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1. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
prodigal
dogmatic
lethargic
obstinate
2. Deceptive scheme; clever trick
catalyst
knell
stratagem
itinerant
3. An amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge
kindle
phalanx
jargon
dilettante
4. Impossible to see through - preventing the passage of light - obscure
opaque
inquest
statis
listless
5. Lacking energy or enthusiasm - lethargic - indolent - languid - like ready in spanish
listless
opaque
impervious
permeate
6. Frolicsome/ playful
volatile
advocate
boor
sportive
7. Tending to be thrifty or cheap - prudence - sparing - parsimony
frugality
impervious
paradox
inundate
8. Ungrateful person - cad - churl
overwrought
dither
ingrate
slake
9. Bourgeois/ vulgarian/ boor/ materialistic not appreciating artistic or intellectual value
philistine
tangential
chaos
ingrate
10. Inertia/standstill/ stagnation
statis
venerable
Dilate
advocate
11. Influence or domination over
demagogue
hegemony
slake
quotidian
12. To disavow/reject validity of/deny/disown
repudiate
axiom
insurrection
lethargic
13. Fresh and clean; uncorrupted ex - A ... beach
abstain
philistine
venerable
pristine
14. Self contradictory
elegy
opaque
paradox
convoluted
15. Hackneyed - trite - commonplace - quotidian
prudence
repose
banal
lament
16. Self-evident truth - adage - maxim - apothegm
pervade
assail
axiom
acme
17. Speak - plead - or argue in favour of
Dilate
advocate
dilettante
stigma
18. No variation; tediously the same in sound
hermetic
nuance
belfry
monotony
19. Clever - deceptive
wraith
wily
convoluted
repast
20. Dormant - unused - unseeded - idle
fallow
adulterate
rustic
amalgamate
21. Rude and bad-tempered - grumpy
posit
analogous
audacious
surly
22. Ornament against evil/talisman/fetish
meticulous
Keen
austere
Amulet
23. A compact or close knit body of people or animals or things - legion
austere
phalanx
deference
inquest
24. Innocent - simple - frank - sincere - naiive - credulous - gullible
whimsical
eulogy
quotidian
ingenuous
25. Fearless - intrepid - venturesome - valiant - valorous - game - gallant - plucky
unconscionable
intransigent
wraith
audacious
26. Fluctuate between choices - to dither - vacillate - oscillate
waver
sully
vacillate
intrepid
27. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate - meticulous
verbose
eloquent
repudiate
belfry
28. Social outcast
inundate
audacious
intransigent
pariah
29. Perceptive/sharp
convoluted
pariah
adulterate
Keen
30. Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
disparate
Dilate
opaque
zenith
31. Capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical
arbitrary
homogenous
assail
enigma
32. Not harmful or injurious; harmless
unequivocal
assail
repose
innocuous
33. Growing in number quickly/spawn
homogenous
waver
proliferate
articulate
34. Undecorated - stern in appearance - bleak - grim
austere
fallow
demagogue
axiom
35. Submission to another's will; respect; courtesy
adulterate
austere
deference
hegemony
36. An orator who appeals to the passions and prejudices of his audience - false leader
demagogue
pariah
ethos
invective
37. Assuage - relieve - to make more bearable - placate
tome
wraith
Dilate
alleviate
38. A puzzle - a mystery - conundrum - perplexity
listless
enigma
judicious
panache
39. Commute/replace/superceded
debutante
nuance
supplant
connoisseur
40. Long harsh speech or verbal attack - diatribe - fulmination - harangue - vilification - obloquy
articulate
ingrate
monotony
tirade
41. Passion - excitement - fervor - ardency
zeal
latent
rhetoric
aerie
42. Unsettled - swaying - fluctuate - vacillate - wandering from one place to another - waver
audacious
stratagem
rustic
itinerant
43. Set fire/excite
kindle
lavish
latent
pariah
44. Using or showing good judgment - wise - sensible
judicious
invective
vacillate
kindle
45. An investigation or inquiry
pajorative
inquest
malleable
audacious
46. To choose not to do something
stratagem
bombastic
eulogy
abstain
47. Old/antique/bygone/stale
coalesce
obstinate
kindle
archaic
48. To taint or tarnish - besmirch - defile
arbitrate
pungent
intrepid
sully
49. The highest point (of something) - zenith - pinnacle
intrepid
Fanatical
acme
aesthetic
50. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous
dogmatic
gullible
inundate
impervious
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