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abate
become less in amount or intensity
2. abdicate
give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors
3. aberration
a state or condition markedly different from the norm
4. abstain
refrain from doing, consuming, or partaking in something
5. adversity
a state of misfortune or affliction
6. aesthetic
characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste
7. amicable
characterized by friendship and good will
8. anachronistic
chronologically misplaced
9. arid
lacking sufficient water or rainfall
10. asylum
a shelter from danger or hardship
11. benevolent
showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding
12. bias
a partiality preventing objective consideration of an issue
13. boisterous
full of rough and exuberant animal spirits
14. brazen
unrestrained by convention or propriety
15. brusque
rudely abrupt or blunt in speech or manner
16. camaraderie
the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability
17. canny
showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
18. capacious
large in the amount that can be contained
19. capitulate
surrender under agreed conditions
20. clairvoyant
someone who can perceive things not present to the senses
21. collaborate
work together on a common enterprise or project
22. compassion
a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering
23. compromise
an accommodation in which both sides make concessions
24. condescending
characteristic of those who treat others with arrogance
25. conditional
imposing or depending on or containing an assumption
26. conformist
someone who follows established standards of conduct
27. conundrum
a difficult problem
28. convergence
the act of coming closer
29. deleterious
harmful to living things
30. demagogue
a leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions
31. digression
a message that departs from the main subject
32. diligent
quietly and steadily persevering in detail or exactness
33. discredit
the state of being held in low esteem
34. disdain
lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
35. divergent
tending to move apart in different directions
36. empathy
understanding and entering into another's feelings
37. emulate
strive to equal or match, especially by imitating
38. enervating
causing weakness or debilitation
39. ephemeral
anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day
40. evanescent
tending to vanish like vapor
41. exemplary
worthy of imitation
42. extenuating
partially excusing or justifying
43. florid
elaborately or excessively ornamented
44. forbearance
a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges
45. fortitude
strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity
46. fortuitous
lucky; occurring by happy chance
47. foster
providing nurture though not related by blood or legal ties
48. fraught
filled with or attended with
49. frugal
avoiding waste
50. hackneyed
repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
51. haughty
having or showing arrogant superiority
52. hedonist
someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures
53. hypothesis
a tentative insight that is not yet verified or tested
54. impetuous
characterized by undue haste and lack of thought
55. impute
attribute or credit to
56. inconsequential
lacking worth or importance
57. inevitable
incapable of being avoided or prevented
58. intrepid
invulnerable to fear or intimidation
59. intuitive
spontaneously derived from or prompted by a natural tendency
60. jubilation
a feeling of extreme joy
61. lobbyist
someone who is employed to persuade how legislators vote
62. longevity
the property of having lived for a considerable time
63. mundane
found in the ordinary course of events
64. nonchalant
marked by casual unconcern or indifference
65. opulent
rich and superior in quality
66. orator
a person who delivers a speech
67. ostentatious
intended to attract notice and impress others
68. parched
dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight
69. perfidious
tending to betray
70. pragmatic
concerned with practical matters
71. precocious
characterized by exceptionally early development
72. pretentious
creating an appearance of importance or distinction
73. procrastinate
postpone doing what one should be doing
74. prosaic
lacking wit or imagination
75. prosperity
the condition of having good fortune
76. provocative
serving or tending to excite or stimulate
77. prudent
marked by sound judgment
78. querulous
habitually complaining
79. rancorous
showing deep-seated resentment
80. reclusive
withdrawn from society; seeking solitude
81. reconciliation
the reestablishment of cordial relations
82. renovation
the act of improving by renewing and restoring
83. restrained
under control
84. reverence
a feeling of profound respect for someone or something
85. sagacity
the ability to understand and discriminate between relations
86. scrutinize
examine carefully for accuracy
87. spontaneous
said or done without having been planned in advance
88. spurious
plausible but false
89. submissive
inclined or willing to give in to orders or wishes of others
90. substantiate
establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
91. subtle
difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
92. superficial
of, affecting, or being on or near the surface
93. superfluous
more than is needed, desired, or required
94. surreptitious
marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
95. tactful
having a sense of what is considerate in dealing with others
96. tenacious
stubbornly unyielding
97. transient
lasting a very short time
98. venerable
profoundly honored
99. vindicate
show to be right by providing justification or proof
100. wary
marked by keen caution and watchful prudence