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1. Point of culmination/ pinnacle/ acme
zenith
embellish
demagogue
coalesce
2. To disavow/reject validity of/deny/disown
hermetic
innocuous
repudiate
pristine
3. Funeral bell/ omen of death
tome
prodigal
convoluted
knell
4. Capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical
chaos
Dilate
embellish
arbitrary
5. Set fire/excite
aerie
intransigent
abeyance
kindle
6. Ductile/easily shaped/pliable/adaptable
demagogue
surly
ingratiate
malleable
7. To penetrate through spaces; to spread throughout - imbue - pervade
pariah
imbue
Keen
permeate
8. A woman making a debut in high society/lady
imbue
plucky
debutante
nascent
9. Characterized by severe suffering or sorrow - serious or grave
judicious
posit
gestation
grievous
10. Growing in number quickly/spawn
kindle
proliferate
lethargic
acme
11. Sharp and irritating to the senses - acrid - acrimonious - piquant - caustic - poignant
embellish
statis
pungent
zenith
12. Dormant - unused - unseeded - idle
obstinate
assail
lethargic
fallow
13. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious
deference
hermetic
dirge
gestation
14. Make impure/debase
audacious
adulterate
ingratiate
stigma
15. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous
deference
intrepid
gullible
bombastic
16. Ornament against evil/talisman/fetish
paradox
supplant
stratagem
Amulet
17. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious
pariah
imbue
articulate
hermetic
18. Peripheral - irrelevant - digressive - extraneous diverting - inconsequential
tangential
discern
quotidian
advocate
19. Purposeful exaggeration for effect - embellishment - inflation
nuance
hyperbole
paradox
Keen
20. Unclear or doubtful in meaning
leery
ambiguous
meticulous
dilettante
21. Not apparent/dormant/quiescent/inert like hidden energy
latent
pristine
supplant
philantropy
22. Old/antique/bygone/stale
impervious
archaic
dilettante
boor
23. High secluded place - a nest built high in the air; an elevated - often secluded - dwelling
aerie
adulterate
grovel
discern
24. Easily aroused
bombastic
enigma
unequivocal
volatile
25. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
fallow
prodigal
opaque
acme
26. The trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally
tirade
liberal
apathy
assail
27. Hackneyed - trite - commonplace - quotidian
kindle
explicit
banal
malleable
28. Appease/mollify/to soothe or pacify
eulogy
sully
pariah
placate
29. To calm down or moderate - to temperate - quench - satisfy
slake
liberal
permeate
tome
30. Assuage - relieve - to make more bearable - placate
archaic
liberal
alleviate
insurrection
31. A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
plethora
deface
naiive
dirge
32. Passion - excitement - fervor - ardency
prodigal
zeal
supplant
wraith
33. Fresh and clean; uncorrupted ex - A ... beach
repudiate
veracity
dogmatic
pristine
34. Respected because of age
imbue
deface
venerable
waver
35. Tolerant - broad-minded
arbitrary
ambiguous
liberal
deference
36. Extremely careful; particular about details - scrupulous - picky - finicky - similar to articulate
eloquent
assail
zenith
meticulous
37. Tending to be thrifty or cheap - prudence - sparing - parsimony
unequivocal
eulogy
lament
frugality
38. Extremely generous or extravagant - exuberant - opulent - prodigal - profuse - bombastic
impervious
lavish
apathy
intractable
39. Using an inoffensive word instead of an offensive one
Euphemism
crescendo
adulterate
gullible
40. Coalesce - fuse
amalgamate
tome
austere
lucid
41. Controversy - argument - verbal attack - refutation
proliferate
larceny
polemic
ambiguous
42. Courageous; brave; valiant; valorous - audacious - intrepid
plucky
quotidian
itinerant
banal
43. No variation; tediously the same in sound
lament
adulterate
monotony
Euphemism
44. Dirge - lament - a sorrowful speech or poem
sentient
imbue
elegy
banal
45. Theft of property
overwrought
impasse
larceny
sentient
46. Extreme devotion/frenzied/zealous
disparate
luminous
abyss
Fanatical
47. Excess
banal
plethora
pariah
monotony
48. (of someone) suspicious; wary; cautious
stratagem
hegemony
veracity
leery
49. Sociable; fond of the company of others
gullible
affected
advocate
gregarious
50. A firmly held opinion - especially a religious belief
veracity
liberal
acme
dogma
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