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Term
Jejune
 Definition
Vapid, nugatory, childish
Term
Excoriate
 Definition
censure
Term
encomium
 Definition
enthusiastic praise
Term
desultory
 Definition
ransom, aimless
Term
denouement
 Definition
outcome
Term
contumacious
 Definition
insubordinated
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captious
 Definition
disposed to point out trivial faults
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caluminate
 Definition
slander
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asseverate
 Definition
aver
Term
bellicose
 Definition
belligerent
Term
anodyne
 Definition
soothing
Term
adumbrate
 Definition
foreshadow or intimate
Term
quail
 Definition
lose courage
Term
qualify
 Definition
limit
Term
plastic
 Definition
pliable
Term
pine
 Definition
lose vigor (esp. through grief)
Term
occult
 Definition
hidden, concealed, beyond comperhension
Term
assidious
 Definition
sedulous
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asperity
 Definition
acrimony, severity
Term
abjure
 Definition
renounce
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brook
 Definition
tolerate
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peroration
 Definition
concluding part of a speech
Term
consequential
 Definition
self important
Term
chauvanist
 Definition
blindly devoted patriot
Term
plangent
 Definition
punding, thundering
Term
prolix
 Definition
verbose
Term
propitiate
 Definition
conciliate, appease
Term
salutory
 Definition
remidiel, wholesome
Term
saturnine
 Definition
gloomy, sullen
Term
sententious
 Definition
aphoristic, moralistic, epigrammatic
Term
vuluble
 Definition
fluent, verbal
Term
obstreporous
 Definition
noisily defiant, boisterously stubborn
Term
mendicant
 Definition
supplicant
Term
lubricious
 Definition
lewd, greasey
Term
fell
 Definition
cruel
Term
die
 Definition
tool used for shaping
Term
ablution
 Definition
washing
Term
abnegation
 Definition
renunciation
Term
abtruse
 Definition
obscure, profound
Term
abut
 Definition
border on
Term
accede
 Definition
agree
Term
accretion
 Definition
growth ... as is getting fat
Term
actuate
 Definition
motivate
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adjuration
 Definition
solemn urging
Term
adventitious
 Definition
accidental
Term
advert
 Definition
refer
Term
agog
 Definition
excited
Term
alimentary
 Definition
supplying nourishment
Term
alluvial
 Definition
pertaining to deposits left by river
Term
amorphorous
 Definition
lacking shape
Term
anathema
 Definition
solemn curse
Term
animadversaion
 Definition
critical remark
Term
anneal
 Definition
the heating, cooling thing to make tough
Term
antipathy
 Definition
aversion
Term
apocryphal
 Definition
spurious not authentic
Term
apologist
 Definition
one who writes a defense
Term
apothegm
 Definition
pithy compact saying, one may say an aphorism
Term
apposite
 Definition
appropriate, fitting
Term
apropros
 Definition
to the point and timely
Term
artisan
 Definition
manually skilled worker
Term
ascendancy
 Definition
controlling influence
Term
assay
 Definition
analyze
Term
astringent
 Definition
binding, causing contraction, harsh
Term
attest
 Definition
testify
Term
attrition
 Definition
gradual decrease
Term
austere
 Definition
forbodingly stern, unornamented
Term
auxilliary
 Definition
providing help
Term
avocation
 Definition
secondary or minor occupation
Term
awl
 Definition
pointed tool for peircing
Term
axiom
 Definition
self evident truth
Term
bacchanalian
 Definition
drunken
Term
badinage
 Definition
teasing conversation
Term
baleful
 Definition
threatening, sinister
Term
balk
 Definition
stop short, foil
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beatific
 Definition
producing joy
Term
bedizen
 Definition
dress with vulgar finery
Term
bedraggle
 Definition
drench thoroughly
Term
beguile
 Definition
mislead, delude
Term
behoove
 Definition
be necessary or proper for incumbent upon
Term
