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Group 1
Abate Abjure Blandishment Boor Cardinal Deliberate Equivocation Feckless Imperturbability Meretricious Back to top reduce in intensity renounce; swear to refrain from something words used to coax or flatter [blandish (v)] ill-mannered person [boorish (a)] 1. high ranking church official; 2. major, important 1. slow (a); 2. to think over (v); 3. on purpose (a) speaking ambiguously [equivocate (v), equivocal (a)] feeble; helpless; lacking in initiative quality of being calm and not easily disturbed [imperturbable (a)] falsely attractive; tawdry

Group 2
Augury Boycott Glib Incise Moralistic Ostracism Penchant Rarefy Repine Stipulate Back to top prediction, looking for omens [augur (v)] refuse to have dealings with slick; superficial esp. in speech cut into [incision (n); incisive (a)] concerned with morals [moralize (v)] shunning; social isolation [ostracize (v)] inclination; leaning; tendency; predilection make less dense [rarefaction (n)] fret; be discontented specify [stipulation (n)]

Group 3
Diaphanous Feint Inured transparent; thin and delicate pretended attack; a move intended to deceive hardened; habituated

Mettlesome Puissance Recondite Stygian Touting Virtuosity Volubility Back to top

spirited [mettle (n)] power obscure very dark advertising; supporting [tout (v)] skill, expertise [virtuoso (n); virtuosi (n.pl)] excessive talkativeness [voluble (a)]

Group 4
Caret Contiguous Damp Ellipsis Extirpation Foppish Gaffe Hortatory Opprobrious Recumbent Back to top punctuation mark signifying omission adjacent; touching; abutting [contiguity (n)] (used of vibration) reduce in extent omission of essential words wiping out; complete destruction [extirpate (v)] behaving or dressing like a dandy; excessively concerned with fashion blunder; social mistake encouraging; exhorting expressing great scorn [opprobrium (n)] reclining; lying down

Group 5
Ambidextrous Culpability Discernment Encomium Inveigle Minatory Ossified Plumb Quintessential able to use both left and right hands equally well guilt [culpable = blameworthy] judgment; perceptiveness praise coax; cajole; wheedle; entice threatening turned to bone; become rigid [ossification (n)] measure depth of (v); exact (a. slang) most typical; the perfect example of [quintessence (n)]

Runic Back to top

mysterious; magical

Group 6
Accretion Anachronistic Chronic Churlishness Demagogue Effrontery Idyll Interregnum Nugatory Sinecure Back to top accumulation of matter; growth produced by adding from the outside occurring in the wrong time period [anachronism (n)] long lasting (often used for diseases in which case the opposite is acute) rudeness; ill-mannered behavior mob leader (who appeals to base instincts) [demagogy/demagoguery (n)] daring; audacity (has a negative connotation) story or incident in peaceful or ideal setting [idyllic (a)] interval between reigns or governments of minor significance; futile job which pays salary but requiring little effort

Group 7
Anodized Aphoristic Canonical Commensurate Dexterity Extant Impugned Probity Raconteur Solicitous Back to top electroplated; coated with thin layer of metal expressed tersely [aphorism (n) = short statement; maxim] orthodox [canon (n) = set of accepted works] equal in significance skill, esp. with hands [dexterous (a)] still in existence (opposite of extinct) challenged; called into question uprightness; honesty person who relates a story kindly; expressing care and concern

Group 8
Amalgamate Baleful join; consolidate [amalgamation (n)] evil

Coerce Inchoate Iniquitous Libertine Millinery Natty Occluded Sidereal Back to top

force [coercion (n); coercing (a)] undeveloped; nascent evil; unjust [iniquity (n)] dissolute person; prodigal hats and hat-making neat; dapper; smart obscured; blocked of or related to stars

Group 9
Avaricious Extirpate Halcyon List (v) Maudlin Refulgent Subliminal Testiness Vituperate Whittle Back to top greedy for money wipe out totally peaceful and happy; calm (esp. of summer weather) 1. to lean to one side; 2. to write in order sad; sentimental; inclined to weep glowing; radiant below the threshold of consciousness irritability; irascibility [testy (a)] attack bitterly 1. carve with knife; 2. reduce step by step

Group 10
Colander Cumbersome Diaphanous Dispatch Epistemology Froward Supine Throwback Untoward bowl with holes used to drain vegetables etc. bulky; difficult to carry [encumber = to burden] transparent; thin and delicate 1. send (v); 2. speed; celerity (n) theory of knowledge stubborn; wayward; disobedient lying flat on ones back exhibiting primitive, or ancestral, traits unexpected

Verisimilar Back to top

true to life; giving the appearance of reality

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Group 1
Abysmal Approbation Bent (n) Cadge Debacle Extemporize Incumbents Lambaste Noisome Pastiche Back to top very deep; very bad approval [opp. disapprobation] inclination; aptitude get by begging disaster speak without preparation or rehearsal [extemporaneous (a)] occupiers of a job or position attack verbally disgusting work (usually artistic) which imitates, or is composed of parts taken from varied sources

Group 2
Arboreal Centrifuge Cloistered Disabuse Engendering Intemperate Lugubrious Nonplussed Pedagogy Satiate Slake Back to top living in trees; concerned with trees device to separate substances by spinning them at high speed isolated make someone aware of an error in thinking causing; bringing into being [engender (v)] excessive; immoderate [intemperance (n)] sad; gloomy confused science of education; teaching satisfy; fill completely [satiable (a); satiation (n)] quench; satisfy

Group 3
Artless Comeliness Doff Don Erudition Plaintive Suborn Tendentious Tortuous Verbiage Back to top without effort; without trickery; simple beauty; prettiness [comely (a)] take off (esp. of a hat) put on (esp. of clothes) learning; scholarly knowledge [erudite (a)] sad; mournful bribe dogmatic; biased indirect; winding excessive or meaningless wordiness

Group 4
Atonement Complaisance Daguerreotype Fawn Gregariousness Nascent Paean Reproof Scurvy Tutelary Back to top making amends for sin or crime [atone (v)] flexibility; willingness to please [complaisant (a)] forerunner of the photograph behave in a sycophantic way; grovel [fawning (a)] sociability; liking for crowds [ gregarious (a)] emerging; newly formed praise; tribute (esp. in song) scolding; criticism [reprove (v)] 1. disease due to lack of vitamin C; 2. contemptible; rascally serving as a guardian [tutelage (n)]

Group 5
Abscission Contentious Debilitating Foible Importune cutting; process causing leaves to fall off causing argument [contention (n); contend (v)] weakening [debilitate (v)] quirk; minor weakness beg; solicit [importunate (a)]

Pertain Slew Toady Torrid Veracious Back to top

be relevant to [pertinent (a)] glut; excess sycophant; flatterer hot and steamy true [veracity (n)]

