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1. Intricate and complicated - byzantine - labyrinthine - tangled
stigma
ingratiate
convoluted
deference
2. To penetrate through spaces; to spread throughout - imbue - pervade
permeate
intrepid
Keen
connoisseur
3. Temporary suppression or suspension - remission - delay
boor
banal
abeyance
wily
4. To disavow/reject validity of/deny/disown
banal
jargon
impasse
repudiate
5. To act confusedly or without a purpose - waver - falter - hesitate - vacillate
debutante
advocate
dither
leery
6. Bourgeois/ vulgarian/ boor/ materialistic not appreciating artistic or intellectual value
luminous
phalanx
rhetoric
philistine
7. A subtle expression of meaning or quality - gradation - tone
archaic
phalanx
intransigent
nuance
8. Lacking energy or enthusiasm - lethargic - indolent - languid - like ready in spanish
stratagem
listless
pungent
unequivocal
9. Funeral bell/ omen of death
obstinate
meticulous
knell
crescendo
10. Bucolic - rural
imbue
demagogue
dither
rustic
11. To grow together and form a single whole - amalgamate - fuse - condense
plucky
invective
coalesce
surly
12. Philistine/bourgeois/superficial/materialistic
stratagem
boor
tirade
discern
13. Clever - deceptive
naiive
assail
statis
wily
14. Dictatorial in one's opinion - imperious
pariah
lethargic
meticulous
dogmatic
15. An expert in matters of culture - food - or wine
pervade
proliferate
connoisseur
aerie
16. To calm down or moderate - to temperate - quench - satisfy
slake
prudence
explicit
gregarious
17. Mark of disgrace
unconscionable
stigma
eloquent
lament
18. Extremely generous or extravagant - exuberant - opulent - prodigal - profuse - bombastic
meticulous
lavish
posit
veracity
19. Extreme devotion/frenzied/zealous
impasse
Fanatical
boor
stigma
20. Unclear or doubtful in meaning
ambiguous
plucky
dirge
repudiate
21. Finely sensitive to feelings or in perception. Ex - ... of the danger posed by the approaching hurricane
enigma
deference
sentient
Dilate
22. To please someone so as to gain an advantage. Ex - ... themselves with the leaders.
itinerant
ingratiate
hegemony
overwrought
23. Adamant - stubborn -unruly - obstinate - intransigent
intractable
paradox
leery
esoteric
24. Appease/mollify/to soothe or pacify
grievous
knell
placate
frugality
25. An investigation or inquiry
dogma
inquest
eloquent
philistine
26. A puzzle - a mystery - conundrum - perplexity
enigma
posit
burnish
philantropy
27. Determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason
panache
malleable
whimsical
jargon
28. Point of culmination/ pinnacle/ acme
banal
jettison
zenith
hyperbole
29. Speak - plead - or argue in favour of
philistine
affected
enigma
advocate
30. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant
supplant
dogmatic
pariah
intrepid
31. Tending to be thrifty or cheap - prudence - sparing - parsimony
intransigent
crescendo
frugality
polemic
32. To polish
burnish
bombastic
latent
impervious
33. Not apparent/dormant/quiescent/inert like hidden energy
assail
adulterate
latent
crescendo
34. Clear and easily understood - limpid - intelligible
lucid
judicious
overwrought
burnish
35. An amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge
enigma
dilettante
paradox
meticulous
36. Frolicsome/ playful
abstain
sportive
boor
malleable
37. Suffused with light: luminous - clear to the understanding: intelligible - sane. Ex - His ... history of this grim subject is scrupulously accurate - so far as I am able to judge ...
nuance
larceny
lucid
supplant
38. Respected because of age
sportive
rhetoric
Fanatical
venerable
39. Fearless - intrepid - venturesome - valiant - valorous - game - gallant - plucky
audacious
eulogy
deface
wily
40. Suggest - propose an explanation
apathy
repast
posit
Fanatical
41. Peripheral - irrelevant - digressive - extraneous diverting - inconsequential
naiive
quotidian
tangential
whimsical
42. To overwhelm - to cover with water - to deluge - submerge..etc
coalesce
inundate
naiive
jettison
43. Differing in kind; dissimilar; varied
heterogeneous
enigma
latent
impasse
44. Set fire/excite
analogous
posit
kindle
intractable
45. Perceptive/sharp
pervade
permeate
advocate
Keen
46. Deceptive scheme; clever trick
banal
lament
austere
stratagem
47. Elaborated to excess: overdone - extremely excited: agitated - hectic - frenzied - heated Ex - She became ... when she heard that her child was missing
catalyst
overwrought
banal
burnish
48. Tolerant - broad-minded
liberal
erratic
lament
impervious
49. Consistent/uniform in composition/ opposite of heterogeneous
veracity
obstinate
insurrection
homogenous
50. Growth process from conception to birth - pregnancy - gravidity
gestation
zeal
repudiate
placate
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