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1. Turmoil/disorder
Euphemism
tangential
lavish
chaos
2. Ornament against evil/talisman/fetish
Amulet
lucid
posit
knell
3. An orator who appeals to the passions and prejudices of his audience - false leader
sportive
demagogue
repudiate
antagonize
4. Wandering and unpredictable
erratic
sportive
slake
obstinate
5. Effective writing or speaking
dilettante
rhetoric
repast
repudiate
6. Dictatorial in one's opinion - imperious
dogmatic
panache
aesthetic
homogenous
7. Speak - plead - or argue in favour of
esoteric
repast
advocate
liberal
8. Pretentious/grandiloquent/pompous
debutante
wily
bombastic
posit
9. Point of culmination/ pinnacle/ acme
zenith
lucid
boor
coalesce
10. Caution/thrift/widom
inquest
prudence
repast
tangential
11. Mark of disgrace
hegemony
arbitrate
impervious
stigma
12. Book - usually large and academic
alleviate
naiive
tome
dither
13. Mournful speech - funeral hymn - elegy
symbiosis
dirge
panache
latent
14. Make impure/debase
zenith
adulterate
repudiate
malleable
15. Funeral bell/ omen of death
grovel
intransigent
nascent
knell
16. To anger - to provoke - incite - vex - or pester
antagonize
sentient
itinerant
burnish
17. Blocked path - dilemma with no solution - cul-de-sac - deadlock - stalemate
impasse
repose
prudence
larceny
18. Self contradictory
erratic
paradox
lucid
embellish
19. Finely sensitive to feelings or in perception. Ex - ... of the danger posed by the approaching hurricane
discern
sentient
acme
philantropy
20. Something bringing change to something else indirectly - impetus - goad - stimulant
vestige
catalyst
phalanx
symbiosis
21. Differing in kind; dissimilar; varied
insurrection
larceny
jargon
heterogeneous
22. Sociable; fond of the company of others
pervade
gregarious
lucid
sentient
23. An amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge
dilettante
panache
gullible
eloquent
24. Peripheral - irrelevant - digressive - extraneous diverting - inconsequential
demagogue
tangential
vacillate
prodigal
25. Inertia/standstill/ stagnation
statis
dirge
tome
venerable
26. Equivalent to - alike - parallel
analogous
elegy
axiom
bombastic
27. Philistine/bourgeois/superficial/materialistic
boor
quotidian
aesthetic
permeate
28. Clever - deceptive
arbitrate
nascent
wily
analogous
29. Tending to be thrifty or cheap - prudence - sparing - parsimony
vacillate
frugality
intractable
listless
30. To grow together and form a single whole - amalgamate - fuse - condense
coalesce
zeal
lethargic
philistine
31. To penetrate through spaces; to spread throughout - imbue - pervade
erratic
permeate
impervious
hermetic
32. Beliefs or character of a group - ethics - philosophy
ethos
paradox
lament
dither
33. Not apparent/dormant/quiescent/inert like hidden energy
aerie
latent
grovel
impervious
34. Frolicsome/ playful
burnish
sportive
transitory
invective
35. To attack or assault - beset
crescendo
assail
Dilate
sportive
36. Expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language
elegy
symbiosis
articulate
ambiguous
37. Assuage - relieve - to make more bearable - placate
symbiosis
alleviate
convoluted
permeate
38. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
prodigal
impasse
intransigent
hermetic
39. Coalesce - fuse
hyperbole
ingenuous
amalgamate
philistine
40. Uncompromising - refusing to reconcile - obstinate - stubborn - intractable
intransigent
grovel
wraith
jettison
41. Extremely careful; particular about details - scrupulous - picky - finicky - similar to articulate
affected
articulate
meticulous
convoluted
42. Perceptive/sharp
gullible
ingrate
Keen
belfry
43. Express grieve - deplore - bewail
transitory
terrestrial
lament
whimsical
44. To injure or destroy the surface or appearance of; to damage the value - influence - or effect of; to face down - outshine
ethos
deface
pungent
dogma
45. Adamant - stubborn -unruly - obstinate - intransigent
itinerant
intractable
bombastic
ambiguous
46. Submission to another's will; respect; courtesy
advocate
deference
ingenuous
supplant
47. Bourgeois/ vulgarian/ boor/ materialistic not appreciating artistic or intellectual value
elegy
philistine
stigma
abyss
48. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious
erratic
deface
philantropy
hermetic
49. Intricate and complicated - byzantine - labyrinthine - tangled
convoluted
Keen
stigma
ingenuous
50. Influence or domination over
inquest
hegemony
listless
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