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1. Fractious- irritable
2. Dolorous- sorrowful
3. Epochal- momentous
4. Puerile- immature
5. Myopic- short-sighted
6. Axiom- self-evident truth
7. Nefarious- wicked
8. Vehement- passionate
9. Expedient- practical
10. Communicable- contagious
11. Brachypterous- short-winged
12. Beatitude- bliss
13. Aphasia- speechlessness
14. Abstentious- self-restraining
15. Pervious- penetrating
16. Sycophant- someone who fawns over another
17. Hydrous- watery
18. Covenant- agreement
19. Repugnance- loathing
20. Thaumaturgist- magician
21. Antithetical- opposite
22. Pyrosis- heartburn
23. Hubris- Excessive pride
24. Affectation- artifical manifestation
25. Funambulism- Tightrope walking
26. Avuncular- Kind and friendly towards a younger person. Of or relating to an uncle
27. Hirsute- hairy
28. Preternatural- beyond natural
29. Efface- rub or wipe out
30. Genuflect- Bend one knee to the ground
31. Intransigent- Unwilling or refusing to change one's views or to agree about something
32. Enervation- lack of vitality
33. Venal- motivated by susceptibility to bribery
34. Desultory- 1.Lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm. 2. (of conversation or speech) Going from one subject to another in a halfhearted way; unfocused
35. Ramify - To divide into branches.
36. Crepitate- Crackle and pop
37. Copacetic- in excellent order
38. Limned- Depict or describe in painting or words. Suffuse or highlight (something) with a bright color or light.
39. Inimical- Tending to obstruct or harm. Unfriendly; hostile.
40. Aquiline- like an eagle, e.g hooked nose
41. Leal- Faithful and true
42. Regolith- layer of earth etc over bedrock of a planet
43. Vituperative- bitter and abusive
44. Filial- of or due from a son or daughter
45. Rescind- Revoke
46. Avarice- Extreme greed for wealth or material gain
47. Perfervid- Intense and impassioned
48. Iniquity- Immoral or grossly unfair behaviour
49. Integument- A tough outer protective layer, esp. that of an animal or plant.
50. Ameliorate- Improve
51, Catholicity- The condition or quality of being catholic; breadth or inclusiveness. General application or acceptance; universality.
52. Sagacity- wisdom
53. Cogently- Appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning; convincing
54. Alluvial- pertaining to the soil deposited by a stream
55. Tergiversate-make conflicting or evasive statements; equivocate. Change one's loyalties; abandon a belief or principle.
56. Anathematise- Curse, condemn
57. Execrable- Extremely bad or unpleasant
58. Stygian- Gloomy and dark, or of relating to River Styx
59. Ersatz- poor imitation, substitute
60. Mellifluous- pleasingly smooth and musical to hear
61. Equanimity-calmness and composure, especially in a difficult situation.
62. Vagaries- an unexpected and inexplicable change in a situation or in someone's behaviour
63. Seditious- nciting or causing people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch.
64. Malodorous- smelling very unpleasant.
65. Veniremen- A person summoned for jury service
2. Dolorous- sorrowful
3. Epochal- momentous
4. Puerile- immature
5. Myopic- short-sighted
6. Axiom- self-evident truth
7. Nefarious- wicked
8. Vehement- passionate
9. Expedient- practical
10. Communicable- contagious
11. Brachypterous- short-winged
12. Beatitude- bliss
13. Aphasia- speechlessness
14. Abstentious- self-restraining
15. Pervious- penetrating
16. Sycophant- someone who fawns over another
17. Hydrous- watery
18. Covenant- agreement
19. Repugnance- loathing
20. Thaumaturgist- magician
21. Antithetical- opposite
22. Pyrosis- heartburn
23. Hubris- Excessive pride
24. Affectation- artifical manifestation
25. Funambulism- Tightrope walking
26. Avuncular- Kind and friendly towards a younger person. Of or relating to an uncle
27. Hirsute- hairy
28. Preternatural- beyond natural
29. Efface- rub or wipe out
30. Genuflect- Bend one knee to the ground
31. Intransigent- Unwilling or refusing to change one's views or to agree about something
32. Enervation- lack of vitality
33. Venal- motivated by susceptibility to bribery
34. Desultory- 1.Lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm. 2. (of conversation or speech) Going from one subject to another in a halfhearted way; unfocused
35. Ramify - To divide into branches.
36. Crepitate- Crackle and pop
37. Copacetic- in excellent order
38. Limned- Depict or describe in painting or words. Suffuse or highlight (something) with a bright color or light.
39. Inimical- Tending to obstruct or harm. Unfriendly; hostile.
40. Aquiline- like an eagle, e.g hooked nose
41. Leal- Faithful and true
42. Regolith- layer of earth etc over bedrock of a planet
43. Vituperative- bitter and abusive
44. Filial- of or due from a son or daughter
45. Rescind- Revoke
46. Avarice- Extreme greed for wealth or material gain
47. Perfervid- Intense and impassioned
48. Iniquity- Immoral or grossly unfair behaviour
49. Integument- A tough outer protective layer, esp. that of an animal or plant.
50. Ameliorate- Improve
51, Catholicity- The condition or quality of being catholic; breadth or inclusiveness. General application or acceptance; universality.
