,
timid
380. IMPERVIOUS Impenetrable, tight, absorbent, leaky, porous, unsealed,

(adj) not allowing something to impermeable, solid, penetrable, permeable, pervious
enter or pass through resistant, inflexible
381. IMPETUOUS Hasty, impulsive, rash, careful, cautious, heedful, prudent,

(adj) acting or done quickly unthinking, sudden, unadventurous, diffident, mousy (or
without thinking spontaneous mousey), scary, shy, skittish, timid,
anxious, apprehensive, nervous,
afraid, agitated, disconcerted
382. IMPINGE Bang, bash, bump, knock, miss, skirt

(v) to strike or dash esp. with a hit, smash, collide, crash
sharp collision
383. IMPLACABLE Adamant, dogged, hard, docile, obedient, placable,

(adj) opposed to someone or inconvincible, inflexible, submissive, tractable, accepting,
something in very angry manner stubborn persuadable, receptive, responsive,
willing, governable, manageable,
reasonable, temperate, slavish
384. IMPUDENT Audacious, bold, brassy, demure, humble, modest, courteous,

(adj) failing to show proper rude, impertinent, insolent genteel, mannerly, polite, proper,
respect and courtesy deferential, respectful, abashed,
ashamed, blushing, embarrassed
385. INCHOATE Budding, incipient, advanced, developed, evolved, high,

(adj) not completely formed or nascent, inceptive higher, improved, refined, adult, full-
developed yet blown, full-fledged, mature, ripe,
Unclear, unformed, ripened
undeveloped, embryonic,
immature

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386. INCONTROVERTIBLE Accomplished, certain, controversial, debated, disputed,

(adj) not able to be doubted inarguable, indisputable, doubtful, dubious, iffy, inconclusive,
sure, unanswerable, indecisive, uncertain, ambiguous,
undeniable, positive equivocal, academic (also
academical), hypothetical
387. INDEFATIGABLE Tireless, inexhaustible, indolent, lackadaisical, laggard, lazy,

(adj) able to work or continue weariless, unflagging, listless, shiftless, slothful, sluggish,
for a very long time without untiring apathetic, casual, desultory, languid,
being tired spiritless, beat, broken, burned-out
388. INEFFABLE Indescribable, conceivable, imaginable, thinkable,

(adj) not to be described or inexpressible, communicable, definable,
expressed Incommunicable, expressible, speakable
inenarrable, nameless,
unspeakable, unutterable
389. INEXORABLE Relentless, unstoppable, preventable (also preventible),

(adj) not able to be stopped or unavoidable, inevitable, improbable, unlikely, avoidable,
changed non-stop, unceasing evadable, uncertain, unsure, doubtful,
dubious, questionable, shaky, unclear
undecided, unsettled
390. INIMICAL Adversary, antagonist, affable, amiable, amicable, civil,

(adj) likely to cause damage antipathetic, jaundiced, companionable, comradely, convivial,
hostile, negative, mortal, cordial, genial, good-natured, good-
unfriendly tempered, gracious, gregarious,
neighborly, pleasant, sociable, social
391. INIQUITY Corruption, debauchery, good, right, honesty, honor, integrity,

(n) the quality of being unfair or vice, depravity, sin, legitimacy, probity, rectitude,
evil libertinism scrupulosity, scrupulousness,
uprightness, goodness,
righteousness, virtuousness
392. INTRANSIGENT Stubborn, adamant, hard, docile, obedient, placable,

(adj) completely unwilling to ossified, perverse, mulish, submissive, tractable, accepting,
change self-willed, unbending persuadable, receptive, responsive,
willing, governable, manageable,
reasonable, temperate, slavish
393. INVECTIVE Criticism, attack, acclaim, applause, commendation,

(adj) characterized by insult or Contumelious, abusive praise, compliments, congratulations,
abuse truculent, vitriolic, endearments, felicitations, adulation,

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vituperative blarney, flattery, overpraise, soft soap
394. INVETERATE Habitual, Confirmed, brief, ephemeral, fleeting,

(adj) always or often doing settled, rooted, entrenched, impermanent, interim, momentary,
something specified seated, deep rooted, hard- provisional, short-lived, short-term,
core temporary, transient
395. JUBILANT Proud, rejoicing, crestfallen, defeated, dejected,

(adj) feeling or expressing great triumphant, exultant, depressed, disconsolate, dispirited,
joy glorying downcast
396. JUXTAPOSITION Comparison, contrast distance, remoteness

(n) the act of placing things side proximity, nearness,
by side closeness; collocation
397. LABORIOUS Active, assiduous, Free, asleep, dormant, latent, lifeless,

adj. requiring a lot of time and engaged, diligent, bustling, quiescent, sleepy, inert, passive,
effort busy, occupied dead, dull, slow, inoperative,
nonoperating, idle, inactive, unbusy,
unemployed, unoccupied
398. LABYRINTH Maze, puzzle, conundrum,

n. a place that has many confusing
confusing paths
399. LACERATE tear, gash, slash, cut, cut brand-new, new, spick-and-span (or
v. To tear rudely or raggedly. open, rip, rend, mangle, spic-and-span), unused
mutilate
400. LACTATION Suction, feed, nourish,

(n). The secretion of milk. nurture, develop
401. LAGGARD Crawling, creeping, expeditious, prompt, ready,

adj. Falling behind. dallying, poking, lagging accelerated, hastened, quickened,
hurried, rushed, barreling, bolting,
breakneck, breathless, brisk,
careering, dizzy, fast, fleet, flying,
hasty, hurrying, lightning, meteoric,
quick, racing, rapid, rocketing,
running, rushing, scooting
402. LEVIATHAN Sea monster, as whale, little, mini, petite, pint-size (or pint-
n. Any large animal. (A man of huge, titanic, gigantic, sized), puny, small, smallish,
vast and formidable power or horrible, terrible undersized (also undersize), dinky,
enormous wealth) dwarfish, half-pint, bantam, bitty,
diminutive, infinitesimal, Lilliputian,
little bitty, micro, microminiature,

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microscopic
403. LACONIC Brief concise, terse, short, pleonastic, redundant, repetitious,

(adj) using very few words incisive, pithy tautological, tautologous, enlarged,
expanded, supplemented,
embellished, embroidered
404. LANGUID 1. relaxed, unhurried, slow, active, dynamic, industrious, kinetic,

