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1. Uncompromising - refusing to reconcile - obstinate - stubborn - intractable
tome
intransigent
fallow
polemic
2. Easily deceived - credulous - naiive - ingenguous
larceny
demagogue
elegy
gullible
3. Innocent - simple - frank - sincere - naiive - credulous - gullible
ingrate
phalanx
ingenuous
transitory
4. Old/antique/bygone/stale
plucky
archaic
adulterate
terrestrial
5. Long harsh speech or verbal attack - diatribe - fulmination - harangue - vilification - obloquy
tirade
coalesce
impasse
Dilate
6. Funeral bell/ omen of death
dogma
knell
pungent
Keen
7. Appease/mollify/to soothe or pacify
acme
naiive
placate
prodigal
8. Humble oneself in a demeaning way - cringe - fawn - toady - kowtow - bootlick
plucky
naiive
inquest
grovel
9. A firmly held opinion - especially a religious belief
dogma
invective
overwrought
arbitrate
10. The highest point (of something) - zenith - pinnacle
inundate
acme
gullible
tome
11. Wandering and unpredictable
intransigent
erratic
Dilate
sentient
12. Hackneyed - trite - commonplace - quotidian
posit
grovel
dogmatic
banal
13. Deep hole
paradox
impasse
grievous
abyss
14. To attack or assault - beset
dogma
ingrate
assail
hermetic
15. Having bad connotation - disparaging - belittling - insulting
assail
leery
pajorative
bombastic
16. Cooperation - mutual helpfulness - interdependence
austere
symbiosis
pajorative
deference
17. Clever - deceptive
dogmatic
banal
rhetoric
wily
18. To act confusedly or without a purpose - waver - falter - hesitate - vacillate
analogous
surly
prodigal
dither
19. Speech in praise of someone - laud - extol - commend
dither
eulogy
lament
assail
20. Sharp and irritating to the senses - acrid - acrimonious - piquant - caustic - poignant
chaos
pungent
abyss
dogmatic
21. To judge a dispute - adjudge - adjudicate - intervene - referee - rule
arbitrate
intransigent
banal
articulate
22. Eject/discard like in excess fuel
hyperbole
jettison
belfry
impervious
23. Influence or domination over
homogenous
sportive
hegemony
pervade
24. Excess
unequivocal
plethora
abeyance
Amulet
25. Dirge - lament - a sorrowful speech or poem
frugality
sully
enigma
elegy
26. Commonplace - everyday occurrence - banal
hegemony
quotidian
phalanx
sportive
27. Airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious
abstain
hermetic
posit
impervious
28. A gradual increase or the peak of a gradual increase. Ex - complaints about stifling smog conditions reached a ...
quotidian
sportive
crescendo
arbitrate
29. Sociable; fond of the company of others
ambiguous
gregarious
surly
dilettante
30. Philistine/bourgeois/superficial/materialistic
boor
volatile
stigma
permeate
31. Rude and bad-tempered - grumpy
deference
adulterate
esoteric
surly
32. No variation; tediously the same in sound
plethora
monotony
liberal
debutante
33. Credulous/ easily deceived/ simple minded/ingenuous/gullible
volatile
disparate
fallow
naiive
34. Frolicsome/ playful
waver
ingratiate
sportive
rustic
35. Courageous; brave; valiant; valorous - audacious - intrepid
plucky
intransigent
overwrought
symbiosis
36. Not apparent/dormant/quiescent/inert like hidden energy
listless
prodigal
naiive
latent
37. (of someone) suspicious; wary; cautious
unequivocal
stigma
leery
ambiguous
38. Submission to another's will; respect; courtesy
invective
acme
permeate
deference
39. To expand like a woman in labor
wraith
Dilate
audacious
chaos
40. Respected because of age
hyperbole
venerable
lucid
Keen
41. Consistent/uniform in composition/ opposite of heterogeneous
bombastic
gregarious
homogenous
leery
42. Clear and easily understood - limpid - intelligible
aerie
alleviate
transitory
lucid
43. To disavow/reject validity of/deny/disown
discern
explicit
latent
repudiate
44. Book - usually large and academic
tome
paradox
burnish
wily
45. To taint or tarnish - besmirch - defile
sully
disparate
arbitrate
permeate
46. To grow together and form a single whole - amalgamate - fuse - condense
antagonize
erratic
coalesce
paradox
47. Point of culmination/ pinnacle/ acme
assail
judicious
zenith
ingratiate
48. Determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason
affected
whimsical
veracity
burnish
49. Rebellion - mutiny
repast
adulterate
zenith
insurrection
50. Expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language
rhetoric
supplant
elegy
articulate
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