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Abhilash H. (India)
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  1. abet
    assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing
  2. ablution
    the act of washing oneself, as for ritual purposes
  3. abstruse
    difficult to understand
  4. abut
    lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
  5. acrid
    strong and sharp, as a taste or smell
  6. agog
    highly excited
  7. alcove
    a small recess opening off a large room or garden
  8. animadversion
    harsh criticism or disapproval
  9. aplomb
    great coolness and composure under strain
  10. apparition
    a ghostly appearing figure
  11. approbation
    official acceptance or agreement
  12. arboreal
    of or relating to or formed by trees
  13. argot
    a characteristic language of a particular group
  14. arrant
    complete and without qualification
  15. ascribe
    attribute or credit to
  16. assiduous
    marked by care and persistent effort
  17. autocratic
    characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule
  18. avow
    declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
  19. bask
    expose oneself to warmth and light, as for relaxation
  20. bedaub
    spread or daub (a surface)
  21. benefactor
    a person who helps people or institutions
  22. benign
    kind in disposition or manner
  23. blandishment
    flattery intended to persuade
  24. blithe
    carefree and happy and lighthearted
  25. boorish
    ill-mannered and coarse in behavior or appearance
  26. bumptious
    offensively self-assertive
  27. cabal
    a clique that seeks power usually through intrigue
  28. capacious
    large in the amount that can be contained
  29. capitulate
    surrender under agreed conditions
  30. chagrin
    strong feelings of embarrassment
  31. circumlocution
    an indirect way of expressing something
  32. coddle
    treat with excessive indulgence
  33. coeval
    of the same period
  34. cogitate
    consider carefully and deeply
  35. collusion
    secret agreement
  36. comport
    behave in a certain manner
  37. compunction
    a feeling of deep regret, usually for some misdeed
  38. concordance
    a harmonious state of things and of their properties
  39. condense
    become more compact or concentrated
  40. conflagration
    a very intense and uncontrolled fire
  41. confluence
    a place where things merge or flow together
  42. congeal
    solidify, thicken, or come together
  43. conjoin
    make contact or come together
  44. consternation
    sudden shock or dismay that causes confusion
  45. corporeal
    having material or physical form or substance
  46. countervail
    oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions
  47. covert
    secret or hidden
  48. cower
    crouch or curl up
  49. crass
    so unrefined as to be offensive or insensitive
  50. cupidity
    extreme greed for material wealth
  51. cynosure
    something that provides guidance
  52. deign
    do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
  53. denizen
    a plant or animal naturalized in a region
  54. deposition
    the act of putting something somewhere
  55. depraved
    deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper
  56. desiccant
    a substance that promotes drying
  57. diffident
    showing modest reserve
  58. dilatory
    wasting time
  59. discomfit
    cause to lose one's composure
  60. disconcerting
    causing an emotional disturbance
  61. disconsolate
    sad beyond comforting; incapable of being soothed
  62. discountenance
    show disapproval by discouraging
  63. discredit
    the state of being held in low esteem
  64. dissolved
    (of solid matter) reduced to a liquid form
  65. disheveled
    in disarray; extremely disorderly
  66. dissemble
    make believe with the intent to deceive
  67. disseminate
    cause to become widely known
  68. distraught
    deeply agitated especially from emotion
  69. distraught
    deeply agitated especially from emotion
  70. cohort
    a band of warriors
  71. travesty
    make a mockery of
  72. ambulatory
    able to walk about
  73. edacious
    devouring or craving food in great quantities
  74. educe
    bring out or develop, especially from a potential state
  75. effete
    excessively self-indulgent, affected, or decadent
  76. efficacy
    capacity or power to produce a desired result
  77. effulgence
    the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
  78. egregious
    conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
  79. elicit
    call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response
  80. elucidate
    make clear and comprehensible
  81. emaciated
    very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold
  82. embezzlement
    the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property
  83. encumbrance
    an onerous or difficult concern
  84. sinister
    wicked, evil, or dishonorable
  85. anecdote
    short account of an incident
  86. panacea
    hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases
  87. affectation
    a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
  88. equable
    not varying
  89. espy
    catch sight of
  90. euphonious
    having a pleasant sound
  91. expatiate
    add details to clarify an idea
  92. explicate
    elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses
  93. expostulate
    reason with for the purpose of dissuasion
