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301 - Folderol - A useless ornament or acessory
302 - Muliebrity - Womanly qualities, womanhood
303 - Bloviate - Talk at length; especially in an inflated or empty way
304 - Codicil - An addition or supplement that explains, modifies or revokes a will or part of one
305 - Minatory - Expressing or conveying a threat.
306 - Facultative - Left to one's option or choice; optional
307 - Rostrum - A small raised area that you stand on so that you can be seen, for example, by an audience or an orchestra
308 - Shot-Clog - One who is tolerated only because he pays the shot or reckoning, for the rest of the company; otherwise a mere clog on them.
309 - Malapert - Impudently bold in speech or manner; saucy
310 - Palimpsest - A manuscript or piece of writing material on which the original writing has been effaced to make room for later writing but of which traces remain
311 - Rataplan - A drumming or beating sound.
312 - Handsel - A gift given for good luck at the beginning of the year or to mark an acquisition or start of an enterprise
313 - Eleutheromaniac - Having a passionate mania for freedom
314 - Bumf - Reading materials (documents, written information) that is not important or interesting. Toilet paper.
315 - Progenitor - A person or thing from the past that a person, an animal or a plant that is alive now is related to.
316 - Usufruct - The right of enjoying all the advantages derived from the use of something that belongs to another, as far as is compatible with the substance of the thing not being destroyed or injured.
317 - Fructify - Make something fruitful or productive
318 - Flagitious - Of a person or their actions criminal; villainous.
319 - Tocsin - An alarm bell or signal
320 - Calumny - A misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation. The act of uttering false charges or misrepresentations maliciously calculated to harm another's reputation.
321 - Higgledy-piggledly - In a disordered manner
322 - Abnegation - The act of renouncing or rejecting something
323 - Farceur - A writer or performer in farces; a joker or comedian
324 - Raddled - Showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering.
325 - Ken - Understanding, knowledge or perception
326 - Irrupt - Enter forcibly or suddenly
327 - Simulacrum - An image or representation of someone or something
328 - Gnomic - Short and clever, but difficult to understand
329 - Inamorata - A woman whom one is in love with; a mistress
330 - Impecunious - Having little or no money
331 - Ossify - Turn into bone or bony tissue
332 - Effrontery - Insolent or impertinent behavior
333 - Latitudinarian - Not insisting on strict conformity to a particular doctrine or standard
334 - Prolix - Using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy
335 - Superannuated - Obsolete through age or new technological or intellectual developments
336 - Shunpike - A secondary road to avoid expressways and turnpikes
337 - Whinge - Complain, especially in a way that annoys other people
338 - Kyoodle - To make loud, useless noises
339 - Execrable - Deserving to be execrated; detestable, abominable. Extremely bad; of poor quality
340 - Vexillology - The study of flags
341 - Nonage - The state or condition of being under legal age
342 - Exiguity - The quality of being meager.
343 - Odalisque - A female servant in a Turkish harem
344 - Turpitude - Vile, Shameful, immoral person or behavior
345 - Platitudinous - Dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality
346 - Crapulous - Suffering from excessive eating or drinking
347 - Hobson's Choice - A choice of taking what is available or nothing at all
348 - Imprimatur - An authoritative approval or official license
349 - Evince - Constitute outward evidence of; show plainly
350 - Purblind - Having impaired or defective vision. Slow or unable to understand; dimwitted.
302 - Muliebrity - Womanly qualities, womanhood
303 - Bloviate - Talk at length; especially in an inflated or empty way
304 - Codicil - An addition or supplement that explains, modifies or revokes a will or part of one
305 - Minatory - Expressing or conveying a threat.
306 - Facultative - Left to one's option or choice; optional
307 - Rostrum - A small raised area that you stand on so that you can be seen, for example, by an audience or an orchestra
308 - Shot-Clog - One who is tolerated only because he pays the shot or reckoning, for the rest of the company; otherwise a mere clog on them.
309 - Malapert - Impudently bold in speech or manner; saucy
310 - Palimpsest - A manuscript or piece of writing material on which the original writing has been effaced to make room for later writing but of which traces remain
311 - Rataplan - A drumming or beating sound.
312 - Handsel - A gift given for good luck at the beginning of the year or to mark an acquisition or start of an enterprise
313 - Eleutheromaniac - Having a passionate mania for freedom
314 - Bumf - Reading materials (documents, written information) that is not important or interesting. Toilet paper.
315 - Progenitor - A person or thing from the past that a person, an animal or a plant that is alive now is related to.
316 - Usufruct - The right of enjoying all the advantages derived from the use of something that belongs to another, as far as is compatible with the substance of the thing not being destroyed or injured.
317 - Fructify - Make something fruitful or productive
318 - Flagitious - Of a person or their actions criminal; villainous.
319 - Tocsin - An alarm bell or signal
320 - Calumny - A misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation. The act of uttering false charges or misrepresentations maliciously calculated to harm another's reputation.
321 - Higgledy-piggledly - In a disordered manner
322 - Abnegation - The act of renouncing or rejecting something
323 - Farceur - A writer or performer in farces; a joker or comedian
324 - Raddled - Showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering.
325 - Ken - Understanding, knowledge or perception
326 - Irrupt - Enter forcibly or suddenly
327 - Simulacrum - An image or representation of someone or something
328 - Gnomic - Short and clever, but difficult to understand
329 - Inamorata - A woman whom one is in love with; a mistress
330 - Impecunious - Having little or no money
331 - Ossify - Turn into bone or bony tissue
332 - Effrontery - Insolent or impertinent behavior
333 - Latitudinarian - Not insisting on strict conformity to a particular doctrine or standard
334 - Prolix - Using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy
335 - Superannuated - Obsolete through age or new technological or intellectual developments
336 - Shunpike - A secondary road to avoid expressways and turnpikes
337 - Whinge - Complain, especially in a way that annoys other people
338 - Kyoodle - To make loud, useless noises
339 - Execrable - Deserving to be execrated; detestable, abominable. Extremely bad; of poor quality
340 - Vexillology - The study of flags
341 - Nonage - The state or condition of being under legal age
342 - Exiguity - The quality of being meager.
343 - Odalisque - A female servant in a Turkish harem
344 - Turpitude - Vile, Shameful, immoral person or behavior
345 - Platitudinous - Dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality
346 - Crapulous - Suffering from excessive eating or drinking
347 - Hobson's Choice - A choice of taking what is available or nothing at all
348 - Imprimatur - An authoritative approval or official license
349 - Evince - Constitute outward evidence of; show plainly
350 - Purblind - Having impaired or defective vision. Slow or unable to understand; dimwitted.
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1 - museology - science or practice of organizing, arranging and managing museums
2 - Opsimath - a person who begins to learn late in life
3 - collodion - syrupy solution of nitrocellulose in a mixture of alcohol or ether, used for coating things - chiefly in surgery and in former photographic processes
4 - specious - having a false look of truth or genuineness
5 - contretemps - an unpleasant event or an embarrassing occasion when people disagree
6 - oocyst - cyst containing a zygote formed by a parasitic protozoan such as the malaria parasite
7 - deponent - passive or middle in form but active in meaning
8 - surcease - to stop an action
9 - polyandry - Polygamy where a woman has more than one husband
10 - Frippery - something showy, frivolous or nonessential
11 - Exigency - Urgency, especially for emergencies
12 - Eudaemonic - pertaining to or conducive to happiness
13 - Inconnu - A person or thing that is unknown; a stranger
14 - chaplet - A garland or wreath for a person's head
15 - Wheelwright - A person who makes or repairs wooden wheels
16 - Myoglobin - a red protein containing heme, which carries and stores oxygen in muscle cells. Similar structure to hemoglobin.
17 - Perfervid - Showing intense and often exaggerated feelings
18 - Ultracrepidarian - Person who criticizes, judges or gives advice on subjects that they don't know well
19 - Elegiac - relating to or characteristic of an elegy
20 - Plasmodium - parasitic protozoan of a genus which includes those causing malaria
21 - Otolith - each of the three small oval calcareous bodies in the inner ear of vertebrates, involved in sensing gravity & movement
22 - Slattern - a dirty, untidy woman
23 - Sang-froid - Composure under pressure
24 - Reductase - enzyme which promotes chemical reduction of a specified substance
25 - Plasminogen - the inactive precursor of the enzyme plasmin; present in blood
26 - Lagniappe - Something given as a bonus or extra gift
27 - Soporific - making you want to go to sleep
28 - vaticination - The act of prophesying
29 - Avulsion - the action of pulling or tearing away
30 - Perfidious - Inability to be reliable, unfaithful
31 - Basilar - of or situated at the base of something, especially of the skull or of the organ Corti in the ear
32 - Swivet - A state of being stressed or nervous; panic
33 - Dispraise - censure, criticism
34 - Hortatory - trying to strongly encourage or persuade someone to do something
35 - numismatic - relating to or consisting of coins, paper currency and medals
36 - Houri - a beautiful young woman; especially one of virgin companions of the faithful in the Muslim Paradise
37 - Megillah - One of five books of the Hebrew scriptures that are appointed to be read on certain Jewish notable days
38 - andante - at a moderately slow tempo
39 - doughty - brave and persistent
40 - cockade - a rosette or knot of ribbons worn in a hat as a badge of office or party, or as part of a livery
41 - maiolica - fine earthenware with colored decoration on an opaque white tin glaze originating in Italy during the renaissance
42 - choler - outrage or wrath; intense emotional state of displeasure with someone or something
43 - Pellucid - very clear; easily seen through
44 - stentorian - loud or booming when describing someone's voice
45 - escritoire - a small writing desk with drawers & compartments
46 - Hui - a club or association
47 - peripatetic - working in various different locations as a part of your profession
48 - Sone - a unit of subjective loudness; equal to 40 phons
49 - rotter - a cruel, stingy or unkind person
50 - Imperturbable - Unable to be upset or excited; calm
51 - Curare - bitter, resinous substance obtained from the bark and stems of some South American plants. It paralyzes the motor nerves and is traditionally used by some to poison arrows and blowpipe darts
52 - Postern - a back or side entrance
53 - Chaebol - A large family-owned business conglomerate (South Korea)
54 - catalyse - enzyme that catalyzes the reduction of hydrogen peroxide
55 - prodrome - an early symptome indicating the onset of a disease or illness
56 - collimator - device for producing a parallel beam of rays or radiation
57 - Octal - relating to or using a system of numerical notation that has 8 rather than 10 as a base
58 - retinue - a group of advisors, assistants or others accompanying an important person
59 - volar - relating to the palm of the hand or sole of the foot
60 - collimator - device for producing a parallel beam of rays or radiation
61 - cotyledon - embryonic leaf in seedbearing plants; one or more of which are the first leaves to appear from a germinating seed
62 - bruit - spread a report or rumor around
63 - Stultify - cause to lose excitement and drive, especially due to boredom or a tedious routine
64 - Pied - having two or more different colors - multicolored
65 - Myrmidon - a follower or subordinate of a powerful person, typically one who is unscrupulous or carries out orders unquestionably
66 - Quondam - at one time, previously
67 - Bluestocking - an intellectual or literary woman
68 - Escritoire - small writing desk with drawers and compartments
69 - Callow - young and inexperienced; immature
70 - Inveterate - firmly established over time (usually negative)
71 - Autarky - economic independence or self-sufficiency
72 - Avuncular - kind and patient with younger or less experienced people
73 - Banausic - ordinary and not refined
74 - Lebensraum - the territory that a state or nation believes is needed for its natural development
75 - Coppice - a thick growth of shrubbery, small trees or underbrush
76 - Pennon - a long triangular or swallow-tailed flag, especially one of a kind formerly attached to a lance or helmet
77 - Farrago - an unorganized mixture of various things
78 - Equipollent - Having equal power or force
79 - Virtu - knowledge or expertise in the fine arts
80 - Telamon - supporting pillar in architecture that resembles a male figure
81 - Tsuris - problems or troubles that cause difficulty
82 - Pelagic - having to do with the sea far away from land
83 - Sheepshead - any of a number of boldly marked edible game fishes which live in warm American waters
84 - Importunate - asking for something repeatedly in an annoying way
85 - Aliphatic - relating to or denoting organic compounds in which carbon atoms form open chains, not aromatic rings
86 - Tetchy - quick to anger or irritation
87 - Haricot - an edible bean of a variety with small white seeds, used especially to make baked beans - a navy bean
88 - Tyro - a beginner or novice in a particular field or activity
89 - Ambrosial - pleasantly sweet & fragrant
90 - Frowzy - untidy, unkempt or having a disheveled appearance
91 - Octal - relating to or using a system of numerical notation that has 8 rather than 10 as a base
92 - Lebensraum - the territory that a state or nation believes is needed for its natural development, especially associated with Nazi Germany
93 - Dieldrin - a toxic insecticide produced by the oxidation of aldrin; now largely banned
94 - Perfidy - behavior that is not loyal
95 - Isomer - each of two or more compounds with the same formula but a different arrangement of atoms in the molecule and different properties
96 - numinous - when in bhutan, a Buddhist kingdom in the Himalyas, one feels the numinous divinity all throughout
97 - Kraal - a traditional African village of huts, typically enclosed by a fence
98 - meed - a deserved share or reward
99 - calque - borrowing technique where a word or phrase from one language is directly translated into another language
100 - benignant - benevolent and kindly; beneficial
101 - sculpin - a chiefly marine fish of the northern hemisphere, with a broad flattened head and spiny scales and fins
102 - Pelisse - a woman's cloak with armholes or sleeves, reaching to the ankles
103 - eft - a newt
104 - Noisome - having a strong and unpleasant odor; stinky
105 - palp - each of a pair of elongated appendages near the mouth of an arthropod
106 - nebbish - a person, especially a man, who is regarded as pitifully ineffectual timid or submissive
107 - rubidium - chemical element of atomic number 37 - a rare, soft silvery reactive metal of the alkali metal group
108 - maladroit - inefficient or awkward; clumsy
109 - cynosure - center of attention or admiration
110 - purlieu - frequented locale or surrounding district
111 - cathexis - the concentration of mental energy on one particular person, idea or object, especially to an unhealthy degree
112 - cline - a continuum with an infinite number of graduations from one extreme to the other
113 - eft - a newt
114 - enervate - drain energy or vitality; weaken
115 - Telematics - the branch of information technology that deals with the long-distances transmission of computerized information
116 - Sinecure - a position or job that requires little or no work but still provides a salary or other benefits
117 - Equipollent - equal or equivalent in power, affect or significance
118 - Pachuco - a juvenile gang member of Mexican American ethnic origin
