Abdicate- verb to cast off or relinquish
Aberration – noun a state or condition markedly different from the norm
Abject- adj. sunk to a low condition or in miserable circumstances
Abolish – verb do away with
Abridge – verb lessen, diminish, or curtail; reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
Abstemious – adj. sparing in consumption of especially food and drink; marked by temperance
Accent – verb put stress on; utter with an accent; to stress, single out as important
Accolade – noun a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
Acrimonious- adj. caustic, biting or rancorous in language or expression
Acquiesce – verb to agree or express agreement; rest satisfied
Acumen – noun shrewdness shown by keen insight
Affable – adj. friendly; outgoing disposition
Affirmation – noun a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something
Alacrity – noun liveliness and eagerness; youthful energy
Alleviate – verb provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier
Aloof – adj. remote in manner; distant
Amass – verb collect or gather; get or gather together
Ambiguous – adj. having more than one possible meaning; often misleading
Ambivalence – noun mixed feelings or emotions
Ambulatory – noun a covered walkway; adj. relating to or adapted for walking; able to walk about
Ameliorate – verb get better; to make better
Amity – noun a cordial disposition; a state of friendship and cordiality
Anchor – noun a central cohesive source of support and stability; verb fix firmly and stably
Antagonize – verb provoke the hostility of; act in opposition to
Antediluvian – adj. so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period; of or relating to the period before the biblical flood; noun a very old person
Apathy – noun the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally; an absence of enthusiasm
Apocryphal- adj. doubtful authenticity
Arcane – adj. requiring secret or mysterious knowledge
Ascendancy – noun the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
Atrophy – noun any weakening or degeneration
Augment – verb enlarge or increase; grow or intensify
Avuncular – adj. like an uncle in kindness or indulgence; being or relating to an uncle
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Bane – noun something causes misery or death
Belie – verb represent falsely; be in contradiction with
Bellicose – adj. having or showing a ready disposition to fight
Belittle – verb lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of; express a negative opinion of; cause to seem less serious;
Belligerence – noun hostile or warlike attitude or nature; a natural disposition to be hostile
Benign – adj. pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence; kindness of disposition or manner; not dangerous to health
Bizarre – adj. conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
Blatant- adj. noisy in a vulgar or offensive manner
Blunder – noun an embarrassing mistake; verb utter impulsively; make one’s way clumsily or blindly
Brevity – noun the attribute of being brief or fleeting; the use of brief expressions
Bucolic – adj. relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle; noun a short descriptive poem of rural or pastoral life; a country person; adj. used of idealized country life
Bungle – verb spoil by behaving clumsily or foolishly; noun an embarrassing mistake; verb make a mess of, destroy or ruin
Burgeon – verb grow and flourish
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Callous – verb make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals; adj. emotionally hardened
Cajole- verb to deceive or persuade with false pretenses
Candid – adj. openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness; informal or natural
Cantankerous – adj. having a difficult and contrary disposition; stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate
Capitulate – verb surrender under agreed conditions
Capricious – adj. determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; changeable
Censure – noun harsh criticism or disapproval; the state of being excommunicated; verb rebuke formally
Chagrin – noun strong feelings of embarrassment; verb cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
Charlatan- noun a quack or one showing false pretenses
Chicanery – noun the use of tricks to deceive someone
Churlish – adj. having a bad disposition; surly; rude and boorish
Clairvoyant – noun someone who has the power of clairvoyance; adj. foreseeing the future
Clemency – noun leniency and compassion shown toward offenders of rule or law
Coalesce – verb fuse or cause to grow together; mix together different elements
Cohere – verb cause to form a united, orderly, and aesthetically consistent whole; come in close contact
Complacent – adj. contented to a fault with oneself or one’s actions
Compress – verb squeeze or press together; make more compact by or as if by pressing
Confide – verb reveal in private; tell confidentially; confer a trust upon
Confound – verb mistake one thing for another; be confusing or perplexing to
Congeal – verb to change from a liquid to solid state
Congenial – adj. used of plants; suitable to your needs or similar to your nature
Contaminant – noun a substance that violates the purity of an item
Converge – verb come together so as to form a single product; move or draw together at a certain location
Convivial – adj. occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company
Copious – adj. large in number or quantity; affording an abundant supply
Corroborate – verb support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm; establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
Corrugated – adj. shaped into alternating parallel grooves and ridges
Corrupt – verb alter from the original; adj. lacking in integrity
Cowardice – noun lacking courage
Cupidity- noun greed and strong desire for wealth
Cursory – adj. hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
