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| the act or process of restating or rewording |
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| apparent, evident, or conspicuous |
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| to deviate or wander away from the main topic or purpose in speaking or writing; depart from the principal line of argument, plot, study, etc |
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| having or seeming to have a supernatural or inexplicable basis; beyond the ordinary or normal; extraordinary |
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| freedom from bias; fairness; impartiality |
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| characterized by or expressing gloom |
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| a skilled or proficient person; expert |
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| soaked, impregnated, or imbued thoroughly; charged thoroughly or completely |
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| of or pertaining to a practical point of view or practical considerations |
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| agreeable, suitable, or pleasing in nature or character |
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| brazenly obvious; flagrant |
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| creating or recording an obligation, as a document |
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| so small, trifling, or unimportant that it may safely be neglected or disregarded |
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| utterly unyielding in attitude or opinion in spite of all appeals, urgings, etc |
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| appearing in scattered or isolated instances |
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| the leaders of any intellectual or political movement. |
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| to accord in opinion; agree |
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| unusually advanced or mature in development, esp. mental development |
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| reserved or reticent; indifferent; disinterested |
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| any system, doctrine, or formula of religious belief, as of a denomination |
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| showing annoyance, irritation, or bad mood |
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| hard to endure; full of hardships; severe |
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| having an agreeable or pleasing personality; affable; amiable; sociable. |
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| characterized by firmness and determination, as the temper, spirit, actions, etc. |
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| something that is supposed; assumption; hypothesis |
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| capricious; unreasonable; unsupported |
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| lacking in variety; tediously unvarying |
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| anything handed down from the past, as from an ancestor or predecessor |
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| having numerous different parts, elements, features, forms, etc. |
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| easily influenced; yielding to others; compliant |
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| a severe, incisive, or witty reply, esp. one that counters a first speaker's statement, argument, etc |
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| firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose, opinion, etc.; not yielding to argument, persuasion, or entreaty |
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| to distress or torture mentally or emotionally; wound deeply; pain greatly |
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| having very great or unlimited authority or power |
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| Devoid of scruples; oblivious to or contemptuous of what is right or honorable |
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| of, pertaining to, or suggestive of the European Renaissance of the 14th through the 17th centuries |
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| an origin, creation, or beginning |
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| something that serves to give reliable or formal assurance of something; guarantee, pledge, or security |
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| disagreeable to deal with; contentious; peevish |
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| frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity |
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| to bring under complete control or subjection; conquer; maste |
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| devious in course or purpose; misdirected |
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| reflecting elegance, sophistication, etc., esp. in expression |
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| language that is characterized by uncommon or pretentious vocabulary and convoluted syntax and is often vague in meaning. |
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| wise or judicious in practical affairs; sagacious; discreet or circumspect |
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| incapable of being violated; incorruptible; unassailable |
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| ample or adequate for a particular purpose |
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| nearness in place, time, order, occurrence, or relation |
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