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1. A puzzle - a mystery - conundrum - perplexity
enigma
liberal
Fanatical
pervade
2. Finely sensitive to feelings or in perception. Ex - ... of the danger posed by the approaching hurricane
sentient
leery
lavish
innocuous
3. Nonsensical talk - specialized language - argot - cant - slang
hegemony
jargon
listless
articulate
4. Coming into being; in early developmental stages
nascent
prodigal
waver
Amulet
5. Consistent/uniform in composition/ opposite of heterogeneous
homogenous
dogmatic
transitory
terrestrial
6. Unsettled - swaying - fluctuate - vacillate - wandering from one place to another - waver
assail
plucky
itinerant
acme
7. Sociable; fond of the company of others
imbue
gregarious
phalanx
placate
8. Stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising - adamant - intransigent - intractable
obstinate
vacillate
symbiosis
naiive
9. To overwhelm - to cover with water - to deluge - submerge..etc
nascent
elegy
overwrought
inundate
10. To grow together and form a single whole - amalgamate - fuse - condense
esoteric
coalesce
dirge
hyperbole
11. Rude and bad-tempered - grumpy
surly
homogenous
panache
austere
12. To please someone so as to gain an advantage. Ex - ... themselves with the leaders.
ingratiate
articulate
vacillate
explicit
13. Pretentious/grandiloquent/pompous
inquest
bombastic
advocate
Dilate
14. Impossible to penetrate - impregnable
hermetic
Amulet
impervious
imbue
15. To polish
philistine
burnish
explicit
catalyst
16. Dormant - unused - unseeded - idle
aesthetic
inundate
venerable
fallow
17. To attack or assault - beset
assail
austere
wraith
esoteric
18. A trace of something that once was present
demagogue
vestige
malleable
deface
19. Plastic/phony/pretentious
tirade
larceny
affected
jettison
20. To choose not to do something
abstain
nascent
catalyst
larceny
21. Extremely careful; particular about details - scrupulous - picky - finicky - similar to articulate
Keen
meticulous
phalanx
pristine
22. Perceptive/sharp
veracity
Keen
impasse
articulate
23. Impossible to see through - preventing the passage of light - obscure
knell
jettison
opaque
convoluted
24. Ungrateful person - cad - churl
placate
ingrate
phalanx
erratic
25. To injure or destroy the surface or appearance of; to damage the value - influence - or effect of; to face down - outshine
intrepid
elegy
deface
symbiosis
26. To act confusedly or without a purpose - waver - falter - hesitate - vacillate
placate
discern
dither
symbiosis
27. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious
hermetic
arbitrate
antagonize
tome
28. Absolute - certain - explicit - categorical
rustic
ingenuous
unequivocal
posit
29. An amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge
dilettante
enigma
belfry
overwrought
30. Undecorated - stern in appearance - bleak - grim
larceny
tangential
austere
wraith
31. Point of culmination/ pinnacle/ acme
Dilate
permeate
zenith
rhetoric
32. To add ornamental or fictitious details - adorn - bedeck - elaborate
hyperbole
embellish
opaque
knell
33. Eject/discard like in excess fuel
kindle
tome
jettison
alleviate
34. Capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical
arbitrary
ingratiate
grovel
sportive
35. Sharp and irritating to the senses - acrid - acrimonious - piquant - caustic - poignant
pervade
chaos
pungent
pajorative
36. Make impure/debase
axiom
pungent
adulterate
veracity
37. Express grieve - deplore - bewail
archaic
slake
enigma
lament
38. To taint or tarnish - besmirch - defile
intractable
sully
plethora
imbue
39. A compact or close knit body of people or animals or things - legion
philistine
larceny
phalanx
Dilate
40. Not harmful or injurious; harmless
imbue
sentient
ingenuous
innocuous
41. Meal or mealtime - feast - banquet
gullible
repast
intrepid
intransigent
42. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate - meticulous
sully
amalgamate
Fanatical
eloquent
43. To calm down or moderate - to temperate - quench - satisfy
surly
gestation
slake
abstain
44. Old/antique/bygone/stale
archaic
alleviate
supplant
wraith
45. The highest point (of something) - zenith - pinnacle
ethos
adulterate
acme
dither
46. Turmoil/disorder
impasse
chaos
gregarious
advocate
47. Using or showing good judgment - wise - sensible
invective
larceny
judicious
vacillate
48. Commute/replace/superceded
supplant
meticulous
inundate
dither
49. Extreme devotion/frenzied/zealous
erratic
obstinate
Fanatical
hegemony
50. Easily aroused
volatile
eloquent
abeyance
arbitrate
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