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Callous:
Adj.lacking mercy;insensitive; thick and hardened;having calluses
2. Mystic:
adj.mysterious;n.a person who believes that truth or god can be best
known through spiritual insight or experience.
3. Indignant:
adj.angered by the unfairness or meanness of something
4. Verbatim:
adv.in the exact words;Adj.following the original exactly
5. Paraphrased:
v.to state a meaning in other words;n.a rewording of the meaning of a
text
6. Commendable:
adj.praiseworthy;deserving approval or credit
7. Judicious:
Adj;sensible;wise and careful;discreet;prudent
8. Personification:
n.a figure of speech in which something nonhuman is given human
qualities;a person or thing that perfectly represents an idea or quality
9. Ineffectual:
adj.unable to bring about a desired result;inadequate
10. Apprehensive:
adj.uneasy;fearful about the future
11. Pauper:
n.a person who is very poor, especially one dependent upon public
charity
12. Excerpt
n.a selected passage or scene from a literary work or piece of music; an
extract;v.to take out or select passages. to quote
13. Analogy
n. a likeness between different things; a similarity; a comparison
14. Ethical
adj. pertaining to right and wrong; conforming to certain rules or
standards; moral
15. Prophetic
adj.relating to someone or something that foretells events
16. Heresy
N.a belief different from accepted doctrine(fact)
17. Paternal
Adj.inherited from or related through one's father;fatherly
18. Antiquity
n.ancient times, a thing or people of ancient times' the quality of being
ancient
19. Posthumous
Adj.coming after death
20. Electorate
n.all persons having the right to vote
21. insipid
flavorless; dull or unexciting; lifeless
22. painstaking
very careful; diligent; requiring great care; meticulous
23. deteriorate
to become worse or less valuable; to diminish
24. lament
to feel deep sorrow or mourning for; to grieve; an expression of grief; a
song or poem expressing grief
25. compassion
pity for someone else's suffering, along with a desire to help
26. discern
to detect with one to the senses; to notice; to recognize as different or to
identify as separate; to come to know mentally; to judge
27. repress
to restrain; to keep or put down
28. loathe
to feel intense dislike or hatred; to detest
29. composure
self-possession; tranquility
30. atrocious
exceedingly bad; wicked or cruel; indomitable
31. Aura
n.a distinctive quality surrounding a person or thing; an invisible,
enveloping glow
32. Qualms
n. an uneasiness, misgiving, or doubt; a slight feeling of sickness or
nausea
33. Zealous
adj. intensely devoted; eager; enthusiastic
34. Impediments
n.a speech disorder; an obstruction of some kind
35. Zephyr
n.a gentle wind; a mild breeze
36. Mediocre
adj.only average or ordinary; medium; neither bad nor good
37. Reactionary
Adj.advocating a return to an earlier social, political, or economic policy
or condition; n.one who advocates a return to an earlier policy or
condition
38. Fabricated
v.to build or manufacture; to make up or invent (as a story or excuse)
39. Stamina
n.vigor; strength; endurance
40. Opportune
adj.right for the purpose; advantageously timed
41. Militant
aggressive in support of a belief or cause , an individual prepared to
fight for a cause an activist
42. Transitory
passing quickly ,lasting only a short time , temporary
43. Incentive
motivation , encouragement
44. Encompasses
to contain or include , to surround
45. Postulate
an assumption , a fundamental truth or doctrine , to assume without
proof
46. Stringent
tight in finances or credit , strict , severe
47. Implacable
relentless , not capable of being calmed or appeased
48. Retributions:
something given to make up for a wrong done , punishment
49. Pivotal:
on which something turns or depends , crucial , vitally important
50. Transcends:
to surpass the limits of , to exceed
Greek Roots :
1- Anthropo : human being
2- Astro : star
3- Bio : life
4- Chrom : color
5- Chrono : time
6- Cosmo:world ,universe
7- Crac , crat : rule, govern
8- Dem : people
9- Drem : skin
10- Ethno : nation
11- Gam : marriage
12- Gno, kno : to know
13- Graph : draw , write
14- Hydro : water
15- Hypro: sleep
16- Hypo : under , below
17- Logo : idea , reason
18- Meter : measure
19- Micro : small
20- Mim : copy , imitate
21- Miso : hatred of
22- Mono :one
23- Mor: fool
24- Morph : form
25- Opt : eye
26- Ortho: straight
27- Pan : all
28- Path : feeling
29- Petr: rock
30- Phil , philo : love
31- Phob : fear
32- Phon : sound , voice
33- Photo : light
34- Poly : many
35- Pseudo : false
36- Psych : mind , soul , spirit
37- Pyr : fire
38- Scope : to see
39- Soph : wise
40- Techn : art , skill
41- Tele : at a distance
42- Thea , theatr :to see , view
43- Theo : god
44- Therm : heat
45- Topo : place