beleaguer
 Definition
beseige, attack
Term
beneficient
 Definition
kindly doing good
Term
benison
 Definition
blessing
Term
bifurcated
 Definition
split into 2 branches
Term
bilious
 Definition
suffering from a liver complaint
Term
bivouac
 Definition
temporary encampment
Term
bland
 Definition
soothng, agreeable
Term
blandish
 Definition
cajole, coax with flattery
Term
blithe
 Definition
carefree
Term
boon
 Definition
blessing, benefit
Term
brindled
 Definition
tawny
Term
brooch
 Definition
ornamental clasp
Term
browse
 Definition
graze
Term
buffet
 Definition
slap, batter
Term
cant
 Definition
insincere expressions of piety, jargon of theives
Term
cantata
 Definition
story set to music
Term
capacious
 Definition
spacious
Term
carapace
 Definition
shell covering
Term
careen
 Definition
lurch from side to side
Term
carillion
 Definition
set of bells capable ofbeing played
Term
carousel
 Definition
drunked rebel
Term
carrion
 Definition
rotting flesh of dead body
Term
cataclysm
 Definition
upheaval
Term
catechism
 Definition
book of religious instruction
Term
censorious
 Definition
critical
Term
cession
 Definition
yeilding
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chaffing
 Definition
bantering
Term
chase
 Definition
ornament a metal surface by indenting
Term
chisel
 Definition
swindle
Term
choleric
 Definition
hot tempered
Term
circumspect
 Definition
prudent, cautious
Term
circumvent
 Definition
outwit, baffle
Term
clarion
 Definition
shrill trumpetlike sound
Term
cloying
 Definition
distasteful because excessivly sweet
Term
coalese
 Definition
combine, fuse
Term
coda
 Definition
summarizes, concludes, esp concluding section of lit/musical
Term
codicil
 Definition
supplement to body of will
Term
codify
 Definition
arrange as code, rule
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coeval
 Definition
contemporary to
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cogitate
 Definition
think over
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cognate
 Definition
related linguistically
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complecancy
 Definition
self satisfied
Term
complaistant
 Definition
trying to please
Term
comport
 Definition
behave
Term
compunction
 Definition
remorse
Term
concatenate
 Definition
link as in chain
Term
concerted
 Definition
mutaully agreed on, done together
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conclave
 Definition
private meeting
Term
comcomitant
 Definition
that which accompanies
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condign
 Definition
deserved esp punishment
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conflagration
 Definition
great fire
Term
conflate
 Definition
fuse
Term
connivance
 Definition
professed ignorance or somethign wrong
Term
consanguinity
 Definition
kinship
Term
contravene
 Definition
contradict
Term
controvert
 Definition
oppose with arguments
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convival
 Definition
festive, gay
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cornucopia
 Definition
horn overflowing with fruit and grain
Term
cozen
 Definition
cheat, hoodwink
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creed
 Definition
system of religious belief
Term
culvert
 Definition
artificail channel for water ... liek sluice
Term
cupidity
 Definition
greed
Term
cynosure
 Definition
object if general attention
Term
decollette
 Definition
haing low cut neckline
Term
decreptitude
 Definition
stat of collapse by illness or old age
Term
defray
 Definition
provide payment for
Term
deliniate
 Definition
portrat, depict
Term
demotic
 Definition
pertaining t the people
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denigrate
 Definition
blacken
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depose
 Definition
dethrown
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desolate
 Definition
rob of joy
Term
desperado
 Definition
wreckless outlaw
Term
