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--> 1. Obfuscate - To render indistinct or dim; darken; to make so confused or opaque as to be difficult to perceive or understand 2. Rotund - Rounded in figure; plump; having a full, rich sound; sonorous; round from fullness or plumpness; portly 3. Ostentatious - Marked by outward, often extravagant display; flashy, showy; overly showy to attract attention; pretentious 4. Accolade - An expression of approval; praise; special acknowledgment; an award; ceremonial embrace, as of greeting or salutation; ceremonial bestowal of knighthood; recognition; ornamental treatment, used over an arch, a door, or a window, composed of two curves meeting in the middle; often a richly decorated molding; approval (CLICK HERE TO REMEMBER THIS WORD EASILY) 5. Mite - A very small contribution or amount of money; very small object, creature, or particle; coin of very small value, especially an obsolete British coin worth half a farthing; tiny animal related to spiders and ticks 6. Veneration - Profound respect or reverence; deep respect 7. Cessation - A bringing or coming to an end; discontinuance of an action or motion 8. Subvert - To destroy completely; ruin; undermine the character, morals, or allegiance of; corrupt; overthrow completely; rebel, destroy completely; cause the downfall of; of rulers; corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; destroy property or hinder normal operations 9. Speck - A small spot, mark, or discoloration; tiny amount; a bit; tiny bit 10. Gainsay - To declare false; deny; to oppose, especially by contradiction; refuse to admit the truth, reality, value, or worth of 11. Fretwork - Ornamental work consisting of three-dimensional frets; geometric openwork; design of short bars or lines fitted together 12. Dabbler - One who engages in an activity superficially or without serious intent; one lacking professional skill and ease in a particular pursuit; amateur; an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge; any of numerous shallow-water ducks that feed by upending and dabbling 13. Impervious - Incapable of being penetrated; incapable of being affected; having the capacity to withstand; not allowing to pass through 14. Revere - To regard with reverence, or profound respect and affection, mingled with awe or fear; to venerate; to reverence; to honor in estimation; a lapel on a woman''s garment; turned back to show the reverse side; love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol; regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of 15. Bestow - To present as a gift or honor; give, allot; to store or house; to provide with often temporary lodging; give formally or officially 16. Potable - A beverage, especially an alcoholic beverage; any liquid that is fit for drinking; fit for drinking 17. Tonic - A medicine that restores or increases vigor; producing or stimulating physical, mental, or emotional vigor; invigorating, refreshing, or restorative agent or influence; first note of a diatonic scale; the keynote; stressed, as a syllable; accented 18. Emulate - To take as a model or make conform to a model; to strive against (others) for victory; to imitate with intent to learn; strive to equal or excel, especially through imitation; compete with successfully; approach or attain equality with; ambitious; emulous 19. Castigate - To inflict severe punishment on; to criticize severely 20. Penurious - Unwilling to spend money; stingy; yielding little; barren; poverty-stricken; destitute; mean; poor; ungenerously or pettily reluctant to spend money

21. Deft - Quick and skillful; adroit; agile, clever; quick and neat in action; skillful 22. Mulish - Stubborn and intractable; recalcitrant; unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack 23. Antique - Very old; made or used a long time ago; belonging to, made in, or typical of an earlier period; old-fashioned; object having special value because of its age, especially a domestic item or piece of furniture or handicraft esteemed for its artistry, beauty, or period of origin; heirloom; old 24. Pulverize - To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust; to demolish; destroy 25. Puissant - Having or able to exert great power; powerful 26. Tantalizing - Enticingly in sight, yet often out of reach; arousing desire or expectation for something unattainable or mockingly out of reach; very pleasantly inviting 27. Repudiate - To refuse to recognize or acknowledge; reject; turn one's back on; disown 28. Maladroit - Marked by a lack of adroitness; inept person; awkward, clumsy; tactless; lacking dexterity and grace in physical movement 29. Recant - To make a formal retraction or disavowal of (a statement or belief to which one has previously committed oneself); make a formal retraction or disavowal of a previously held statement or belief; to disavow (something previously written or said) irrevocably and usually formally; take back something said; to take back formally an opinion or belief 30. Measly - Contemptibly small; meager; contemptibly unimportant; conspicuously deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent; skimpy; infected with measles 31. Stagnant - Not moving or flowing; motionless; showing little or no sign of activity or advancement; not developing or progressing; inactive; lacking vitality or briskness; sluggish or dull; motionless 32. Obstinate - Stubbornly adhering to an attitude, opinion, or course of action; obdurate; difficult to manage, control, or subdue; refractory; difficult to alleviate or cure; stubborn, (CLICK HERE TO REMEMBER THIS WORD EASILY) 33. Hasten - To move or act swiftly; cause to hurry; speed up; accelerate 34. August - The eighth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar; inspiring awe or admiration; majestic; venerable for reasons of age or high rank; dignified, noble; majestic, impressive; impressive in size, scope, or extent; raised to or occupying a high position or rank 35. Effrontery - Brazen boldness; presumptuousness; state or quality of being impudent or arrogantly self-confident; nerve, boldness; impudence; arrogance 36. Antidote - A remedy or treatment for poison; agent that relieves or counteracts 37. Puckish - Mischievous; impish; naughtily or annoyingly playful 38. Diaphanous - So light and insubstantial as to resemble air or a thin film; fine, see-through 39. Obtrude - To impose (oneself or one's ideas) on others with undue insistence or without invitation; thrust out; push forward; push to thrust outward; force or come in as an improper or unwanted element 40. Dodder - To shake or tremble, as from old age; totter; progress in a feeble, unsteady manner; walk unsteadily, as of small children; any of various leafless, annual parasitic herbs of the genus Cuscuta that lack chlorophyll and have slender, twining, yellow or reddish stems and small whitish flowers

