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1. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
knell
intrepid
prodigal
lavish
2. To polish
jargon
burnish
vestige
esoteric
3. Clever - deceptive
wily
advocate
austere
boor
4. Relaxation - tranquility
repose
veracity
impasse
opaque
5. Temporary; lasting a brief time
lethargic
obstinate
transitory
slake
6. Passion - excitement - fervor - ardency
jargon
Dilate
affected
zeal
7. A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
supplant
invective
rustic
dirge
8. Ungrateful person - cad - churl
ingrate
whimsical
innocuous
convoluted
9. Clear and easily understood - limpid - intelligible
lucid
frugality
assail
abeyance
10. Intricate and complicated - byzantine - labyrinthine - tangled
chaos
convoluted
imbue
aesthetic
11. A ghost of a living person seen just before his or her death - apparition - bogeyman - phantasm
stigma
Dilate
wraith
vacillate
12. Assuage - relieve - to make more bearable - placate
alleviate
grovel
audacious
meticulous
13. Influence or domination over
hegemony
slake
overwrought
aesthetic
14. To expand like a woman in labor
surly
fallow
lucid
Dilate
15. Express grieve - deplore - bewail
surly
lethargic
discern
lament
16. Consistent/uniform in composition/ opposite of heterogeneous
posit
stigma
homogenous
pristine
17. Courageous; brave; valiant; valorous - audacious - intrepid
sully
tangential
plucky
dither
18. Not controlled by conscience; unscrupulous
homogenous
plucky
unconscionable
lucid
19. Earthbound - commonplace - down-to-earth - tellurian - quotidian
repast
erratic
ingratiate
terrestrial
20. To disavow/reject validity of/deny/disown
bombastic
repudiate
stratagem
belfry
21. To injure or destroy the surface or appearance of; to damage the value - influence - or effect of; to face down - outshine
jargon
deface
coalesce
nascent
22. Cooperation - mutual helpfulness - interdependence
hermetic
placate
jargon
symbiosis
23. Growth process from conception to birth - pregnancy - gravidity
plethora
gestation
heterogeneous
eloquent
24. Having bad connotation - disparaging - belittling - insulting
debutante
intractable
pajorative
embellish
25. A woman making a debut in high society/lady
dirge
vacillate
debutante
apathy
26. Coalesce - fuse
leery
amalgamate
pristine
inquest
27. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate - meticulous
eloquent
dither
demagogue
tirade
28. To perceive or recognize
discern
dirge
disparate
esoteric
29. Rude and bad-tempered - grumpy
malleable
frugality
surly
vacillate
30. To overwhelm - to cover with water - to deluge - submerge..etc
ingenuous
plethora
inundate
adulterate
31. Capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical
transitory
arbitrary
wraith
insurrection
32. Book - usually large and academic
tome
insurrection
vestige
eulogy
33. Ornament against evil/talisman/fetish
Amulet
vacillate
aerie
nuance
34. Nonsensical talk - specialized language - argot - cant - slang
vestige
jargon
connoisseur
ethos
35. Extremely generous or extravagant - exuberant - opulent - prodigal - profuse - bombastic
lavish
eulogy
advocate
pristine
36. A puzzle - a mystery - conundrum - perplexity
polemic
enigma
discern
kindle
37. Deceptive scheme; clever trick
stratagem
discern
placate
hegemony
38. A compact or close knit body of people or animals or things - legion
burnish
aerie
terrestrial
phalanx
39. Fresh and clean; uncorrupted ex - A ... beach
axiom
enigma
dirge
pristine
40. Tending to be thrifty or cheap - prudence - sparing - parsimony
frugality
paradox
archaic
innocuous
41. Set fire/excite
abstain
pervade
kindle
dither
42. Adamant - stubborn -unruly - obstinate - intransigent
phalanx
plucky
intractable
stratagem
43. Caution/thrift/widom
prudence
volatile
abyss
ethos
44. To anger - to provoke - incite - vex - or pester
antagonize
pristine
inundate
abstain
45. Speech in praise of someone - laud - extol - commend
inquest
listless
impervious
eulogy
46. Unsettled - swaying - fluctuate - vacillate - wandering from one place to another - waver
luminous
amalgamate
itinerant
paradox
47. Coming into being; in early developmental stages
nascent
venerable
lavish
arbitrate
48. Pertaining to beauty
aesthetic
prodigal
veracity
Euphemism
49. Respected because of age
proliferate
eloquent
amalgamate
venerable
50. An investigation or inquiry
luminous
grovel
listless
inquest
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