(adj) 1. A person manner or unenergetic, slow- moving, avid, eager, enthusiastic, keen, lively,
gesture showing disinclination lethargic pumped, vivacious, cheerful, chipper,
for physical effort 2. feeble, frail, delicate, perky, up, agog, alert, awake, dapper,
2.weak or faint sick open-eyed, sleepless, vigilant,
3. dull, boring watchful, wide-awake, ambitious,
animated, energetic, enterprising,
motivated
405. LARGESS Generosity, liberality, advance, loan, bribe, douceur, peace

(n) the act of giving away munificence, bounty, offering, sop
money benevolence, kindness
406. LATENT dormant, covered, hidden functional, operable, operational,

(adj) used to describe concealed, fallow, idle, workable, assiduous, industrious,
something that exists but inoperative, inert, inactive sedulous, energetic, vigorous,
cannot be seen feasible, practical, usable (also
useable), useful, viable, active, alive
407. LEGERDEMAIN Conjuring, magic, wizard, artlessness, forthrightness,

(n) skilful use of one’s hand illusion, dexterity, craft, guilelessness, ingenuousness,
when performing tricks deceit sincerity, candidness, candor,
directness, openness, plainness,
plain-spokenness
408. LICENTIOUS Dissolute, immoral, celibate, chaste, decent, immaculate,

(adj) unprincipled in matters degenerate, corrupt, modest, moral, pure, virtuous,
indecent, sinful, impure monastic, monkish, maidenly, virginal
innocent, lily-white, priggish, prim,
prudish, puritanical, straitlaced (or
straightlaced), Victorian, frigid,
undersexed
409. LIMPID Glassy, pellucid, clear colored, dark, glazed, tinted, filmy,
(adj) of a liquid, completely translucent, unclouded, foggy, hazy, misty, nebulous, smoky
clear and transparent see-through (also smokey), dense, muddy, murky,

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turbid, cloudy, opaque
410. MAELSTROM Whirlpool, vortex, swirl,

(n) a powerful whirlpool in the eddy, turbulence, turmoil
sea
411. MANIFOLD Many, numerous, multiple, homogeneous, homogenous,

(adj) many and various diverse, several, abundant monolithic, unmixed, unvaried, alike,
identical, same, distinct, distinctive,
individual, separate, alone, lone, only,
sole, solitary, singular, unique
412. Mawkish, tearful, unadulterated, unvarnished,

MAUDLIN
lachrymose, emotional, antisentimental, cynical, hard-boiled,
(adj) showing or expressing too
sugary hard-edged, hardheaded,
much emotion esp. in foolish or
unsentimental
annoying way
413. MAWKISH Overemotional, cloying, unadulterated, unvarnished,
(adj) sad or romantic in a foolish mushy, slushy, sugary- antisentimental, cynical, hard-boiled,
or exaggerated coated, sentimental, hard-edged, hardheaded,
way novelettes, unsentimental
414. MENDACIOUS Dishonest, lying, untruthful, candid, open, plainspoken,

(adj) not honest, based on lies deception, divergence, straightforward, earnest, sincere, true
falsehood conscientious, moral, principled,
scrupulous, dependable, reliable
415. MERCURIAL Capricious, fluctuating, equable, even, uniform, abiding,

(adj) changing moods quickly, skittish, variable, unstable, durable, lasting, permanent,
changeable unsettled, inconstant persistent, dependable, reliable, sure,
tried, tried-and-true, true, trustworthy
416. MODICUM Beans, speck, fragment,

(n) a small amount drop, hint, atom, little,
minute
417. (N) an area of soft, wet ground Marsh, swamp, trap,

entanglement, quagmire
Confusion, riddle
418. MULTIFARIOUS Diverse, manifold, myriad, homogeneous, homogenous,
(adj) of various kinds versatile, multidimensional, monolithic, unmixed, unvaried, alike,
numerous, variety identical, same, distinct, distinctive,
individual, separate, alone, lone, only,
sole, solitary, singular, unique

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419. MUNIFICENCE Bighearted, bounteous, conserving, economizing, economy,
(N) very generous bountiful, free, charitable, frugality, husbandry, providence,
unsparing, unselfish scrimping, skimping, thrift,
conservation, saving, husbanding
420. MAGNATE tycoon, captain, baron, half-pint, lightweight, small-timer,

n. A person of rank or czar, industrialist, inferior, subordinate, underling,
importance. entrepreneur, financier, top nobody, nothing, zero
421. MAGNANIMOUS generous, charitable, sordid, squalid, vile, wretched,

(adj) Generous in treating or benevolent, beneficent abominable, contemptible,
judging others open-handed despicable, detestable, hateful,
offensive, repulsive, ugly, vicious
422. (n). Any physical disease or Disorder, illness, sickness,

disorder. ailment, affliction, infection,
infirmity.
423. MALCONTENT complainer, moaner, fault- blissful, delighted, glad, happy, joyful,
n. One who is dissatisfied with finder, agitator, joyous, elated, exultant, jubilant,
the existing state of affairs. troublemaker, mischief- triumphant, content, contented,
maker, rebel, discontented gratified, pleased, satisfied
424. MALEDICTION curse, imprecation, citation, commendation, endorsement

n. The calling down of a curse execration, anathema, (also indorsement), benediction,
or curses. damnation benison, blessing
425. MALEFICENT Mischievous, Harmful,

(Adj) working or productive of Criminal, baleful
harm or evil
426. MALEFACTOR criminal, lawbreaker, felon, gangbuster, lawman
(n). One who injures another. convict, offender,
wrongdoer, evildoer, villain
427. MANUMIT Release from slavery; handcuff, manacle, shackle, trammel

v. To set free from bondage. release from bondage or commit, immure, imprison,
servitude; set free. incarcerate, intern, jail, lock (up),
Discharge, emancipate conquer, enslave, subdue, subjugate,
bind, confine, enchain, fetter, restrain
428. MASQUERADE Charade, disguise, facade, bluntness, candidness, candor,

(n) A social party composed of pose, pretense, put-on, directness, forthrightness, frankness,
persons masked and costumed show openheartedness, outspokenness,
so as to be disguised. plainspokenness, sincerity,
straightforwardness, artlessness,
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naiveté)
429. NADIR Bedrock, bottom, depth, bloom, flood tide, flower, glory,
(n) the worst or lowest point of zero, lowest point, base heyday, crescendo, high, cap, ceiling,
something crest, roof, acme, apex, climax,
crown, culmination, head, height,
high-water mark, meridian, peak,
pinnacle, summit, tip-top, top, zenith
430. NASCENT budding, inceptive, advanced, developed, evolved, high,