Group 6
Asperity Blowhard Disingenuous Evanescent Intangible Labile Malapropism Posture (v) Proximate Pugnacious Back to top using harsh or critical tone boastful person crafty short-lived [evanescence (n)] cannot be touched; abstract [intangibility (n)] changing rapidly; unstable use of similar sounding but incorrect word to put on an act immediate; nearest aggressive, ready to fight [pugnacity (n)]

Group 7
Foreshadowed Gaucherie Heterodox Inscrutability Limerick Mannered Pluck (n) Sedulous Syllogism Vicissitude Back to top indicated a future event [foreshadow (v)] awkwardness [gauche (a)] unorthodox quality of being difficult to comprehend [inscrutable (a)] short amusing poem stylized; pretentious courage persevering; eager and thorough type of logical reasoning unexpected change in fortune or circumstances

Group 8

Acolyte Admonitory Caprices Cornucopia Deferential Intractability Luminary Minion Undergird Vitiate Back to top

disciple; follower or attendant scolding [admonition (n)] whimsies; fancies symbol (horn filled with fruit etc.) denoting natural abundance showing respect [deference (n); defer (v)] stubbornness; resistance [intractable (a)] eminent person underling; servant support; strengthen weaken; sap energy

Group 9
Coterie Denigrate Empirical Gainsay Hyperbole Modest Prolixity Rebus Sere Vulpine Back to top clique; small group with common interests decry; criticize; belittle found by experiment or practice contradict exaggeration [hyperbolic (a)] 1. bashful; unpretentious; 2. not excessive wordiness [prolix (a)] puzzle in which pictures give clues withered; old like a fox [compare with bovine (cow-like); porcine (pig-like), etc.]

Group 10
Corroborate Exacerbated Exact (v) Faddish Hapless Misconstrue give supporting evidence [corroboration (n)] made worse [exacerbate (v); exacerbation (n)] to demand; extort whimsical; following a fashion unlucky put a wrong interpretation on something

Perennial Rent Shard Xenophobe Back to top Alleviated Apostrophe Centurion Emollient Fusillade Inerrancy Mince Palpate Platitude Quibble Back to top

long-lasting torn (past participle of the verb to rend) fragment of pottery person afraid of foreigners

made less severe [alleviation (n); alleviate (v)] 1. punctuation mark; 2. appeal to someone not present (a figure of speech) roman soldier (commander of a company of 100 soldiers) softening (a); something which softens (n) long burst of gunfire infallibility; inability to make mistakes [inerrant (a)] 1. chop into small pieces; 2. walk with tiny steps, 3. speak in an affected manner medical term meaning to examine with the hands unoriginal, obvious saying 1. (v) to argue about minor matters; to play on words when finding fault; 2. (n) a minor verbal point in an argument

Group 2
Apprehension Conniving Derision Epigram Lassitude Pedantic Phenomenology Precipitate Renege Back to top slight fear; sense of something unfavorable cunning; scheming [connive (v)] mockery [deride (v)] short, witty saying lack of energy; weariness over-insistent on matters of book-learning [pedant (n)] branch of science concerned with things as they are perceived; not directly derived from theory 1. hurried (a); 2. insoluble product of a reaction in chemistry (n), 3. to instigate or speed up an action (v) go back on promise or retract statement

Group 3

Armada Dawdler Dross Expiate Hack Prone Propensity Scabbard Skiff Umbrage Back to top

fleet of ships slow person who falls behind others [dawdle (v)] something worthless; impurities left after refining atone; make amends for 1. chop roughly; 2. person who writes to earn money, 3. hired horse 1. vulnerable to; 2. horizontal tendency; inclination cover for a sword small boat 1. shadow; 2. offence; sense of injury

Group 4
Dilettantism Enervate Malevolent Neophyte Panegyric Presage Serration Slight Tare Unprepossessing Back to top dabbling esp. in the arts [dilettante (n) = person who dabbles] weaken having evil intentions [malevolence(n)] new convert; tyro speech praising someone; laudatory words forewarn of; indicate jagged edge 1. minor (a); 2. perceived insult (v) and (n) 1. weed; 2. allowance made for container when weighing unattractive

Group 5
Aberration Cant Disinter Faade Impeding Lacuna deviation from the normal insincere talk dig up [opposite inter = bury] 1. front elevation of building, 2. false appearance or demeanor hindering [impede (v); impediment (n)] gap; missing part [plural = lacunae]

Monolithic Pied Roster Seemly Back to top

united in purpose; forming a single unit multicolored list of names appropriate (of behavior); decorous

Group 6
Analogue Coda Commingle Equivocal Fallible Hallow Indigence Papyrus Pique Sap Back to top 1. something similar; 2. output proportional to input (engineering) piece of music at the end of a musical work; finale; final part of document mix ambiguous; open to interpretation [equivocate (v), equivocation (n)] capable of making mistakes [fallibility (n)] respect; worship poverty material used for writing on before paper was invented 1. annoyance (n); 2. to stimulate interest; to annoy (v) 1. liquid inside plants (n); 2. to drain; to undermine (v); 3. a fool (n)

Group 7
Arbitrator Descry Facetious Indecorous Proliferate Scotch (v) Strut Toy (v) Usury Wag (n) Back to top mediator; person appointed to judge a dispute [arbitrate (v)] to see (esp. at a distance); catch sight of not intended to be taken seriously unseemly; inappropriate (of behavior) grow and spread [proliferation (n)] to prevent; stop; disable 1. supporting rod (n); 2. to walk in an arrogant manner; show off (v) to play with lending money at high interest rates a witty person

Group 8
Atavism Filibuster Gambit Mitigation Obligate Predilection Propitiate Stanch Travesty Waft Back to top reappearance of ancestral traits; regression [atavistic (a)] delaying tactics opening move; transaction making less severe [mitigate (v)] compulsory leaning; interest; talent appease; try to gain favor [propitiation (n)] to stop parody; ridiculous error drift smoothly (v); whiff; smell (n)

Group 9
Forage Lumber Muse Prescience Prune Ready Resolve Squalid Sullied Veneration Back to top search for food 1. walk in an ungainly way; 2. timber (wood) 1. think; meditate (v); 2. a source of inspiration (n) [in mythology, a goddess who gives inspiration] foreknowledge 1. to trim; 2. a dried plum (used of wit) quick firmness (n) dirty and demeaning made dirty or impure [opposite unsullied; sully (v)] worship; respect [venerable (a), venerate (v)]

Group 10
Demur Duplicity Exigency Expostulate Gossamer object; hesitate to accept cunning; deception; double dealing urgent matter; pressing need offer strong objections; remonstrate delicate; filmy; like gauze

Inefficacious Pine Prudish Quixotic Stipple

ineffective 1. type of evergreen tree; 2. grieve narrow-minded; excessively concerned with morals [prudery (n), prude (n)] impractically idealistic cover with dots of paint etc.

