countenance facetious

pedantic esoteric

ambiguous repudiate

melancholy paradigm

the look or expression of the face,also approval or encouragement;

moral support

not meant to be taken seriously orliterally, lacking serious intent;

amusing or frivolous

ostentatious in one's learning,overly concerned with minute

details or formalisms, especially inteaching

understood by or meant for onlythe select few who have specialknowledge or interest; secret or

condential

open to or having several possiblemeanings or interpretations;

difcult to comprehend,distinguish, or classify

to reject as having no authority orbinding force, to cast off or disown

affected with, characterized by, orshowing sadness; mournful;

soberly thoughtful

a set of forms all of which containa particular element, an example

serving as a model or pattern

capricious ostentatious

paradox mitigate

pragmatic auspicious

plethora lethargic

subject to, led by, or indicative ofcaprice or whim; erratic

characterized by or given topretentious or conspicuous showin an attempt to impress others or

attract notice

a statement or proposition thatseems self-contradictory or absurdbut in reality expresses a possible

truth

to lessen in force or intensity, aswrath, grief, harshness, or pain;moderate or make less severe

pertaining to a practical point ofview or practical considerations

promising success, favored byfortune; prosperous

overabundance, excessdrowsy and sluggish

gullible erudite

eclectic obsequious

refute disingenuous

lucid opaque

easily deceived or cheatedcharacterized by great knowledge;learned or scholarly

selecting from various sources ormade up of what is selected from

different sources

characterized by or showingservile complaisance or

deference; fawning, servilelycompliant or deferential

to prove to be false or erroneous,as an opinion or charge

lacking in frankness, candor, orsincerity

easily understood; completelyintelligible or comprehensible

not transparent or translucent;impenetrable to light; dark or dull

aesthetic mundane

hyperbole loquacious

rhetoric apathy

discretion articulate

pertaining to the beautiful or thebranch of philosophy dealing withsuch notions as the beautiful, the

ugly, the sublime, the comic

pertaining to this world or earth ascontrasted with heaven; earthly,

common, ordinary, banal orunimaginative

obvious and intentionalexaggeration; an extravagant

statement or gure of speech notintended to be taken literally

talking or tending to talk much,excessively or freely

the undue use of exaggeration ordisplay in writing or speech;

bombast

absence or suppression ofpassion, emotion, or excitement;lack of interest in or concern forthings that others nd moving or

exciting

the power or right to decide or actaccording to one's own judgment;

freedom of judgment or choice

to utter clearly and distinctly;pronounce with clarity

enigmatic appropriate

acumen advocate

innocuous gregarious

anathema banal

perplexing and mysterious

to set apart and authorize forsome specic purpose; to take for

oneself or to take withoutpermission or consent

keen insight or shrewdnessto speak or write in favor of;