(adj) beginning to exist incipient, existence, higher, improved, refined, adult, full-
immature, green, blown, full-fledged, mature, ripe,
inexperienced ripened
431. NEFARIOUS Wicked, dark, evil, elevated, high, high-minded, law-

(adj) evil or immoral iniquitous, sinful, unlawful, abiding, legitimate, lofty, noble,
vicious, vile, unethical principled, reputable, scrupulous,
allowed, authorized, legal, licensed,
permissible, permitted, approved,
endorsed (also indorsed), sanctioned
432. (n) a person who has just Novice, convert, proselyte,

started learning something beginner, immature, green-
leaf
433. OBDURATE Inflexible, affectless, benevolent, benignant, gentle, kind

(adj) refusing to do what other stubborn, callous, clement, indulgent, lenient, mild,
people want heartless, desensitized, cordial, friendly, good-natured, good-
cold-blooded, hard, stony tempered, gracious, tolerant,
understanding, affectionate, fond
434. OBFUSCATE Confuse, becloud, befog, simplify, streamline, disentangle,

(v) to make something more blur, muddy straighten (out), undo, unravel,
difficult to understand unscramble, untangle, decipher,
decode, analyze, break down, clarify,
clear (up), illuminate
435. OBLIQUE Inclined askew, aslant, ordered, orderly, regular, uniform

(adj) not direct awry, tilted, uneven, crazy, balanced, symmetrical (or symmetric),
crooked, pitched even, level, straight
436. OBSEQUIOUS flattering, subservient, insurgent, mutinous, dogged,

(adj) too eager to help or obey sycophantic Abject, hardheaded, headstrong, mulish,
someone important beggarly, spineless, obdurate, obstinate, peevish,
deferential, pigheaded, self-willed, stubborn,

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unyielding, uncontrollable,
unmanageable, wild, balky, defiant,
perverse, resistant, bad, disorderly,
errant, misbehaving, mischievous,
naughty, ill-bred, undisciplined,
dissident
437. OBSTREPEROUS Clamorous, blatant, noiseless, quiet, silent, soundless, still
(adj) difficult to control and often vociferous, yowling, calm, hushed, subdued
noisy clamant
438. OBTUSE Acute, blunt, dull, stupid jagged, needlelike, prickly, spiked,
(adj) stupid or unintelligent insensitive, not clear, spikelike, spiky (also spikey), spiny,
jabbing, lacerating, piercing,
scratching, stabbing, ultrasharp,
cutting, edged, edgy, ground, honed,
keen, pointed, sharp, sharpened,
whetted
439. ODIOUS Repugnance, abhorrent, acceptable, agreeable, alluring,

(adj) causing hatred or strong abominable, appalling, appealing, attractive, blessed (also
dislike awful, disgusting blest), congenial, darling, delectable,
delicious, delightful, delightsome
440. OFFICIOUS Bossy, interfering, hands-off, uninvolved, quiet,

(adj) used to describe an intruding, meddlesome, reclusive, reserved, reticent, retiring,
annoying person meddling, obtrusive, silent, taciturn, withdrawn, inhibited,
snoopy, presuming restrained, subdued, unobtrusive
441. OPULENT wealthy, lavish, loaded, Unaffluent, deprived, disadvantaged,

(adj) very comfortable and affluent, rich, well-fixed hand-to-mouth, underprivileged,
expensive well-off, deep-pocketed bankrupt, bankrupted, beggared,
broke, indebted, insolvent
442. OSTENSIBLE Assumed, supposed, hidden, inapparent, implausible,

(adj) seeming to be true but it is ostensive, apparent, impossible, improbable,
not reputed, putative inconceivable, unlikely, actual,
authenticated, confirmed,
corroborated, established, genuine,
real, substantiated, sure, valid,
validated, verified
443. PALLIATE Lessen, relieve, alleviate harm, hurt, impair, injure, heighten,
(V) to make the effects of assuage intensify, sharpen, aggravate,
something less painful exacerbate
Deodorize, excuse,

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explain, away, gloss,
whitewash, extenuate
444. PALLID Ashen, ashy, blanched, blushing, flushed, pink, blooming,

(adj) very pale in a way that cadaverous, livid, lurid, florid, flush, full-blooded, glowing, red,
suggests poor health pale, wan, peaked rosy, rubicund, ruddy, sanguine
445. PANACEA Remedy, answer, Cure-all,

(n) remedy for all ills catholicon, elixir, nostrum,
446. PARAGON Perfect, exemplar, eidolon,

(n) person or thing that should classic, ideal patron, saint
be considered a model
447. PARIAH Exile, outsider, recluse insider

(n) a person who is hated and Castaway, leper, off
rejected by other people scouring, outcast, reject
448. (n) the quality of being very Thriftiness, frugality,

unwilling to spend money stinginess, prudence
penuriousness, tightness
pinching, miserliness
449. PATHOS Pity, tragedy, poignancy, comedy, comic, comicality, drollery,

(n) a quality that causes people sadness drollness, funniness, hilariousness,
to feel sympathy and sadness humor, humorousness, richness,
uproariousness, amusement,
enjoyment, fun, pleasure, absurdity,
irony, laughableness, ludicrousness,
ridiculousness
450. PAUCITY Crunch, deficit, dearth, bountifulness, copiousness, excess,

(adj) small amount of something failure, famine, lack, overabundance, oversupply, surfeit,
shortage, scarceness surplus, abundance, adequacy,
amplitude, opulence, plenitude,
plenty, sufficiency, wealth
451. (adj) insulting to someone or Insulting, Belittle,

something contemptuous, degrading,
decrying, slighting,
scornful, derogatory
452. PELLUCID Crystal, clear, crystalline, colored, dark, glazed, tinted, filmy,
(adj) very clear limpid, lucent, transparent foggy, hazy, misty, nebulous, smoky

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(also smokey), dense, muddy, murky,
turbid, cloudy, opaque
453. PENURIOUS altruistic, selfless, unselfish,

