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1. Excess
symbiosis
burnish
plethora
volatile
2. Bucolic - rural
symbiosis
rustic
heterogeneous
terrestrial
3. Clever - deceptive
kindle
wily
terrestrial
prodigal
4. Ungrateful person - cad - churl
permeate
philistine
pristine
ingrate
5. Growth process from conception to birth - pregnancy - gravidity
hermetic
wraith
gestation
zeal
6. The highest point (of something) - zenith - pinnacle
acme
grovel
demagogue
philistine
7. Know or understood by only a few - abstruse - arcane
adulterate
grovel
sportive
esoteric
8. To taint or tarnish - besmirch - defile
Amulet
stigma
sully
advocate
9. Deceptive scheme; clever trick
deface
deference
stratagem
elegy
10. Extreme devotion/frenzied/zealous
Fanatical
amalgamate
bombastic
articulate
11. Not apparent/dormant/quiescent/inert like hidden energy
latent
repose
ingenuous
obstinate
12. Express grieve - deplore - bewail
vestige
permeate
lament
prudence
13. Effective writing or speaking
impervious
fallow
rhetoric
permeate
14. Point of culmination/ pinnacle/ acme
pervade
zenith
ingenuous
articulate
15. To disavow/reject validity of/deny/disown
assail
burnish
repudiate
transitory
16. Theft of property
repast
larceny
overwrought
homogenous
17. Unsettled - swaying - fluctuate - vacillate - wandering from one place to another - waver
Dilate
lucid
itinerant
statis
18. Bell tower - room where bell is hung - steeple - spire
belfry
obstinate
repose
lament
19. To grow together and form a single whole - amalgamate - fuse - condense
coalesce
meticulous
acme
archaic
20. Speak - plead - or argue in favour of
venerable
acme
dilettante
advocate
21. Temporary; lasting a brief time
burnish
grievous
tome
transitory
22. Mark of disgrace
stigma
zeal
archaic
statis
23. To overwhelm - to cover with water - to deluge - submerge..etc
austere
impasse
liberal
inundate
24. A trace of something that once was present
gullible
fallow
vestige
dogmatic
25. Perceptive/sharp
monotony
Keen
embellish
plethora
26. Hackneyed - trite - commonplace - quotidian
leery
repudiate
eulogy
banal
27. To perceive or recognize
kindle
deface
articulate
discern
28. Clearly and directly stated - opposite of implicit
homogenous
venerable
explicit
wily
29. Equivalent to - alike - parallel
pervade
quotidian
analogous
dither
30. Dirge - lament - a sorrowful speech or poem
alleviate
elegy
prudence
lament
31. To choose not to do something
slake
arbitrate
chaos
abstain
32. Easily aroused
vestige
repast
volatile
symbiosis
33. No variation; tediously the same in sound
monotony
inquest
rustic
hegemony
34. Set fire/excite
prodigal
kindle
apathy
ethos
35. To act confusedly or without a purpose - waver - falter - hesitate - vacillate
ingratiate
ethos
dither
aerie
36. Self-evident truth - adage - maxim - apothegm
axiom
knell
homogenous
lucid
37. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious
unequivocal
frugality
hermetic
tome
38. To expand like a woman in labor
disparate
abstain
abyss
Dilate
39. Something bringing change to something else indirectly - impetus - goad - stimulant
prudence
impasse
catalyst
deference
40. Absolute - certain - explicit - categorical
alleviate
aesthetic
zenith
unequivocal
41. A compact or close knit body of people or animals or things - legion
frugality
ambiguous
sully
phalanx
42. A woman making a debut in high society/lady
dilettante
burnish
debutante
antagonize
43. Blocked path - dilemma with no solution - cul-de-sac - deadlock - stalemate
impasse
debutante
dirge
nuance
44. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
venerable
innocuous
prodigal
articulate
45. Imbue - permeate - penetrate - suffuse
pervade
burnish
lethargic
vacillate
46. Rebellion - mutiny
ingratiate
insurrection
vacillate
dirge
47. Courageous; brave; valiant; valorous - audacious - intrepid
venerable
plucky
ingrate
enigma
48. Elaborated to excess: overdone - extremely excited: agitated - hectic - frenzied - heated Ex - She became ... when she heard that her child was missing
overwrought
lament
prodigal
acme
49. Brilliant/glowing
hegemony
alleviate
luminous
transitory
50. Temporary suppression or suspension - remission - delay
aesthetic
inquest
abeyance
apathy
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