119 - deportment - person's behavior, manners or conduct, especially in terms of their posture, poise and overall demeanor
120 - Gastronome - a gourmet
121 - pleomorphism - the occurrence of more than one distinct form of a natural object, such as a crystaline substance, a virus, the cells in a tumor or an organism at different stages of the life cycle
122 - netball - a game with seven players on a side, similar to basketball except that a player receiving the ball must stand still until they have passed it to another player
123 - chiton - a long woolen tunic worn in ancient Greece
124 - Panoptic - offering a complete panoramic view or perspective
125 - Whinge - complain or white about something trivial in a persistent or annoying way
126 - Amide - an organic compound related to ammonia
127 - Pizzicato - plucking the strings of a violin or other stringed instrument with one's finger
128 - quidnune - person who is constantly seeking and spreading news and gossip
129 - Declivity - downward slope or descending surface
130 - Ashlar - masonry made of large square-cut stones, typically used as a facing on walls of brick or stone
131 - Lysozyme - enzyme that catalyzes the destruction of the cell walls of certain bacteria, occurring notably in tears and egg white
132 - Endothermic - accompanied by or requiring the absorption of heat
133 - Aerostat - an airship or hot air balloon; especially one that is tethered
134 - Asperity - severity, harshness or abrasiveness in a surface, situation or demeanor
135 - redoubtable - commanding respect or inspiring fear
136 - bromide - a commonplace saying intended to soothe
137 - ashlar - masonry made of large square-cut stones, typically used as a facing on walls of brick or stone
138 - thaumaturgy - the working of wonders or miracles; magic
139 - Spall - break into smaller pieces, especially in preparation for sorting
140 - ergometer - apparatus which measures work or energy expended during a period of physical exercise
141 - lycanthropy - the supernatural transformation of a person into a wolf, as recounted in folk tales
142 - Sawbuck - a sawhorse
143 - Williwaw - a violent gust of frigid air descending from a mountainous coast to the sea, stirring up heavy winds and waves
144 - Oneiric - relating to dreams or dreaming
145 - reify - to transform an abstract idea into something tangible
146 - saccade - a rapid movement of the eye between fixation points
147 - sprit - a small spar reaching diagonally from low on a mast to the upper outer corner of a sail
148 - Disquisition - a rigorous and detailed investigation, report or presentation about a particular subject
149 - Recrudescence - the resurgence of an undesirable condition, symptom or actively that had previously lay dormant
150 - mordant - sharply critical, sarcastic or biting; caustic
151 - Stoat - a small carnivorous mammal of the weasel family which has chestnut fur with white underparts and a black-tipped tail
152 - otic - relating to the ear
153 - prescind - leave out of consideration
154 - lagniappe - small gift or bonus, often given by a merchant to a customer
155 - Ashlar - masonry made of large square-cut stones, typically used as facing on walls of brick or stone
156 - ballista - a catapult used in ancient warfare for hurling large stones
157 - provender - animal fodder
158 - gnomon - the projecting piece on a sundial that shows the time by the position of its shadow
159 - panoply - a wide-ranging and impressive display or collection
160 - Inductance - property of an electric conductor or circuit that causes an electromotive force to be generated by a change in the currant flowing
161 - thaumaturgy - the practice of performing magic or miracles
162 - incorporeal - existing without material substance or form
163 - horripilation - an involuntary bristling of hairs on the skin due to cold, fear or excitement; goosebumps
164 - Valetudinarian - person who is excessively concerned with their own health, especially one who is weak or sickly
165 - tractable - easily managed or controlled
166 - mizzle - a type of light rain characterized by small, fine droplets
167 - parsimonious - frugal to the point of being stingy
168 - Balkanize - divide into smaller mutually hostile states or groups
169 - doeskin - leather made from the skin of a female fallow deer
170 - limerence - state of intense romantic fixation or obsession
171 - Brobdingnagian - gigantic
172 - Ballista - a catapult used in ancient warfare for hurling large stones
173 - Coeval - of the same age or time period
174 - Bloviate - talk at length, especially in an inflated or empty way
175 - Incipient - just beginning to develop or exist
176 - quartier - a district of a French city
177 - fribble - to waste time or resources
178 - incommodious - cramped, inconvenient or otherwise inhospitable
179 - assiduous - careful, attentive and diligent
180 - sprue - a channel through which metal or plastic is poured into a mold
181 - perambulate - to walk around an area; especially for pleasure
182 - perspicuous - clear and simple in expression or presentation
183 - spall - break ore rock, stone or concreate into smaller pieces, especially in preparation for sorting
184 - superposition - the act of placing one thing on or above another, especially so that they coincide
185 - augury - a sign or omen used to predict future events.
186 - cinephile - a person who is fond of motion pictures
187 - inductance - property of an electric conductor or circuit that causes an electromotive force to be generated by a change in the current flowing
188 - hoplite - a heavily armed foot soldier of ancient Greece
189 - Oeuvre - the works of a painter, composer or author regarded collectively
190 - Deontology - The study of the nature of duty and obligation.
191 - Eigengrau - The dark gray color seen by the eyes in perfect darkness as a result of signals from the optic nerves.
192 - Plaudit - a round of applause or other enthusiastic expression of approval
193 - Piquant - Having a pleasantly sharp taste or appetizing flavor
194 - Gadabout - A habitual pleasure-seeker.
195 - Vigesimal - Relating to or based on the number twenty.
196 - coruscant - shimmering, twinkling or gleaming brilliantly
197 - Favonian - Pertaining to the west wind
198 - prolepsis - the anticipation and answering of possible objections in rhetorical speech
199 - Pococurante - An indifferent or unconcerned person.
200 - Timorous - Showing or suffering from nervousness or a lack of confidence.
201 - Sybarite - a person devoted to the pursuit of luxury or pleasure
202 - nitrosamine - a compound containing the group NNO attached to two organic groups. Compounds of this kind are generally carcinogenic
203 - Surfeit - an excessive amount of something
204 - belabor - argue or elaborate in excessive detail
205 - Propinquity - state of being close to someone or something
206 - Mulct - A fine or compulsory payment
207 - Nitrosamine - a compound containing the group NNO attached to two organic groups. Compounds of this kind are generally carcinogenic
208 - Carboxyl - of or denoting the acid radical COOH, present in most organic acids
209 - recrudescence - recurrence of an undesirable condition
210 - frisson - a passing, intense feeling of excitement
211 - contumacious - willful, defiant and rebellious against authority
212 - echolalia - meaningless repetition of words just spoken by another person occurring as a symptom of mental conditions
213 - apposite - highly appropriate, suitable or fitting
214 - Compunction - a feeling of anxiety or guilt that prevents or follows wrongdoing
215 - pandiculation - the act of stretching and yawning upon wakening or from fatigue
216 - bibelot - a small trinket or decorative object; often of sentimental value
217 - bonhomie - feeling of warmth and friendly connection among a group of people
218 - chockablock - filled or packed; especially to the point of overflowing
219 - riparian - pertaining to or situated on the land bordering a river or stream
220 - superjacent - situated just above or resting upon
221 - insalubrious - unhealthy
222 - quiddity - the essential nature or quality that defines something and sets it apart from others
223 - proband - a person serving as the starting point for the genetic study of a family
224 - soi-disant - so-called
225 - Interrobang - A nonstandard punctuation mark (‽) indicating a question expressed in an exclamatory manner
226 - Sylphlike - gracefully slim and elegant
227 - sedulous - painstakingly diligent and hard working
228 - Demarche - a political step or initiative
229 - Horripilation - The erection of hairs on the skin due to cold, fear, or excitement.
230 - Felicitate - to congratulate
231 - lissome - gracefully slender and agile
232 - prepense - deliberate; intentional
233 - ineluctable - Unavoidable or inescapable
234 - peripeteia - a sudden reversal of fortune or change in circumstances; especially in reference to fictional narrative
235 - kroon - basic monetary unit of Estonia
236 - hoplite - a heavily armed foot soldier of ancient Greece
237 - rajah - an Indian king or prince
238 - Piquant - an agreeable sharp taste that stimulates the appetite
239 - rapine - the violent seizure of someone's property
240 - brigantine - two-masted sailing ship with a square rigged foremast and a fore and aft-rigged mainmast
241 - zaftig - having a full rounded figure; plump
242 - gambol - to frolic or engage in active play
241 - moribund - approaching death or in terminal decline
242 - Eau De Nil - A pale greenish color
243 - Noachian - relating to the biblical patriarch Noah or his time
244 - quercetin - yellow crystalline pigment present in plants; used as a food supplement to reduce allergic responses or boost immunity
245 - Gallimaufry - a diverse or jumbled collection of items
246 - stoichiometry - the relationship between the relative quantities of substances taking part in reaction or forming a compound, typically a ration of whole integers
247 - refulgent - shining brightly
248 - cosset - to excessively pamper or protect
249 - commissariat - department for the supply of food and equipment
250 - Copal - resin from any of a number of tropical trees, used to make varnish
251 - bumptious - overly confident, self-important or presumptuous
252 - Celerity - swiftness of movement
253 - A person's air or bearing, especially as it demonstrates their personality or mood
254 - Anodyne - intended to avoid offense or controversy
255 - cyclamen - a European plant of the primrose family, having pink, red or white flowers with backward-curving petals and widely grown as a winter-flowering houseplant
256 - Cartomancy - Fortunetelling by interpreting a random selection of playing cards
257 - Fain - pleased or willing under the circumstances
258 - Exoplanet - a planet that orbits a star outside the solar system
259 - commissariat - a department for the supply of food and equipment
260 - rusticate - to spend time in the countryside
261 - kroon - the basic monetary unit of Estonia, equal to 100 senti
262 -skeuomorph -An object or feature which imitates the design of a similar artifact made from another material.
263 - Dopant - a substance used to produce a desired electrical characteristic in a semiconductor
264 - Abecedarian - a person who is just starting out in a field of study or activity
265 - gimcrack - flimsy or poorly made but deceptively attractive
266 - digerati - people with expertise or professional involvement in information technology
267 - fuscous - dark or dusky
268 - totemic - resembling a totem by acting as a symbol of an identity or quality
269 - Riposte - a sharp or witty reply
270 - Verdure - lush greeness of flourishing vegetation
271 - attar - a fragrant essential oil, typically made from rose petals
272 - panegyric - formal speech or composition that lavishly praises someone or something
273 - esculent - fit to be eaten; edible
274 - specular - pertaining to or resembling a mirror
275 - vulpine - resembling a fox in slyness, cunning or appearance
276 - dopant -a substance used to produce a desired electrical characteristic in a semiconductor
277 - Benzyl - the radical, derived toluene
278 - cyclamen - a European plant of the primrose family
279 - copal - resin from any of a number of tropical trees; used to make varnish
280 - glister - sparkle or shimmer
281 - subfusc - dark drab or gloomy in appearance
282 - nudnik - a persistently annoying or bothersome person
283 - euphonious - pleasing & Harmonious
284 - rapscallion - playful troublemaker
285 - kidskin - leather made from the skin of a young goat
286 - benison - an expression of goodwill
287 - flexure - the action of bending or curving
288 - lachrymose - weepy or easily moved to tears
289 - fungible - interchangeable or replaceable in use or value
290 - fillip - something that sparks enthusiasm or increased activity
291 - Hadrosaur - large herbivorous, mainly bipedal dinosaur with jaws flattened like the bill of a duck
292 - dolmen - a megalithic tomb with a large flat stone laid on upright ones; chiefly found in Britain and France
293 - brio - energetic or spirited expression, especially in performance
294 - sempiternal - enduring & timeless
295 - sibilant - producing a hissing sound
296 - consanguinity - quality of being related by blood
297 - inchmeal - progressing or advancing with small, gradual steps
298 - zaibatsu - large Japanese business conglomerate
299 - Crofter - a person who farms a croft
300 - boodle - money, especially that gained or spent illegally or improperly
301 - virion - the complete, infective form of a virus outside a host cell
302 - dinkum - genuine, honest, true
303 - Perdurable - enduring continuously imperishable
304 - auteur -A filmmaker whose personal influence and artistic control over a movie are so great that the filmmaker is regarded as the author of the movie.
305 - sought - a soft rustling, murmuring or whistling sound
306 - cavil - to criticize or find fault for petty reasons
307 - bower - a shady area created by plants and trees
308 - logorrhea - excessive talkativeness; sometimes to the point of being incoherent
309 - Hebetude - a state of physical and mental sluggishness and lethargy
310 - volplane -Make a controlled dive or downward flight, especially with the engine shut off.
311 - stertorous - noisy and labored
312 - etic - relating to or denoting an approach to the study or description of a particular language or culture that is general, nonstructural and objective in its perspective.
313 -Farinaceous - consisting of or containing starch
314 - Howbeit - however, nonetheless
315 - Apodictic - Clearly established or beyond dispute
316 - yob - rude, noisy and aggressive young person
317 - rinderpest - an infectious disease of ruminants, especially cattle.
318 - monstrance - an open or transparent receptacle in which the consecrated Host is exposed for veneration
319 - LIteratim - copying text letter by letter
320 - zaibatsuj - large Japanese business conglomerate
321 - overweening - marked by exaggerated pride or self-assurance, often beyond what is justified
322 - mattock - agricultural tool shaped like a pickax, with an adze and a chisel edge as the ends of the head.
323 - lobule - a small lobe
324 - consigliere - an advisor, especially to a crime boss
325 - phylloxera - a plant louse that is a pest of vines
326 - felicity - state of profound happiness or contentment
327 - boodle - money, especially that gained or spent illegally or improperly
328 - condign - a fitting or just punishment for a crime or transgression
329 - supernal - pertaining to or originating from the heavens
330 - baksheesh - a small sum of money given as a tip, bribe or charitable donation
331 - cordage - cords or ropes, especially in a ships rigging
332 - Humectant - retaining moisture
333 - virion - the complete, infective form of a virus outside a host cell, with a core of RNA or DNA and a capsid.
334 - tantivy - a rapid gallop or ride
335 - saltation - the act or process of leaping or jumping
336 - scocker - a rift in an oak trip
337 - Telos - ultimate objective or aim
338 - Anasazi - member of an ancient North American people of the SW US
339 - sapient - possessing wisdom or discernment
340 - meatus - a passage or opening leading to the interior of the body
341 - abnegate - give something up
342 - Dithyramb - A passionate or inflated speech, poem, or other writing
343 - shambolic - chaotic, disorganized, or mismanaged
344 - partita - a suite, typically a solo instrument or chamber ensemble
345 - prolepsis - the anticipation of future events or objections in literature or speech
346 - doxorubicin - a bacterial antibiotic that is widely used to treat leukemia and other forms of cancer
347 - smorzando - dying away
348 - lineament - defining features or contours that give shape to a face or figure.