41. Bedecked - To adorn or ornament in a showy fashion; furnish with decorations; decorate 42. Loquacious - Talkative; garrulous 43. Plot - A secret plan to achieve an evil or illegal end; series of events and relationships forming the

basis of a composition; piece of land; show graphically the direction or location of, as by using coordinates; plan, scheme 44. Pelter - One who pelts; a pinchpenny; a mean, sordid person; a miser; a skinflint 45. Assiduous - Constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing; persistent; hard-working 46. Machination - The act of plotting; crafty scheme or cunning design for the accomplishment of a sinister end; secret plan to achieve an evil or illegal end 47. Pelt - To hit again and again; to keep beating; move swiftly; sharp blow; a whack; strike or assail repeatedly with or as if with blows or missiles; bombard; skin of an animal with fur; stripped animal skin ready for tanning 48. Gullibility - The state of being easily deceived 49. Recommit - To refer (proposed legislation, for example) to a committee again; commit again 50. Credulity - A disposition to believe too readily; tendency to believe readily 51. Audacious - Fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold; arrogant, presumptuous; showing courage 52. Puckish - Mischievous; impish; naughtily or annoyingly playful 53. Misdemeanor - A misdeed; breaking of the law that is less serious than a felony; minor crime, punishable by a fine or a light jail term 54. Cynicism - An attitude of scornful or jaded negativity, especially a general distrust of the integrity or professed motives of others; scornfully or jadedly negative comment or act; skepticism, pessimism 55. Soporific - Inducing or tending to induce sleep; drowsy; drug or other substance that induces sleep; a hypnotic; sleepy; sleep-inducing 56. Pugnacious - Combative in nature; belligerent; fond of fighting or arguing 57. Martinet - A strict disciplinarian, especially in the armed forces; one who demands absolute adherence to forms and rules 58. Truncate - To shorten by or as if by cutting off; shorten; decrease, as in length or amount, by or as if by severing or excising 59. Imminent - About to occur; impending; at hand, on the way; expected to happen soon 60. Pestilential - A usually fatal epidemic disease, especially bubonic plague; pernicious, evil influence or agent; deadly disease; something evil in effect; poison; likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease 61. Avowal - A frank admission or acknowledgment; act of admitting to something; a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something 62. Gulled - To deceive or cheat; get money or something else from by deceitful trickery 63. Polarize - To cause to concentrate about two conflicting or contrasting positions; cause to vibrate in a definite pattern; cause to concentrate about two conflicting or contrasting positions; become polarized in a conflict or contrasting situation

64. Egalitarian - Affirming, promoting, or characterized by belief in equal political, economic, social, and civil rights for all people 65. Slipshod - Marked by carelessness; sloppy or slovenly; slovenly in appearance; shabby or seedy; indifferent to correctness, accuracy, or neatness; careless; not well done 66. Marsupial - Any mammal that has a pouch on the abdomen of the female for carrying young 67. Consonant - Being in agreement or accord; corresponding or alike in sound, as words or syllables; harmonious in sound or tone; agreeing, consistent; letter of the alphabet or speech sound that is not a vowel 68. Encumbrance - One that encumbers; a burden or impediment; lien or claim on property; hindrance 69. Spurious - Lacking authenticity or validity in essence or origin; not genuine; false; of illegitimate birth; similar in appearance but unlike in structure or function; counterfeit, fake; fraudulently or deceptively imitative(CLICK HERE TO REMEMBER THIS WORD EASILY)

70. Desiccate - Excessive loss of moisture; the process of drying up; dry out thoroughly; preserve (foods) by removing the moisture; make dry, dull, or lifeless; dehydrate; make or become no longer active or productive 71. Preeminent - Superior to or notable above all others; outstanding; greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement 72. Peripheral - Related to, located in, or constituting an outer boundary or periphery; minor, outside; auxiliary device, such as a printer, modem, or storage system, that works in conjunction with a computer 73. Cogent - Appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning; convincing; effectiveness 74. Discommode - To put to inconvenience; trouble; annoy; cause inconvenience or discomfort to 75. Nocturnal - Of, relating to, or occurring in the night; night 76. Cursory - Performed with haste and scant attention to detail; casual, hasty; quick and superficial 77. Distend - To swell out or expand from or as if from internal pressure; cause to expand by or as if by internal pressure; dilate; to extend; bulge, swell 78. Keen - Eager and enthusiastic; very intelligent; sharp, piercing; make inarticulate sounds of grief or pain, usually accompanied by tears; having a fine edge, as for cutting 79. Travail - Work, especially when arduous or involving painful effort; use of physical or mental energy; hard work; concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to the birth of a child; work strenuously; toil; anguish 80. Stalwart - Capable of exerting considerable effort or of withstanding considerable stress or hardship; strong, valiant; brave and resolute; who is physically and morally strong; who steadfastly supports an organization or cause; stout 81. Lax - Lacking in rigor, strictness, or firmness; not taut, firm, or compact; slack; not strict

82. Mulish - Stubborn and intractable; recalcitrant; unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack 83. Reticent - Inclined to keep one's thoughts, feelings, and personal affairs to oneself; restrained or reserved in style; reluctant; unwilling; secretive, quiet; reserved; quiet; not saying much, especially about one's thoughts 84. Lampoon - A written attack ridiculing a person, group, or institution; light, good-humored satire; a work, as a novel or play, that exposes folly by the use of humor or irony; ridicule, make fun of 85. Nadir - The lowest point 86. Meander - To wind and turn while proceeding in a course; wander, zigzag; circuitous journey or excursion; ramble; act of walking, especially for pleasure 87. Cistern - A receptacle for holding water or other liquid, especially a tank for catching and storing rainwater; artificial reservoir or tank for storing water at atmospheric pressure (such as rain-water collected from a roof) for use when required 88. Accrue - Accumulate or increase; increasing by addition of growth, often financial 89. Indigent - Experiencing want or need; impoverished; needy or destitute person; poor; lacking or deficient 90. Overture - An introductory section or part, as of a poem; a prelude; an instrumental composition intended especially as an introduction to an extended work, such as an opera; introduction, approach; short section of preliminary remarks 91. Conundrum - A riddle in which a fanciful question is answered by a pun; paradoxical, insoluble, or difficult problem; a dilemma; anything that arouses curiosity or perplexes because it is unexplained, inexplicable, or secret 92. Debauched - Dissolute; dissipated; violated, corrupted; lead away from virtue or morality; to corrupt

