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1. Commute/replace/superceded
itinerant
hyperbole
supplant
naiive
2. Philistine/bourgeois/superficial/materialistic
boor
ambiguous
homogenous
repose
3. Commonplace - everyday occurrence - banal
transitory
nuance
grovel
quotidian
4. An amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge
dilettante
ethos
burnish
ingenuous
5. Fluctuate between choices - to dither - vacillate - oscillate
philantropy
waver
prodigal
philistine
6. Passion - excitement - fervor - ardency
leery
lethargic
zeal
supplant
7. To polish
Fanatical
alleviate
demagogue
burnish
8. Temporary suppression or suspension - remission - delay
latent
malleable
aesthetic
abeyance
9. Unsettled - swaying - fluctuate - vacillate - wandering from one place to another - waver
boor
itinerant
Amulet
hyperbole
10. Growing in number quickly/spawn
nuance
proliferate
homogenous
dilettante
11. Pertaining to beauty
proliferate
listless
aesthetic
eulogy
12. Absolute - certain - explicit - categorical
unequivocal
itinerant
Amulet
arbitrary
13. The highest point (of something) - zenith - pinnacle
austere
assail
acme
repudiate
14. Clever - deceptive
lavish
wily
ethos
hermetic
15. Differing in kind; dissimilar; varied
heterogeneous
dogma
gregarious
articulate
16. A gradual increase or the peak of a gradual increase. Ex - complaints about stifling smog conditions reached a ...
ambiguous
unequivocal
crescendo
judicious
17. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
supplant
luminous
prodigal
intransigent
18. Peripheral - irrelevant - digressive - extraneous diverting - inconsequential
tangential
articulate
phalanx
philistine
19. Express grieve - deplore - bewail
lament
plucky
nascent
hyperbole
20. To expand like a woman in labor
statis
Dilate
alleviate
volatile
21. Equivalent to - alike - parallel
analogous
grovel
audacious
paradox
22. Fearless - intrepid - venturesome - valiant - valorous - game - gallant - plucky
kindle
deface
audacious
intrepid
23. The trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally
erratic
apathy
axiom
prodigal
24. Set fire/excite
stigma
dogma
connoisseur
kindle
25. Fresh and clean; uncorrupted ex - A ... beach
obstinate
jettison
pristine
hermetic
26. Dictatorial in one's opinion - imperious
burnish
insurrection
listless
dogmatic
27. Respected because of age
philantropy
convoluted
nascent
venerable
28. Consistent/uniform in composition/ opposite of heterogeneous
heterogeneous
hegemony
homogenous
waver
29. Relaxation - tranquility
repose
wily
knell
axiom
30. A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
dirge
archaic
ingrate
inundate
31. Determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason
whimsical
ethos
aesthetic
philantropy
32. Blocked path - dilemma with no solution - cul-de-sac - deadlock - stalemate
ethos
philistine
pajorative
impasse
33. Ungrateful person - cad - churl
veracity
ingrate
nuance
deference
34. Extremely generous or extravagant - exuberant - opulent - prodigal - profuse - bombastic
tirade
inquest
lavish
terrestrial
35. Rude and bad-tempered - grumpy
intrepid
inundate
surly
plucky
36. Controversy - argument - verbal attack - refutation
polemic
statis
lavish
grievous
37. Influence or domination over
hegemony
chaos
grovel
hermetic
38. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous
hegemony
gullible
arbitrary
invective
39. Extreme devotion/frenzied/zealous
phalanx
kindle
Fanatical
lament
40. Finely sensitive to feelings or in perception. Ex - ... of the danger posed by the approaching hurricane
prodigal
sentient
phalanx
venerable
41. Uncompromising - refusing to reconcile - obstinate - stubborn - intractable
lament
statis
intransigent
prudence
42. Truthfulness
veracity
dilettante
repose
austere
43. Clearly and directly stated - opposite of implicit
explicit
supplant
itinerant
eulogy
44. Sluggish/listless/apathetic
dogmatic
verbose
stigma
lethargic
45. Expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language
articulate
gullible
symbiosis
affected
46. A subtle expression of meaning or quality - gradation - tone
nuance
hyperbole
slake
boor
47. Plastic/phony/pretentious
sentient
nuance
wily
affected
48. Abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will.. opposite of euphemism possibly
ambiguous
knell
invective
abyss
49. Growth process from conception to birth - pregnancy - gravidity
slake
gestation
posit
fallow
50. Nonsensical talk - specialized language - argot - cant - slang
debutante
monotony
slake
jargon
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