52. Sagacity- wisdom
53. Cogently- Appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning; convincing
54. Alluvial- pertaining to the soil deposited by a stream
55. Tergiversate-make conflicting or evasive statements; equivocate. Change one's loyalties; abandon a belief or principle.
56. Anathematise- Curse, condemn
57. Execrable- Extremely bad or unpleasant
58. Stygian- Gloomy and dark, or of relating to River Styx
59. Ersatz- poor imitation, substitute
60. Mellifluous- pleasingly smooth and musical to hear
61. Equanimity-calmness and composure, especially in a difficult situation.
62. Vagaries- an unexpected and inexplicable change in a situation or in someone's behaviour
63. Seditious- nciting or causing people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch.
64. Malodorous- smelling very unpleasant.
65. Veniremen- A person summoned for jury service
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1. pertinacious (adj.) adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design
2. eructation (n) an act or instance of belching
3. numen (n): a spiritual force or influence often identified with a natural object, phenomenon, or place
4. sederunt (n): a prolonged sitting (as for discussion)
5. hortative (adj): giving exhortation : serving to advise or warn
6. scumble (v): to make (as color or a painting) less brilliant by covering with a thin coat of opaque or semiopaque color applied with a nearly dry brush
7. campestral (adj): of or relating to fields or open country : rural
8. nobby (adj): cleverly stylish
9. hagiography (n): biography of saints or venerated persons
10. quadrate (adj): being square or approximately square
11. commensal (adj): of or relating to those who habitually eat together
12. algid (adj): cold
13. glogg (n): a hot spiced wine and liquor punch served at the holidays in Scandinavian countries
14. donnybrook (n): free-for-all; brawl
15. heliacal (adj): relating to or near the sun — used especially of the last setting of a star before and its first rising after invisibility due to conjunction with the sun's rising and setting
16. quintessence (n): the essence of a thing in its purest and most concentrated form
17. ramify (v): to split up into branches or constituent parts
18. Apollonian (adj): harmonious, measured, ordered, or balanced in character
19. realia (n): objects or activities used to relate classroom teaching to the real life especially of peoples studied
20. taradiddle (n): a trivial or childish lie : fib
21. kanban (n): a manufacturing strategy wherein parts are produced or delivered only as needed
22. inchmeal (adv): gradually
23. vernissage (n): a private showing or preview of an art exhibition
24. traduce (v): to expose to shame or blame by means of falsehood and misrepresentation
25. balter (v): to dance artlessly, without particular grace or skill but usually with enjoyment.
26. zarzuela (n): a usually comic Spanish operetta
27. fanfaronade (n): empty boasting; bluster
28. momothetic (adj): relating to, involving, or dealing with abstract, general, or universal statements or laws
29. mala fide (adj or adv): with or in bad faith
30. amortize (v): to pay off (as a mortgage) gradually usually by periodic payments of principal and interest or by payments to a sinking fund
31. eurytopic (adj): tolerant of wide variation in one or more environmental factors
32. sangfroid (n): self-possession or imperturbability especially under strain
33. factotum (n): a person having many diverse activities or responsibilities
34. métier (n): vocation, trade
35. froufrou (n): a rustling, especially of ladies' skirts
36. meretricious (adj): relating to prostitution
37. aegis (n): shield or breastplate
38. clamant (adj): clamourous, blatant
39. roseate (adj): resembling a rose, especially being pink in color; overly optimistic
40. idiopathic (adj): arising spontaneously or from an obscure or unknown cause; peculiar to the individual
41. clepsydra (n): an instrument designed to measure time by the fall or flow of a quantity of water : water clock
42. thimblerig (v): to cheat by trickery
43. doxology (n): a usually liturgical expression of praise to God
44. redbrick (adj): of, relating to, or being the British universities founded in the 19th or early 20th century
45. boulevardier (n): a frequenter of Paris's boulevards
46. provenience (n): origin, source
47. balneology (n): science of the therapeudic use of baths
48. fuliginous (adj): sooty, murky
49. flehmen (n): a mammalian behavior (as of horses or cats) in which the animal inhales with the mouth open and upper lip curled to facilitate exposure of the vomeronasal organ to a scent or pheromone
50. canorous (adj): pleasant sounding
51. riposte (n): retort
52. demotic (adj): common, popular
53. katzenjammer (n): hangover
54. gnomic (adj): characterized by aphorism
55. meritorious (adj): worthy of reward, gratitude, honor, or esteem
56. nepenthe (n): something capable of causing oblivion of grief or suffering
57. surd (adj): lacking sense : irrational