93. Exponent - One that speaks for, represents, or advocates; one that expounds or interprets; expository; explanatory; advocate 94. Drawl - To speak with lengthened or drawn-out vowels; lengthen, draw out; a slow speech pattern with prolonged vowels; in particular, draw out the vowels 95. Truculent - Disposed to fight; pugnacious; expressing bitter opposition; scathing; disposed to or exhibiting violence or destructiveness; fierce; belligerent, hateful; defiantly aggressive 96. Intangible - Incapable of being apprehended by the mind or the senses; indefinite, obscured; incorporeal; incapable of being realized or defined 97. Homogeneous - Made up of similar parts or element; uniform in structure or composition throughout; of the same or similar nature or kind 98. Vindicate - To clear of accusation, blame, suspicion, or doubt with supporting arguments or proof; prove one's innocence; show to be right by providing justification or prove; maintain uphold, or defend; clear of accusation, blame, suspicion, or doubt with supporting proof 99. Commotion - A condition of turbulent motion; clamor, uproar; noisy confusion; disorder 100. Enervate - To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality; deprived of strength; debilitated; lessen or deplete the nerve, energy, or strength of; lack of nervous energy 101. Lethargic - Of, causing, or characterized by lethargy; lazy, sluggish; deficient in alertness or activity

102. Sonnet - A 14-line verse form usually having one of several conventional rhyme schemes 103. Advocate - To speak, plead, or argue in favor of; support idea or cause publicly; person supporting an idea or cause publicly 104. Helter-skelter - In disorderly haste; confusedly; pell-mell; carelessly hurried and confused; turmoil; confusion; haphazardly 105. Paddle - A short oar with a flat blade used to move and steer a boat; dabble about in shallow water; splash gently with the hands or feet 106. Exactness - Correspondence with fact or truth; condition of being exact; accuracy; nicety; precision; regularity; accuracy, precision 107. Loquacious - Talkative; garrulous (CLICK HERE TO REMEMBER THIS WORD EASILY) 108. Malediction - The calling down of a curse; denunciation invoking a wish or threat of evil or injury; slander 109. Interracial - Relating to, involving, or representing different races; involving or composed of different races 110. Poseur - One who affects a particular attribute, attitude, or identity to impress or influence others; a person who habitually pretends to be something he is not 111. Eulogy - A laudatory speech or written tribute, especially one praising someone who has died; high praise or commendation; praise, acclamation 112. Galling - Causing extreme irritation or chagrin; vexing;; very upsetting; troubling the nerves or peace of mind, as by repeated vexations 113. Biracial - Of, for, or consisting of members of two races; having parents of two different races 114. Varnish - A paint containing a solvent and an oxidizing or evaporating binder, used to coat a surface with a hard, glossy, transparent film; deceptively attractive external appearance; an outward show; add a layer to; embellish 115. Choke - To have difficulty in breathing, swallowing, or speaking; check or slow down the movement, growth, or action of; become blocked up or obstructed; device used in an internalcombustion engine to enrich the fuel mixture by reducing the flow of air to the carburetor; smother, block; a narrowed part of a shotgun bore, typically near the muzzle and serving to restrict the spread

of the shot 116. Oar - A long, thin, usually wooden pole with a blade at one end, used to row or steer a boat; implement used to propel or steer a boat 117. Grandiloquent - Speaking in a lofty style; pompous; bombastic; pretentious, flowery (communication); characterized by lofty or pompous eloquence 118. Necromancy - The practice of supposedly communicating with the spirits of the dead in order to predict the future; black magic; sorcery; magic qualities; call up spirits of the dead for magical purposes (CLICK HERE TO REMEMBER THIS WORD EASILY) 119. Derivative - Something derived from another; stemming from an original source; borrowed, transmitted from source; product, descendant; chemical substance that is the result of a chemical reaction 120. Appendix - A collection of supplementary material, usually at the end of a book; an appendage; supplementary or accessory part of a bodily organ or structure 121. Quill - A large stiff feather; any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird; pen made from a feather; one of the sharp hollow spines of a porcupine or hedgehog; spindle or bobbin around which yarn is wound in weaving; hollow shaft that rotates on a solid shaft when gears are engaged 122. Parlance - A particular manner of speaking; choice of words and the way in which they are used; a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language 123. Impute - To relate to a particular cause or source; attribute the fault or responsibility to; assign as a characteristic; credit; ascribe (a misdeed or an error, for example) to; to regard as belonging to or resulting from another; attribute; ascribe to a cause or source 124. Bolster - To support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion; to buoy up or hearten; keep from yielding or failing during stress or difficulty; help; short horizontal timber or steel member placed on top of a column to support and decrease the span of beams or girders; to support; reinforce. To give a boost to someone 125. Glacier - A huge mass of ice slowly flowing over a land mass, formed from compacted snow in an area where snow accumulation exceeds melting and sublimation 126. Equivocation - Intentionally vague or ambiguous; falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language; a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth; expression or term liable to more than one interpretation; use or an instance of equivocal language 127. Irascibility - The quality or state of being irascible; irritability of temper; irascibleness; tendency to become angry or irritable; a feeling of resentful anger 128. Cane - A fairly long straight piece of solid material used especially as a support in walking; stick that people can lean on to help them walk 129. Irascible - Prone to outbursts of temper; easily angered; characterized by or resulting from anger; crabby; quick to anger 130. Vim - Ebullient vitality and energy; lively, emphatic, eager quality or manner; quality of active mental and physical forcefulness 131. Impecunious - Lacking money; penniless; poverty-stricken; having little or no money 132. Effusive - Unrestrained or excessive in emotional expression; gushy; profuse; overflowing; expressive or showing much emotion 133. Reticent - Inclined to keep one's thoughts, feelings, and personal affairs to oneself; restrained or reserved in style; reluctant; unwilling; secretive, quiet; reserved; quiet; not saying much, especially about one's thoughts 134. Lambaste - To give a thrashing to; beat; scold sharply; berate; punish, beat with a cane; censure severely or angrily 135. Vilify - To make vicious and defamatory statements about; criticize very harshly 136. Laud - To give praise to; glorify; pay tribute or homage to; express warm approval of; honor (a deity) in religious worship; acclaim 137. Exodus - A departure from a place or country, especially of many people; act of leaving;

departure from one's native land to settle in another 138. Envelope - Any wrapper or covering; a flat rectangular paper container for papers; the bag containing the gas in a balloon; the maximum operating capability of a system; natural covering (as by a fluid).

