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1. Easily aroused
kindle
volatile
panache
philistine
2. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate - meticulous
articulate
abstain
eloquent
elegy
3. Sociable; fond of the company of others
ethos
gregarious
pajorative
dirge
4. Elaborated to excess: overdone - extremely excited: agitated - hectic - frenzied - heated Ex - She became ... when she heard that her child was missing
overwrought
aerie
boor
dirge
5. To judge a dispute - adjudge - adjudicate - intervene - referee - rule
volatile
terrestrial
arbitrate
lucid
6. An expert in matters of culture - food - or wine
supplant
alleviate
dirge
connoisseur
7. Humble oneself in a demeaning way - cringe - fawn - toady - kowtow - bootlick
monotony
imbue
grovel
amalgamate
8. Tending to be thrifty or cheap - prudence - sparing - parsimony
volatile
Dilate
dirge
frugality
9. Truthfulness
austere
meticulous
veracity
lament
10. Wandering and unpredictable
invective
erratic
whimsical
esoteric
11. Plastic/phony/pretentious
affected
polemic
coalesce
elegy
12. Not harmful or injurious; harmless
monotony
catalyst
supplant
innocuous
13. Coalesce - fuse
luminous
amalgamate
prodigal
arbitrate
14. To grow together and form a single whole - amalgamate - fuse - condense
verbose
coalesce
gullible
statis
15. To expand like a woman in labor
eulogy
Dilate
affected
hermetic
16. Speech in praise of someone - laud - extol - commend
unconscionable
stigma
eulogy
austere
17. Characterized by severe suffering or sorrow - serious or grave
aesthetic
repast
grievous
monotony
18. High secluded place - a nest built high in the air; an elevated - often secluded - dwelling
arbitrate
aerie
leery
amalgamate
19. Deceptive scheme; clever trick
erratic
aerie
stratagem
knell
20. A ghost of a living person seen just before his or her death - apparition - bogeyman - phantasm
wraith
arbitrate
invective
convoluted
21. An amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge
austere
embellish
intrepid
dilettante
22. Ductile/easily shaped/pliable/adaptable
pervade
terrestrial
malleable
Amulet
23. Growth process from conception to birth - pregnancy - gravidity
Fanatical
gestation
impasse
articulate
24. Eject/discard like in excess fuel
philantropy
jettison
ingratiate
overwrought
25. To please someone so as to gain an advantage. Ex - ... themselves with the leaders.
ingratiate
lethargic
esoteric
sully
26. A woman making a debut in high society/lady
phalanx
inquest
nascent
debutante
27. Absolute - certain - explicit - categorical
unequivocal
burnish
intransigent
hermetic
28. Excess
plethora
itinerant
prodigal
imbue
29. Caution/thrift/widom
prudence
naiive
plucky
tirade
30. Earthbound - commonplace - down-to-earth - tellurian - quotidian
terrestrial
disparate
axiom
pariah
31. A firmly held opinion - especially a religious belief
innocuous
statis
esoteric
dogma
32. Extremely careful; particular about details - scrupulous - picky - finicky - similar to articulate
lethargic
impasse
arbitrary
meticulous
33. To penetrate through spaces; to spread throughout - imbue - pervade
malleable
leery
amalgamate
permeate
34. Mark of disgrace
vacillate
Dilate
stigma
waver
35. Differing in kind; dissimilar; varied
slake
heterogeneous
articulate
philantropy
36. Controversy - argument - verbal attack - refutation
zenith
polemic
enigma
grovel
37. To perceive or recognize
whimsical
discern
rustic
bombastic
38. Blocked path - dilemma with no solution - cul-de-sac - deadlock - stalemate
impasse
adulterate
inquest
amalgamate
39. Purposeful exaggeration for effect - embellishment - inflation
lucid
hyperbole
luminous
repose
40. To choose not to do something
chaos
abstain
axiom
affected
41. Impossible to see through - preventing the passage of light - obscure
eloquent
wraith
opaque
symbiosis
42. Equivalent to - alike - parallel
elegy
lavish
phalanx
analogous
43. No variation; tediously the same in sound
invective
pungent
unconscionable
monotony
44. Sluggish/listless/apathetic
lethargic
abstain
tangential
burnish
45. To act confusedly or without a purpose - waver - falter - hesitate - vacillate
polemic
debutante
dither
innocuous
46. (of someone) suspicious; wary; cautious
pervade
unequivocal
leery
impasse
47. The trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally
judicious
meticulous
dogmatic
apathy
48. Unclear or doubtful in meaning
judicious
ambiguous
placate
hegemony
49. Influence or domination over
veracity
archaic
aerie
hegemony
50. Capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical
lavish
terrestrial
arbitrary
intrepid
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