(adj) very poor extravagant, free, handsome, lavish,
Indigent, needy, penniless,
overgenerous, profuse, beneficent,
poor, pauper.
benevolent, hospitable, humanitarian,
philanthropic (also philanthropical),
cheap, spare, pinching,
compassionate, good-hearted,
niggard, ungenerous,
greathearted, kindly, magnanimous,
uncharitable
openhearted, thriftless, unthrifty,
dissipating, frittering, prodigal
454. PERFIDIOUS Disloyal, false, inconstant, dependable, dutiful, reliable,
(adj) not able to be trusted recreant, faithless, responsible, solid, tried, tried-and-
treacherous, untrue true, trustable, trustworthy, trusty,
unfaltering, unhesitating, unwavering
determined, intent, resolute
455. PERFUNCTORY Unthinking, mechanical, attentive, aware, conscientious,

(adj) used to describe automatic, Apathetic, heedful, mindful, caring, sensitive,
something that is done without casual, complacent, warmhearted, ardent, fervent, keen,
energy incurious, insensible, passionate, warm, zealous,
unconcerned, uninterested concerned, interested
456. PERNICIOUS Injurious, deadly, adverse, advantageous, beneficial, useful,

(adj) causing great harm or bad, deleterious, harmful favorable, good, propitious, curative,
damage often in way that is not healthful, healthy, helpful, palliative,
easily seen remedial, salubrious, salutary,
wholesome, secure, sound, benignant
noncorrosive, nondestructive
457. PERSPICACITY Keen, shrewd, insight, density, dullness (also dulness),

(N.) showing an ability to notice acumen, astuteness, obtuseness, brainlessness, folly,
things that are not obvious acuity foolishness, idiocy, imbecility,
mindlessness, silliness,
simplemindedness
458. PERTINACIOUS Stubborn, unshakable, quitting, surrendering, yielding,

(Adj) perversely persistent, headstrong, Dogged, faltering, hesitant, hesitating,
adhering resolutely to a purpose insistent, patient, irresolute, vacillating, wavering,
persevering, persistent, disloyal, faithless, false, fickle,
tenacious inconstant, perfidious, traitorous,
treacherous
459. PETULANCE Biliousness, crossness, forbearance, long-suffering, patience,

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(N) State of being short- grumpiness, irritability, tolerance, understanding, affability,
tempered peevishness, grouchiness agreeableness, amenity, amicability,
cordiality, friendliness, geniality,
sociability, amiability, amiableness
460. PITHY Aphoristic, compact,

pleonastic, redundant, repetitious,
(adj) using few words in a clever concise, terse, thumbnail,
tautological, tautologous, enlarged,
way laconic, crisp, brief,
expanded, supplemented,
compendious embellished, embroidered,
exaggerated, inflated, circuitous
461. PLATITUDE Banality, chestnut, cliché, profundity
(N) a statement that expresses groaner, commonplace,
an idea that is not new axiom, homily
462. PLETHORA Abundance, cornucopia, paucity, poverty, scarcity, barrenness,

(N) large amount or number plentitude, feast, wealth, infertility, sterility, deficiency,
more than sufficient inadequacy, insufficiency,
undersupply
463. POLEMIC Invective, diatribe, acclaim, applause, commendation,

(N) a strong written or spoken denunciation, rant, tirade, praise, compliments, congratulations,
attack against someone else’s harangue endearments, felicitations, adulation,
blarney, flattery, overpraise, soft soap
464. PORTENT Warning, indicate, signal

(N) omen of something about to sign, indication, signify,
happen anticipation
465. PRECOCIOUS Advanced, mature, behindhand, belated, delinquent,

(adj) having certain abilities forward, talent, intelligent, latish, overdue, slow, tardy,
developed that are not usual clever, god- gifted anticipated, expected, delayed,
detained, postponed, late
466. PRESCIENT Foreknowledge, foresight, careless, heedless, incautious, half-

(N) the ability to know what will farsightedness baked, half-cocked, improvident,
or might happen myopic, shortsighted
in future
467. PRIMEVAL Primitive, primal, early, advanced, complex, developed,
(adj) very old or ancient primordial, ancient evolved, high, higher, full-blown, full-
fledged, full-scale, late
468. PROBITY Integrity, uprightness, impropriety, indecency, indecorum,

(N) the quality of having strong honesty, justice, indiscretion, debauchery, degeneracy,
moral principles truthfulness, equity, fair, degradation, depravity, perversion,
rectitude pervertedness, sinfulness,

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crookedness, dishonesty,
underhandedness, unscrupulousness
469. PROCLIVITY Affection, affinity, devices, allergy, averseness, aversion,

(N) a strong natural liking for habitude, impulse, leaning, disfavor, disinclination, dislike,
something that is usually bad tendency, propensity disliking, disrelish, distaste,
objectivity, apathy, disinterestedness,
470. PROMULGATE Advertise, annunciate, conceal, hush (up), silence, suppress,

(V) to make an idea or belief broadcast, give out, withhold, recall, recant, retract, revoke
known to many people proclaim, declare, publish,
release, announce, post
471. PROPENSITY Aptness, proneness, averseness, disinclination, dislike,

(n) a strong natural tendency to tendency, way indisposition, allergy, averseness,
do something aversion, disfavor, disinclination,
dislike, disliking, disrelish, distaste
objectivity
apathy, disinterestedness,
472. PROPITIOUS Bright, fair, golden, cheerless, comfortless, doubtful,

(adj) likely to have or produce promising, hopeful, dubious, uncertain, bearish, grim,
good results optimistic, encouraging negative, unfavorable, funereal, glum,
gray (also grey), miserable, wretched,
bleak, dark, depressing, desperate
473. PROSAIC Average, common, cliché, curious, funny, peculiar, quaint, queer
(adj) dull or ordinary dull, boring routine, normal, aberrant, anomalous, atypical,
usual, unexceptional, irregular, untypical, rare, recherché,
unremarkable scarce, fantastic (also fantastical),
phenomenal, bizarre, far-out
474. PROSCRIBE Ban , interdict, outlaw, approve, endorse (also indorse),

(V) to make something illegal prohibit, forbid, enjoin sanction, authorize, license (also
licence), warrant, abet, advance,
cultivate, encourage, forward, further
475. PROTEAN Versatile, adaptable, Limited, amateur, inexperienced

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(adj) able to change into many multidimensional molding,
different forms universal, all-around
476. PRURIENT Licentious, lustful, lewd, clean, decent, G-rated, nonobscene,

(adj) showing interest in sex salacious, lecherous innocuous, inoffensive, priggish, prim,
prudish, puritanical, staid, straitlaced
(or straightlaced), Victorian, correct,
decorous, genteel, nice, polite,
proper, respectable, seemly
477. PUERILE Juvenile, babyish, Unchildlike, cosmopolitan,