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--> 1. Malaise - A vague feeling of bodily discomfort, as at the beginning of an illness; general sense of depression or unease; general feeling of discomfort or uneasiness, often the first indication of an infection or other disease 2. Penurious - Unwilling to spend money; stingy; yielding little; barren; poverty-stricken; destitute; mean; poor; ungenerously or pettily reluctant to spend money 3. Obstinate - Stubbornly adhering to an attitude, opinion, or course of action; obdurate; difficult to manage, control, or subdue; refractory; difficult to alleviate or cure; stubborn, determined 4. Stagnant - Not moving or flowing; motionless; showing little or no sign of activity or advancement; not developing or progressing; inactive; lacking vitality or briskness; sluggish or dull; motionless 5. Prevarication - The act of prevaricating, shuffling, or quibbling, to evade the truth or the disclosure of truth; a deviation from the truth and fair dealing; secret abuse in the exercise of a public office; collusion of an informer with the defendant, for the purpose of making a sham prosecution; statement that deviates from or perverts the truth; intentionally vague or ambiguous; the deliberate act of deviating from the truth o o o

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6. Truss - A supportive device, usually a pad with a belt, worn to prevent enlargement of a hernia or the return of a reduced hernia; rigid framework, as of wooden beams or metal bars, designed to support a structure, such as a roof; something gathered into a bundle; a pack; iron fitting by which a lower yard is secured to a mast; compact cluster of flowers at the end of a stalk; tie up or bind tightly; bind or skewer the wings or legs of (a fowl) before cooking; support or brace with a truss; tie up (someone) with their arms at their sides 7. Cameo - To make into or like a gem or shell carved in relief; to portray in sharp, delicate relief, as in a literary composition 8. Implacable - Impossible to placate or appease; firmly, often unreasonably immovable in purpose or will; merciless, cruel; incapable of being pleased 9. Spartan - Resolute in the face of pain or danger or adversity; unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment; practicing great self-denial; austere; laconic; simple 10. Intimidate - To make timid; fill with fear; to coerce or inhibit by or as if by threats; frighten, threaten 11. Laconic - Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise; short, to the point 12. Audit - An examination of records or financial accounts to check their accuracy; adjustment or correction of accounts; examined and verified account; examine financial accounts; a post-treatment record review or clinical examination to verify information reported on claims 13. Palpable - Capable of being handled, touched, or felt; tangible; obvious; concrete, real 14. Stygian - Gloomy and dark; infernal; hellish 15. Altruism - Unselfish concern for the welfare of others; selflessness; kindly, charitable interest in others; service to others without thinking of one's self.

16. Vehemence - Exceptionally great concentration, power, or force, especially in activity; intensity or forcefulness of expression; the property of being wild or turbulent; quality pr state of being vehement; impetuous force; impetuosity; violence; fury; violent ardor; great heat; animated fervor; passion 17. Propensity - An innate inclination; a tendency; inclination, weakness; ending towards or natural liking 18. Dust jacket - A removable paper cover used to protect the binding of a book; cardboard sleeve in which a phonograph record is packaged; a paper jacket for a book; a jacket on which promotional information is printed 19. Tardy - Occurring, arriving, acting, or done after the scheduled, expected, or usual time; late; moving slowly; sluggish 20. Malleable - Capable of being shaped or formed, as by hammering or pressure; tractable; able to adjust to changing circumstances; adaptable; pliable; flexible o 21. Inane - One that lacks sense or substance; stupid 22. Timorous - Full of apprehensiveness; timid; easily frightened 23. Skirt - The periphery of a city or town; border, edge; avoid; get around; be on the edge; avoid fulfilling or answering completely; garment hanging from the waist and worn by women and girls; lower outer section of a rocket vehicle; flexible strip hanging from the base of an air-cushion vehicle; piece of fabric that extends over or beyond something to afford protection 24. Miff - A petulant, bad-tempered mood; a huff; petty quarrel or argument; a tiff; cause to become offended or annoyed; annoy, bewilder; a state of irritation or annoyance; extreme displeasure caused by an insult or slight 25. Evoke - To summon or call forth; call to mind by naming, citing, or suggesting; create anew, especially by means of the imagination; induce, stimulate 26. Apulia - A region of southeast Italy bordering on the Adriatic Sea, Strait of Otranto, and Gulf of Taranto; a region in southeastern Italy on the Adriatic 27. Skimp - To deal with hastily, carelessly, or with poor material; be stingy or very thrifty; scanty; be cheap or frugal about; give barely enough or not enough attention, funds or effort 28. Coy - Tending to avoid people and social situations; reserved; affectedly and usually flirtatiously shy or modest; annoyingly unwilling to make a commitment; very modest; not forward but reticent or reserved in manner; given to flirting; shy 29. Gullibility - The state of being easily deceived 30. Surly - Bad tempered; unfriendly 31. Latent - Hidden; beneath the surface; not obvious or active; dormant; capable of being but not yet in existence; existing in a temporarily inactive form or state; fingerprint that is not apparent to the eye but can be made sufficiently visible, as by dusting or fuming, for use in identification; present or potential but not evident or active; undeveloped but capable of normal growth under the proper conditions

32. Gossamer - So light and insubstantial as to resemble air or a thin film; gauzy, thin; soft light delicate material 33. Pusillanimous - Lacking courage; cowardly; without spirit or bravery 34. Incendiary - Causing or capable of causing fire; of or containing chemicals that produce intensely hot fire when exploded; inflammatory; an arsonist; who creates or stirs up factionalism or sedition; an agitator; causing trouble, damage; one who maliciously and willfully sets property on fire; also, an object or thing capable of starting and sustaining a fire 35. Havoc - Widespread destruction; devastation; disorder or chaos; chaotic situation; great damage or destruction; rob of goods by force, especially in time of war 36. Proscribe - To denounce or condemn; to prohibit; forbid; banish or outlaw (a person); exclude 37. Chicanery - Deception by trickery or sophistry; lack of straightforwardness and honesty in action;

