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1. Effective writing or speaking
deference
antagonize
veracity
rhetoric
2. Ornament against evil/talisman/fetish
repudiate
Amulet
permeate
stigma
3. To attack or assault - beset
inquest
assail
ambiguous
dogmatic
4. Philistine/bourgeois/superficial/materialistic
invective
wily
paradox
boor
5. Determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason
vestige
Fanatical
phalanx
whimsical
6. Dictatorial in one's opinion - imperious
ethos
dogmatic
zeal
wily
7. Pretentious/grandiloquent/pompous
tangential
monotony
bombastic
judicious
8. Uncompromising - refusing to reconcile - obstinate - stubborn - intractable
Keen
dogmatic
placate
intransigent
9. A trace of something that once was present
pajorative
vestige
sentient
explicit
10. Flamboyant/verve/dash
wraith
panache
disparate
acme
11. To overwhelm - to cover with water - to deluge - submerge..etc
monotony
invective
hegemony
inundate
12. Innocent - simple - frank - sincere - naiive - credulous - gullible
inquest
demagogue
intransigent
ingenuous
13. To taint or tarnish - besmirch - defile
whimsical
crescendo
phalanx
sully
14. Speech in praise of someone - laud - extol - commend
advocate
itinerant
slake
eulogy
15. Point of culmination/ pinnacle/ acme
proliferate
tome
zenith
intransigent
16. Elaborated to excess: overdone - extremely excited: agitated - hectic - frenzied - heated Ex - She became ... when she heard that her child was missing
intransigent
overwrought
archaic
acme
17. Impossible to see through - preventing the passage of light - obscure
pajorative
lucid
opaque
itinerant
18. Old/antique/bygone/stale
phalanx
archaic
bombastic
aesthetic
19. Purposeful exaggeration for effect - embellishment - inflation
lethargic
hyperbole
listless
analogous
20. Book - usually large and academic
abstain
tangential
tome
advocate
21. An orator who appeals to the passions and prejudices of his audience - false leader
fallow
demagogue
tangential
zenith
22. Expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language
eloquent
articulate
pervade
coalesce
23. To choose not to do something
nuance
symbiosis
abstain
transitory
24. Sway/dither/flutter/fluctuate
eloquent
burnish
vacillate
insurrection
25. Extreme devotion/frenzied/zealous
Fanatical
banal
ambiguous
arbitrary
26. Perceptive/sharp
chaos
knell
intrepid
Keen
27. To polish
monotony
burnish
terrestrial
Fanatical
28. Tolerant - broad-minded
enigma
liberal
sentient
banal
29. Wordy/not succinct/ineloquent
pristine
pervade
verbose
pariah
30. Nonsensical talk - specialized language - argot - cant - slang
plucky
pajorative
jargon
statis
31. Mournful speech - funeral hymn - elegy
sully
philantropy
dirge
surly
32. Having bad connotation - disparaging - belittling - insulting
plethora
meticulous
burnish
pajorative
33. Passion - excitement - fervor - ardency
abstain
leery
zeal
stigma
34. Easily aroused
discern
tangential
volatile
lethargic
35. Stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising - adamant - intransigent - intractable
articulate
paradox
obstinate
belfry
36. Pertaining to beauty
crescendo
ambiguous
aesthetic
rhetoric
37. Growth process from conception to birth - pregnancy - gravidity
waver
liberal
gestation
lavish
38. Self contradictory
apathy
antagonize
paradox
symbiosis
39. Not harmful or injurious; harmless
philantropy
inundate
innocuous
posit
40. Ductile/easily shaped/pliable/adaptable
philistine
amalgamate
coalesce
malleable
41. Earthbound - commonplace - down-to-earth - tellurian - quotidian
venerable
crescendo
terrestrial
ingrate
42. Social outcast
leery
symbiosis
affected
pariah
43. To anger - to provoke - incite - vex - or pester
intractable
antagonize
hyperbole
liberal
44. Characterized by severe suffering or sorrow - serious or grave
grievous
overwrought
hyperbole
catalyst
45. To grow together and form a single whole - amalgamate - fuse - condense
coalesce
Amulet
pristine
acme
46. Respected because of age
dirge
venerable
lethargic
pariah
47. Frolicsome/ playful
waver
nuance
obstinate
sportive
48. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous
gullible
leery
pervade
sully
49. An expert in matters of culture - food - or wine
stigma
axiom
connoisseur
transitory
50. Extremely careful; particular about details - scrupulous - picky - finicky - similar to articulate
heterogeneous
adulterate
dirge
meticulous
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