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1. Eject/discard like in excess fuel
dogmatic
debutante
jettison
pungent
2. Imbue - permeate - penetrate - suffuse
catalyst
connoisseur
adulterate
pervade
3. An investigation or inquiry
surly
jargon
inquest
ingrate
4. A woman making a debut in high society/lady
grovel
obstinate
explicit
debutante
5. To injure or destroy the surface or appearance of; to damage the value - influence - or effect of; to face down - outshine
analogous
deface
axiom
transitory
6. Mark of disgrace
dither
eulogy
quotidian
stigma
7. Inertia/standstill/ stagnation
intransigent
intractable
statis
Fanatical
8. Expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language
articulate
lethargic
analogous
hermetic
9. Clear and easily understood - limpid - intelligible
pristine
catalyst
insurrection
lucid
10. Not apparent/dormant/quiescent/inert like hidden energy
grovel
advocate
latent
hermetic
11. Make impure/debase
esoteric
pariah
adulterate
ethos
12. Consistent/uniform in composition/ opposite of heterogeneous
bombastic
banal
homogenous
Amulet
13. To polish
burnish
affected
obstinate
ingratiate
14. An amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge
tirade
homogenous
enigma
dilettante
15. Humble oneself in a demeaning way - cringe - fawn - toady - kowtow - bootlick
heterogeneous
elegy
grovel
tirade
16. Fluctuate between choices - to dither - vacillate - oscillate
waver
amalgamate
statis
zenith
17. A firmly held opinion - especially a religious belief
surly
dither
dogma
hyperbole
18. Caution/thrift/widom
philistine
prudence
lament
gullible
19. To disavow/reject validity of/deny/disown
axiom
gestation
repudiate
ingrate
20. To calm down or moderate - to temperate - quench - satisfy
slake
verbose
veracity
dogmatic
21. Bucolic - rural
nascent
volatile
rustic
inquest
22. Temporary; lasting a brief time
ethos
transitory
sentient
debutante
23. Fresh and clean; uncorrupted ex - A ... beach
permeate
surly
pristine
advocate
24. Unsettled - swaying - fluctuate - vacillate - wandering from one place to another - waver
proliferate
itinerant
philistine
tome
25. Tending to be thrifty or cheap - prudence - sparing - parsimony
alleviate
frugality
erratic
chaos
26. Unclear or doubtful in meaning
proliferate
rhetoric
permeate
ambiguous
27. Self-evident truth - adage - maxim - apothegm
axiom
heterogeneous
polemic
frugality
28. Earthbound - commonplace - down-to-earth - tellurian - quotidian
dilettante
verbose
rustic
terrestrial
29. Relaxation - tranquility
kindle
paradox
veracity
repose
30. Intricate and complicated - byzantine - labyrinthine - tangled
bombastic
homogenous
intractable
convoluted
31. Submission to another's will; respect; courtesy
ingenuous
deference
demagogue
intractable
32. To perceive or recognize
coalesce
discern
whimsical
audacious
33. Elaborated to excess: overdone - extremely excited: agitated - hectic - frenzied - heated Ex - She became ... when she heard that her child was missing
overwrought
ingratiate
ingenuous
malleable
34. Know or understood by only a few - abstruse - arcane
panache
esoteric
intransigent
unconscionable
35. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious
pariah
prudence
hermetic
permeate
36. High secluded place - a nest built high in the air; an elevated - often secluded - dwelling
aerie
pungent
surly
sentient
37. Something bringing change to something else indirectly - impetus - goad - stimulant
catalyst
hegemony
frugality
hermetic
38. A trace of something that once was present
grovel
audacious
vestige
elegy
39. Philistine/bourgeois/superficial/materialistic
boor
overwrought
invective
Euphemism
40. Perceptive/sharp
posit
symbiosis
Euphemism
Keen
41. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant
panache
Fanatical
debutante
intrepid
42. To expand like a woman in labor
erratic
judicious
Dilate
pungent
43. Not controlled by conscience; unscrupulous
unconscionable
luminous
innocuous
plethora
44. Turmoil/disorder
ambiguous
obstinate
imbue
chaos
45. A subtle expression of meaning or quality - gradation - tone
luminous
philantropy
connoisseur
nuance
46. To overwhelm - to cover with water - to deluge - submerge..etc
innocuous
demagogue
slake
inundate
47. A compact or close knit body of people or animals or things - legion
arbitrary
phalanx
panache
jargon
48. A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
inundate
elegy
dirge
zeal
49. Impossible to see through - preventing the passage of light - obscure
banal
fallow
abeyance
opaque
50. Commute/replace/superceded
jargon
tirade
supplant
arbitrary
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