Abrasion Adumbrate Cognitive Deign Fervid Gall Levee Preternatural Quell Score (n) Back to top

1. damage to skin caused by scraping; 2. process of scraping or rubbing [abrade (v)] outline; indicate concerned with thinking or perceiving [cognition (n)] condescend passionate 1. bitterness (bad feeling); 2. confidence; 3. abnormal growth on a plant 1. raised bank of a river; 2. morning reception held by a monarch unnatural; abnormal suppress written form of music

Group 2
Abut Consternation Gavel Lien Parenthesis Sinewy Steep (v) Tamp Venturing Wry to adjoin worry and concern judges hammer right to sell property held as a security; legal hold on job etc. remarks deviating from the main point [parentheses are round brackets in punctuation] vigorous; having well-developed muscles [a sinew is a tendon] to soak in water to plug; press loose matter down tightly (e.g. pack explosives into a hole) 1. hazarding; risking; putting forward; 2. going somewhere [venturesome means courageous or willing to take risks] 1. twisted or bent to one side; 2. dryly humorous

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Group 3
Arduous Decimated Fledge Gouge Picayune Riveting Soliloquy Supplicant Transcendental Veritable Back to top hard kill or destroy a large part of (originally one tenth) 1. grow feathers; 2. leave nest [fledgling (n) = an inexperienced person or a baby bird] cut or dig out insignificant; of little value fascinating [to rivet literally means to fix metal plates using metal pins] solo speech person who requests or begs for something [ supplicate (v)] supernatural; going beyond normal experience [transcendent (a)] true; genuine [verity (n)]

Group 4
Condescension Divest Eddy Epaulet Fallacy Fringe Leaven Patronize Prominent Statute Back to top talking down to someone [condescending (a)] remove; take off circular current shoulder decoration wrong idea [fallacious (a)] 1. decorative border with tassels (n); 2. to form an edge (v) to make light; modify; cause bread to rise using yeast etc. 1. to talk down to; condescend; 2. to be a customer of 1. eminent; 2. protruding; 3. obvious law [statutory (a)]

Group 5
Antipathy Aver Expatiate hatred affirm speak or write at great length

Flag (v) Flail Indicted Loll Malign Secure (v) Talon Back to top

1. to lose energy; 2. to signal 1. tool used to thresh grain; 2. to thresh (separate grain from chaff); 3. to wave arms about wildly accused (of crime) laze around; hang out (when used of the tongue) slander 1. to fix firmly; 2. to obtain long pointed nail or claw

Group 6
Abeyance Disarm Elaborate Foment Jockeying Minutiae Rue Somatic Stinting Temperate Back to top state of inactivity; disuse 1. take away weapons; 2. win over to ones side [ disarming (a)] 1. complex and detailed (a); 2. to expand on (v) 1. stir up; 2. bathe with hot liquids (medical) maneuvering; struggling to get ahead of others [ jockey (v)] small details regret [rueful (a)] concerned with the body holding back; limiting the supply (of supplies/money etc.) [ stint (v)] moderate

Group 7
Allure Caulk Conscript Desultory Elegy Fallow Forbearing Hegemony 1. attraction (n); 2. to attract (v) treat with substance such as tar to make water-tight 1. person enlisted compulsorily into the armed forces; 2. (v)to enlist compulsorily aimless; inconsistent in effort poem concerned with death; praise of a dead person uncultivated tolerant [forbear (v); forbearance (n)] political domination; complete authority

Improbity Qualm Back to top

lack of honesty or integrity hesitation or fear

Group 8
Assay Chauvinist Discrete Enlist Fabricated Fulminate Hawser Jibe Peer Stickler Back to top 1. try; 2. assess purity someone excessively patriotic [chauvinism (n)] separate; discontinuous (not to be confused with discreet prudent; diplomatic] 1. sign up for the army; 2. obtain made up; false; manufactured [fabricate (v); fabrication(n)] 1. attack loudly in words; denounce thunderously; 2. explode noisily thick rope or cable agree with; complement; match up with (in British usagejibe means mock) 1. an equal; 2. to stare at; 3. nobleman one who is strict about rules or details

Group 9
Cloture Congruent Dally Dissemble Dote Errant Fervent Stomach (v) Synapse Undercutting Back to top closure; terminating a debate by voting matching [congruency (n)] waste time; flirt avoid the truth be excessively fond of [doting (a)] 1. wandering; 2. wrong; 3. straying from accepted standards passionate to tolerate junction between two nerve cells offering a lower price; undermining

Group 10
Arson deliberate, criminal starting of fires

Carrion Intelligible Ironclad Lint Pretension Pundit Pyre Sate Syncopation

dead flesh; carcasses can be understood cannot be altered; firm fluff; soft material used to cover wounds assumed attitude of superiority; arrogance expert ceremonial fire satisfy type of musical rhythm with missed beats

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Group 1
Abraded Apposite Diatribe Gerontocracy Maculated Quisling Sedulity Seine Tender Waffle Back to top worn away; eroded [abrade (v); abrasion (n)] fitting; suitable tirade; violent denunciation; stream of criticism government by the aged spotted traitor thoroughness; perseverance [sedulous (a)] type of fishing net to offer talk nonsense

Group 2
Burlesque Exemplar Homiletics Impugn Incubus Lope 1. comic play; 2. lampoon model type [exemplary (a)] art of preaching and giving sermons challenge; question someones honor etc. encumbrance; nightmarish thing run with long strides

Macerate Nostrum Saw Sibyl Back to top

soften or break up by soaking; weaken remedy 1. tool for cutting; 2. wise saying prophetess

Group 3
Brook Emboss Eschew Limpid Liturgy Nexus Odometer Purchase Quotidian Seminal Back to top 1. small stream; 2. tolerate decorate with a raised design shun; avoid transparently clear form of worship connection instrument to measure distance covered 1. grip; 2. buy daily; routine essential; formative

Group 4
Agog Amortize Curmudgeon Dormancy Efficacy Epithet Figurehead Fracas Jamb Milk Back to top amazed; wide-eyed with enthusiasm pay off a debt in installments grumpy person state of inactivity effectiveness phrase used as a label or to express the essential nature of symbol of power; nominal leader fight; disturbance door post to squeeze; obtain by application of pressure

Group 5
Chorales simple hymns

Dissonance Frieze Gist Latent Partiality Plodding Rekindle Symphony Tarnished Back to top

discord; disagreement decorative border essence; main point hidden; real but undeveloped bias walking slowly and heavily; uninspired relight; revive type of musical composition made dull; spoil (reputation)

Group 6
Compromised Drabness Endow Esoterica Falters Prattle Prohibitive Purist Quack Taunt Back to top 1. damaged or put in doubt (esp. of reputation); 2. reached an agreement by giving up part of a claim dullness give gift; provide with money etc. obscure details hesitates mindless talk 1. prohibiting; 2. exorbitantly expensive conservative; one who insists on correct forms of language etc. charlatan; fake mock; tease