58. demulcent (adj): soothing
59. lamia (n): a female demon
60. ceorl (n): a freeman of the lowest rank in Anglo-Saxon England
61. exiguous (adj): excessively scanty : inadequate
62. berceuse (n): a musical composition usually in 6/8 time that resembles a lullaby
63. fustigate (v): to beat with or as if with a short heavy club
64. diseuse (n): a woman who is a skilled and usually professional reciter
65. decussate (v): to intersect or cross
66. styptic (adj): tending to stop bleeding
67.WYSIWYG (n): a display generated by word-processing or desktop-publishing software that exactly reflects the document as it would appear in its finished state (What you see is what you get)
68. tontine (n): a joint financial arrangement whereby the participants usually contribute equally to a prize that is awarded entirely to the participant who survives all the others
69. goldbrick (n): something that appears valuable but is actually worthless or a person who shirks assigned work
70. muliebrity (n): femininity
71. alameda (n): a public promenade bordered with trees
72. sui generis (adj): constituting a class alone : unique, peculiar
73. gymkhana (n): a meet featuring sports contests or athletic skills
74. millefleur (adj): having an allover pattern of small flowers and plants
75. hoise (v): lift, raise
76.chilblain (n): an inflammatory swelling or sore caused by exposure (as of the feet or hands) to cold
77. stichomythia (n):
dialogue especially of altercation or dispute delivered by two actors in alternating lines (as in classical Greek drama)
78. lenitive (adj): alleviating pain or harshness : soothing
79.risorgimento (n): the 19th century movement for Italian political unity
80. perfervid (adj): marked by overwrought or exaggerated emotion : excessively fervent
81. esplanade (n): a level open stretch of paved or grassy ground; especially : one designed for walking or driving along a shore
82. utile (adj): useful
83. ephebic (adj): of, relating to, or characteristic of a youth of ancient Greece or a young man
84. phalanx (n): a massed arrangement of persons, animals, or things
85. Eminence grise (n): a confidential agent; especially : one exercising unsuspected or unofficial power
86. fungible (adj): interchangeable or flexible
87. frisson (n): a brief moment of emotional excitement : shudder, thrill
88. pinchbeck (adj): counterfeit or spurious
89.boffin (n): a scientific expert
90. footle (v): to talk or act foolishly
91. depone (v): to assert under oath : testify
92. tourbillion (n): a whirlwind
93. orgulous (adj): proud, haughty
94. demogorgon (n): a mysterious spirit or deity often explained as a primeval creator god who antedates the gods of Greek mythology
95. prestidigitation (n): sleight of hand
96. coffle (n): a line of slaves or animals fastened together
97. waitron (n): a person who waits tables
98. tergiversation (n): evasion of straightforward action or clear-cut statement : equivocation
99. presage (v): to give an omen or warning of : foreshadow
100. malapert (adj): impudently bold : saucy
1. pertinacious (adj.) adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design
2. eructation (n) an act or instance of belching
3. numen (n): a spiritual force or influence often identified with a natural object, phenomenon, or place
4. sederunt (n): a prolonged sitting (as for discussion)
5. hortative (adj): giving exhortation : serving to advise or warn
6. scumble (v): to make (as color or a painting) less brilliant by covering with a thin coat of opaque or semiopaque color applied with a nearly dry brush
7. campestral (adj): of or relating to fields or open country : rural
8. nobby (adj): cleverly stylish
9. hagiography (n): biography of saints or venerated persons
10. quadrate (adj): being square or approximately square
11. commensal (adj): of or relating to those who habitually eat together
12. algid (adj): cold
13. glogg (n): a hot spiced wine and liquor punch served at the holidays in Scandinavian countries
14. donnybrook (n): free-for-all; brawl
15. heliacal (adj): relating to or near the sun — used especially of the last setting of a star before and its first rising after invisibility due to conjunction with the sun's rising and setting
16. quintessence (n): the essence of a thing in its purest and most concentrated form
17. ramify (v): to split up into branches or constituent parts
18. Apollonian (adj): harmonious, measured, ordered, or balanced in character
19. realia (n): objects or activities used to relate classroom teaching to the real life especially of peoples studied
20. taradiddle (n): a trivial or childish lie : fib
21. kanban (n): a manufacturing strategy wherein parts are produced or delivered only as needed
22. inchmeal (adv): gradually
23. vernissage (n): a private showing or preview of an art exhibition
24. traduce (v): to expose to shame or blame by means of falsehood and misrepresentation
25. balter (v): to dance artlessly, without particular grace or skill but usually with enjoyment.
