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Ameliorate
To make something better or improve a situation
Antecedent
A thing or event that existed before or logically precedes another
Barren
Lacking in productivity or vegetation; infertile
Burgeon
To grow or develop rapidly
Buttress
A support or reinforcement; to strengthen
Commiserating
Expressing sympathy or sorrow for someone's misfortune
Complacent
Showing smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's achievements
Conceited
Excessively proud of oneself; vain
Concerted
Jointly arranged or carried out; coordinated
Conducive
Making a situation or outcome more likely to happen
Conferred
Granted or bestowed; discussed or consulted
Constituents
The people represented by an elected official; components of something
Contrived
Artificial, forced, or deliberately created rather than arising naturally
Cordially
In a warm and friendly manner
Dexterity
Skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
Discern
To recognize or perceive something clearly
Disconcerting
Causing one to feel unsettled or uneasy
Dogmatic
Inclined to lay down principles as undeniably true, without consideration of evidence
Elide
To omit or merge a sound or syllable when speaking
Elusive
Difficult to find, catch, or achieve
Entrenching
Establishing something firmly so that it is difficult to change
Evenhanded
Fair and impartial
Evinced
Revealed the presence of a quality or feeling
Exacerbating
Making a problem, situation, or negative feeling worse
Exactitude
The quality of being exact or precise
Exonerate
To clear someone of blame or wrongdoing
Exulted
Showed or felt triumphant joy
Facetious
Treating serious issues with deliberate and inappropriate humor
Fidelity
Faithfulness to a person, cause, or belief
Forage
To search for food or provisions
Frolicsome
Playful and lively
Grapple
To struggle or wrestle with a challenge or problem
Idiosyncratic
Distinctive or unique in character or behavior
Impede
To hinder or obstruct progress
Impending
About to happen; imminent
Impervious
Unable to be affected by something
Incendiary
Designed to cause fires; tending to stir up conflict
Inconspicuous
Not easily noticed or attracting attention
Intermittent
Occurring at irregular intervals; not continuous
Lackadaisical
Lacking enthusiasm or determination
Latent
Existing but not yet developed or manifest; hidden
Ludicrous
So absurd or ridiculous as to be laughable
Manifest
Clear or obvious; to display or show clearly
Mystify
To confuse or puzzle someone
Obscure
Not well known; difficult to understand
Orthodox
Conforming to traditional or established beliefs and practices
Ostentatious
Designed to impress or attract notice; showy
Overtly
Openly; without concealment
Paucity
A scarcity or lack of something
Pedantry
Excessive concern with minor details or rules
Percolate
To filter gradually through a surface or substance
Permeate
To spread throughout or soak through
Perpetual
Never-ending or continuous
Pervasive
Spreading widely throughout an area or group
Poised
Balanced, composed, or ready for action
Posit
To assume as a fact; to propose as a principle
Postulate
To suggest or assume something as a basis for reasoning
Precarious
Uncertain or unstable; risky
Precluding
Preventing something from happening
Precursor
A person or thing that comes before another of the same kind
Prefiguring
Foreshadowing or suggesting a future event
Proclaims
Announces something officially or publicly
Proffer
To offer or propose something
Profusion
A large quantity of something
Prudent
Acting with care and thought for the future
Recants
Withdraws a statement or belief formally
Redressing
Correcting or setting right a wrong
Rehabilitation
Restoring someone or something to a good condition
Reindustrialize
To bring back industrial development
Repudiates
Rejects or refuses to accept something
Resilience
The ability to recover quickly from difficulties
Rudimentary
Basic or undeveloped; fundamental
Sanction
Official approval or authorization; a penalty for disobedience
Scrupulous
Extremely attentive to details; morally upright
Seditious
Inciting rebellion or resistance against authority
Solicitous
Showing concern or care for someone's well-being
Strenuous
Requiring great effort or energy
Surmised
Guessed or inferred something without conclusive evidence
Tenuous
Weak, slight, or insubstantial
Thwarted
Prevented from accomplishing something
Trite
Overused and lacking originality
Ubiquitous
Present or appearing everywhere
Unpretentious
Modest and not trying to impress
Verisimilitude
The appearance of being true or real