despoil
 Definition
strip of valuables, rob
Term
daidem
 Definition
crown
Term
dialectical
 Definition
relating to the art of debate
Term
dictum
 Definition
authorative statment
Term
didactic
 Definition
teaching, instruction
Term
diffuse
 Definition
verbose
Term
dilatory
 Definition
tending to delay
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dint
 Definition
effort
Term
disaffected
 Definition
disloyal
Term
disconsolate
 Definition
sad
Term
discursive
 Definition
digressing, rambling
Term
disgorge
 Definition
surrender, eject, puke
Term
disingenuous
 Definition
lackin candor
Term
disinter
 Definition
unearth
Term
disinterested
 Definition
unbiased
Term
disjunction
 Definition
state of separation
Term
dispatch
 Definition
speediness
Term
disport
 Definition
amuse
Term
disquietude
 Definition
anxiety
Term
disquisition
 Definition
formal inquirery
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dissemble
 Definition
disguise, pretend
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dissimulate
 Definition
pretend
Term
dissipate
 Definition
squander, waste, scatter
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dissonance
 Definition
discord
Term
distrait
 Definition
inattentive
Term
doff
 Definition
take off
Term
doggeral
 Definition
poor verse
Term
dolorous
 Definition
sorrowful
Term
dotage
 Definition
senility
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droll
 Definition
queer, amusing
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ductile
 Definition
maleable
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edify
 Definition
instruct
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efface
 Definition
rub out
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effectual
 Definition
able to produce desired effect
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effervescence
 Definition
inner excitement, exhuberance
Term
effete
 Definition
lacking vigor, worn out
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effluvium
 Definition
noxious smell
Term
effusion
 Definition
pouring forth
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effusive
 Definition
pouring forth
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egregrious
 Definition
notorious
Term
elicit
 Definition
drawn out by discusssion
Term
ellipsis
 Definition
omission of words from a text
Term
elysian
 Definition
relating to paradise, blissful
Term
emendation
 Definition
correction of errors
Term
emetic
 Definition
substance causing vomiting
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emolument
 Definition
salary
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encalve
 Definition
terrtory enclosed by an alien land
Term
endue
 Definition
provide with some quality
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enjoin
 Definition
command
Term
environ
 Definition
enclose surround
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epigram
 Definition
witty thought or saying
Term
equable
 Definition
tranquil, steady, uniform
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equipoise
 Definition
balance
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etheral
 Definition
light, heavnly
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euphony
 Definition
sweet sound
Term
evince
 Definition
sho clearly
Term
evince
 Definition
sho clearly
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excoriate
 Definition
scold
Term
execrable
 Definition
very bad
Term
exigious
 Definition
small
Term
expostulation
 Definition
remonstrance
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extrude
 Definition
force, push out
Term
factitious
 Definition
artificail
Term
factotum
 Definition
handyman
Term
felicitous
 Definition
apt
Term
gadfly
 Definition
irritationg person
Term
gambol
 Definition
romp
Term
gauche
 Definition
clumsy
Term
genteel
 Definition
well bred
Term
glutinous
 Definition
sticky
Term
gregarious
 Definition
sociable
Term
gyroscope
 Definition
