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1. Earthbound - commonplace - down-to-earth - tellurian - quotidian
ambiguous
waver
terrestrial
posit
2. Deep hole
elegy
abyss
paradox
enigma
3. A compact or close knit body of people or animals or things - legion
phalanx
ingenuous
paradox
hyperbole
4. To add ornamental or fictitious details - adorn - bedeck - elaborate
statis
embellish
apathy
permeate
5. Truthfulness
monotony
supplant
veracity
austere
6. Credulous/ easily deceived/ simple minded/ingenuous/gullible
naiive
placate
banal
frugality
7. Coming into being; in early developmental stages
Amulet
nascent
gestation
dogmatic
8. A woman making a debut in high society/lady
abyss
nuance
lethargic
debutante
9. Deceptive scheme; clever trick
meticulous
zenith
stratagem
paradox
10. Abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will.. opposite of euphemism possibly
larceny
invective
elegy
paradox
11. Cooperation - mutual helpfulness - interdependence
placate
vestige
antagonize
symbiosis
12. Coalesce - fuse
demagogue
amalgamate
stratagem
assail
13. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate - meticulous
pungent
eloquent
itinerant
ethos
14. Beliefs or character of a group - ethics - philosophy
vestige
chaos
ethos
larceny
15. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
prodigal
aerie
Fanatical
knell
16. Wordy/not succinct/ineloquent
eloquent
naiive
verbose
inquest
17. Purposeful exaggeration for effect - embellishment - inflation
dirge
hyperbole
Keen
zeal
18. To attack or assault - beset
austere
amalgamate
assail
gestation
19. To act confusedly or without a purpose - waver - falter - hesitate - vacillate
dither
dogmatic
vacillate
connoisseur
20. Pertaining to beauty
aesthetic
luminous
eulogy
amalgamate
21. Effective writing or speaking
supplant
transitory
hyperbole
rhetoric
22. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious
intractable
belfry
analogous
hermetic
23. No variation; tediously the same in sound
ethos
monotony
gullible
prodigal
24. (of someone) suspicious; wary; cautious
intransigent
veracity
leery
judicious
25. Elaborated to excess: overdone - extremely excited: agitated - hectic - frenzied - heated Ex - She became ... when she heard that her child was missing
kindle
acme
philantropy
overwrought
26. High secluded place - a nest built high in the air; an elevated - often secluded - dwelling
aerie
belfry
proliferate
judicious
27. To expand like a woman in labor
enigma
deference
pristine
Dilate
28. Theft of property
intrepid
larceny
eulogy
connoisseur
29. Long harsh speech or verbal attack - diatribe - fulmination - harangue - vilification - obloquy
adulterate
assail
overwrought
tirade
30. Frolicsome/ playful
sportive
Amulet
tirade
intrepid
31. Self-evident truth - adage - maxim - apothegm
waver
axiom
hermetic
tome
32. To injure or destroy the surface or appearance of; to damage the value - influence - or effect of; to face down - outshine
burnish
lethargic
placate
deface
33. The trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally
apathy
dither
arbitrate
wily
34. Excess
ingrate
abyss
plethora
vestige
35. To grow together and form a single whole - amalgamate - fuse - condense
coalesce
tirade
analogous
catalyst
36. Commute/replace/superceded
dither
statis
supplant
naiive
37. Book - usually large and academic
liberal
belfry
hegemony
tome
38. To judge a dispute - adjudge - adjudicate - intervene - referee - rule
ingratiate
burnish
boor
arbitrate
39. Imbue - permeate - penetrate - suffuse
monotony
connoisseur
pervade
supplant
40. Dictatorial in one's opinion - imperious
tirade
terrestrial
gestation
dogmatic
41. Extreme devotion/frenzied/zealous
Fanatical
acme
aesthetic
advocate
42. Something bringing change to something else indirectly - impetus - goad - stimulant
rustic
leery
itinerant
catalyst
43. Impossible to penetrate - impregnable
impervious
grievous
meticulous
rhetoric
44. Turmoil/disorder
hermetic
chaos
aerie
archaic
45. Old/antique/bygone/stale
archaic
monotony
transitory
gestation
46. Courageous; brave; valiant; valorous - audacious - intrepid
enigma
amalgamate
volatile
plucky
47. Passion - excitement - fervor - ardency
leery
intrepid
prudence
zeal
48. Fearless - adventurous - audacious - plucky - gallant
disparate
nascent
intrepid
veracity
49. Innocent - simple - frank - sincere - naiive - credulous - gullible
polemic
impervious
ingenuous
assail
50. Express grieve - deplore - bewail
dirge
lament
ingrate
demagogue
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