349 - approbation - praise or commendation
350 - phylloxera - a plant louse that is a pest of vines
351 - dilettante - an individual who dabbles in an area of interest without the depth and commitment of a professional
352 - kvell - to feel or express great pride or joy
353 - mediastinum - membranous partition between two body cavities or two parts of an organ, especially that between the lungs
354 - moiety - one of two equal parts of something
355 - baksheesh - a small sum of money given as a tip, bribe, or charitable donation
356 - Lunate -Crescent-shaped or A crescent-shaped carpal bone situated in the center of the wrist and articulating with the radius.
357 - recherché -Rare, exotic, or obscure.
358 - barcarolle - A song traditionally sung by Venetian gondoliers.
359 - arcana - secrets or mysteries
360 - rinderpest - an infectious disease of ruminants, especially cattle, caused by a paramyxovirus.
361 - Anaphora - The use of a word referring to or replacing a word used earlier in a sentence, to avoid repetition, such as "do" in "I like it and so do they."
362 - aureole - a radiant glow or circle of light around a person or object
363 - sultana - small, light brown, seedless raisin used in foods such as puddings and cakes
364 - sabra - a Jewish person born in Israel (or before 1948 in Palestine)
365 - vichyssoise - a soup made with potatoes, leeks, and cream and typically served chilled
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2 - Opsimath - a person who begins to learn late in life
3 - collodion - syrupy solution of nitrocellulose in a mixture of alcohol or ether, used for coating things - chiefly in surgery and in former photographic processes
4 - specious - having a false look of truth or genuineness
5 - contretemps - an unpleasant event or an embarrassing occasion when people disagree
6 - oocyst - cyst containing a zygote formed by a parasitic protozoan such as the malaria parasite
7 - deponent - passive or middle in form but active in meaning
8 - surcease - to stop an action
9 - polyandry - Polygamy where a woman has more than one husband
10 - Frippery - something showy, frivolous or nonessential
11 - Exigency - Urgency, especially for emergencies
12 - Eudaemonic - pertaining to or conducive to happiness
13 - Inconnu - A person or thing that is unknown; a stranger
14 - chaplet - A garland or wreath for a person's head
15 - Wheelwright - A person who makes or repairs wooden wheels
16 - Myoglobin - a red protein containing heme, which carries and stores oxygen in muscle cells. Similar structure to hemoglobin.
17 - Perfervid - Showing intense and often exaggerated feelings
18 - Ultracrepidarian - Person who criticizes, judges or gives advice on subjects that they don't know well
19 - Elegiac - relating to or characteristic of an elegy
20 - Plasmodium - parasitic protozoan of a genus which includes those causing malaria
21 - Otolith - each of the three small oval calcareous bodies in the inner ear of vertebrates, involved in sensing gravity & movement
22 - Slattern - a dirty, untidy woman
23 - Sang-froid - Composure under pressure
24 - Reductase - enzyme which promotes chemical reduction of a specified substance
25 - Plasminogen - the inactive precursor of the enzyme plasmin; present in blood
26 - Lagniappe - Something given as a bonus or extra gift
27 - Soporific - making you want to go to sleep
28 - vaticination - The act of prophesying
29 - Avulsion - the action of pulling or tearing away
30 - Perfidious - Inability to be reliable, unfaithful
31 - Basilar - of or situated at the base of something, especially of the skull or of the organ Corti in the ear
32 - Swivet - A state of being stressed or nervous; panic
33 - Dispraise - censure, criticism
34 - Hortatory - trying to strongly encourage or persuade someone to do something
35 - numismatic - relating to or consisting of coins, paper currency and medals
36 - Houri - a beautiful young woman; especially one of virgin companions of the faithful in the Muslim Paradise
37 - Megillah - One of five books of the Hebrew scriptures that are appointed to be read on certain Jewish notable days
38 - andante - at a moderately slow tempo
39 - doughty - brave and persistent
40 - cockade - a rosette or knot of ribbons worn in a hat as a badge of office or party, or as part of a livery
41 - maiolica - fine earthenware with colored decoration on an opaque white tin glaze originating in Italy during the renaissance
42 - choler - outrage or wrath; intense emotional state of displeasure with someone or something
43 - Pellucid - very clear; easily seen through
44 - stentorian - loud or booming when describing someone's voice
45 - escritoire - a small writing desk with drawers & compartments
46 - Hui - a club or association
47 - peripatetic - working in various different locations as a part of your profession
48 - Sone - a unit of subjective loudness; equal to 40 phons
49 - rotter - a cruel, stingy or unkind person
50 - Imperturbable - Unable to be upset or excited; calm
51 - Curare - bitter, resinous substance obtained from the bark and stems of some South American plants. It paralyzes the motor nerves and is traditionally used by some to poison arrows and blowpipe darts
52 - Postern - a back or side entrance
53 - Chaebol - A large family-owned business conglomerate (South Korea)
54 - catalyse - enzyme that catalyzes the reduction of hydrogen peroxide
55 - prodrome - an early symptome indicating the onset of a disease or illness
56 - collimator - device for producing a parallel beam of rays or radiation
57 - Octal - relating to or using a system of numerical notation that has 8 rather than 10 as a base
58 - retinue - a group of advisors, assistants or others accompanying an important person
59 - volar - relating to the palm of the hand or sole of the foot
60 - collimator - device for producing a parallel beam of rays or radiation
61 - cotyledon - embryonic leaf in seedbearing plants; one or more of which are the first leaves to appear from a germinating seed
62 - bruit - spread a report or rumor around
63 - Stultify - cause to lose excitement and drive, especially due to boredom or a tedious routine
64 - Pied - having two or more different colors - multicolored
65 - Myrmidon - a follower or subordinate of a powerful person, typically one who is unscrupulous or carries out orders unquestionably
66 - Quondam - at one time, previously
67 - Bluestocking - an intellectual or literary woman
68 - Escritoire - small writing desk with drawers and compartments
69 - Callow - young and inexperienced; immature
70 - Inveterate - firmly established over time (usually negative)
71 - Autarky - economic independence or self-sufficiency
72 - Avuncular - kind and patient with younger or less experienced people
73 - Banausic - ordinary and not refined
74 - Lebensraum - the territory that a state or nation believes is needed for its natural development
75 - Coppice - a thick growth of shrubbery, small trees or underbrush
76 - Pennon - a long triangular or swallow-tailed flag, especially one of a kind formerly attached to a lance or helmet
77 - Farrago - an unorganized mixture of various things
78 - Equipollent - Having equal power or force
79 - Virtu - knowledge or expertise in the fine arts
80 - Telamon - supporting pillar in architecture that resembles a male figure
81 - Tsuris - problems or troubles that cause difficulty
82 - Pelagic - having to do with the sea far away from land
83 - Sheepshead - any of a number of boldly marked edible game fishes which live in warm American waters
84 - Importunate - asking for something repeatedly in an annoying way
85 - Aliphatic - relating to or denoting organic compounds in which carbon atoms form open chains, not aromatic rings
86 - Tetchy - quick to anger or irritation
87 - Haricot - an edible bean of a variety with small white seeds, used especially to make baked beans - a navy bean
88 - Tyro - a beginner or novice in a particular field or activity
89 - Ambrosial - pleasantly sweet & fragrant
90 - Frowzy - untidy, unkempt or having a disheveled appearance
91 - Octal - relating to or using a system of numerical notation that has 8 rather than 10 as a base
92 - Lebensraum - the territory that a state or nation believes is needed for its natural development, especially associated with Nazi Germany
93 - Dieldrin - a toxic insecticide produced by the oxidation of aldrin; now largely banned
94 - Perfidy - behavior that is not loyal
95 - Isomer - each of two or more compounds with the same formula but a different arrangement of atoms in the molecule and different properties
96 - numinous - when in bhutan, a Buddhist kingdom in the Himalyas, one feels the numinous divinity all throughout
97 - Kraal - a traditional African village of huts, typically enclosed by a fence
98 - meed - a deserved share or reward
99 - calque - borrowing technique where a word or phrase from one language is directly translated into another language
100 - benignant - benevolent and kindly; beneficial
101 - sculpin - a chiefly marine fish of the northern hemisphere, with a broad flattened head and spiny scales and fins
102 - Pelisse - a woman's cloak with armholes or sleeves, reaching to the ankles
103 - eft - a newt
104 - Noisome - having a strong and unpleasant odor; stinky
105 - palp - each of a pair of elongated appendages near the mouth of an arthropod
106 - nebbish - a person, especially a man, who is regarded as pitifully ineffectual timid or submissive
107 - rubidium - chemical element of atomic number 37 - a rare, soft silvery reactive metal of the alkali metal group
108 - maladroit - inefficient or awkward; clumsy
109 - cynosure - center of attention or admiration
110 - purlieu - frequented locale or surrounding district
111 - cathexis - the concentration of mental energy on one particular person, idea or object, especially to an unhealthy degree
112 - cline - a continuum with an infinite number of graduations from one extreme to the other
113 - eft - a newt
114 - enervate - drain energy or vitality; weaken
115 - Telematics - the branch of information technology that deals with the long-distances transmission of computerized information
116 - Sinecure - a position or job that requires little or no work but still provides a salary or other benefits
117 - Equipollent - equal or equivalent in power, affect or significance
118 - Pachuco - a juvenile gang member of Mexican American ethnic origin
119 - deportment - person's behavior, manners or conduct, especially in terms of their posture, poise and overall demeanor
120 - Gastronome - a gourmet
121 - pleomorphism - the occurrence of more than one distinct form of a natural object, such as a crystaline substance, a virus, the cells in a tumor or an organism at different stages of the life cycle
122 - netball - a game with seven players on a side, similar to basketball except that a player receiving the ball must stand still until they have passed it to another player
123 - chiton - a long woolen tunic worn in ancient Greece
124 - Panoptic - offering a complete panoramic view or perspective
125 - Whinge - complain or white about something trivial in a persistent or annoying way
126 - Amide - an organic compound related to ammonia
127 - Pizzicato - plucking the strings of a violin or other stringed instrument with one's finger
128 - quidnune - person who is constantly seeking and spreading news and gossip
129 - Declivity - downward slope or descending surface
130 - Ashlar - masonry made of large square-cut stones, typically used as a facing on walls of brick or stone
131 - Lysozyme - enzyme that catalyzes the destruction of the cell walls of certain bacteria, occurring notably in tears and egg white
132 - Endothermic - accompanied by or requiring the absorption of heat
133 - Aerostat - an airship or hot air balloon; especially one that is tethered
134 - Asperity - severity, harshness or abrasiveness in a surface, situation or demeanor
135 - redoubtable - commanding respect or inspiring fear
136 - bromide - a commonplace saying intended to soothe
137 - ashlar - masonry made of large square-cut stones, typically used as a facing on walls of brick or stone
138 - thaumaturgy - the working of wonders or miracles; magic
139 - Spall - break into smaller pieces, especially in preparation for sorting
140 - ergometer - apparatus which measures work or energy expended during a period of physical exercise
141 - lycanthropy - the supernatural transformation of a person into a wolf, as recounted in folk tales
142 - Sawbuck - a sawhorse
143 - Williwaw - a violent gust of frigid air descending from a mountainous coast to the sea, stirring up heavy winds and waves
144 - Oneiric - relating to dreams or dreaming
145 - reify - to transform an abstract idea into something tangible
146 - saccade - a rapid movement of the eye between fixation points
147 - sprit - a small spar reaching diagonally from low on a mast to the upper outer corner of a sail
148 - Disquisition - a rigorous and detailed investigation, report or presentation about a particular subject
149 - Recrudescence - the resurgence of an undesirable condition, symptom or actively that had previously lay dormant
150 - mordant - sharply critical, sarcastic or biting; caustic
151 - Stoat - a small carnivorous mammal of the weasel family which has chestnut fur with white underparts and a black-tipped tail
152 - otic - relating to the ear
153 - prescind - leave out of consideration
154 - lagniappe - small gift or bonus, often given by a merchant to a customer
155 - Ashlar - masonry made of large square-cut stones, typically used as facing on walls of brick or stone
156 - ballista - a catapult used in ancient warfare for hurling large stones
157 - provender - animal fodder
158 - gnomon - the projecting piece on a sundial that shows the time by the position of its shadow
159 - panoply - a wide-ranging and impressive display or collection
160 - Inductance - property of an electric conductor or circuit that causes an electromotive force to be generated by a change in the currant flowing
161 - thaumaturgy - the practice of performing magic or miracles
162 - incorporeal - existing without material substance or form
163 - horripilation - an involuntary bristling of hairs on the skin due to cold, fear or excitement; goosebumps
164 - Valetudinarian - person who is excessively concerned with their own health, especially one who is weak or sickly
165 - tractable - easily managed or controlled
166 - mizzle - a type of light rain characterized by small, fine droplets
167 - parsimonious - frugal to the point of being stingy
168 - Balkanize - divide into smaller mutually hostile states or groups
169 - doeskin - leather made from the skin of a female fallow deer
170 - limerence - state of intense romantic fixation or obsession
171 - Brobdingnagian - gigantic
172 - Ballista - a catapult used in ancient warfare for hurling large stones
173 - Coeval - of the same age or time period
174 - Bloviate - talk at length, especially in an inflated or empty way
175 - Incipient - just beginning to develop or exist
176 - quartier - a district of a French city
177 - fribble - to waste time or resources
178 - incommodious - cramped, inconvenient or otherwise inhospitable
179 - assiduous - careful, attentive and diligent
180 - sprue - a channel through which metal or plastic is poured into a mold
181 - perambulate - to walk around an area; especially for pleasure
182 - perspicuous - clear and simple in expression or presentation
183 - spall - break ore rock, stone or concreate into smaller pieces, especially in preparation for sorting
184 - superposition - the act of placing one thing on or above another, especially so that they coincide
185 - augury - a sign or omen used to predict future events.
186 - cinephile - a person who is fond of motion pictures
187 - inductance - property of an electric conductor or circuit that causes an electromotive force to be generated by a change in the current flowing
188 - hoplite - a heavily armed foot soldier of ancient Greece
189 - Oeuvre - the works of a painter, composer or author regarded collectively
190 - Deontology - The study of the nature of duty and obligation.
191 - Eigengrau - The dark gray color seen by the eyes in perfect darkness as a result of signals from the optic nerves.
