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1. Not apparent/dormant/quiescent/inert like hidden energy
latent
waver
aerie
aesthetic
2. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
prodigal
slake
heterogeneous
archaic
3. Consistent/uniform in composition/ opposite of heterogeneous
banal
imbue
homogenous
eloquent
4. Relaxation - tranquility
judicious
repose
meticulous
analogous
5. Having bad connotation - disparaging - belittling - insulting
abeyance
antagonize
pajorative
intrepid
6. Not harmful or injurious; harmless
hyperbole
apathy
innocuous
imbue
7. Easily aroused
volatile
lucid
venerable
catalyst
8. Fresh and clean; uncorrupted ex - A ... beach
luminous
pristine
dogmatic
itinerant
9. Fearless - intrepid - venturesome - valiant - valorous - game - gallant - plucky
archaic
nascent
latent
audacious
10. Mark of disgrace
lavish
stigma
pervade
gestation
11. Clever - deceptive
wily
pervade
nascent
proliferate
12. Commute/replace/superceded
itinerant
volatile
supplant
eulogy
13. A firmly held opinion - especially a religious belief
austere
inquest
dogma
amalgamate
14. Ungrateful person - cad - churl
arbitrate
quotidian
ingrate
esoteric
15. Rude and bad-tempered - grumpy
surly
dither
nuance
judicious
16. Coalesce - fuse
fallow
acme
amalgamate
inquest
17. Courageous; brave; valiant; valorous - audacious - intrepid
explicit
plucky
lucid
leery
18. To polish
pervade
pristine
burnish
banal
19. Adamant - stubborn -unruly - obstinate - intransigent
audacious
coalesce
intractable
lethargic
20. Equivalent to - alike - parallel
listless
sully
catalyst
analogous
21. Imbue - permeate - penetrate - suffuse
fallow
innocuous
pervade
hegemony
22. Extremely generous or extravagant - exuberant - opulent - prodigal - profuse - bombastic
lavish
pervade
jettison
amalgamate
23. Pertaining to beauty
antagonize
dilettante
aesthetic
philistine
24. Speak - plead - or argue in favour of
invective
advocate
amalgamate
dither
25. To act confusedly or without a purpose - waver - falter - hesitate - vacillate
dither
statis
plucky
nuance
26. Extremely careful; particular about details - scrupulous - picky - finicky - similar to articulate
tirade
meticulous
abeyance
unequivocal
27. A gradual increase or the peak of a gradual increase. Ex - complaints about stifling smog conditions reached a ...
crescendo
vestige
articulate
kindle
28. Pretentious/grandiloquent/pompous
bombastic
dirge
axiom
ambiguous
29. 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 ...
ingenuous
waver
arbitrate
lucid
30. Nonsensical talk - specialized language - argot - cant - slang
posit
jargon
enigma
ambiguous
31. Funeral bell/ omen of death
knell
catalyst
arbitrary
fallow
32. A ghost of a living person seen just before his or her death - apparition - bogeyman - phantasm
pristine
pajorative
rustic
wraith
33. To calm down or moderate - to temperate - quench - satisfy
vestige
statis
discern
slake
34. Self contradictory
overwrought
grievous
paradox
sentient
35. To grow together and form a single whole - amalgamate - fuse - condense
coalesce
impasse
liberal
hegemony
36. Impossible to penetrate - impregnable
phalanx
imbue
impervious
itinerant
37. An expert in matters of culture - food - or wine
connoisseur
monotony
transitory
stigma
38. Ductile/easily shaped/pliable/adaptable
catalyst
advocate
malleable
meticulous
39. No variation; tediously the same in sound
monotony
aerie
axiom
audacious
40. Credulous/ easily deceived/ simple minded/ingenuous/gullible
Dilate
pervade
naiive
bombastic
41. A trace of something that once was present
stratagem
connoisseur
abstain
vestige
42. Uncompromising - refusing to reconcile - obstinate - stubborn - intractable
intransigent
assail
sully
alleviate
43. Expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language
articulate
naiive
audacious
connoisseur
44. Bucolic - rural
hermetic
lethargic
placate
rustic
45. To overwhelm - to cover with water - to deluge - submerge..etc
posit
axiom
inundate
alleviate
46. Deep hole
Dilate
unequivocal
larceny
abyss
47. Set fire/excite
inundate
arbitrary
ingenuous
kindle
48. Intricate and complicated - byzantine - labyrinthine - tangled
esoteric
convoluted
panache
belfry
49. An orator who appeals to the passions and prejudices of his audience - false leader
stigma
intractable
demagogue
jettison
50. A woman making a debut in high society/lady
lucid
surly
sully
debutante
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