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- anathemanoun · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Something intensely disliked or forbidden.
- apocryphaladjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Of doubtful authenticity, though widely circulated.
- approbationnoun · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Approval or praise.
- bellicoseadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Eager to fight; warlike.
- byzantineadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Excessively complicated, especially of a system or process.
- cholericadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Easily angered; bad-tempered.
- circumlocutionnoun · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
An indirect way of saying something, using more words than necessary.
- circumscribeverb · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
To restrict or limit something within bounds.
- confluencenoun · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
A coming together of two or more things.
- demagoguenoun · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
A political leader who appeals to emotion and prejudice rather than reason.
- disaffectedadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Dissatisfied with authority and no longer loyal to it.
- dispassionateadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Not influenced by strong emotion; impartial.
- dissembleverb · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
To hide one's true feelings or motives.
- effervescentadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Bubbly and full of enthusiasm, or literally fizzy.
- epicurenoun · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
A person with refined taste in food and wine.
- epistolaryadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Relating to or conducted through letters.
- execrableadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Extremely bad or unpleasant.
- fawningadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Displaying excessive flattery or affection.
- gesticulateverb · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
To make expressive gestures while speaking.
- gibeverb · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
To make a taunting or mocking remark.
- grandiloquentadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Using pompous, overly elaborate language.
- haranguenoun · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
A lengthy, aggressive speech of criticism.
- iconoclastnoun · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
A person who challenges established beliefs or institutions.
- idiosyncraticadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Peculiar to an individual; distinctively unusual.
- impecuniousadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Having little or no money.
- impugnverb · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
To challenge or attack someone's honesty or integrity.
- inchoateadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Just begun and not fully formed.
- inimicaladjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Harmful or hostile in effect.
- inureverb · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
To make someone accustomed to something unpleasant over time.
- invectivenoun · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Harsh, abusive language directed at someone.
- licentiousadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Lacking moral restraint, especially sexually.
- mendaciousadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Habitually dishonest.
- munificentadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Extremely generous.
- noisomeadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Extremely unpleasant, especially in smell.
- obdurateadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Stubbornly refusing to change one's mind or feelings.
- obviateverb · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
To remove a need or difficulty in advance.
- occludeverb · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
To block or close off a passage.
- officiousadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Excessively eager to assert authority or offer unwanted help.
- palliateverb · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
To make a problem less severe without solving it.
- parochialadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Narrow in scope or outlook; limited to local concerns.
- phlegmaticadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Calm and unemotional in temperament.
- polemicnoun · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
A strong verbal or written attack on a belief or opinion.
- ponderousadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Slow and heavy, especially in a labored way.
- profligateadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Recklessly extravagant or wasteful.
- proselytizeverb · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
To try to convert someone to a belief or religion.
- proteanadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Able to change easily; versatile.
- punctiliousadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Very careful about details of behavior or procedure.
- querulousadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Complaining in a whining, irritable way.
- recriminationnoun · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
An accusation made in response to one from someone else.
- redolentadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Strongly reminiscent of something, or fragrant.
- ribaldadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Referring to sex in a crude, humorous way.
- saccharineadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Excessively sweet or sentimental.
- scurrilousadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Making false, damaging claims about someone.
- solicitousadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Showing great care or concern for someone's well-being.
- turgidadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Swollen, or, of writing, pompous and overblown.
- upbraidverb · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
To criticize someone severely.
- verisimilitudenoun · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
The appearance of being true or real.
- vicissitudesnoun · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Unpredictable changes in circumstances, especially unwelcome ones.
- waylayverb · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
To stop someone unexpectedly, often to talk or attack.
- zephyrnoun · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
A gentle, mild breeze.