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1. abash-----------cause to be embarrassed
2. abate------------become less in amount or intensity
3. abdicate----------give up power, duties, or obligations
4. aberration---------a state or condition markedly different from the norm
5. abhor----------feel hatred or disgust toward
6. abject--------------of the most contemptible kind
7. abnegate----------deny or renounce
8. abortive-------failing to accomplish an intended result
9. abridge-------------lessen, diminish, or curtail
10. absolute
11. absolve
12. abstinent
self-restraining
13. abstract
14. abstruse
difficult to understand
15. abysmal
16. accolade
17. accost
18. acerbic
20. acrid
21. acrimonious
22. acumen
23. acute
24. adamant
25. address
speak to
26. adherent
27. admonish
28. adroit
29. adulation
30. adulterate
in an opposing direction
32. aesthetic
33. affable
34. affectation
35. affinity
36. affluent
37. agenda
38. aggregate
39. agnostic
40. agrarian
41. alacrity
42. allege
report or maintain
43. alleviate
44. allocate
45. alloy
46. allusion
47. aloof
48. altruism
49. ambience
50. ambiguous
51. ambivalent
52. ameliorate
make better
53. amenable
54. amenity
56. amnesty
57. amoralism
58. amorous
59. amorphous
60. anachronism
61. analogy
62. anarchy
63. anecdote
64. anguish
65. animosity
66. anomaly
68. antipathy
69. antithesis
exact opposite
70. apartheid
71. apathy
72. aphorism
73. apocalypse
74. apocryphal
75. apotheosis
76. appease
77. appreciate
78. apprehensive
80. appropriate
81. aptitude
inherent ability
82. arbiter
83. arbitrary
84. arcane
85. archaic
86. archetype
87. ardent
88. arduous
89. aristocratic
90. artful
92. ascendancy
the state when one person or group has power over another
93. ascetic
94. assiduous
95. assimilate
take up mentally
96. assuage
97. astute
98. atheist
99. attrition
100. audacity
101. augment
enlarge or increase
102. auspicious
104. autocratic
105. autonomous
106. avarice
107. avow
108. avuncular
109. awry
110. axiom
111. banal
112. bane
113. bastion
114. beget
have children
115. belabor
116. beleaguer
117. belie
be in contradiction with
118. belittle
119. belligerent
120. bemused
121. benefactor
122. benevolent
123. benign
124. bequest
125. bereaved
126. beset
128. blatant
129. blight
130. blithe
131. bourgeois
132. bovine
133. brevity
134. broach
135. bucolic
idyllically rustic
136. bureaucracy
137. burgeon
138. burlesque
140. cadence
141. cajole
142. callow
143. candor
144. capitalism
145. capitulate
146. capricious
147. caricature
148. castigate
149. catalyst
150. categorical
152. catholic
153. caustic
154. celibacy
155. censure
156. cerebral
157. chagrin
158. charisma
159. charlatan
a flamboyant deceiver
160. chasm
161. chastise
162. chicanery
164. choleric
characterized by anger
165. chronic
166. chronicle
167. circuitous
168. circumlocution
169. circumscribe
170. circumspect
171. circumvent
172. civil
not rude
173. clemency
174. cliche
176. coalesce
177. coerce
178. cogent
powerfully persuasive
179. cognitive
180. cognizant
181. coherent
sticking together
182. colloquial
183. collusion
secret agreement
184. compelling
185. compendium
186. complacent
188. complicity
189. comprehensive
190. comprise
be made of
191. conciliatory
192. concise
193. concord
194. concurrent
195. condescend
196. condone
197. conducive
198. confluence
200. commensurate
201. congenital
202. congregate
203. conjecture
204. conjure
205. connoisseur
206. consecrate
207. consensus
208. consonant
209. construe
210. consummate
212. contiguous
213. contingent
214. contrite
215. contrived
artificially formal
216. conventional
217. convivial
218. copious
219. corollary
220. corroborate
221. cosmopolitan
222. countenance
224. covenant
225. covert
secret or hidden
226. covet
227. credulous
228. criterion
229. cryptic
230. culinary
231. culminate
232. culpable
233. cursory
234. curtail
236. daunt
237. dearth
238. debacle
239. debauchery
a wild gathering
240. debilitate
make weak
241. decadent
242. decimate
243. decorous
