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1 conventional (100) based on accepted practice; traditional; customary;

normal; ordinary; orthodox (convention,unconventional)

2 undermine (99) to hurt, weaken, or destroy, often in an

underhanded or sneaky way

3 dismissive (90) rejecting another’s thoughts or ideas, usually as not

worthy of consideration; condescending (dismiss)

4 aesthetic (86) relating to what is beautiful; beautiful; pleasing

(aesthetics, aesthete, unaesthetic)

5 objective (77) based on facts rather than personal feelings;

unbiased; not personal; not subjective; true(objectivity)

6 reconcile (75) to adjust the differences between things; to reach

an agreement, especially after an argument; tomake up; to overcome discord; to try to be inclusive(reconciliation, conciliatory, irreconcilable)

7 speculative (74) taking a chance; risky; uncertain; cannot be

confirmed (speculate, speculation)

8 accessible (71) being able to enter or approach a place;

approachable; friendly; genial; gregarious (access,inaccessible)

9 decorum (68) proper; correct behavior or etiquette; good

manners; refinement (decorous, indecorous)

10 impulsive (67) tending to act on impulse and without thought;

rash; impetuous; unrestrained; capricious(impulses)

11 deride (67) to ridicule something; to laugh at something as

ridiculous; to mock; to satirize (derision, derisory,risible)

12 suppress (67) to stop something from rising or coming out by

holding it down; to repress (suppression)

13 complacent (66) overly pleased with an accomplishment;

overconfident; self-satisfied; so unwary as to be

14 reverent (66) deeply honoring or respectful—and so not joking

around; venerating (revere, reverence, reverential,irreverent)

15 disparage (65) to insult or put down; to offend

16 relevant (65) relating to the subject at hand; important or

significant; pertinent (relevance, irrelevant)

17 prudent (62) careful; cautious, especially about money; having

good judgment; circumspect; wary (prudence,imprudent)

18 refute (62) to prove wrong or false (refutation, irrefutable)

19 inevitable (61) certain to happen; unavoidable (inevitability)

20 innocuous (60) harmless; not dangerous at all; not likely to provoke

a strong reaction; inconsequential

21 convey (60) to make something known; to reveal; to

communicate; to depict

22 profound (59) wise; deep; beneath the surface (profundity)

23 ironic (59) a statement or situation that conveys a second

meaning at odds with the apparent meaning;

humorous (irony)

24 ambivalent (58) undecided; feeling positively and negatively towards

something (ambivalence)

25 pragmatic (58) getting things done in an effective way; practical;

emphasizing the practical; expedient (pragmatism,pragmatist)

26 innovative (58) new; revolutionary (innovation)

27 rational (57) based on reason rather than emotions; logical;

sensible (irrational, rationale, rationalize)

28 abstract (57) based on general ideas; not solid or concrete; vague;

hypothetical (abstraction)

29 distinct (57) clearly separate from others; not identical;

different; clear; conspicuous; lucid (distinction,distinctive, indistinct)

30 felicitous (56) well-chosen; especially appropriate; pleasing

(felicity, infelicity)

31 resolute (56) determined to succeed; not easily discouraged;

persistent; tenacious (resolution, irresolute,resolve, unresolved)

32 diverse (55) varying; something composed of distinct or unlike

elements or qualities (diversity, diversify)

33 trivial (53) unimportant; insignificant; negligible;

inconsequential (trivialize, triviality)

34 discern (53) to notice; to see clearly; to distinguish; to

discriminate (discerning, discernment,indiscernible)

35 enhance (53) to strengthen; to improve (enhancement)

36 redundant (52) extra, so not needed; extraneous (redundancy)

37 tempered (52) mild; not severe or extreme; controlled; moderate;

restrained (temperate, temperance, intemperate)

38 dubious (52) doubtful, and probably untrue; implausible

39 depict (51) to represent in words or pictures; to describe a

scene or situation; to show; to convey (depiction)

40 compelling (51) to arouse a feeling irresistibly; forceful; incisive;

provocative; engaging (compel, compulsion,compulsory)

41 indifferent (51) not caring about something—such as an outcome—

one way or the other; apathetic (indifference)

42 embellish (50) to decorate; to make beautiful or aesthetic; to make

additions to, especially as in adding fictitiousdetails to a story (embellishment)

43 supplant (50) to replace as better

44 fabricate (49) to make or devise something; to make up an

elaborate story, as in to lie (fabrication, fabricator)

45 plausible (49) believable; probably; likely (implausible)

46 parallel (49) something equivalent; a comparison; an analogy

(unparalleled)

47 eradicate (49) to wipe out; to eliminate; to destroy (ineradicable)

