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Frage		Antworten
aberrant Lernen beginnen		abberation, away from norm
antithetical Lernen beginnen		contrasted in character or purpose
approbatory Lernen beginnen		expressing praise or approval
arch Lernen beginnen		deliberately teasing
brisk Lernen beginnen		quick and energetic
byzantine Lernen beginnen		intricate and complex
cadaverous Lernen beginnen		emaciated, gaunt
connive Lernen beginnen		taking part in immoral plots
demur to Lernen beginnen		object to
demure Lernen beginnen		shy or modest
destitute Lernen beginnen		wanting or lacking
dolorous Lernen beginnen		showing sorrow
facile Lernen beginnen		lacking depth
facetious Lernen beginnen		cleverly amusing in tone
factious Lernen beginnen		characterized by internal dissension
fastidious Lernen beginnen		overly concerned with details
glib Lernen beginnen		speaking with ease, but without sincerity
improvident Lernen beginnen		not giving careful consideration
inviable or unviable Lernen beginnen		not able to work or survive
languish Lernen beginnen		to become weak or feeble
loath Lernen beginnen		unwilling to do something contrary to your custom (loath to)
moot Lernen beginnen		open to argument or debate, undecidable in a meaningless way
mordant Lernen beginnen		biting and caustic in thought
morose Lernen beginnen		gloomy and ill tempered
perspicacious Lernen beginnen		acutely insightful and wise
plodding Lernen beginnen		slow
ponderous Lernen beginnen		weighed down, moving slowly
propulsion Lernen beginnen		a force pushing forward
provisional Lernen beginnen		under terms that are not fully finalized
quixotic Lernen beginnen		wildly idealistic
sanctimonious Lernen beginnen		HOLIER than thou
splenetic Lernen beginnen		very irritable
surreptitious Lernen beginnen		stealthy, taking pains to not be caught or detected
temperate Lernen beginnen		free from extremes
tempestuous Lernen beginnen		driven by turbulent, conflicting emotions
tenacious Lernen beginnen		unchanging or stubborn
timorous Lernen beginnen		timid by nature
treacherous Lernen beginnen		dangerously unstable
unprepossessing Lernen beginnen		creating an unfavourable or neutral first impression
urbane Lernen beginnen		high degree of refinement
vehement Lernen beginnen		marked by extreme intensity
vociferous Lernen beginnen		vehement
wane Lernen beginnen		decrease in power or size
wanton Lernen beginnen		without check or limitation
rapture Lernen beginnen		intense pleasure or joy
hubris Lernen beginnen		excessive pride and self-confidence
baleful Lernen beginnen		menacing
insouciance Lernen beginnen		lack of concern
salubrious Lernen beginnen		healthy
vilipend Lernen beginnen		regard as worthless, hate or contempt
enmity Lernen beginnen		hostility
perspicuous Lernen beginnen		easily understandable
thwarted Lernen beginnen		prevent someone
stymied Lernen beginnen		prevented
obdurate Lernen beginnen		stubborn
saprophytic Lernen beginnen		obtaining food by absorbing dissolved organic material
exigent Lernen beginnen		pressing
fecundity Lernen beginnen		ability to produce many new ideas, fertility
circumspection Lernen beginnen		wary
calorific Lernen beginnen		lots of calories
BENEDICTION Lernen beginnen		HOLY
appellation Lernen beginnen		name or a title
aphorism Lernen beginnen		phrase that is a general truth "it is what it is"
flouted Lernen beginnen		disregard
contrived Lernen beginnen		forced or strained, done dliberately
consecrated Lernen beginnen		declared SACRED
remedial Lernen beginnen		given as a cure
intrepid Lernen beginnen		fearless
conjure Lernen beginnen		to call upon
inveterate Lernen beginnen		habitual
garrulous Lernen beginnen		full of trivial conversation
munificent Lernen beginnen		very generous
dilettante Lernen beginnen		ameteur who pretends to know a lot
foment Lernen beginnen		stir up public opinion
sanction Lernen beginnen		give authority or permission to
resurgent Lernen beginnen		rising again as to new life
insolent Lernen beginnen		rude or arrogant
trite Lernen beginnen		repeated too often
subversive Lernen beginnen		in opposition to an established institution
lionize Lernen beginnen		assign great importance to
circumscribe Lernen beginnen		restrict or confine
propriety Lernen beginnen		behaving according to conventional morals
pernicious Lernen beginnen		exceedingly harmful
inscrutable Lernen beginnen		not easily understood
pedestrian Lernen beginnen		lacking imagination
hegemony Lernen beginnen		dominance over an area
intrepid Lernen beginnen		fearless
scrupulous Lernen beginnen		great care or effort
propitious Lernen beginnen		likely to result in success
erudite Lernen beginnen		showing profound knowledge
askance Lernen beginnen		look of suspicion or disapproval
antipathy Lernen beginnen		intense dislike
nonplussed Lernen beginnen		unsure how to act
duress Lernen beginnen		threat
specious Lernen beginnen		based on pretense, plausible bu tfalse
