Abash Feel ashamed, embarrassed Aberrant - Abnormal Abeyance Suspended action Abjure Renounce upon oath Ablution Washing

hing Abrogate Abolish, Put an end to Abscond Depart secretly, Hide Abstemious Sparing in eating and drinking Accelerate Move faster Accost Approach and speak first to a person Acerbic Bitter in taste Acknowledge Admit the fact, recognize Acquiesce Agree passively Acumen Mental sharpness Adulterate Make impure Adventitious Accidental, Casual Aesthetic Pertaining to external beauty Affable Easily approachable, Friendly Affectation Pretended feeling, behavior or speech designed to impress Affinity Feeling of kinship, similarity Aghast Filled with great surprise or fear Alacrity Cheerful promptness Altruism Unselfish generousness Altruist The one who makes charitable donations Amalgamate Mix together

Ambiguity Uncertainty of meaning, doubt Ambivalence State of having contradictory emotional attitude Amenable Obedient, Willing to be led Analogous Similar Anarchy Absence of governing body Animus Hostile feeling, hostility Anoint Make or declare sacred, put oil on (in religious ceremony) Anomalous - Abnormal Anticipates Expect or predict Apathy Lack of caring Arcane Secret, mysterious Arduous Hard Articulate Expressing ideas clearly Artless Open and honest Ascetic Avoiding physical pleasure and comforts Aspiration Hope or ambition of achieving something, Goal Assiduous Having or showing care in duty Assimilate Take an idea or information and understand it fully Assuage Make less severe Astonishment Great surprise Auspicious Giving signs of future success Austere Strict in manner or attitude Avarice Greediness for wealth Aver State confidently Avocation Secondary or minor occupation

Ballooned Swell out in a spherical shape, Increase rapidly Banal Lacking originality Baseness Unworthiness by virtue Befriend Act as a friend to someone by offering help Beguile Deceive, mislead Behold See or observe Belie Contradict or give false impression Bellicose Warlike Belligerent Quarrelsome Benefactor The one who gives money for good purpose Beneficent Kindly, doing good deeds Benevolent - Generous Benign Kindly, Favorable Bias Prejudice in favor or against something Bilateral Having or relating to two sides Boisterous - Violent Boon - Blessing Boorish Rude Burgeon Middle class Buttress Support Cachet State of being respected or admired Calamitous Black, Having extreme misfortunate Callow Inexperienced and immature Capacious Having a lot of space inside, roomy Capricious Unpredictable, Sudden change in a mood or behavior

Casual Happening by chance Catastrophic Disastrous Caustic Burning Censor Person who eliminates inappropriate matter Central Forming the centre, Accessible from variety of places Chary Cautious, unwilling to take risks Chicanery Trickery, Deception (the action of deceiving someone) Chronological Relating to establishment of dates and time sequences Circumscribe Limit Circumspect Cautious Clearheaded Mentally alert Clich Phrase dulled in meaning by repetition Collude Secret plan or understanding for harmful purpose Collusion Conspiring (make secret plans) a scheme to cheat or deceive others Commensurate Equal in extent, of the same size Commiserate Feel, express pity or sympathy for Commonplace Ordinary Compendium Brief, comprehensive summery Compliant Acting in accordance with rule Compunction Strong uneasiness caused by guilt Conceal Hide, secret Conciliate Stop from being angry, pacify Conflagration Great fire Confound Confuse Consensus General agreement

Consecrate Dedicate, Declare as sacred Construe Explain, interpret Contentious Assertion, claim Contravene Contradict, oppose Contrite Affected by guilt Convoke Call together Copious Plentiful (in a great amount) Cosmopolitan Familiar with different countries and cultures Counterfeit Made in exact limitation to deceive, fake Covenant Binding agreement between two groups Craft Skill Credulity Belief on slight evidence Critical Expressing adverse or disapproving judgments Crucial Critical, of great importance Cunning Clever in deceiving Cursory Shallow, not detailed Cynical Skeptical or mistrustful of human motives Ex. Humans are motivated by selfishness Daunt Intimidate, Discourage Dearth Lack in amount Deceit Dishonest act or statement Decline Downward slope Decorum Propriety Default Failed to act Deference Courteous regard for anothers wish