244. deduce
245. defame
246. deference
clearly formulated
248. degenerate
grow worse
249. deleterious
250. delineate
251. delude
be dishonest with
252. deluge
253. demagogue
254. denizen
255. depravity
256. deprecate
257. deride
258. derogatory
260. despondent
261. despot
262. destitute
263. desultory
264. dexterous
265. dialectical
266. dictum
an authoritative declaration
267. didactic
268. diffident
lacking self-confidence
269. digress
270. dilettante
272. discreet
273. discrete
274. discriminate
275. disdain
276. disinterested
277. disparage
278. disparate
279. disseminate
280. dissipate
281. dissolution
282. distend
mark as different
284. docile
285. doctrinaire
286. dogmatic
287. domestic
288. dormant
289. dubious
290. duplicity
291. ebullient
joyously unrestrained
292. eccentric
293. eclectic
294. edify
make understand
295. efface
296. effusion
297. egalitarian
298. egocentric
299. egregious
300. elicit
301. emulate
302. elliptical
303. emigrate
304. eminent
305. empirical
306. encroach
308. enervate
309. enfranchise
310. engender
call forth
311. enigma
312. enormity
313. ephemeral
314. epigram
a witty saying
315. epitome
316. equanimity
317. equitable
318. equivocal
320. esoteric
321. espouse
322. ethereal
323. euphemism
324. evanescent
325. exacerbate
make worse
326. exacting
327. exalt
328. exasperate
make furious
329. exemplify
be characteristic of
330. exhaustive
332. exigency
333. existential
334. exonerate
335. expatriate
336. expedient
appropriate to a purpose
337. expedite
338. explicit
339. extol
340. extraneous
341. extrapolate
342. extricate
344. exult
345. fabrication
346. facetious
347. facile
348. faction
a dissenting clique
349. farcical
350. fastidious
351. fatalist
352. fatuous
devoid of intelligence
353. fauna
354. fecund
356. fervor
357. fetter
358. fidelity
359. figurative
not literal
360. finesse
361. flagrant
362. flaunt
display proudly
363. flout
364. foible
365. foment
try to stir up
366. forbear
368. forsake
369. fortuitous
370. founder
371. fraternal
372. frenetic
373. frugal
avoiding waste
374. furtive
375. futile
unproductive of success
376. garrulous
377. gauche
378. genre
380. gesticulate
381. glut
382. grandiloquent
383. grandiose
384. gratuitous
385. gravity
386. gregarious
387. guile
388. hackneyed
389. hapless
390. harbinger
392. hegemony
393. heresy
394. hermetic
395. heyday
396. hiatus
397. hierarchy
398. histrionic
399. homily
400. homogeneous
401. husbandry
402. hyperbole
extravagant exaggeration
403. hypothetical
404. iconoclast
405. ideology
406. idiosyncrasy
407. idyllic
408. ignominy
a state of dishonor
409. illicit
410. immigrate
411. imminent
412. immutable
413. impartial
414. impeccable
416. impervious
417. impetuous
418. implement
419. impotency
420. impugn
421. inane
devoid of intelligence
422. inaugurate
commence officially
423. incandescent
424. incantation
425. incense
make furious
426. incessant
428. incisive
429. incongruous
430. incorrigible
431. increment
432. indifferent
433. indigenous
434. indigent
435. indignant
436. indolent
437. indulgent
438. ineffable
440. inert
441. inexorable
442. infamous
443. infatuated
444. infer
conclude by reasoning
445. infinitesimal
immeasurably small
446. ingenuous
447. inherent
448. injunction
449. innate
450. innocuous
452. insidious
453. insinuate
454. insipid
455. insolent
456. instigate
provoke or stir up
457. insular
458. insurgent
459. integral
460. integrate
461. intractable
462. intransigent
464. introspective
465. inundate
466. invective
467. inveterate
habitual
468. irascible
469. ironic
470. irrevocable
471. itinerant
472. judicious
473. juxtapose
474. kinetic
476. laconic
477. lament
478. lampoon
479. languish
become feeble
480. largess
481. latent
482. laud
483. legacy
484. lethargic
485. levity
486. libel
488. loquacious
489. lucid
490. lugubrious
excessively mournful
491. luminous
492. machination
493. magnanimous
494. magnate
495. malaise
496. malfeasance
497. malignant
dangerous to health
498. malinger
500. mandate