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1. Self contradictory
prodigal
paradox
plethora
amalgamate
2. Using or showing good judgment - wise - sensible
judicious
fallow
tangential
polemic
3. Bell tower - room where bell is hung - steeple - spire
coalesce
gestation
belfry
tome
4. Ungrateful person - cad - churl
ingrate
acme
lucid
grievous
5. To perceive or recognize
repast
Euphemism
judicious
discern
6. Impossible to penetrate - impregnable
impervious
supplant
monotony
explicit
7. Speech in praise of someone - laud - extol - commend
pervade
eulogy
deface
wily
8. A subtle expression of meaning or quality - gradation - tone
aesthetic
kindle
nuance
disparate
9. Ornament against evil/talisman/fetish
advocate
Amulet
venerable
plucky
10. Beliefs or character of a group - ethics - philosophy
waver
ethos
phalanx
gregarious
11. Book - usually large and academic
crescendo
tome
deface
philantropy
12. Consistent/uniform in composition/ opposite of heterogeneous
homogenous
sully
polemic
kindle
13. Dormant - unused - unseeded - idle
fallow
proliferate
repast
permeate
14. Wandering and unpredictable
erratic
hermetic
convoluted
leery
15. Excess
arbitrary
impervious
panache
plethora
16. To grow together and form a single whole - amalgamate - fuse - condense
statis
hegemony
coalesce
convoluted
17. To expand like a woman in labor
panache
intransigent
Dilate
discern
18. Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
philantropy
inquest
malleable
disparate
19. A ghost of a living person seen just before his or her death - apparition - bogeyman - phantasm
analogous
frugality
stratagem
wraith
20. To choose not to do something
meticulous
abstain
prudence
pungent
21. To attack or assault - beset
lavish
assail
malleable
explicit
22. Mournful speech - funeral hymn - elegy
dirge
liberal
polemic
aerie
23. Using an inoffensive word instead of an offensive one
analogous
proliferate
dirge
Euphemism
24. Impossible to see through - preventing the passage of light - obscure
opaque
wraith
archaic
plucky
25. Extremely generous or extravagant - exuberant - opulent - prodigal - profuse - bombastic
lavish
unconscionable
fallow
austere
26. Caution/thrift/widom
inquest
luminous
prudence
plucky
27. Unsettled - swaying - fluctuate - vacillate - wandering from one place to another - waver
itinerant
demagogue
erratic
wraith
28. Not harmful or injurious; harmless
hegemony
stratagem
arbitrate
innocuous
29. Clear and easily understood - limpid - intelligible
hegemony
tome
lucid
archaic
30. Sway/dither/flutter/fluctuate
gullible
crescendo
Fanatical
vacillate
31. Blocked path - dilemma with no solution - cul-de-sac - deadlock - stalemate
eloquent
panache
impasse
nascent
32. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious
abeyance
homogenous
stigma
hermetic
33. Temporary; lasting a brief time
transitory
Fanatical
hegemony
whimsical
34. Assuage - relieve - to make more bearable - placate
alleviate
affected
knell
explicit
35. Dictatorial in one's opinion - imperious
nuance
zeal
dogmatic
knell
36. Wordy/not succinct/ineloquent
coalesce
verbose
pungent
impasse
37. Know or understood by only a few - abstruse - arcane
catalyst
esoteric
polemic
articulate
38. Not controlled by conscience; unscrupulous
veracity
unconscionable
plucky
wily
39. Theft of property
larceny
stratagem
esoteric
intransigent
40. An orator who appeals to the passions and prejudices of his audience - false leader
demagogue
stigma
elegy
liberal
41. A puzzle - a mystery - conundrum - perplexity
intrepid
enigma
ingrate
arbitrary
42. A firmly held opinion - especially a religious belief
belfry
ethos
sully
dogma
43. Ductile/easily shaped/pliable/adaptable
lavish
malleable
itinerant
permeate
44. Nonsensical talk - specialized language - argot - cant - slang
jargon
amalgamate
statis
tangential
45. Lacking energy or enthusiasm - lethargic - indolent - languid - like ready in spanish
deference
latent
dirge
listless
46. Extreme devotion/frenzied/zealous
Fanatical
elegy
lucid
opaque
47. Controversy - argument - verbal attack - refutation
polemic
phalanx
catalyst
supplant
48. Eject/discard like in excess fuel
permeate
jettison
aesthetic
intrepid
49. Abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will.. opposite of euphemism possibly
analogous
verbose
invective
coalesce
50. Sharp and irritating to the senses - acrid - acrimonious - piquant - caustic - poignant
pungent
posit
explicit
catalyst
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