  94. extant
    still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost
  95. extenuate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or degree of
  96. flippant
    showing an inappropriate lack of seriousness
  97. foible
    a minor weakness or peculiarity in someone's character
  98. foppish
    overly concerned with extreme elegance in dress and manner
  99. forbearance
    good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
  100. fugacious
    lasting a very short time
  101. forswear
    formally reject or disavow
  102. fulsome
    unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating
  103. gesticulate
    show, express, or direct through movement
  104. glimmer
    a flash of light
  105. gourmand
    a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess
  106. grievous
    causing or marked by grief or anguish
  107. harbinger
    something indicating the approach of something or someone
  108. hoodwink
    conceal one's true motives from
  109. idiosyncrasy
    a behavioral attribute peculiar to an individual
  110. ignoble
    dishonorable in character or purpose
  111. imperious
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  112. impiety
    unrighteousness by virtue of lacking respect for a god
  113. imperative
    requiring attention or action
  114. importunate
    making persistent or urgent requests
  115. importune
    beg persistently and urgently
  116. improvident
    not supplying something useful for the future
  117. impute
    attribute or credit to
  118. inadvertent
    happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally
  119. incongruous
    lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness
  120. indelible
    not able to be forgotten, removed, or erased
  121. indomitable
    impossible to subdue
  122. ineffable
    defying expression or description
  123. inexorable
    impossible to prevent, resist, or stop
  124. insurrection
    organized opposition to authority
  125. invective
    abusive language used to express blame or censure
  126. inveigh
    complain bitterly
  127. itinerant
    traveling from place to place to work
  128. itinerate
    travel from place to place, as for work
  129. jocular
    characterized by jokes and good humor
  130. lackadaisical
    idle or indolent especially in a dreamy way
  131. languid
    lacking spirit or liveliness
  132. lasciviously
    in a lascivious manner
  133. latent
    potentially existing but not presently evident or realized
  134. levee
    an embankment built to prevent a river from overflowing
  135. levity
    a manner lacking seriousness
  136. libel
    a false and malicious publication
  137. licentious
    lacking moral discipline
  138. lien
    the right to take and hold the property of a debtor
  139. malcontent
    dissatisfied as toward authority
  140. maudlin
    very sentimental or emotional
  141. mawkish
    very sentimental or emotional
  142. mien
    a person's appearance, manner, or demeanor
  143. molten
    reduced to liquid form by heating
  144. monomania
    an unhealthy obsession or preoccupation with one thing
  145. mordant
    harshly ironic or sinister
  146. morose
    showing a brooding ill humor
  147. multifarious
    having many aspects
  148. munificent
    given or giving freely, generously, or without restriction
  149. nefarious
    extremely wicked
  150. noisome
    causing or able to cause nausea
  151. nostrum
    patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable
  152. oblique
    slanting or inclined in direction or course or position
  153. obtrude
    push to thrust outward
  154. obtrusive
    sticking out; protruding
  155. officious
    intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
  156. onus
    a burdensome or difficult concern
  157. palate
    the surface of the mouth separating oral and nasal cavities
  158. palatial
    relating to or being a large and stately residence
  159. palpable
    capable of being perceived
  160. panacea
    hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases
  161. panoply
    a complete and impressive array
  162. paroxysm
    a sudden uncontrollable attack
  163. anoint
    choose by or as if by divine intervention
  164. pathos
    a quality that arouses emotions, especially pity or sorrow
  165. peccadillo
    a petty misdeed
  166. peregrination
    traveling or wandering around
  167. personification
    attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas
  168. persiflage
    light teasing
  169. perturbation
    an unhappy and worried mental state
  170. petrify
    change into stone
  171. petulant
    easily irritated or annoyed
  172. physiognomy
    the human face
  173. plumb
    exactly vertical
  174. ponderous
    having great mass and weight and unwieldiness
  175. portend
    indicate by signs
  176. portentous
    of momentous or ominous significance
  177. portent
    a sign of something about to happen
  178. predominate
    be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
  179. primitive
    characteristic of an earlier ancestral type
  180. prim
    affectedly dainty or refined
  181. profligacy
    the trait of spending extravagantly
  182. proscribe
    command against
  183. protuberant
    curving, jutting, or bulging outward
  184. provident
    giving something useful for the future
  185. prudence
    discretion in practical affairs
  186. punctilious
    marked by precise accordance with details
