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1. Ornament against evil/talisman/fetish
philantropy
Amulet
vacillate
impasse
2. Old/antique/bygone/stale
intransigent
overwrought
adulterate
archaic
3. Appease/mollify/to soothe or pacify
pajorative
pariah
wraith
placate
4. Not controlled by conscience; unscrupulous
deference
unconscionable
repose
philantropy
5. Undecorated - stern in appearance - bleak - grim
nascent
austere
chaos
dogma
6. A compact or close knit body of people or animals or things - legion
leery
affected
rhetoric
phalanx
7. Coalesce - fuse
homogenous
amalgamate
antagonize
heterogeneous
8. Extremely careful; particular about details - scrupulous - picky - finicky - similar to articulate
impasse
listless
meticulous
hermetic
9. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant
volatile
intrepid
luminous
hermetic
10. Caution/thrift/widom
catalyst
prudence
alleviate
inquest
11. Extreme devotion/frenzied/zealous
wraith
Fanatical
dogma
archaic
12. Tolerant - broad-minded
vacillate
liberal
audacious
analogous
13. A ghost of a living person seen just before his or her death - apparition - bogeyman - phantasm
gregarious
panache
wraith
debutante
14. Point of culmination/ pinnacle/ acme
lucid
antagonize
zenith
prodigal
15. Speak - plead - or argue in favour of
esoteric
overwrought
banal
advocate
16. Growing in number quickly/spawn
proliferate
rhetoric
nascent
abeyance
17. Innocent - simple - frank - sincere - naiive - credulous - gullible
Amulet
kindle
paradox
ingenuous
18. Fresh and clean; uncorrupted ex - A ... beach
articulate
sentient
fallow
pristine
19. Express grieve - deplore - bewail
intrepid
tangential
vestige
lament
20. Self-evident truth - adage - maxim - apothegm
axiom
panache
jettison
hegemony
21. Cooperation - mutual helpfulness - interdependence
abeyance
slake
symbiosis
archaic
22. Turmoil/disorder
chaos
latent
boor
pariah
23. A puzzle - a mystery - conundrum - perplexity
heterogeneous
philistine
enigma
panache
24. Abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will.. opposite of euphemism possibly
dirge
lucid
invective
aerie
25. Suggest - propose an explanation
posit
tirade
audacious
nascent
26. To polish
burnish
naiive
imbue
liberal
27. Using or showing good judgment - wise - sensible
judicious
adulterate
pajorative
ingenuous
28. No variation; tediously the same in sound
surly
lucid
panache
monotony
29. To injure or destroy the surface or appearance of; to damage the value - influence - or effect of; to face down - outshine
deface
polemic
zenith
lucid
30. Hackneyed - trite - commonplace - quotidian
statis
banal
bombastic
apathy
31. Determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason
nascent
whimsical
prodigal
vacillate
32. To choose not to do something
pervade
intractable
pungent
abstain
33. The trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally
dirge
apathy
philistine
panache
34. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate - meticulous
homogenous
ingratiate
abstain
eloquent
35. Controversy - argument - verbal attack - refutation
adulterate
polemic
fallow
waver
36. Passion - excitement - fervor - ardency
veracity
zeal
statis
innocuous
37. Brilliant/glowing
rhetoric
bombastic
luminous
repose
38. A gradual increase or the peak of a gradual increase. Ex - complaints about stifling smog conditions reached a ...
opaque
prodigal
abyss
crescendo
39. An orator who appeals to the passions and prejudices of his audience - false leader
esoteric
demagogue
surly
Amulet
40. To anger - to provoke - incite - vex - or pester
paradox
antagonize
advocate
boor
41. Wordy/not succinct/ineloquent
verbose
banal
enigma
tangential
42. Ungrateful person - cad - churl
repast
hermetic
stigma
ingrate
43. Credulous/ easily deceived/ simple minded/ingenuous/gullible
dirge
naiive
sully
grievous
44. Courageous; brave; valiant; valorous - audacious - intrepid
homogenous
kindle
Euphemism
plucky
45. Temporary; lasting a brief time
transitory
philantropy
connoisseur
adulterate
46. Equivalent to - alike - parallel
analogous
gregarious
frugality
listless
47. Book - usually large and academic
tome
insurrection
abyss
heterogeneous
48. To taint or tarnish - besmirch - defile
meticulous
phalanx
sully
symbiosis
49. Dormant - unused - unseeded - idle
pajorative
verbose
fallow
catalyst
50. Unclear or doubtful in meaning
prudence
impasse
ambiguous
symbiosis
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