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1. Truthfulness
lavish
prodigal
abeyance
veracity
2. Philistine/bourgeois/superficial/materialistic
ethos
Euphemism
boor
affected
3. A woman making a debut in high society/lady
whimsical
sentient
Dilate
debutante
4. Bucolic - rural
rustic
abstain
judicious
erratic
5. Elaborated to excess: overdone - extremely excited: agitated - hectic - frenzied - heated Ex - She became ... when she heard that her child was missing
sully
overwrought
phalanx
frugality
6. Frolicsome/ playful
sportive
wily
audacious
posit
7. Adamant - stubborn -unruly - obstinate - intransigent
dirge
luminous
intractable
posit
8. Clever - deceptive
wily
stigma
plucky
larceny
9. Speech in praise of someone - laud - extol - commend
imbue
repudiate
eulogy
prodigal
10. An investigation or inquiry
aerie
inquest
dogma
verbose
11. Not apparent/dormant/quiescent/inert like hidden energy
symbiosis
rustic
waver
latent
12. Relaxation - tranquility
repose
vestige
philistine
pristine
13. An amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge
abyss
eloquent
dilettante
tome
14. Controversy - argument - verbal attack - refutation
dilettante
aesthetic
polemic
overwrought
15. Eject/discard like in excess fuel
jettison
wily
crescendo
dither
16. No variation; tediously the same in sound
invective
enigma
aerie
monotony
17. Dictatorial in one's opinion - imperious
abeyance
waver
abstain
dogmatic
18. Self-evident truth - adage - maxim - apothegm
terrestrial
axiom
sully
burnish
19. Ornament against evil/talisman/fetish
whimsical
Amulet
rustic
ingrate
20. To penetrate through spaces; to spread throughout - imbue - pervade
zenith
austere
permeate
Euphemism
21. Finely sensitive to feelings or in perception. Ex - ... of the danger posed by the approaching hurricane
sentient
pariah
Euphemism
hyperbole
22. To anger - to provoke - incite - vex - or pester
antagonize
wraith
pariah
impervious
23. Dirge - lament - a sorrowful speech or poem
nascent
embellish
meticulous
elegy
24. Nonsensical talk - specialized language - argot - cant - slang
hermetic
quotidian
nuance
jargon
25. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous
statis
ethos
sentient
gullible
26. Humble oneself in a demeaning way - cringe - fawn - toady - kowtow - bootlick
affected
intransigent
lucid
grovel
27. Rebellion - mutiny
articulate
permeate
insurrection
chaos
28. To judge a dispute - adjudge - adjudicate - intervene - referee - rule
arbitrate
lament
arbitrary
pristine
29. Wordy/not succinct/ineloquent
whimsical
prodigal
transitory
verbose
30. Temporary suppression or suspension - remission - delay
chaos
abeyance
kindle
grievous
31. An expert in matters of culture - food - or wine
abeyance
connoisseur
coalesce
terrestrial
32. Sluggish/listless/apathetic
proliferate
supplant
bombastic
lethargic
33. Using or showing good judgment - wise - sensible
pungent
judicious
wily
ambiguous
34. Determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason
proliferate
boor
malleable
whimsical
35. Extremely careful; particular about details - scrupulous - picky - finicky - similar to articulate
wraith
meticulous
advocate
statis
36. Unclear or doubtful in meaning
lucid
monotony
ambiguous
ethos
37. To injure or destroy the surface or appearance of; to damage the value - influence - or effect of; to face down - outshine
permeate
inundate
latent
deface
38. Something bringing change to something else indirectly - impetus - goad - stimulant
proliferate
vestige
overwrought
catalyst
39. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious
hermetic
hyperbole
stigma
elegy
40. Lacking energy or enthusiasm - lethargic - indolent - languid - like ready in spanish
jargon
unconscionable
listless
ingrate
41. A compact or close knit body of people or animals or things - legion
inundate
boor
phalanx
pristine
42. Fresh and clean; uncorrupted ex - A ... beach
erratic
unequivocal
impasse
pristine
43. High secluded place - a nest built high in the air; an elevated - often secluded - dwelling
heterogeneous
polemic
aerie
arbitrate
44. A gradual increase or the peak of a gradual increase. Ex - complaints about stifling smog conditions reached a ...
audacious
ingratiate
crescendo
monotony
45. A subtle expression of meaning or quality - gradation - tone
opaque
dirge
nuance
dirge
46. Effective writing or speaking
burnish
overwrought
rhetoric
latent
47. Cooperation - mutual helpfulness - interdependence
innocuous
nascent
symbiosis
articulate
48. Ductile/easily shaped/pliable/adaptable
malleable
discern
pariah
Keen
49. A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
dirge
meticulous
opaque
rhetoric
50. Hackneyed - trite - commonplace - quotidian
antagonize
burnish
elegy
banal
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