1.

 advocate
a person who pleads for a person, cause, or idea

2.  quaint
attractively old-fashioned

3.  expedient
appropriate to a purpose

4.  partisan
a fervent and even militant proponent of something

5.  constituent
one of the individual parts making up a composite entity

6.  despot
a cruel and oppressive dictator

7.  insurgent
in opposition to a civil authority or government

8.  adverse
in an opposing direction

9.  accede
yield to another's wish or opinion

10.  exhort
spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts

11.  arbitrary
 based on or subject to individual discretion or preference

12.  yoke
join with stable gear, as two draft animals

13.  impetuous
characterized by undue haste and lack of thought

14.  annex
attach to

15.  admonish
scold or reprimand; take to task

16.  wanton
a lewd or immoral person

17.  fetter
a shackle for the ankles or feet

18.  approbation
official acceptance or agreement

19.  clamor
utter or proclaim insistently and noisily

20.  impute
attribute or credit to

21.  negligent
characterized by undue lack of attention or concern
22.  injunction
a judicial remedy to prohibit a party from doing something

23.  covet
wish, long, or crave for

24.  evince
give expression to

25.  incumbent
necessary as a duty or responsibility; morally binding

26.  edict
a formal or authoritative proclamation

27.  capitulate
surrender under agreed conditions

28.  cleave
separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument

29.  consign
give over to another for care or safekeeping

30.  dispel
cause to separate and go in different directions

31.  foil
hinder or prevent, as an effort, plan, or desire

32.  maxim
 a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits

33.  staid
characterized by dignity and propriety

34.  beguile
influence by slyness

35.  ascetic
someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline

36.  assiduous
marked by care and persistent effort

37.  emulate
strive to equal or match, especially by imitating

38.  intimation
a slight suggestion or vague understanding

39.  sanguine
confidently optimistic and cheerful

40.  calumny
a false accusation of an offense

41.  abject
of the most contemptible kind

42.  discomfit
cause to lose one's composure
43.  instigate
provoke or stir up

44.  inexorable
impossible to prevent, resist, or stop

45.  debauch
a wild gathering

46.  construe
make sense of; assign a meaning to

47.  complement
something added to embellish or make perfect

48.  stolid
having or revealing little emotion or sensibility

49.  portent
a sign of something about to happen

50.  ostensible
appearing as such but not necessarily so

51.  vestige
an indication that something has been present

52.  affluent
having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value

53.  pernicious
 exceedingly harmful

54.  espouse
choose and follow a theory, idea, policy, etc.

55.  extant
still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost

56.  elicit
call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response

57.  accost
approach and speak to someone aggressively or insistently

58.  derivative
a compound obtained from another compound

59.  equivocal
open to two or more interpretations

60.  alacrity
liveliness and eagerness

61.  conflagration
a very intense and uncontrolled fire

62.  hapless
unfortunate and deserving pity

63.  profligate
unrestrained by convention or morality
64.  bashful
self-consciously timid

65.  engender
call forth

66.  expiate
make amends for

67.  forbearance
good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence

68.  exigent
demanding immediate attention

69.  promulgate
state or announce

70.  subjugate
make subservient; force to submit or subdue

71.  extol
praise, glorify, or honor

72.  licentious
lacking moral discipline

73.  wily
marked by skill in deception

74.  vicissitude
 a variation in circumstances or fortune

75.  requisition
an authoritative demand

76.  callous
emotionally hardened

77.  preclude
make impossible, especially beforehand

78.  bane
something causing misery or death

79.  reprobate
a person without moral scruples

80.  tome
a large and scholarly book

81.  insidious
working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way

82.  veracity
unwillingness to tell lies

83.  gratuitous
unnecessary and unwarranted

84.  swarthy
naturally having skin of a dark color
85.  candor
the quality of being honest and straightforward

86.  relegate
assign to a lower position

87.  cobbler
a person who makes or repairs shoes

88.  caucus
meet to select a candidate or promote a policy

89.  elegy
a mournful poem; a lament for the dead

90.  upbraid
express criticism towards

91.  flagrant
conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible

92.  cognizant
having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization

93.  proscribe
command against

94.  alias
a name that has been assumed temporarily

95.  bereft
 lacking or deprived of something

96.  solicitous
full of anxiety and concern

97.  disparate
fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind

98.  dogmatic
pertaining to a code of beliefs accepted as authoritative

99.  empirical
derived from experiment and observation rather than theory

100.  inveterate
habitual

101.  potentate
a powerful ruler, especially one who is unconstrained by law

102.  invective
abusive language used to express blame or censure

103.  maverick
someone who exhibits independence in thought and action

104.  carp
any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae

105.  spurious
plausible but false
106.  philanthropic
of or relating to charitable giving