Defiant Open resistance Deft Neat, skillful Deign To give or grant something to someone in a graceful manner Deleterious Harmful Delimit Determine the limits or boundaries of Delineate Sketch, Describe Delude Deceive Demur Object, raise an objection Depiction Description Derivative Unoriginal Desultory Aimless Detachment Free from emotional involvements Devious Not straightforward Devoid Empty Dichotomy Division into two parts, split Didactic Intended to teach a moral lesson Diffidence - Shyness Dirge Funeral song Disabuse Correct a false impression Discern Able to make good decisions, mentally quick and observant Discrepancy Lack of consistency Disingenuous Nor nave, not candid Disinterested Unprejudiced, Free from bias Disparate Basically different, impossible to compare Disport Amuse Deliberate Done consciously or intentionally

Disquiet Uneasiness Disregard Pay no attention to, ignore Dissemble Hide the real nature of Disseminate Spread or scatter Dissipate Waste foolishly Dissolution Disintegration Diversity A range of different things, variety Divest Strip (as of clothes) Document Provide written evidence Dogmatic Holding stubbornly to ones opinion Doleful Expressing sorrow Dupe Someone easily fooled or deceived Duplicity Double dealing, being dishonest Efflorescence Flower, the period of greatest prosperity and productivity Eloquence Expressiveness Emancipate Set free Embellish Adorn (make more beautiful) Empathy Understanding of anothers feeling Emulate - Imitate Enervate Weaken, take away energy from Engender Cause, Give rise to Equanimity Mental calmness Equivocate Use ambiguous language to mislead people Erroneous Mistaken, wrong, incorrect Erstwhile Former (having previously filled a particular role)

Erudite Scholarly, full of learning Essential Absolutely necessary Euphoria Feeling of great happiness Evasive Not frank Exaggerate Represent as being larger, greater Exasperate Annoy, make angry Exculpate Clear from guilt or blame Execrable Very bad, detest Exhibitionist Someone with a compulsive desire to expose genitals Exigent - Demanding Exonerate Free from blame or guilt Extraneous Not essential, irrelevant Extremes Either of two abstract things Exult Rejoice Facetious Joking, humorous Fallacious False, based on fallacy Falsified Alter or mislead Fastidious Difficult to please, very attentive, concerned about accuracy Fatuous Silly and pointless Fawn Young deer, Give display of flattery and affection Fervor - Zeal Fickle Faithless, Changeable in friendship or relationship Fiduciary Involving trust Fledgling Inexperienced Forestall Prevent by taking action in advanced

Forgery Fake imitation Forgo Omit or decline to take Fortuitous Accidental, by chance Frugal Simple and plain food, Sparing in economical with regard to money Frugality - Economy Fundamental Basic, primary Furtive Stealthy, quit and secret Gainsay Deny Galvanize Stimulate by shock Garrulous Wordy, talkative Germane Relevant to subject under consideration Gouge Overcharge (with high price) Grandiloquent Self important speech, using high sounding language Gregarious Tending to form a group Guile Deceit (dishonest act), duplicity Ex. Persuade her by guile Gullible Easily deceived Halcyon Calm, peaceful Harmonious Tuneful, forming a pleasing whole Heterogeneous Dissimilar, mixed Hindrance Block, obstacle Histrionic Excessively dramatic or emotional behavior Homogeneity The quality of being similar Hyperbole Exaggeration, overstatement Hypocritical Pretending to be deceiving Iconoclast One who attacks traditional ideas

Idiosyncrasy Anything highly individual, attitude Imaginativeness Imagination Imbecility Weakness of mind Imitate Take or follow as a model, copy Imminent About to happen Impassive Without feeling Impecunious Without money Impediment Hindrance Impenetrable Not able to be pierced, entered Imperturbable Calm, placid Implacable Impossible to pacify Impolitic Not wise Improbable Not likely to be true or happen Imprudent Not showing care, not cautious Impulsive Acting or done without forethought Impunity Freedom from punishment or harm Inadvertently Unintentionally Inalienable Not to be taken away Inclusive Tending to include all Inconclusive Not leading to a firm conclusion Incongruity Lack of harmony Inconsiderable Of small size or amount, unimportant, insignificant Incontrovertible Impossible to argue (dispute) Incorporate Introduce something into a larger whole Incorrigible - Uncorrectable

