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1. To judge a dispute - adjudge - adjudicate - intervene - referee - rule
whimsical
assail
arbitrate
nascent
2. Stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising - adamant - intransigent - intractable
whimsical
obstinate
Fanatical
lavish
3. Lacking energy or enthusiasm - lethargic - indolent - languid - like ready in spanish
boor
abstain
advocate
listless
4. Philistine/bourgeois/superficial/materialistic
gestation
dogma
boor
intractable
5. Appease/mollify/to soothe or pacify
dirge
tirade
wraith
placate
6. To penetrate through spaces; to spread throughout - imbue - pervade
permeate
vacillate
debutante
amalgamate
7. Speech in praise of someone - laud - extol - commend
judicious
intrepid
pervade
eulogy
8. Coming into being; in early developmental stages
nascent
pariah
apathy
overwrought
9. Determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason
whimsical
arbitrary
hermetic
connoisseur
10. Uncompromising - refusing to reconcile - obstinate - stubborn - intractable
elegy
latent
eloquent
intransigent
11. Humble oneself in a demeaning way - cringe - fawn - toady - kowtow - bootlick
naiive
grovel
chaos
dirge
12. To polish
burnish
luminous
wily
zeal
13. Express grieve - deplore - bewail
advocate
Amulet
lament
heterogeneous
14. Brilliant/glowing
luminous
transitory
nuance
arbitrate
15. Fluctuate between choices - to dither - vacillate - oscillate
affected
plucky
gregarious
waver
16. Growth process from conception to birth - pregnancy - gravidity
tome
apathy
gestation
ingenuous
17. Dormant - unused - unseeded - idle
chaos
abeyance
deference
fallow
18. Caution/thrift/widom
grovel
judicious
prudence
whimsical
19. Ungrateful person - cad - churl
connoisseur
monotony
lucid
ingrate
20. Intricate and complicated - byzantine - labyrinthine - tangled
pristine
pariah
convoluted
surly
21. Innocent - simple - frank - sincere - naiive - credulous - gullible
audacious
ingenuous
Keen
deface
22. Easily aroused
Dilate
volatile
posit
deference
23. Abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will.. opposite of euphemism possibly
invective
verbose
itinerant
naiive
24. Make impure/debase
listless
repose
adulterate
debutante
25. A woman making a debut in high society/lady
kindle
malleable
debutante
elegy
26. Not apparent/dormant/quiescent/inert like hidden energy
latent
hegemony
embellish
prudence
27. To calm down or moderate - to temperate - quench - satisfy
austere
slake
pariah
repose
28. Dirge - lament - a sorrowful speech or poem
elegy
unconscionable
bombastic
erratic
29. To perceive or recognize
discern
hegemony
supplant
intransigent
30. Deceptive scheme; clever trick
jettison
stratagem
enigma
affected
31. Book - usually large and academic
zeal
statis
terrestrial
tome
32. Undecorated - stern in appearance - bleak - grim
repast
austere
hegemony
erratic
33. To anger - to provoke - incite - vex - or pester
antagonize
impasse
grovel
wraith
34. Earthbound - commonplace - down-to-earth - tellurian - quotidian
antagonize
terrestrial
demagogue
impasse
35. Absolute - certain - explicit - categorical
elegy
tome
unequivocal
Euphemism
36. Respected because of age
sentient
venerable
assail
dogmatic
37. A firmly held opinion - especially a religious belief
dogma
fallow
nascent
Fanatical
38. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant
intrepid
homogenous
dirge
axiom
39. A ghost of a living person seen just before his or her death - apparition - bogeyman - phantasm
discern
debutante
wraith
Dilate
40. Deep hole
frugality
ambiguous
dirge
abyss
41. High secluded place - a nest built high in the air; an elevated - often secluded - dwelling
opaque
innocuous
aerie
Dilate
42. Passion - excitement - fervor - ardency
gullible
philantropy
zeal
meticulous
43. A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
aesthetic
dirge
surly
intrepid
44. To act confusedly or without a purpose - waver - falter - hesitate - vacillate
elegy
vacillate
dither
knell
45. Unsettled - swaying - fluctuate - vacillate - wandering from one place to another - waver
grievous
itinerant
catalyst
rustic
46. Old/antique/bygone/stale
ingratiate
meticulous
archaic
pajorative
47. Elaborated to excess: overdone - extremely excited: agitated - hectic - frenzied - heated Ex - She became ... when she heard that her child was missing
panache
overwrought
deface
dirge
48. Credulous/ easily deceived/ simple minded/ingenuous/gullible
lavish
listless
inundate
naiive
49. Sociable; fond of the company of others
judicious
lucid
abstain
gregarious
50. Bourgeois/ vulgarian/ boor/ materialistic not appreciating artistic or intellectual value
latent
philistine
arbitrate
symbiosis
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