192 - Plaudit - a round of applause or other enthusiastic expression of approval
193 - Piquant - Having a pleasantly sharp taste or appetizing flavor
194 - Gadabout - A habitual pleasure-seeker.
195 - Vigesimal - Relating to or based on the number twenty.
196 - coruscant - shimmering, twinkling or gleaming brilliantly
197 - Favonian - Pertaining to the west wind
198 - prolepsis - the anticipation and answering of possible objections in rhetorical speech
199 - Pococurante - An indifferent or unconcerned person.
200 - Timorous - Showing or suffering from nervousness or a lack of confidence.
201 - Sybarite - a person devoted to the pursuit of luxury or pleasure
202 - nitrosamine - a compound containing the group NNO attached to two organic groups. Compounds of this kind are generally carcinogenic
203 - Surfeit - an excessive amount of something
204 - belabor - argue or elaborate in excessive detail
205 - Propinquity - state of being close to someone or something
206 - Mulct - A fine or compulsory payment
207 - Nitrosamine - a compound containing the group NNO attached to two organic groups. Compounds of this kind are generally carcinogenic
208 - Carboxyl - of or denoting the acid radical COOH, present in most organic acids
209 - recrudescence - recurrence of an undesirable condition
210 - frisson - a passing, intense feeling of excitement
211 - contumacious - willful, defiant and rebellious against authority
212 - echolalia - meaningless repetition of words just spoken by another person occurring as a symptom of mental conditions
213 - apposite - highly appropriate, suitable or fitting
214 - Compunction - a feeling of anxiety or guilt that prevents or follows wrongdoing
215 - pandiculation - the act of stretching and yawning upon wakening or from fatigue
216 - bibelot - a small trinket or decorative object; often of sentimental value
217 - bonhomie - feeling of warmth and friendly connection among a group of people
218 - chockablock - filled or packed; especially to the point of overflowing
219 - riparian - pertaining to or situated on the land bordering a river or stream
220 - superjacent - situated just above or resting upon
221 - insalubrious - unhealthy
222 - quiddity - the essential nature or quality that defines something and sets it apart from others
223 - proband - a person serving as the starting point for the genetic study of a family
224 - soi-disant - so-called
225 - Interrobang - A nonstandard punctuation mark (‽) indicating a question expressed in an exclamatory manner
226 - Sylphlike - gracefully slim and elegant
227 - sedulous - painstakingly diligent and hard working
228 - Demarche - a political step or initiative
229 - Horripilation - The erection of hairs on the skin due to cold, fear, or excitement.
230 - Felicitate - to congratulate
231 - lissome - gracefully slender and agile
232 - prepense - deliberate; intentional
233 - ineluctable - Unavoidable or inescapable
234 - peripeteia - a sudden reversal of fortune or change in circumstances; especially in reference to fictional narrative
235 - kroon - basic monetary unit of Estonia
236 - hoplite - a heavily armed foot soldier of ancient Greece
237 - rajah - an Indian king or prince
238 - Piquant - an agreeable sharp taste that stimulates the appetite
239 - rapine - the violent seizure of someone's property
240 - brigantine - two-masted sailing ship with a square rigged foremast and a fore and aft-rigged mainmast
241 - zaftig - having a full rounded figure; plump
242 - gambol - to frolic or engage in active play
241 - moribund - approaching death or in terminal decline
242 - Eau De Nil - A pale greenish color
243 - Noachian - relating to the biblical patriarch Noah or his time
244 - quercetin - yellow crystalline pigment present in plants; used as a food supplement to reduce allergic responses or boost immunity
245 - Gallimaufry - a diverse or jumbled collection of items
246 - stoichiometry - the relationship between the relative quantities of substances taking part in reaction or forming a compound, typically a ration of whole integers
247 - refulgent - shining brightly
248 - cosset - to excessively pamper or protect
249 - commissariat - department for the supply of food and equipment
250 - Copal - resin from any of a number of tropical trees, used to make varnish
251 - bumptious - overly confident, self-important or presumptuous
252 - Celerity - swiftness of movement
253 - A person's air or bearing, especially as it demonstrates their personality or mood
254 - Anodyne - intended to avoid offense or controversy
255 - cyclamen - a European plant of the primrose family, having pink, red or white flowers with backward-curving petals and widely grown as a winter-flowering houseplant
256 - Cartomancy - Fortunetelling by interpreting a random selection of playing cards
257 - Fain - pleased or willing under the circumstances
258 - Exoplanet - a planet that orbits a star outside the solar system
259 - commissariat - a department for the supply of food and equipment
260 - rusticate - to spend time in the countryside
261 - kroon - the basic monetary unit of Estonia, equal to 100 senti
262 -skeuomorph -An object or feature which imitates the design of a similar artifact made from another material.
263 - Dopant - a substance used to produce a desired electrical characteristic in a semiconductor
264 - Abecedarian - a person who is just starting out in a field of study or activity
265 - gimcrack - flimsy or poorly made but deceptively attractive
266 - digerati - people with expertise or professional involvement in information technology
267 - fuscous - dark or dusky
268 - totemic - resembling a totem by acting as a symbol of an identity or quality
269 - Riposte - a sharp or witty reply
270 - Verdure - lush greeness of flourishing vegetation
271 - attar - a fragrant essential oil, typically made from rose petals
272 - panegyric - formal speech or composition that lavishly praises someone or something
273 - esculent - fit to be eaten; edible
274 - specular - pertaining to or resembling a mirror
275 - vulpine - resembling a fox in slyness, cunning or appearance
276 - dopant -a substance used to produce a desired electrical characteristic in a semiconductor
277 - Benzyl - the radical, derived toluene
278 - cyclamen - a European plant of the primrose family
279 - copal - resin from any of a number of tropical trees; used to make varnish
280 - glister - sparkle or shimmer
281 - subfusc - dark drab or gloomy in appearance
282 - nudnik - a persistently annoying or bothersome person
283 - euphonious - pleasing & Harmonious
284 - rapscallion - playful troublemaker
285 - kidskin - leather made from the skin of a young goat
286 - benison - an expression of goodwill
287 - flexure - the action of bending or curving
288 - lachrymose - weepy or easily moved to tears
289 - fungible - interchangeable or replaceable in use or value
290 - fillip - something that sparks enthusiasm or increased activity
291 - Hadrosaur - large herbivorous, mainly bipedal dinosaur with jaws flattened like the bill of a duck
292 - dolmen - a megalithic tomb with a large flat stone laid on upright ones; chiefly found in Britain and France
293 - brio - energetic or spirited expression, especially in performance
294 - sempiternal - enduring & timeless
295 - sibilant - producing a hissing sound
296 - consanguinity - quality of being related by blood
297 - inchmeal - progressing or advancing with small, gradual steps
298 - zaibatsu - large Japanese business conglomerate
299 - Crofter - a person who farms a croft
300 - boodle - money, especially that gained or spent illegally or improperly
301 - virion - the complete, infective form of a virus outside a host cell
302 - dinkum - genuine, honest, true
303 - Perdurable - enduring continuously imperishable
304 - auteur -A filmmaker whose personal influence and artistic control over a movie are so great that the filmmaker is regarded as the author of the movie.
305 - sought - a soft rustling, murmuring or whistling sound
306 - cavil - to criticize or find fault for petty reasons
307 - bower - a shady area created by plants and trees
308 - logorrhea - excessive talkativeness; sometimes to the point of being incoherent
309 - Hebetude - a state of physical and mental sluggishness and lethargy
310 - volplane -Make a controlled dive or downward flight, especially with the engine shut off.
311 - stertorous - noisy and labored
312 - etic - relating to or denoting an approach to the study or description of a particular language or culture that is general, nonstructural and objective in its perspective.
313 -Farinaceous - consisting of or containing starch
314 - Howbeit - however, nonetheless
315 - Apodictic - Clearly established or beyond dispute
316 - yob - rude, noisy and aggressive young person
317 - rinderpest - an infectious disease of ruminants, especially cattle.
318 - monstrance - an open or transparent receptacle in which the consecrated Host is exposed for veneration
319 - LIteratim - copying text letter by letter
320 - zaibatsuj - large Japanese business conglomerate
321 - overweening - marked by exaggerated pride or self-assurance, often beyond what is justified
322 - mattock - agricultural tool shaped like a pickax, with an adze and a chisel edge as the ends of the head.
323 - lobule - a small lobe
324 - consigliere - an advisor, especially to a crime boss
325 - phylloxera - a plant louse that is a pest of vines
326 - felicity - state of profound happiness or contentment
327 - boodle - money, especially that gained or spent illegally or improperly
328 - condign - a fitting or just punishment for a crime or transgression
329 - supernal - pertaining to or originating from the heavens
330 - baksheesh - a small sum of money given as a tip, bribe or charitable donation
331 - cordage - cords or ropes, especially in a ships rigging
332 - Humectant - retaining moisture
333 - virion - the complete, infective form of a virus outside a host cell, with a core of RNA or DNA and a capsid.
334 - tantivy - a rapid gallop or ride
335 - saltation - the act or process of leaping or jumping
336 - scocker - a rift in an oak trip
337 - Telos - ultimate objective or aim
338 - Anasazi - member of an ancient North American people of the SW US
339 - sapient - possessing wisdom or discernment
340 - meatus - a passage or opening leading to the interior of the body
341 - abnegate - give something up
342 - Dithyramb - A passionate or inflated speech, poem, or other writing
343 - shambolic - chaotic, disorganized, or mismanaged
344 - partita - a suite, typically a solo instrument or chamber ensemble
345 - prolepsis - the anticipation of future events or objections in literature or speech
346 - doxorubicin - a bacterial antibiotic that is widely used to treat leukemia and other forms of cancer
347 - smorzando - dying away
348 - lineament - defining features or contours that give shape to a face or figure.
349 - approbation - praise or commendation
350 - phylloxera - a plant louse that is a pest of vines
351 - dilettante - an individual who dabbles in an area of interest without the depth and commitment of a professional
352 - kvell - to feel or express great pride or joy
353 - mediastinum - membranous partition between two body cavities or two parts of an organ, especially that between the lungs
354 - moiety - one of two equal parts of something
355 - baksheesh - a small sum of money given as a tip, bribe, or charitable donation
356 - Lunate -Crescent-shaped or A crescent-shaped carpal bone situated in the center of the wrist and articulating with the radius.
357 - recherché -Rare, exotic, or obscure.
358 - barcarolle - A song traditionally sung by Venetian gondoliers.
359 - arcana - secrets or mysteries
360 - rinderpest - an infectious disease of ruminants, especially cattle, caused by a paramyxovirus.
361 - Anaphora - The use of a word referring to or replacing a word used earlier in a sentence, to avoid repetition, such as "do" in "I like it and so do they."
362 - aureole - a radiant glow or circle of light around a person or object
363 - sultana - small, light brown, seedless raisin used in foods such as puddings and cakes
364 - sabra - a Jewish person born in Israel (or before 1948 in Palestine)
365 - vichyssoise - a soup made with potatoes, leeks, and cream and typically served chilled
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1 - museology - science or practice of organizing, arranging and managing museums
2 - Opsimath - a person who begins to learn late in life
3 - collodion - syrupy solution of nitrocellulose in a mixture of alcohol or ether, used for coating things - chiefly in surgery and in former photographic processes
4 - specious - having a false look of truth or genuineness
5 - contretemps - an unpleasant event or an embarrassing occasion when people disagree
6 - oocyst - cyst containing a zygote formed by a parasitic protozoan such as the malaria parasite
7 - deponent - passive or middle in form but a (...more)
2 - Opsimath - a person who begins to learn late in life
3 - collodion - syrupy solution of nitrocellulose in a mixture of alcohol or ether, used for coating things - chiefly in surgery and in former photographic processes
4 - specious - having a false look of truth or genuineness
5 - contretemps - an unpleasant event or an embarrassing occasion when people disagree
6 - oocyst - cyst containing a zygote formed by a parasitic protozoan such as the malaria parasite
7 - deponent - passive or middle in form but a (...more)
1 - museology - science or practice of organizing, arranging and managing museums
2 - Opsimath - a person who begins to learn late in life
3 - collodion - syrupy solution of nitrocellulose in a mixture of alcohol or ether, used for coating things - chiefly in surgery and in former photograph (...more)
2 - Opsimath - a person who begins to learn late in life
3 - collodion - syrupy solution of nitrocellulose in a mixture of alcohol or ether, used for coating things - chiefly in surgery and in former photograph (...more)
1 - museology - science or practice of organizing, arranging and managing museums
2 - Opsimath - a person who begins to learn late in life
3 - collodion - syrupy solution of nitrocellulose in a mixture of alcohol or ether, used for coating things - chiefly in surgery and in former photograph (...more)
2 - Opsimath - a person who begins to learn late in life
3 - collodion - syrupy solution of nitrocellulose in a mixture of alcohol or ether, used for coating things - chiefly in surgery and in former photograph (...more)
9/22 - Coterie
301 - Folderol - A useless ornament or acessory
302 - Muliebrity - Womanly qualities, womanhood
303 - Bloviate - Talk at length; especially in an inflated or empty way
304 - Codicil - An addition or supplement that explains, modifies or revokes a will or part of one
305 - Minatory - Expressing or conveying a threat.
306 - Facultative - Left to one's option or choice; optional
307 - Rostrum - A small raised area that you stand on so that you can be seen, for example, by an audience or an orchestra
308 - Shot-Clog - One who is tolerated only because he pays the shot or reckoning, for the rest of the company; otherwise a mere clog on them.
309 - Malapert - Impudently bold in speech or manner; saucy
310 - Palimpsest - A manuscript or piece of writing material on which the original writing has been effaced to make room for later writing but of which traces remain
311 - Rataplan - A drumming or beating sound.
312 - Handsel - A gift given for good luck at the beginning of the year or to mark an acquisition or start of an enterprise
313 - Eleutheromaniac - Having a passionate mania for freedom
314 - Bumf - Reading materials (documents, written information) that is not important or interesting. Toilet paper.
315 - Progenitor - A person or thing from the past that a person, an animal or a plant that is alive now is related to.
316 - Usufruct - The right of enjoying all the advantages derived from the use of something that belongs to another, as far as is compatible with the substance of the thing not being destroyed or injured.
317 - Fructify - Make something fruitful or productive
318 - Flagitious - Of a person or their actions criminal; villainous.
319 - Tocsin - An alarm bell or signal
320 - Calumny - A misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation. The act of uttering false charges or misrepresentations maliciously calculated to harm another's reputation.
