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1. Wandering and unpredictable
erratic
paradox
embellish
innocuous
2. A ghost of a living person seen just before his or her death - apparition - bogeyman - phantasm
deface
grovel
Dilate
wraith
3. To grow together and form a single whole - amalgamate - fuse - condense
jargon
coalesce
burnish
lament
4. Philistine/bourgeois/superficial/materialistic
acme
austere
permeate
boor
5. Perceptive/sharp
pristine
malleable
Keen
unequivocal
6. Speech in praise of someone - laud - extol - commend
eulogy
banal
overwrought
surly
7. Inertia/standstill/ stagnation
statis
impasse
hermetic
ingratiate
8. Clever - deceptive
intractable
waver
wily
apathy
9. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant
explicit
itinerant
intrepid
sentient
10. An expert in matters of culture - food - or wine
permeate
panache
connoisseur
dirge
11. Not controlled by conscience; unscrupulous
inquest
unconscionable
advocate
arbitrate
12. Old/antique/bygone/stale
erratic
archaic
volatile
supplant
13. Dormant - unused - unseeded - idle
verbose
Fanatical
fallow
sully
14. Bourgeois/ vulgarian/ boor/ materialistic not appreciating artistic or intellectual value
prodigal
larceny
nuance
philistine
15. Coming into being; in early developmental stages
axiom
nascent
embellish
fallow
16. Innocent - simple - frank - sincere - naiive - credulous - gullible
demagogue
ethos
symbiosis
ingenuous
17. To expand like a woman in labor
frugality
Dilate
waver
hermetic
18. Theft of property
larceny
polemic
stigma
posit
19. To anger - to provoke - incite - vex - or pester
unequivocal
permeate
nuance
antagonize
20. Ungrateful person - cad - churl
gullible
ingrate
obstinate
acme
21. Capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical
burnish
rustic
grievous
arbitrary
22. To choose not to do something
abstain
volatile
ingenuous
plethora
23. To taint or tarnish - besmirch - defile
intractable
sully
Keen
zenith
24. An amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge
insurrection
naiive
plethora
dilettante
25. Temporary; lasting a brief time
transitory
elegy
philistine
tirade
26. Cooperation - mutual helpfulness - interdependence
coalesce
philantropy
symbiosis
inquest
27. Assuage - relieve - to make more bearable - placate
alleviate
tirade
overwrought
slake
28. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious
elegy
tangential
leery
hermetic
29. Undecorated - stern in appearance - bleak - grim
lavish
belfry
austere
stigma
30. To calm down or moderate - to temperate - quench - satisfy
debutante
nuance
slake
gullible
31. Respected because of age
inquest
deface
venerable
debutante
32. Fearless - intrepid - venturesome - valiant - valorous - game - gallant - plucky
audacious
ingrate
apathy
alleviate
33. Express grieve - deplore - bewail
knell
amalgamate
affected
lament
34. A gradual increase or the peak of a gradual increase. Ex - complaints about stifling smog conditions reached a ...
abstain
crescendo
philantropy
acme
35. Fresh and clean; uncorrupted ex - A ... beach
impasse
venerable
pristine
ingenuous
36. Abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will.. opposite of euphemism possibly
invective
ingenuous
hermetic
abstain
37. Equivalent to - alike - parallel
paradox
judicious
homogenous
analogous
38. High secluded place - a nest built high in the air; an elevated - often secluded - dwelling
discern
aerie
kindle
disparate
39. Speak - plead - or argue in favour of
surly
belfry
advocate
malleable
40. Earthbound - commonplace - down-to-earth - tellurian - quotidian
terrestrial
transitory
repose
hermetic
41. Growing in number quickly/spawn
boor
whimsical
proliferate
Euphemism
42. Sway/dither/flutter/fluctuate
vestige
pariah
overwrought
vacillate
43. Truthfulness
intractable
discern
adulterate
veracity
44. Relaxation - tranquility
lucid
quotidian
archaic
repose
45. Unclear or doubtful in meaning
paradox
dither
ambiguous
impasse
46. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
prodigal
plucky
whimsical
esoteric
47. Beliefs or character of a group - ethics - philosophy
dirge
ethos
liberal
transitory
48. Passion - excitement - fervor - ardency
supplant
zeal
alleviate
meticulous
49. A puzzle - a mystery - conundrum - perplexity
wily
enigma
convoluted
catalyst
50. Not harmful or injurious; harmless
innocuous
tangential
pristine
repose
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