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1. Stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising - adamant - intransigent - intractable
quotidian
bombastic
obstinate
venerable
2. Truthfulness
veracity
catalyst
connoisseur
arbitrary
3. Extremely generous or extravagant - exuberant - opulent - prodigal - profuse - bombastic
dither
rhetoric
lavish
demagogue
4. Rude and bad-tempered - grumpy
surly
leery
ingratiate
proliferate
5. Ductile/easily shaped/pliable/adaptable
lucid
hyperbole
naiive
malleable
6. Unclear or doubtful in meaning
verbose
ambiguous
pungent
disparate
7. Plastic/phony/pretentious
statis
affected
arbitrary
frugality
8. Commonplace - everyday occurrence - banal
quotidian
zenith
intractable
boor
9. Something bringing change to something else indirectly - impetus - goad - stimulant
catalyst
kindle
articulate
grovel
10. Imbue - permeate - penetrate - suffuse
invective
philantropy
pervade
plucky
11. Eject/discard like in excess fuel
jettison
Fanatical
bombastic
gregarious
12. Credulous/ easily deceived/ simple minded/ingenuous/gullible
adulterate
naiive
lethargic
dogma
13. Social outcast
dogma
naiive
pariah
antagonize
14. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant
intrepid
repose
disparate
abstain
15. Clever - deceptive
dirge
coalesce
wily
lucid
16. Fresh and clean; uncorrupted ex - A ... beach
frugality
sully
pristine
proliferate
17. Effective writing or speaking
rhetoric
prodigal
panache
stratagem
18. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate - meticulous
meticulous
volatile
eulogy
eloquent
19. Fluctuate between choices - to dither - vacillate - oscillate
hermetic
waver
inquest
tirade
20. Humble oneself in a demeaning way - cringe - fawn - toady - kowtow - bootlick
gestation
kindle
repose
grovel
21. Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
sully
knell
disparate
eulogy
22. Consistent/uniform in composition/ opposite of heterogeneous
homogenous
articulate
dilettante
deface
23. Earthbound - commonplace - down-to-earth - tellurian - quotidian
terrestrial
repose
statis
sportive
24. Using or showing good judgment - wise - sensible
waver
proliferate
lament
judicious
25. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious
larceny
hermetic
repudiate
waver
26. Having bad connotation - disparaging - belittling - insulting
vestige
grievous
phalanx
pajorative
27. Caution/thrift/widom
abyss
prudence
Fanatical
Keen
28. A gradual increase or the peak of a gradual increase. Ex - complaints about stifling smog conditions reached a ...
grovel
phalanx
zenith
crescendo
29. Suggest - propose an explanation
lethargic
dilettante
posit
articulate
30. (of someone) suspicious; wary; cautious
veracity
frugality
pajorative
leery
31. To disavow/reject validity of/deny/disown
repose
sentient
repudiate
belfry
32. Frolicsome/ playful
plucky
sportive
slake
Fanatical
33. Ornament against evil/talisman/fetish
stigma
Amulet
inquest
vacillate
34. Commute/replace/superceded
supplant
listless
intransigent
slake
35. Theft of property
luminous
eloquent
catalyst
larceny
36. Adamant - stubborn -unruly - obstinate - intransigent
grovel
intractable
proliferate
sully
37. Determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason
sully
dogma
whimsical
dither
38. Unsettled - swaying - fluctuate - vacillate - wandering from one place to another - waver
inquest
catalyst
itinerant
pariah
39. Tolerant - broad-minded
rhetoric
debutante
sentient
liberal
40. To choose not to do something
symbiosis
kindle
catalyst
abstain
41. Dictatorial in one's opinion - imperious
dogmatic
phalanx
antagonize
analogous
42. A puzzle - a mystery - conundrum - perplexity
liberal
enigma
convoluted
venerable
43. Self contradictory
itinerant
larceny
paradox
kindle
44. An investigation or inquiry
stratagem
discern
placate
inquest
45. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous
prodigal
gullible
naiive
discern
46. Turmoil/disorder
abstain
inundate
debutante
chaos
47. Temporary; lasting a brief time
supplant
transitory
sportive
veracity
48. Sociable; fond of the company of others
prudence
meticulous
gregarious
crescendo
49. Wordy/not succinct/ineloquent
verbose
frugality
polemic
plethora
50. To attack or assault - beset
explicit
insurrection
arbitrary
assail
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