Group 7
Arresting (a) Barrage Chantey Ferrous Manipulative Orate Psychosis attracting attention; striking extended gunfire to cover an attack; dam across river; deluge or information etc. type of song sung by sailors concerned with iron or its compounds scheming speak in a pompous manner severe mental disturbance

Savor Table (v) Underwrite Back to top

enjoy put down for future discussion give guarantee, insure

Group 8
Dissident Enigmatic Foolhardy Homogeneity Personification Plaque Plausibility Resilience Trilogy Vagary Back to top person who disagrees [dissidence (n)] puzzling [enigma (n)] reckless [foolhardiness (n)] evenness; uniformity 1. represent something as a person; 2. a concrete example of 1. surface deposit on teeth or in artery etc.; 2. decorative plate or sign believability [plausible (a)] resistance; ability to spring back [resilience (a)] set of three (literary works etc.); tetralogy = set of four something unaccountable; freak

Group 9
Aisle Discountenance Imperative Indigent Nadir Paranoia Prudence Resuscitation Shirk Teetotalism Back to top corridor; passageway (esp. between rows of seats) disallow must be obeyed poor; needy [indigence (n)] lowest point mental state characterized by delusions or excessive fear caution; wisdom revival from unconsciousness [resuscitate (v)] avoid (esp. work) total abstinence from alcohol

Group 10
Balm soothing ointment or anything soothing [balmy (a)]

Calibrate Cataclysmic Impropriety Pith Primordial Reconnaissance Sinistral Tempers Undermine

mark an accurate scale on a device violently disruptive [cataclysm (n)] inappropriate behavior center; soft part of stem; essence present from the beginning of time examination or survey conducted in advance [reconnoiter (v)] left-handed (or counterclockwise) [dextral - right handed] moderates subvert; attempt to overthrow

Bellicose Consummate Elusive Gregarious Jaundiced Nettle Phenomenon Recuperate Superlative Whet Back to top

war-like; aggressive complete; total; supremely good hard to pin down extroverted; sociable; outgoing cynical; pessimistic annoy an event or happening (plural: phenomena) get better after illness extremely good; the best sharpen

Group 2
Belligerent Contemporary Emaciated Gritty Jaunt Niggardly Philanthropy Red tape Surly aggressive; ready to fight living or happening at the same time very thin; withered coarse; granular short pleasure trip miserly; stingy charity; love of mankind formalities; paperwork; official procedure grumpy; rude

Whimsical Back to top

capricious; changeable

Group 3
Bemoan Contrite Emancipate Guffaw Jeopardize Nomadic Philistine Redolent Surreptitious Willful Back to top complain about sorry set free sudden loud laughter put at risk; endanger wandering from place to place uncultured person smelling of; giving off odors secret; sneaky; stealthy stubborn

Group 4
Benevolent Contrition Embezzle Guile Jingoistic Nonchalance Phlegmatic Redress Surreptitiously Wily Back to top kindly sorrow and repentance defraud; steal cunning; craftiness extremely patriotic; nationalistic an appearance of indifference; calm and composed calm; imperturbable put right something that was wrong secretly; furtively; stealthily cunning

Group 5
Benign Contumacious Embroil Guileless kindly; harmless stubborn involve in hostility or argument frank; straightforward; honest

Jocular Nondescript Pillage Redundant Susceptible Wispy Back to top

in a joking manner having no special features; dull and ordinary plunder unnecessary; superfluous vulnerable flimsy; frail; delicate

Group 6
Benignity Contusion Emerge Gullibility Jollity Nonentity Pinnacle Referendum Suspect Wistful Back to top compassion; gentleness; fondness a bruise come out; appear unwariness; trustfulness; being easily fooled gaiety; happiness a person of no importance; not famous topmost point public vote doubtful melancholy; pensive; expressing a longing for

Group 7
Bequeath Conundrum Emulate Gullible Jubilant Nostalgia Pious Refute Sybarite Zany Back to top leave something in one's will to be given after one's death a puzzle to imitate something admired easily fooled ecstatic; delighted; rejoicing longing for the past very religious disprove lover of luxury crazy; wacky

Group 8
Berate Conventional Endorse Gustatory Judicious Notoriety Pivotal Regale Sycophant Zeal Back to top scold; criticize usual; customary; common give support or approval to concerned with the sense of taste correct in judgment; wise infamy; known for wrong doing of central importance entertain bootlicker; flatterer enthusiasm

Group 9
Beret Corpulent Endurance Hackneyed Jurisprudence Novel Placate Relegate Taciturn Zealot Back to top type of cap fat staying power; patience; stamina common and over-used science or study of law new; unusual pacify; soothe; calm dismiss to a lower position quiet; saying little fanatic

Group 10
Bestial Corrugated Enduring Hallowed Juxtapose behaving like a beast; brutal highly folded lasting worshipped; consecrated place next to

Novice Placebo Remorse Tactile Zenith

a beginner; tyro harmless medicine with no effect; dummy medicine regret; sorrow; contrition concerned with the sense of touch summit

Bane Condone Eclectic Genre Irascible Mundane Perpetuated Rancor Strut Voluble Back to top

troublesome influence tacitly support; overlook taking things from different sources a category; type easily angered ordinary; worldly caused to continue resentment; animosity; bad feeling swagger; show off talkative

Group 2
Bard Condoning Edifice Germane Ire Munificent Perpetuity Rant Stupefying Voluminous Back to top poet overlooking; disregarding; ignoring building; structure; construction relevant anger [irate (a) = very angry] generous; charitable eternity use bombastic language astonishing; shocking; stunning into silence very large; spacious

Group 3
Bastion fortress; stronghold

Conflagration Efface Germinal Irksome Mutinous Personable Ratify Subpoena Voracious Back to top

big fire wipe out; remove all trace of just growing; not developed; immature annoying; infuriating very rebellious attractive approve; consent summons to court ravenous

Group 4
Befuddle Confound Effigy Gibbering Ironic Myriad Perspicacious Raucous Substantiate Waive Back to top confuse confuse a model of a person making meaningless noises satiric; unexpected in large numbers insightful; sharp; wise rough and unpleasant (of sounds) give supporting evidence surrender; give up

Group 5
Begrudge Congeal Effusive Glacial Irrational Navigable Perspicacity Raze resent to solidify gushing; demonstrative hostile; unfriendly; cold; icy unreasonable; absurd suitable for sailing insight destroy; demolish; tear down

Subterfuge Wane Back to top

a trick grow less

Group 6
Beguile Congenital Egalitarianism Goad Irreproachable Nebulous Pertinent Rebuttal Subtle Wary Back to top mislead; lure present from birth belief in equality prod; urge cannot be criticized; perfect vague relevant denial not obvious hesitant; cautious

