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Quizzical: (of a person's expression or behavior) indicating mild or amused


puzzlement.

2. Rapture: a feeling of intense pleasure or joy.


3. Incumbent: necessary for (someone) as a duty or responsibility.
4. Detain: keep (someone) from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on
their attention.

5. Amiable: having or displaying a friendly and pleasant manner.


6. Invigorating: making one feel strong, healthy, and full of energy.

7. Impertinence: lack of respect; rudeness.

8. Solicit: ask for or try to obtain (something) from someone.

9. Manifold: many and various.

10. Destitution: poverty so extreme that one lacks the means to provide for oneself.

11. Juvenile: for or relating to young people.

12. Proprietary: relating to an owner or ownership

13. Vex: make (someone) feel annoyed, frustrated, or worried, especially with trivial matters

14. Scruples: a sense of right and wrong that keeps a person from doing something
bad

15. Conceit: excessive pride in oneself.


16. Disdain: the feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one's consideration
or respect

17. Hankering: a strong desire to have or do something.


18. Perjured: of evidence) involving wilfully told untruths; characterized by perjury.

19. Perfidious: deceitful and untrustworthy.

20. Unmitigated: absolute; unqualified.

21. Assiduous: showing great care and perseverance.

22. Pernicious: having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way.


23. Incandescent: full of strong emotion; passionate.
24. Ecstatic: state of sudden, intense, overpowering emotion: an ecstatic
frenzy;ecstatic cheering for the winning team.

25. Ephemeral: lasting for a very short time.


26. Insolent: showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect.

27. Churlish: rude in a mean-spirited and surly way.

28. Surly: bad-tempered and unfriendly.

29. Entrails: the innermost parts of something.

30. Misconstrue: interpret (a person's words or actions) wrongly.

31. Interminable: endless or apparently endless (often used hyperbolically).

32. Approbation: approval or praise.

33. Jilt: suddenly reject or abandon (a lover).

34. Apparel: clothing.

35. Proficient: competent or skilled in doing or using something.

36. Procure: obtain (something), especially with care or effort.

37. Reconnoitre: make a military observation of (a region)

38. Ardently: very enthusiastically or passionately.

39. Caprice: a sudden and unaccountable change of mood or behaviour.

40. Vagary: an unexpected and inexplicable change in a situation or in someone's


behaviour

41. Derision: contemptuous ridicule or mockery.


42. Contempt: the feeling that a person or a thing is worthless or beneath
consideration.

43. Patriotic: having or expressing devotion to and vigorous support for one's country.
44. Heinous: (of a person or wrongful act, especially a crime) utterly odious or wicked.

45. Odious: extremely unpleasant; repulsive.


46. Prudence: the quality of being prudent; cautiousness.
47. Dissipation: overindulgence in sensual pleasures; dissipated living.

48. Intemperance: lack of moderation or restraint.

49. Insipid: lacking flavour; weak or tasteless.

50. Mortify: cause (someone) to feel very embarrassed or ashamed.(past: mortified)

51. Uncouth: lacking good manners, refinement, or grace.

52. Impudent: not showing due respect for another person; impertinent.

53. Irrepressible: not able to be controlled or restrained.

54. Fathom:

55. Collateral: something pledged as security for repayment of a loan, to be forfeited


in the event of a default.

56. Sinister: giving the impression that something harmful or evil is happening or will
happen.

57. Contrived: deliberately created rather than arising naturally or spontaneously


58. Intriguing: arousing one's curiosity or interest; fascinating.
59. Resolutely: in an admirably purposeful, determined, and unwavering manner.
60. Sedative: promoting calm or inducing sleep.
61. Edify: instruct or improve (someone) morally or intellectually.( educate)
62. Stipulate: demand or specify (a requirement), typically as part of an agreement.

1. Mooch: 1.
BRITISH
loiter in a bored or listless manner.
"he just mooched about his bedsit"
2. 2.
NORTH AMERICAN
ask for or obtain (something) without paying for it.

64- indomitable: impossible to subdue or defeat.


65- smother: kill (someone) by covering their nose and mouth so that they suffocate
66- glib: (of words or a speaker) fluent but insincere and shallow
67- assimilate: take in and understand fully (information or ideas).
68- berserk: out of control with anger or excitement; wild or frenzied.

If the donkey could see the whole picture, it might rethink its choice to chase the carrot. Robert
kiyosaki/ rich dad poor dad

69- conventional: based on or in accordance with what is generally done or believed

70- prerequisite: a thing that is required as a prior condition for something else to
happen or exist.

71- impediment: a hindrance or obstruction in doing something.


72- conducive: making a certain situation or outcome likely or possible.
"The harsh lights and cameras were hardly conducive to a relaxed atmosphere"

73- subliminal: (of a stimulus or mental process) below the threshold of sensation or
consciousness; perceived by or affecting someone's mind without their being aware of it.

74- masquerading / pretension: pretending / imitating


75- formidable: inspiring fear or respect through being impressively large, powerful,
intense, or capable.

76- surly: bad-tempered and unfriendly


77- surmise: suppose that something is true without having evidence to confirm it.
78- surreptitious: kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of.

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