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bvat
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1. Worldly wise and urbane; refined; complex; N. sophistication; V. sophisticate
fusion
sophisticated
varnish
bust
2. Complicated situation (as in a play); painful or complex misunderstanding (as in a play); entanglement; confused mass (as of papers); V. embroil
illusion
imbroglio
rubble
idiosyncrasy
3. Negligent; (of someone) neglectful of duty; (of something) deserted by an owner; abandoned; N: abandoned property; homeless or vagrant person
derelict
except
pallet
ordeal
4. Sullen; gloomy; stubborn
dour
avert
sly
compact
5. Pertaining to hell; devilish; N. inferno: place of fiery heat or destruction
infernal
impudence
begrudge
solvent
6. Forerunner; predecessor
mundane
genre
surreptitious
precursor
7. Taking effect before its enactment (as a law) or imposition (as a tax); (of a law) having effect on the past as well as the future
impregnate
retroactive
necromancy
prevaricate
8. Period of equal days and nights; the beginning of spring and autumn; Ex. vernal/autumnal equinox; ADJ. equinoctial
buoyant
avarice
motif
equinox
9. Logical formula consisting of a major premise - a minor premise and a conclusion; deceptive or specious argument
syllogism
fulsome
defunct
culprit
10. Obligatory; compulsory; of a mandate
mandatory
perverse
stem_from
hygiene
11. Worship of idols; excessive admiration or devotion; ADJ. idolatrous
lionize
mediocre
aplomb
idolatry
12. Strongly opposed to social or political change; opposing progress; politically ultraconservative; N. OP. radical
garrulous
reactionary
fictitious
jubilation
13. Nonmoral; having no understanding of right and wrong
grovel
amoral
plethora
paraphrase
14. Held in common; public; of a group of people; of a commune
communal
palette
scapegoat
cabal
15. Ugly; unpleasant to look at
provocative
gaunt
clangor
unsightly
16. Sign or warning (of coming danger); Ex. threat of rain; V: express a threat; give warning of (something bad); Ex. The cloud threatens rain.
extant
incantation
extrude
threat
17. Lacking energy or vitality; weary; sluggish; listless
bask
ruddy
languid
sedate
18. Mental disorder marked by confusion; uncontrolled excitement; ADJ. delirious
traumatic
requisite
immolate
delirium
19. Elevated position; altitude; height; flat upright side of a building; angle made by pointing a gun; Ex. The elevation of her style is much admired; Ex. front elevation of the house
gull
thesis
sophist
elevation
20. Angle of a slope; V: slant from the perpendicular
exceptionable
rake
brag
brazen
21. Beginning; in an early stage
imperceptible
agrarian
succulent
incipient
22. Bee-keeping
ration
apiculture
choice
gawk
23. Deprived of (something valuable); lacking
piscatorial
bereft
attentive
waif
24. Speed of music
dote
scenario
derivative
tempo
25. Bravery; ADJ. valiant: possessing valor; brave
valor
foolhardy
tact
indecisive
26. Marked by vulgar lewd humor; wanton; profane; N. ribaldry: ribald language or joke
caulk(calk)
unwitting
bedizen
ribald
27. Contemptible; morally bad; inferior in value or quality; Ex. base motives/conduct; Ex. base metal such as iron
base
reek
requisition
figment
28. Security given for loan; ADJ: secondary; descended from the same person but through different sons or daughters
collateral
symbiosis
compute
perspicuity
29. Smoothness of speech; ADJ. fluent
gobble
herbivorous
evasive
fluency
30. Partnership; league; union of separate political parties
odoriferous
vitiate
coalition
vilify
31. Large kettle
brim
regime
caldron(cauldron)
litigation
32. Showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm; boiling; N. ebullience; N. ebullition: state of boiling
ebullient
fecundity
confiscate
illicit
33. State of depression or melancholy; style of slow - mournful music (evolved from southern Black American songs)
blues
flighty
suppliant
caste
34. (of a skin or complexion) dark; dusky; Ex. swarthy Italian ?
wrongheaded
swarthy
impinge
afterlife
35. Precision; accuracy; minute distinction or difference; Ex. to a nicety: exactly; precisely; Ex. distinguish between niceties
dispatch
nicety
depict
studious
36. (of something bad) widespread; abundant; current
rife
tact
compunction
chasm
37. Slavish; cringing; N. servility
servile
artisan
monastic
brittle
38. Defensive mound of earth
optimist
overturn
rampart
gouge
39. Carrion-eating birds
punitive
delete
vulture
temperament
40. Shy and reserved (of a person); modest; Ex. her retiring personality
proclivity
titular
retiring
munificent
41. Belief on slight evidence; gullibility; naivet'e; ADJ. credulous
frivolous
braggart
irreproachable
credulity
42. Tune(melody) in which a number of words are sung on the same note; V: sing (a chant); utter (a slogan) in the manner of a chant
interminable
chaplain
chant
listless
43. The ancient Roman festival in honor of Bacchus
nauseous
serenity
loath
Bacchanalia
44. Group that meets socially; select circle; close group of people with shared interests
coterie
trident
gruesome
discrete
45. Renunciation; self-sacrifice; self-abnegation
integrity
poseur
abnegation
enigma
46. Of marriage or the wedding ceremony; N; nuptials; wedding ceremony
refulgent
nuptial
psychosomatic
vixen
47. Pertaining to passionate love or sexual love
erotic
discrete
repertoire
codify
48. Riddle; difficult problem
verdigris
conundrum
magnitude
semblance
49. State of being immovable
amicable
virile
monolithic
immobility
50. Green coating or patina on copper which has been exposed to the weather
verdigris
taunt
reputable
impinge
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