107.  connive
form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner

108.  anathema
a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication

109.  sobriety
the state of being unaffected or not intoxicated by alcohol

110.  equanimity
steadiness of mind under stress

111.  pert
characterized by a lightly saucy or impudent quality

112.  inoculate
inject or treat with the germ of a disease to render immune

113.  laconic
brief and to the point

114.  enfranchise
grant freedom to, as from slavery or servitude

115.  antithesis
exact opposite

116.  compunction
 a feeling of deep regret, usually for some misdeed

117.  munificent
very generous

118.  rife
excessively abundant

119.  cajole
influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering

120.  noxious
injurious to physical or mental health

121.  surreptitious
marked by quiet and caution and secrecy

122.  palliate
lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of

123.  demagogue
a leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions

124.  presage
a foreboding about what is about to happen

125.  obdurate
stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

126.  morass
a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
127.  adamant
impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, or reason

128.  predilection
a predisposition in favor of something

129.  utilitarian
having a useful function

130.  officious
intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner

131.  abjure
formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief

132.  dearth
an insufficient quantity or number

133.  circumscribe
draw a geometric figure around another figure

134.  ubiquitous
being present everywhere at once

135.  duplicity
the act of deceiving or acting in bad faith

136.  reprieve
postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal

137.  winsome
 charming in a childlike or naive way

138.  garrulous
full of trivial conversation

139.  carouse
engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking

140.  platitude
a trite or obvious remark

141.  virtuoso
someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

142.  fatuous
devoid of intelligence

143.  vociferous
conspicuously and offensively loud

144.  aberration
a state or condition markedly different from the norm

145.  contentious
showing an inclination to disagree

146.  dirge
a song or hymn of mourning as a memorial to a dead person

147.  amenable
disposed or willing to comply
148.  enervate
weaken physically, mentally, or morally

149.  preponderance
exceeding in heaviness; having greater weight

150.  truculent
defiantly aggressive

151.  ephemeral
anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day

152.  convivial
occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company

153.  eclectic
selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas

154.  contrite
feeling or expressing pain or sorrow

155.  circumvent
surround so as to force to give up

156.  abrogate
revoke formally

157.  conduit
a passage through which water or electric wires can pass

158.  cupidity
 extreme greed for material wealth

159.  disaffected
discontented as toward authority

160.  didactic
instructive, especially excessively

161.  knell
the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death

162.  abstruse
difficult to understand

163.  inure
cause to accept or become hardened to

164.  puerile
displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity

165.  defunct
no longer in force or use; inactive

166.  redoubtable
inspiring fear

167.  inane
devoid of intelligence

168.  commensurate
corresponding in size or degree or extent
169.  torpid
in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation

170.  trite
repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

171.  apathetic
showing little or no emotion or animation

172.  tirade
a speech of violent denunciation

173.  egregious
conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible

174.  cogent
powerfully persuasive

175.  aggrandize
embellish; increase the scope, power, or importance of

176.  execrable
unequivocally detestable

177.  evanescent
short-lived; tending to vanish or disappear

178.  surfeit
indulge (one's appetite) to satiety

179.  punctilious
 marked by precise accordance with details

180.  inimical
tending to obstruct or cause harm

181.  acumen
shrewdness shown by keen insight

182.  mores
the conventions embodying the fundamental values of a group

183.  probity
complete and confirmed integrity

184.  rescind
cancel officially

185.  dour
showing a brooding ill humor

186.  fallacious
containing or based on incorrect reasoning

187.  extraneous
not belonging to that in which it is contained

188.  umbrage
a feeling of anger caused by being offended

189.  concomitant
following or accompanying as a consequence
190.  antiseptic
thoroughly clean and free of disease-causing organisms

191.  phlegmatic
showing little emotion

192.  fortuitous
lucky; occurring by happy chance

193.  quixotic
not sensible about practical matters

194.  exacerbate
make worse

195.  maudlin
very sentimental or emotional

196.  travesty
a composition that imitates or misrepresents a style

197.  onerous
burdensome or difficult to endure

198.  plaudit
enthusiastic approval

199.  vilify
spread negative information about

200.  atrophy
 a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse

201.  trenchant
having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought

202.  debacle
a sudden and complete disaster

203.  penchant
a strong liking or preference

204.  pugnacious
ready and able to resort to force or violence

205.  vituperate
spread negative information about

206.  pithy
concise and full of meaning

207.  pariah
a person who is rejected from society or home

208.  remiss
failing in what duty requires

209.  scurrilous
expressing offensive, insulting, or scandalous criticism

210.  abnegation
the denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief
211.  blandishment
flattery intended to persuade