321 - Higgledy-piggledly - In a disordered manner
322 - Abnegation - The act of renouncing or rejecting something
323 - Farceur - A writer or performer in farces; a joker or comedian
324 - Raddled - Showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering.
325 - Ken - Understanding, knowledge or perception
326 - Irrupt - Enter forcibly or suddenly
327 - Simulacrum - An image or representation of someone or something
328 - Gnomic - Short and clever, but difficult to understand
329 - Inamorata - A woman whom one is in love with; a mistress
330 - Impecunious - Having little or no money
331 - Ossify - Turn into bone or bony tissue
332 - Effrontery - Insolent or impertinent behavior
333 - Latitudinarian - Not insisting on strict conformity to a particular doctrine or standard
334 - Prolix - Using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy
335 - Superannuated - Obsolete through age or new technological or intellectual developments
336 - Shunpike - A secondary road to avoid expressways and turnpikes
337 - Whinge - Complain, especially in a way that annoys other people
338 - Kyoodle - To make loud, useless noises
339 - Execrable - Deserving to be execrated; detestable, abominable. Extremely bad; of poor quality
340 - Vexillology - The study of flags
341 - Nonage - The state or condition of being under legal age
342 - Exiguity - The quality of being meager.
343 - Odalisque - A female servant in a Turkish harem
344 - Turpitude - Vile, Shameful, immoral person or behavior
345 - Platitudinous - Dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality
346 - Crapulous - Suffering from excessive eating or drinking
347 - Hobson's Choice - A choice of taking what is available or nothing at all
348 - Imprimatur - An authoritative approval or official license
349 - Evince - Constitute outward evidence of; show plainly
350 - Purblind - Having impaired or defective vision. Slow or unable to understand; dimwitted.
351 - Passim - Used in notes for a book or article for showing that something is mentioned in many places in it.
352 - Inveigh - Speak or write about something with great hostility
353 - Impecunious - Having little or no money
354 - Raillery - Good-humored teasing
355 - Rodomontade - Boastful or inflated talk or behavior
356 - Boustrophedon - (Of written words) from right to left and from left to right in alternate lines
357 - Fillip - Something which acts as a stimulus or boost to an activity
358 - Aptonym - A proper name that aptly describes the occupation or character of the person, especially by coincidences
359 - Putsch - A violent attempt to overthrow a government
360 - Troglodyte - Literally, a cave-dweller. More frequently, a backward, mentally sluggish person.
361 - Dopester - A person who collects and supplies information; typically on sporting events or elections.
362 - Neologism - A newly created word, meaning , phrase or doctrine
363 - Mulct - A fine or compulsory payment
364 - Recusant - Refusing to submit to authority
365 - Desiccated - Lacking interest, passion or energy
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302 - Muliebrity - Womanly qualities, womanhood
303 - Bloviate - Talk at length; especially in an inflated or empty way
304 - Codicil - An addition or supplement that explains, modifies or revokes a will or part of one
305 - Minatory - Expressing or conveying a threat.
306 - Facultative - Left to one's option or choice; optional
307 - Rostrum - A small raised area that you stand on so that you can be seen, for example, by an audience or an orchestra
308 - Shot-Clog - One who is tolerated only because he pays the shot or reckoning, for the rest of the company; otherwise a mere clog on them.
309 - Malapert - Impudently bold in speech or manner; saucy
310 - Palimpsest - A manuscript or piece of writing material on which the original writing has been effaced to make room for later writing but of which traces remain
311 - Rataplan - A drumming or beating sound.
312 - Handsel - A gift given for good luck at the beginning of the year or to mark an acquisition or start of an enterprise
313 - Eleutheromaniac - Having a passionate mania for freedom
314 - Bumf - Reading materials (documents, written information) that is not important or interesting. Toilet paper.
315 - Progenitor - A person or thing from the past that a person, an animal or a plant that is alive now is related to.
316 - Usufruct - The right of enjoying all the advantages derived from the use of something that belongs to another, as far as is compatible with the substance of the thing not being destroyed or injured.
317 - Fructify - Make something fruitful or productive
318 - Flagitious - Of a person or their actions criminal; villainous.
319 - Tocsin - An alarm bell or signal
320 - Calumny - A misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation. The act of uttering false charges or misrepresentations maliciously calculated to harm another's reputation.
321 - Higgledy-piggledly - In a disordered manner
322 - Abnegation - The act of renouncing or rejecting something
323 - Farceur - A writer or performer in farces; a joker or comedian
324 - Raddled - Showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering.
325 - Ken - Understanding, knowledge or perception
326 - Irrupt - Enter forcibly or suddenly
327 - Simulacrum - An image or representation of someone or something
328 - Gnomic - Short and clever, but difficult to understand
329 - Inamorata - A woman whom one is in love with; a mistress
330 - Impecunious - Having little or no money
331 - Ossify - Turn into bone or bony tissue
332 - Effrontery - Insolent or impertinent behavior
333 - Latitudinarian - Not insisting on strict conformity to a particular doctrine or standard
334 - Prolix - Using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy
335 - Superannuated - Obsolete through age or new technological or intellectual developments
336 - Shunpike - A secondary road to avoid expressways and turnpikes
337 - Whinge - Complain, especially in a way that annoys other people
338 - Kyoodle - To make loud, useless noises
339 - Execrable - Deserving to be execrated; detestable, abominable. Extremely bad; of poor quality
340 - Vexillology - The study of flags
341 - Nonage - The state or condition of being under legal age
342 - Exiguity - The quality of being meager.
343 - Odalisque - A female servant in a Turkish harem
344 - Turpitude - Vile, Shameful, immoral person or behavior
345 - Platitudinous - Dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality
346 - Crapulous - Suffering from excessive eating or drinking
347 - Hobson's Choice - A choice of taking what is available or nothing at all
348 - Imprimatur - An authoritative approval or official license
349 - Evince - Constitute outward evidence of; show plainly
350 - Purblind - Having impaired or defective vision. Slow or unable to understand; dimwitted.
351 - Passim - Used in notes for a book or article for showing that something is mentioned in many places in it.
352 - Inveigh - Speak or write about something with great hostility
353 - Impecunious - Having little or no money
354 - Raillery - Good-humored teasing
355 - Rodomontade - Boastful or inflated talk or behavior
356 - Boustrophedon - (Of written words) from right to left and from left to right in alternate lines
357 - Fillip - Something which acts as a stimulus or boost to an activity
358 - Aptonym - A proper name that aptly describes the occupation or character of the person, especially by coincidences
359 - Putsch - A violent attempt to overthrow a government
360 - Troglodyte - Literally, a cave-dweller. More frequently, a backward, mentally sluggish person.
361 - Dopester - A person who collects and supplies information; typically on sporting events or elections.
362 - Neologism - A newly created word, meaning , phrase or doctrine
363 - Mulct - A fine or compulsory payment
364 - Recusant - Refusing to submit to authority
365 - Desiccated - Lacking interest, passion or energy
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301 - Folderol - A useless ornament or acessory
302 - Muliebrity - Womanly qualities, womanhood
303 - Bloviate - Talk at length; especially in an inflated or empty way
304 - Codicil - An addition or supplement that explains, modifies or revokes a will or part of one
305 - Minatory - Expressing or conveying a threat.
306 - Facultative - Left to one's option or choice; optional
307 - Rostrum - A small raised area that you stand on so that you can be seen, for example, by an audience or an orchestra
308 - Shot-Clog - One who is tolerated only because he pays the shot or reckoning, for the rest (...more)
302 - Muliebrity - Womanly qualities, womanhood
303 - Bloviate - Talk at length; especially in an inflated or empty way
304 - Codicil - An addition or supplement that explains, modifies or revokes a will or part of one
305 - Minatory - Expressing or conveying a threat.
306 - Facultative - Left to one's option or choice; optional
307 - Rostrum - A small raised area that you stand on so that you can be seen, for example, by an audience or an orchestra
308 - Shot-Clog - One who is tolerated only because he pays the shot or reckoning, for the rest (...more)
301 - Folderol - A useless ornament or acessory
302 - Muliebrity - Womanly qualities, womanhood
303 - Bloviate - Talk at length; especially in an inflated or empty way
304 - Codicil - An addition or supplement that explains, modifies or revokes a will or part of one
305 - Minatory - Expressing (...more)
302 - Muliebrity - Womanly qualities, womanhood
303 - Bloviate - Talk at length; especially in an inflated or empty way
304 - Codicil - An addition or supplement that explains, modifies or revokes a will or part of one
305 - Minatory - Expressing (...more)
301 - Folderol - A useless ornament or acessory
302 - Muliebrity - Womanly qualities, womanhood
303 - Bloviate - Talk at length; especially in an inflated or empty way
304 - Codicil - An addition or supplement that explains, modifies or revokes a will or part of one
305 - Minatory - Expressing (...more)
302 - Muliebrity - Womanly qualities, womanhood
303 - Bloviate - Talk at length; especially in an inflated or empty way
304 - Codicil - An addition or supplement that explains, modifies or revokes a will or part of one
305 - Minatory - Expressing (...more)
276 - Esemplastic - Molding into one; unifying
277 - Benison - A blessing
278 - Velleity - A wish or inclination not strong enough to lead to action.
279 - Obduracy - A state of refusing to change feelings, beliefs or course of action with no reason
280 - Abjure - Solemnly renounce a believe, cause or claim.
281 - Abrade - Scrape or wear away by friction or erosion.
282 - Tocsin - An alarm bell or signal.
283 - Leitmotif - A recurrent theme throughout a musical or literary composition, associated with a particular person, idea or situation
284 - Emulous - Desiring or aiming to equal or surpass another; competitive. Characterized by or arising from emulation or imitation.
285 - Athanasy - An absence of death or the condition of everlasting life, deathless, immortality
286 - Busk - Perform music or other entertainment in the street or other public place for monetary donations
287 - Anfractuous - Sinuous or circuitous
288 - Panglossian - Marked by the view that all is for the best in this best of possible worlds
289 - Mansuetude - Meekness, gentleness
290 - Tendentious - Expressing or intending to promote a particular cause or point of view, especially a controversial one.
291 - Moue - A pouting expression used to convey annoyance or distaste
292 - Putsch - A violent attempt to overthrow a government
293 - Gnathonic - Flattering; deceitful
294 - Valetudinarian - Showing undue concern about one's health
295 - Constellate - To unite in a cluster. To set or adorn with or as if with constellations.
296 - Epigone - A less distinguished follower or imitator of someone; especially an artist or philosopher
297 - Panjandrum - A powerful personage or pretentious official.
298 - Hypermnesia - Unusual power or enhancement of memory, typically under abnormal conditions such as trauma, hypnosis or narcosis.
299 - Arenicolous - Living or burrowing, or growing in the sand.
300 - Synecdoche - The use of a word or phrase, when a part of something is used in order to refer to the whole of it, or the whole to refer to a part of it.
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277 - Benison - A blessing
278 - Velleity - A wish or inclination not strong enough to lead to action.
279 - Obduracy - A state of refusing to change feelings, beliefs or course of action with no reason
280 - Abjure - Solemnly renounce a believe, cause or claim.
281 - Abrade - Scrape or wear away by friction or erosion.
282 - Tocsin - An alarm bell or signal.
283 - Leitmotif - A recurrent theme throughout a musical or literary composition, associated with a particular person, idea or situation
284 - Emulous - Desiring or aiming to equal or surpass another; competitive. Characterized by or arising from emulation or imitation.
285 - Athanasy - An absence of death or the condition of everlasting life, deathless, immortality
286 - Busk - Perform music or other entertainment in the street or other public place for monetary donations
287 - Anfractuous - Sinuous or circuitous
288 - Panglossian - Marked by the view that all is for the best in this best of possible worlds
289 - Mansuetude - Meekness, gentleness
290 - Tendentious - Expressing or intending to promote a particular cause or point of view, especially a controversial one.
291 - Moue - A pouting expression used to convey annoyance or distaste
292 - Putsch - A violent attempt to overthrow a government
293 - Gnathonic - Flattering; deceitful
294 - Valetudinarian - Showing undue concern about one's health
295 - Constellate - To unite in a cluster. To set or adorn with or as if with constellations.
296 - Epigone - A less distinguished follower or imitator of someone; especially an artist or philosopher
297 - Panjandrum - A powerful personage or pretentious official.
298 - Hypermnesia - Unusual power or enhancement of memory, typically under abnormal conditions such as trauma, hypnosis or narcosis.
299 - Arenicolous - Living or burrowing, or growing in the sand.
300 - Synecdoche - The use of a word or phrase, when a part of something is used in order to refer to the whole of it, or the whole to refer to a part of it.
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276 - Esemplastic - Molding into one; unifying
277 - Benison - A blessing
278 - Velleity - A wish or inclination not strong enough to lead to action.
279 - Obduracy - A state of refusing to change feelings, beliefs or course of action with no reason
280 - Abjure - Solemnly renounce a believe, cause or claim.
281 - Abrade - Scrape or wear away by friction or erosion.
282 - Tocsin - An alarm bell or signal.
283 - Leitmotif - A recurrent theme throughout a musical or literary composition, associated with a particular person, idea or situation
284 - Emulous - Desiring or aiming to equal or surpa (...more)
277 - Benison - A blessing
278 - Velleity - A wish or inclination not strong enough to lead to action.
279 - Obduracy - A state of refusing to change feelings, beliefs or course of action with no reason
280 - Abjure - Solemnly renounce a believe, cause or claim.
281 - Abrade - Scrape or wear away by friction or erosion.
282 - Tocsin - An alarm bell or signal.
283 - Leitmotif - A recurrent theme throughout a musical or literary composition, associated with a particular person, idea or situation
284 - Emulous - Desiring or aiming to equal or surpa (...more)
276 - Esemplastic - Molding into one; unifying
277 - Benison - A blessing
278 - Velleity - A wish or inclination not strong enough to lead to action.
279 - Obduracy - A state of refusing to change feelings, beliefs or course of action with no reason
280 - Abjure - Solemnly renounce a believe, (...more)
277 - Benison - A blessing
278 - Velleity - A wish or inclination not strong enough to lead to action.
279 - Obduracy - A state of refusing to change feelings, beliefs or course of action with no reason
280 - Abjure - Solemnly renounce a believe, (...more)
276 - Esemplastic - Molding into one; unifying
277 - Benison - A blessing
278 - Velleity - A wish or inclination not strong enough to lead to action.
279 - Obduracy - A state of refusing to change feelings, beliefs or course of action with no reason
280 - Abjure - Solemnly renounce a believe, (...more)
277 - Benison - A blessing
278 - Velleity - A wish or inclination not strong enough to lead to action.
