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deviating from normal or correct.

to leave secretly and hide, often to avoid the law.

to speak, plead, or argue for a cause, or in another’s behalf. (n) -- one who advocates.

to make greater, to increase, thus, to exaggerate.

to unite or mix. (n) -- amalgamation.

• adj.
• vague; subject to more than one interpretation

• adj.
• extremely pleasing to the senses, divine (as related to the gods) or delicious (n: ambrosia)

• n.
• a person or artifact appearing after its own time or out of chronological order (adj: anachronistic)

• adj.
• peculiar; unique, contrary to the norm (n: anomaly)

• adj.
• ancient; outmoded; (literally,before the flood)

• n.
• hostility toward, objection, or aversion to

• v.
• to settle a dispute by impulse (n: arbitration)

• v.
• to make less severe; to appease or satisfy

• v.
• weaken (adj: attenuated)

• adj.
• extremely bold; fearless, especially said of human behavior (n: audacity)

• v.
• to declare

• adj.
• commonplace or trite (n: banality)

• adj.
• unconcealed, shameless, or brazen

• n.
• speech or action intended to coax someone into doing something

• n.
• pompous speech (adj: bombastic)

• n., v.
• a lapse, gap or break, as in a fortress wall. To break or break through.ex: Unfortunately, the club members never forgot his breach of ettiquette.

• v., n.
• to grow or flourish; a bud or new growth (adj: burgeoning )

• v., n.
• to support. a support

• v.
• to get something by taking advantage of someone

• n.
• impulse (adj: capricious)

• v.
• to chastise or criticize severely

• n.
• an agent of change (adj: catalytic; v. catalyze)

• adj.
• capable of dissolving by chemical action; highly critical: "His caustic remarks spoiled the mood of the party."

• n.
• deception by trickery

• adj.
• willingly compliant or accepting of the status quo (n: complaisance)

• n.
• a great fire

• adj.
• of or having to do with material, as opposed to spiritual; tangible. (In older writings, coeporeal could be a synonym for corporal. This usage is no longer common)

• adj.
• of the body: "corporal punishment." a non-commissioned officer ranked
• between a sergeant and a private.

• v.
• to strengthen or support: "The witness corroborted his story." (n: corroboration)

• adj., n.
• cowardly; a coward

• adj.
• deserving of blame (n: culpability)

• n.
• lack, scarcity: "The prosecutor complained about the dearth of concrete
• evidence against the suspect."

• n.
• submission or courteous yielding: "He held his tongue in deference to his father." (n: deferential. v. defer)

• v.
• to show, create a picture of.

• n.
• belittlement. (v. deprecate)

• n.
• the act of preying upon or plundering: "The depredations of the invaders demoralized the population."

• v.
• to make clear, to say

• v.
• to dry out thoroughly (adj: desiccated)

• n.
• a bitter abusive denunciation.

• adj.
• lacking self-confidence, modest (n: diffidence)

• adj.
• to free a person from falsehood or error: "We had to disabuse her of the notion that she was invited."

• adj.
• belittling (n: disparagement. v. disparage)

• adj.
• calm; objective; unbiased

• v.
• to conceal one's real motive, to feign

• adj.
• stubborn or determined: "Her dogged pursuit of the degree eventually paid off."

• adj.
• relying upon doctrine or dogma, as opposed to evidence

• adj.
• selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources: "Many modern decorators prefer an eclectic style." (n: eclecticism)

• n.
• effectiveness; capability to produce a desired effect

• adj., n
• the quality of flowing out. something that flows out, such as a stream from a river (n: effluence)

• adj., n.
• softening; something that softens

• v.
• to strive to equal or excel (n: emulation)

• n.
• a formal eulogy or speech of praise

• adj.
• prevalent in or native to a certain region, locality, or people: "The disease was endemic to the region." Don't confuse this word with epidemic.

• v.
• to weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of: "The heatenervated everyone." (adj: enervating)

• v.
• to give rise to, to propagate, to cause: "His slip of the toungue engendered much laughter."

• n.
• puzzle; mystery: "Math is an enigma to me." (adj: enigmatic)

• adj.
• lasting for only a brief time, fleeting (n: ephemera)

• adj.
• ambiguous; unclear; subject to more than one interpretation -- often intentionally so: "Republicans complained that Bill Clinton's answers were equivocal." (v. equivocate)

• adj.
• scholarly; displaying deep intensive learning. (n: erudition)

• adj.
• intended for or understood by only a few: "The esoteric discussion confused some people." (n: esoterica)

• n.
• a spoken or written tribute to the deceased (v. eulogize)

• v.
• to increase the bitterness or violence of; to aggravate: "The decision to fortify the border exacerbated tensions."

• v.
• to demonstrate or prove to be blameless:  "The evidence tended to exculpate the defendant."(adj: exculpatory)

• adj.
• exceeding customary or normal limits, esp. in quantity or price: "The cab fare was exorbitant."

