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Acuity
sharpness of perception
Advocacy
support of an idea or cause
Affable
friendly, courteous, amiable
Antipathy
a dislike, distaste
Apocryphal
of doubtful origin or authenticity, not genuine
Approbation
official approval, praise, commendation
Ardent
expressing strong feelings, impassioned, zealous
Ardor
warmth or heat of emotion, extreme force, vigor, or energy
Ascend
to move upward, arise from a lower station
Atheist
one who does not believe in God
Auspicious
favorable
Aversion
strong disinclination, disliking
Beguile
To deceive, to mislead, to persuade with charm
Benign
not causing harm, of gentle disposition, beneficial
Blasphemous
irrelevant, profane
Blunderbuss
a clumsy and careless person; an obsolete firearm with a
Capitulate
to surrender
Compatriot
of fellow Countryman
Complacency
the state of being self-satisfied
Conflagration
a large fire
Consecrate
to dedicate or to declare sacred
Corroboration
confirmation
Debauchery
moral corruption
Deference
courteous going along with the opinions or wishes of another
Demented
insane
Demur
to hesitate, to delay, to object
Deprecate
to disapprove regretfully, to belittle, to express mild disapproval
Desolate
deserted, without inhabitants, barren
Despoil
to take possessions by force, to plunder
Despondency
depression, dejection
Diffidence
shyness, reserve, unassertiveness
Discern
to differentiate between two or more things
Disconcerting
causing one to feel unsettled
Disdain
intense dislike; to treat with scorn or contempt, to reject as unworthy
Disparage
to degrade, to speak of someone or something in a derogatory manner
Dissociate
separate
Dissolution
disintegration, decomposition and dispersion
Docile
easily managed, obedient, passive
Edifice
a very large building
Elicit
to bring out a response, to evoke
Emaciated
very thin (usually as a result of starvation), wasting away
Embellish
to decorate, to make beautiful with ornamentation
Emulate
to try to equal or to be like (usually through imitation)
Engender
to cause, to produce, to create
Engrossed
completely occupied or absorbed
Entreaty
a plea, an earnest request
Evanescent
fleeting; vanishing
Execrable
extremely bad, deserving of hate
Expeditious
done with speed and efficiency
Felicitious
happy or delightful
Ferocity
savagery
Florid
flowery, flushed with color
Forbearance
patience, lenience
Foreboding
premonition of evil, an ominous omen
Forensic
pertaining to debate or argument
Furtive
secret in an underhanded way, stealthy
Galling
very irritating
Gaunt
very thin, emaciated, angular
Gravity
seriousness, importance
Hideous
very ugly, offensive, shocking
impel
to urge or to drive forward(usuallly with moral pressure)
implacable
incapabale of being appeased
impute
to blame or to change
incorrigible
incapable of being improved or reformed.
infallible
incapable of making mistakes or being wrong.
infamous
having a horrible reputaition
infernal
relating to hell; wicked or diabolical.
ingenuity
cleverness, inventivness, resourcefulness
insolence
insultinf or contemptous behavior
inendate
to flood, to overflow
inviolable
secure from violation or from being profaned
irresolute
indecisive, unsure of how to proceed
juncture
a point of joining
knotty
so complicated that it can probably not be solved, full of knots
laconic
using a minimum of words, consive to the point of seeming rude