|
 Appease | to soothe |
| Apprehension | fear |
| Arbitrary | randomly chosen |
| Archaic | antiquated |
| Arrogance | haughtiness |
| Artifact | object made by human beings |
| Ascendancy | domination |
| Ascetic | practicing self-denial |
| Aspire | to long for |
| Astute | intelligent |
| Augment | to add to |
| Austere | severely simple and not ornamented |
| Authoritarian | completely dominating another's will |
| Autonomous | self-governing |
| Aversion | firm dislike |
| Belie | to contradict |
| Benevolent | generous |
| Bolster | to support |
| Braggart | boaster |
| Brevity | conciseness |
| Cajole | to coax or wheedle |
| Calculated | deliberately planned |
| Candor | open honesty |
| Capricious | fickle |
| Censorious | critical |
| Censure | to blame; criticize |
| Coercion | use of force to get someone to obey |
| Commemorate | to honor the memory of |
| Compile | to gather |
| Complacency | self-satisfaction |
| Compliance | conformity in fulfilling requirements |
| Composure | mental calmness |
| Comprehensive | thorough |
| Concede | to admit;yield |
| Conciliatory | soothing |
| Concise | brief and compact |
| Concur | to agree |
| Condone | to forgive; look over |
| Conflagration | great fire |
| Confound | to confuse |
| Consensus | general agreement |
| Constraint | repression of feelings |
| Contend | to assert earnestly; compete |
| Contentious | quarrelsome |
| Contract | to compress or shrink |
| Conviction | judgment that someone is guilty of a crime |
| Cordial | gracious; heartfelt |
| Corroborate | to support |
| Credulity | gullibility |
| Criterion | standard used in judging |
| Cryptic | hidden |
| Cursory | hastily done |
| Curtail | to shorten |
| Decorum | orderliness and good taste in manners |
| Deference | courteous regard for another's wish |
| Degradation | debasement |
| Delineate | to portray |
| Denounce | to condemn |
| Deplore | to disapprove of |
| Depravity | extreme corruption |
| Deprecate | to express disapproval of |
| Deride | to make fun of |
| Derivative | unoriginal |
| Despondent | depressed |
| Detached | emotionally removed |
| Deterrent | something that discourages |
| Detrimental | harmful |
| Devious | erratic |
| Devise | to think up |
| Diffuse | wordy |
| Digression | wandering away from the subject |
| Diminution | reduction in size |
| Discerning | mentally quick and observant |
| Disclose | to reveal |
| Discordant | conflicting |
| Discount | to disregard; dismiss |
| Discriminating | prejudiced |
| Disdain | to scorn |
| Disinclination | unwillingness |
| Dismiss | to put away from consideration |
| Disparage | to belittle |
| Disparity | condition of inequality |
| Disperse | to scatter |
| Disputatious | fond of arguing |
| Disseminate | to distribute; scatter |
| Dissent | to disagree |
| Divergent | differing |
| Doctrine | teachings, particular principle taught |
| Document | to provide written evidence |
| Dogmatic | opinionated |
| Dubious | doubtful |
| Duplicity | double-dealing;hypocrisy |
| Eclectic | composed of elements drawn from various sources |
| Egotistical | conceited |
| Elated | overjoyed |
| Eloquence | persuasive speech |
| Embellish | to adorn |
| Emulate | to imitate |
| Endorse | to approve;support |
| Enhance | to improve |
| Enigma | mystery |
| Enmity | hatred |
| Ephemeral | short-lived |
| Equivocal | intentionally misleading |
| Erroneous | wrong |
| Erudite | scholarly |
| Esoteric | known only to a chosen few |
| Eulogy | expression of praise, often on the occasion of someone's death |
| Euphemism | mild expression in place of an unpleasant one |
| Exacerbate | to worsen |
| Exalt | to praise |
| Execute | to carry out |
| Exemplary | outstanding |
| Exemplify | to serve as an example |
| Exhaustive | thorough |
| Exhilarating | refreshing; cheering |
| Exonerate | to acquit |
| Expedient | practical |
| Expedite | to be quick to do something |
| Explicit | totally clear |
| Exploit | to make use of, sometimes unjustly |
| Extol | to praise |
| Extraneous | not essential;extra |
| Extricate | to free, disentangle |
| Exuberance | overflowing abundance;joyful enthusiasm |
| Facilitate | to help bring about |
| Fallacious | misleading |
| Fanaticism | excessive zeal;extreme devotion to a belief or cause |
| Fastidious | difficult to please |
| Feasible | practical |
| Fervor | intensity of feeling |
| Flagrant | outrageous |
| Frivolous | carefree;lacking in seriousness |
| Frugality | sparing in money |
| Furtive | sneaky |
| Garrulous | talkative |
| Glutton | someone who eats too much |
| Gratify | to please |
| Gratuitous | uncalled for |
| Gravity | seriousness |
| Gregarious | sociable |
| Guile | deceit |
| Gullible | easily deceived |
| Hamper | to hold back |
| Hardy | sturdy |
| Haughtiness | pride |
| Hedonist | one who believes that pleasure is the sole aim in life |
| Heresy | opinion contrary to popular belief |
| Hierarchy | arrangement by rank |
| Homogeneous | of the same kind |
| Hypocritical | deceiving |
| Hypothetical | based on assumptions |
| Idiosyncrasy | uniqueness |
| Illusory | not real |
| Immutable | unchangeable |
| Impair | to injure |
| Impeccable | faultless |
| Impede | to delay |
| Implausible | unbelievable |
| Implement | to put into effect |
| Impudence | the quality of being unwise |