(adj) silly or childish esp. in a immature, jejune, kiddish, experienced, knowing, smart,
way that shows lack of infantile sophisticated, worldly, worldly-wise,
seriousness adult, grown-up, mature
478. PUGNACIOUS Aggressive, agonistic, anti-imperialist, antimilitarist,

(adj) showing readiness or assaultive, combative, unwarlike, affable, amiable, amicable,
desire to fight or argue fiesty, belligerent benevolent, complaisant, conciliatory,
cordial, easygoing, friendly, genial,
good-natured, good-tempered,
gracious, ingratiating, kindhearted
479. PULCHRITUDE Beauty, fairness, disagreeableness, dreadfulness,
(N) physical attractiveness attractiveness, loveliness, foulness, ghastliness, horribleness,
allure, glamour, elegance loathsomeness, nastiness,
offensiveness, repellency,
repulsiveness, terribleness, vileness
480. PUNCTILIOUS decorous, correct, formal, improper, indecorous, unmannerly,

(adj) very careful about proper, starchy discourteous, impolite, rude, casual,
behaving properly ceremonious easygoing, informal, laid-back,
unceremonious
over-conscious, over-
careful, fastidious
481. QUAGMIRE 1. Swamp, sticky, mire,

(N) rabbit hole,
1. an area of soft, wet ground 2. dilemma, predicament,
2. a situation that is hard to deal problem, confusion, trouble
with
482. QUERULOUS Argumentative, affable, agreeable, amiable, genial,

(adj) complaining in an annoyed cantankerous, Fretful, good-humored, good-natured, good-
way controversial, irritable, tempered, gracious, well-disposed,
crabby, cranky, fussy, accommodating, complaisant
grumpy

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483. QUIXOTIC Idealist, unrealistic, hardheaded, hard-nosed, tough-
(Adj) hopeful or romantic in a romantic, starry-eyed, minded, unsentimental, practical,
way that is not practical utopian, visionary, pragmatic (also pragmatical), realistic,
impractical, imaginary clear-eyed, clear-sighted
484. RANCOR Animosity, antagonism, amiability, amicability, civility,

(N) an angry feeling of hatred grudge, hostility, antipathy, cordiality, friendliness, hospitality,
for someone who treated you bad blood, jaundice neighborliness, comity, empathy,
unfair friendship, goodwill, sympathy,
understanding, amity
485. REBUKE Reprimand, get after, acclamation, honor, tribute,

(V) to speak in an angry ad reprove, admonish, encomium, eulogy, panegyric,
critical way condemn, scold, criticize, plaudit(s), praise, approval, blessing,
warn sanction, citation, commendation,
endorsement (also indorsement)
486. RECALCITRANT Unruly, disobedient acquiescent, agreeable, amiable,

(adj) stubbornly refusing to obey Ungovernable, refractory, cooperative, deferential, obliging,
rules restive, untoward, yielding, behaved, disciplined, well-
obstreperous, rebellious bred, courteous, polite, respectful,
kowtowing, obsequious, servile,
slavish, subservient, decorous,
mannerly, orderly
487. RECTITUDE morality, goodness impropriety, indecency, indecorum,
(n) the quality of being honest decency, honesty, probity, indiscretion, debauchery, degeneracy,
rightness, integrity degradation, depravity, perversion,
pervertedness, sinfulness,
crookedness, dishonesty,
488. REPLETE full, complete, plenty, angular, bony (also boney), gaunt,
(adj) having much or plenty of abundance lank, lanky, rawboned, sinewy,
something cadaverous, emaciated, haggard,
Chubby, fleshy, fat, pinched, skeletal, wasted, puny,
overweight, roly-poly, scraggy, scrawny, slight, rangy,
round reedy, spindling, spindly, stringy
489. REPROBATE Degenerate, Rascal, Incorruptible, ethical, honest,

(V) to condemn strongly as principled, good, moral, righteous,
unworthy Decline, disallow, virtuous, pure, uncorrupt, uncorrupted
disapprove, negative,
refuse, reject, deny,
withhold
490. REPROVE Admonish, chide, approve, endorse (also indorse), OK

(V) to criticize or correct reprimand, reproach, (or okay), sanction, applaud, extol

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someone in a gentle way rebuke, tick off (also extoll), hail, laud, praise, salute,
tout
491. REPUDIATE deny, reject, Contradict, accept, adopt, embrace, espouse,

(V) to refuse to accept or to disclaim, disallow, refute, affirm, announce, assert, aver, claim,
support gainsay declare, maintain, profess, submit,
authenticate, corroborate,
substantiate, validate, verify
492. RESCIND Withdraw, cancel, repeal, continue, keep, enact, lay down,
(V ) to end (law, agreement, terminate, abandon, abort, legislate, establish, found, institute,
contract) officially call off, scrap formalize, legalize, legitimate,
legitimize, validate, pass, ratify, allow,
approve, authorize, clear, endorse
(also indorse), permit, sanction,
warrant, command, decree, mandate,
order, prescribe
493. RESTIVE Restless, Impatient, acquiescent, agreeable, amiable,

(adj) feeling bored or impatient fidgety, agitated cooperative, deferential, obliging,
while waiting for someone Balky, contrary, yielding, behaved, disciplined, well-
contumacious, defiant, bred, courteous, polite, respectful,
insubordinate, rebel kowtowing, obsequious, servile,
slavish, subservient, decorous,
mannerly, orderly, proper,
controllable, governable, manageable
494. RIFE Abounding, abundant, bare, barren, blank, devoid, empty,

(adj) very common and often awash, fraught, replete, stark, vacant, void, depleted, drained,
bad or unpleasant thick, common exhausted, deficient, incomplete,
insufficient, short
495. RUSE Prank, dodge, play,

(N) a trick that is used to fool scheme, juggle, gambit
someone
496. SACROSANCT Hallowed, holy, inviolable, blasphemous, irreverent, profane,

(adj) too important and sacred, untouchable sacrilegious, nonreligious, unspiritual
respected to be changed earthly, mundane, profane, secular,
temporal, worldly, deconsecrated,
desacralized, unconsecrated,
unhallowed
497. SAGACITY Discernment, wisdom, density, dullness (also dulness),

(N) the quality of being insight, perception obtuseness, brainlessness, folly,
sagacious foolishness, idiocy, imbecility,

