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Banal

Commonplace, ordinary, prosaic

Servile

Overly submissive

Flagrant

Glaringly wrong, faulty

Indolence

Laziness

Acquiesce

Accept reluctantly

Complacent

Smug, self-satisfied

Fastidious

Finicky, overly critical

Parsimony

Stinginess

Provincial

Narrow-minded, unsophisticated

Depravity

Corruption, wickedness

Euphonious

Melodious, pleasant-sounding

Cacophonous

Harsh-sounding

Guile

Cunning, deceitful

Immutable

Not changing, permanent

Bastion

Stronghold, fort

Benign

Kindly, good natured

Disparage

To speak poorly of

Acuity

Sharpness/perceptive mind

Assuage

Reduce pain, alleviate, soothe

Avarice

Greed

Philistine

Lacks culture/taste

Scrupulous

Concerned, proper, conscientious, diligent

Languid

Slow and listless

Paucity

Scarcity, insufficient amounts

Didactic

Intending to teach

Elucidate

Explain, make clear

Capricious

Whimsical, fickle

Pretentious

Pompous, self-important

Suppress

To end an activity

Accolade

Praise

Ambivalence

Uncertainty, having mixed feelings

Anomalous

Odd, not fitting the pattern

Aspersion

Negative feeling, damaging remark

Belligerence

Aggression

Bombastic

Too elaborate, exaggerated

Convoluted

Complicated, long-winded

Decorous

Good and correct behavior

Denunciation

Speaking out against

Despotic

Acting like a tyrant

Detritus

Rubbish

Diaphanous

Very thin and transparent

Egalitarian

Believer in equality

Epitomizes

Typical example of

Iconoclast

Goes against authority

Loquacious

Talkative, using too many words

Mendicancy

Begging

Milieu

Environment, surroundings

Nascent

Just begun, early stage of development

Ossified

Fixed and rigid

Palpable

Can be felt

Supercilious

Arrogant

Visceral

Habitual, automatic

Variegated

Multicolored

Purveyor

Brings supplies, sells/spreads something

Profligacy

Reckless extravagance, wasteful and immoral behavior

Enfranchise

Give voting rights

Remuneration

Payment for work done

Talisman

Lucky charm

Bilk

To cheat, defraud

Engender

To cause/ give rise to

Abasement

Humiliation, degradation

Plantiff

Petitioner in a court of law

Replete

Full/ well-supplied

Abrogate

Cancel, deny, repeal, to abolish by authority

Harbingers

Indicators, bringers of warnings

Plaudit

Statement of strong praise

Ensconce

Establish firmly in a position

Obdurate

Stubborn

Reprieve

Respite, postponement of sentence

Blighted

Damaged, destroyed, ruined

Lachrymose

Tearful, sad

Obfuscate

To make something unclear

Repudiate

Shun

Abstemious

Self-denial

Crepuscular

Active at dawn an dusk

Rescind

Retract, repeal

Blunderbuss

Ancient weapon/ clumsy person

Envenom

to cause bitterness/ poison

Laconic

Using few words, brief, terse

Lampoon

Ridicule

Tenuous

Weak/flimsy, little strength or substance

Resonant

Deep, clear, echoing noise

Boorish

Ill-mannered, rough

Acrid

Sharp/pungent

Euphemism

Polite phrase to cover something unpleasant

Burgeon

To grow/flourish

Saccharin

Falsely sweet

Adulation

High praise

Anachronistic

Out of chronological order

Assiduous

Hard-working, persistent

Benevolent

Friendly and helpful

Camaraderie

Trust between friends

Censure

To criticize harshly

Circuitous

Roundabout, circumvent

Clairvoyant

Future-seeing, insightful

Deleterious

Bad, detrimental

Hedonist

Pleasure-seeker

Reclusive

Seeking solitude

Extenuating

Partially excusing

Rancorous

Showing deep-seated resentment