Credence – noun the attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true
Cryptic – adj. having a puzzling terseness; of an obscure nature; having a secret or hidden meaning
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Daunt – verb cause to lose courage
Dauntless – adj. invulnerable to fear or intimidation
Debilitate – verb make weak
Delusion – noun deception by creating illusory ideas; a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea;
Decorous – adj. dignified in conduct, manners or disposition
Deplete – verb use or exhaust resources
Deviate- verb to stray from the norm or standard
Derelict- adj. abandoned duty or neglected by owner or occupant
Dictum – noun an authoritative declaration; an opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding
Didactic – adj. designed or intended to teach; making moral observations
Discrepancy – noun a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions; an event that departs from expectations
Disdain – noun lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike; verb reject with contempt
Disentangle – verb smoothen and neaten; free from involvement
Disingenuous – adj. not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness
Distend – verb swell from or as if from internal pressure; cause to expand as it by internal pressure
Docile – adj. easily handled or managed; ready and willing to be taught
Drawback – noun the quality of being a hindrance
Dubious – adj. not convinced; fraught with uncertainty or doubt; open to doubt or suspicion
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Edict- noun a proclamation having the force of law
Efface – verb make inconspicuous; remove completely from recognition or memory
Effervescent – adj. marked by high spirits or excitement; bubbly and engaging
Eloquent – adj. marked for forceful or fluent expression; well-spoken
Enhance – verb increase; make better or more attractive
Enigmatic – adj. resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought; not clear or understandable
Entourage – noun the group following and attending to some important person
Ephemeral – adj. lasting a very short time; noun anything short-lived
Epitome – noun a brief abstract in a book or journal; a standard or typical example
Equilibrium – noun a stable, balanced system
Equivocate – verb be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
Erudite- adj. well read or esteemed for knowledge
Eschew- verb to avoid or shun
Eulogy- noun praise; a speech full of praise at a funeral
Euphonious – adj. having a pleasant sound; pleasing in sound; not harsh or strident
Evacuate – verb excrete or discharge from the body; empty completely;
Evanescent – adj. tending to vanish like vapor
Exacerbate – verb exasperate or irritate; make worse
Expedite – verb process fast and efficiently; speed up the progress of; facilitate
Expendable – adj. able to be spent or done away with;
Exclude – verb prevent from being included or considered or accepted; prevent from entering
Exculpate- verb to clear from fault or guilt
Extol – verb praise, glorify, or honor
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Facilitate – verb make easier; increase the likelihood of (a response); be of use
Fathom – noun understanding or comprehension; also a unit of length equal to 6 cubic feet
Fallow – noun cultivated land that is not seeded for one or more growing seasons; adj. undeveloped but potentially useful; left unplowed and unseeded during a growing season
Famished – adj. extremely hungry
Fastidious – adj. giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness; having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures
Fidelity – noun the quality of being faithful
Fertile – adj. capable of reproducing; marked by great fruitfulness; bearing in abundance especially offspring; intellectually productive
Flourish – verb grow stronger; move or swing back and forth; gain in wealth
Foible – noun a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual
Foster – verb help develop, help grow
Fraudulent – adj. intended to deceive
Frivolous- adj. of little importance or lacking seriousness
Frugal – adj. avoiding waste; spendthrift
Fruitful – adj. productive or conducive to producing in abundance; productive of profit
Fruitless – adj. unproductive of success
Furtive – adj. marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed; secret and sly or sordid
Futile – adj. producing no result or effect; unproductive of success
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Garner – verb store grain; noun a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed; verb assemble or get together; acquire or deserve by one’s efforts or actions
Gaudy – adj. marked by conspicuous display; tastelessly showy
Generic – noun any product that can be sold without a brand name; adj. applicable to an entire class or group
Genre – noun a class of art having a characteristic form or technique; a kind of literary or artistic work
Germane – adj. relevant or appropriate
Glean – verb gather, as of natural products; to pick over in search of relevant materials
Gluttony – noun eating to excess; habitual eating to excess
Glib – adj. artfully persuasive in speech; having only superficial plausibility; marked by lack of intellectual depth
Grandiose – adj. impressive because of unnecessary largeness or grandeur; used to show disapproval
Gratuitous – adj. without cause; unnecessary and unwarranted; costing nothing
Gregarious – adj. enjoying of other peoples’ company or discourse
Grotto – noun a small cave
Guile – noun the use of tricks to deceive someone; the quality of being deceitful
Gusto – noun vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment
Gullible – adj. easily tricked because of being too trusting; naive and easily deceived or tricked
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Hackneyed – adj. repeated too often; over familiar through overuse
Harbinger – noun an indication of the approach of something or someone; verb foreshadow or presage
Haughty- adj. blatantly and disdainfully proud
Hefty – adj. of considerable weight and size; large in amount or extent or degree; rugged and powerful
Hiatus – noun a missing piece; an interruption in time
Hideous – adj. so extremely ugly as to be terrifying; grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror
Hilarity – noun great merriment or enjoyment
Hinder – verb put at a disadvantage
Hone – verb make perfect or complete
Humane – adj. marked or motivated by concern with the alleviation of suffering;
Husbandry – noun the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
Hyperbole – noun extravagant exaggeration
Hybrid – noun mixed offspring; produced by cross-breeding; mixture of words
Hypocritical – adj. professing feelings or virtues one does not have
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Iconoclast – noun someone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional institutions; a destroyer of images used in religious worship
Idiosyncratic – adj. peculiar to the individual
Imperial – adj. belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler; befitting or belonging to an emperor or empress;
Impudent – adj. marked by casual disrespect; improperly forward or bold
Incite- verb to provoke
Inchoate – adj. only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
Inconspicuous – adj. not prominent or readily noticeable
Incorrigible – adj. impervious to correction by punishment
Indignant – adj. angered at something unjust or wrong
Indolent – adj. slow to heal or develop and usually painless; disinclined to work or exertion; lazy
Insolent – adj. unrestrained by convention or propriety; marked by casual disrespect
Intuition – noun instinctive knowing
Innocuous – adj. producing no injury; harmless
Invocation – noun the act of appealing for help; an incantation used in conjuring or summoning a devil; a prayer asking God’s help as part of a religious service; calling up a spirit or devil
Ineffable – adj. too sacred to be uttered; defying expression or description
Irascible – adj. characterized by anger; quickly aroused to anger
Ironic – adj. characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is; humorously sarcastic or mocking
Irrefutable – adj. impossible to deny or disprove
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Jargon – noun specialized technical terminology; a characteristic language of a particular group
Jeopardize- verb to expose to danger or risk
Jettison – verb throw as from an airplane; throw away
Jocular – adj. characterized by jokes and good humor; adv. with humor
Judicious – adj. marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters
Juxtapose – verb place side by side
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Kindle – verb cause to start burning; catch fire; call forth
Kinetic – adj. characterized by motion; relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces associated therewith; supplying motive force
Kudos – noun an expression of approval and commendation
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Laconic – adj. brief and to the point; without many words
Lackadaisical – adj. idle or indolent especially in a dreamy way; lacking spirit or liveliness
Languid – adj. lacking spirit or liveliness
Laud- verb to give praise or highly approve
Lax – adj. emptying easily or excessively; lacking in rigor or strictness; not taut or rigid
Leniency – noun lightening a penalty or excusing from a chore by judges or parents or teachers; a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone; mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant
Levity – noun a manner lacking seriousness; feeling an inappropriate lack of seriousness
Levitate – verb be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity;
Listless – adj. lacking zest or vivacity; marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm
Loquacious – adj. full of trivial conversation
Lucid – adj. having a clear mind; transparently clear; easily understandable; transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity; capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent manner
Lugubrious – adj. excessively mournful
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Magnanimous – adj. generous and understanding and tolerant; noble and generous in spirit
Maladroit – adj. clumsy; lacking dexterity or physical coordination
Malleable- adj. capable of being shaped or bended
Maxim- noun a general truth or proverbial statement
Mellifluous – adj. pleasing to the ear; flowing in nature
Mendacious- adj. lying or deceitful demeanor
Mendicant- noun a beggar
Mettle – noun the courage to carry on
Mercurial – adj. liable to sudden unpredictable change
Misanthrope- noun a person who hates or distrusts humankind
Miscreant – noun a person without moral scruples
Mitigate – verb make less severe or harsh; to lessen the seriousness or extent of
Mobile – adj. capable of changing quickly from one state or condition to another; moving or capable of moving
Mollify – verb make less rigid or softer; make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else
Morbid – adj. suggesting an unhealthy mental state; caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology; suggesting the horror of death and decay
Motley – verb make something more diverse and varied; adj. consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds
Mundane – adj. ordinary, often boring
Munificent – adj. very generous; giving;
Myopic – adj. lacking foresight; narrow-minded
Myriad – noun a large indefinite number; adj. too numerous to be counted
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Nadir – noun an extreme state of adversity; the lowest point of anything
Narcissistic – adj. characteristic of those having an inflated idea of their own importance; often selfish
Nebulous – adj. lacking definition or definite content; lacking definite form or limits;
