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- adulationnoun · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Excessive or uncritical praise.
- antagonizeverb · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
To provoke hostility in someone.
- assuageverb · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
To make an unpleasant feeling less intense.
- audaciousadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Willing to take bold risks; daring.
- auspiciousadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Suggesting a favorable outcome; promising.
- austereadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Plain, severe, and without luxury.
- bombasticadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Using inflated, pompous language.
- commensurateadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Corresponding in size or degree to something else.
- despondentadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Feeling deeply discouraged or hopeless.
- enervateverb · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
To drain someone of energy or vitality.
- ephemeraladjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Lasting for a very short time.
- equivocaladjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Open to more than one interpretation, often deliberately.
- expeditiousadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Done quickly and efficiently.
- fortuitousadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Happening by a lucky chance.
- fractiousadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Easily irritated and inclined to cause trouble.
- frivolousadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Not serious or sensible; trivial.
- hierarchynoun · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
A system ranking people or things by status or authority.
- hoaryadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Very old, or gray/white with age.
- immutableadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Unable to be changed.
- imperceptibleadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Too slight to be noticed.
- impingeverb · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
To have a negative effect on, or to intrude on.
- implacableadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Unable to be calmed or satisfied.
- incredulousadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Unwilling or unable to believe something.
- insatiableadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Impossible to satisfy.
- irresoluteadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Unsure and unable to decide.
- loquaciousadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Very talkative.
- malevolentadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Wishing harm on others.
- malleableadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Easily shaped or influenced.
- mercurialadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Subject to sudden, unpredictable changes in mood.
- ostentatiousadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Designed to impress others; showy.
- ostracizeverb · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
To exclude someone from a group.
- outstripverb · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
To move ahead of or surpass a competitor, especially in growth, speed, or progress.
- overwroughtadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Extremely agitated or overly elaborate.
- perpetuateverb · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
To cause something to continue indefinitely.
- pragmaticadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Dealing with things in a practical, realistic way.
- precipicenoun · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
A very steep cliff face, or the brink of a dangerous situation.
- proclivitynoun · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
A natural tendency toward a certain behavior.
- prodigiousadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Impressively great in size or degree.
- proscribeverb · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
To officially forbid something.
- remunerationnoun · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Payment for work or services.
- reprehensibleadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Deserving strong criticism; morally wrong.
- scrupulousadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Extremely careful to do things correctly and honestly.
- semblancenoun · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
An outward appearance that may not reflect reality.
- serendipitynoun · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
A pleasant surprise found by chance.
- sinuousadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Having many curves or turns.
- symbiosisnoun · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
A mutually beneficial relationship between two parties.
- tantamountadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Equivalent in effect or seriousness to something.
- temperateadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Mild and moderate, especially in climate or behavior.
- undulateverb · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
To move in a smooth, wave-like motion.
- unilateraladjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Done by one side only, without agreement from others.
- unobtrusiveadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Not conspicuous or attracting attention.
- utilitarianadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Designed to be useful rather than attractive.
- vacillateverb · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
To waver between different opinions or actions.
- vicariousadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Experienced indirectly through someone else's actions.
- vilifyverb · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
To speak about someone in an abusive, damaging way.
- vindicateverb · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
To clear someone of blame or show something to be justified.
- vindictiveadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Wanting revenge; spiteful.
- vitriolicadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Filled with bitter criticism or hatred.
- vociferousadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Loud and forceful in expressing an opinion.
- voraciousadjective · 700-800 · Priority 4+ Save
Having a huge appetite for something.