USED TO MAINTAIN BALANCE
Term
hermetic
 Definition
sealed by fusion so airtight/ occult, obscure
Term
hew
 Definition
cut into pieces
Term
hisuite
 Definition
hairy
Term
idiom
 Definition
expression as a whole differs in meaning from the words that make it
Term
imbue
 Definition
saturate
Term
ignoble
 Definition
unworthy
Term
ignominy
 Definition
shame, dishonor
Term
immolate
 Definition
offer as a sacrifice
Term
immure
 Definition
imprison
Term
impassable
 Definition
can;t travel through
Term
imperious
 Definition
domineering
Term
importunate
 Definition
urging, demanding
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importune
 Definition
beg persistently
Term
imprecation
 Definition
curse
Term
imput
 Definition
attribute, ascribe
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incorrigible
 Definition
uncorrectable
Term
incubus
 Definition
mental care
Term
indigence
 Definition
poverty
Term
indite
 Definition
write
Term
inductive
 Definition
introduction, or proceding from specific to general
Term
inequity
 Definition
unfairness
Term
ingenuous
 Definition
naieve and trusting
Term
inimical
 Definition
unfriendly
Term
iniquitous
 Definition
wicked, immoral
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insuperable
 Definition
insurmountable
Term
internectine
 Definition
mutually destructive
Term
invective
 Definition
abuse
Term
inveigh
 Definition
denounc, utter cencure or invective
Term
invidious
 Definition
designed to create ill will or envy
Term
invocation
 Definition
prayer for help
Term
irresolute
 Definition
unsure how to act, weak
Term
isthmus
 Definition
narrow nackof land connecting other land
Term
knave
 Definition
untrustworthy person
Term
labile
 Definition
likely to change, unstable
Term
languid
 Definition
sluggish, weary
Term
langour
 Definition
lassitude
Term
lascivious
 Definition
lustful
Term
lassitude
 Definition
langour, weariness
Term
leery
 Definition
suspicious
Term
leery
 Definition
suspicious
Term
legerdemain
 Definition
slight of hand
Term
libertine
 Definition
debauched person
Term
licentious
 Definition
ammoral, lewd and lascivious
Term
limpid
 Definition
clear
Term
lineaments
 Definition
features, so of face
Term
litany
 Definition
suplicatory prayer
Term
lurid
 Definition
wild
Term
macerate
 Definition
soften by soaking in liquid
Term
maculated
 Definition
spotted
Term
magnate
 Definition
person of prominnce
Term
maladroit
 Definition
clumsy
Term
malefactor
 Definition
evil doer
Term
malfeasance
 Definition
wrong doing
Term
malign
 Definition
speak bd of
Term
mannered
 Definition
not natural
Term
mete
 Definition
distribute
Term
milleau
 Definition
means of expressions
Term
mote
 Definition
small speck
Term
mulct
 Definition
defraud a person of something
Term
mutability
 Definition
ability to change form, ficklness
Term
nexus
 Definition
connection
Term
nihilist
 Definition
considers trad beliefs to be wrong
Term
obdurate
 Definition
stubborn
Term
obeisance
 Definition
bow
Term
oblique
 Definition
indirect
Term
obolquy
 Definition
slader, disgrace
Term
obsequy
 Definition
funeral ceremony
Term
opalascent
 Definition
lustrous
Term
opprobrium
 Definition
infamy
Term
oratorio
 Definition
dramatic poem set to music
Term
orthography
 Definition
correct spelling
Term
ostensible
 Definition
aparent, pretended
Term
palipset
 Definition
old parchment used for a second time
Term
pall
 Definition
grow tiresome
Term
palliate
 Definition
make less severe, ease pain
Term
parley
 Definition
conference
Term
pathos
 Definition
tender sorrow, pity
Term
patrician
 Definition
noble, aristocratic
Term
pell mell
 Definition
confusion
Term
pellucid
 Definition
transparent, limpid and easy to undertsnad
Term
peremptory
 Definition
demanding and leaving no choice
Term
pernicious
 Definition
very destructive
Term
perquisite
 Definition
any gain above salary
Term
perspicacious
 Definition
having insight
Term
perspicuity
 Definition
clearness of expressions
Term
perspicuous