26. zarzuela (n): a usually comic Spanish operetta
27. fanfaronade (n): empty boasting; bluster
28. momothetic (adj): relating to, involving, or dealing with abstract, general, or universal statements or laws
29. mala fide (adj or adv): with or in bad faith
30. amortize (v): to pay off (as a mortgage) gradually usually by periodic payments of principal and interest or by payments to a sinking fund
31. eurytopic (adj): tolerant of wide variation in one or more environmental factors
32. sangfroid (n): self-possession or imperturbability especially under strain
33. factotum (n): a person having many diverse activities or responsibilities
34. métier (n): vocation, trade
35. froufrou (n): a rustling, especially of ladies' skirts
36. meretricious (adj): relating to prostitution
37. aegis (n): shield or breastplate
38. clamant (adj): clamourous, blatant
39. roseate (adj): resembling a rose, especially being pink in color; overly optimistic
40. idiopathic (adj): arising spontaneously or from an obscure or unknown cause; peculiar to the individual
41. clepsydra (n): an instrument designed to measure time by the fall or flow of a quantity of water : water clock
42. thimblerig (v): to cheat by trickery
43. doxology (n): a usually liturgical expression of praise to God
44. redbrick (adj): of, relating to, or being the British universities founded in the 19th or early 20th century
45. boulevardier (n): a frequenter of Paris's boulevards
46. provenience (n): origin, source
47. balneology (n): science of the therapeudic use of baths
48. fuliginous (adj): sooty, murky
49. flehmen (n): a mammalian behavior (as of horses or cats) in which the animal inhales with the mouth open and upper lip curled to facilitate exposure of the vomeronasal organ to a scent or pheromone
50. canorous (adj): pleasant sounding
51. riposte (n): retort
52. demotic (adj): common, popular
53. katzenjammer (n): hangover
54. gnomic (adj): characterized by aphorism
55. meritorious (adj): worthy of reward, gratitude, honor, or esteem
56. nepenthe (n): something capable of causing oblivion of grief or suffering
57. surd (adj): lacking sense : irrational
58. demulcent (adj): soothing
59. lamia (n): a female demon
60. ceorl (n): a freeman of the lowest rank in Anglo-Saxon England
61. exiguous (adj): excessively scanty : inadequate
62. berceuse (n): a musical composition usually in 6/8 time that resembles a lullaby
63. fustigate (v): to beat with or as if with a short heavy club
64. diseuse (n): a woman who is a skilled and usually professional reciter
65. decussate (v): to intersect or cross
66. styptic (adj): tending to stop bleeding
67.WYSIWYG (n): a display generated by word-processing or desktop-publishing software that exactly reflects the document as it would appear in its finished state (What you see is what you get)
68. tontine (n): a joint financial arrangement whereby the participants usually contribute equally to a prize that is awarded entirely to the participant who survives all the others
69. goldbrick (n): something that appears valuable but is actually worthless or a person who shirks assigned work
70. muliebrity (n): femininity
71. alameda (n): a public promenade bordered with trees
72. sui generis (adj): constituting a class alone : unique, peculiar
73. gymkhana (n): a meet featuring sports contests or athletic skills
74. millefleur (adj): having an allover pattern of small flowers and plants
75. hoise (v): lift, raise
76.chilblain (n): an inflammatory swelling or sore caused by exposure (as of the feet or hands) to cold
77. stichomythia (n):
dialogue especially of altercation or dispute delivered by two actors in alternating lines (as in classical Greek drama)
78. lenitive (adj): alleviating pain or harshness : soothing
79.risorgimento (n): the 19th century movement for Italian political unity
80. perfervid (adj): marked by overwrought or exaggerated emotion : excessively fervent
81. esplanade (n): a level open stretch of paved or grassy ground; especially : one designed for walking or driving along a shore
82. utile (adj): useful
83. ephebic (adj): of, relating to, or characteristic of a youth of ancient Greece or a young man
84. phalanx (n): a massed arrangement of persons, animals, or things
85. Eminence grise (n): a confidential agent; especially : one exercising unsuspected or unofficial power
86. fungible (adj): interchangeable or flexible
87. frisson (n): a brief moment of emotional excitement : shudder, thrill
88. pinchbeck (adj): counterfeit or spurious
89.boffin (n): a scientific expert
90. footle (v): to talk or act foolishly
91. depone (v): to assert under oath : testify
92. tourbillion (n): a whirlwind
93. orgulous (adj): proud, haughty
94. demogorgon (n): a mysterious spirit or deity often explained as a primeval creator god who antedates the gods of Greek mythology
95. prestidigitation (n): sleight of hand
96. coffle (n): a line of slaves or animals fastened together
97. waitron (n): a person who waits tables
98. tergiversation (n): evasion of straightforward action or clear-cut statement : equivocation
99. presage (v): to give an omen or warning of : foreshadow
100. malapert (adj): impudently bold : saucy
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