212.  noisome
offensively malodorous

213.  pertinacious
stubbornly unyielding

214.  emend
make corrections to

215.  neophyte
a participant with no experience with an activity

216.  proclivity
a natural inclination

217.  interlocutor
a person who takes part in a conversation

218.  multifarious
having many aspects

219.  abscond
run away, often taking something or somebody along

220.  recalcitrant
stubbornly resistant to authority or control

221.  contravene
 go against, as of rules and laws

222.  libertarian
an advocate of freedom of thought and speech

223.  fractious
easily irritated or annoyed

224.  quandary
state of uncertainty in a choice between unfavorable options

225.  plethora
extreme excess

226.  arrogate
seize and take control without authority

227.  aspersion
a disparaging remark

228.  irreverence
a mental attitude showing lack of due respect

229.  divisive
causing or characterized by disagreement or disunity

230.  expunge
remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line

231.  maelstrom
a powerful circular current of water
232.  plenitude
a full supply

233.  nadir
the lowest point of anything

234.  incontrovertible
impossible to deny or disprove

235.  iconoclast
someone who attacks cherished ideas or institutions

236.  ebullient
joyously unrestrained

237.  modicum
a small or moderate or token amount

238.  ambivalent
uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow

239.  zephyr
a slight wind

240.  camaraderie
the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability

241.  paucity
an insufficient quantity or number

242.  impinge
 infringe upon

243.  disrepute
the state of being held in low esteem

244.  antediluvian
of or relating to the period before the biblical flood

245.  circumlocution
an indirect way of expressing something

246.  largesse
liberality in bestowing gifts

247.  amorphous
having no definite form or distinct shape

248.  bombastic
ostentatiously lofty in style

249.  panacea
hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases

250.  gourmand
a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess

251.  grandiloquent
lofty in style

252.  epistolary
written in the form of letters or correspondence
253.  toady
a person who tries to please someone to gain an advantage

254.  obstreperous
noisily and stubbornly defiant

255.  pellucid
transparently clear; easily understandable

256.  apocryphal
being of questionable authenticity

257.  embezzlement
the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property

258.  hegemony
the dominance or leadership of one social group over others

259.  ostracism
the act of excluding someone from society by general consent

260.  impecunious
not having enough money to pay for necessities

261.  paradigm
a standard or typical example

262.  contusion
an injury in which the skin is not broken

263.  sanctimonious
 excessively or hypocritically pious

264.  diaphanous
so thin as to transmit light

265.  intransigent
impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, or reason

266.  arcane
requiring secret or mysterious knowledge

267.  accretion
an increase by natural growth or addition

268.  litigant
a party to a lawsuit

269.  mawkish
very sentimental or emotional

270.  penurious
excessively unwilling to spend

271.  prurient
characterized by lust

272.  turpitude
a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice

273.  tangential
of superficial relevance if any
274.  cavort
play boisterously

275.  expurgate
edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate

276.  semaphore
an apparatus for visual signaling

277.  inchoate
only partly in existence; imperfectly formed

278.  legerdemain
an illusory feat

279.  idiosyncratic
peculiar to the individual

280.  duress
compulsory force or threat

281.  mendacious
given to lying

282.  protean
taking on different forms

283.  debunk
expose while ridiculing

284.  archetypal
 of an original pattern on which other things are modeled

285.  arboreal
of or relating to or formed by trees

286.  bilk
cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money

287.  vitriolic
harsh, bitter, or malicious in tone

288.  anachronistic
chronologically misplaced

289.  congruity
the quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate

290.  adumbrate
describe roughly or give the main points or summary of

291.  obfuscate
make obscure or unclear

292.  corpulence
the property of excessive fatness

293.  serendipity
good luck in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries

294.  linchpin
a central cohesive source of support and stability
295.  denigrate
attack the good name and reputation of someone

296.  emollient
a substance with a soothing effect when applied to the skin

297.  pejorative
expressing disapproval

298.  pulchritude
physical beauty, especially of a woman

299.  solipsism
the philosophical theory that the self is all that exists

300.  heterogenous
consisting of elements that are not of the same kind