• adj.
• fully and clearly expressed

• adj.
• in existence, still existing: The only extant representative of that species."

• n., v.
• a measure of length (six feet) used in nautical settings. to penetrate to the depths of something in order to understand it: "I couldn't fathom her reasoning on that issue."

• v.
• to seek favor or attention; to act subserviantly (n, adj: fawning)

• v.
• to give false appearance or impression: "He feigned illness to avoid going to school." (adj: feigned)

• adj.
• highly emotional; hot: "The partisans displayed a fervent patriotism." (n: fervor)

• n., adj.
• a baby bird; an inexperienced person; inexperienced.

• adj.
• flushed with a rosy color, as in complexion; very ornate and flowery: "florid prose."

• adj.
• struggling: "We tried to save the floundering business."

• adj.
• verbose; talkative; rambling: "We tried to avoid our garrulous neighbor."

• n., adj.
• fine cobweb on foliage; fine gauzy fabric; very fine: "She wore a gossamer robe."

• n.
• skillful deceit: "He was well known for his guile." (v. bequile; adj: beguiling. Note, however, that these two words have an additional meaning: to charm (v.) or charming (adj:), while the word guile does not generally have any such positive connotations)

• adj.
• honest; straightforward (n: guilelessness)

• adj.
• unfortunate

• adj., adv.
• headfirst; impulsive; hasty. impulsively; hastily; without forethought: "They rushed headlong into marriage."

• adj.
• similar in nature or kind; uniform: "a homogeneous society."

• n.
• one who attacks traditional ideas or institutions or one who destroys sacred images (adj: iconoclastic)

• adj.
• penniless; poor

• adj.
• commanding

• n.
• insinuation or connotation (v. implicate)

• v.
• to suggest indirectly; to entail:  "She implied she didn't believe his story." (n: implication)

• n.
• an absence of foresight; a failure to provide for future needs or events: "Their improvidence resulted in the loss of their home."

• adj.
• in an initial or early stage; incomplete; disorganized: "The act of writing forces one to clarify incohate thoughts."

• adj.
• not capable of being corrected: "The school board finally decided the James was incorrigible and expelled him from school."

• adj.
• permanent; unerasable; strong: "The Queen made an indelible impression on her subjects."

• adj.
• undescribable; inexpressible in words; unspeakable

• v.
• to deduce: "New genetic evidence led some zoologists to infer that the red wolf is actually a hybrid of the coyote and the gray wolf."

• adj.
• clever: "She developed an ingenious method for testing her hypothesis."(n: ingenuity)

• adj.
• unsophisticated; artless; straightforward; candid: "Wilson's ingenuous response to the controversial calmed the suspicious listeners."

• v.
• to hold back, prohibit, forbid, or restrain (n: inhibition, adj: inhibited)

• adj.
• harmless; having no adverse affect; not likely to provoke strong emotion

• adj.
• numb; unconscious: "Wayne was rendered insensible by a blow to the head." unfeeling; insensitive: "They were insensibile to the suffering of others.:

• adj.
• lacking zest or excitement; dull

• adj.
• of or pertaining to an island, thus, excessively exclusive: "Newcomers found it difficult to make friends in the insular community."

• adj.
• stubborn; immovable; unwilling to change: "She was so intransigent we finally gave up trying to convince her." (n: intransigence)

• adj.
• prone to outbursts of temper, easily angered

• adj.
• using few words; terse: "a laconic reply."

• adj.
• present or potential but not evident or active (n: latency)

• adj.
• praiseworthy; commendable (v. laud)

• n.
• giant whale, therefore, something very large

• adj.
• talkative

• adj.
• clear; translucent: "He made a lucid argument to support his theory."

• adj.
• weighty, mournful, or gloomy, especially to an excessive degree: "Jake's lugubrious monologues depressed his friends."

• n.
• generosity and nobility. (adj: magnanimous)

• adj.
• malicious; evil; having or showing ill will: "Some early American colonists saw the wilderness as malevolent and sought to control it."

• n.
• one who hates people: "He was a true misanthrope and hated even himself."

• n.
• incorrect name or word for something

• n.
• one who hates women

• v.
• to make less forceful; to become more moderate; to make less harsh or undesirable: "He was trying to mitigate the damage he had done." (n: mitigation)

• adj.
• wicked, evil: "a nefarious plot."

• adj.
• harmful, offensive, destructive: "The noisome odor of the dump carried for miles."

• adj.
• hardened against influence or feeling; intractable.

• v.
• to prevent by anticipatory measures; to make unnecessary:

• v.
• to close or shut off; to obstruct (n: occlusion)

• adj.
• not transparent or transluscent; dense; difficult to comprehend, as inopaque reasoning

• adj.
• turned to bone; hardened like bone; Inflexible: "The ossified culture failed to adapt to new economic conditions and died out."