legal trickery or false argument; deception, trickery 38. Euphemism - The act or an example of substituting a mild, indirect, or vague term for one considered harsh, blunt, or offensive; use or an instance of equivocal language; polite term 39. Solitude - The state or quality of being alone or remote from others; lonely or secluded place; aloneness 40. Accolade - An expression of approval; praise; special acknowledgment; an award; ceremonial embrace, as of greeting or salutation; ceremonial bestowal of knighthood; recognition; ornamental treatment, used over an arch, a door, or a window, composed of two curves meeting in the middle; often a richly decorated molding; approval 41. Trespass - Unlawful entry or possession of property; invasion, offense; infringe, offend; enter forcibly or illegally: break in; violate a moral or divine law 42. Loquacious - Talkative; garrulous 43. Vivid - Perceived as bright and distinct; brilliant; having intensely bright colors; having a very high degree of saturation; presented in clear and striking manner; felt with the freshness of immediate experience; active in forming lifelike images 44. Haphazard - Dependent upon or characterized by mere chance; fortuity; ; without plan or organization; having no particular pattern, purpose, organization, or structure 45. Camouflage - To use protective coloring or garments for concealment; disguise, cover; conceal by the use of disguise or by protective coloring or garments that blend in with the surrounding environment 46. Doggerel - Crudely or irregularly fashioned verse, often of a humorous or burlesque nature; crude and comic verse 47. Sonnet - A 14-line verse form usually having one of several conventional rhyme schemes 48. Entice - To attract by arousing hope or desire; lure; tempt or persuade 49. Stolid - Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; impassive; apathetic, stupid; without emotion or interest 50. Lax - Lacking in rigor, strictness, or firmness; not taut, firm, or compact; slack; not strict

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1. Mollify - To calm in temper or feeling; soothe; lessen in intensity; temper; reduce the rigidity of; soften; ease the anger or agitation of; cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate 2. Aphorism - A brief statement of a principle; a tersely phrased statement of a truth or opinion; an adage 3. Pristine - Remaining in a pure state; uncorrupted by civilization. Remaining free from dirt or decay; clean 4. Blemish - To mar or impair by a flaw; imperfection that mars or impairs; a flaw or defect; spoil the soundness or perfection of; something that mars the appearance or causes inadequacy or failure; mark of discredit or disgrace; flaw, disfigure 5. Heinous - Grossly wicked or reprehensible; abominable: a heinous crime; horrifying, monstrous; very evil or wicked 6. Harangue - A long pompous speech, especially one delivered before a gathering; speech or piece of writing characterized by strong feeling or expression; a tirade; long, violent, or blustering speech, usually of censure or denunciation; speak in a loud, pompous, or prolonged manner; lecture; long passionate speech 7. Insipid - Lacking flavor or zest; not tasty; lacking qualities that excite, stimulate, or interest; dull 8. Inconspicuous - Not readily noticeable 9. Transience - The state or quality of being transient; temporariness; an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying; the attribute of being brief or fleeting 10. Stoical - Indifference to pleasure or pain; impassiveness 11. Jubilation - The act of rejoicing; condition or feeling of being jubilant; celebration or other

expression of joy; feeling of extreme joy; joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event; utterance of sounds expressing great joy 12. Serpentine - Of or resembling a serpent, as in form or movement; sinuous; repeatedly curving in alternate directions; subtly sly and tempting; any of a group of greenish, brownish, or spotted minerals, Mg3Si2O5(OH)4, used as a source of magnesium and asbestos, and in architecture as a decorative stone 13. Impugn - To attack as false or questionable; challenge in argument; criticize, challenge 14. Allegory - The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters, figures, or events in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form; a story, picture, or play employing such representation; a symbolic representation 15. Sumptuous - Of a size or splendor suggesting great expense; lavish; luxurious, splendid; rich and superior in quality 16. Bumptious - Crudely or loudly assertive; pushy; self-assertive offensively self-assertive 17. Myriad - Constituting a very large, indefinite number; innumerable; composed of numerous diverse elements or facets 18. Wax - Any of various natural, oily or greasy heat-sensitive substances, consisting of hydrocarbons or esters of fatty acids that are insoluble in water but soluble in nonpolar organic solvents; resinous mixture used by shoemakers to rub on thread; phonograph record; to increase gradually in size, number, strength, or intensity; to show a progressively larger illuminated area, as the moon does in passing from new to full; to grow or become as specified o 19. Castigate - To inflict severe punishment on; to criticize severely 20. Scant - Just sufficient; limit in quality or quantity; supply sparingly, with a meager allowance; work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially; less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately s 21. Euphoria - A feeling of great happiness or well-being; extreme happiness; high spirits 22. Heresy - A controversial or unorthodox opinion or doctrine, as in politics, philosophy, or science; adherence to such controversial or unorthodox opinion; unorthodoxy 23. Lethargic - Of, causing, or characterized by lethargy; lazy, sluggish; deficient in alertness or activity 24. Misanthrope - One who hates or mistrusts humankind; person who expects only the worst from people; person who hates others 25. Afflatus - A strong creative impulse, especially as a result of divine inspiration; divine guidance and motivation imparted directly; a creative impulse, an inspiration 26. Gibberish - Unintelligible or nonsensical talk or writing; nonsense talk 27. Hagiography - Biography of saints; worshipful or idealizing biography 28. Disconsolate - Seeming beyond consolation; extremely dejected; cheerless; gloomy; depressed, unhappy 29. Chimera - A fantastic, impracticable plan or desire; dream, fantasy 30. Yokel - An uneducated country person; clumsy, unsophisticated person; a rustic; a bumpkin 31. Countenance - Appearance, especially the expression of the face; face or facial features; look or expression indicative of encouragement or of moral support; give sanction or support to; tolerate or approve; disposition of the facial features that conveys meaning, feeling, or mood 32. Intermittent - Stopping and starting at intervals; alternately containing and empty of water; irregular, sporadic; happening or appearing now and then 33. Inkling - A slight hint or indication; a slight understanding or vague idea or notion; a subtle quality underlying or felt to underlie a situation, action, or person 34. Pulchritude - Great physical beauty and appeal; physical beauty (especially of a woman) 35. Gully - A deep ditch or channel cut in the earth by running water after a prolonged downpour; to wear a deep ditch or channel in; deep ditch cut by running water

36. Fustian - A coarse sturdy cloth made of cotton and flax; pretentious speech or writing; pompous language; pompous, bombastic, and ranting