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mindlessness, silliness,
simplemindedness, simpleness
498. SALIENT Eminent, jumping out. insignificant, undistinguished,

(adj) very important and significant, arresting, eye- unimportant, concealed, hidden,
noticeable catching, marked grabby shrouded, subtle, dim, faint, obscure,
inconspicuous, unemphatic,
unflamboyant, unnoticeable,
unobtrusive, unremarkable, unshowy
499. SANCTIMONIOUS Hypocritically pious, artless, candid, genuine, heartfelt,

(adj) pretending to be morally sacred, bigoted, insincere, honest, sincere, undesigning,
better than others unctuous unfeigned, direct, forthright, frank,
heart-to-heart, open, plain,
straightforward
500. SANGUINE Optimistic, hopeful, appeasing, conciliatory, disarming,

(adj) confident and hopeful confident, cheerful, positive dovish, mollifying, pacific, pacifying,
Bloody, ruddy (of peaceable, peaceful, peacemaking,
complexion) placating, placative, placatory,
propitiatory, unaggressive,
unassertive, benign, benignant
501. SCURRILOUS Insulting, scandalous, moderate, temperate, deferential,

(adj) said or done unfairly to defamatory, Contumelious, respectful, civil, courteous, gracious,
make people have a bad invective, truculent, vitriolic, mannerly, polite, discreet, judicious,
opinion vituperative tempered, encomiastic, laudative,
laudatory, praiseful
502. SERENDIPITY Chance, fortune, happy- knock, misadventure, mishap,

(N) luck that takes the form of chance, luck, fluke, adversity, curse, debacle (also
finding valuable or pleasant coincidence, providence débâcle), sorrow, tragedy, trouble,
things that arc not looked for fortuity. calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe,
disaster, defeat, failure, fizzle
503. SERVILE Base, humble, abject, arrogant, haughty, high-handed,

(adj) very obedient and trying slavish imperious, lordly, supercilious,
hard to please someone superior, uppity
504. SOLICITOUS Attentive, considerate, inattentive, uncaring, unheeding,

(adj) showing concern or care kind, thoughtful, caring, inhospitable, unkind, unkindly, ill-bred,
for someone’s health etc eager ill-mannered, impolite, rude, uncivil,
unmannerly, unhelpful, malevolent,
malicious, mean, spiteful, heedless,
inconsiderate, thoughtless, unthinking

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505. SOLIPSISTIC Egoistic, narcissist, Self altruistic, beneficent, benevolent,

(n) a theory in philosophy that obsessed, sell- centered charitable, generous, greathearted,
your own existence is the only humanitarian, magnanimous,
thing that is real philanthropic (also philanthropical),
self-denying, self-giving, self-
sacrificing
506. SOMNOLENT Dozy, drowsy, slumberous, restive, restless, sleepless, insomniac

(adj) likely to induce sleep sleepy, lazy Antonyms for somnolent, alert,
awake, conscious, wakeful, wide-
awake
507. SPURIOUS Bogus, fake, false, Natural, actual, true, valid, authentic,
(adj) not genuine, sincere or counterfeit, unauthentic, bona fide, genuine, real, unfaked
authentic forged
508. STAID Peaceful, Calm, tranquil antic, comic, comical, droll, farcical,
(adj) serious, boring Placid, Old fashioned, funny, hilarious, hysterical (also
grave, nonsense, uncomic, hysteric), laughable, light, light-
unsmiling, solemn headed, ludicrous, ridiculous, riotous,
risible, screaming
509. STOLID Emotionless, indifferent engaged, interested, responsive,

(adj) showing little or no dull Catatonic, deadpan active, alive, animated, bright, busy,
emotion empty, impassive, dynamic, effervescent, energetic,
expressionless, numb, expansive, exuberant, lively,
blank vivacious, eloquent, revealing
510. STUPEFY Amazed, Astonish,

(v) to shock or surprise astound, dazzle
511. SURFEIT Abundance, Excess, dearth, lack, scarcity, want,

(n) an amount that is too much Plethora, superabundance, deficiency, deficit, insufficiency,
over much, surplus, undersupply
overflow
512. SURMISE Guess, shot, speculate, demonstrate, document, establish,

(N) a thought or idea based on supposition, conjecture prove, substantiate, validate,
scanty evidence ascertain, determine, find out, learn
513. SURREPTITIOUS Hidden, Secret unexposed, acknowledged, avowed, aboveboard,

(adj) done in a secret way clandestine, behind-the- straightforward, unconcealed,
scenes, private, covert undisguised, unclassified, unrestricted
furtive sneak, undercover clear, evident, manifest, obvious,

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ambiguous, unclear patent, plain, open, overt, public
514. SYCOPHANT Flatterer Bootlicker arrogant, haughty, high-handed,

(N) a person who praises imperious, lordly, supercilious,
powerful people in order to get fawner, toady, parasite superior, uppity
approval
515. TACIT Wordless, Unspoken. apparent, blatant, evident, manifest,

(adj) expressed or understood Implied, implicit obvious, plain, straightforward,
without being directly stated unexpressed, unvoiced. unambiguous, unequivocal,
unmistakable, explicit, express,
expressed, spoken, stated, voiced
516. TACITURN Silent, reserved, free-spoken, outspoken, vocal,

(adj) tending to be quite closemouthed, dumb, gossipy, talebearing, diffuse, long-
laconic, reticent winded, prolix, rambling, verbose,
windy, wordy, extroverted
517. TANTAMOUNT Comparable, equivalent to, disparate, distinct, distinguishable,

(adj) equal to something in amounting to, nonequivalent, noninterchangeable,
value, meaning or effect synonymous, identical to, variable, varied, various, varying,
commensurate wit imprecise, inaccurate, inexact,
unconnected, unrelated, different,
dissimilar, diverse, unakin, unlike
518. TEMERITY Boldness, Rudeness, bashfulness, diffidence,

(n) the quality of being confident Recklessness, audacity, faintheartedness, hesitancy, modesty,
that sometimes seems rude brass, chutzpah, shyness, timidity, timidness,
presumption, effrontery timorousness, civility, courteousness,
courtesy, gentility, graciousness,
mannerliness, manners
519. TENUOUS weak, feeble, senile shaky, firm, hard, rigid, solid, substantial,
(adj) not certain, definite or delicate, fragile, not dense, unyielding, elastic, flexible, resilient,
strong, very thin rare, flimsy, doubtful, rubberlike, rubbery, springy, stretch,
questionable stretchable, supple, infrangible
520. TIMOROUS Coward, shy, fearful, timid, brave, courageous, dauntless,
(adj) easily frightened fainthearted, mousy, scary, doughty, fearless, gallant,
skittish, fearsome, greathearted, heroic (also heroical),
intrepid, lionhearted, stalwart, stout,
stouthearted, undaunted, valiant
521. TORPID Dull, dormant, lethargic, busy, engaged, occupied, working,