| Inadvertently | unintentionally |
| Inane | silly |
| Incisive | sharp |
| Incite | to motivate |
| Inclusive | tending to include all |
| Incongruous | absurd |
| Inconsequential | insignificant |
| Incorrigible | not correctable |
| Indict | to accuse or charge |
| Indifferent | mediocre |
| Indiscriminate | choosing at random |
| Induce | to persuade |
| Inert | lazy |
| Ingenious | clever |
| Inherent | firmly established by nature or habit |
| Innate | born with |
| Innocuous | harmless |
| Innovation | introduction of something new |
| Insipid | dull |
| Instigate | to provoke |
| Insularity | isolation |
| Integrity | uprightness |
| Intervene | to come between |
| Intimidate | to frighten |
| Intrepid | fearless |
| Inundate | to overwhelm |
| Invert | to turn upside down or inside out |
| Ironic | resulting in an unexpected and contrary outcome |
| Lament | to grieve |
| Laud | to praise |
| Lavish | extravagant |
| Lethargic | drowsy |
| Levity | lack of seriousness |
| Linger | to loiter |
| Listless | lacking in spirit or energy |
| Lofty | very high |
| Malicious | hateful |
| Marred | damaged |
| Materialism | preoccupation with physical comforts |
| Methodical | systematic |
| Meticulous | excessively careful |
| Miserly | mean |
| Mitigate | to appease |
| Morose | melancholy |
| Mundane | ordinary |
| Negate | to nullify |
| Nonchalance | indifference |
| Notoriety | the state of being known for some unfavorable act or quality |
| Novelty | newness |
| Nurture | to nourish |
| Obliterate | to destroy completely |
| Oblivion | forgetfulness |
| Obscure | to make unclear |
| Obstinate | stubborn |
| Ominous | threatening |
| Opaque | dark |
| Opportunist | individual who sacrifices principles for expediency by taking advantage of circumstances |
| Optimist | person who looks on the good side |
| Opulence | extreme wealth |
| Orator | public speaker |
| Ostentatious | flashy |
| Pacifist | one opposed to force |
| Partisan | committed to a party |
| Peripheral | outer |
| Perpetuate | to preserve from extinction |
| Pervasive | spread throughout every part |
| Pessimism | belief that life is basically bad or evil |
| Phenomena | subjects of scientific investigation |
| Philanthropist | lover of mankind |
| Piety | religious devotion |
| Placate | to conciliate |
| Ponderous | heavy |
| Pragmatic | practical |
| Preclude | to make impossible |
| Precocious | advanced in development |
| Predator | creature that seizes and devours another |
| Predecessor | former occupant of a post |
| Presumptuous | overconfident |
| Pretentious | ostentatious |
| Prevalent | generally accepted |
| Prodigal | reckless with money |
| Profane | to violate |
| Profound | complete |
| Profusion | overabundance |
| Proliferation | rapid growth |
| Prolific | abundantly fruitful |
| Provincial | pertaining to a province; limited in outlook |
| Proximity | nearness |
| Prudent | cautious |
| Qualified | limited |
| Quandary | dilemma |
| Ramble | to wander aimlessly |
| Rancor | hatred |
| Ratify | to confirm |
| Rebuttal | response with contrary evidence |
| Recluse | loner |
| Recount | to narrate or tell |
| Rectify | to set right |
| Redundant | repetitious |
| Refute | to disprove |
| Relegate | to banish to an inferior position |
| Remorse | guilt |
| Renounce | to abandon |
| Repel | to drive away |
| Reprehensible | deserving blame |
| Reprimand | to rebuke |
| Reprove | to rebuke |
| Repudiate | to disown |
| Reserve | self-control |
| Resigned | unresisting |
| Resolution | determination |
| Resolve | determination |
| Restraint | restriction |
| Reticence | inclination to silence |
| Retract | to take back |
| Reverent | respectful |
| Rhetorical | insincere in language |
| Rigor | severity |
| Robust | strong |
| Sage | a person celebrated for wisdom |
| Sanction | to approve |
| Satirical | mocking |
| Saturate | to soak thoroughly |
| Scanty | insufficient |
| Scrupulous | extremely thorough |
| Scrutinize | to examine closely and critically |
| Seclusion | isolation |
| Servile | having an excessive willingness to serve others |
| Skeptic | doubter |
| Sluggish | lazy |
| Somber | depressing |
| Sporadic | occurring irregularly |
| Squander | to waste |
| Stagnant | motionless |
| Static | lacking development or action |
| Submissive | yielding |
| Subordinate | inferior |
| Subside | to descend |
| Substantiate | to verify |
| Succinct | compact |
| Superficial | shallow |
| Superfluous | overabundant |
| Surpass | to exceed |
| Surreptitious | sneaky |
| Susceptible | easily influenced |
| Sustain | to experience |
| Taciturn | talking little |
| Temper | to tone down |
| Tentative | hesitant |
| Terse | concise |
| Thrive | to prosper |
| Tranquility | calmness |
| Transient | temporary |
| Trite | hackneyed |
| Turbulence | a state of violent agitation |
| Turmoil | great confusion |
| Undermine | to weaken |
| Uniformity | sameness |
| Usurp | to seize another's power or rank |
| Vacillate | to fluctuate |
| Venerate | to respect |
| Verbose | wordy |
| Vigor | liveliness |
| Vilify | to speak or write about in an extremely disparaging manner |
| Vindicate | to acquit |
| Virtuoso | a highly skilled artist |
| Volatile | changeable |
| Whimsical | capricious |
| Zealot | fanatic |