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1. Effective writing or speaking
chaos
rhetoric
malleable
volatile
2. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant
unconscionable
monotony
intrepid
transitory
3. Clever - deceptive
dirge
wily
nascent
leery
4. Peripheral - irrelevant - digressive - extraneous diverting - inconsequential
tangential
lavish
dilettante
overwrought
5. Abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will.. opposite of euphemism possibly
phalanx
venerable
invective
frugality
6. Perceptive/sharp
repose
jargon
Keen
deference
7. Frolicsome/ playful
sportive
Fanatical
discern
invective
8. Determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason
debutante
symbiosis
opaque
whimsical
9. To attack or assault - beset
homogenous
supplant
assail
Amulet
10. Beliefs or character of a group - ethics - philosophy
ethos
plucky
bombastic
zeal
11. Temporary suppression or suspension - remission - delay
dirge
abeyance
hegemony
wraith
12. Commonplace - everyday occurrence - banal
venerable
prodigal
quotidian
hyperbole
13. Easily aroused
embellish
volatile
unequivocal
inquest
14. Speak - plead - or argue in favour of
advocate
latent
catalyst
zeal
15. To grow together and form a single whole - amalgamate - fuse - condense
coalesce
stratagem
nascent
antagonize
16. Fearless - intrepid - venturesome - valiant - valorous - game - gallant - plucky
dirge
demagogue
pajorative
audacious
17. Not apparent/dormant/quiescent/inert like hidden energy
luminous
fallow
latent
repudiate
18. 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 ...
venerable
lucid
innocuous
abstain
19. Deceptive scheme; clever trick
dogma
adulterate
stratagem
inundate
20. Speech in praise of someone - laud - extol - commend
esoteric
eulogy
quotidian
overwrought
21. Extreme devotion/frenzied/zealous
Fanatical
ingenuous
lavish
austere
22. An expert in matters of culture - food - or wine
lucid
frugality
demagogue
connoisseur
23. Altruism/ charity
surly
lavish
axiom
philantropy
24. The highest point (of something) - zenith - pinnacle
coalesce
acme
boor
imbue
25. Characterized by severe suffering or sorrow - serious or grave
tirade
esoteric
grievous
ingratiate
26. Earthbound - commonplace - down-to-earth - tellurian - quotidian
ingenuous
terrestrial
hegemony
abstain
27. No variation; tediously the same in sound
ingenuous
lethargic
ethos
monotony
28. Tending to be thrifty or cheap - prudence - sparing - parsimony
frugality
assail
Fanatical
tome
29. Ductile/easily shaped/pliable/adaptable
malleable
transitory
surly
connoisseur
30. Expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language
zeal
dogmatic
placate
articulate
31. Nonsensical talk - specialized language - argot - cant - slang
jargon
chaos
belfry
venerable
32. Self contradictory
paradox
adulterate
polemic
embellish
33. Relaxation - tranquility
repose
larceny
latent
pajorative
34. Impossible to see through - preventing the passage of light - obscure
statis
opaque
disparate
gregarious
35. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious
hermetic
banal
jettison
tangential
36. Theft of property
larceny
polemic
adulterate
latent
37. A subtle expression of meaning or quality - gradation - tone
nuance
judicious
erratic
lavish
38. Old/antique/bygone/stale
prudence
polemic
archaic
affected
39. Clear and easily understood - limpid - intelligible
lucid
intrepid
axiom
rhetoric
40. Assuage - relieve - to make more bearable - placate
alleviate
belfry
overwrought
supplant
41. Funeral bell/ omen of death
knell
Euphemism
vacillate
zenith
42. Bell tower - room where bell is hung - steeple - spire
belfry
lament
prudence
archaic
43. Purposeful exaggeration for effect - embellishment - inflation
hyperbole
eulogy
leery
dirge
44. Mournful speech - funeral hymn - elegy
waver
dither
dirge
adulterate
45. The trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally
erratic
apathy
gestation
unconscionable
46. Elaborated to excess: overdone - extremely excited: agitated - hectic - frenzied - heated Ex - She became ... when she heard that her child was missing
overwrought
philistine
bombastic
enigma
47. Truthfulness
disparate
veracity
hyperbole
verbose
48. To perceive or recognize
latent
pariah
discern
explicit
49. Set fire/excite
ingenuous
obstinate
kindle
repast
50. Stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising - adamant - intransigent - intractable
catalyst
impervious
acme
obstinate
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