set 1
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set 4 words
accrue: be added by growth
acquiesce: agree, give into
aesthetic: pertaining to beauty, art
agnostic: belief of a higher being
baneful: destructive
blasphemy: irreverence, unholy
chauvinist: extreme nationalist
connoisseur: expert
dearth: lack of “dearth of”
duplicity: trickery, deception
feasible: doable, reachable, workable
gaunt: thin, skinny, sickly
grandiose: imposing, grand, over the top
gregarious: sociable
homogeneous: uniform, all the same
imbue: absorb, permeate, filled with
inadvertent: thoughtless, accidentally
innocuous: harmless, innocent
irascible: irritable, cranky
latent: hidden, not apparent
lugubrious: sad, dark, depressing
meticulous: finicky, detailed
misogyny: hatred of women
posthumous: occurring after death
set 3
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set 2
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parsimonious: stingy
pervade: to be spread out (air, volume)
prolific: highly productive or inventive,
alot
rancor: deep hatred
refute: disprove
sanctity: holiness
stigma: blemish, negative or unfair belief
vociferous: expressing opinions in a very
loud or forceful way
visage: a person’s face
vicarious: sharing another’s experience
umbrage: hurt pride, shadow
recondite: difficult to understand
48.
paternal: having to do with father
infrequent: not often
pitiful: full of sadness, pity
pious: deeply religious
vexed: frustrated
pernicious: harm that’s not easily
seen/noticed
indifferent: uninterested, not caring
exalt: to raise to a higher level
dispel: to make something go away
intimate: to create a warm/friendly
relationship
ignominy: situation that is embarrassing
or ashaµming
discomfiture: state of being confused or
upset
Set 5 words
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bereft: sad because a family has died
sapient: full of wisdom
furtive: secret, sneaky
impoverished: poor, in poverty
senile:loss of mental ability from old age
transgression:to disobey a law
didactic: intended to teach people
something
elegy:a poem or song that expresses
sorrow for someone who is dead
indolence: laziness, disliking work.
deplore: to hate or dislike (something)
very much
convoluted: very complicated and difficult
to understand
ephemeral: lasting a very short time,
short-lived
Set 6 words
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perseverance: the quality of not giving up
penchant: liking something or a strong
habit of behavior
lambasting:to criticize (someone or
something) very harshly
arduous: very difficult
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indefatigable: not getting tired even after
a long time
stalwart:very loyal and dedicated
licentious:sexually immoral or offensive
sardonic: showing that you disapprove of
or disrespect something
resigned: accepting that something
cannot be changed (giving up)
vitriolic: harsh and angry words
oratorical: relating to giving speeches
bellicose: showing a tendency to argue or
fight
Set 7 words
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reverential: having a lot of respect
befuddled:very confused
pacify: to calm or make feel better
supercilious: arrogant, cocky
antiquated: very old and no longer useful
ramshackle: in a very bad condition and
needing to be repaired
malodorous:having a bad smell
decrepit:old and in bad condition or poor
health
ubiquitous:seeming to be seen
everywhere
nefarious: evil or immoral
cadaverous: looking very thin and pale,
like a corpse
invidious: unpleasant and likely to cause
bad feelings in other people
Set 8 Words
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haphazard:having no plan, order, or
direction
empirical:based on testing or experience
obsolete:no longer used because
something newer exists
fallibility:capable of making mistakes or
being wrong
sieve: to be unable to remember things
droll:having an odd and amusing quality
hackneyed:not fresh or original
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braggadocio: the annoying or
exaggerated talk of someone who is
trying to sound very proud or brave
ostentatious: showing wealth,
knowledge, etc., in a way that is meant
to attract attention, admiration, or envy
estrange: to cause someone to be no
longer friendly or close to another person
or group (usually used with the word
with)
doughty: brave, strong, and determined
decry: to say publicly and forcefully that
you regard (something) as bad, wrong,
etc. (synonym: lambast)
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ornate:covered with decorations
illicit:unlawful or illegal
stasis: a state or condition in which
things do not change, move, or progress
ghoulish: an evil creature in frightening
stories that robs graves and eats dead
bodies
blight: something that causes harm or
damage like a disease
inordinate: going beyond what is usual,
normal, or proper
stymied: to stop (someone) from doing
something or to stop (something) from
happening
Set 9 Words
Set 11
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sagacity: wisdom
discourse:conversation
partial: biased, treating others differently
aphorism: a short phrase that expresses
a true or wise idea
debauchery:bad or immoral behavior that
involves sex, drugs, alcohol
blandishment: nice things that you say or
do to convince someone to do something
liaison: a person who helps organizations
or groups to work together and provide
information to each other
boorish: rude
burgeon:to grow or develop quickly
crass:rude and insensitive
obstinate: stubborn
jargon: the language used for a particular
activity
Set 10 words
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decrepit: old and in bad condition or poor
health
transience: not lasting long
adverse:bad or unfavorable, not good
preponderance:a greater amount or
number of something
expository:used to describe writing that
is done to explain something
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accolade: an award or an expression of
praise
galvanic: causing people to feel or react
strongly
baroque:of or relating to a dramatic style
of art and music that was common in the
17th and early 18th centuries and that
featured many decorative parts and
details
expostulate: to disagree with something
or argue against it
prudent: having or showing careful good
judgment
perspicacious: having or showing an
ability to notice and understand things
that are difficult or not obvious
rococo: of or relating to a style of artistic
expression that involves fancy curved
forms and much decoration and was
popular in the 18th century
precedence: the condition of being more
important than something or someone
else and therefore coming or being dealt
with first
lackadaisical: feeling or showing a lack of
interest or enthusiasm
sordid: very bad or dishonest, dirty
peevish: feeling or showing irritation
jocular: liking to tell jokes