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1. Lacking energy or enthusiasm - lethargic - indolent - languid - like ready in spanish
quotidian
listless
Euphemism
banal
2. Consistent/uniform in composition/ opposite of heterogeneous
kindle
jettison
hermetic
homogenous
3. Clear and easily understood - limpid - intelligible
lucid
wraith
homogenous
gregarious
4. Self contradictory
veracity
paradox
explicit
repose
5. To polish
burnish
posit
hermetic
rustic
6. Bourgeois/ vulgarian/ boor/ materialistic not appreciating artistic or intellectual value
philistine
wraith
terrestrial
verbose
7. Commonplace - everyday occurrence - banal
apathy
fallow
hyperbole
quotidian
8. Bell tower - room where bell is hung - steeple - spire
stratagem
jargon
terrestrial
belfry
9. A trace of something that once was present
vestige
eulogy
unequivocal
impasse
10. Wordy/not succinct/ineloquent
Fanatical
debutante
deference
verbose
11. Equivalent to - alike - parallel
analogous
ethos
slake
lavish
12. A puzzle - a mystery - conundrum - perplexity
enigma
philistine
plucky
kindle
13. Capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical
arbitrary
Euphemism
pervade
nascent
14. Suffused with light: luminous - clear to the understanding: intelligible - sane. Ex - His ... history of this grim subject is scrupulously accurate - so far as I am able to judge ...
pristine
debutante
aerie
lucid
15. Passion - excitement - fervor - ardency
ingratiate
nascent
dither
zeal
16. Courageous; brave; valiant; valorous - audacious - intrepid
amalgamate
venerable
banal
plucky
17. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
boor
prodigal
abyss
aerie
18. Deceptive scheme; clever trick
stratagem
impasse
heterogeneous
Amulet
19. Know or understood by only a few - abstruse - arcane
alleviate
adulterate
esoteric
slake
20. Sluggish/listless/apathetic
sentient
panache
connoisseur
lethargic
21. Unclear or doubtful in meaning
ambiguous
lucid
fallow
volatile
22. To penetrate through spaces; to spread throughout - imbue - pervade
permeate
dirge
aesthetic
adulterate
23. To act confusedly or without a purpose - waver - falter - hesitate - vacillate
prodigal
dither
philistine
axiom
24. Flamboyant/verve/dash
hegemony
lucid
panache
ingenuous
25. Deep hole
abyss
impervious
boor
alleviate
26. To disavow/reject validity of/deny/disown
repudiate
venerable
bombastic
intractable
27. Extreme devotion/frenzied/zealous
Fanatical
dogmatic
nascent
tirade
28. Sharp and irritating to the senses - acrid - acrimonious - piquant - caustic - poignant
quotidian
gregarious
luminous
pungent
29. Caution/thrift/widom
prudence
hermetic
panache
hyperbole
30. Old/antique/bygone/stale
unequivocal
archaic
dirge
jargon
31. Assuage - relieve - to make more bearable - placate
phalanx
alleviate
ingenuous
pervade
32. Coalesce - fuse
discern
grievous
amalgamate
gestation
33. Abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will.. opposite of euphemism possibly
invective
tirade
rhetoric
Amulet
34. Appease/mollify/to soothe or pacify
Fanatical
inquest
placate
sully
35. Respected because of age
unconscionable
connoisseur
itinerant
venerable
36. Set fire/excite
alleviate
transitory
lavish
kindle
37. Excess
obstinate
plethora
unconscionable
quotidian
38. Submission to another's will; respect; courtesy
audacious
bombastic
deference
gestation
39. Speech in praise of someone - laud - extol - commend
intractable
eulogy
sentient
banal
40. Absolute - certain - explicit - categorical
unequivocal
intransigent
dirge
stratagem
41. Uncompromising - refusing to reconcile - obstinate - stubborn - intractable
intransigent
Euphemism
larceny
tangential
42. Turmoil/disorder
erratic
luminous
chaos
inquest
43. To choose not to do something
zeal
hermetic
abstain
waver
44. A firmly held opinion - especially a religious belief
dogma
ingrate
hegemony
unconscionable
45. A ghost of a living person seen just before his or her death - apparition - bogeyman - phantasm
intrepid
wraith
jettison
transitory
46. Adamant - stubborn -unruly - obstinate - intransigent
demagogue
intractable
rhetoric
sentient
47. Imbue - permeate - penetrate - suffuse
repudiate
eloquent
permeate
pervade
48. The trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally
chaos
apathy
veracity
jargon
49. (of someone) suspicious; wary; cautious
leery
alleviate
heterogeneous
dogmatic
50. Theft of property
larceny
sentient
zenith
pungent
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