 Definition
clearly expressed
Term
pertinacious
 Definition
stubborn
Term
petulant
 Definition
touchy, peevish
Term
phariaical
 Definition
pertaining to pharises who paid scrupulous attention to tradition; self righteaous, hyopcritical
Term
pheonix
 Definition
symbol of immortality and rebirht
Term
pinion
 Definition
restrain
Term
pique
 Definition
irritation, resentment, provoke, arouse
Term
plaintive
 Definition
mournful
Term
plaudit
 Definition
approval
Term
plenary
 Definition
complete
Term
plenitude
 Definition
abundance
Term
pontifical
 Definition
papal, pompous
Term
postulate
 Definition
self evident truth
Term
precept
 Definition
practical rule for guiding conduct
Term
precis
 Definition
consise summary of main points
Term
precoscious
 Definition
advanced development
Term
prefatory
 Definition
introductory
Term
prehensile
 Definition
capable of grasping, holding
Term
presentiment
 Definition
feeling that something will happen
Term
pretext
 Definition
excuse
Term
primogeniture
 Definition
seniority by birth
Term
privation
 Definition
want
Term
progenitor
 Definition
ancestor
Term
propinquity
 Definition
kinship, nearness
Term
promulgate
 Definition
proclaim a doctrine or law; make known by publication
Term
propitious
 Definition
favourable, fortunate
Term
propound
 Definition
put forth for analysis
Term
proscrice
 Definition
ostracize
Term
portean
 Definition
versatile
Term
provender
 Definition
dry fodder
Term
prurient
 Definition
having or causing lustful desires
Term
pugnatious
 Definition
combative
Term
purveyor
 Definition
furnisher of foodstuffs
Term
putative
 Definition
supposed, reputed
Term
querulous
 Definition
fretful, whining
Term
quiescent
 Definition
dormant
Term
quisling
 Definition
traitor who aids invaders
Term
raconteaur
 Definition
storyteller
Term
rail
 Definition
scold, rant
Term
ramify
 Definition
divide into subdividions or branches
Term
rapacious
 Definition
excessive plundering
Term
rarefied
 Definition
make less dense
Term
rauscous
 Definition
harsh, shrill
Term
rebus
 Definition
puzzle with pics instead of words
Term
recapitulate
 Definition
summarize
Term
recast
 Definition
reconstruct
Term
recondite
 Definition
abtruse, secret, profound
Term
recourse
 Definition
resorting to help when in trouble
Term
redolent
 Definition
fragrat, odorous
Term
redress
 Definition
remedy
Term
refractory
 Definition
stubborn, unmanageable
Term
rend
 Definition
split, tear apart
Term
render
 Definition
deliver, provide
Term
repine
 Definition
fret, complain
Term
reproach
 Definition
express dispproval
Term
repudate
 Definition
disown, disavow
Term
reputed
 Definition
supposed
Term
requiem
 Definition
mass for the dead
Term
requite
 Definition
repay, revenge
Term
restitution
 Definition
reparation, indemnification
Term
restive
 Definition
impatient, obstinately resistig control
Term
retinue
 Definition
following, attendants
Term
revile
 Definition
attack with abusive language
Term
rhapsodize
 Definition
speak or write in an exagerated enthusiastic manner
Term
ribale
 Definition
profane
Term
riddle
 Definition
peirce with holes
Term
roil
 Definition
make liquids murky
Term
rudimentary
 Definition
not developed
Term
runic
 Definition
mysterious
Term
salacious
 Definition
lustful
Term
sanctimonious
 Definition
displaying ostentatious or hypocritical devoutness
Term
sartorial
 Definition
pertaining to tailors
Term
satyr
 Definition
half man hal beast
Term
scrupulous
 Definition
thorought, conscientious
Term
sedentary
 Definition
requires siting
Term
seemly
 Definition
proper
Term
sententious
 Definition
terse, concise, aphoristic
Term
sere
 Definition
dry
Term
sheaf
 Definition
bundle of stalks of grain
Term
shunt
 Definition
turn aside
Term
simper
 Definition
smirk
Term
sinecure
 Definition
well paid position with little responsibility
Term
skiff
 Definition
small sail boat
Term
slothful
 Definition
lazy
Term
slovenly
 Definition
untidy
Term
sojourn
 Definition
temporary stay
Term
