Word list

Deliberately created in an artificial or forced way.

To criticize unfairly in order to damage someone's reputation.

Intended to teach or instruct, sometimes excessively.

To be a perfect example of a quality or type.

To publicly support or adopt a belief.

Full of energy, excitement, and enthusiasm.

Showing intense and passionate feeling.

Arrogantly superior and disdainful.

Marked by independence and self-reliance rather than conformity to a group.

To wrongly interpret the meaning of something.

To arrange or treat something as more important than other things.

To strengthen or support something, especially with additional material or evidence.

To reject with disdain.

Cold and distant in manner.

Dignified and impressive in appearance.

To specify as a condition of an agreement.

Angry or bitter conflict.

Strict and rigorously enforced.

To astonish or stun someone into a dazed state.

Added to complete or enhance something.

Food and drink needed to maintain life; nourishment.

To cheat someone out of money or property.

Involving mutual benefit between two parties.

Full of; swarming with.

Lukewarm, or showing little enthusiasm.

A large, heavy book, especially a scholarly one.

Relating to a heavy, fast-flowing downpour.

To publicly praise or promote something.

To go beyond the normal limits of something.

To travel across or through something.

Of little importance or value.

A collection of valuable or interesting items.

Not embarrassed or ashamed.

Plain; without decoration.

Uncontrolled or unrestrained.

Not likely to cause disagreement.

To judge something to be smaller, weaker, or less important than it really is.

Moving with a smooth, wave-like motion.

Not showing fear or hesitation.

Not new or inventive; derivative.

Contrary to what is usual or traditional.

Simple and modest; not showy.

Not particularly interesting or surprising.

Calm and not agitated.

Not showing understanding or compassion.

Not giving way to pressure; firm.

Relating to an impossibly ideal, perfect society.

A thin, attractive surface layer hiding what's beneath.

Regarded with deep respect.

Using more words than necessary.

Proof that someone was right or justified.

Full of energy and enthusiasm.

Gradually decreasing in strength or extent.

In a cautious manner, watching for possible danger.

A feeling of vague, wishful longing.

Lacking intelligence; foolish.

Full of sorrow, or extremely poor in quality.

To have a long, complicated argument, or to herd animals.

Someone fanatically devoted to a cause.

Great enthusiasm or devotion to a cause.