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1. Temporary; lasting a brief time
zenith
transitory
rustic
stratagem
2. Nonsensical talk - specialized language - argot - cant - slang
amalgamate
lavish
jargon
demagogue
3. Bell tower - room where bell is hung - steeple - spire
enigma
erratic
verbose
belfry
4. Appease/mollify/to soothe or pacify
inundate
placate
unconscionable
imbue
5. Controversy - argument - verbal attack - refutation
obstinate
polemic
wraith
arbitrary
6. To act confusedly or without a purpose - waver - falter - hesitate - vacillate
dogmatic
venerable
dirge
dither
7. Intricate and complicated - byzantine - labyrinthine - tangled
convoluted
itinerant
explicit
intransigent
8. Caution/thrift/widom
prudence
aerie
volatile
nascent
9. An orator who appeals to the passions and prejudices of his audience - false leader
advocate
demagogue
heterogeneous
gestation
10. Purposeful exaggeration for effect - embellishment - inflation
impasse
bombastic
hyperbole
dogmatic
11. To taint or tarnish - besmirch - defile
amalgamate
sully
dogma
tangential
12. Growing in number quickly/spawn
hermetic
pariah
proliferate
convoluted
13. Philistine/bourgeois/superficial/materialistic
dogma
polemic
boor
veracity
14. Sway/dither/flutter/fluctuate
esoteric
vacillate
enigma
aesthetic
15. Social outcast
pariah
embellish
tirade
repast
16. Coming into being; in early developmental stages
prudence
jargon
nascent
phalanx
17. Tending to be thrifty or cheap - prudence - sparing - parsimony
intractable
frugality
gullible
leery
18. Commute/replace/superceded
unequivocal
inundate
supplant
fallow
19. Sharp and irritating to the senses - acrid - acrimonious - piquant - caustic - poignant
stigma
pungent
intrepid
volatile
20. To anger - to provoke - incite - vex - or pester
gullible
antagonize
austere
hyperbole
21. Stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising - adamant - intransigent - intractable
obstinate
lucid
nascent
antagonize
22. Ornament against evil/talisman/fetish
whimsical
insurrection
Amulet
hegemony
23. Clear and easily understood - limpid - intelligible
convoluted
ambiguous
meticulous
lucid
24. Rebellion - mutiny
insurrection
axiom
banal
slake
25. Truthfulness
gestation
aerie
veracity
monotony
26. Know or understood by only a few - abstruse - arcane
esoteric
sully
homogenous
kindle
27. The highest point (of something) - zenith - pinnacle
ethos
acme
volatile
gregarious
28. Pertaining to beauty
aesthetic
gullible
naiive
crescendo
29. Plastic/phony/pretentious
pungent
adulterate
affected
quotidian
30. Funeral bell/ omen of death
vestige
knell
lavish
dogma
31. Earthbound - commonplace - down-to-earth - tellurian - quotidian
terrestrial
esoteric
phalanx
Fanatical
32. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate - meticulous
eloquent
boor
hyperbole
dither
33. Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
rhetoric
lavish
disparate
listless
34. Impossible to penetrate - impregnable
surly
archaic
impervious
gullible
35. Ductile/easily shaped/pliable/adaptable
coalesce
prudence
malleable
tirade
36. Theft of property
philantropy
alleviate
larceny
frugality
37. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious
phalanx
surly
hermetic
opaque
38. To attack or assault - beset
hyperbole
alleviate
inundate
assail
39. Not apparent/dormant/quiescent/inert like hidden energy
dirge
gullible
eloquent
latent
40. Old/antique/bygone/stale
unequivocal
naiive
tome
archaic
41. A compact or close knit body of people or animals or things - legion
belfry
bombastic
phalanx
lavish
42. To judge a dispute - adjudge - adjudicate - intervene - referee - rule
arbitrate
ingrate
paradox
coalesce
43. Beliefs or character of a group - ethics - philosophy
ethos
prodigal
catalyst
analogous
44. Book - usually large and academic
explicit
tome
gestation
deference
45. Brilliant/glowing
listless
advocate
lucid
luminous
46. Lacking energy or enthusiasm - lethargic - indolent - languid - like ready in spanish
ingrate
listless
Dilate
gestation
47. Innocent - simple - frank - sincere - naiive - credulous - gullible
sentient
ingenuous
placate
jargon
48. Ungrateful person - cad - churl
zenith
ingrate
malleable
knell
49. Absolute - certain - explicit - categorical
embellish
ingenuous
erratic
unequivocal
50. Mark of disgrace
erratic
stigma
insurrection
intransigent
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