Group 7
Belabor Connoisseur Egregious Grate (v) Irrevocable Nefarious Peruse Recant Subversive Wax Back to top explain in unnecessary detail person with refined taste and good judgment outstandingly, obviously bad 1. to annoy; aggravate; vex; 2. shred cannot be cancelled; unchangeable wicked; immoral; disreputable read carefully disclaim; retract statement rebellious; revolutionary to increase; to grow

Group 8
Beleaguer Consecrate Egress besiege; attack dedicate exit

Gratis Itinerant Negate Pervasive Recapitulate Succinct Waylay Back to top

free of charge; without payment nomadic; wandering from place to place cancel; deny spreading everywhere summarize concise accost; stop; approach; hinder

Group 9
Belie Consensus Eloquent Gratuitous Jaded Negligence Petrify Receptacle Suffragist Weighty Back to top contradict general agreement fluent and persuasive in speech unwarranted tired; bored; worn out carelessness 1. terrify; 2. turn to stone container; vessel; holder someone who campaigns for voting rights serious

Group 10
Belittle Conspicuous Elucidate Gravity Jargon Neologism Petulant Recluse Supercilious Whelp to demean easily seen; prominent make clear seriousness specialized language used by experts newly coined word sulky; peevish someone who cuts himself off from life proud and haughty young dog

Atheist Colloquial Dotard Furrow Instigator Misnomer Percipient Quaff Staunch Vilification Back to top

person who does not believe in God local and informal (used of language) foolish old man groove troublemaker; person who entices others to do something wrong name perceptive; insightful drink down quickly loyal; faithful; dependable blackening someone's name

Group 2
Atrophy Collusion Drawl Furtive Insurgent Misogynist Perdition Quagmire Stereotype Vindicate Back to top waste away from lack of use plotting and planning speak slowly with words running together hidden and secret a rebel hater of women damnation marsh; bog fixed image prove right; remove blame

Group 3
Attenuate Commandeer Drivel Futile Interminable Misrepresentation weaken take possession of nonsense useless; hopeless never-ending deliberately deceiving

Peremptory Quaint Stevedore Virtuoso Back to top

in a commanding manner picturesque dockworker an accomplished musician

Group 4
Augment Complacent Droll Galleon Intermittent Mitigate Perfidy Quandary Stifle Virulent Back to top increase; make bigger self-satisfied; smug dryly amusing ancient type of sailing ship sporadic; irregular lessen; make less severe treachery dilemma; puzzle suppress dangerous; harmful

Group 5
Auspicious Compliant Drone Gambol Intransigence Modicum Perfunctory Quarantine Stoic Vital Back to top favorable; promising to turn out well easy to control; submissive 1. monotonous noise (n); 2. to speak with no emotion (v); 3.male bee frolic; leap; bound stubbornness small amount superficial; cursory isolation to prevent the spread of disease known for fortitude; indifferent to pleasure or pain essential; alive; important

Group 6

Austere Concatenate Dubious Garble Intransigent Momentous Peripatetic Quarry Stoke Vitriolic Back to top

severely plain link together doubtful distort; confuse; muddle stubborn; unyielding very important nomadic; moving from place to place 1. something that is hunted; 2. mine for stone add fuel to; strengthen corrosive; strongly attacking

Group 7
Aversion Concatenation Dupe Garish Intrepid Monotonous Peripheral Querulous Stolid Vivacity Back to top a dislike of linking into chains to fool someone gaudy brave dull; unvarying on the edge; not important always complaining impassive; dull; indifferent liveliness; animation

Group 8
Balk Conciliate Dynamic Garner Inveterate Moratorium Perjury hinder and prevent; hesitate over to bring together; end a dispute lively; vibrant; energetic gather; collect habitual temporary prohibition or halt to activity telling lies under oath

Quirk Stratagem Vivify Back to top

oddity plot; plan; trick enliven

Group 9
Banal Concise Ebullient Garrulous Invidious Moribund Pernicious Ramble Strident Vociferous Back to top common; dull stated in few words very lively; cheerful; jovial; happy talkative arousing envy on the point of death destructive; harmful wander aimlessly loud and harsh noisy; loud in speech

Group 10
Banality Condescend Eccentric Gaunt Inviolable Morose Persnickety Ramifications Stringent Volatile ordinariness; dullness talk down to unusual; quirky; odd emaciated; bony and angular cannot be invaded gloomy; bad tempered fastidious; fussy branches; subdivisions of a complex system; outcomes strict or severe dangerously unstable; evaporates easily

Archetype Clemency Disinterested

classic example of mercy unbiased

Flout Ingnue Mendacious Paucity Protean Sophomoric Venal Back to top

defy; reject nave, unsophisticated person given to lying shortage changeable juvenile; immature corrupt; can be bribed

Group 2
Archives Clich Disparage Flustered Ingrate Mercenary Peccadillo Protg Soporific Veneer Back to top collections of old records; place of storage of old documents overused expression; something unoriginal criticize; belittle worked-up; not calm ungrateful person concerned only with money minor weakness; trivial offence person under protection of, or guided by another inducing sleep surface coating

Group 3
Articulate Clientele Disparity Fly-by-night Inimical Mercurial Pedant Protocol Sparse Venerate clear; lucid; eloquent customers an inequality unreliable; disreputable hostile volatile; changeable person who insists on strict adherence to rules or narrow learning procedure; code of behavior spare; bare; meager revere; worship

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Group 4
Artifice Coalesce Dispassionate Forensic Innate Merge Pedestrian Provincial Specious Venial Back to top deception; trickery come together; merge neutral; objective concerned with argument or debate (esp. for legal evidence) inherited; inborn come together common; mundane; banal unsophisticated; narrow-minded false minor; unimportant

Group 5
Artisan Coddle Disseminating Fortitude Innocuous Metaphorically Peerless Prudent Speckled Veracity Back to top craftsman pamper; fuss over; indulge circulating; broadcasting; spreading (information) bravery harmless; inoffensive symbolically; figuratively without equal cautious; wise spotted; freckled; dotted truthfulness

Group 6
Ascetic Coercion Diurnal Fortuitous Innovate without luxuries; severely simple force active in daytime happening by chance create; introduce something new

Meticulous Pejorative Puerile Sporadic Verbose Back to top

very careful; painstaking derogatory childish not continuous; intermittent talkative; long-winded; rambling

Group 7
Assiduous Cogent Divert Fractious Inscrutable Mettle Pellucid Punctilious Spurious Verbosity Back to top thorough; diligent lucid; well argued 1. entertain; 2. distract; 3. cause a detour irritable; difficult to control mysterious; impenetrable courage; bravery; valor transparently clear paying attention to small details false using too many words

Group 8
Assuage Cogitate Docile Fraudulent Insentient Milieu Pensive Purloin Stagnant Vertigo Back to top to calm think over something; ponder gentle and easily lead fake; false unfeeling environment in a thoughtful mood; thinking deeply steal still; not moving dizziness

