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1. A woman making a debut in high society/lady
vestige
dilettante
plethora
debutante
2. Characterized by severe suffering or sorrow - serious or grave
repudiate
grievous
gullible
malleable
3. Pretentious/grandiloquent/pompous
bombastic
surly
leery
jettison
4. Using or showing good judgment - wise - sensible
judicious
stratagem
eulogy
catalyst
5. Adamant - stubborn -unruly - obstinate - intransigent
nuance
intractable
acme
jargon
6. Turmoil/disorder
chaos
lucid
disparate
analogous
7. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate - meticulous
volatile
tangential
eloquent
nascent
8. Easily aroused
phalanx
volatile
opaque
bombastic
9. Sociable; fond of the company of others
liberal
zenith
larceny
gregarious
10. Fearless - intrepid - venturesome - valiant - valorous - game - gallant - plucky
embellish
overwrought
audacious
pajorative
11. Extremely careful; particular about details - scrupulous - picky - finicky - similar to articulate
debutante
assail
meticulous
plucky
12. To calm down or moderate - to temperate - quench - satisfy
vestige
ambiguous
slake
phalanx
13. Tolerant - broad-minded
liberal
pariah
Fanatical
vestige
14. Effective writing or speaking
rhetoric
listless
proliferate
pervade
15. Make impure/debase
transitory
adulterate
amalgamate
supplant
16. Speak - plead - or argue in favour of
impasse
advocate
placate
esoteric
17. Impossible to penetrate - impregnable
impervious
zenith
burnish
prudence
18. Long harsh speech or verbal attack - diatribe - fulmination - harangue - vilification - obloquy
pungent
itinerant
amalgamate
tirade
19. Coming into being; in early developmental stages
prodigal
malleable
discern
nascent
20. Plastic/phony/pretentious
latent
naiive
affected
invective
21. Coalesce - fuse
elegy
philantropy
grievous
amalgamate
22. Mark of disgrace
lucid
stigma
leery
analogous
23. Impossible to see through - preventing the passage of light - obscure
zeal
opaque
pervade
lucid
24. An investigation or inquiry
permeate
vacillate
obstinate
inquest
25. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous
gullible
prodigal
adulterate
statis
26. Peripheral - irrelevant - digressive - extraneous diverting - inconsequential
meticulous
nuance
tangential
judicious
27. Stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising - adamant - intransigent - intractable
invective
proliferate
Fanatical
obstinate
28. To add ornamental or fictitious details - adorn - bedeck - elaborate
ingrate
rustic
embellish
sentient
29. High secluded place - a nest built high in the air; an elevated - often secluded - dwelling
posit
assail
innocuous
aerie
30. To attack or assault - beset
assail
plucky
fallow
listless
31. The trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally
prodigal
grovel
apathy
posit
32. Innocent - simple - frank - sincere - naiive - credulous - gullible
austere
assail
ingenuous
luminous
33. Point of culmination/ pinnacle/ acme
rustic
liberal
zenith
judicious
34. Respected because of age
gregarious
venerable
catalyst
latent
35. Growth process from conception to birth - pregnancy - gravidity
symbiosis
gestation
pariah
proliferate
36. To polish
hermetic
connoisseur
overwrought
burnish
37. Speech in praise of someone - laud - extol - commend
volatile
repose
eulogy
dirge
38. Humble oneself in a demeaning way - cringe - fawn - toady - kowtow - bootlick
grovel
innocuous
hegemony
repast
39. To inspire; to permeate; to fill with a mood or tone - to pervade
sully
banal
latent
imbue
40. A puzzle - a mystery - conundrum - perplexity
wily
enigma
tangential
liberal
41. Set fire/excite
Amulet
kindle
repose
alleviate
42. Meal or mealtime - feast - banquet
tangential
repast
lucid
debutante
43. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
burnish
adulterate
prodigal
eulogy
44. Uncompromising - refusing to reconcile - obstinate - stubborn - intractable
placate
intransigent
latent
impervious
45. Bucolic - rural
pungent
rustic
overwrought
discern
46. Submission to another's will; respect; courtesy
hegemony
convoluted
deference
repudiate
47. Deep hole
abstain
eulogy
hegemony
abyss
48. Self contradictory
dirge
paradox
gestation
chaos
49. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant
sully
crescendo
panache
intrepid
50. Rude and bad-tempered - grumpy
surly
aesthetic
posit
crescendo
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