1
Q
Nugatory
A
Having no importance
2
Q
Prosaic
A
Commonplace
3
Q
Exigencies
A
Urgent need
4
Q
Assuaged
A
Alleviated
5
Q
Disabuse
A
Free from deception or error
6
Q
Disillusion
A
Free a belief that is false
7
Q
Exonerate
A
Clear from accusation
8
Q
Placate
A
Calm or reduce anger by making concessions
9
Q
Idiosyncratic
A
Peculiar and individual
10
Q
Catholic
A
Comprehensive
11
Q
Ephemeral
A
Short-lived
12
Q
Gustatory
A
Relating to taste
13
Q
Deleterious
A
Harmful or injurious
14
Q
Specious
A
Plausible but wrong
15
Q
Decorous
A
Polite and restrained
16
Q
Nescience
A
A lack of knowledge
17
Q
Sagacity
A
Wisdom
18
Q
Perspicacity
A
Insight and Wisdom
19
Q
Licentious
A
Promiscuous and unprincipled
20
Q
Indubitable
A
Undoubtable
21
Q
Checkered
A
Unstable and erratic
22
Q
Mendacious
A
Lying and untruthful
23
Q
Denigrating
A
Regarding something as little worth
24
Q
Glib
A
Insincere
25
Pejorative
Having a negative meaning
26
Heinous
Detestable
27
Salubrious
Healthy
28
Dearth
Scarcity
29
Cupidity
Greed
30
Auspicious
Favorable to success
31
Unpropitious
Not indicating a good chance of success
32
Errant
Erring from the proper course
33
Dispatch
Promptness and efficiency
34
Fortuitousness
Luck
35
Precipitate
Rapid
36
Stem
Curtail
37
Ineluctable
Unavoidable
38
Macabre
Disturbing and horrifying through association with death
39
Discomfited
Discomfort/unease/embarrassed
40
Insipid
Dull or lacking excitement
41
Surreptitious
To keep secret because others would disapprove
42
Ineffable
Too extreme to be expressed with words
43
Egregious
Offensive
44
Malfeasance
Act of wrongdoing committed by a public official
45
Probity
Strong moral principles
46
Imperious
Imperial without justification
47
Propitiation
Appeasing
48
Abnegation
Self-denial
49
Graft
Form of political corruption where someone uses their authority for their own gain
50
Expiate
To atone for sin or guilt
51
Repudiate
Abandon and refuse to associate
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