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- accoladenoun · 600-700 · Priority 3+ Save
An award or expression of praise.
- appeaseverb · 600-700 · Priority 3+ Save
To calm someone by giving them what they want.
- ascertainverb · 600-700 · Priority 3+ Save
To find out something for certain.
- banaladjective · 600-700 · Priority 3+ Save
So common as to be boring; unoriginal.
- brevitynoun · 600-700 · Priority 3+ Save
Shortness of expression or duration.
- cajoleverb · 600-700 · Priority 3+ Save
To persuade someone through flattery or promises.
- callousadjective · 600-700 · Priority 3+ Save
Showing no sympathy for others' suffering.
- chastiseverb · 600-700 · Priority 3+ Save
To criticize or punish someone severely.
- construeverb · 600-700 · Priority 3+ Save
To interpret the meaning of something.
- debaclenoun · 600-700 · Priority 3+ Save
A complete and often embarrassing failure.
- decimateverb · 600-700 · Priority 3+ Save
To destroy a large portion of something.
- denounceverb · 600-700 · Priority 3+ Save
To publicly condemn something as wrong.
- deploreverb · 600-700 · Priority 3+ Save
To feel or express strong disapproval of something.
- derideverb · 600-700 · Priority 3+ Save
To mock or ridicule something.
- despotnoun · 600-700 · Priority 3+ Save
A ruler with absolute, often cruel power.
- dispelverb · 600-700 · Priority 3+ Save
To make a feeling, belief, or rumor disappear.
- divulgeverb · 600-700 · Priority 3+ Save
To reveal private or secret information.
- eclecticadjective · 600-700 · Priority 3+ Save
Made up of a wide variety of sources or styles.
- emanateverb · 600-700 · Priority 3+ Save
To come out from a source.
- embellishverb · 600-700 · Priority 3+ Save
To make something more attractive by adding details, sometimes exaggerated.
- epitomenoun · 600-700 · Priority 3+ Save
The perfect example of a particular quality.
- euphoricadjective · 600-700 · Priority 3+ Save
Feeling intense happiness or excitement.
- fickleadjective · 600-700 · Priority 3+ Save
Changing frequently, especially in loyalty or opinion.
- forlornadjective · 600-700 · Priority 3+ Save
Sad and abandoned-seeming.
- furtiveadjective · 600-700 · Priority 3+ Save
Secretive and trying not to be noticed.
- gaudyadjective · 600-700 · Priority 3+ Save
Too brightly colored or decorated; tasteless.
- genialadjective · 600-700 · Priority 3+ Save
Friendly and warm in manner.
- hegemonynoun · 600-700 · Priority 3+ Save
Dominance of one group or nation over others.
- impartialadjective · 600-700 · Priority 3+ Save
Not favoring one side over another.
- indigentadjective · 600-700 · Priority 3+ Save
Extremely poor; lacking basic resources.
- intrepidadjective · 600-700 · Priority 3+ Save
Fearless and adventurous.
- modicumnoun · 600-700 · Priority 3+ Save
A small amount of something.
- nebulousadjective · 600-700 · Priority 3+ Save
Vague or unclear in form or meaning.
- noxiousadjective · 600-700 · Priority 3+ Save
Harmful, especially to health.
- obstinateadjective · 600-700 · Priority 3+ Save
Stubbornly refusing to change one's mind.
- opulentadjective · 600-700 · Priority 3+ Save
Extremely wealthy or luxurious.
- parodynoun · 600-700 · Priority 3+ Save
An imitation of something, done for comic effect.
- partisanadjective · 600-700 · Priority 3+ Save
Strongly favoring one side, especially in politics.
- portendverb · 600-700 · Priority 3+ Save
To be a sign that something is about to happen.
- prescribeverb · 600-700 · Priority 3+ Save
To recommend or officially specify a treatment or course of action.
- proclaimverb · 600-700 · Priority 3+ Save
To announce something publicly and officially.
- progenynoun · 600-700 · Priority 3+ Save
Offspring; descendants.
- quandarynoun · 600-700 · Priority 3+ Save
A state of confusion over what to do.
- remedialadjective · 600-700 · Priority 3+ Save
Intended to correct a deficiency or fix a problem.
- reprievenoun · 600-700 · Priority 3+ Save
A temporary delay of a punishment, or brief relief.
- sagacitynoun · 600-700 · Priority 3+ Save
Good judgment and keen understanding.
- saturateverb · 600-700 · Priority 3+ Save
To fill something completely, leaving no room for more.
- squalidadjective · 600-700 · Priority 3+ Save
Extremely dirty or unpleasant, often due to poverty.
- squanderverb · 600-700 · Priority 3+ Save
To waste something valuable carelessly.
- stagnantadjective · 600-700 · Priority 3+ Save
Not moving or developing; inactive.
- stalwartadjective · 600-700 · Priority 3+ Save
Loyal, reliable, and hardworking.
- supplantverb · 600-700 · Priority 3+ Save
To take the place of something, especially by force or replacement.
- surmiseverb · 600-700 · Priority 3+ Save
To guess something based on incomplete evidence.
- temporaladjective · 600-700 · Priority 3+ Save
Relating to time, or to worldly rather than spiritual matters.
- tenacitynoun · 600-700 · Priority 3+ Save
Persistence in the face of difficulty.
- tentativeadjective · 600-700 · Priority 3+ Save
Not certain or fixed; provisional.
- usurpverb · 600-700 · Priority 3+ Save
To take a position of power illegally or by force.
- vehementadjective · 600-700 · Priority 3+ Save
Showing strong, forceful feeling.
- vexverb · 600-700 · Priority 3+ Save
To annoy or worry someone.
- zenithnoun · 600-700 · Priority 3+ Save
The highest point of something, especially success.