37. Lubricant - A substance, such as grease or oil, that reduces friction when applied as a surface coating to moving parts; one that helps reduce difficulty or conflict; a substance capable of reducing friction by making surfaces smooth or slippery 38. Reify - To regard or treat (an abstraction) as if it had concrete or material existence; interpretation of an abstract idea or concept, such as the state, as real or concrete; consider an abstract concept to be real 39. Awry - In a position that is turned or twisted toward one side; askew; away from the correct course; amiss 40. Euphemism - The act or an example of substituting a mild, indirect, or vague term for one considered harsh, blunt, or offensive; use or an instance of equivocal language; polite term 41. Friction - A state of disagreement and disharmony; the resistance to movement as one object is moved across the other, usually creating heat; conflict or animosity caused by a clash of wills, temperaments, or opinions; the action of one surface or object rubbing against another 42. Prodigal - Rashly or wastefully extravagant; giving or given in abundance; lavish or profuse; wasteful; a recklessly extravagant consumer 43. Rescind - To make void; repeal or annul; declare void; take back or remove 44. Penurious - Unwilling to spend money; stingy; yielding little; barren; poverty-stricken; destitute; mean; poor; ungenerously or pettily reluctant to spend money 45. Altruism - Unselfish concern for the welfare of others; selflessness; kindly, charitable interest in others; service to others without thinking of one's self 46. Spartan - Resolute in the face of pain or danger or adversity; unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment; practicing great self-denial; austere; laconic; simple 47. Fragile - Easily broken, damaged, or destroyed; frail; lacking physical or emotional strength; delicate; tenuous or flimsy; breakable, dainty 48. Impeccable - Having no flaws; perfect; incapable of sin or wrongdoing; above suspicion; flawless; supremely excellent in quality or nature 49. Exude - To ooze forth; to discharge or emit (a liquid or gas, for example) gradually; to exhibit in abundance; to flow or leak out or emit something slowly; display, emit 50. Profuse - Plentiful; copious; given freely and abundantly; extravagant; abundant, excessive; produced or growing in extreme abundance 51. Rib - One of a series of long curved bones occurring in 12 pairs in humans and extending from the spine to or toward the sternum; tease or mock good-humoredly; any of the curved transverse pieces of metal or timber in a ship, extending up from the keel and forming part of the framework of the hull 52. Loquacious - Talkative; garrulous 53. Ignominy - Great personal dishonor or humiliation; shameful or disgraceful action, conduct, or character; loss of or damage to one's reputation; shame 54. Detrimental - Causing damage or harm; injurious; damaging, disadvantageous 55. Proscribe - To denounce or condemn; to prohibit; forbid; banish or outlaw (a person); exclude 56. Trespass - Unlawful entry or possession of property; invasion, offense; infringe, offend; enter forcibly or illegally: break in; violate a moral or divine law 57. Lamentation - The passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief; a cry of sorrow and grief 58. Rapacious - Taking by force; plundering; greedy; ravenous; subsisting on live prey; grasping; having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit 59. Tranquil - Free from disturbance or agitation; quiet, peaceful 60. Buoyant - Having the ability to float; light in weight; lighthearted; gay 61. Misdemeanor - A misdeed; breaking of the law that is less serious than a felony; minor crime, punishable by a fine or a light jail term

o 62. Exonerate - To free from blame; free from a responsibility, obligation, or task; excuse, clear of responsibility or blame 63. Preeminent - Superior to or notable above all others; outstanding; far beyond what is usual, normal, or customary; greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement 64. Digression - The act of digressing; deviation; straying 65. Tendentious - Marked by a strong implicit point of view; partisan; having or marked by a strong tendency especially a controversial one; bias 66.Plethora - A superabundance; an excess; excess of blood in the circulatory system or in one organ or area; condition of going or being beyond what is needed, desired, or appropriate 67. Roil - To make (a liquid) muddy or cloudy by stirring up sediment; displease or disturb; vex; be in a state of turbulence or agitation; make turbid by stirring up the sediments of 68. Digress- To turn aside, especially from the main subject in writing or speaking; stray 69. Heretical - Of or relating to heresy or heretics; characterized by, revealing, or approaching departure from established beliefs or standards; unorthodox; characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards 70. Meld - To declare or display (a card or combination of cards in a hand) for inclusion in one's score in various card games, such as pinochle; a form of rummy using two decks and four jokers; jokers and deuces are wild; the object is to meld groups of seven of the same rank; announce for a score; of cards in a card game; lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually;mix together different elements; cause to merge; bring or come together into a united whole; 71. Fretwork - Ornamental work consisting of three-dimensional frets; geometric openwork; design of short bars or lines fitted together 72. Panegyric - A formal eulogistic composition intended as a public compliment. Elaborate praise or laudation; an encomium 73. Beguile - To deceive by guile; delude; take away from by or as if by guile; cheat; distract the attention of; divert; pass (time) pleasantly; amuse or charm; delight; charm; deceive; draw notice or interest by charm 74. Obloquy - Harsh, often insulting language; loss of or damage to one's reputation; vilification 75. Veneer - A thin surface layer, as of finely grained wood, glued to a base of inferior material; thin layer of costly material put over a common material; deceptive outward appearance; give a deceptively attractive appearance to; pretence, front; cover, overlay 76. Pertinacious - Holding tenaciously to a purpose, belief, opinion, or course of action; stubbornly or perversely persistent; determined; stubbornly unyielding or tenacious in purpose; persevering; difficult to alleviate or cure 77. Dabbler - One who engages in an activity superficially or without serious intent; one lacking professional skill and ease in a particular pursuit; amateur; an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge; any of numerous shallow-water ducks that feed by upending and dabbling 78. Extant - Still in existence; not destroyed, lost, or extinct; standing out; projecting; in existence; occurring or existing in act or fact: actual

