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english
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1. Equivalent to - alike - parallel
analogous
belfry
prudence
convoluted
2. Caution/thrift/widom
sully
connoisseur
dirge
prudence
3. Sway/dither/flutter/fluctuate
adulterate
vacillate
prudence
bombastic
4. Finely sensitive to feelings or in perception. Ex - ... of the danger posed by the approaching hurricane
antagonize
acme
hermetic
sentient
5. Eject/discard like in excess fuel
prudence
repudiate
jettison
monotony
6. Unsettled - swaying - fluctuate - vacillate - wandering from one place to another - waver
dither
itinerant
lament
belfry
7. Plastic/phony/pretentious
leery
burnish
inquest
affected
8. Cooperation - mutual helpfulness - interdependence
dirge
symbiosis
axiom
terrestrial
9. Elaborated to excess: overdone - extremely excited: agitated - hectic - frenzied - heated Ex - She became ... when she heard that her child was missing
overwrought
phalanx
frugality
dirge
10. To polish
bombastic
leery
Dilate
burnish
11. Nonsensical talk - specialized language - argot - cant - slang
analogous
jargon
rhetoric
innocuous
12. To act confusedly or without a purpose - waver - falter - hesitate - vacillate
opaque
panache
dither
repose
13. Relaxation - tranquility
intrepid
alleviate
repose
prodigal
14. Temporary suppression or suspension - remission - delay
abeyance
enigma
statis
kindle
15. Know or understood by only a few - abstruse - arcane
elegy
pristine
esoteric
dirge
16. Dormant - unused - unseeded - idle
symbiosis
debutante
supplant
fallow
17. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous
whimsical
convoluted
gullible
ambiguous
18. Pretentious/grandiloquent/pompous
discern
wily
bombastic
inquest
19. Controversy - argument - verbal attack - refutation
dirge
polemic
Amulet
statis
20. Lacking energy or enthusiasm - lethargic - indolent - languid - like ready in spanish
insurrection
listless
affected
lavish
21. Adamant - stubborn -unruly - obstinate - intransigent
whimsical
pungent
veracity
intractable
22. Growth process from conception to birth - pregnancy - gravidity
gestation
impervious
repose
latent
23. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate - meticulous
homogenous
innocuous
eloquent
abstain
24. Fluctuate between choices - to dither - vacillate - oscillate
meticulous
latent
luminous
waver
25. Philistine/bourgeois/superficial/materialistic
intransigent
boor
philistine
tangential
26. Capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical
Keen
arbitrary
coalesce
placate
27. Not harmful or injurious; harmless
itinerant
innocuous
analogous
intrepid
28. Using an inoffensive word instead of an offensive one
dirge
Euphemism
abyss
imbue
29. Coalesce - fuse
amalgamate
prudence
unconscionable
obstinate
30. A subtle expression of meaning or quality - gradation - tone
nuance
abstain
lament
explicit
31. Suggest - propose an explanation
deference
posit
placate
lament
32. To choose not to do something
dirge
abstain
ingrate
nascent
33. Passion - excitement - fervor - ardency
archaic
pungent
zeal
intractable
34. Pertaining to beauty
dogma
aesthetic
invective
waver
35. To judge a dispute - adjudge - adjudicate - intervene - referee - rule
embellish
lament
arbitrate
elegy
36. Not controlled by conscience; unscrupulous
listless
inundate
pristine
unconscionable
37. Assuage - relieve - to make more bearable - placate
ingenuous
affected
alleviate
grovel
38. Earthbound - commonplace - down-to-earth - tellurian - quotidian
waver
terrestrial
unequivocal
proliferate
39. Funeral bell/ omen of death
boor
knell
malleable
monotony
40. To penetrate through spaces; to spread throughout - imbue - pervade
permeate
sully
unequivocal
supplant
41. Clear and easily understood - limpid - intelligible
pristine
lucid
audacious
plucky
42. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious
invective
hermetic
dither
hegemony
43. Something bringing change to something else indirectly - impetus - goad - stimulant
catalyst
proliferate
lucid
invective
44. Altruism/ charity
embellish
luminous
philantropy
alleviate
45. The trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally
apathy
abeyance
arbitrate
venerable
46. Clearly and directly stated - opposite of implicit
explicit
malleable
invective
sully
47. Book - usually large and academic
tome
innocuous
unequivocal
eulogy
48. To disavow/reject validity of/deny/disown
permeate
repudiate
naiive
explicit
49. Peripheral - irrelevant - digressive - extraneous diverting - inconsequential
transitory
lavish
tangential
impervious
50. Submission to another's will; respect; courtesy
elegy
deference
hermetic
philantropy