Group 9

Astute Collage Dogmatic Frivolous Insipid Mire Penury Pusillanimous Staid Vestigial Back to top

perceptive; sharp-witted picture made from fragments of other pictures having stubbornly held opinions not serious dull; bland; boring swamp; muddy ground poverty cowardly dull; sober; serious not developed

Group 10
Asylum Collate Dolt Frugal Instigate Misanthrope Perceptive Pyromania Stanza Vignette place of refuge or safety arrange in order stupid person economical; not wasting anything to start; provoke hater of the rest of mankind observant compulsion to start fires section of a poem small sketch

Group 1
Antiquated Choleric Diorama Fecund Inebriation Marshal Parity outdated; old fashioned easily angered model of a scene fertile drunkenness; intoxication to gather together equality

Profound Servile Usurp Back to top

having deep meaning overly submissive; groveling take someone's position (usually by force)

Group 2
Apathetic Chronicler Dirge Felicitous Ineffable Marsupial Parochial Profundity Skeptical Utilitarian Back to top indifferent; uninterested; lethargic person who records historical information mournful song apt cannot be expressed in words pouched mammal (like a kangaroo) narrow-minded; concerned only with local matters depth doubting; not gullible useful

Group 3
Apathy Circuitous Disapprobation Fervor Inept Martinet Parody Proletarian Skirmish Utopian Back to top lack of interest or emotion indirect disapproval passion; enthusiasm incompetent; unskilled; useless person who believes in strict discipline a mockery; imitation for ridicule; spoof member of the working class minor battle a believer in an ideal world

Group 4
Apocryphal Circumlocution of doubtful origin using too many words; long-windedness

Discern Fickle Inertia Masochist Parry Prolific Sluggard Vacillate Back to top

to distinguish one thing from another unpredictable; whimsical; easily swayed inactivity; lethargy person who intentionally inflicts pain on himself ward off; avoid producing a lot slow-moving; lethargic person waver; hesitate

Group 5
Appease Circumscribe Discord Finesse Inevitable Matriarchy Parsimonious Proponents Smelt Vacuous Back to top pacify; soothe; calm down; make peace with limit disagreement skill cannot be avoided society governed by women economical; frugal; thrifty promoters; supporters refine an ore empty; silly; meaningless

Group 6
Apprehensive Circumspect Discordancy Fitful Inexorable Maverick Parsimony Prosaic Smorgasbord worried; fearful cautious; considering all sides cacophony; harshness; jarring not continuous; stopping and starting relentless a loner stinginess; frugality; cost-cutting dull; boring; ordinary a Swedish buffet of cold dishes

Vagrant Back to top

person wandering without a home

Group 7
Arable Circumvent Discrepancy Flagrant Inexpedient Meager Partisan Proscribe Solace Vapid Back to top can be cultivated avoid something which does not match up; inconsistency clearly wrong not advisable in short supply biased; one-sided; committed to one group forbid comfort for grief dull; uninspiring

Group 8
Arbitrary Clairvoyant Discriminate Flamboyant Infallible Meander Pathos Prosody Solicit Variegated Back to top random; for no definite reason psychic; mystic to make a clear distinction; see the difference showy; ornate perfect; flawless; cannot make mistakes wander from side to side evoking sadness or pity study of versification to ask for; seek multicolored; speckled

Group 9
Arcane Clamor Discursiveness Flaunt obscure; known only to a few people shout; scream long windedness; indirectness show off; display in a showy manner

Infamous Mellow Patron Prostration Somnambulist Vehemence Back to top

famous for something bad soft; melodious; ripe one who give support (usually financial) 1. lying face down; 2. be overcome with extreme weakness sleepwalker violence; fervor; forcefulness

Group 10
Archaic Clandestine Disdain Flippant Infer Menagerie Patronize Protagonist Soothsayer Vehement ancient; outdated; old fashioned secret; covert; stealthy contempt; strong dislike making jokes about serious matters deduce; conclude collection of animals condescend to; behave in an arrogant manner towards main character in film, book, play etc. fortuneteller forceful

Anecdote Celerity Dexterous Extraneous Incoherent Maladroit Pallid Presumptuous Scrupulous Unequivocal Back to top

a brief amusing story speed skilful with hands irrelevant not clear clumsy; unskillful pale assuming too much; arrogant careful; diligent; painstaking clear; obvious

Group 2

Animosity Censorious Dichotomy Extrapolate Incongruous Malady Palpable Pretentious Scrutinize Unfetter Back to top

hatred; antagonism disapproving; critical a division into two parts extend; predict on the basis of known data not fitting in; out of place illness easily felt; easily perceived pompous; self-important examine carefully set free

Group 3
Annex (n) Censure Didactic Extrinsic Inconsequential Malediction Panacea Prevaricate Scuttle Unfrock Back to top a building which is an addition to an existing building blame intended to teach; instructive irrelevant; on the outside unimportant; insignificant; negligible a curse remedy for all ills speak misleadingly and evasively sink to remove a priest from his position

Group 4
Annex (v) Cerebral Diffident Fallacious Inconspicuous Malefactor Paradigm take possession of; seize; capture intellectual lacking confidence false not easily seen; subtle; not noticeable a wrong-doer 1. example; 2. model; 3. way of looking at things

Pristine Seminary Unprecedented Back to top

unspoiled an institution in which priests are trained never having happened before

Group 5
Anomaly Certitude Digress Falter Indelible Malinger Paradox Proclivity Sensuous Unscathed Back to top something which does not fit in a pattern; irregularity certainty wander off the subject hesitate; waver cannot be wiped out deliberately avoid work; shirk apparently contradictory statement tendency towards appealing to the senses unharmed; intact; without a scratch

Group 6
Antagonism Charlatan Dike Fanatical Indifferent Malingerer Paragon Procrastinate Sentinel Unwitting Back to top hostility; strong opposition trickster who claims knowledge he doesn't have dam; embankment obsessive; fixated 1. neutral; 2. not outstanding person who deliberately tries to avoid work a perfect example delay; put off guard; sentry not deliberate; unconscious

Group 7
Antagonistic Chary opposed; hostile; aggressive wary of; cautious about; reluctant to give

Dilatory Fanaticism Indigenous Malleable Paramount Prodigal Sequester Upbraid Back to top

slow; falling behind with one's work passion; excessive devotion native to a particular area flexible; can be shaped of supreme importance wasteful; extravagant isolate scold; tell off; reprimand

Group 8
Antediluvian Chastises Dilemma Fastidious Indolence Mallet Parasite Prodigious Serendipity Uproarious Back to top outdated; prehistoric; very old-fashioned punishes puzzling situation overly particular; finicky laziness 1. wooden hammer; 2. stick used for polo 1. scrounger; 2. animal which takes digested food from another very large fortunate coincidence; unsought discovery hilarious; hysterical; very funny