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1. Buoyant - Having the ability to float; light in weight; lighthearted; gay 2. Rabid - Affected by rabies 3. Hirsute - Covered with hair; hairy; having a hairy covering; shaggy 4. Fiscal - Of or relating to government expenditures, revenues, and debt; relating to finance or finances; having to do with money matters 5. Quibble - One who quibbles; a caviler; also, a punster; person who finds fault, often severely and

willfully; a disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty objections 6. Obliterate - To do away with completely so as to leave no trace; to wipe out, rub off, or erase; to remove completely (a body organ or part), as by surgery, disease, or radiation 7. Ostracize - To exclude from a group; to exclude from normal social or professional activities; to force to leave a country or place by official decree; exile, banish; to put into public disfavor 8. Malady - An unwholesome condition; a disease, a disorder, or an ailment 9. Conifer - Trees and shrubs that produce cones, such as pines; any of various mostly needle-leaved or scale-leaved, chiefly evergreen, cone-bearing gymnospermous trees or shrubs such as pines, spruces, and firs 10. Unadulterated - Not mingled or diluted with extraneous matter; pure; not mixed with impurities; produced by nature; not artificial or man made 11. Hubris - Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance 12. Impecunious - Lacking money; penniless 13. Abate - To lessen; to subside; grow or cause to grow less, lessen; reduce in amount, degree, or intensity; deduct from an amount; subtract; make void; fall off in degree or intensity; subside 14. Disconsolate - Seeming beyond consolation; extremely dejected; cheerless; gloomy; depressed, unhappy 15. Caveat - A warning or caution; qualification or explanation; formal notice filed by an interested party with a court or officer, requesting the postponement of a proceeding until the filer is heard; qualify with a warning or clarification; advice to beware, as of a person or thing 16. Heresy - A controversial or unorthodox opinion or doctrine, as in politics, philosophy, or science; adherence to such controversial or unorthodox opinion; unorthodoxy

17. Pervasive - Having the quality or tendency to pervade or permeate; spreading throughout; extending; suffusing 18. Harangue - A long pompous speech, especially one delivered before a gathering; speech or piece of writing characterized by strong feeling or expression; a tirade; long, violent, or blustering speech, usually of censure or denunciation; speak in a loud, pompous, or prolonged manner; lecture; long passionate speech 19. Gruffness - A throaty harshness; an abrupt discourteous manner 20. Thwart - To prevent the occurrence, realization, or attainment of; oppose and defeat the efforts, plans, or ambitions of; seat across a boat on which a rower may sit; prevent from accomplishing a purpose; stop, hinder; obstruct 21. Scalawag - reprobate; a rascal; a white Southerner working for or supporting the federal government during Reconstruction; one who is playfully mischievous; a person who does harm to others 22. Addendum - Something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book; something included at a later date 23. Libertine - One who acts without moral restraint; a dissolute person; who defies established religious precepts; a freethinker; morally unrestrained; dissolute; licentious; philanderer; an immoral person 24. Restrictive - Of or relating to restriction; tending or serving to restrict; limiting; relating to, or being a subordinate clause or phrase that identifies the noun, phrase, or clause it modifies and limits or restricts its meaning; serving to restrict; (of tariff) protective of national interests by restricting imports 25. Epitomic - A brief presentation or statement of something; a summary of a written work; a typical or ideal example; brief or miniature form 26. Lionize - To look on or treat (a person) as a celebrity; treat as a famous person 27. Exanimate - Lifeless; dead; to deprive of life or spirit; destitute of animation; spiritless; disheartened; deprive of animation or of life; deprived of life 28. Ineluctable - Not to be avoided or escaped; inevitable; certain; impossible to avoid or evade 28. Proscribe - To denounce or condemn; to prohibit; forbid; banish or outlaw (a person); exclude

29. Vivify - To give or bring life to; animate; to make more lively, intense, or striking; to make alive 30. Sturdy - Strong and hardy; having or showing rugged physical strength; substantially made or built; stout; marked by resoluteness or determination; firm; vigorous or robust; solid, durable; capable of exerting considerable effort or of withstanding considerable stress or hardship; not easily moved or shaken 31. Innocuous - Having no adverse effect; harmless; not likely to offend or provoke to strong emotion; insipid; devoid of hurtful qualities; lacking the qualities requisite for spiritedness and originality 32. Encipher - To put (a message, for example) into cipher; convert plain text into unintelligible form by means of a cipher system 33. Swarthy - Having a dark complexion or color; of a complexion tending toward brown or black; dark-complexioned 34. Concur - To be of the same opinion; agree; act together; cooperate; occur at the same time; coincide; converge; meet; approve, to agree 35. Luculent - Easily understood; clear or lucid; (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable 36. Procrastinate - To put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness; postpone or delay needlessly; delay, put off doing 37. Repudiate - To refuse to recognize or acknowledge; reject; turn one's back on; disown 38. Stoical - Seemingly indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive; seemingly indifferent to emotions 39. Boastful - Characterized by or given to boasting; exhibiting self-importance 40. Mollify - To calm in temper or feeling; soothe; lessen in intensity; temper; reduce the rigidity of; soften; ease the anger or agitation of; cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate

41. Phlegmatic - Showing little emotion; without emotion or interest; having or suggesting a calm, sluggish temperament; unemotional; of or relating to phlegm; 42. Stultify - To render useless or ineffectual; cripple; to cause to appear stupid, inconsistent, or ridiculous; prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence; cause to appear foolish; deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless 43. Lachrymose - Weeping or inclined to weep; tearful; causing or tending to cause tears 44. Ostensive - Seeming or professed; ostensible; manifestly demonstrative; represented or appearing as such; pretended; appearing as such but not necessarily so 45. Collude - To act together secretly to achieve a fraudulent, illegal, or deceitful purpose; conspire; work out a secret plan to achieve an evil or illegal end; act in unison or agreement and in secret towards a deceitful or illegal purpose 46. Servile - Abjectly submissive; slavish; acting like a slave; groveling, subservient; excessively eager to serve or obey; of or relating to servitude or forced labor 47. Euphemism - The act or an example of substituting a mild, indirect, or vague term for one considered harsh, blunt, or offensive; use or an instance of equivocal language; polite term 48. Immutable - Not subject or susceptible to change; incapable of changing or being modified; unchangeable 49. Bedecked - To adorn or ornament in a showy fashion; furnish with decorations; decorate 50. Fealty - The fidelity owed by a vassal to his feudal lord. The oath of such fidelity 51. Meandering - Rambling; winding 52. Wary - On guard; watchful; characterized by caution; vigilantly attentive; trying attentively to avoid danger, risk, or error; careful, cautious; openly distrustful and unwilling to confide 53. Postern - A small rear gate, especially one in a fort or castle; situated in the back or at the side; minor gate or door in the defensive wall of a town or fortification

