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Abrogate

to abolish by formal action

acquiesce

to give in; to agree

acuity

sharpness of perception or mind

affable

friendly; agreeable

alacrity

eagerness or enthusiasm

ambiguous

unclear; uncertain

ameliorate

to improve

anarchy

lack of government; chaos

apathy

lack of emotion or interest

apprehensive

fearful or worried

Assuage

to reduce or relieve

Astute

clever or perceptive

Atrophy

to waste away from lack of use

Augment

to add to or increase

Austere

severe; strict

Autonomy

self-rule; independence

Avarice

greed

Banal

commonplace; dull; ordinary

Bastion

a stronghold; a fort

Benign

kindly; good-natured; harmless

Blasphemy

irreverent or negative talk about religion

Candor

frankness, honesty

Capricious

whimsical; unpredictable

Collaborate

to cooperate or work together

Complacent

smug; self-satisfied; unconcerned

Compliance

conforming to a request or demand

Conciliate

to soothe anger

Congregation

a crowd of people; an assembly

Credulous

gullible; ready to believe without proof

Deference

a show of respect

Denounce

to speak against publicly

Depravity

corruption; wickedness

Derision

contempt; ridicule

Desecrate

to disrespect or deface something sacred

Didactic

intended to teach; instructive; moralizing

Diffident

shy; lacking confidence

Discern

to distinguish one thing from another

Disparage

to speak poorly of or mock

Disparity

inequality

Dissent

disagreement; to oppose or disagree

Denounce

to speak against publicly

Depravity

corruption; wickedness

Derision

contempt; ridicule

Desecrate

to disrespect or deface something sacred

Didactic

intended to teach; instructive; moralizing

Diffident

shy; lacking confidence

Discern

to distinguish one thing from another

Disparage

to speak poorly of or mock

Disparity

inequality

Dissent

disagreement; to oppose or disagree

dissonance

lack of agreement or harmony

dogmatic

stubbornly opinionated; inflexible

drone

a continuous humming sound; to talk on and on

dubious

doubtful; questionable

eccentric

odd or out of the ordinary; quirky

elucidate

to explain; to make clear

enigma

a mystery; hard to understand or explain

euphonious

melodious; pleasant sounding

expedient

advantageous; convenient

expedite

to quicken or accelerate

extol

to praise

fastidious

meticulous; difficult to please

flagrant

glaringly wrong; obviously faulty

futile

unsuccessful; pointless

guile

cunning; deceitfulness

gullible

overly trusting

heretic

someone who rejects accepted ideas; nonbeliever

immutable

unchanging; permanent

incessant

non-stop

indifferent

having no preference; unconcerned

indolence

laziness; apathy

innocuous

harmless; insignificant

innovate

to transform or modernize

insipid

bland; boring

jubilation

joy, exultation

laud

to praise

lobbyist

person who seeks to inform politics

magnanimous

generous; noble

mercurial

rapidly changing; temperamental

novel

new; interesting

nascent

just beginning; emerging

obscure

unclear; to conceal or complicate

obfuscate

to render unintelligible or confusing

parsimony

stinginess

paucity

scarcity

pedestrian

commonplace; ordinary

perfunctory

careless; showing little effort

peripheral

off to the side; unimportant

petulant

rude; irritable

philanthropist

someone who benefits mankind

dissonance

lack of agreement or harmony

dogmatic

stubbornly opinionated; inflexible

drone

a continuous humming sound; to talk on and on

dubious

doubtful; questionable

eccentric

odd or out of the ordinary; quirky

elucidate

to explain; to make clear

enigma

a mystery; hard to understand or explain

euphonious

melodious; pleasant sounding

expedient

advantageous; convenient

expedite

to quicken or accelerate