279 - Obduracy - A state of refusing to change feelings, beliefs or course of action with no reason
280 - Abjure - Solemnly renounce a believe, (...more)
251 - Defenestration - The action of throwing someone or something out of a window. The action of dismissing someone from a position of power or authority.
252 - Heterodox - Contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion. Holding unorthodox opinions or doctrines
253 - Lachrymose - Tearful or given to weeping.
254 - Stentorian - Loud and powerful
255 - Sapid - Having a strong and pleasant taste.
256 - Ailurophobia - Abnormal fear of cats
257 - Incommodious - Causing inconvenience or discomfort
258 - Dastard - a dishonorable or despicable person
259 - Natatorial - pertaining to, or adapted for, or characterized by swimming
260 - Superannuated - Obsolete through age or new technological or intellectual developments
261 - Surcease - A stopping.
262 - Glabrous - Chiefly of the skin or a leaf, free from hair or down; smooth
263 - Palmary - That bears or is worhty to bear the palm; holding the first or highest place; pre-eminent; excellent
264 - Prolepsis - Anticipating and answering objections in advance
265 - Nescience - Lack of knowledge; ignorance
266 - Tatterdemalion - Tattered or dilapidated
267 - Dubiety - The state or quality of being doubtful; uncertainty
268 - Parageusia - An abnormal or hallucinatory sense of taste
269 - Inveigle - To win over by coaxing, flattery or artful talk. To obtain by cajolery
270 - Insuperable - impossible to overcome
271 - Opusculum - A small or minor literary or musical work
272 - Raffish - Unconventional and slightly disreputable, especially in an attractive manner
273 - Blaterskite - A person who talks at great length without making much sense
274 - Arrant - Complete, utter
275 - Fantod - A state or attack of uneasiness or unreasonableness (less) (less) (less)
252 - Heterodox - Contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion. Holding unorthodox opinions or doctrines
253 - Lachrymose - Tearful or given to weeping.
254 - Stentorian - Loud and powerful
255 - Sapid - Having a strong and pleasant taste.
256 - Ailurophobia - Abnormal fear of cats
257 - Incommodious - Causing inconvenience or discomfort
258 - Dastard - a dishonorable or despicable person
259 - Natatorial - pertaining to, or adapted for, or characterized by swimming
260 - Superannuated - Obsolete through age or new technological or intellectual developments
261 - Surcease - A stopping.
262 - Glabrous - Chiefly of the skin or a leaf, free from hair or down; smooth
263 - Palmary - That bears or is worhty to bear the palm; holding the first or highest place; pre-eminent; excellent
264 - Prolepsis - Anticipating and answering objections in advance
265 - Nescience - Lack of knowledge; ignorance
266 - Tatterdemalion - Tattered or dilapidated
267 - Dubiety - The state or quality of being doubtful; uncertainty
268 - Parageusia - An abnormal or hallucinatory sense of taste
269 - Inveigle - To win over by coaxing, flattery or artful talk. To obtain by cajolery
270 - Insuperable - impossible to overcome
271 - Opusculum - A small or minor literary or musical work
272 - Raffish - Unconventional and slightly disreputable, especially in an attractive manner
273 - Blaterskite - A person who talks at great length without making much sense
274 - Arrant - Complete, utter
275 - Fantod - A state or attack of uneasiness or unreasonableness (less) (less) (less)
251 - Defenestration - The action of throwing someone or something out of a window. The action of dismissing someone from a position of power or authority.
252 - Heterodox - Contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion. Holding unorthodox opinions or doctrines
253 - Lachrymose - Tearful or given to weeping.
254 - Stentorian - Loud and powerful
255 - Sapid - Having a strong and pleasant taste.
256 - Ailurophobia - Abnormal fear of cats
257 - Incommodious - Causing inconvenience or discomfort
258 - Dastard - a dishonorable or despicabl (...more)
252 - Heterodox - Contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion. Holding unorthodox opinions or doctrines
253 - Lachrymose - Tearful or given to weeping.
254 - Stentorian - Loud and powerful
255 - Sapid - Having a strong and pleasant taste.
256 - Ailurophobia - Abnormal fear of cats
257 - Incommodious - Causing inconvenience or discomfort
258 - Dastard - a dishonorable or despicabl (...more)
251 - Defenestration - The action of throwing someone or something out of a window. The action of dismissing someone from a position of power or authority.
252 - Heterodox - Contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion. Holding unort (...more)
252 - Heterodox - Contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion. Holding unort (...more)
251 - Defenestration - The action of throwing someone or something out of a window. The action of dismissing someone from a position of power or authority.
252 - Heterodox - Contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion. Holding unort (...more)
252 - Heterodox - Contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion. Holding unort (...more)
226 - Bathetic - Producing an unintentional effect of anticlimax
227 - Eristic - Of or characterized by debate or argument
228 - Hamartia - A fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine
229 - Manticore - A mythical beast typically depicted as having the body of a lion, the face of a man, and the sting of a scorpian
230 - Sylph - A mythical being like a sprite or fairy
231 - Collywobbles - Pain in the abdomen and especially the stomach
232 - Termagant - A harsh-tempered or overbearing woman
233 - Confabulate - Engage in conversation; talk
234 - Pellucid - Translucently clear. Easily understood; lucid.
235 - Battology - The unnecessary repetition of words
236 - Thrasonical - Boastful, vainglorious
237 - Bowdlerize - Remove material that is considered improper or offensive from a text or account, especially with the result that it becomes weaker or less effective
238 - Gaucherie - A socially awkward or tactless act.
239 - Puchritude - Physical beauty; comeliness
240 - Guttle - Eat or drink greedily and noisily
241 - Adjuration - A solemn and earnest appeal to someone to do something
242 - Solecism - A grammatical mistake in speech or writing. A breach of good manners; a piece of incorrect behavior
243 - Nocebo - A substance that causes undesirable side effects as a result of a patient's perception that it is harmful rather than as a result of causative ingredients
244 - Truckle - Submit or behave obsequiously
245 - Embonpoint - Plumpness of person
246 - Swivet - A fluster or panic
247 - Comminuted - Reduced to minute particles or fragments
248 - Penurious - Extremely poor; poverty-stricken
249 - Chaptalize - To add sugar to a fermenting wine to increase the alcohol content
250 - Sybaritic - Fond of sensuous luxury or pleasure; self-indulgent (less) (less) (less)
227 - Eristic - Of or characterized by debate or argument
228 - Hamartia - A fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine
229 - Manticore - A mythical beast typically depicted as having the body of a lion, the face of a man, and the sting of a scorpian
230 - Sylph - A mythical being like a sprite or fairy
231 - Collywobbles - Pain in the abdomen and especially the stomach
232 - Termagant - A harsh-tempered or overbearing woman
233 - Confabulate - Engage in conversation; talk
234 - Pellucid - Translucently clear. Easily understood; lucid.
235 - Battology - The unnecessary repetition of words
236 - Thrasonical - Boastful, vainglorious
237 - Bowdlerize - Remove material that is considered improper or offensive from a text or account, especially with the result that it becomes weaker or less effective
238 - Gaucherie - A socially awkward or tactless act.
239 - Puchritude - Physical beauty; comeliness
240 - Guttle - Eat or drink greedily and noisily
241 - Adjuration - A solemn and earnest appeal to someone to do something
242 - Solecism - A grammatical mistake in speech or writing. A breach of good manners; a piece of incorrect behavior
243 - Nocebo - A substance that causes undesirable side effects as a result of a patient's perception that it is harmful rather than as a result of causative ingredients
244 - Truckle - Submit or behave obsequiously
245 - Embonpoint - Plumpness of person
246 - Swivet - A fluster or panic
247 - Comminuted - Reduced to minute particles or fragments
248 - Penurious - Extremely poor; poverty-stricken
249 - Chaptalize - To add sugar to a fermenting wine to increase the alcohol content
250 - Sybaritic - Fond of sensuous luxury or pleasure; self-indulgent (less) (less) (less)
226 - Bathetic - Producing an unintentional effect of anticlimax
227 - Eristic - Of or characterized by debate or argument
228 - Hamartia - A fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine
229 - Manticore - A mythical beast typically depicted as having the body of a lion, the face of a man, and the sting of a scorpian
230 - Sylph - A mythical being like a sprite or fairy
231 - Collywobbles - Pain in the abdomen and especially the stomach
232 - Termagant - A harsh-tempered or overbearing woman
233 - Confabulate - Engage in conversation; talk
234 - Pellucid - Translucently clea (...more)
227 - Eristic - Of or characterized by debate or argument
228 - Hamartia - A fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine
229 - Manticore - A mythical beast typically depicted as having the body of a lion, the face of a man, and the sting of a scorpian
230 - Sylph - A mythical being like a sprite or fairy
231 - Collywobbles - Pain in the abdomen and especially the stomach
232 - Termagant - A harsh-tempered or overbearing woman
233 - Confabulate - Engage in conversation; talk
234 - Pellucid - Translucently clea (...more)
226 - Bathetic - Producing an unintentional effect of anticlimax
227 - Eristic - Of or characterized by debate or argument
228 - Hamartia - A fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine
229 - Manticore - A mythical beast typically depicted as having the body of a lion, the (...more)
227 - Eristic - Of or characterized by debate or argument
228 - Hamartia - A fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine
229 - Manticore - A mythical beast typically depicted as having the body of a lion, the (...more)
226 - Bathetic - Producing an unintentional effect of anticlimax
227 - Eristic - Of or characterized by debate or argument
228 - Hamartia - A fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine
229 - Manticore - A mythical beast typically depicted as having the body of a lion, the (...more)
227 - Eristic - Of or characterized by debate or argument
228 - Hamartia - A fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine
229 - Manticore - A mythical beast typically depicted as having the body of a lion, the (...more)
175 - Tutelary - Providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding
176 - Quotidian - Of or occurring every day; daily
177 - Rodomontade - Boastful or inflated talk or behavior
178 - Gewgaw - a Showy thing, especially one that is useless or worthless
179 - Tintinnabulation - The ringing or sounding of bells
180 - Arriviste - An ambitious or ruthlessly self-seeking person, especially one who has recently acquired wealth or social status
181 - Astraphobia - An abnormal fear of lightning and thunder
182 - Tyro - A person with little experience; a beginner/novice
183 - Harridan - A strict, bossy or belligerent old woman
184 - Interregnum - The time between two reigns, governments, etc.
185 - Vapid - Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging
186 - Badinage - Humorous or witty conversation
187 - Prognathous - Having a projecting lower jaw or chin
188 - Brobdingnagian - marked by tremendous size
189 - Raddled - Showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering
190 - Sibylline - Relating to or characteristic of a sibyl; prophetic and mysterious
191- Prescind - Leave out of consideration
192 - Imperium - Absolute Power
193 - Temerarious - Reckless/rash
194 - Lucubration - Study, meditation
195 - Raffish - Unconventional and slightly direputable, especially in an attractive manner.
196 - Factotum - An employee who does all kinds of work
197 - Brannigan - A brawl or violent argument
198 - Shunpike - A secondary road used to avoid turnpikes and expressways
199 - Nocuous - Noxious, harmful or poisonous
200 - Bonzer - Excellent; first-rate
201 - Parvenue - A person of obscure origin who has gained wealth, influence or celebrity
202 - Icarian - Relating to or characteristic of Icarus, especially in being excessively ambitious
203 - Prolix - (Of speech or writing) using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy.
204 - Odalisque - A female servant in a Turkish harem
205 - Arable - Used or suitable for growing crops
206 - Surcease - A stopping.
207 - Risible - Arousing or provoking laughter
208 - Selenian - Of or relating to the moon.
209 - Nugatory - Of no value or importance. Useless.
210 - Skosh - A small amount; a little.
211 - Superjacent - Lying over or above something else; overlying
212 - Condign - Appropriate to the crime or wrongdoing; fitting and deserved
213 - Widdershins - In a left-handed, wrong or contrary direction
214 - Clerisy - A distinct class of learned or literary people.
215 - Raconteur - A person who tells anecdotes in a skillful and amusing way
216 - Perorate - Speak at length
217 - Bathetic - PRoducing an unintentional effect of anticlimax
218 - Vox populi - The opinions or beliefs of the majority
219 - Pablum - Worthless or oversimplified ideas. A soft form of cereal for infants.
220 - Defalcation - Misappropriation of money or funds held by an official, trustee, or other fiduciary. The sum misappropriated.
221 - Supernumerary - Present in excess of the normal or requisite number
222 - Flummery - Empty compliments, nonsense. A sweet dish made with beaten eggs, milk sugar and flavorings
223 - Orgulous - Haughty
224 - Sedulous - Showing dedication and diligence
225 - Refulgent - Shining radiantly; resplendent
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176 - Quotidian - Of or occurring every day; daily
177 - Rodomontade - Boastful or inflated talk or behavior
178 - Gewgaw - a Showy thing, especially one that is useless or worthless
179 - Tintinnabulation - The ringing or sounding of bells
180 - Arriviste - An ambitious or ruthlessly self-seeking person, especially one who has recently acquired wealth or social status
181 - Astraphobia - An abnormal fear of lightning and thunder
182 - Tyro - A person with little experience; a beginner/novice
183 - Harridan - A strict, bossy or belligerent old woman
184 - Interregnum - The time between two reigns, governments, etc.
185 - Vapid - Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging
186 - Badinage - Humorous or witty conversation
187 - Prognathous - Having a projecting lower jaw or chin
188 - Brobdingnagian - marked by tremendous size
189 - Raddled - Showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering
190 - Sibylline - Relating to or characteristic of a sibyl; prophetic and mysterious
191- Prescind - Leave out of consideration
192 - Imperium - Absolute Power
193 - Temerarious - Reckless/rash
194 - Lucubration - Study, meditation
195 - Raffish - Unconventional and slightly direputable, especially in an attractive manner.
196 - Factotum - An employee who does all kinds of work
197 - Brannigan - A brawl or violent argument
198 - Shunpike - A secondary road used to avoid turnpikes and expressways
199 - Nocuous - Noxious, harmful or poisonous
200 - Bonzer - Excellent; first-rate
201 - Parvenue - A person of obscure origin who has gained wealth, influence or celebrity
202 - Icarian - Relating to or characteristic of Icarus, especially in being excessively ambitious
203 - Prolix - (Of speech or writing) using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy.
