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1. Extremely careful; particular about details - scrupulous - picky - finicky - similar to articulate
overwrought
axiom
volatile
meticulous
2. An expert in matters of culture - food - or wine
antagonize
grievous
connoisseur
gullible
3. Tolerant - broad-minded
dogmatic
liberal
knell
impasse
4. Eject/discard like in excess fuel
slake
jettison
dirge
arbitrary
5. Point of culmination/ pinnacle/ acme
statis
ethos
zenith
amalgamate
6. Ductile/easily shaped/pliable/adaptable
aesthetic
chaos
lucid
malleable
7. Dictatorial in one's opinion - imperious
gullible
dogmatic
ethos
meticulous
8. To overwhelm - to cover with water - to deluge - submerge..etc
larceny
inundate
assail
abyss
9. Altruism/ charity
philantropy
monotony
crescendo
explicit
10. Unclear or doubtful in meaning
ambiguous
lucid
convoluted
aesthetic
11. Equivalent to - alike - parallel
lavish
transitory
jettison
analogous
12. To attack or assault - beset
assail
insurrection
apathy
naiive
13. Set fire/excite
kindle
placate
transitory
coalesce
14. Undecorated - stern in appearance - bleak - grim
grovel
austere
heterogeneous
repose
15. Influence or domination over
repose
dilettante
transitory
hegemony
16. A woman making a debut in high society/lady
wily
lucid
debutante
arbitrate
17. An investigation or inquiry
heterogeneous
repose
deface
inquest
18. To grow together and form a single whole - amalgamate - fuse - condense
axiom
transitory
coalesce
insurrection
19. Wandering and unpredictable
embellish
erratic
elegy
panache
20. Dormant - unused - unseeded - idle
fallow
meticulous
zeal
liberal
21. Mournful speech - funeral hymn - elegy
pristine
Keen
ethos
dirge
22. Earthbound - commonplace - down-to-earth - tellurian - quotidian
pajorative
terrestrial
placate
stratagem
23. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous
pervade
gullible
grievous
opaque
24. Tending to be thrifty or cheap - prudence - sparing - parsimony
polemic
archaic
overwrought
frugality
25. Not harmful or injurious; harmless
amalgamate
pungent
deference
innocuous
26. Consistent/uniform in composition/ opposite of heterogeneous
dirge
stigma
placate
homogenous
27. To calm down or moderate - to temperate - quench - satisfy
tangential
lament
connoisseur
slake
28. Temporary; lasting a brief time
transitory
slake
dirge
impervious
29. (of someone) suspicious; wary; cautious
invective
surly
philistine
leery
30. Blocked path - dilemma with no solution - cul-de-sac - deadlock - stalemate
impasse
antagonize
itinerant
transitory
31. Expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language
archaic
articulate
burnish
plethora
32. Speak - plead - or argue in favour of
latent
advocate
dirge
hyperbole
33. Capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical
veracity
enigma
audacious
arbitrary
34. Flamboyant/verve/dash
panache
vestige
acme
amalgamate
35. Innocent - simple - frank - sincere - naiive - credulous - gullible
obstinate
polemic
vacillate
ingenuous
36. Pretentious/grandiloquent/pompous
coalesce
statis
bombastic
dither
37. Using or showing good judgment - wise - sensible
leery
boor
philantropy
judicious
38. Passion - excitement - fervor - ardency
zeal
chaos
hermetic
banal
39. Excess
aerie
plethora
alleviate
impasse
40. A ghost of a living person seen just before his or her death - apparition - bogeyman - phantasm
wraith
coalesce
prodigal
analogous
41. To disavow/reject validity of/deny/disown
Keen
repudiate
arbitrate
knell
42. To please someone so as to gain an advantage. Ex - ... themselves with the leaders.
tirade
Dilate
coalesce
ingratiate
43. Deep hole
tangential
plethora
abyss
panache
44. Wordy/not succinct/ineloquent
abeyance
volatile
Euphemism
verbose
45. To add ornamental or fictitious details - adorn - bedeck - elaborate
boor
pristine
judicious
embellish
46. An amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge
dilettante
chaos
explicit
enigma
47. Differing in kind; dissimilar; varied
heterogeneous
obstinate
ethos
monotony
48. To expand like a woman in labor
discern
assail
terrestrial
Dilate
49. Speech in praise of someone - laud - extol - commend
eulogy
innocuous
rhetoric
plucky
50. Well-spoken; expressive; articulate - meticulous
jettison
eloquent
aesthetic
gregarious
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