capricious Lernen beginnen		impulsive
mundane Lernen beginnen		not SPIRITUAL
craven Lernen beginnen		pathetically cowardly
rebuke Lernen beginnen		censure
dispassionate Lernen beginnen		unaffected by strong feelings
deleterious Lernen beginnen		harmful to living things
efficacious Lernen beginnen		producing the intended result
contrition Lernen beginnen		feeling of remorse or guilt
polemic Lernen beginnen		piece of writing or speech attacking someone, can be controversial
maladroitly Lernen beginnen		with little skill, clumsy
ingeniously Lernen beginnen		cleverly
froward Lernen beginnen		dificult person to deal with
limpid Lernen beginnen		clearm uncloudy, accessible
earthy Lernen beginnen		uninhibited (especially when related to sexual things)
salutary Lernen beginnen		producing good effects
dour Lernen beginnen		severe, gloomy
unadulterated Lernen beginnen		unfiltered
gadlies Lernen beginnen		annoying person
sybarites Lernen beginnen		self-indulgent
wanton Lernen beginnen		sexually provocative, deliberate and unprovoked
ebullient Lernen beginnen		full of energy
esurient Lernen beginnen		hungry or greedy
peevish Lernen beginnen		easily irritated by unimportant things
execrable Lernen beginnen		extremely bad
palaver Lernen beginnen		complex procedure
blather Lernen beginnen		talk long windingly withough making much sense
epigrams Lernen beginnen		pithy saying said in an amusing way, short poem with amusing ending
disconcerted Lernen beginnen		unsettled or confused
jocund Lernen beginnen		cheerful and lighthearted
histrionic Lernen beginnen		dramatic
sententious Lernen beginnen		moralizing in a pompous manner
pontificate Lernen beginnen		to talk in a pompus manner
desideratum Lernen beginnen		something desired as a necessity
disenfranchise Lernen beginnen		deprive of voting rights
coalesce Lernen beginnen		fuse or cause to grow together
presumptuous Lernen beginnen		excessively forward
doleful Lernen beginnen		evoking sadness
principle Lernen beginnen		rule or idea
principal Lernen beginnen		primary
turpitude Lernen beginnen		depravity, depraved act
smattering Lernen beginnen		superficial understanding of a subject, a small amount of something
quail Lernen beginnen		draw back with fear or pain
irresolute Lernen beginnen		uncertain how to act or proceed
anodyne Lernen beginnen		inoffensive
facile Lernen beginnen		lacking depth
impecunious Lernen beginnen		lacking money
effable Lernen beginnen		to SACRED to be uttered, defying expression or description
zeitgeist Lernen beginnen		spirit of the times
misanthrope Lernen beginnen		a hater of mankind
sordid Lernen beginnen		involving ignoble actions and motives
scrupulous Lernen beginnen		characterized by great care and effort
tribulation Lernen beginnen		something, an event, that caused difficulty and suffering
subterfuge Lernen beginnen		intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity
puissant Lernen beginnen		powerful
deleterious Lernen beginnen		harmful to living things
repudiate Lernen beginnen		reject as untrue
wax Lernen beginnen		decrease in size
cavalier Lernen beginnen		haughty disregrad of others
evanescent Lernen beginnen		tending to vanish like vapour
specious, spurious Lernen beginnen		plausible but false
apposite Lernen beginnen		remakably appropriate
reprobate Lernen beginnen		a person without morals who is disapproved of
junta Lernen beginnen		military junta (takeover)
exegesis Lernen beginnen		critical explanation or analysis
effervescent Lernen beginnen		high spirits
internecine Lernen beginnen		conflict within an organization
contentious Lernen beginnen		likely to argue
illustrious Lernen beginnen		widely known and esteemed
hagiographic Lernen beginnen		excessively flattering toward someone's life or work
pastoral Lernen beginnen		relating to the countryside in a pleasant sense
sagacious Lernen beginnen		smart, shrewd
despondent Lernen beginnen		very sad
miser Lernen beginnen		someon who does not like to spend money because they are greedy
panegyric Lernen beginnen		formal expression of praise
prognositcation Lernen beginnen		statement made about the future
veritable Lernen beginnen		truthfully, without a doubt
perennial Lernen beginnen		lasting indefinitely, everlasting
vitriolic Lernen beginnen		harsh or corrosive in tone
penurious Lernen beginnen		miserly
beatific Lernen beginnen		blissfully happy
recrudesce Lernen beginnen		break out or happen again
derogative Lernen beginnen		expressed in negative terms
protean Lernen beginnen		taking on different roles
sedulous Lernen beginnen		done diligently
chary Lernen beginnen		cautious, reluctant to do something
inveterate Lernen beginnen		habitual
exhort Lernen beginnen		strongly urge on
malingerer Lernen beginnen		shirking duty by pretending to be sick of incapacitated
dissipate Lernen beginnen		disappear or cause to disappear, squander
dog Lernen beginnen		to pursue relentlessly