Group 9
Anthology Chicanery Dilettante Fatuous Inductee Manipulatable Parched Profane Serene a book which is a collection of poems or stories trickery person who dabbles in a subject without serious study silly; foolish novice; beginner influencable; controllable dried up unholy calm; peaceful

Upshot Back to top

outcome

Group 10
Anthropocentrism Chimerical Diligent Feasible Indulgent Marred Pariah Profanity Serrated Urbane putting man at the center of one's philosophy changeable; unstable hard-working possible and practicable pampering; satisfying desires damaged; spoiled an outcast from society swearing; cursing jagged; saw-like sophisticated; suave

Ambivalence Cantankerous Derogatory Exemplify Impecunious Lucid Ornate Precipice Salubrious Truant Back to top

lack of clarity; wavering; being undecided bad-tempered; quarrelsome uncomplimentary to serve as a good example having no money clear highly decorated steep slope health-giving shirker; someone absent without permission

Group 2
Ambulatory Capacious Desecrate Exhaustive Impious able to walk around (used of hospital patients) spacious to damage or pollute a holy place complete and thorough wicked; profane

Ludicrous Orthodox Precipitous Salutary Truncate Back to top

ridiculous; silly conventional done in a hurry something which teaches you a lesson; beneficial cut short

Group 3
Ameliorate Capitulate Desecration Exonerates Impoverished Lukewarm Ossify Preclude Sanctimonious Tumult Back to top make better surrender; give in to spoiling something holy acquits; absolves; removes blame destitute; poor 1. unenthusiastic; 2. neither hot nor cold 1. turn to bone; 2. become fixed and rigid prevent or make impossible hypocritically holy uproar; noise

Group 4
Amelioration Carping Desist Exorcism Impromptu Lummox Ostentatious Precocious Sanction Turpitude Back to top improvement constant criticism stop; discontinue; cease getting free/rid of; eliminating (especially demons) unrehearsed; spontaneous clumsy person showy developing early give approval to depravity

Group 5

Amiable Cartographer Despondent Expatriate Inadvertent Luscious Oust Predecessor Sanguinary Tyro Back to top

friendly person who makes maps having no hope; miserable refugee; emigrant; someone living away from his own country not intentional juicy; moist; succulent push out of a position one who came before bloodthirsty; bloody novice; beginner

Group 6
Amity Castigate Destitution Expedient Incantation Lynch Overt Predicament Sanguine Ubiquitous Back to top friendship scold strongly hardship; poverty; misery convenient; practical chant; invocation; prayer assassinate; kill; illegal hanging obvious; not hidden dilemma; difficult situation optimistic; cheerful found everywhere; omnipresent

Group 7
Amorphous Catharsis Deter Expedite Incarceration Machinations Overwrought lacking in shape purging of pent-up emotions put off; prevent make faster putting in prison plots and plans worked up; in an emotional state

Preeminent Sardonic Unalloyed Back to top

famous; outstanding mocking undiluted; total

Group 8
Analgesic Caucus Deteriorate Exposition Incessant Maelstrom Palatable Prerogative Savant Unctuous Back to top medicine to combat pain type of private political meeting worsen; decline clear explanation without stopping whirlpool; storm in the ocean good to eat; agreeable right or privilege person with knowledge oily; using excessive flattery

Group 9
Analogous Caustic Detrimental Extol Incipient Magnanimous Palisade Prescient Scale Undermined Back to top comparable burning harmful praise just beginning generous; big-hearted fence made of posts having fore-knowledge to climb damaged; attacked

Group 10
Anarchy Cavalcade chaos; lack of government procession of vehicles

Devoured Extradite Inclination Magnate Palliative Presentiment Scapegoat Underscore

greedily eaten/consumed deport from one country back to the home country tendency; a leaning toward powerful businessman a remedy that improves but doesn't cure a feeling that something might happen person on whom blame is placed for faults of others emphasize

Alacrity Burgeon Deleterious Euphemism Hypocritical Lethargic Ogle Postulate Robust Tractable Back to top

eagerness; enthusiasm; quickness grow; flourish; put forth new shoots harmful a polite phrase to cover something unpleasant insincere tired; without energy stare at; observe in an obvious manner hypothesize; propose strong; healthy; tough obedient; dutiful; polite

Group 2
Alchemy Burnish Deliberate Euphony Iconoclast Levity Olfactory Potable Rotund medieval chemistry; attempt to change base metal into gold polish to think over deeply pleasant sounds person who opposes orthodoxy flippancy; joking about serious matters concerned with the sense of smell suitable for drinking round

Tranquil Back to top

peaceful

Group 3
Alibi Buttress Delineation Evacuate Idiosyncrasy Libertarian Ominous Potent Ruminate Transcribe Back to top an excuse that shows someone was not at a crime scene strengthen; support demarcation; explanation; definition; outlining vacate; empty; abandon a personal peculiarity; something unique to an individual someone who opposes tyranny threatening powerful; compelling; strong think over something; ponder copy

Group 4
Allay Byline Demur Exacerbate Ignominious Liniment Omnipotent Pragmatic Ruse Transgress Back to top to lessen the line that tells you who wrote an article hesitate; refuse make worse shameful soothing lotion all-powerful practical trick; stratagem go astray; disobey; commit a sin

Group 5
Alleviate Cacophony Denounce Exasperated make less severe discordant loud noises condemn; speak out against frustrated; annoyed

Ignominy Lithe Omniscient Pragmatist Saccharin Transient Back to top

shame [ignominious (a) = shameful] flexible; supple all-knowing practical person; one who is concerned with usefulness falsely sweet short-lived; ephemeral

Group 6
Aloof Cajole Deplete Exceptionable Illuminate Livid Onerous Preamble Sacrosanct Traverse Back to top distant; detached; cold coax use up; lessen very bad (something which we should object to) to light up or make clear very angry burdensome; hard to undertake introductory material very holy; inviolable to move across

Group 7
Altruism Caldron Deplore Exculpate Illusory Lobbyist Onus Precarious Sagacious Trepidation Back to top putting others first; being self-sacrificing huge cooking pot regret free someone from blame; pardon; acquit deceptive; false; misleading person who tries to persuade someone to support a particular cause burden unstable; risky wise fear

Group 8
Amass Callow Depravity Execrable Immoderate Lofty Opaque Precedent Sage Trinket Back to top accumulate immature moral corruption very, very bad excessive; extreme snooty; arrogant; haughty does not let light through a previous occurrence used as a guide a wise person something of little value; knick-knack

Group 9
Ambiguity Candid Deprecate Exegesis Immutable Longevity Opulent Precept Salacious Trite Back to top uncertainty; vagueness frank; honest criticize; denounce scholarly explanation or interpretation unchanging; permanent long life wealthy; rich; magnificent guiding principle lecherous; erotic unoriginal; dull

Group 10
Ambiguous Candor Deride Exemplary Impartial unclear in meaning; can be interpreted in different ways frankness; openness ridicule; make fun of; mock outstandingly good; setting a fine example unbiased; neutral

