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Comport
To conduct oneself
Proliferate
To multiply in numbers rapidly
Prosaic
Commonplace; lacking beauty, and ordinary
Concerted
Coordinated with
Conjecture
A guess
Protocol
A procedure or system
Connotation
An idea or feeling a word gives in addition to its literal meaning (Latin)
Consummate
1. (Verb) To complete, 2. (Adj) Completed or perfect
Contrivance
A device which gives off a sense of artificially
Providence
Foresight, fate (destiny)
Puerile
Childishly silly
Convalescence
A period of improving health after a sickness
Puritanical
Extremely moralistic and unbending (Latin)
Convoluted
Needlessly complicated
Pyrrhic
Destroying oneself in victory
Depravity
Moral corruption
Reproach
To speak to someone in a disapproving way
Decrepit
1. Elderly and broken down, 2. Ruined out of neglect
Reconcile
1. Restore friendly relations, 2. Settle a dispute, argument, or inconsistency.
Degenerate
Morally decayed
Reclusive
Like a hermit; withdrawing from the company of others
Corroborate
To support with evidence
Quintessence
A supreme example of something
Culminate
To reach the highest point of something (Latin)
Rankle
To disturb (Rankling)
Cumbersome
To support with evidence
Ravenous
1. Incredibly hungry or starving, 2. Of relentlessly
Debacle
A disaster or enormous failure
Rebuff
Turn down abruptly or rudely
Rescind
To cancel or revoke
Resilience
Toughness, persistence (resilient)
Desultory
Lacking a plan or purpose
Resonance
To be filled with deep sound
Delineate
To mark out or explain thoroughly
Derision
Ridicule (derisive, deride)
Relentlees
To continue without ceasing
Hegemony
Dominate by a group or nation
Vernacular
Ordinary speech without special terms
Impervious
Invulnerable not able to be affected by immune
Zenith
The top part of an arc; the highest point or height of achievement
Demagogue
A political leader who exploits the desires and prejudices of the crowd
Relinquish
To give something up
Diffident
Modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence
Reticent
Reserved about thoughts and feelings
Disconcerting
Causing worry or concern (negative connotation)
Rubicon
A point of no return
Dilatory
Slow and likely to cause delay (negative connotation)
Rhetoric
1. Speech or writing intended to be persuasive, 2. The study of using language effectively
Dogmatic
Adhering to a strict code of rules, no matter what
Savoir Faire
Having a natural ability to do well socially (Positive connotation)
Dubious
Doubtful or hesitating (French)
Seethe
To have a boiling but restrained anger (negative connotation)
Eccentric
(Of a person) unconventional and slightly strange
Shibboleth
A custom that distinguishes a group, especially when it's used as a test for membership (Hebrew)
Eclectic
Using the best ideals, styles, or tastes from a diversity of sources. (Greek)
Smattering
A small, superficial amount of something
Effeminate
(Of a Male) Having or displaying feminine characteristics
Solace
Comfort consolation
Egalitarian
Impartial. Fair-minded; believing in equality
Sordid
Degenerate or sleazy
Egregious
Extreme in an offensive way. (Latin)
Spurious
Lacking logic
Eloquent
Well spoken; classy
Stalement
A tie where no one has an advantage
Eminence
Fame or high regard in a field
Stigma
A mark of disgrace
Emissary
A representative sent somewhere for something
Strident
Harsh, and forceful (negative connotation)
Endemic
Regularly appearing in a specific place
Stymie
To prevent or hinder progress (Scottish)
Enigmatic
Puzzling; something that defies easy explanation (Greek)
Subjective
Taken from a strictly personal point of view
Eradicate
To eliminate completely
Surrealistic
Bizarre, utterly strange and nonsensical
Erratic
Inconsistent
Surrogate
A substitute for
Esoteric
Obscure and overly technical (Greek)
Taciturn
Quiet and withdrawn
Fallacious
False; logically unsound (Latin)
Temerity
Arrogance; excessive boldness
Distaff
Female or having to do with woman
Salacious
Lustful or appealing to sexual desire (negative connotation)
Disparity
A great difference between 2 things (Latin)
Salient
Very important or noticeable with respect to something. A part that juts
Dissuade
To convince from something
Sanguine
Optimistic
Eviscerate
To disembowel or remove the contents of
Tandem
Having two things arranged close together or in order
Exonerate
To free from guilt of suspicion (positive connotation)
Tangible
Able to be touched
Extrapolate
To project forward
Tautology
Something that is obviously true
Hierarchy
A system of ranking or ordering (Greek)
Vestige
A trace of something that is disappearing
Feckless
Irresponsible; worthless; useless; lazy (Scottish)
Tertiary
Third hand; not directly related (Latin)
Fiat
A decree or order (Latin)
Therapeutic
Producing healing
Fastidious
Exceedingly clean, paying close attention to detail
Tenet
A principle or belief