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- acerbicadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Sharp and biting in tone.
- amalgamateverb · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
To combine into a unified whole.
- anachronisticadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Belonging to a different time period than the one it's placed in.
- antithesisnoun · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
The direct opposite of something.
- behemothnoun · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Something enormous in size or power.
- catharsisnoun · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
A release of strong emotion, often bringing relief.
- chideverb · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
To scold someone mildly.
- clemencynoun · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Mercy shown toward someone who could be punished.
- decorumnoun · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Behavior that follows accepted social standards.
- demureadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Modest and reserved in behavior.
- duressnoun · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Threats or pressure used to force someone to act.
- ebullientadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Cheerful and full of energy.
- emancipateverb · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
To free someone from restriction or control.
- enmitynoun · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Deep hostility between people or groups.
- expungeverb · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
To completely erase or remove something.
- extrapolateverb · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
To estimate by extending known information to an unknown situation.
- extricateverb · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
To free something or someone from a difficult situation.
- fetterverb · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
To restrict or restrain, or a restraint itself.
- goadverb · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
To provoke someone into action.
- grandioseadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Impressively large or extravagant, often excessively so.
- harbingernoun · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Something that signals an approaching event.
- heinousadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Shockingly wicked or evil.
- importuneverb · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
To repeatedly and urgently ask someone for something.
- impregnableadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Impossible to capture or enter by force.
- incontrovertibleadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Not able to be denied or disputed.
- infallibleadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Incapable of being wrong.
- infamynoun · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
The state of being well known for something bad.
- instigateverb · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
To bring about or initiate, especially trouble.
- intractableadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Hard to control or solve.
- irreverencenoun · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Lack of proper respect.
- juxtaposeverb · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
To place things side by side for comparison or contrast.
- oscillateverb · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
To swing or move back and forth between states.
- paragonnoun · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
A perfect example of a particular quality.
- parsimoniousadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Extremely unwilling to spend money.
- pejorativeadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Expressing contempt or disapproval.
- perfunctoryadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Done with minimal effort, as a routine formality.
- perniciousadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Having a harmful effect in a gradual way.
- perspicaciousadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Having keen insight and understanding.
- placateverb · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
To make someone less angry or upset.
- predilectionnoun · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
A preference or special liking for something.
- prevaricateverb · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
To speak evasively to avoid telling the truth.
- prosaicadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Lacking imagination; ordinary and dull.
- puerileadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Childishly silly and immature.
- quagmirenoun · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
A difficult, complicated situation hard to escape.
- quixoticadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Idealistic in an impractical way.
- remissadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Failing to give proper care or attention to a duty.
- repudiateverb · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
To reject or refuse to accept something.
- rescindverb · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
To officially cancel a law, order, or agreement.
- sagaciousadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Showing sound judgment and wisdom.
- staidadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Serious, sedate, and unadventurous.
- stridentadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Loud and harsh; aggressively forceful.
- subjugateverb · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
To bring under domination or control.
- subversiveadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Seeking to undermine an established system.
- superfluousadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
More than what is necessary.
- surreptitiousadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Done secretly to avoid being noticed.
- sycophantnoun · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
A person who flatters others to gain favor.
- taciturnadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Reserved and saying little.
- untenableadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Not able to be defended or maintained.
- vacuousadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Lacking thought or intelligence; empty.
- venerateverb · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
To regard with great respect or reverence.