support or urge by argument;recommend publicly

not harmful or injurious; harmlessfond of the company of others;sociable

a person or thing detested,loathed, consigned to damnation

or destruction; a formalecclesiastical curse involving

excommunication

devoid of freshness or originality;hackneyed or trite

efcacy benign

meticulous ephemeral

succinct reticent

contentious ambiguity

capacity for producing a desiredresult or effect; effectiveness

having a kindly disposition;showing or expressive ofgentleness or kindness

taking or showing extreme careabout minute details; precise and

thoroughlasting a very short time, transitory

expressed in few words; conciseor terse

disposed to be silent or not tospeak freely; reluctant or

restrained

tending to argument or strife;causing, involving, or

characterized by controversy

doubtfulness or uncertainty ofmeaning or intention

insipid alacrity

austere presumptuous

dogmatic arcane

taciturn impetuous

without distinctive, interesting, orstimulating qualities; vapid or

bland

cheerful readiness, promptness, orwillingness

severe in manner or appearance,rigorously self-disciplined and

severely moral; lacking softness

unwarrantedly or impertinentlybold; forward

of the nature of a dogma ordoctrine, asserting opinions in an

arrogant manner; opinionated

known or understood by very few;mysterious, secret or obscure

inclined to silence; reserved inspeech; dour, stern, and silent in

expression and manner

characterized by sudden or rashaction; impulsive; moving with

great force or violence

anomaly inherent

pernicious spurious

contrite volatile

emulate petulant

a deviation from the common rule,type, arrangement, or form; an

odd or peculiar condition

existing in someone or somethingas a permanent and inseparable

element, quality, or attribute

causing insidious harm or ruin,injury or hurt

not genuine, authentic, or true;pretended or counterfeit

showing sincere remorse; lledwith a sense of guilt and the desire

for atonement

tending or threatening to break outinto open violence; changeable or

mercurial

imitate with effort to equal orsurpass or to rival with some

degree of success

moved to or showing sudden,impatient irritation, especially over

some triing annoyance

convoluted obstinate

laconic propensity

audacious pique

prosaic mercurial

twisted or coiled; complicated orintricately involved

rmly or stubbornly adhering toone's purpose or opinion; not

yielding to argument, persuasion,or entreaty

using few words; expressing muchin few words; concisea natural inclination or tendency

extremely bold or daring;recklessly brave and fearless, also

extremely original

a feeling of irritation orresentment, as from a wound to

pride or self-esteem

commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative; having the

character of prose rather thanpoetry

changeable, volatile, ckle, ightyand erratic

hegemony exacerbate

nascent disparate

avarice sporadic

assuage penchant

leadership or predominantinuence exercised by one nation

over others; predominance

to increase the severity, bitterness,or violence of; aggravate

beginning to exist or developdistinct in kind and essentiallydifferent; dissimilar

insatiable greed for riches; miserlydesire to gain and hoard wealth

appearing or happening atirregular intervals in time;

scattered or isolated instances

to make milder or less severe;relieve, ease or mitigate

a strong inclination, taste, or likingfor something

arduous specious

dearth cogent

ambivalence ameliorate

perfunctory lugubrious

requiring great exertion; laborious,using much energy and vigor; full

of hardships

apparently good or right thoughlacking real merit; supercially

pleasing

an inadequate supply; scarcity;lack as during famine

convincing or believable by virtueof forcible, clear, or incisive

presentation

uncertainty, especially whencaused by inability to make a

choice or by a simultaneous desireto say or do two opposite or

conicting things

to make or become better, morebearable, or more satisfactory;

improve

performed merely as a routineduty; hasty and supercial; lacking

interest, care, or enthusiasm;indifferent or apathetic

mournful, dismal, or gloomy in anaffected, exaggerated, or

unrelieved manner

pithy empirical

tenuous amenable

catalyst digress

peruse indolent

brief, forceful, and meaningful inexpression; full of vigor,

substance, or meaning; terse

depending upon experience orobservation alone, without using

scientic method or theory

thin or slender in form like athread; lacking a sound basis in

reasoning; an unsubstantiated orweak stand, statement or

argument

ready or willing to answer, open toinuence, persuasion, or advice;

agreeable

a person or thing that precipitatesan event or change

to deviate or wander away fromthe main topic or purpose in

speaking or writing

to read through with thoroughnessor care, to examine in detail

having or showing a disposition toavoid exertion; slothful

tacit latent

placate eloquent

ascetic vindictive

caustic garrulous

understood without being openlyexpressed; implied, unvoiced or

unspoken

present but not visible, apparent,or actualized; existing as potential

to appease or pacify, especially byconcessions or conciliatory

gestures

having or exercising the power ofuent, forceful, and appropriate

speech, characterized by forcefuland appropriate expression

a person who dedicates his or herlife to a pursuit of contemplative

ideals and practices extreme self-denial for religious reasons

disposed or inclined to revenge;proceeding from or showing a

revengeful spirit

capable of burning, corroding, ordestroying living tissue; severely

critical or sarcastic

excessively talkative in a rambling,roundabout manner, especially

about trivial matters

recalcitrant precarious

anachronism prodigal

diatribe bane

morose verbose

resisting authority or control, notobedient or compliant

dependent on circumstancesbeyond one's control; uncertain,

unstable or insecure

something or someone that is notin its correct historical or

chronological time, especially onethat belongs to an earlier time

wastefully or recklesslyextravagant or lavish

a bitter, sharply abusivedenunciation, attack, or criticism

a person or thing that ruins orspoils

gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, asa person or mood; characterized

