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1. Nonsensical talk - specialized language - argot - cant - slang
inundate
inquest
deference
jargon
2. Truthfulness
ingrate
luminous
zenith
veracity
3. To expand like a woman in labor
affected
Dilate
dogma
boor
4. Imbue - permeate - penetrate - suffuse
fallow
impasse
eulogy
pervade
5. A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
coalesce
gestation
intractable
dirge
6. Intricate and complicated - byzantine - labyrinthine - tangled
convoluted
supplant
overwrought
advocate
7. A ghost of a living person seen just before his or her death - apparition - bogeyman - phantasm
polemic
assail
embellish
wraith
8. Earthbound - commonplace - down-to-earth - tellurian - quotidian
advocate
nascent
invective
terrestrial
9. Set fire/excite
impasse
kindle
ingrate
discern
10. Respected because of age
larceny
ethos
venerable
volatile
11. Bell tower - room where bell is hung - steeple - spire
belfry
deface
Euphemism
plucky
12. Mark of disgrace
unequivocal
stigma
antagonize
wraith
13. Not apparent/dormant/quiescent/inert like hidden energy
latent
Keen
adulterate
convoluted
14. Wandering and unpredictable
burnish
surly
obstinate
erratic
15. Undecorated - stern in appearance - bleak - grim
ambiguous
ingenuous
opaque
austere
16. Suggest - propose an explanation
rustic
wily
Dilate
posit
17. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious
gullible
hermetic
repose
analogous
18. To anger - to provoke - incite - vex - or pester
aerie
antagonize
hermetic
unequivocal
19. Dormant - unused - unseeded - idle
opaque
fallow
posit
ingratiate
20. Not controlled by conscience; unscrupulous
chaos
unconscionable
repudiate
hegemony
21. Unsettled - swaying - fluctuate - vacillate - wandering from one place to another - waver
volatile
insurrection
itinerant
gullible
22. Frolicsome/ playful
opaque
sportive
supplant
Euphemism
23. To add ornamental or fictitious details - adorn - bedeck - elaborate
repast
waver
arbitrary
embellish
24. Speech in praise of someone - laud - extol - commend
jettison
eulogy
opaque
convoluted
25. Self contradictory
sully
paradox
stratagem
statis
26. Lacking energy or enthusiasm - lethargic - indolent - languid - like ready in spanish
listless
axiom
rhetoric
innocuous
27. Deep hole
intransigent
abyss
lament
repudiate
28. Plastic/phony/pretentious
acme
dogmatic
terrestrial
affected
29. Sociable; fond of the company of others
tirade
discern
lucid
gregarious
30. To penetrate through spaces; to spread throughout - imbue - pervade
permeate
gestation
intrepid
jettison
31. Absolute - certain - explicit - categorical
rhetoric
zenith
unequivocal
chaos
32. Appease/mollify/to soothe or pacify
burnish
analogous
placate
lavish
33. Having bad connotation - disparaging - belittling - insulting
pajorative
intransigent
arbitrate
phalanx
34. Influence or domination over
innocuous
philistine
discern
hegemony
35. Blocked path - dilemma with no solution - cul-de-sac - deadlock - stalemate
overwrought
impasse
heterogeneous
naiive
36. To overwhelm - to cover with water - to deluge - submerge..etc
inundate
rhetoric
meticulous
hyperbole
37. Pretentious/grandiloquent/pompous
bombastic
paradox
deface
unequivocal
38. Abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will.. opposite of euphemism possibly
heterogeneous
arbitrate
invective
abyss
39. Extremely generous or extravagant - exuberant - opulent - prodigal - profuse - bombastic
lavish
tome
knell
philistine
40. Tolerant - broad-minded
discern
sully
intransigent
liberal
41. To injure or destroy the surface or appearance of; to damage the value - influence - or effect of; to face down - outshine
terrestrial
deface
ingrate
deference
42. Assuage - relieve - to make more bearable - placate
philantropy
adulterate
alleviate
frugality
43. Fluctuate between choices - to dither - vacillate - oscillate
plucky
knell
waver
sportive
44. Bucolic - rural
sportive
overwrought
unequivocal
rustic
45. Not harmful or injurious; harmless
whimsical
innocuous
Euphemism
pristine
46. Social outcast
plucky
Fanatical
prudence
pariah
47. Book - usually large and academic
tome
prudence
plucky
belfry
48. Sharp and irritating to the senses - acrid - acrimonious - piquant - caustic - poignant
latent
paradox
lucid
pungent
49. Fresh and clean; uncorrupted ex - A ... beach
pervade
liberal
Keen
pristine
50. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate - meticulous
affected
eloquent
ethos
gullible
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