Nefarious – adj. extremely wicked
Negligible – adj. so small as to be meaningless; insignificant; not worth considering
Nepotism – noun favoritism shown to relatives or close friends by those in power, usually for jobs
Nexus – noun a connected series or group; the means of connection between things linked in series
Nomad- noun an individual who roams about without purpose or residence
Nonchalant – adj. marked by blithe unconcern
Nostalgia – noun longing for something past; a longing, retrospective view
Nullify – verb make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of; show to be invalid; declare invalid
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Obdurate – adj. showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
Oblivion – noun the state of being disregarded or forgotten; total forgetfulness
Obsequious – adj. attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner; attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
Obscure – verb make difficult to perceive by sight; adj. not clearly understood or expressed
Onerous – adj. not easily borne; wearing
Onus – noun an onerous or difficult concern
Obtuse – adj. lacking sharpness or intellectual ability
Odyssey – noun a long wandering and eventful journey; a Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy
Opaque – adj. not clear; not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy; not clearly understood or expressed
Opacity – noun the degree to which something reduces the passage of light; more obscure
Opulent – adj. rich and superior in quality
Oscillate – verb move or swing from side to side regularly; be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action
Ostentatious – adj. intended to attract notice and impress others; of a display that is tawdry or vulgar
Overt – adj. open and observable; not secret or hidden
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Pacify – verb fight violence and try to establish peace; cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
Palpable – adj. capable of being perceived by the senses or the mind; especially capable of being handled or felt
Panacea – noun a cure-all; a remedy for all difficulties
Pander – verb arrange for sexual partners for others; verb yield (to); give satisfaction to
Parity- noun equality or equal status
Parsimony – noun extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily; extreme stinginess
Patent – noun a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention; an official document granting a right or privilege; verb make open to sight or notice; adj. open; affording free passage
Paucity – noun an insufficient quantity or number
Pedantic – adj. marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects
Pejorative – adj. derogatory or demeaning
Penchant – noun a strong liking or fondness
Penury – noun a state of extreme poverty or destitution
Petulant – adj. easily irritated or annoyed
Perfidy – noun betrayal of a trust; an act of deliberate betrayal
Perfunctory – adj. hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough; as a formality only
Peripatetic- adj. often moving or wandering from place to place
Peripheral – adj. the outer area; related to the key issue but not of central importance
Pilfer – verb make off with belongings of others; steal
Placate – verb to soothe or mollify
Placid – adj. free from disturbance; living without undue worry; taking life easy; not easily irritated
Precise – adj. sharply exact or accurate or delimited
Premeditated – adj. characterized by deliberate purpose and some degree of planning
Pretentious – adj. making claim to or creating an appearance of importance or distinction; intended to attract notice and impress others; of a display that is tawdry or vulgar
Prevalent – adj. widely accepted, favored or practiced
Probity – noun complete and confirmed integrity; having strong moral principles
Proclivity – noun a natural inclination
Prodigal – noun a recklessly extravagant consumer; adj. marked by rash extravagance; very generous
Prodigious – adj. so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe; far beyond what is usual
Proximity – noun the property of being close together
Prudence – noun discretion in practical affairs; knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress
Profuse – adj. produced or growing in extreme abundance
Provoke – verb provide the needed stimulus for; evoke or provoke to appear or occur; call forth emotions or feelings
Pugnacious – adj. ready and able to resort to force or violence; tough and callous by virtue of experience
Pulverize – verb make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust; destroy completely
Puerile- adj. juvenile and immature
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Quagmire – noun in a tough position; mired with difficulty
Queasy – adj. causing or fraught with or showing anxiety; feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit
Querulous – adj. habitually complaining
Quip – noun witty remark; verb make jokes
Quirk – noun a strange habit; verb twist or curve abruptly
Quixotic – adj. foolishly impractical; often unpredictable
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Rant – verb talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner; noun pompous or pretentious talk or writing
Recalcitrant – adj. marked by stubborn resistance to authority; stubbornly resistant to authority or control
Recant – verb formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
Reciprocal- adj. shared or felt on both sides
Reclusive – adj. providing privacy or seclusion; withdrawn from society; seeking solitude
Remedy – noun a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain; verb provide relief for; noun act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil; verb set straight or right
Replete – verb fill to satisfaction; adj. filled or permeated; filled to satisfaction with food or drink
Rescind – verb annul by recalling or rescinding