by or expressing gloom

characterized by the use of manyor too many words

deleterious onerous

rescind axiom

abate assiduous

admonish ostensible

injurious to healthburdensome, oppressive, or

troublesome; having obligations orthat outweigh the advantages

to annul, revoke or repeal, toinvalidate by a later action or a

higher authority

a self-evident truth that requiresno proof, a universally accepted

principle or rule

to reduce in amount, degree, orintensity

unremitting; constant in applicationor effort; working diligently at a

task

to caution, advise, to reprove orscold in a mild and good-willed

manner

outwardly appearing, professed orpretended

corroborate lament

sagacious sanction

paucity fervent

terse bombastic

to make more certain; conrmto feel or express sorrow or regret

for, to mourn for something orsomeone

having or showing acute mentaldiscernment and keen practical

sense; shrewd

authoritative permission thatserves to support an action or

condition

smallness of quantity, scarcity,insufciency of number

having or showing great warmth orintensity of spirit, feeling,

enthusiasm; ardent

neatly or effectively concise, briefand pithy

high-sounding, inated orpretentious speech or writing

malevolent whimsical

decorum abscond

connoisseur obdurate

resolute apocryphal

wishing evil or harm to another orothers; showing ill will

given to whimsy or fancifulnotions; capricious

dignied propriety of behavior,speech and dress; an observance

or requirement of polite society

to depart in a sudden and secretmanner, especially to avoid

capture and legal prosecution

a person who is especiallycompetent to pass critical

judgments in an art, particularlyone of the ne arts, or in matters

of taste

unmoved by persuasion, pity, ortender feelings; stubborn,

unyielding

rmly resolved or determined,characterized by rmness and

determination

of doubtful authorship orauthenticity

difdent zealot

archaic guile

inchoate ingenuous

fortuitous endemic

lacking condence in one's ownability, worth, or tness; restrainedor reserved in manner or conduct

an excessively zealous person ora fanatic

marked by the characteristics ofan earlier period; antiquated or

primitive

insidious cunning in attaining agoal; crafty or artful deception

not yet completed or fullydeveloped; just begun; incipient;

not organized

free from reserve, restraint, ordissimulation; candid or sincere

happening or produced by chance;lucky or fortunate

characteristic of a specic peopleor place; native or indigenous

fatuous halcyon

disparage irascible

propriety misanthrope

hackneyed vindicate

foolish or inane, especially in anunconscious, complacent manner;

silly

calm and tranquil; rich andprosperous; happy and carefree

to treat slightingly or belittleeasily provoked to anger; veryirritable

conformity to establishedstandards of good or proper

behavior or mannersa person who dislikes other people

made commonplace or trite; staleor banal

to clear, as from an accusation,imputation or suspicion; to upholdor justify by argument or evidence

acerbic approbation

platitude sordid

impede precipitate

maverick perennial

sour or astringent in taste; harshor severe, as of temper or

expression

approval; commendation or ofcialsanction

a at, dull, or trite remark utteredas if it were fresh or profound

morally ignoble or base; meanlyselsh, self-seeking, or mercenary

to retard in movement or progressby means of obstacles or

hindrances

to hasten the occurrence of; bringabout prematurely, or to cast or

plunge violently

an unbranded calf that isseparated from its mother, or a

lone dissenter who takes anindependent stand apart from his

or her associates

lasting for an indenitely long time;enduring

adroit quotidian

ippant pusillanimous

levity tirade

obviate inscrutable

expert or nimble in the use of thehands or body; cleverly skillful,

resourceful, or ingenious

daily, usual or customary;everyday

frivolously disrespectful, shallow,or lacking in seriousness;

characterized by levity

lacking courage or resolution;timid

lightness of mind, character, orbehavior; lack of appropriateseriousness or earnestness

a prolonged outburst of bitter,outspoken denunciation

to anticipate and prevent oreliminate difculties by effectivemeasures; render unnecessary

incapable of being investigated,analyzed, or scrutinized; not easily

understood; mysterious

odious blithe

phlegmatic deference

paragon voracious

soporic accolade

deserving or causing hatred;highly offensive

joyous, merry, or gay indisposition; without thought or

regard

not easily excited to action ordisplay of emotion; self-

possessed, calm, or composed

respectful submission or yieldingto the judgment, opinion or will of

another

a model or pattern of excellence orof a particular excellence

craving or consuming largequantities of food; exceedingly

eager or avid

causing sleep; characterized bydrowsiness

award, honor, or laudatory notice;originally a light touch on the

shoulder with the at side of thesword in the ceremony of

conferring knighthood

feign extant

abeyance prevaricate

antipathy boisterous

propitious salacious

to invent ctitiously or deceptively,as a story or an excusestill existing, not destroyed or lost

temporary inactivity, cessation, orsuspension

to speak falsely, deliberatelymisstate or create an incorrect

impression; to lie

a basic, or habitual repugnance;aversion or dislike

rough and noisy, jolly or rowdy;clamorous and unrestrained

presenting favorable conditions;auspicious

lustful or lecherous; obscenewriting or photographs

appease dilettante

aberrant umbrage

invidious lial

elegy truculent

to bring to a state of peace, quiet,ease, calm, or contentment

a person who takes up an art,activity, or subject merely foramusement, especially in asupercial way; a dabbler

departing from the right, normal, orusual course; exceptional

offense, annoyance ordispleasure; the slightest

indication or vaguest feeling ofsuspicion, doubt or hostility

calculated to create ill will,resentment or give offense; hateful

pertaining to or betting a son ordaughter; noting or having therelation of a child to a parent

a mournful, melancholy poem,especially in remembrance of the

dead

erce; cruel; brutally harsh oraggressively hostile

iconoclast incipient

anomalous partisan

opprobrium exigent

vacillate desultory

a person who attacks cherishedbeliefs, traditional institutions, orreligions as being based on error

or superstition

beginning to exist or appear; in aninitial stage

deviating from or inconsistent withthe common order, form, or rule;

not tting into a common or type orpattern

an adherent or supporter of aperson, group, party, or cause,

especially one that shows abiased, emotional allegiance

the disgrace incurred by conductconsidered outrageously

shameful; infamy

requiring immediate action or aid;requiring a great deal, or more

than is reasonable

to waver in mind or opinion; beindecisive or irresolute

lacking in consistency or visibleorder; random

lassitude apposite

inhibit implacable

eulogy effrontery

inimical turgid

weariness of body or mind fromstrain; a condition of indolent

indifference

suitable, well-adapted, pertinent,relevant or apt

to restrain, hinder, arrest, orcheck; to prohibit or forbid

not to be appeased, mollied, orpacied

a speech or writing in praise andin honor of a deceased person

shameless or impudent boldness;barefaced audacity

adverse in tendency or effect,unfavorable; unfriendly or hostile

swollen, distended, tumid;overblown or pompous

bolster pristine

neophyte credulous

anodyne iniquity

apotheosis exonerate

to support with a pillow or cushion,or to support and uphold

having its original purity;uncorrupted or unsullied

a beginner or novice, a personnewly converted to a belief, as aheathen, heretic, or nonbeliever

willing to believe or trust tooreadily without proper or adequate

evidence; gullible

a medicine that relieves or allayspain

gross injustice or wickedness; aviolation of right or duty

the elevation or exaltation of aperson to the rank of a god; an

ideal example

to clear, as of an accusation; freefrom guilt or blame

demur dissonance

viscous rue

salubrious pungent

out reprobate

the act of making objection

inharmonious or harsh sound; asimultaneous combination of tonesconventionally accepted as beingin a state of needing completion

of a thick nature or consistencyto feel sorrow over or regret

bitterly; to wish that something hadnever taken place

favorable to or promoting healthsharply affecting the organs of

taste or smell, as if by apenetrating power; biting or acrid

to treat with disdain, scorn, orcontempt

morally depraved, unprincipled orbad; rejected by God and beyond

hope of salvation

inert abstain

apprise amalgamate

castigate apostate

luminous engender

having no inherent power ofaction, motion, or resistance

to hold oneself back voluntarily,especially from something

regarded as improper or unhealthy

to give notice to; inform or adviseto combine, unite, merge, orcoalesce

to criticize or reprimand severely,or punish in order to correct

a person who forsakes his religion,cause or party

radiating or reecting light;shining; bright; enlightened, as in

a writer or a writer's worksto produce, cause, or give rise to

belie chicanery

derivative fallacious

noxious august

immutable enervate

show to be false; to misrepresentor act unworthily according to

some standard

trickery or deception by quibblingor sophistry

not original but secondarycontaining a fallacy; logicallyunsound or misleading

harmful or injurious to health orphysical well-being; morally

harmful, corrupting or pernicious

inspiring reverence or admiration;of supreme dignity or grandeur;