solecism
 Definition
flagrantly, grammatically incorrect
Term
solemnity
 Definition
gravity
Term
solstice
 Definition
sun farthest form equator
Term
somnambulit
 Definition
sleepwalker
Term
sonorous
 Definition
resonant
Term
specious
 Definition
seemingly reasonable but incorrect
Term
sportive
 Definition
playful
Term
statacco
 Definition
played in an abrupt manner
Term
staid
 Definition
sober, sedate
Term
stanch
 Definition
check he flow of blood
Term
stint
 Definition
set limits, be thrifty
Term
stolid
 Definition
dull, impassive
Term
stricture
 Definition
critial comments
Term
studied
 Definition
unspontaneous
Term
stultify
 Definition
cause to appear stupid
Term
suborn
 Definition
persuade to act unlawfully
Term
substantive
 Definition
essential
Term
succor
 Definition
aid
Term
subsume
 Definition
include, encompass
Term
suffuse
 Definition
spread over
Term
superannuated
 Definition
disqualified because of age
Term
supine
 Definition
laying on back
Term
supplicate
 Definition
petition
Term
suppositions
 Definition
assumed
Term
swarthy
 Definition
dark, dusky
Term
temerity
 Definition
boldness, rashness
Term
temporal
 Definition
not lasting forever
Term
temporize
 Definition
act evasively to gain time
Term
tenacious
 Definition
holding fast, having tenacity
Term
tenet
 Definition
doctrine, dogma
Term
testaor
 Definition
maker of a will
Term
thrall
 Definition
bondage
Term
throes
 Definition
violent anguish
Term
tithe
 Definition
tax of one tenth
Term
touchstone
 Definition
stone used to test the fitness of gold alloys
Term
tract
 Definition
pamphlet, region of indefinate size
Term
tractable
 Definition
docile, easily managed
Term
traduce
 Definition
expose to slander
Term
transfigure
 Definition
transform outwardly
Term
tumid
 Definition
swollen
Term
tureen
 Definition
deep dish for serviing soup
Term
unaccountable
 Definition
unreasonable, inexplicable
Term
unassuming
 Definition
modest
Term
unconscionable
 Definition
unscrupulous, excessive
Term
unction
 Definition
nnointing with oil
Term
unexceptionable
 Definition
entirely acceptble
Term
unguent
 Definition
ointment
Term
unpreprosessing
 Definition
unatractive
Term
untrammeled
 Definition
without limits
Term
unwonted
 Definition
unaccustomed
Term
ursine
 Definition
bearlike
Term
uxorious
 Definition
excessively devoted to ones wife
Term
vagary
 Definition
carpice, whim
Term
venal
 Definition
capable of being bribed
Term
venerate
 Definition
revere
Term
venial
 Definition
trivial, forgivable
Term
verdigris
 Definition
like patina
Term
verisimilitude
 Definition
appearane of truth
Term
verity
 Definition
quality of being true
Term
vertex
 Definition
summit
Term
vicisitude
 Definition
change of fortune
Term
victuals
 Definition
food
Term
vise
 Definition
tool for holding work in place
Term
vitiate
 Definition
spoil effect of, make inoperative
Term
vociferous
 Definition
noisy
Term
vouchsafe
 Definition
grant condescendingly
Term
vulpine
 Definition
crafty, cunning
Term
wasterl
 Definition
profligate
Term
welter
 Definition
turmoil, wallow
Term
whelp
 Definition
young wolf, dog, tiger
Term
whittle
 Definition
CUT OFF BITS
Term
whorl
 Definition
ring of leaves wround stem
Term
winnow
 Definition
sift
Term
winsome
 Definition
agreeable, gracious
Term
wont
 Definition
custom
Term
yen
 Definition
longing
Term
Sybilline
 Definition
prophetic, oracular
Term
sedition
 Definition
resistance to authority
Term
stentorian
 Definition
loud
Term
pulchritude
 Definition
comliness
Term
punctilious
 Definition
stressing nicities of conduct
Term
purport
 Definition
meaning, intention
Term
rubric
 Definition
protocol
Term
rusticate
 Definition
banish to country
Term
scotch
 Definition
thwart, stamp out
Term
lumen
 Definition
unit of light energy
Term
sinewy
 Definition
tough
Term
overweening
 Definition
presumptuous, arogant
Term
fatuous
 Definition
brainless, inane
Term
replete
 Definition
filled to the brim
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