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1. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
pervade
prodigal
gullible
Keen
2. Clearly and directly stated - opposite of implicit
jargon
amalgamate
explicit
liberal
3. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious
Keen
hermetic
opaque
jargon
4. Submission to another's will; respect; courtesy
latent
meticulous
deference
hermetic
5. Passion - excitement - fervor - ardency
audacious
unequivocal
zeal
tome
6. Impossible to see through - preventing the passage of light - obscure
latent
unequivocal
opaque
dirge
7. Clever - deceptive
demagogue
wily
slake
rustic
8. Purposeful exaggeration for effect - embellishment - inflation
abstain
dirge
judicious
hyperbole
9. To penetrate through spaces; to spread throughout - imbue - pervade
convoluted
frugality
permeate
transitory
10. A woman making a debut in high society/lady
audacious
gestation
stigma
debutante
11. Hackneyed - trite - commonplace - quotidian
banal
articulate
surly
proliferate
12. Blocked path - dilemma with no solution - cul-de-sac - deadlock - stalemate
intransigent
impasse
assail
adulterate
13. To grow together and form a single whole - amalgamate - fuse - condense
innocuous
latent
coalesce
axiom
14. Effective writing or speaking
archaic
demagogue
burnish
rhetoric
15. To inspire; to permeate; to fill with a mood or tone - to pervade
dirge
imbue
eulogy
stigma
16. Absolute - certain - explicit - categorical
unequivocal
arbitrate
dilettante
pajorative
17. Excess
plethora
hegemony
boor
abeyance
18. Dictatorial in one's opinion - imperious
dogmatic
phalanx
statis
itinerant
19. Nonsensical talk - specialized language - argot - cant - slang
jargon
ambiguous
abeyance
assail
20. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous
naiive
malleable
demagogue
gullible
21. Brilliant/glowing
dirge
luminous
transitory
ingratiate
22. Not controlled by conscience; unscrupulous
polemic
nuance
unconscionable
itinerant
23. The trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally
chaos
apathy
erratic
heterogeneous
24. Wandering and unpredictable
repose
axiom
erratic
burnish
25. A gradual increase or the peak of a gradual increase. Ex - complaints about stifling smog conditions reached a ...
malleable
prodigal
gregarious
crescendo
26. Easily aroused
meticulous
disparate
tangential
volatile
27. A subtle expression of meaning or quality - gradation - tone
leery
nuance
stratagem
Fanatical
28. Innocent - simple - frank - sincere - naiive - credulous - gullible
ingenuous
burnish
catalyst
itinerant
29. Clear and easily understood - limpid - intelligible
rustic
polemic
lucid
gestation
30. The highest point (of something) - zenith - pinnacle
plethora
enigma
slake
acme
31. Growing in number quickly/spawn
tangential
eulogy
panache
proliferate
32. Inertia/standstill/ stagnation
statis
coalesce
arbitrary
crescendo
33. Using or showing good judgment - wise - sensible
tirade
meticulous
axiom
judicious
34. Unclear or doubtful in meaning
surly
ambiguous
intransigent
esoteric
35. Self contradictory
acme
paradox
latent
affected
36. Pertaining to beauty
symbiosis
arbitrate
eulogy
aesthetic
37. To polish
arbitrary
philistine
disparate
burnish
38. Fearless - intrepid - venturesome - valiant - valorous - game - gallant - plucky
chaos
audacious
pristine
impasse
39. Pretentious/grandiloquent/pompous
liberal
unconscionable
banal
bombastic
40. To judge a dispute - adjudge - adjudicate - intervene - referee - rule
dogma
pajorative
arbitrate
prodigal
41. To overwhelm - to cover with water - to deluge - submerge..etc
Euphemism
inundate
zenith
nascent
42. Beliefs or character of a group - ethics - philosophy
innocuous
luminous
ethos
transitory
43. Adamant - stubborn -unruly - obstinate - intransigent
impasse
ingrate
intractable
pungent
44. Know or understood by only a few - abstruse - arcane
amalgamate
gullible
frugality
esoteric
45. Humble oneself in a demeaning way - cringe - fawn - toady - kowtow - bootlick
grovel
prudence
abstain
gestation
46. Earthbound - commonplace - down-to-earth - tellurian - quotidian
terrestrial
tangential
embellish
lethargic
47. Lacking energy or enthusiasm - lethargic - indolent - languid - like ready in spanish
amalgamate
dirge
lethargic
listless
48. To calm down or moderate - to temperate - quench - satisfy
homogenous
deference
slake
itinerant
49. Long harsh speech or verbal attack - diatribe - fulmination - harangue - vilification - obloquy
tirade
banal
discern
abeyance
50. Differing in kind; dissimilar; varied
repudiate
itinerant
boor
heterogeneous
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