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211 Terms

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Garrulous

Talkative

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Germane

Relevant, pertinent

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Gossamer

Thin, delicate fabric

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Gratuitous

Given free of charge

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Gregarious

Sociable, fond of company

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Harmonious

Concordant in sound

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Harangue

Lengthy and aggressive speech

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Heedless

Showing a reckless lack of care or attention

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Homage

Special honor or respect shown publicly

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Hubris

arrogance, insolent pride

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Iconoclast

one who challenges accepted beliefs

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Illusory

Deceptive, false, impressive, illusion

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Imbide

to drink

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Imperturbable

calm, not easily excited, impassive

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Imponderable

difficult to estimate

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Incarnate

Personified

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Indigenous

Originating or occurring naturally in a particular place

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Indolent

Lazy, slothful; indolence

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Ineffable

inexpressible, unspeakable

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Inocuous

harmless

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Euphoric

Enjoying an exaggerated feeling of well-being

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Exonerate

To free from blame

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Expatiate

To dwell upon at great length; to go into great detail

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Expunge

To wipeout, erase, or delete

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Exalt

To hold in very high regard; think or speak highly of

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Extrapolate

To make a future estimate based on past data

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Facet

Literally: one of many polished "faces" of a gem

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Figuratively: aspect, phase, and angle

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Fallacious

Unsound, misleading, erroneous, mistaken

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Fallacy

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Fatuous

foolish; silly; idiotic

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Feckless

Untrustworthy because of incompetence, feebleness, or irresponsibility

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Ferret

To rummage around to find something

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Fetid

Stinky/smelly

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Flagellate

To whip or flog

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Flamboyant

Outstandingly showy or striking

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Flippant

Frivolous or disrespectful, not to be taken seriously

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Fortuitous

By chance

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Fractious

Peevish and irritable

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Frailty

Liability to be broken or destroyed, the condition of being weak and delicate

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Fulminate

To send forth denunciation and condemnation

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Fulsome

Offensively excessive

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Futile

pointless

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Foray

Sudden raid, to take plunder

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Edifying

uplifting

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Efface

to erase/remove

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Elucidak

to make something clear

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Emote

to act emotionally/express emotions

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Empirical

based on observation and experience (as opposed to theory)

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Emulate

to imitate

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Endemic

characteristics of a particular place, nation, etc.

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Encumber

to weigh down or burden

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Ennui

boredom

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Enunciate

Express or state clearly

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Enamor

feelings of adoration

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Ephemeral

Short-lived; not long lasting

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Epicure

someone who appreciates good food and drink

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Errant

misbehaving or wandering aimlessly

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Ersatz

Synthetic, artificial, substitute; not the genuine article

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Eschew

to shun or avoid

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Esoteric

Obscure, far out, beyond the grasp of most people

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Ethereal

Light, delicate, airy

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Euphemism

An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant

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  • saying someone passed away instead of that they died

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Euphonious

Pleasant sounding

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Decry

to call attention to defects

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Deferential

acting respectfully

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Defunct

No longer in use; inactive

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Denigrate

To defame; to speak disparagingly of

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Derogatory

Disparaging/belittling

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Destitute

Without the basic necessities of life; poverty

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Dexterous

Skillful and clever (especially in manual skills)

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Diaphanous

Sheer, almost transparent

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Diatribe

Bitter attack in words

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Didactic

Instructive, intended to teach

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Digress

to go off the subject

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Dilettante

someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic

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Disingenuous

Insincere

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Disheveled

In complete disarray/disorderly

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Dissolute

Having no morals

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Droll

Oddly amusing

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Dogmatic

arrogant and stubborn about one's beliefs

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Doleful

Mournful and sorrowful

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Draconian

Extremely harsh or severe

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Duplicity

Deceitfulness, double-dealing, bad-faith

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Ebullient

High spirited

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Clamorous

Loud-spoken; demanding

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Coercion

Practice of persuading someone by force or threats

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Cognizant

Aware of

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Complaisant

Agreeable and obliging

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Congenital

Present at birth or by nature

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Consummate

To accomplish; to bring to completion

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Contentious

Quarrelsome (people); controversial (issue)

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Contrite

Penitent; suffering from a sense of guilt; repenting

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Corporeal

Physical; material

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Cosset

To pamper, coddle, or treat like a pet

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Credulous

Gullible, believing anything

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Crestfallen

Disappointed, dejected

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Cursory

Hasty, superficial, done without attention to details

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