Inculpate Teach someone an attitude; idea or habit Indebted Owning money, gratitude Ex. He indebted her Indefatigable Tireless, showing no sign of getting tired Indication Point out, suggest Indifferent Unmoved or uncensored by, neither good nor bad Indolence Inactivity or laziness Indomitable Impossible to defeat Influence Capacity to have effect on the character Ingenuous Nave, trusty, candid Innocence Purity, lack of guile Inscrutable Difficult to understand, mysterious Insensate Lacking physical sensation Insensible Unconscious, unaware Insensitivity Inability to respond Insincere Not expressing genuine feelings Insolent Rude, not showing due respect Insufferable To extreme to bear Insular Narrow mindedness, ignorant, lacking contact with people Interminable - Endless Interwoven Blend closely Intolerable Not willing to accept ways of thinking different than him Intransigence Refusal of any compromise, stubbornness Invulnerable Impossible to damage or injure Irascible Irritable, easily angered Irrelevant Not applicable, unrelated

Irremediable Incurable, impossible to remedy Irresolute Showing or feeling hesitancy, uncertain Jaunty Cheerful Jovial Good natured Judicious Wise, sound on judgment Laconic Brief, to the point Laudable Deserving praise Legislature Make laws Lethargic Drowsy, dull Levity Lack of seriousness or steadiness Litigate Take a claim to a court of law, go to law Loquacious Talkative Luminous Shining Lurid Wild, sensational Magnanimity Generosity, generous Magnanimous - Generous Makeshift Temporary substitute Maladroit Not skillful, awkward Malevolent Having or showing a wish to do evil to others Malfeasance Crime, wrongdoing Malign Speak evil, bad-mouth Malinger Exaggerate illness in order to escape duty Matched Correspond in some essential respect, be harmonious ex. She matched her steps to his Maverick Unorthodox, independent-minded person, rebel

Meander Wind or turn in its course Mendacious Lying, habitually dishonest Mendacity Dishonesty, untruthfulness Metamorphosis Change of form Meticulous Excessively careful, painstaking Misrepresent Give a false or misleading display Mistaken Wrong in ones opinion or judgment Modest Humble, Moderate in estimation of ones abilities for achievements Mollify Soothe an angry person Monotony Sameness leading to boredom Morose Ill or bad tempered Mounting Backing, setting or support Multifaceted Many sided, having many aspects Mundane Lacking interest or excitement, of this earthly world rather than a spirited world Munificent Very generous in giving, benefactor Nadir Lowest point, diametrically opposite to zenith Nave Showing lack of experience or judgment, innocent, natural and unaffected Narcissism Excessive or erotic interest in ones physical appearance, Extreme selfishness Noxious Harmful Obscure Dark, unclear, vague Obsequious Having or showing excessive willingness to please others Obviate Make unnecessary, get rid of Occasional Appearing irregularly

Odious Feeling strong dislike Offset Counteract something by having opposing forces Omniscience State of being omniscient (having infinite knowledge) Omnivorous Eating both plant and animal Onerous - Burdensome Onetime Erstwhile, belonging to some prior time Opaque Dark, not transparent Opprobrium Disgrace arising from shameful conduct Ostentatious Showy, trying to attract attention Outstrip Move faster and overtake, exceed Overlook Fail to notice something Overrated Overestimation, calculation that leaded the estimation too high Painstaking Showing hard work, taking great pain Panoply Magnificent, Impressive collection of things Paralleled Side by side with Parsimonious Unwilling to spend money or resources Partisan Divide into parts Patent Visible, approachable to others Paucity Dearth Pedantic Bookish, showing off learning Penchant Strong inclination towards the things disliked by others Percipient Having good understanding of things Perfunctory Lacking interest, care Peripheral Of periphery Pernicious Very harmful, deadly

Perquisite Any gain above stipulated salary Perseverance Continue steadily in spite of difficulties Perspicacious Having insight, penetrating Pertinacious Stubborn Pervasive Spread throughout (idea or smell) Petulant Touchy, bad tempered Philanthropic Lover of mankind Phlegmatic Calm and unexcitable Pithy Concise and meaningful Plentiful In a large amount Plethora Excess ex. Plethora of excuses Polarize Split into opposite extremes Politicize Make someone politically aware Ponderous Having great weight Posthumous After death Posturing Behave in a way that it is intended to impress or mislead people Pragmatic Practical Preamble Introductory statement Precarious Unsafe, uncertain, lacking in stability Precocious Premature (precocious talent of computing), have developed in ages earlier than expected Predilection Partiality Preeminence Outstanding, superior Premature Occurring or done before usual or proper time Prescient Having or showing knowledge of event before it takes place

