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1. Inertia/standstill/ stagnation
statis
Keen
ethos
heterogeneous
2. To calm down or moderate - to temperate - quench - satisfy
alleviate
prodigal
slake
terrestrial
3. Courageous; brave; valiant; valorous - audacious - intrepid
placate
plucky
assail
rustic
4. Easily aroused
volatile
rhetoric
pungent
lucid
5. Intricate and complicated - byzantine - labyrinthine - tangled
convoluted
eulogy
panache
latent
6. Turmoil/disorder
nuance
chaos
bombastic
gullible
7. A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
intransigent
dirge
boor
lavish
8. Dictatorial in one's opinion - imperious
dogmatic
banal
phalanx
prodigal
9. To perceive or recognize
deface
discern
unconscionable
plethora
10. Old/antique/bygone/stale
listless
innocuous
archaic
rustic
11. No variation; tediously the same in sound
homogenous
luminous
monotony
dirge
12. Mournful speech - funeral hymn - elegy
philantropy
grievous
dirge
terrestrial
13. Temporary; lasting a brief time
zeal
judicious
transitory
antagonize
14. Pretentious/grandiloquent/pompous
supplant
bombastic
knell
analogous
15. To grow together and form a single whole - amalgamate - fuse - condense
coalesce
hermetic
liberal
gregarious
16. Set fire/excite
proliferate
prudence
kindle
sportive
17. High secluded place - a nest built high in the air; an elevated - often secluded - dwelling
quotidian
arbitrary
aerie
panache
18. Differing in kind; dissimilar; varied
heterogeneous
erratic
tangential
whimsical
19. Bucolic - rural
rhetoric
jargon
rustic
insurrection
20. To please someone so as to gain an advantage. Ex - ... themselves with the leaders.
permeate
ingratiate
philistine
intractable
21. An expert in matters of culture - food - or wine
philistine
lucid
stratagem
connoisseur
22. Fluctuate between choices - to dither - vacillate - oscillate
dither
kindle
waver
demagogue
23. Commonplace - everyday occurrence - banal
tome
quotidian
antagonize
Euphemism
24. Deceptive scheme; clever trick
slake
heterogeneous
axiom
stratagem
25. Theft of property
larceny
leery
deference
philistine
26. Dirge - lament - a sorrowful speech or poem
elegy
innocuous
lethargic
advocate
27. Rude and bad-tempered - grumpy
audacious
surly
frugality
erratic
28. Capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical
philantropy
leery
arbitrary
ambiguous
29. Coming into being; in early developmental stages
intractable
nascent
zeal
heterogeneous
30. A trace of something that once was present
debutante
alleviate
vestige
ingratiate
31. Growing in number quickly/spawn
panache
polemic
proliferate
Keen
32. Controversy - argument - verbal attack - refutation
belfry
zeal
polemic
gestation
33. Suffused with light: luminous - clear to the understanding: intelligible - sane. Ex - His ... history of this grim subject is scrupulously accurate - so far as I am able to judge ...
unconscionable
lucid
grovel
Amulet
34. Expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language
permeate
gestation
articulate
prudence
35. (of someone) suspicious; wary; cautious
listless
leery
coalesce
pristine
36. Consistent/uniform in composition/ opposite of heterogeneous
statis
verbose
homogenous
unconscionable
37. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate - meticulous
embellish
vestige
abeyance
eloquent
38. Clever - deceptive
wily
liberal
lucid
unconscionable
39. Make impure/debase
hegemony
naiive
abstain
adulterate
40. Impossible to penetrate - impregnable
deface
waver
impervious
Keen
41. Finely sensitive to feelings or in perception. Ex - ... of the danger posed by the approaching hurricane
Dilate
unequivocal
sentient
symbiosis
42. To add ornamental or fictitious details - adorn - bedeck - elaborate
embellish
wily
adulterate
abyss
43. Something bringing change to something else indirectly - impetus - goad - stimulant
pariah
dither
gestation
catalyst
44. Hackneyed - trite - commonplace - quotidian
sportive
banal
discern
pajorative
45. Clearly and directly stated - opposite of implicit
explicit
archaic
malleable
intractable
46. Flamboyant/verve/dash
panache
nuance
statis
lucid
47. Philistine/bourgeois/superficial/materialistic
imbue
rustic
axiom
boor
48. Growth process from conception to birth - pregnancy - gravidity
proliferate
pervade
rustic
gestation
49. Tending to be thrifty or cheap - prudence - sparing - parsimony
eulogy
ingrate
posit
frugality
50. Stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising - adamant - intransigent - intractable
sentient
invective
archaic
obstinate
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