majestic

unchangeable, changelessto deprive of force or strength;destroy the vigor of and weaken

exhort itinerant

harangue venerate

stint recondite

precursor perdy

to urge, advise, or cautionearnestly; urgently admonish

traveling from place to place,journeying

a scolding or a long or intenseverbal attack; a long, passionate,

vehement speech delivered beforea public gathering

to regard or treat with reverence

to limit to a certain amount,number, share, or allowance, often

inappropriately

dealing with very profound ordifcult subject matter; beyond

ordinary knowledge orunderstanding

a person, animal, or thing thatgoes before and indicates the

approach of someone orsomething else; harbinger

deliberate breach of faith or trust

imperious renege

attenuate stolid

probity gauche

culpable intractable

domineering in a haughty manner;dictatorial or overbearing

to break a rule of play or go backon one's word

to weaken or reduce in force,intensity, effect, quantity, or value;

to make thin, slender or ne

not easily stirred or movedmentally; unemotional or

impassive

integrity and uprightness; honestylacking social grace, sensitivity, or

acuteness; awkward, crude ortactless

deserving blame or censure;blameworthy

not easily controlled or directed;not docile or manageable;

stubborn

subpoena impugn

tortuous laud

insular churlish

reverent noisome

the usual writ for the summoningof witnesses or the submission of

evidence, as records ordocuments, before a court

to challenge as false; to cast doubtupon

full of twists, turns, or bends; notdirect or straightforward, as in

procedure or speechto praise, extol

of or pertaining to an island orislands, or detached and isolated

boorish and rude, difcult to workor deal with

feeling, exhibiting, orcharacterized by reverence;

deeply respectful

offensive or disgusting, such as anodor; harmful or injurious to health

equivocate pedestrian

fell compendium

impecunious excoriate

homogeneous ofcious

to use ambiguous or unclearexpressions, usually to avoid

commitment or in order to mislead

lacking in vitality, imagination ordistinction; commonplace or dull

an upland pasture, moor, orthicket; a highland plateau

a brief account of an extensivesubject; a summary

having little or no money;penniless, poor

to denounce or berate severely; tostrip off or remove the skin from;

verbally ay

composed of parts or elementsthat are all of the same kind; of the

same kind or nature

objectionably aggressive inoffering one's unrequested and

unwanted services, help, oradvice; meddlesome

confound dissolution

sedulous inundate

trenchant querulous

intransigent occlude

to perplex or amaze by a suddendisturbance or surprise; to throw

into confusion or disorder

the act or process of resolving ordissolving into parts or elements,

the undoing or breaking of a bond,tie, union or partnership

diligent in application or attention;persistently or carefully maintained

to ood or cover with water;deluge, or to overwhelm

incisive or keen, as language or aperson; vigorous, effective and

energetic

full of complaints; complaining orpeevish

refusing to agree or compromise;inexibleto close, shut, or stop up

pervade edgling

palliate denigrate

philanthropic augury

solicitous deprecate

to become spread throughout allparts ofyoung, new, or inexperienced

to relieve or lessen without curing;to try to conceal the gravity of anoffense by excuses or apologies

to speak damagingly in aderogatory manner; to treat or

represent as lacking in value orimportance

pertaining to or engaged inbenevolent giving, engaging in thebetterment of condition for others;

charitable work

the art or practice of divination or arelated omen, token, or indication

anxious or concerned about;desirous or eager

to express earnest disapproval of;to protest against a scheme

mendacious relegate

mollify perdious

foment torpid

turpitude deride

telling lies, habitually dishonest,untruthful

to send or consign to an inferiorposition, place, or condition

to soften in feeling or temper;pacify or appease; reduce or

soften

deliberately faithless, treacherousor deceitful

to instigate or foster discord or illfeeling

inactive or sluggish; slow; dull orlethargic

vile, shameful or base character oract

to laugh at in scorn or contempt;scoff, jeer or mock

satiate proscribe

vitiate fawn

mendacity magnanimity

din dilatory

to supply with anything to excess,so as to disgust or weary; or to

satisfy to the full

to denounce or condemn asdangerous or harmful; prohibit or

banish into exile

to impair or weaken theeffectiveness of; invalidate

to seek notice or favor by serviledemeanor or to behave

affectionately

the quality of being untruthful, aninstance of lying

the quality of being extremelygenerous

a loud, confused noise, continuedor tumultuous

tending to delay or procrastinate;to slow

prolix venal

penury dissemble

propitiate aver

timorous peremptory

extended to great, unnecessary, ortedious length; long and wordy

willing to sell one's inuence inreturn for a bribe

extreme poverty or destitution

to give a false or misleadingappearance to; conceal the truthor real nature of something in a

feign

to make favorably inclined;appease

to assert with condence; declarein a positive or peremptory

manner

full of fear, subject to fear; timidleaving no opportunity for denial or

refusal; imperative, decisive ornal

felicitous salutary

temperate orid

fetid craven

dirge complaisant

well-suited for the occasion, as anaction, manner, or expression; apt

or appropriate

promoting or conducive to health;wholesome

moderate or self-restrained; notextreme in opinion, statement, or

overly indulgent in appetite orpassion

reddish, ruddy or rosy; owery orexcessively ornate

having an offensive odor; stinkingcowardly, contemptibly timid,pusillanimous

a funeral song expressingmourning in commemoration of

the dead

inclined or disposed to please;agreeable or gracious

municent recant

aspersion saturnine

tractable accretion

impassive strut

extremely liberal in giving; verygenerous

to withdraw or disavow astatement or opinion; to formally

retract

a damaging or derogatory remarkor criticism; the act of slandering

sluggish in temperament; gloomyor taciturn

easily managed or controlled;docile; easily worked, shaped, or

otherwise handled

an increase by natural growth orby gradual external addition;

growth in size or extent

without emotion, unmoved; calmor serene

to walk with a vain, pompousbearing, as with head erect and

chest thrown out

ebullience talisman

burgeon gossamer

fervid refractory

tendentious dupe

high spirits, exhilaration orexuberance

a stone, ring, or other objectsupposed to possess occult

powers to be worn as an amulet orcharm

to grow or develop quickly; ourish

a ne, lmy cobweb seen on grassor bushes or oating in the air in

calm weather; any thin, light fabricwith this quality

heated or vehement in spirit,enthusiasm; burning, glowing or

intensely hot

hard or impossible to manage;stubbornly disobedient

having or showing a denitetendency, bias, or purpose

a person who is easily deceived, agullible person who

unquestioningly or unwittinglyserves a cause or another person

astringent oscillate

turbid waver

discordant panegyric

expiate encomium

harshly biting, stern or severe;sharply incisive or pungent

to swing or move to and fro, as apendulum does, or to vacillate

between differing beliefs, opinionsor conditions

not clear or transparent becauseof stirred-up sediment; clouded,

opaque or obscuredan act of uttering or vacillating

being at variance; disagreeing orharsh

a lofty oration or writing in praiseof a person or thing; an eulogy

make amends or reparation fora formal expression of high praise;eulogy

aggrandize buttress

adumbrate untoward

antagonism multifaceted

exculpate ag

to widen in scope, enlarge orextend, to make greater in power,

wealth, rank, or honor

any prop or support built to steadya structure by opposing its

outward thrusts

to produce a faint image orresemblance of; to foreshadow,

darken or partially conceal

unfavorable or unfortunate;improper

an active hostility or opposition, asbetween unfriendly or conicting

groups; an opposing force ortendency

having many facets, such as agem, or having many aspects or

phases

to clear from a charge of guilt orfault; free from blame

to fall off in vigor, energy, activity,interest; to hang loosely or droop

veracious sinuous

imperturbable penurious

daunt adulterate

desiccate libertine

habitually speaking the truth;characterized by truthfulness;

honest in content

having many curves, bends, orturns; winding and indirect;

devious.