204 - Odalisque - A female servant in a Turkish harem
205 - Arable - Used or suitable for growing crops
206 - Surcease - A stopping.
207 - Risible - Arousing or provoking laughter
208 - Selenian - Of or relating to the moon.
209 - Nugatory - Of no value or importance. Useless.
210 - Skosh - A small amount; a little.
211 - Superjacent - Lying over or above something else; overlying
212 - Condign - Appropriate to the crime or wrongdoing; fitting and deserved
213 - Widdershins - In a left-handed, wrong or contrary direction
214 - Clerisy - A distinct class of learned or literary people.
215 - Raconteur - A person who tells anecdotes in a skillful and amusing way
216 - Perorate - Speak at length
217 - Bathetic - PRoducing an unintentional effect of anticlimax
218 - Vox populi - The opinions or beliefs of the majority
219 - Pablum - Worthless or oversimplified ideas. A soft form of cereal for infants.
220 - Defalcation - Misappropriation of money or funds held by an official, trustee, or other fiduciary. The sum misappropriated.
221 - Supernumerary - Present in excess of the normal or requisite number
222 - Flummery - Empty compliments, nonsense. A sweet dish made with beaten eggs, milk sugar and flavorings
223 - Orgulous - Haughty
224 - Sedulous - Showing dedication and diligence
225 - Refulgent - Shining radiantly; resplendent
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175 - Tutelary - Providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding
176 - Quotidian - Of or occurring every day; daily
177 - Rodomontade - Boastful or inflated talk or behavior
178 - Gewgaw - a Showy thing, especially one that is useless or worthless
179 - Tintinnabulation - The ringing or sounding of bells
180 - Arriviste - An ambitious or ruthlessly self-seeking person, especially one who has recently acquired wealth or social status
181 - Astraphobia - An abnormal fear of lightning and thunder
182 - Tyro - A person with little experience; a beginner/novice
183 - Harridan - A (...more)
176 - Quotidian - Of or occurring every day; daily
177 - Rodomontade - Boastful or inflated talk or behavior
178 - Gewgaw - a Showy thing, especially one that is useless or worthless
179 - Tintinnabulation - The ringing or sounding of bells
180 - Arriviste - An ambitious or ruthlessly self-seeking person, especially one who has recently acquired wealth or social status
181 - Astraphobia - An abnormal fear of lightning and thunder
182 - Tyro - A person with little experience; a beginner/novice
183 - Harridan - A (...more)
175 - Tutelary - Providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding
176 - Quotidian - Of or occurring every day; daily
177 - Rodomontade - Boastful or inflated talk or behavior
178 - Gewgaw - a Showy thing, especially one that is useless or worthless
179 - Tintinnabulation - The r (...more)
176 - Quotidian - Of or occurring every day; daily
177 - Rodomontade - Boastful or inflated talk or behavior
178 - Gewgaw - a Showy thing, especially one that is useless or worthless
179 - Tintinnabulation - The r (...more)
175 - Tutelary - Providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding
176 - Quotidian - Of or occurring every day; daily
177 - Rodomontade - Boastful or inflated talk or behavior
178 - Gewgaw - a Showy thing, especially one that is useless or worthless
179 - Tintinnabulation - The r (...more)
176 - Quotidian - Of or occurring every day; daily
177 - Rodomontade - Boastful or inflated talk or behavior
178 - Gewgaw - a Showy thing, especially one that is useless or worthless
179 - Tintinnabulation - The r (...more)
1 - Amanuensis - A literary or artistic assistant, in particular, one who takes dictation or copies manuscripts.
2 - Donnybrook - A scene of uproar and disorder; a heated argument
3 - Venial - Easily excused or forgivable
4 - Aflattus - A devise creative impulse or inspiration
5 - Agnoistic - Combative, polemical
6 - Oligopsony - A state of the market in which only a small number of buyers exists for a product
7 - Canorous - Melodious or resonant
8 - Clinquant - Glittering with gold and silver; tinseled.
9 - Pilose - Covered with long soft hairs.
10 - Tintinnabulation - The ringing or sounding of bells. A jingling or tinkling sound as if of bells.
11 - Gibe - A remark that is intended to hurt someone or make them feel stupid.
12 - Bibulous - Excessively fond of drinking alcohol.
13 - Regnant - Reigning; ruling.
14 - Susurrus - A whispering or rustling sound.
15 - Snowclone - a verbal formula that is adapted for reuse by changing only a few words so that the allusion to the original phrase remains clear
16 - Absquatulate - Run away; usually includes taking taking something or somebody along.
17 - Mythomane - A person with a strong or irresistible propensity for fantasizing, lying or exaggerating.
18 - Panegyric - A public speech or published text in praise of someone or something.
19 - Aspersion - An attack on the reputation or integrity of someone or something.
20 - Cereology - The study or investigation of crop circles.
21 - Vitiate - To make (something) less effective; to ruin or spoil (something).
22 - Nemophilist - Someone with a love or fondness for forests, woods or woodland scenery, or someone who often visits them.
23 - Contumacious - Stubbornly or willfully disobedient to authority
24 - Canorous - melodious or resonant
25 - Macerate - soften or become softened by soaking in liquid
26 - Hobbledehoy - A clumsy or awkward youth
27 - Indite - Write; compose
28 - Poltroon - An utter coward
29 - Neologism - A newly created word, meaning, phrase or doctrine
30 - Hortatory - Tending or aiming to exhort
31 - Casuistry - Argumentation that is specious or excessively subtle and intended to be misleading. Moral philosophy based on the application of general ethical principles to resolve moral dilemmas.
32 - Minatory - Expressing or conveying a threat
33 - Inveterate - Having a particular habit, activity or interest that is long-established and unlikely to change.
34 - Cavil - Make petty or unnecessary objections
35 - Vulpine - Relating to a fox or foxes. Crafty; cunning.
36 - Athanasy - An absence of death or the condition of everlasting life, deathless, immortality
37 - Transpontine - Situated on the other side of a bridge Similar to or characteristic of melodramas once performed in London theaters located South of the Thames River.
38 - Capacious - Capable of holding much; spacious or roomy.
39 - Pabulum - A substance that gives nourishment, food. Intellectual nourishment.
40 - Ineluctable - Unable to be resisted or avoided. inescapable.
41 - Raffish - Unconventional and slightly disreputable, especially in an attractive manner
42 - Greenmail - The practice of buying enough of a company's stock to threaten a hostile takeover and reselling it to the company at a price above market value.
43 - Nonage - The state or condition of being under legal age. The period during which one is under legal age. A period of immaturity.
44 - Bon vivant - A person who enjoys a sociable and luxurious lifestyle.
45 - Jingoism - Extreme patriotism
46 - Captious - Marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections. Calculated to confuse, entrap or entangle in an argument.
47 - Debouch - Emerge from a narrow or confined space into a wide, open area.
48 - Blandishment - A flattering or pleasing statement or action used to persuade someone gently to do something.
49 - Aposiopesis - A sudden breaking off of a thought in the middle of a sentence, as though the speaker were unwilling or unable to continue.
50 - Bonzer - Excellent; first-rate.
51 - Coeval - Having the same age or date of origin; contemporary.
52 - Stridulation - To produce a shrill, grating sound, as a cricket does, by rubbing together certain parts of the body.
53 - Oblation - A thing presented or offered to God or a god. The presentation of bread and wine to God in the Eucharist.
54 - Xeriscape - A landscaping method developed especially for arid and semiarid climates that utilizes water-conserving techniques such as the use of drought-tolerant plants, mulch and efficient irrigation.
55 - Loutish - Uncouth and aggressive.
56 - Nemophilist - Someone with a love or fondness for forests, woods or woodland scenery, or someone who often visits them.
57 - Interregnum - The time between two reigns, governments, etc.
58 - Extirpate - Root out and destroy completely.
59 - Ersatz - A substitute product, not real or genuine and usually inferior.
60 - Leitmotif - a recurrent theme throughout a musical or literary composition, assocated with a particular person, idea or situation.
61 - Imbroglio - An extremely confused, complicated, embarrassing situation.
62 - Camarilla - a small group of people, especially a group of advisers to a ruler or politician, with a shared, typically nefarious purpose.
63 - Footle - To act or talk in a foolish or silly way
64 - Solipsim - A theory holding that the self can know nothing but its own modifications and that the self is the only existent thing
65 - Uxorious - Having or showing an excessive or submissive fondness for one's wife
66 - Perspicacity - The quality of having a ready insight into things; shrewdness
67 - Esculent - Suitable for eating
68 - Otiose - Serving no practical purpose or result.
69 - Disputatious - Fond of or causing heated arguments
70 - Plangent - Of a sound: loud, deep, and often sad.
71 - Gelid: Icy; extermely cold
72 - Inchmeal - By inches; little by little
73 - Deliquesce - Become liquid, typically during decomposition. Become liquid by absorbing moisture from the air.
74 - Alexithymia - Inability to express one's feelings
75 - Perspicuous - transparently clear; easily understandable
76 - Tergiversate - Make conflicting or evasive statements; equivocate
77 - Coeval - Having the same age or date of origin; contemporary
78 - Coruscate - Flash or sparkle
79 - Fervid - Intensely enthusiastic or passionate
80 - Meretricious - Apparently attractive but having in reality no value or integrity
81 - Burgeon - Begin to grow or increase rapidly
82 - Execrable - Deserving to be execrated; detestable
83 - Vexillology - The study of flags
84 - Diaphanous - Light, delicate and translucent
85 - Insuperable - Impossible to overcome
86 - Bumf - Reading materials that is not important or interesting
87 - Sententious - Given to moralizing in a pompous or affected manner
88 - Magniloquent - Using high-flown or bombastic language
89 - Axiomatic - Self-evident or unquestionable
90 - Crabwise - sideways. In a sidling or cautiously indirect manner
91 - Boustrophedon - Of written words, from right to left and from left to right in laternate lines
92 - Salubrious - Health-giving; healthy
93 - Onomasticon - A list or collection of proper names or specialized terms
94 - Sheeple - People compared to sheep in being docile, foolish or easily led
95 - Lineament - a distinctive feature or characteristic; especially of the face
96 - Neoteric - Belonging to recent times
97 - Martinet - A strict disciplinarian; someone who insists on absolutely adherence to the rules
98 - Cockade - A decoration (usually circular) that is worn on a hat especially as a part of a uniform to show a person's status, rank, etc.
99 - Chimerical - Existing only as the product of unchecked imagination
100 - Benison - A blessing
101 - Tautology - The saying of the same thing twice in different words; generally considered to be a fault of style
102 - Inglenook - a Cozy place by the hearth; a space or corner by an open fireplace
103 - Hoi Polloi - Ordinary people; people who are not rich, famous, etc.,
104 - Bloviate - Talk at length; especially in infalted or empty ways
105 - Legerity - Lightness in movement or action
106 - Imbroglio - An extremely confused, complicated embarrassing situation
107 - Autochthonous - INdigenous rather than descended from migrants or colonists
108 - Concatenation - A series of interconnected things or events.
109 - Abstruse - Difficult to understand.
110 - Legerity - Lightness in movement or action
111 - Collywobbles - Pain in the abdomen and especially in the stomach
112 - Extremophile - A microorganism, especially an archaean, that lives in conditions of extreme temperature, acidity, alkalinity or chemical concentration.
113 - Blithesome - Lighthearted
114 - Pari passu - At an equal rate or pace.
115 - Supposititious - Substituted for the real thing; not genuine
116 - Privy Purse - Allowance for a monarch's personal expenses
117- Cavil - Make petty or unnecessary objections
118 - Suasion - Persuasion as opposed to force or compulsion
119 - Consanguineous - Of the same blood or origin; descended from the same ancestor
120 - Meliorism - The belief that the world tends to improve and that humans can aid its betterment
121 - Degust - Taste carefully, so as to appreciate it fully
122 - Boulevardier - A wealthy, fashionable socialite
123 - Icarian - Relating to or characteristic of Icarus, especially in being excessively ambitious
124 - Chelonian - Of or relating to or resembling or being a turtle or tortoise
125 - Vertiginous - Characterized by or suffering from vertigo or dizziness
126 - Atavastic - Primitive feelings or behavior
127 - Kyoodle - To make loud, useless noises
128 - Subfusc - Dark or dull in color; drab, dusky
129 - Opprobrium - Something that brings disgrace
130 - Uxorious - Having or showing an excessive or submissive fondness for one's wife
131 - Descry - Catch sight of
132 - Sesquipedalian - Polysyllabic; long. Characterized by long words; long-winded.
133 - Pilose - Covered with long soft hairs
134 - Irrupt - Enter forcibly or suddenly
135 - Mansuetude - Meekness, gentleness
136 - Crepuscular - Of, resembling or relating to twilight
137 - Faineant - Lazy, idle, do-nothing, ineffectual, inactive. A person who has these features.
138 - Meliorism - The belief that the world tends to improve and that humans can aid this betterment.
139 - Compendious - Containing or presenting the essential facts of something in a comprehensive but concise way
140 - Penurious - Extremely poor; poverty-stricken.
141 - Regicide - The action of killing a king
142 - Caesura - A break or pause in the middle of a verse line
143 - Stentorian - Loud and powerful
144 - Antimacassar - Chair back, a small cloth placed over the backs or arms of chairs, to prevent soiling of the permanent fabric
145 - Footle - To act or talk in a foolish or silly way
146 - Bedaub - Smear or daub with a sticky substance
147 - Perspicacious - Having a ready insight into and understanding of things
148 - Oligopsony - A state of the market in which only a small number of buyers exists for a product
149 - Subaltern - Of lower status
150 - Fatidic - Relating to or characterized by prophecy; prophetic
151 - Eremite - A Christian hermit or recluse.
152 - Pertinacious - HOlding firmly to an opinion or a course of action
153 - Galanthophile - A person who collects snowdrops
154 - Insouciant - Showing a casual lack of concern; indifferent
155 - Cavil - Make petty or unnecessary objections
156 - Dubiety - The state or quality of being doubtful; uncertainty
157 - Piacular - Making or requiring atonement
158 - Lenity - Kindness; gentleness
159 - Millefleur - A pattern of flowers and leaves used in tapestry, on porcelain or in other decorative items.
