1
Q
antiquated
A
old fashioned
2
Q
choleric
A
easily angered
3
Q
fecund
A
fertile
4
Q
inebriation
A
drunkenness
5
Q
marshal
A
to gather together
6
Q
parity
A
equality
7
Q
profound
A
having deep meaning
8
Q
servile
A
overly submissive
9
Q
usurp
A
taking position by force
10
Q
apathetic
A
uninterested
11
Q
felicitous
A
apt, well suited
12
Q
ineffable
A
cannot be expressed in words
13
Q
parochial
A
narrow minded
14
Q
profundity
A
depth
15
Q
apathy
A
lack of interest
16
Q
circuitous
A
roundabout
17
Q
disapprobation
A
disapproval
18
Q
inept
A
having no skill
19
Q
martinet
A
person who believes in strict discipline
20
Q
proletarian
A
working class
21
Q
skirmish
A
minor battle
22
Q
apocryphal
A
having a questionable origin
23
Q
circumlocution
A
using too many words
24
Q
inertia
A
inactivity
25
masochist
person who intentionally inflicts pain on himself
26
prolific
producing a lot
27
circumscribe
limit
28
matriarchy
ruled by women
29
parsimonious
frugal
30
vacuous
meaningless
31
circumspect
unwilling to take risks, looking from all sides
32
fitful
stopping and starting
33
inexorable
relentless
34
maverick
loner, independent minded
35
parsimony
frugality
36
prosaic
dull, ordinary
37
smorgasbord
a buffet
38
vagrant
nomad
39
arable
can be cultivated
40
circumvent
avoid
41
discrepancy
inconstancy
42
flagrant
clearly wrong
43
inexpedient
not advisable
44
proscribe
forbid
45
solace
comfort for grief
46
vapid
dull, offers nothing stimulating
47
arbitrary
random
48
clairvoyant
psychic
| fortune teller-ish
49
infallible
perfect
50
prosody
study of versification (poetry)
51
solicit
to seek, ask for
52
variegated
multicolored
53
arcane
secret, understood by a few
54
discursiveness
indirectness
55
prostration
lying face down
| overcome with fatigue
56
somnambulist
sleepwalker
57
vehemence
forceful, violent
58
clandestine
secret
59
disdain
strong dislike
60
flippant
making jokes about serious things
61
menagerie
collection of animals
62
patronize
to show superiority over
63
vehement
forceful
64
archetype
classic example of
65
clemency
mercy
66
disinterested
unbiased
67
flout
defy
68
ingenue
naive
69
mendacious
lying
70
paucity
shortage
71
protean
changeable
72
sophomoric
immature
73
venal
corrupt
74
disparage
criticize
| belittle
75
ingrate
ungrateful person
76
peccadillo
minor weakness
77
soporific
inducing sleep
78
veneer
varnish
79
disparity
inequality
80
fly by night
unreliable
81
inimical
hostile
82
mercurial
volatile, changeable
83
pedant
person who insists on strict adherence to rules or narrow learning
84
artifice
deception
85
coalesce
merge
86
dispassionate
neutral
87
forensic
having to do with debate, law
88
innate
inherited
89
provincial
unsophisticated
90
specious
false
91
venial
minor
92
coddle
fuss over, pamper
93
disseminating
circulating
94
fortitude
bravery
95
innocuous
harmless
96
peerless
unrivaled
97
prudent
cautiously wise
98
veracity
truthfulness
99
ascetic
without luxuries
100
coercion
force
101
diurnal
active in the daytime
102
fortuitous
happening by chance
103
pejorative
derogatory
104
puerile
childish
105
sporadic
fitful--not continuous
106
verbose
talkative
107
assiduous
thorough
108
cogent
clear, well argued
109
fractious
irritable
110
inscrutable
mysterious
111
mettle
courage
112
pellucid
transparently clear
113
punctilious
meticulous
114
spurious
false
115
verbosity
using too many words
116
assuage
to calm
117
cogitate
ponder
118
insentient
unfeeling
119
milieu
environment
120
pensive
thinking deeply
121
purloin
steal
122
astute
perceptive
123
dogmatic
stubbornly opinionated
124
frivolous
carefree
125
insipid
bland
126
mire
swamp
127
penury
poverty
128
pusillanimous
cowardly
129
vestigial
not developed
130
collate
arrange in order
131
dolt
stupid person
132
instigate
provoke
133
misanthrope
hater of the rest of mankind
134
pyromania
obsessed with starting fires
135
vignette
small sketch
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