tender Lernen beginnen		offer something formally
err Lernen beginnen		to make an error
macabre Lernen beginnen		horror, death, decay
tirade Lernen beginnen		rant
voracious Lernen beginnen		approaching something with gusto
thoroughgoing Lernen beginnen		very thorough
acme Lernen beginnen		highest point of achievement
indict Lernen beginnen		to formally chare or accuse of wrong-doing
peruse Lernen beginnen		go through carefully
underwrite Lernen beginnen		to support financially
vindictive Lernen beginnen		strong desire for revenge
insolvent Lernen beginnen		banckrupt
miser Lernen beginnen		someone who does not like to spend money because they are greedy
remiss Lernen beginnen		negligient in one's duty
amok Lernen beginnen		in a frendzied state
disparate Lernen beginnen		two things that are fundamentally differnet
raft Lernen beginnen		large number of something
desecrate Lernen beginnen		to violate a SACRED place
sanguine Lernen beginnen		really happy
stem Lernen beginnen		to prevent the flow of something
virago Lernen beginnen		ill-tempered woman
moment Lernen beginnen		significant and important value
exhort Lernen beginnen		to strongly urge
bellicose Lernen beginnen		intended to quarrel
replete Lernen beginnen		completely stocked
fleece Lernen beginnen		to decieve
pugnacious Lernen beginnen		eager to fight or argue, verbally combative
started Lernen beginnen		to suddently move in a particular direction
consummate Lernen beginnen		to make perfect, having skill or revealing supreme mastery
malady Lernen beginnen		disease or sickness
appreciable Lernen beginnen		large enough to be noticed
ingenuity Lernen beginnen		power of creative imagination
ascendancy Lernen beginnen		a state that exists when one group has power over another
BOON Lernen beginnen		a desirable state, very close and convivial
flounder Lernen beginnen		behave awkwardly
inclement Lernen beginnen		unpleasant (for weather), showing no mercy
pithy Lernen beginnen		concise and full of meaning
renege Lernen beginnen		to fail to fulfill a promise
hamstrung Lernen beginnen		made ineffective or powerless
benign Lernen beginnen		harmless, kind
rankle Lernen beginnen		to annoy, gnaw into
cornucopia Lernen beginnen		abundant supply of something good
spurn Lernen beginnen		to reject
illicit Lernen beginnen		contrarty to law
elicit Lernen beginnen		to conjure
assail Lernen beginnen		attack in speech or writing
irresolute Lernen beginnen		unsure how to act
whimsical Lernen beginnen		determined by impulse
inadvertent Lernen beginnen		happening by chance
vacuous Lernen beginnen		devoid of intelligence or significane
derisive Lernen beginnen		contempt or ridicule
debase Lernen beginnen		reduce in quality
presumption Lernen beginnen		assumption that is taken for granted, aduacious
devolve Lernen beginnen		grow worse, pass on or delegate to others
discord Lernen beginnen		lack of harmony
credulity Lernen beginnen		tendency to believe readily
eke Lernen beginnen		to live off meager resources, to scrape by
unprecedented Lernen beginnen		having never been done before, novel
destitute Lernen beginnen		lacking, poor enough to need help form others
foible Lernen beginnen		attitude that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual
exemplify Lernen beginnen		to be an example of, to be characteristic of
goad Lernen beginnen		to urge on with unpleasant comments
placid Lernen beginnen		not easily irritated
maxim Lernen beginnen		a short saying expressing general truth
brusquely Lernen beginnen		blunt and direct
quip Lernen beginnen		witty saying or remark
profusion Lernen beginnen		property of being abundant
glean Lernen beginnen		collect info bit by bit
incense Lernen beginnen		make furious
behoove Lernen beginnen		to be one's duty or obligation
clemency Lernen beginnen		leniency and compassion
cerebral Lernen beginnen		involving intelligence and not emotions
begrudge Lernen beginnen		to envy someone for possessing or enjoying something, to give reluctantly
foolhardy Lernen beginnen		disregard for consequences
veneer Lernen beginnen		superficial layer than hides the underlying substance
antedate Lernen beginnen		precede in time
prevail Lernen beginnen		to be widespread, to be current, to prove superior
preempt Lernen beginnen		take the place of or have precedence over
besmirch Lernen beginnen		damage the good name
decimation Lernen beginnen		destory or killing large part of population
creditable Lernen beginnen		deserving of praise but not amazing
besiege Lernen beginnen		to harass
carping Lernen beginnen		persistently petty, continually complaining
dispatch Lernen beginnen		prompt and efficient, dispose of rapidly
perquisite Lernen beginnen		right reserved for a particular person or group, heriditerary or official right
enumerate Lernen beginnen		to determine the number, specificy individually one by one
boorish Lernen beginnen		ill mannered

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