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1. An investigation or inquiry
inquest
deference
inundate
invective
2. Know or understood by only a few - abstruse - arcane
fallow
placate
esoteric
waver
3. Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
philantropy
Keen
ingrate
disparate
4. Pretentious/grandiloquent/pompous
slake
banal
bombastic
ingratiate
5. Having bad connotation - disparaging - belittling - insulting
banal
hegemony
pajorative
disparate
6. Dormant - unused - unseeded - idle
hyperbole
prudence
unequivocal
fallow
7. Unclear or doubtful in meaning
eulogy
ambiguous
erratic
ingenuous
8. To judge a dispute - adjudge - adjudicate - intervene - referee - rule
arbitrate
tangential
venerable
imbue
9. To overwhelm - to cover with water - to deluge - submerge..etc
pristine
inundate
bombastic
hermetic
10. Peripheral - irrelevant - digressive - extraneous diverting - inconsequential
unequivocal
tangential
abyss
inquest
11. Not apparent/dormant/quiescent/inert like hidden energy
latent
verbose
enigma
repudiate
12. Abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will.. opposite of euphemism possibly
invective
repudiate
impervious
sully
13. A puzzle - a mystery - conundrum - perplexity
insurrection
hyperbole
enigma
dirge
14. Set fire/excite
audacious
waver
inundate
kindle
15. Something bringing change to something else indirectly - impetus - goad - stimulant
catalyst
tangential
bombastic
intrepid
16. To please someone so as to gain an advantage. Ex - ... themselves with the leaders.
antagonize
apathy
ingratiate
rhetoric
17. Perceptive/sharp
imbue
demagogue
Keen
gregarious
18. An expert in matters of culture - food - or wine
vestige
verbose
connoisseur
transitory
19. Nonsensical talk - specialized language - argot - cant - slang
impasse
volatile
ethos
jargon
20. Beliefs or character of a group - ethics - philosophy
sully
ethos
dirge
phalanx
21. Plastic/phony/pretentious
affected
dither
Fanatical
imbue
22. Using an inoffensive word instead of an offensive one
analogous
zeal
itinerant
Euphemism
23. (of someone) suspicious; wary; cautious
audacious
axiom
pristine
leery
24. Intricate and complicated - byzantine - labyrinthine - tangled
obstinate
acme
opaque
convoluted
25. Consistent/uniform in composition/ opposite of heterogeneous
amalgamate
overwrought
homogenous
sully
26. Turmoil/disorder
chaos
banal
philistine
imbue
27. Purposeful exaggeration for effect - embellishment - inflation
erratic
hyperbole
hermetic
ethos
28. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant
frugality
assail
intrepid
statis
29. Imbue - permeate - penetrate - suffuse
whimsical
pervade
convoluted
obstinate
30. Extreme devotion/frenzied/zealous
dogmatic
verbose
sully
Fanatical
31. To add ornamental or fictitious details - adorn - bedeck - elaborate
nuance
tirade
naiive
embellish
32. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious
permeate
hegemony
hermetic
deface
33. Impossible to penetrate - impregnable
impervious
aesthetic
supplant
coalesce
34. Excess
plethora
pajorative
pervade
jettison
35. Point of culmination/ pinnacle/ acme
whimsical
zenith
placate
rustic
36. Determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason
whimsical
disparate
dogma
crescendo
37. Uncompromising - refusing to reconcile - obstinate - stubborn - intractable
frugality
intransigent
leery
terrestrial
38. Absolute - certain - explicit - categorical
nuance
repose
zeal
unequivocal
39. Respected because of age
austere
venerable
pervade
sportive
40. To expand like a woman in labor
erratic
obstinate
Dilate
volatile
41. Innocent - simple - frank - sincere - naiive - credulous - gullible
nuance
eloquent
ingenuous
grievous
42. To attack or assault - beset
pajorative
coalesce
assail
burnish
43. Bourgeois/ vulgarian/ boor/ materialistic not appreciating artistic or intellectual value
philistine
grovel
hyperbole
arbitrary
44. Sluggish/listless/apathetic
jettison
lethargic
sentient
verbose
45. Make impure/debase
adulterate
invective
overwrought
meticulous
46. A trace of something that once was present
demagogue
whimsical
vestige
arbitrate
47. Self-evident truth - adage - maxim - apothegm
apathy
intrepid
axiom
ingrate
48. To anger - to provoke - incite - vex - or pester
austere
leery
esoteric
antagonize
49. Funeral bell/ omen of death
jargon
pervade
knell
arbitrate
50. Sociable; fond of the company of others
gregarious
rustic
boor
grovel
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