• n.
• a writing or speech in praise of a person or thing

• n.
• a small sin or fault

• adj.
• showing a narrow concern for rules or formal book learning; making an excessive display of one's own learning: "We quickly tired of his pedantic conversation." (n: pedant, pedantry).

• adj.
• deliberately treacherous; dishonest (n: perfidy)

• adj.
• easily or frequently annoyed, especially over trivial matters; childishly irritable

• n.
• tendency or action for the benefit of others, as in donating money or property to a charitible organization

• adj.
• not easily excited; cool; sluggish

• v.
• to calm or reduce anger by making concessions: "The professor tried to placate his students by postponing the exam."

• adj.
• related to being shaped or molded; capable of being molded. (n: plasticity n: plastic)

• n.
• excessively large quantity; overabundance: "We received a p lethora of applications for the position."

• adj.
• heavy; massive; awkward; dull: "A ponderous book is better than a sleeping pill."

• adj.
• concerned with facts; practical, as opposed to highly principled or traditional: "His pragmatic approach often offended idealists." (n: pragmatism)

• n.
• cliff with a vertical or nearly vertical face; a dangerous place from which one is likely to fall; metaphorically, a very risky circumstance

• v., n.
• to fall; to fall downward suddenly and dramatically; to bring about or hasten the occurrence of something: "Old World diseases precipitated a massive decline in the American Indian population."

• n.
• something (or someone) that precedes another: "The assasination of the Archduke was a precursor to the war."

• v.
• to stray away from or evade the truth: "When we asked him what his intentions were, he prevaricated."(n: prevarication; prevaricator)

• adj.
• rashly wasteful: "Americans' prodigal devotion to the automobile is unique."

• v.
• to conciliate; to appease: "They made sacrifices to propitiate angry gods."

• adj.
• beautiful (n: pulchritude)

• adj.
• cowardly, timid, or irreselute; petty: "The pusillanimous leader soon lost the respect of his people."

• n.
• inactivity; stillness; dormancy (adj: quiescent)

• v.
• to make or become thin; to purify or refine (n: rarefaction, adj: rarefied)

• n.
• the act of censuring, scolding, or rebuking. (v. reprove).

• v.
• to repeal or annul

• adj.
• having a sharp or powerful intellect or discernment. (n: sagacity).

• adj.
• cheerful; confident: "Her sanguine attitude put everyone at ease."(Sangfroid (noun) is a related French word meaning unflappibility. Literally, it means cold blood)

• v.
• to satisfy fully or to excess

• adj.
• having a gloomy or morose temperament

• n.
• a very knowledgable person; a genious

• adj.
• diligent; persevering; persistent: "Her sedulous devotion to overcoming her background impressed many." (n: sedulity; sedulousness; adv. sedulously)

• adj.
• seemingly true but really false; deceptively convincing or attractive: "Her argument, though specious, was readily accepted by many."

• adj.
• only covering the surface: "A superficial treatment of the topic was all they wanted."

• adj.
• unspoken: "Katie and carmella had a tacit agreement that they would not mention the dented fender to their parents."

• adj.
• habitually untalkative or silent (n: taciturnity)

• adj.
• exercising moderation and self-denial; calm or mild (n: temperance)

• n.
• an angry speech: "His tirade had gone on long enough."

• adj.
• twisted; excessively complicated: "Despite public complaints, tax laws and forms have become increasingly tortuous." Note: Don't confuse this with torturous.

• adj.
• ability to be easily managed or controlled: "Her mother wished she were more tractable." (n: tractibility)

• n.
• depravity; baseness: "Mr. Castor was fired for moral turpitude."

• n.
• beginner; person lacking experience in a specific endeavor: "They easily took advantage of the tyro."

• adj.
• empty; without contents; without ideas or intelligence:: "She flashed a vacuous smile."

• v.
• great respect or reverence: "The Chinese traditionally venerated their ancestors; ancestor worship is merely a popular misnomer for this tradition." (n: veneration, adj: venerable)

• adj.
• wordy: "The instructor asked her verbose student make her paper more concise." (n: verbosity)

• v.
• to annoy; to bother; to perplex; to puzzle; to debate at length: "Franklin vexed his brother with his controversial writings."

• adj.
• slow moving; highly resistant to flow: "Heintz commercials imply that their catsup is more viscous than others'." (n: viscosity)

• adj.
• explosive; fickle (n: volatility).

• adj.
• craving or devouring large quantities of food, drink, or other things. She is a voracious reader.

• v.
• to hesitate or to tremble

• adj.
• extremely pitiful or unfortunate (n: wretch)

• n.
• enthusiastic devotion to a cause, ideal, or goal (n: zealot; zealoutry. adj: zealous)