Loquacious Ordain Precinct Sallow Trivial

talkative 1. destine; 2. confer holy orders on a priest district of a city yellowish unimportant

Word list 02
Group 1
Acrid Boorish Cynical Epistle Heresy Lance Obscure Poignant Respite Terse Back to top sharp; pungent (used of smells and tastes) ill-mannered believing that people act only out of selfish motives a letter (form of communication) against orthodox opinion spear; spike; javelin difficult to understand; partially hidden deeply moving; strongly affecting the emotions a break; intermission concise; to the point

Group 2
Acrophobia Bourgeois Debility Epistolary Hiatus Languid Obscured Poised Resplendent fear of heights middle class weakness; incapacity concerned with letters; through correspondence interruption; pause tired; slow hidden; covered; buried calm; collected; self-possessed shining; glowing

Therapeutic Back to top

medicinal; curative

Group 3
Acuity Braggart Debunking Epitomized Hidebound Languish Obsequious Polemical Restorative Thwart Back to top sharpness (mental or visual) someone who boasts exposing false claims or myths typified; characterized; personified rigid in opinions decay; fade away; get weaker servile; submissive causing debate or argument a tonic prevent; frustrate

Group 4
Adamant Brawny Decathlon Equivocate Hieroglyphics Larceny Obsession Ponderous Retention Timorous Back to top forceful; inflexible muscular an athletic competition with ten events speak ambiguously; avoid telling the truth 1. picture writing; 2. writing which is difficult to read or enigmatic theft; robbery; stealing a dominating concern weighty; slow and heavy preservation; withholding cowardly; fearful

Group 5
Adroit Brevity Decorum Err skilful / skillful being brief dignified, correct behavior [decorous (a)] make a mistake

Hinder Largess Obsolete Pontificate Reticent Tirade Back to top

obstruct generosity no longer valid speak pompously or dogmatically restrained; holding something back; uncommunicative stream of verbal abuse

Group 6
Adulation Bristle Decoy Erratic Histrionic Laud Obstreperous Portend Retraction Titter Back to top strong admiration; worship to show irritation lure; trap; trick wandering; irregular theatrical; exaggerated praise noisy and boisterous foretell withdrawal; cancellation of a statement giggle quietly

Group 7
Adversity Broach Deference Esoteric Hoary Lavish Obtuse Portent Revere Tome Back to top hardship start to discuss; approach respect obscure and difficult to understand old on a grand scale; wasteful mentally dull a warning sign; omen worship large book

Group 8
Advocate Brusque Defoliate Espouse Hone Lax Obviate Poseur Riddled Torpid Back to top support blunt; abrupt cause leaves to fall off promote; take up; support sharpen; increase; whet careless; not strict avoid; make unnecessary someone who puts on an act full of (usually full of holes) inactive; lazy; stagnant

Group 9
Aesthetic Bulwark Defunct Etymology Hyperbole Legend Odious Posterity Rife Torpor Back to top concerning art or beauty fortification; barricade; wall no longer in existence the study of word origins grossly exaggerated speech 1. key to map; 2. myth or story hateful future generations common dormancy; sluggishness; inactivity

Group 10
Affable Bureaucracy Degradation Eulogy Hypochondriac friendly; social; easygoing officialdom deprivation; poverty; debasement praise a person obsessed with health; having imaginary illnesses

Legion Officious Posthumous Rigor Totter

in large numbers domineering; intrusive; meddlesome after death thoroughness walk unsteadily

Abhor Bigot Counterfeit Enfranchise Hamper Kindle Noxious Placid Remuneration Talisman Back to top

hate narrow-minded, prejudiced person fake; false give voting rights hinder; obstruct to start a fire harmful; poisonous; lethal calm; peaceful payment for work done lucky charm

Group 2
Abrasive Bilk Covert Engender Hangar Knotty Nuance Plagiarism Renown Tangent Back to top rough; coarse; harsh cheat; defraud hidden; undercover cause storage area (like garage) for a plane complex; difficult to solve something subtle; a fine shade of meaning taking credit for someone else's writing or ideas fame going off the main subject

Group 3

Abasement Billowing Cower Enhance Harangue Labyrinth Nullify Plaintiff Replete Tangible Back to top

humiliation; degradation swelling; fluttering; waving recoil in fear or servility; shrink away from improve; make better or clearer noisy, attacking speech a maze to counter; make unimportant petitioner (in court of law) full can be touched

Group 4
Abrogate Blasphemy Credible Enigma Harbingers Labyrinthine Nuzzle Plaudit Reprehensible Tardy Back to top cancel; deny; repeal speech which offends religious sentiments believable puzzle; mystery indicators; bringers of warnings complicated; highly convoluted cuddle; snuggle statement giving strong praise shameful; very bad slow; late; overdue; delayed

Group 5
Absolution Blatant Creditable Ensconce Hasten Laceration Obdurate forgiveness; pardon; release obvious praiseworthy establish firmly in a position hurry; accelerate; rush a cut stubborn

Plausible Reprieve Tawdry Back to top

can be believed; reasonable a respite; postponement of a sentence of little value; gaudy

Group 6
Abstain Blighted Credulous Enshroud Haughtiness Lachrymose Obfuscate Plethora Repudiate Tedium Back to top desist; go without; withdraw damaged; destroyed; ruined gullible; ready to believe anything cover arrogance; pride tearful; sad deliberately make something difficult to understand an excess shun; eschew boredom

Group 7
Abstemious Blithe Crepuscular Enunciation Headstrong Lackluster Objective Pliable Rescind Temper Back to top self denying; refraining from indulging free-spirited; carefree active at dawn and dusk clear pronunciation; accent; articulation stubborn; willful dull; monotonous; bland unbiased; not subjective flexible; not stubborn retract; repeal to moderate; soften

Group 8
Abstruse Blunderbuss difficult to understand; obscure 1. ancient weapon (type of gun); 2. a clumsy person

Cringe Envenom Hedonism Laconic Oblique Plumage Resignation Tenacious Back to top

recoil; flinch; shy away to cause bitterness and bad feeling self indulgence; pleasure-seeking using few words; brief; to the point indirect; slanting feathers of a bird acceptance of fate stubborn; resolute; holding firm to a purpose

Group 9
Accolade Bolster Cryptic Ephemeral Hedonist Lamentation Obliterate Plummet Resolution Tentative Back to top tribute; honor; praise support; prop up puzzling; enigmatic short-lived a pleasure seeker expression of regret or sorrow destroy; demolish; eradicate fall suddenly and steeply determination not certain

Group 10
Acquiesce Bombast Curtail Epicure Heed Lampoon Oblivious Podium Resonant to agree to; give in to arrogant, pompous language cut short someone who appreciates good food and drink listen to ridicule; spoof totally unaware raised platform echoing

Tenuous

flimsy; not solid