incapable of being upset oragitated; not easily excited, calm

extremely stingy, parsimonious ormiserly; extremely poor

to overcome with fear; intimidateto debase or make impure by

adding inferior materials orelements

to become thoroughly dried ordried up

a person who is morally orsexually unrestrained, or a

freethinker in religious matters

limpid baleful

asperity rent

reproof remonstrate

disinterested guileless

clear and transparent, such aswater, crystal, or air; completelycalm, without distress or worry

full of menacing or maligninuences

harshness or sharpness of tone ormanner; roughness and

unevenness

an opening made by rending ortearing; a breach of relations or

union between individuals orgroups

the act of reproving, censuring, orrebuking

to say or plead in protest,objection, or disapproval

unbiased by personal interest oradvantage; not inuenced by

selsh motives

free from guile; sincere, honest,straightforward, frank

emollient gainsay

mordant fetter

qualify disabuse

auspice alloy

having the power of softening orrelaxing, such as for the skin

to deny, dispute, or contradict; tospeak or act against; oppose

sharply caustic or sarcastic, as witor a speaker; burning or corrosive

a chain or shackle placed on thefeet; anything that connes or

restrains

to modify or limit in some way;make less strong or positive

to free a person from deception orerror

patronage; support; sponsorship ;a divination or prognostication,originally from observing birds

composed of two or more metals,often a less costly metal mixed

with a more valuable one

undulate coda

tyro cacophonous

bent inveigh

forestall peccadillo

to move with a wavelike motion;display a smooth rising-and-falling

or side-to-side alternation ofmovement

in music, an independent passageat the end of a composition, madeto bring it to a satisfactory close;

anything that serves as aconclusion

a beginner in learning anythinghaving a harsh or discordantsound

direction taken, as by one'sinterests; a capacity of endurance

to protest strongly or attackvehemently with words

to prevent by action in advance,anticipate, or to buy up goods inadvance in order to increase the

price when resold

a very minor offense, a triing fault

fulminate malinger

burnish vituperate

arrant slake

descry rancorous

to explode with a loud noise, or toissue denunciations against

to pretend illness, especially inorder to shirk one's duty or avoid

work

to polish a surface by friction tomake smooth and bright

to use or address with harsh orabusive language; revile

downright, thorough, unmitigated,notorious

to allay by satisfying; to make lessactive, vigorous, intense

to see something unclear ordistant by looking carefully; to

discover or detectfull of resentment or spite

pillory benecent

plastic martinet

arrest headlong

indigence arabesque

to expose to public derision,ridicule, or abuse

doing good, conferring benets;kind in action or purpose

capable of being molded or ofreceiving form; pliable and

impressionable

a strict disciplinarian, especially amilitary one; someone who

stubbornly adheres to methods orrules

to catch and hold, attract and x,to stop and slow down

undertaken quickly and suddenly;hasty

seriously impoverished condition;poverty

a sinuous, spiraling, undulating, orserpentine line or linear motif,

often used in the Fine Arts

abnegate shard

minatory welter

striated simper

cadge depredation

to refuse or deny oneself somerights or conveniences; to reject or

renounce

a fragment such as brokenearthenware, glass or shell

menacing, threateningto roll, toss, or heave, as waves or

the sea; to roll, writhe or tumbleabout

marked with narrow furrows orridges; striped or streakeda silly, self-conscious smile

to obtain by imposing on another'sgenerosity or friendship, to borrow

without intent to repay

the act of preying upon orplundering

rarefy raillery

artless idolatrous

insensible bedizen

novitiate grandiloquence

to make more rened, spiritual, orexaltedgood-humored ridicule or banter

free from deceit or cunning;natural, simple, uncontrivedworshiping idols or blindly adoring

incapable of feeling or perceiving;deprived of sensation;

unconscious

to dress or adorn in a showy,gaudy, or tasteless manner

the state or period of being anovice of a religious order or

congregation; the state or periodof being a beginner in anything

speech that is lofty in tone, oftento the point of being pompous or

bombastic

blandish beatify

Stoic

to coax or inuence by gentleattery; cajole

to make blissfully happy; in theRoman Catholic Church, to

declare to be among the blessedentitled to specic religious honor

pertaining to the philosophy thatpeople should be free from

passion, unmoved by joy or grief,and submit without complaint to

unavoidable necessity