Presumptuous Going beyond what is right, arrogant, excessive foresight Pretentious Showy Pretext Excuse Prevarication Lie Primed Make something ready to use or action, prepare for firing or detonation Pristine Unspoiled Probity Uprightness, honesty Problematic Causing problems Prodigal Wasteful, reckless in money Prodigious Impressively great in size, abnormal Profusion Great amount, plenty Proliferate Increase rapidly in numbers Prolific Abundantly fruitful Propensity Natural inclination Propound Put forth for consideration and analysis Propriety Fitness, quality of being proper, Conformity to prevailing taxes Prosaic Lacking in imagination Provident Providing future needs Proxy Authority to represent someone else Pugnacious Combative in nature Punctilious Showing great attention to detail or correct behavior Pusillanimous Cowardly Qualified Limited, restricted Qualms Uneasy feeling of doubt-fear-worry

Quash Crush, suppress Quiescence State of inactivity, set rest Quirkiness A strange attitude or habit, oddity Quixotic Idealistic but impractical Rationalize Make rational (Based on idea, logical) Recapitulates Summarize Recluse The person who lived solitary life and avoiding people Recondite Abstruse, Hard to understand Redoubtable Causing fear Refinement Process of removing impurities, improvement or clarification Representative - Proxy Reprobate Morally disapproved person Repudiated Deny Requisite Necessary requirement Rescind Revoke, cancel Residual Remaining, left over Reticent Inclined to silence, uncommunicative Retribution Deserved punishment for wrongdoing Reveal Uncover, either side of an aperture on wall-window etc Reversed Cause to move backward Reviled Criticize in a abusive or insulting manner Ridiculed Absurd misrepresentation, mockery Salient Prominent, projecting beyond line Sanctimonious Displaying hypocritical (claim something they dont have) devoutness

Schism Split (within religious body) Secular Denoting attitudes, or other things which have no religious basis Sedition Resistance to authority Sedulous Showing great care, paying attention Shirk Avoid responsibility, work etc Shrewdness Cleverness Significant Expressing a meaning Skeptic Person who doubts the truths Slighted Insult by treating them with disrespect Snare A trap for catching birds and animals Solicitous- Worried, concerned, eager Sophistication Wordy wise, uplifting enlightenment Specious - Misleading Spurious False, counterfeit Squander Waste, spend foolishly Stigma Token of disgrace Stipulate State as a necessary condition Stolid Dull, showing little emotions when strong ones are needed Stratagem Clever trick Stymie Present an obstacle, stump Subjugate Conquer, bring under control Substantiated Support with evidence Subterfuge Clever trick Sullen Bad tempered, dark Supercilious - Arrogant

Supplant Replace Suppress Abolish forcefully Surfeit Feed or supply to excess Surrogate Substitute, person or thing in place of another Sympathetic Feeling or expressing sympathy Tacit Understood without actually being expressed Taciturn habitually silent, talking less Tactless Showing lack of tact Tendentious Intending to promote a particular point of view Threatened Warned or signed Token Outward sign Torpid Mentally or physically inactive Torpor Lazy, lethargy Tortuous Winding, full of curves Tractable Easily managed, changed or molded Transcendent Exceeding ordinary limits Transgression Violation of law, sin Ubiquitous Being everywhere Ulterior Intentionally hidden Unadorned Not decorated with something which improves beauty Unconscionable Not right or reasonable, unreasonably excessive Uncultivated Not used for growing crops Undercut Offer goods and services at lower prices Undermine - Weakens Underreport Fail to report

Underscore Underline, emphasize Undertaker Funeral director, the one who arranges burials Universal Characterizing or affecting all Unlikely Not liking to happen Unpretentiousness The quality of being natural without pretensions Unpropitious Not propitious (showing good chances of success) Vacillate Alternate different opinions or actions Varied Showing variation Venerable Accorded a great deal of respect esp. because of age, character Veracity Conformity to facts Verisimilitude The appearance of being true-real Vexation State of being annoyed, frustrated, and worried Viable Capable of working successfully, feasible Vivacious (esp. of women) attractively lively and animated Volatile Easily evaporated at normal temperatures Volition Desire Voluminous Occupying or containing much space Warranted Justified, authorized Wary Very cautious Welter Lie soaked (as in blood) victims weltered in blood Xenophobia Fear or hatred of foreigners Zeal Enthusiasm, spirit, energy Zenith Highest point, apogee

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