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acrimonious
angry, bitter
adroit
skillful
affable
friendly
alimentary
nourishment, sustenance
amalgam
mixture, blend
ambivalent
mixed feelings
ameliorate
make better
Amicable
agreeable
anachronism
from another time
aplomb
assurance, self
arid
dry out
ascetic
abstinent, non-indulgent
assuage
to ease
autocrat
a ruler with absolute power
avarice
extremely greedy
axiom
accepted truth
beatitude
state of bliss
beleaguer
to cause problems for
belie
give false impression
belligerent
hostile
benediction
blessing
bowdlerize
censor, expurgate
brazen
bold
brusque
abrupt in one's mannerisms
bungler
amateur, incompetent
cacophony
harsh mixture of sounds
capacious
spacious
castigate
punish
caustic
corrosive; sarcastic
cerebral
intellectual
chaff
worthless thing; husk of corn
chicanery
the use of deception
chimerical
illusory, imagination
compunction
feeling remorse
concomitant
naturally accompanying
coniferous
needle
conjecture
guess, speculation consternation, anxious, dismayed
contentious
likely to cause argument
contiguous
next, together
contingent
subject to change
convivial
friendly, lively
corpulent
fat
corroborate
confirm, verify
craven
cowardly
credulity
readiness to believe
credulous
gullible, naive
culpable
deserving blame
curtail
to deprive, to reduce dearth, scarcity
decant
to pour
decrepit
elderly, worn out from age
deference
respect, submission
deleterious
harmful
demagogue
agitator
desecrate
to disrespect
desiccate
to dry out
desist
stop, cease, or abstain
despot
a ruler with absolute power
diatribe
bitter verbal attack
didactic
to instruct
diffident
shy, lacks self
dilatory
slow, unhurried, tardy
dilettante
amateur
dirge
funeral hymn, mournful music
discomfit
to embarrass
disconsolate
unhappy, doleful
disingenuous
insincere
disparage
to belittle
dissembler
hypocrite
dissolute
unprincipled, promiscuous
diurnal
daily
dolorous
doleful, distressed
draconian
strict rules
dregs
remnant, leftovers
ductile
pliable
duplicitous
deceitful
eclectic
extensive
edify
to instruct
effigy
sculpture or model of a person
effusive
to express gratitude
elucidate
to clarify
emaciated
thin or weak
empirical
observed, seen
enervating
tiring
entomology
the study of insects
entrench
firmly establish
epitaph
elegy, commemoration
euphony
pleasing sound
evanescent
not lasting long
evocation
imaginative recreation
exacerbate
to worsen
excoriate
to criticize
extemporize
to improvise
fastidious
hard to please
fecund
producing many new ideas
fickle
changing frequently
flippant
treating things lightly
florid
excessively intricate, red faced
flummox
perplexed
furor
uproar of excitement or anger
galvanize
electrify
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