(adj) not active lazy, sluggish, sleepy animated, bouncing, dynamic,
energetic, kinetic, lively, peppy, perky,
spirited, sprightly, springy, vigorous,

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vital, vivacious, zippy, assiduous,
diligent, hardworking, industrious,
sedulous, active
522. TRACTABLE Docile, obedient, dutiful insurgent, mutinous, dogged,

(adj) easily managed or amenable, compliant, hardheaded, headstrong, mulish,
controlled submissive obdurate, obstinate, peevish,
pigheaded, self-willed, stubborn,
unyielding, uncontrollable
523. TRANSIENT Brief, deciduous, Lifelong, continuing, durable,

(adj) not lasting long ephemeral, evanescent, persistent, imperishable, indefectible,
short-lived, temporary indestructible, ceaseless, dateless,
deathless, endless, enduring, eternal,
everlasting, immortal, lasting, long-
lived, permanent, perpetual, timeless,
undying, unending
524. TRANSMUTE Transform, make over,

(v) change in form or metamorphose,
appearance transfigure, convert
525. TRENCHANT Keen, sharp, caustic, rounded, smooth, soft, even, flat,
(adj) very strong, clear and biting, distinct, edgy, level, slick, blunt, blunted, dull, dulled,
effective whetted, penetrated obtuse
526. TRUCULENT Savage, cruel, vitriolic, anti-imperialist, antimilitarist,

(adj) easily annoyed or angered aggressive, agonistic, unwarlike, affable, amiable, amicable,
brawl y, warlike, feisty benevolent, complaisant, conciliatory,
cordial, easygoing, friendly, genial,
good-natured, good-tempered
527. TURGID Blown, distended, collapsed, deflated, detumescent

(adj) 1. Swollen and distended overinflated, puffed,
or congested swollen, tumid bombastic,
2. (of language or style) pompous, overblown,
tediously pompous or overripe, inflated, high-
bombastic flown, affected,
pretentious, grandiose
528. TURPITUDE Corruption, Abjection, goodness, morality, righteousness,
(N) very evil quality debasement, virtue
demoralization, libertinism
529. UBIQUITOUS widespread, common, aberrant, abnormal, irregular,

(adj) seeming to be seen frequent, usual, ordinary, unnatural, intermittent, occasional,
everywhere familiar, variety sporadic, extraordinary, infrequent,

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rare, seldom, uncommon, unfamiliar,
unusual
530. UMBRAGE take offence, be offended, Satisfaction, appeasement,

(N) a feeling of being offended take something personally, mollification, pacification,
by what someone has said or be aggrieved, be affronted, contentment, delight, gratification,
done be upset, be annoyed, be happiness, pleasure
angry, be indignant
531. Artificial, counterfeit, direct, forthright, frank, heart-to-heart,

UNCTUOUS
double-dealing, fake, open, plain, straightforward, artless,
(adj) used to describe someone
feigned, hypocritical candid, genuine, heartfelt, honest,
who speaks in friendly manner
sincere, undesigning, unfeigned
but is not sincere
532. UNDULATE Fluctuate, swing, oscillate,
(adj) having a wavy surface, or roll, ripple, surge
edge or moving in waves
533. UPBRAID Scold, criticize, berate, approve, endorse (also indorse),

(v) to speak in an angry or castigate, chastise, sanction, extol (also extoll), laud,
critical way reproach, reprimand, praise
rebuke
534. USURP take over, seize, arrogate,

(V) to keep something in a commandeer, convert,
forceful way specially without expropriate, pirate,
the right to do so preempt
535. VACILLATE Fluctuate, oscillate, Decide, budge, stir, advance,

(v) to repeatedly change your hesitate, balance, dither, continue, dive (in), plunge (in)
opinions or desires scruple, stagger, wobble
536. VACUOUS Stupid, inane, idle, bare, Complete, replete, furnished,

(adj) showing lack of blank, devoid, vacant, provided, supplied, filled, occupied,
intelligence or serious thoughts flush, overflowing, packed, teeming,
full
537. VAPID Dull, boring, flat, not amazing, astonishing, astounding,

(adj) not lively or interesting entertaining, insipid awesome, eye-opening, fabulous,
marvelous (or marvellous),
sensational, spectacular, surprising,
wonderful, wondrous, animating
538. VARIEGATED varied, prismatic, various Achromatic, bleached, decolorized,
(adj) having patches, stripes or Chromatic, colored, motley, faded, washed-out, dull, faint, gray
marks of different color kaleidoscopic (also grey), neutral, pale, pallid,
unbrilliant, colorless, monochromatic,

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monochromic, monotone, self-
colored, solid
539. Respect, Adore, deify, blaspheme, desecrate, profane,

VENERATE
glorify, revere, worship violate, affront, dishonor, disrespect,
(V) to feel or show deep respect
insult, offend, outrage, pique, ridicule,
scorn, slight, displease, defame,
disparage, libel, malign, slander, slur,
smear
540. VERACITY Integrity, probity, verity, artifice, cozenage, crookedness,

(N) quality of being truthful or honesty, truthfulness deception, dissembling, dissimulation,
honest double-dealing, dupery, duplicity,
fakery, falseness, falsity,
fraudulentness, hypocrisy, insincerity,
two-facedness, beguilement,
craftiness, cunning, cunningness
541. VERDANT Grown, leafy, green, bleak, depleted, impoverished,

(ADJ) green with growing plants luxuriant, lush, unripe, tint, infertile, poor, stark, unproductive,
inexperienced, grassy arid, dead, desert, dry, parched, sere
(also sear), waterless, barren, leafless
542. VEX Irritate, annoy, Aggravate, appease, conciliate, mollify, oblige,

(V) to annoy or worry someone bother, exasperate, itch, pacify, placate, propitiate, delight,
persecute gladden, gratify, please, satisfy,
assure, cheer, comfort, console,
content, quiet, reassure, solace,
soothe
543. VICARIOUS
(adj) experienced or felt by 1. Explicit, sensational,
watching, hearing about, or vivid, juicy
reading about someone else 2. Indirect, second hand,
rather than by doing something derivative, surrogate,
yourself substitute
544. VICISSITUDE Mutability, alter, transform,

