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1. To injure or destroy the surface or appearance of; to damage the value - influence - or effect of; to face down - outshine
monotony
philistine
lethargic
deface
2. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant
intrepid
aerie
opaque
lavish
3. A gradual increase or the peak of a gradual increase. Ex - complaints about stifling smog conditions reached a ...
esoteric
ingratiate
crescendo
larceny
4. Clear and easily understood - limpid - intelligible
convoluted
pariah
lucid
nuance
5. Extreme devotion/frenzied/zealous
malleable
Fanatical
deference
pajorative
6. Clever - deceptive
pariah
permeate
wily
pungent
7. Assuage - relieve - to make more bearable - placate
meticulous
prudence
alleviate
belfry
8. Courageous; brave; valiant; valorous - audacious - intrepid
proliferate
plucky
elegy
debutante
9. Uncompromising - refusing to reconcile - obstinate - stubborn - intractable
intransigent
pariah
heterogeneous
erratic
10. Consistent/uniform in composition/ opposite of heterogeneous
homogenous
arbitrary
frugality
jettison
11. Passion - excitement - fervor - ardency
philistine
wily
zeal
advocate
12. Intricate and complicated - byzantine - labyrinthine - tangled
discern
convoluted
axiom
statis
13. Rude and bad-tempered - grumpy
inquest
zeal
esoteric
surly
14. Pertaining to beauty
aesthetic
liberal
affected
debutante
15. To judge a dispute - adjudge - adjudicate - intervene - referee - rule
pajorative
arbitrate
quotidian
enigma
16. Having bad connotation - disparaging - belittling - insulting
antagonize
pajorative
dirge
insurrection
17. Meal or mealtime - feast - banquet
repast
impasse
dirge
latent
18. Not controlled by conscience; unscrupulous
unconscionable
intransigent
impasse
banal
19. Perceptive/sharp
Keen
hegemony
vestige
dilettante
20. Ductile/easily shaped/pliable/adaptable
malleable
lethargic
whimsical
pariah
21. Frolicsome/ playful
arbitrate
sportive
enigma
axiom
22. Turmoil/disorder
chaos
leery
kindle
dogmatic
23. Dictatorial in one's opinion - imperious
amalgamate
permeate
lucid
dogmatic
24. Unclear or doubtful in meaning
transitory
hyperbole
ambiguous
Fanatical
25. Undecorated - stern in appearance - bleak - grim
wraith
intrepid
philantropy
austere
26. Relaxation - tranquility
abyss
repose
listless
permeate
27. Bell tower - room where bell is hung - steeple - spire
belfry
dilettante
bombastic
rhetoric
28. Suffused with light: luminous - clear to the understanding: intelligible - sane. Ex - His ... history of this grim subject is scrupulously accurate - so far as I am able to judge ...
articulate
advocate
lucid
intractable
29. Imbue - permeate - penetrate - suffuse
sully
pervade
ingratiate
luminous
30. No variation; tediously the same in sound
monotony
zeal
pajorative
philistine
31. Characterized by severe suffering or sorrow - serious or grave
grievous
unconscionable
supplant
apathy
32. Old/antique/bygone/stale
tangential
impervious
archaic
abstain
33. Appease/mollify/to soothe or pacify
inquest
rhetoric
vacillate
placate
34. Absolute - certain - explicit - categorical
explicit
nuance
unequivocal
philistine
35. Philistine/bourgeois/superficial/materialistic
wily
boor
naiive
sportive
36. To polish
abeyance
sportive
burnish
catalyst
37. Plastic/phony/pretentious
kindle
jargon
affected
sentient
38. Not apparent/dormant/quiescent/inert like hidden energy
inundate
statis
latent
pajorative
39. To grow together and form a single whole - amalgamate - fuse - condense
coalesce
elegy
burnish
alleviate
40. To expand like a woman in labor
dogma
pungent
inquest
Dilate
41. Express grieve - deplore - bewail
demagogue
lament
advocate
rustic
42. Tolerant - broad-minded
dirge
larceny
demagogue
liberal
43. Beliefs or character of a group - ethics - philosophy
hermetic
statis
apathy
ethos
44. Easily aroused
wily
volatile
catalyst
Keen
45. Know or understood by only a few - abstruse - arcane
luminous
tirade
esoteric
deface
46. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
chaos
jettison
philantropy
prodigal
47. Impossible to penetrate - impregnable
sentient
larceny
liberal
impervious
48. Differing in kind; dissimilar; varied
advocate
heterogeneous
eulogy
itinerant
49. Sway/dither/flutter/fluctuate
vacillate
adulterate
supplant
zeal
50. A woman making a debut in high society/lady
hyperbole
monotony
debutante
crescendo
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