54. Decrepit - Weakened, worn out, impaired, or broken down by old age, illness, or hard use; deteriorated, debilitated; broken down with age; worn out; not physically strong; showing signs of wear and tear or neglect 55. Indelible - Impossible to remove, erase, or wash away; permanent; unable to be forgotten; memorable; indestructible; cannot be removed, washed away or erased 56. Perturbation - The state of being perturbed; agitation; small change in a physical system; state of discomposure; upset, unsettle 57. Soporific - Inducing or tending to induce sleep; drowsy; drug or other substance that induces sleep; a hypnotic; sleepy; sleep-inducing 58. Ennui - Listlessness and dissatisfaction resulting from lack of interest; boredom; condition of being bored 59. Brat - A child, especially a spoiled or ill-mannered one; child of a career military person; spoiled child 60. Corpulent - Excessively fat; having too much flesh; chubby 61. Spartan - Resolute in the face of pain or danger or adversity; unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment; practicing great self-denial; austere; laconic; simple 62. Tortuous - Not straightforward; highly involved or intricate; very twisted; complicated; having or marked by repeated turns or bends; winding or twisting; repeatedly curving in alternate directions 63. Modicum - A small, moderate, or token amount 64. Accolade - An expression of approval; praise; special acknowledgment; an award; ceremonial embrace, as of greeting or salutation; ceremonial bestowal of knighthood; recognition; ornamental treatment, used over an arch, a door, or a window, composed of two curves meeting in the middle; often a richly decorated molding; approval 65. Cognizant - Fully informed; conscious 66. Fretwork - Ornamental work consisting of three-dimensional frets; geometric openwork; design of short bars or lines fitted together 67. Aphid - Any of various small, soft-bodied insects of the family Aphididae that have mouth parts specially adapted for piercing and feed by sucking sap from plants; A small sucking insect that feeds primarily on new soft growth 68. Trenchancy - Irony or bitterness, as of tone; keenness and forcefulness of thought or expression or intellect 69. Gauche - Lacking social polish; tactless; unsophisticated; lacking social grace 70. Assail - To attack with or as if with violent blows; assault; attack verbally, as with ridicule or censure; attack someone physically or emotionally; launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities with, as in warfare 71. Lethargic - Of, causing, or characterized by lethargy; lazy, sluggish; deficient in alertness or activity 72. Salubrious - Conducive or favorable to health or well-being; health-giving; healthful, nutritious 73. Suave - Smoothly agreeable and courteous; charming, smooth; effortlessly gracious and tactful in social manner 74. Boast - To glorify oneself in speech; statement that suggests praise of oneself; talk in a selfadmiring way; shape or form (stone) roughly with a broad chisel 75. Chaotic - Characterized by physical confusion; completely unordered and unpredictable and confusing; lacking a visible order or organization 76. Massive - Very large and solid; large or imposing, as in quantity, scope, degree, intensity, or scale; lacking internal crystalline structure; amorphous 77. Cacophonous - Having a harsh, unpleasant sound; discordant; having an unpleasant sound 78. Animadversion - Strong criticism; a critical or censorious remark; harsh criticism or disapproval 79. Hapless - Luckless; unfortunate; involving or undergoing chance misfortune 80. Buttress - A means or device that keeps something erect, stable, or secure; present evidence in support of; support, bolster; support built to strengthen a wall 81. Extant - Still in existence; not destroyed, lost, or extinct; standing out; projecting; in existence;

occurring or existing in act or fact: actual 82. Exalt - To raise in rank, character, or status; elevate; glorify, praise, or honor; increase the effect or intensity of; heighten; fill with sublime emotion; elate; promote, praise 83. Drake - A male duck; mayfly used as fishing bait 84. Cogent - Appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning; convincing; effectiveness 85. Omnipotent - Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful 86. Garrulous - Given to excessive and often trivial or rambling talk; tiresomely talkative; wordy and rambling; talkative 87. Skullduggery - Crafty deception or trickery or an instance of it; verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way 88. Demoralized - To undermine the confidence or morale of; dishearten; put into disorder; confuse; corrupt, pervert 89. Reinforce - To make more effective; strengthen; strengthen (a military force) with additional personnel or equipment; increase the number or amount of; augment

90. Misanthrope - One who hates or mistrusts humankind; person who expects only the worst from people; person who hates others 91. Spurious - Lacking authenticity or validity in essence or origin; not genuine; false; of illegitimate birth; similar in appearance but unlike in structure or function; counterfeit, fake; fraudulently or deceptively imitative 92. Prostrate - Lying prone, or with the head to the ground; flat, horizontal; helpless; tired, worn; fall on knees; submit; overwhelm; wear out; put or throw flat with the face down, as in submission or adoration; reduce to extreme weakness or incapacitation; overcome 93. Pelf - Wealth or riches, especially when dishonestly acquired 94. Obeisance - A gesture or movement of the body, such as a curtsy, that expresses deference or homage; great respect or high public esteem accorded as a right or as due; salutation, curtsy 95. Excavate - To remove by digging or scooping out; break, turn over, or remove (earth or sand, for example) with or as if with a tool 96. Proffer - To offer for acceptance; tender; act of proffering; an offer; put before another for acceptance; suggest, offer 97. Adamant - Impervious to pleas, appeals, or reason; stubbornly unyielding; stone once believed to be impenetrable in its hardness; extremely hard substance; hard like rock; unyielding; mineral frequently found beneath a corset. soluble in solicitate of gold; unbreakable 98. Isthmus - A narrow strip of land connecting two larger masses of land; narrow piece of land with water on each side 99. Quell - To put down forcibly; suppress; pacify; quiet; bring to an end forcibly as if by imposing a heavy weight: choke off; alleviate, calm; defeat, suppress 100. Malfunction - To fail to work as it should; breakdown, failure 101. Fluvial - Of, relating to, or inhabiting a river or stream; produced by the action of a river or stream; of or relating to or happening in a river 102. Intriguing - To engage in secret or underhand schemes; plot; arouse the interest or curiosity of; work out a secret plan to achieve an evil or illegal end 103. Fretwork - Ornamental work consisting of three-dimensional frets; geometric openwork; design of short bars or lines fitted together 104. Gregarious - Seeking and enjoying the company of others; sociable 105. Choreograph - To plan out or oversee the movement, development, or details of; orchestrate; to specialize in choreography; compose a sequence of dance steps to music; plan and oversee the development and details of 106. Founder - To sink below the surface of the water; fail utterly; collapse; stumble, especially to stumble and go lame; become ill from overeating; who establishes something or formulates the basis for something