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1. Finely sensitive to feelings or in perception. Ex - ... of the danger posed by the approaching hurricane
coalesce
sentient
alleviate
prodigal
2. Influence or domination over
hegemony
unequivocal
axiom
lucid
3. An orator who appeals to the passions and prejudices of his audience - false leader
demagogue
vestige
pungent
nascent
4. Speak - plead - or argue in favour of
advocate
acme
burnish
erratic
5. Dirge - lament - a sorrowful speech or poem
bombastic
elegy
deference
lucid
6. A ghost of a living person seen just before his or her death - apparition - bogeyman - phantasm
sentient
larceny
wraith
panache
7. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant
polemic
kindle
insurrection
intrepid
8. A puzzle - a mystery - conundrum - perplexity
permeate
enigma
Fanatical
deference
9. Growing in number quickly/spawn
opaque
itinerant
ingrate
proliferate
10. Bell tower - room where bell is hung - steeple - spire
belfry
impasse
audacious
pristine
11. Rude and bad-tempered - grumpy
surly
sportive
volatile
jargon
12. Excess
naiive
plethora
advocate
fallow
13. Deceptive scheme; clever trick
stratagem
impervious
pajorative
Euphemism
14. Funeral bell/ omen of death
sully
convoluted
proliferate
knell
15. Relaxation - tranquility
obstinate
repose
pristine
wily
16. A trace of something that once was present
lament
burnish
vestige
surly
17. Extremely generous or extravagant - exuberant - opulent - prodigal - profuse - bombastic
lavish
impervious
enigma
apathy
18. Rebellion - mutiny
eloquent
insurrection
deface
lament
19. Impossible to see through - preventing the passage of light - obscure
Keen
opaque
hermetic
proliferate
20. Effective writing or speaking
amalgamate
enigma
tirade
rhetoric
21. Not controlled by conscience; unscrupulous
paradox
obstinate
unconscionable
slake
22. Peripheral - irrelevant - digressive - extraneous diverting - inconsequential
tangential
itinerant
fallow
deface
23. To add ornamental or fictitious details - adorn - bedeck - elaborate
embellish
dogma
aerie
analogous
24. Lacking energy or enthusiasm - lethargic - indolent - languid - like ready in spanish
tirade
listless
rustic
phalanx
25. Dormant - unused - unseeded - idle
fallow
archaic
abeyance
amalgamate
26. To overwhelm - to cover with water - to deluge - submerge..etc
archaic
inundate
plethora
zenith
27. Characterized by severe suffering or sorrow - serious or grave
latent
grievous
erratic
rustic
28. To act confusedly or without a purpose - waver - falter - hesitate - vacillate
dither
supplant
verbose
Keen
29. A gradual increase or the peak of a gradual increase. Ex - complaints about stifling smog conditions reached a ...
crescendo
veracity
erratic
sully
30. Coming into being; in early developmental stages
debutante
nascent
dirge
erratic
31. Tending to be thrifty or cheap - prudence - sparing - parsimony
aesthetic
philantropy
obstinate
frugality
32. Unclear or doubtful in meaning
frugality
abeyance
ambiguous
venerable
33. Mournful speech - funeral hymn - elegy
dirge
intrepid
Amulet
prudence
34. Express grieve - deplore - bewail
amalgamate
plucky
intractable
lament
35. Humble oneself in a demeaning way - cringe - fawn - toady - kowtow - bootlick
monotony
grovel
pungent
hegemony
36. Long harsh speech or verbal attack - diatribe - fulmination - harangue - vilification - obloquy
sentient
tirade
permeate
philantropy
37. Easily aroused
zenith
sully
discern
volatile
38. Sway/dither/flutter/fluctuate
whimsical
meticulous
grievous
vacillate
39. Determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason
hermetic
whimsical
Fanatical
overwrought
40. Ductile/easily shaped/pliable/adaptable
sentient
malleable
Fanatical
gullible
41. To injure or destroy the surface or appearance of; to damage the value - influence - or effect of; to face down - outshine
hermetic
deface
coalesce
pariah
42. A compact or close knit body of people or animals or things - legion
phalanx
esoteric
meticulous
latent
43. A firmly held opinion - especially a religious belief
impervious
eloquent
dogma
dirge
44. Social outcast
pariah
repose
knell
supplant
45. An investigation or inquiry
enigma
homogenous
inquest
intransigent
46. Truthfulness
discern
ethos
veracity
pervade
47. Clever - deceptive
supplant
quotidian
grievous
wily
48. High secluded place - a nest built high in the air; an elevated - often secluded - dwelling
zeal
elegy
aerie
latent
49. Hackneyed - trite - commonplace - quotidian
lucid
meticulous
banal
repast
50. Book - usually large and academic
tome
bombastic
vacillate
convoluted
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