  187. quandary
    state of uncertainty in a choice between unfavorable options
  188. quibble
    argue over petty things
  189. raconteur
    a person skilled in telling anecdotes
  190. ramify
    grow and send out branches or branch-like structures
  191. raucous
    unpleasantly loud and harsh
  192. reactionary
    extremely conservative or resistant to change
  193. rebuff
    an instance of driving away or warding off
  194. recrudescent
    the revival of an unfortunate situation after a period of abatement
  195. redress
    act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
  196. regale
    occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
  197. repast
    the food served and eaten at one time
  198. requite
    make repayment for or return something
  199. regicide
    the act of killing a king
  200. repine
    express discontent
  201. restive
    in a very tense state
  202. retinue
    the group following and attending to some important person
  203. ribald
    humorously vulgar
  204. risible
    arousing or provoking laughter
  205. rotund
    spherical in shape
  206. ruffian
    a cruel and brutal fellow
  207. sardonic
    disdainfully or ironically humorous
  208. scabbard
    a sheath for a sword or dagger or bayonet
  209. scintillating
    having brief brilliant points or flashes of light
  210. sinecure
    a job that involves minimal duties
  211. sinuous
    curved or curving in and out
  212. skiff
    a small boat propelled by oars or by sails or by a motor
  213. sluggard
    an idle slothful person
  214. somniferous
    sleep inducing
  215. somnolent
    inclined to or marked by drowsiness
  216. sonorous
    full and loud and deep
  217. stanch
    stop the flow of a liquid
  218. sumptuous
    rich and superior in quality
  219. supernumerary
    more than is needed, desired, or required
  220. supine
    apathetic or weak; offering no resistance
  221. sybarite
    a person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses
  222. taut
    pulled or drawn tight
  223. temerity
    fearless daring
  224. transgression
    the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle
  225. turbid
    clouded as with sediment
  226. turpitude
    a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice
  227. ulterior
    lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed
  228. umbrage
    a feeling of anger caused by being offended
  229. untoward
    not in keeping with accepted standards of what is proper
  230. upbraid
    express criticism towards
  231. vainglory
    outspoken conceit
  232. valorous
    having or showing the qualities of a hero or heroine
  233. vehement
    marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions
  234. venal
    capable of being corrupted
  235. veneer
    coating consisting of a thin layer of wood
  236. venial
    warranting only temporal punishment
  237. verbiage
    overabundance of words
  238. verdant
    characterized by abundance of vegetation and green foliage
  239. veritable
    not counterfeit or copied
  240. virago
    a noisy or scolding or domineering woman
  241. virtu
    objet d'art collectively (especially fine antiques)
  242. vivify
    give new life or energy to
  243. vociferous
    conspicuously and offensively loud
  244. wean
    gradually deprive of mother's milk
  245. winsome
    charming in a childlike or naive way
  246. Zeitgeist
    the spirit of the time
  247. pathos
    a quality that arouses emotions, especially pity or sorrow
  248. gossamer
    a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture
  249. cachet
    an indication of approved or superior status
  250. sobriquet
    a familiar name for a person
  251. petulant
    easily irritated or annoyed
  252. tawdry
    tastelessly showy
  253. palaver
    loud and confused and empty talk
  254. inscrutable
    difficult or impossible to understand
  255. exiguous
    extremely scanty
  256. bohemian
    a nonconformist who lives an unconventional life
  257. artifice
    the use of deception or trickery
  258. archetype
    something that serves as a model
  259. antithetical
    sharply contrasted in character or purpose
  260. altruistic
    showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others
  261. affliction
    a cause of great suffering and distress
  262. affluent
    having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
  263. affable
    diffusing warmth and friendliness
  264. acquiesce
    agree or express agreement
  265. accentuate
    stress or single out as important
  266. supercilious
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  267. soliloquy
    speech you make to yourself
  268. reparation
    something done or paid in expiation of a wrong
  269. recapitulate
    summarize briefly
  270. paradigm
    a standard or typical example
  271. nihilism
    complete denial of established authority and institutions
  272. lugubrious
    excessively mournful
  273. incognito
    without revealing one's identity
  274. fiduciary
    relating to or of the nature of a legal trust
  275. epiphany
    a usually sudden insight, perception, or understanding of something
  276. enfranchise
    grant freedom to, as from slavery or servitude
  277. deleterious
    harmful to living things
  278. churlish
    having a bad disposition; surly
  279. bowdlerize
    edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
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