Resolute – adj. firm in purpose or belief; characterized by firmness and determination
Respite – noun a pause from doing something; a pause for relaxation; the act of reprieving
Reserve – noun the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary; something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose;
Rhetoric – noun study of the technique and rules for using language effectively; using language effectively to please or persuade; loud and confused and empty talk; high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
Ruffle – verb pleat or gather into a ruffle; disturb the smoothness of; erect or fluff up; trouble or vex
Rupture – noun the act of making a sudden noisy break; a personal or social separation
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Saccharine – adj. overly sweet
Salubrious – adj. favorable to health of mind or body; promoting health; healthful
Sardonic – adj. disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking
Scrutinize – verb examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification; to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail
Sedulous – adj. marked by care and persistent effort
Seditious – adj. in opposition to a civil authority or government; arousing to action or rebellion
Skepticism – noun doubt about the truth of something; the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge
Somber – adj. grave or even gloomy in character; lacking brightness or color; dull
Sovereign – noun a nation’s ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right; adj. greatest in status or authority or power; not controlled by outside forces
Sparse – adj. not dense; not thickly settled
Specify – verb decide upon or fix definitely; be specific about; determine the essential quality
Spontaneous – adj. happening or arising without apparent external cause; said or done without having been planned or written in advance
Spurn – verb reject with contempt
Squander – verb spend extravagantly; spend thoughtlessly; throw away or waste
Stimulus – noun any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action
Stringent – adj. demanding strict attention to rules and procedures
Stymie – noun a thwarting and distressing situation; verb hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
Subtle – adj. faint and difficult to analyze; able to make fine distinctions
Succinct – adj. briefly giving the gist of something
Summary – noun a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form;
Summon – verb call in an official matter, such as to attend court; ask to come; gather or bring together
Sumptuous – adj. rich and superior in quality
Surreptitious – adj. conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods; marked by quiet and caution and secrecy;
Sycophant- noun a servile, self-seeking flatterer
Symbiotic – adj. used of organisms living together but not necessarily in a relation beneficial to each; cooperative relationship
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Taciturn- adj. disinclined to talk or speak
Tangent – noun often unrelated; a straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point but does not intersect it at that point
Tantamount – adj. being essentially equal to something
Tawdry – adj. cheap and shoddy; tastelessly showy
Tenacious – adj. sticking together; good at remembering; stubbornly unyielding
Tenuous – adj. very thin in gauge or diameter; having thin consistency; having little substance or significance
Tranquil- adj. free from agitation or worry; calm
Transient – noun in Physics, a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load; lasting a very short time
Truculence – noun obstreperous and defiant aggressiveness
Truncate- verb to shorten
Turbulence – noun unstable flow of a liquid or gas; a state of violent disturbance and disorder; instability
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Ubiquitous- adj. omnipresent, existing everywhere at the same time
Urbane- adj. polite and refined
Usurp – verb to seize or hold in possession by force without right
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Venturesome – adj. disposed to venture or take risks
Venality – noun prostitution of talents or offices or services for reward; associated with bribery
Venerable – adj. impressive by reason of age; profoundly honored
Verbose – adj. using or containing too many words
Vex- verb to bring trouble to, or annoy
Viable – adj. capable of life or normal growth and development; capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are
Vibrancy – noun having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant
Vilification – noun a rude expression intended to offend or hurt; slanderous defamation
Virulence – noun extreme hostility; extreme harmfulness
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Wane- verb to decrease in size
Wanton – noun lewd or lascivious woman; verb behave extremely cruelly and brutally
Wary – adj. marked by keen caution and watchful prudence; openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
Willful – adj. habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition; done by design
Wily – adj. marked by skill in deception
Whet – verb make keen or more acute; sharpen by rubbing
Wont – noun a pattern of behavior acquired through frequent repetition; an established custom
Whittle – verb cut small bits or pare shavings from
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Zany – noun a buffoon in one of the old comedies; adj. like a clown; ludicrous, foolish
Zealot – noun a fervent and even militant proponent of something
Zenith – noun the point above the observer that is directly opposite the nadir on the imaginary sphere against which celestial bodies appear to be projected
Zephyr – noun (Greek mythology) the Greek god of the west wind; a slight refreshing wind
Zest – verb add herbs or spices to; noun vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment