1. Aberration – A deviation from what is normal or expected
2. Acrimonious – Bitter in temper or tone
3. Adulation – Excessive praise or admiration
4. Aesthetic – Concerned with beauty or appreciation of beauty
5. Alleviate – To relieve or make more bearable
6. Ambivalent – Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas
7. Amiable – Friendly and pleasant
8. Anachronism – Something out of place in time
9. Anecdote – A short, interesting story about a real incident or person
10. Apprehensive – Anxious or fearful about the future
11. Arduous – Difficult and requiring much effort
12. Assiduous – Showing great care and perseverance
13. Benevolent – Well-meaning and kindly
14. Bolster – To support or strengthen
15. Cacophony – A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds
16. Capitulate – To surrender or give in
17. Censure – To express severe disapproval
18. Circumspect – Cautious and unwilling to take risks
19. Clandestine – Secret or concealed, often for illicit purposes
20. Coalesce – To come together and form a whole
21. Cognizant – Aware or informed
22. Conundrum – A difficult problem or dilemma
23. Corroborate – To confirm or give support to a statement
24. Deleterious – Causing harm or damage
25. Deride – To ridicule or mock
26. Disparage – To belittle or criticize
27. Dogmatic – Arrogantly assertive about one's beliefs
28. Dubious – Hesitating or doubting; not to be relied upon
29. Ebullient – Cheerful and full of energy
30. Elicit – To draw out a response or reaction
1. Elucidate – To explain or clarify
2. Emulate – To imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing
3. Enervate – To weaken or drain energy
4. Ephemeral – Lasting for a very short time
5. Equanimity – Calmness and composure under pressure
6. Esoteric – Intended for or understood by only a small group
7. Euphemism – A mild or indirect word used in place of a harsh one
8. Exacerbate – To make a problem worse
9. Exculpate – To clear from blame or guilt
10. Exorbitant – Unreasonably high (especially in price)
11. Extol – To praise highly
12. Facetious – Treating serious issues with humor
13. Fallacious – Based on a mistaken belief
14. Fastidious – Very attentive to detail
15. Fervent – Having intense passion or enthusiasm
16. Flippant – Lacking proper respect or seriousness
17. Fortuitous – Happening by chance; lucky
18. Garrulous – Excessively talkative
19. Grandiose – Impressive but overly ambitious
20. Hackneyed – Overused and unoriginal
21. Hapless – Unfortunate or unlucky
22. Harangue – A long, intense verbal attack or speech
23. Haughty – Arrogantly superior or disdainful
24. Hedonist – A person devoted to pleasure
25. Iconoclast – A person who challenges or criticizes traditional beliefs
26. Idiosyncrasy – A unique personal trait
27. Impetuous – Acting quickly without thought
28. Inchoate – Not fully formed or developed
29. Indolent – Lazy or avoiding work
30. Intransigent – Unwilling to compromise
1. Inveterate – Deeply rooted; long-established
2. Irascible – Easily angered or irritable
3. Juxtapose – To place side by side for comparison
4. Laconic – Using very few words; concise
5. Lament – To express sorrow or regret
6. Languid – Lacking energy or enthusiasm
7. Loquacious – Very talkative
8. Malleable – Easily shaped or influenced
9. Mendacious – Lying or deceitful
10. Mitigate – To make less severe
11. Munificent – Very generous
12. Nefarious – Wicked or criminal
13. Noxious – Harmful or poisonous
14. Obfuscate – To make something unclear or confusing
15. Obsequious – Overly submissive or eager to please
16. Ostentatious – Showy, designed to impress
17. Paragon – A model of excellence or perfection
18. Partisan – Strongly supporting a particular cause
19. Pernicious – Harmful in a gradual way
20. Placate – To calm or appease someone
21. Precarious – Unstable or risky
22. Proclivity – A natural tendency toward something
23. Prosaic – Dull or lacking imagination
24. Pugnacious – Eager to argue or fight
25. Quixotic – Unrealistically idealistic
26. Recalcitrant – Stubbornly resistant to authority
27. Repudiate – To reject or disown
28. Sagacious – Wise or having keen judgment
29. Superfluous – More than necessary
30. Surreptitious – Done secretly or stealthily
1. Advocative – Pertaining to advocacy; supporting a cause.
2. Allusion – An indirect reference to something.
3. Ambiguity – The quality of being open to multiple interpretations.
4. Analogy – A comparison between two things for explanation.
5. Apprehend – To understand or arrest someone.
6. Articulate – Able to express ideas clearly.
7. Bane – A cause of great distress or annoyance.
8. Bereft – Deprived of something; lacking.
9. Bias – A tendency to favor one thing over another.
10. Berate – To scold or criticize angrily.
11. Brevity – Concise and exact use of words.
12. Cache – A collection of items stored in a hidden place.
13. Capitulate – To surrender or give in.
14. Credible – Believable or trustworthy.
15. Corroborate – To confirm or support with evidence.
16. Complacent – Showing smug satisfaction with oneself.
17. Construe – To interpret or analyze something in a particular way.
18. Contentious – Causing or likely to cause an argument.
19. Covet – To desire something belonging to another.
20. Debunk – To expose the falseness of a belief.
21. Defunct – No longer existing or functioning.
22. Didactic – Intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction.
23. Delegate – To entrust a task or responsibility to another person.
24. Dispel – To drive away or eliminate something.
25. Doctrine – A set of beliefs or principles held and taught by a group.
26. Dogma – A principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true.
27. Eclectic – Deriving ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources.
28. Embezzle – To steal or misappropriate money placed in one's trust.
29. Elicit – To draw out a response or reaction.
30. Empirical – Based on observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic.