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english
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1. High secluded place - a nest built high in the air; an elevated - often secluded - dwelling
jargon
terrestrial
aerie
dilettante
2. An amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge
dilettante
connoisseur
affected
lament
3. Cooperation - mutual helpfulness - interdependence
symbiosis
axiom
explicit
enigma
4. Dictatorial in one's opinion - imperious
dogmatic
sentient
nuance
kindle
5. Characterized by severe suffering or sorrow - serious or grave
stratagem
slake
elegy
grievous
6. Book - usually large and academic
tome
quotidian
explicit
abstain
7. Truthfulness
veracity
audacious
plethora
volatile
8. Old/antique/bygone/stale
archaic
eloquent
connoisseur
advocate
9. Beliefs or character of a group - ethics - philosophy
demagogue
crescendo
assail
ethos
10. Capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical
Dilate
dirge
panache
arbitrary
11. To attack or assault - beset
assail
axiom
meticulous
obstinate
12. Tending to be thrifty or cheap - prudence - sparing - parsimony
unequivocal
placate
frugality
sully
13. Mark of disgrace
invective
malleable
stigma
antagonize
14. Sway/dither/flutter/fluctuate
assail
crescendo
knell
vacillate
15. No variation; tediously the same in sound
invective
monotony
dirge
esoteric
16. To overwhelm - to cover with water - to deluge - submerge..etc
inundate
listless
tirade
austere
17. Determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason
whimsical
plucky
prodigal
vacillate
18. To expand like a woman in labor
articulate
Dilate
plethora
sportive
19. Respected because of age
enigma
grovel
venerable
naiive
20. Adamant - stubborn -unruly - obstinate - intransigent
intractable
zeal
Dilate
lament
21. Uncompromising - refusing to reconcile - obstinate - stubborn - intractable
banal
fallow
frugality
intransigent
22. Inertia/standstill/ stagnation
opaque
hegemony
statis
zeal
23. Bourgeois/ vulgarian/ boor/ materialistic not appreciating artistic or intellectual value
esoteric
philistine
prudence
malleable
24. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous
gullible
crescendo
advocate
Euphemism
25. Extreme devotion/frenzied/zealous
Fanatical
esoteric
terrestrial
abstain
26. A trace of something that once was present
abstain
vestige
lucid
heterogeneous
27. Intricate and complicated - byzantine - labyrinthine - tangled
convoluted
jettison
knell
connoisseur
28. Assuage - relieve - to make more bearable - placate
alleviate
monotony
deference
zenith
29. Wandering and unpredictable
erratic
eulogy
Euphemism
adulterate
30. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant
wily
intrepid
imbue
lucid
31. Commonplace - everyday occurrence - banal
phalanx
sentient
quotidian
connoisseur
32. Speak - plead - or argue in favour of
intransigent
intrepid
dilettante
advocate
33. Differing in kind; dissimilar; varied
tirade
leery
rustic
heterogeneous
34. Frolicsome/ playful
heterogeneous
discern
sportive
explicit
35. Hackneyed - trite - commonplace - quotidian
banal
supplant
philantropy
luminous
36. Something bringing change to something else indirectly - impetus - goad - stimulant
catalyst
fallow
rustic
wraith
37. Long harsh speech or verbal attack - diatribe - fulmination - harangue - vilification - obloquy
austere
tirade
catalyst
pristine
38. Using or showing good judgment - wise - sensible
phalanx
judicious
dogmatic
rhetoric
39. Controversy - argument - verbal attack - refutation
hegemony
luminous
debutante
polemic
40. Stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising - adamant - intransigent - intractable
obstinate
austere
crescendo
lament
41. Caution/thrift/widom
catalyst
sportive
prudence
zenith
42. Ductile/easily shaped/pliable/adaptable
malleable
burnish
nascent
embellish
43. A firmly held opinion - especially a religious belief
dogma
esoteric
veracity
impasse
44. Impossible to see through - preventing the passage of light - obscure
intransigent
opaque
quotidian
vacillate
45. Philistine/bourgeois/superficial/materialistic
frugality
boor
insurrection
kindle
46. Effective writing or speaking
aerie
judicious
rhetoric
liberal
47. To calm down or moderate - to temperate - quench - satisfy
slake
verbose
dilettante
unequivocal
48. Fresh and clean; uncorrupted ex - A ... beach
discern
connoisseur
pristine
repast
49. Innocent - simple - frank - sincere - naiive - credulous - gullible
ingratiate
vestige
slake
ingenuous
50. Equivalent to - alike - parallel
analogous
nuance
jettison
pajorative