Studied by 6 peopleamenable
(adj.) willing to follow advice or authority, tractable, submissive; responsive; liable to be held responsible
S: agreeable, compliant, docile
A: unresponsive, resistant, recalcitrant
berate
(v.) to scold sharply
S: chide, rebuke, reprove, reprimand
A: praise, compliment, pat on the back
carnage
(n.) large-scale slaughter or loss of life
S: butchery, bloodbath, massacre
credulous
(adj.) too ready to believe, easily deceived
S: gullible
A: dubious, skeptical
criterion
(n.) a rule, test; a standard of judgement or evaluation
S: yardstick, touchstone, gauge, canon
deplete
(v.) to use up as a result of spending or consumption; to diminish greatly
S: exhaust, empty, drain, bankrupt
A: replenish, refill, restock, resupply
expatiate
(v.) to expand on, write or talk at length or in detail; to move about freely
S: elaborate, enlarge, descant, wander, roam
A: sketch roughly, summarize, condense, adumbrate
extraneous
(adj.) coming from the outside, foreign,; present but no essential, irrelevant
S: incidental, extrinsic
A: intrinsic, relevant, pertinent, germane
inception
(n.) the beginning, start, earliest stage of some process, institution, etc.
S: commencement, inauguration, outset
A: completion, conclusion, termination
infirmity
(n.) a weakness or ailment (physical, mental, moral, etc.)
S: affliction, malady, defect
A: stimulating, mature
jejune
(adj.) lacking in nutritive value; lacking in interest or substance, immature, juvenile
S: vapid, insipid, puerile, childish
A: stimulating, mature
obdurate
(adj.) stubborn, unyielding
S: obstinate, adamant
A: yielding, tractable, flexible
potpourri
(n.) a collection of diverse or miscellaneous items; a general mixture; petals mixed with spices for scent
S: hodgepodge, melange, farrago, medley
A: homogenous or uniform group
precocious
(adj.) showing unusually early development (especially in talents and mental capacity)
S: forward, gifted, advanced
A: backward, retarded, slow
sadistic
(adj.) delighting in cruelty, excessively cruel
S: brutal, vicious, inhuman, fiendish
A: masochistic, clement, humane, mericful
sententious
(adj.) self-righteous, characterized by moralizing; given to use of maxims or adages; saying much in few words, pithy
S: aphoristic, epigrammatic, moralistic
A: discursive, diffuse, episodic
supplicate
(v.) to beg earnestly and humbly
S: plead, petition, implore, entreat
surfeit
(n.) an excess or overindulgence, as in eating or drinking, causing disgust (v.) to feed or supply with anything to excess
S: (n.) excess, glut; (v.) cloy, satiate
A: (n.) dearth, paucity, lack
tortuous
(adj.) winding, twisted, crooked,; highly involved, complex; devious
S: circuitous, serpentine, labyrinthine
A: direct, straight, straightforward
turgid
(adj.) swollen, blated, filled to excess; overdecorated or excessive in language
S: inflated, pompous, bombastic, overblown
A: muted, understated, unadorned, austere
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