(N) the quality or Mate of being change, succession,
changeable fluctuation
545. VILIFY exalt, glorify, honor, acclaim, applaud,

Slander, Asperse, libel
(V) to say or write critical things commend, praise, esteem, respect,
malign, calumniate, smear.
about someone or something admire, regard, adore, revere,
venerate, worship
546. VISCOUS Dense, ropy, viscid, thick, flowing, fluid, dilute, diluted, liquid,

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(adj) thick, sticky liquid syrupy, not easily flowing watered-down, weak, runny, soupy,
thin, watery
547. VITRIOLIC Spiteful, venomous, hurtful, moderate, temperate, deferential,

(n) harsh or angry words acerbic, better, cruel respectful, civil, courteous, gracious,
mannerly, polite, discreet, judicious,
tempered, encomiastic, laudative,
laudatory, praiseful
548. VITUPERATE Berate, scold, abuse, acclaim, commend, compliment, hail,

(v) to abuse or censure severely assail, castigate, excoriate, laud, praise
trash
549. WANTON Undisciplined, nasty, priggish, prim, prudish, puritanical,

(adj.) showing no care for the profane, bawdy, impure, staid, straitlaced (or straightlaced),
feelings or rights of others lewd, foul Victorian, correct, decorous, genteel,
nice, polite, proper, respectable,
seemly, innocuous, inoffensive
550. WINSOME Blithe, bright, buoyant, gay, joyless, sad, unhappy, unsatisfied,
(adj.) charming, pleasing cheerful, upbeat dull, lethargic, listless, sluggish, torpid
blue, brokenhearted, crestfallen,
dejected, depressed, despondent,
disconsolate, disheartened, down
551. WISTFUL full of yearning; musingly antisentimental, cynical, hard-boiled,
(adj) Showing sad thoughts sad, melancholy, pensive hard-edged, hardheaded,
about something that you want unsentimental
to have
552. WIZENED Shrunken, wrinkle, aging, beefy, brawny, burly, fit, hale, healthy,
(V) to become dry dehydrated, evaporated hearty, husky, chubby, corpulent, fat,
fleshy, heavyset, obese, overweight,
plump, portly, pudgy, roly-poly,
rotund, stocky, thickset, tubby, flabby,
soft
553. ZENITH Acme, apogee, summit, abyss, base, foot, minimum, bottom,
(n). the highest point peak, top, crown, crest, nadir, rock bottom
culminating point head
554. Zephyr calm

Air, breath, puff, waft, wind
(n). a gentle breeze

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VOCABULARY (SYNONYMS & ANTONYMS)

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3. ABBEY Monastery, Cloister,

4. ABBOT Monk, Hermit, Priest layman, layperson, secular, lay

5. ABDICATE Abnegate, cede, relinquish, appropriate, arrogate, assume, claim,

6. ABDUCTION Hijacking, capturing

7. ABED In bed; on a bed

8. ABERRATION Deviation, Abnormality, norm, ordinary, usual

9. ABET Assist, help, support, balk, bar, block, constrain, hamper,

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12. ABIDANCE Observance, adherence, brush-off, disregard, ignoring,

13. ABJECT Hopeless, miserable, arrogant, haughty, high-handed,

14. ABJURE Abnegate, Retract, acknowledge, admit, affirm, assert,

15. ABLUTION Cleansing, bathing,

16. ABNEGATE Abdicate, step aside, deny,

18. ABORIGINAL Natives, indigenous, imported, introduced, transplanted,

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19. ABRADE Grind down, Chafe, polish, smooth, soften, wax

22. ABSCESS Boil, Sore, Swelling,

23. ABSCISSION Removal, cut, incise

25. ABSOLUTION Pardon, amnesty, conviction, sentence, assessment,

27. ABSTEMIOUS Self denying, austere, gluttonous, greedy, rapacious,

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28. ABSTRUSE obscure, deep, mysterious, easy, facile, simple, straightforward,

29. ABSURD idiotic, stupid, nonsensical, realistic, reasonable, brainy, bright,

30. ABYSS bottomless gulf, cavity,

31. ACERBIC biting, bitter, criticizing, amusing, droll, merry, playful,

32. ACRIMONY Discord, acridity, virulence, civility, cordiality, courtesy, diplomacy,

33. ACUMEN Wisdom, keenness insight, artlessness,greenness, guilelessness,

35. ACCESSION Attainment, succession, discharge, dismissal, ejection,

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36. ACCOMPLICE Helper, associated partner,

38. ACCUMULATE Acquire, accelerate, contract, decrease, diminish, dwindle,

39. ACERBITY Acidity, bitterness, anger, gentleness, kindliness, mildness,

40. ACETIC Pungent, liquid, acrid taste

41. ACHROMATIC Colorless, Free from Chromatic, colorful, kaleidoscopic,

42. ACME Peak, apex, apogee, bottom, nadir, rock bottom

43. ACQUAINT familiarize, accustom, misinform, mislead

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45. ACQUIESCENCE absolution, exoneration, animosity, antipathy, enmity, hostility,

46. ACQUITTAL forgiveness, clearing, accusation, arraignment,

47. ACRID bitter, acidic, tart caring, forgiving, gentle, kind,

48. ACRIMONIOUS Angry, caustic, biting, caring, forgiving, gentle, kind,

49. ACTUARY Clerk, registrar

50. ADUMBRATE Overshadow, obscure, to

51. ADAMANT Unshakable, rigid, firm, docile, obedient, placable,

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53. ADDLE Confused, perplexed, alert, conscious, clearheaded

54. ADDUCE Mention, cite, put forward, alert, conscious, clearheaded

55. ADHERE Loosen, drop, fall

56. ADJUDGE Judge, adjudicate, referee, equivocate, hedge, pussyfoot, skirt

57. ADJUNCT extra, addition, attachment, essential, necessity, requirement,

58. Rebuke, chide, reprimand, approve, endorse (also indorse), OK

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60. ADULTERATE Debase, impure, dilute, clarified, filtered, purified, refined,

61. AFFABLE friendly, amiable, genial, ceremonious, decorous, formal, rigid,

63. AFFLUENCE Wealth, riches, prosperity, emigration, exodus, flight, outflow,