Group 40

Adulate

Praise someone excessively.

Anathema

A thing someone intensely dislikes.

Anomaly

A thing not normal or expected.

Assiduous

Showing great care and perseverance.

Blandish

Coax with kind words or flattery.

Circumlocution

Use of many words to be evasive.

Contentious

Likely to cause an argument.

Defer

Postpone; submit to one’s wishes.

Disparage

Treat as weak, bad, or unimportant.

Emanate

Spread out or originate from.

Esoteric

Likely understood by few people.

Fawn

Give exaggerated flattery for favor.

Gingerly

Showing great care or caution.

Homonym

Similar words with differing meanings.

Impudent

Not showing respect for another.

Ingenuous

Innocent, naïve, or trusting.

Irrefutable

Impossible to deny or disprove.

Linger

Stay somewhere longer than needed.

Meticulous

Showing great attention to detail.

Nugatory

Of no value or importance.

Panacea

A solution for all difficulties.

Phenomenon

A thing observed but hard to explain.

Prerogative

A right exclusive to a certain class.

Pusillanimous

Lacking courage or determination.

Repent

Express sincere regret.

Spurious

Something fake or false.

Surmise

Assume truth without evidence.

Transpose

Transfer to a different place.

Verbatim

In exactly the same words first used.

Zenith

Highest point or state of.