160 - Behst - A person's orders or commands
161 - Regicide - the action of killing a king
162 - Absquatulate - Run awa; usually includes taking something or somebody along
163 - Abstemious - Not self-indulgent, especially when eating and drinking
164 - Fuliginous - Sooty; dusky
165 - Pellucid - Translucently clear; Easily understood; lucid
165 - Irenic - Aiming or aimed at peace
166 - Exordium - A beginning or introduction especially to a discourse or composition
167 - Frisson - A sudden, strong feeling of excitement
168 - Usufruct - The right of enjoying all the advantages derivable from the use of something that belongs to another
169 - Esculent - Suitable for eating; edible
170 - Asserverate - State categorically
171 - Fetor - A strong, foul smell
172 - Earcon - A brief, structured, abstract sound pattern used to represent a specific item or event
173 - Nomothetic - Relating to the study or discovery of general scientific laws
174 - Wetanschauung - A particular philosophy or view of life; the worldview of an individual or group
175 -
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2 - Donnybrook - A scene of uproar and disorder; a heated argument
3 - Venial - Easily excused or forgivable
4 - Aflattus - A devise creative impulse or inspiration
5 - Agnoistic - Combative, polemical
6 - Oligopsony - A state of the market in which only a small number of buyers exists for a product
7 - Canorous - Melodious or resonant
8 - Clinquant - Glittering with gold and silver; tinseled.
9 - Pilose - Covered with long soft hairs.
10 - Tintinnabulation - The ringing or sounding of bells. A jingling or tinkling sound as if of bells.
11 - Gibe - A remark that is intended to hurt someone or make them feel stupid.
12 - Bibulous - Excessively fond of drinking alcohol.
13 - Regnant - Reigning; ruling.
14 - Susurrus - A whispering or rustling sound.
15 - Snowclone - a verbal formula that is adapted for reuse by changing only a few words so that the allusion to the original phrase remains clear
16 - Absquatulate - Run away; usually includes taking taking something or somebody along.
17 - Mythomane - A person with a strong or irresistible propensity for fantasizing, lying or exaggerating.
18 - Panegyric - A public speech or published text in praise of someone or something.
19 - Aspersion - An attack on the reputation or integrity of someone or something.
20 - Cereology - The study or investigation of crop circles.
21 - Vitiate - To make (something) less effective; to ruin or spoil (something).
22 - Nemophilist - Someone with a love or fondness for forests, woods or woodland scenery, or someone who often visits them.
23 - Contumacious - Stubbornly or willfully disobedient to authority
24 - Canorous - melodious or resonant
25 - Macerate - soften or become softened by soaking in liquid
26 - Hobbledehoy - A clumsy or awkward youth
27 - Indite - Write; compose
28 - Poltroon - An utter coward
29 - Neologism - A newly created word, meaning, phrase or doctrine
30 - Hortatory - Tending or aiming to exhort
31 - Casuistry - Argumentation that is specious or excessively subtle and intended to be misleading. Moral philosophy based on the application of general ethical principles to resolve moral dilemmas.
32 - Minatory - Expressing or conveying a threat
33 - Inveterate - Having a particular habit, activity or interest that is long-established and unlikely to change.
34 - Cavil - Make petty or unnecessary objections
35 - Vulpine - Relating to a fox or foxes. Crafty; cunning.
36 - Athanasy - An absence of death or the condition of everlasting life, deathless, immortality
37 - Transpontine - Situated on the other side of a bridge Similar to or characteristic of melodramas once performed in London theaters located South of the Thames River.
38 - Capacious - Capable of holding much; spacious or roomy.
39 - Pabulum - A substance that gives nourishment, food. Intellectual nourishment.
40 - Ineluctable - Unable to be resisted or avoided. inescapable.
41 - Raffish - Unconventional and slightly disreputable, especially in an attractive manner
42 - Greenmail - The practice of buying enough of a company's stock to threaten a hostile takeover and reselling it to the company at a price above market value.
43 - Nonage - The state or condition of being under legal age. The period during which one is under legal age. A period of immaturity.
44 - Bon vivant - A person who enjoys a sociable and luxurious lifestyle.
45 - Jingoism - Extreme patriotism
46 - Captious - Marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections. Calculated to confuse, entrap or entangle in an argument.
47 - Debouch - Emerge from a narrow or confined space into a wide, open area.
48 - Blandishment - A flattering or pleasing statement or action used to persuade someone gently to do something.
49 - Aposiopesis - A sudden breaking off of a thought in the middle of a sentence, as though the speaker were unwilling or unable to continue.
50 - Bonzer - Excellent; first-rate.
51 - Coeval - Having the same age or date of origin; contemporary.
52 - Stridulation - To produce a shrill, grating sound, as a cricket does, by rubbing together certain parts of the body.
53 - Oblation - A thing presented or offered to God or a god. The presentation of bread and wine to God in the Eucharist.
54 - Xeriscape - A landscaping method developed especially for arid and semiarid climates that utilizes water-conserving techniques such as the use of drought-tolerant plants, mulch and efficient irrigation.
55 - Loutish - Uncouth and aggressive.
56 - Nemophilist - Someone with a love or fondness for forests, woods or woodland scenery, or someone who often visits them.
57 - Interregnum - The time between two reigns, governments, etc.
58 - Extirpate - Root out and destroy completely.
59 - Ersatz - A substitute product, not real or genuine and usually inferior.
60 - Leitmotif - a recurrent theme throughout a musical or literary composition, assocated with a particular person, idea or situation.
61 - Imbroglio - An extremely confused, complicated, embarrassing situation.
62 - Camarilla - a small group of people, especially a group of advisers to a ruler or politician, with a shared, typically nefarious purpose.
63 - Footle - To act or talk in a foolish or silly way
64 - Solipsim - A theory holding that the self can know nothing but its own modifications and that the self is the only existent thing
65 - Uxorious - Having or showing an excessive or submissive fondness for one's wife
66 - Perspicacity - The quality of having a ready insight into things; shrewdness
67 - Esculent - Suitable for eating
68 - Otiose - Serving no practical purpose or result.
69 - Disputatious - Fond of or causing heated arguments
70 - Plangent - Of a sound: loud, deep, and often sad.
71 - Gelid: Icy; extermely cold
72 - Inchmeal - By inches; little by little
73 - Deliquesce - Become liquid, typically during decomposition. Become liquid by absorbing moisture from the air.
74 - Alexithymia - Inability to express one's feelings
75 - Perspicuous - transparently clear; easily understandable
76 - Tergiversate - Make conflicting or evasive statements; equivocate
77 - Coeval - Having the same age or date of origin; contemporary
78 - Coruscate - Flash or sparkle
79 - Fervid - Intensely enthusiastic or passionate
80 - Meretricious - Apparently attractive but having in reality no value or integrity
81 - Burgeon - Begin to grow or increase rapidly
82 - Execrable - Deserving to be execrated; detestable
83 - Vexillology - The study of flags
84 - Diaphanous - Light, delicate and translucent
85 - Insuperable - Impossible to overcome
86 - Bumf - Reading materials that is not important or interesting
87 - Sententious - Given to moralizing in a pompous or affected manner
88 - Magniloquent - Using high-flown or bombastic language
89 - Axiomatic - Self-evident or unquestionable
90 - Crabwise - sideways. In a sidling or cautiously indirect manner
91 - Boustrophedon - Of written words, from right to left and from left to right in laternate lines
92 - Salubrious - Health-giving; healthy
93 - Onomasticon - A list or collection of proper names or specialized terms
94 - Sheeple - People compared to sheep in being docile, foolish or easily led
95 - Lineament - a distinctive feature or characteristic; especially of the face
96 - Neoteric - Belonging to recent times
97 - Martinet - A strict disciplinarian; someone who insists on absolutely adherence to the rules
98 - Cockade - A decoration (usually circular) that is worn on a hat especially as a part of a uniform to show a person's status, rank, etc.
99 - Chimerical - Existing only as the product of unchecked imagination
100 - Benison - A blessing
101 - Tautology - The saying of the same thing twice in different words; generally considered to be a fault of style
102 - Inglenook - a Cozy place by the hearth; a space or corner by an open fireplace
103 - Hoi Polloi - Ordinary people; people who are not rich, famous, etc.,
104 - Bloviate - Talk at length; especially in infalted or empty ways
105 - Legerity - Lightness in movement or action
106 - Imbroglio - An extremely confused, complicated embarrassing situation
107 - Autochthonous - INdigenous rather than descended from migrants or colonists
108 - Concatenation - A series of interconnected things or events.
109 - Abstruse - Difficult to understand.
110 - Legerity - Lightness in movement or action
111 - Collywobbles - Pain in the abdomen and especially in the stomach
112 - Extremophile - A microorganism, especially an archaean, that lives in conditions of extreme temperature, acidity, alkalinity or chemical concentration.
113 - Blithesome - Lighthearted
114 - Pari passu - At an equal rate or pace.
115 - Supposititious - Substituted for the real thing; not genuine
116 - Privy Purse - Allowance for a monarch's personal expenses
117- Cavil - Make petty or unnecessary objections
118 - Suasion - Persuasion as opposed to force or compulsion
119 - Consanguineous - Of the same blood or origin; descended from the same ancestor
120 - Meliorism - The belief that the world tends to improve and that humans can aid its betterment
121 - Degust - Taste carefully, so as to appreciate it fully
122 - Boulevardier - A wealthy, fashionable socialite
123 - Icarian - Relating to or characteristic of Icarus, especially in being excessively ambitious
124 - Chelonian - Of or relating to or resembling or being a turtle or tortoise
125 - Vertiginous - Characterized by or suffering from vertigo or dizziness
126 - Atavastic - Primitive feelings or behavior
127 - Kyoodle - To make loud, useless noises
128 - Subfusc - Dark or dull in color; drab, dusky
129 - Opprobrium - Something that brings disgrace
130 - Uxorious - Having or showing an excessive or submissive fondness for one's wife
131 - Descry - Catch sight of
132 - Sesquipedalian - Polysyllabic; long. Characterized by long words; long-winded.
133 - Pilose - Covered with long soft hairs
134 - Irrupt - Enter forcibly or suddenly
135 - Mansuetude - Meekness, gentleness
136 - Crepuscular - Of, resembling or relating to twilight
137 - Faineant - Lazy, idle, do-nothing, ineffectual, inactive. A person who has these features.
138 - Meliorism - The belief that the world tends to improve and that humans can aid this betterment.
139 - Compendious - Containing or presenting the essential facts of something in a comprehensive but concise way
140 - Penurious - Extremely poor; poverty-stricken.
141 - Regicide - The action of killing a king
142 - Caesura - A break or pause in the middle of a verse line
143 - Stentorian - Loud and powerful
144 - Antimacassar - Chair back, a small cloth placed over the backs or arms of chairs, to prevent soiling of the permanent fabric
145 - Footle - To act or talk in a foolish or silly way
146 - Bedaub - Smear or daub with a sticky substance
147 - Perspicacious - Having a ready insight into and understanding of things
148 - Oligopsony - A state of the market in which only a small number of buyers exists for a product
149 - Subaltern - Of lower status
150 - Fatidic - Relating to or characterized by prophecy; prophetic
151 - Eremite - A Christian hermit or recluse.
152 - Pertinacious - HOlding firmly to an opinion or a course of action
153 - Galanthophile - A person who collects snowdrops
154 - Insouciant - Showing a casual lack of concern; indifferent
155 - Cavil - Make petty or unnecessary objections
156 - Dubiety - The state or quality of being doubtful; uncertainty
157 - Piacular - Making or requiring atonement
158 - Lenity - Kindness; gentleness
159 - Millefleur - A pattern of flowers and leaves used in tapestry, on porcelain or in other decorative items.
160 - Behst - A person's orders or commands
161 - Regicide - the action of killing a king
162 - Absquatulate - Run awa; usually includes taking something or somebody along
163 - Abstemious - Not self-indulgent, especially when eating and drinking
164 - Fuliginous - Sooty; dusky
165 - Pellucid - Translucently clear; Easily understood; lucid
165 - Irenic - Aiming or aimed at peace
166 - Exordium - A beginning or introduction especially to a discourse or composition
167 - Frisson - A sudden, strong feeling of excitement
168 - Usufruct - The right of enjoying all the advantages derivable from the use of something that belongs to another
169 - Esculent - Suitable for eating; edible
170 - Asserverate - State categorically
171 - Fetor - A strong, foul smell
172 - Earcon - A brief, structured, abstract sound pattern used to represent a specific item or event
173 - Nomothetic - Relating to the study or discovery of general scientific laws
174 - Wetanschauung - A particular philosophy or view of life; the worldview of an individual or group
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1 - Amanuensis - A literary or artistic assistant, in particular, one who takes dictation or copies manuscripts.
2 - Donnybrook - A scene of uproar and disorder; a heated argument
3 - Venial - Easily excused or forgivable
4 - Aflattus - A devise creative impulse or inspiration
5 - Agnoistic - Combative, polemical
6 - Oligopsony - A state of the market in which only a small number of buyers exists for a product
7 - Canorous - Melodious or resonant
8 - Clinquant - Glittering with gold and silver; tinseled.
9 - Pilose - Covered with long soft hairs.
10 - Tintinnabulation - The ringing or soundin (...more)
2 - Donnybrook - A scene of uproar and disorder; a heated argument
3 - Venial - Easily excused or forgivable
4 - Aflattus - A devise creative impulse or inspiration
5 - Agnoistic - Combative, polemical
6 - Oligopsony - A state of the market in which only a small number of buyers exists for a product
7 - Canorous - Melodious or resonant
8 - Clinquant - Glittering with gold and silver; tinseled.
9 - Pilose - Covered with long soft hairs.
10 - Tintinnabulation - The ringing or soundin (...more)
1 - Amanuensis - A literary or artistic assistant, in particular, one who takes dictation or copies manuscripts.
2 - Donnybrook - A scene of uproar and disorder; a heated argument
3 - Venial - Easily excused or forgivable
4 - Aflattus - A devise creative impulse or inspiration
5 - Agnoistic - (...more)
2 - Donnybrook - A scene of uproar and disorder; a heated argument
3 - Venial - Easily excused or forgivable
4 - Aflattus - A devise creative impulse or inspiration
5 - Agnoistic - (...more)
1 - Amanuensis - A literary or artistic assistant, in particular, one who takes dictation or copies manuscripts.
2 - Donnybrook - A scene of uproar and disorder; a heated argument
3 - Venial - Easily excused or forgivable
4 - Aflattus - A devise creative impulse or inspiration
5 - Agnoistic - (...more)
2 - Donnybrook - A scene of uproar and disorder; a heated argument
3 - Venial - Easily excused or forgivable
4 - Aflattus - A devise creative impulse or inspiration
5 - Agnoistic - (...more)
1 - Syzygy: The straight line configuraiton of 3 celestial bodies ( as the sun, earth and moon) in a gravitational system.
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