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1. Intricate and complicated - byzantine - labyrinthine - tangled
coalesce
convoluted
heterogeneous
tirade
2. To please someone so as to gain an advantage. Ex - ... themselves with the leaders.
explicit
hyperbole
homogenous
ingratiate
3. Dictatorial in one's opinion - imperious
dogmatic
deference
coalesce
embellish
4. Wandering and unpredictable
listless
lethargic
advocate
erratic
5. Funeral bell/ omen of death
hyperbole
latent
dogmatic
knell
6. A woman making a debut in high society/lady
dogma
boor
ingrate
debutante
7. Growing in number quickly/spawn
volatile
proliferate
embellish
impervious
8. Bucolic - rural
explicit
pajorative
opaque
rustic
9. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate - meticulous
demagogue
eloquent
pariah
hegemony
10. Perceptive/sharp
articulate
unequivocal
nascent
Keen
11. Tending to be thrifty or cheap - prudence - sparing - parsimony
frugality
unconscionable
unequivocal
repast
12. Relaxation - tranquility
ambiguous
impasse
rhetoric
repose
13. Self contradictory
veracity
pungent
fallow
paradox
14. Theft of property
zeal
esoteric
larceny
acme
15. Clearly and directly stated - opposite of implicit
proliferate
hegemony
listless
explicit
16. To act confusedly or without a purpose - waver - falter - hesitate - vacillate
meticulous
inquest
arbitrate
dither
17. Stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising - adamant - intransigent - intractable
phalanx
surly
sportive
obstinate
18. Deceptive scheme; clever trick
lavish
insurrection
stratagem
permeate
19. An orator who appeals to the passions and prejudices of his audience - false leader
demagogue
hegemony
lethargic
prodigal
20. Altruism/ charity
unequivocal
philantropy
impasse
unconscionable
21. No variation; tediously the same in sound
jargon
monotony
repose
vacillate
22. Unsettled - swaying - fluctuate - vacillate - wandering from one place to another - waver
opaque
pristine
itinerant
articulate
23. Determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason
whimsical
inquest
disparate
plucky
24. Ductile/easily shaped/pliable/adaptable
innocuous
malleable
dogmatic
unconscionable
25. Humble oneself in a demeaning way - cringe - fawn - toady - kowtow - bootlick
abeyance
opaque
lucid
grovel
26. Appease/mollify/to soothe or pacify
ingrate
placate
arbitrary
erratic
27. Inertia/standstill/ stagnation
prodigal
lucid
opaque
statis
28. Abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will.. opposite of euphemism possibly
gestation
fallow
invective
elegy
29. Old/antique/bygone/stale
aerie
inquest
acme
archaic
30. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious
imbue
hermetic
repose
sully
31. Caution/thrift/widom
debutante
innocuous
vacillate
prudence
32. Using or showing good judgment - wise - sensible
rustic
liberal
imbue
judicious
33. Coalesce - fuse
Euphemism
esoteric
amalgamate
discern
34. Wordy/not succinct/ineloquent
verbose
repudiate
alleviate
knell
35. Brilliant/glowing
luminous
gullible
embellish
Euphemism
36. Mournful speech - funeral hymn - elegy
dirge
articulate
unconscionable
imbue
37. Clever - deceptive
connoisseur
wily
jettison
sully
38. To polish
gestation
gregarious
burnish
quotidian
39. Blocked path - dilemma with no solution - cul-de-sac - deadlock - stalemate
gullible
supplant
impasse
abstain
40. Express grieve - deplore - bewail
ingenuous
lament
dilettante
explicit
41. Hackneyed - trite - commonplace - quotidian
banal
ingratiate
slake
repose
42. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
vestige
fallow
prodigal
unequivocal
43. Clear and easily understood - limpid - intelligible
debutante
hermetic
zeal
lucid
44. Meal or mealtime - feast - banquet
sportive
repast
intractable
naiive
45. Something bringing change to something else indirectly - impetus - goad - stimulant
catalyst
larceny
latent
Fanatical
46. Adamant - stubborn -unruly - obstinate - intransigent
arbitrary
belfry
kindle
intractable
47. Expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language
jettison
unconscionable
abyss
articulate
48. The highest point (of something) - zenith - pinnacle
embellish
acme
eloquent
aerie
49. Effective writing or speaking
dirge
rhetoric
ambiguous
apathy
50. Equivalent to - alike - parallel
paradox
analogous
connoisseur
ingratiate
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