48 dominant (49) having great or complete power or influence over

someone or something; primary (dominate,domination, predominant)

49 deleterious (49) harmful

50 discord (48) disagreement; disharmony, especially among

people; tension or unease between people, andoften the resulting confusion (discordant, concord,accord)

51 futile (48) completely useless or ineffective; so hopeless that

effort to change a situation is wasted (futility)

52 indulgent (47) giving in to another’s wishes; permissive; lenient;

tolerant; condoning (indulge, overindulge, indulgent)

self-53 indignant (47) annoyed or insulted, especially about one’s dignity;

angered (indignity)

54 eclectic (47) selecting the best from different sources; selective;

varied

55 vindicate (47) to prove someone right in the end; to free him or

her from blame; to exonerate (vindication)

56 exemplary (46) showing by being great example; outstanding

(exemplar, exemplify)

57 inhibit (46) to block; to hold back; to impede or suppress

(inhibition)

58 discredit (46) to harm someone’s reputation; to show something

should not be trusted or believed (credit)

59 contemporary (46) occurring at the present time; occurring at the

same time in history; modern (contemporaries,contemporaneous)

60 provoke (45) to arouse strong feelings in someone; to anger

(provocative, provocation)

61 solicitous (45) eager to help; asking if one can help; sympathetic

(solicit, solicitude)

62 daunting (45) discouraging; intimidating; scary (undaunted)

63 skepticism (44) doubt (skeptical, skeptic)

64 coherent (44) sticking together in a unified whole; orderly;

logically understandable; lucid (incoherent)

65 autonomy (44) independence; self-government (autonomous)

66 comprehensive (44) all-inclusive; thorough; complete; encompassing a

great deal

67 ambiguous (44) unclear; capable of being interpreted in more than

one way; uncertain; doubtful; dubious; notdefinitive (ambiguity, unambiguous)

68 pretentious (43) believing oneself to better than others; boastful;

affected; not modest or reserved (pretense,pretension)

69 rhetoric (43) impressive sounding, though sometimes empty,

words; a formal speech (rhetorical)

70 ephemeral (43) short-lived; present so fleetingly as barely to exist;

transient; evanescent

71 spurious (43) not genuine; fake; false; inauthentic

72 valid (43) well-grounded; sound; logical; effective; legal;

legitimate (validity, invalid)

73 contempt (43) looking down on others or feeling superior to them;

to feel that someone or something deserves greatdisrespect; condescension (contemptuous)

74 restrained (43) calm and collected; controlled; not impulsive;

reserved (self-restraint)

75 mundane (43) relating to everyday life; uninspired; banal; prosaic

76 impetuous (43) rash; impulsive; capricious; not retrained

(impetuosity)

77 repudiate (42) to reject a person or an idea completely; to have

nothing to do with any longer (repudiation)

78 definitive (42) settling a disputed matter finally; no longer

tentative; conclusive; authoritative; decisive(defining, indefinite)

79 debunk (42) to prove wrong or false; to invalidate

80 divergent (41) to separate; to split away from; to move apart; to

travel in different directions (diverge, converge)

81 digress (41) to wander away from a topic; to change the subject

of a discussion momentarily (digression,digressive)

82 sustain (41) to hold up; to support; to keep something going

85 subtle (40) so slight as to be hard to notice; hard to

distinguish or discern (subtlety)

86 transient (40) passing through a place quickly; not lasting;

short-lived; transitory; ephemeral; evanescent(transience)

87 serene (40) not disturbed; peaceful; quiet; tranquil (serenity)

88 inconsequential (40) not worth noticing; unimportant; so insignificant

as to have no consequences; negligible; trivial; trite(consequence)

89 scrutinize (40) to examine something closely and completely,

especially with an aim to finding faults (scrutiny,inscrutable)

90 assert (40) to state a belief positively; to claim, often without

proof (assertion, assertive)

91 foster (40) to promote; to encourage; to contribute to

something’s growth

92 perplex (40) to confuse; to mystify (perplexing, perplexity)

93 narrative (40) an account, story, or history about something

(narrate, narrator, narration)

94 prosaic (39) ordinary; matter-of-fact; lacking imagination;

uninspired; hackneyed; mundane; banal (prose)

95 substantiate (39) to offer supporting evidence; to help prove; to

corroborate (unsubstantiated, substantive,substantial; insubstantial)

96 optimistic (39) hopeful; looking on the bright side; expecting the

best; sanguine (optimism, optimist)

97 tranquil (39) calm; peaceful; quiet; relaxing; serene (tranquility)

98 denounce (39) to put someone down, often publicly; to blame

someone; to accuse (denunciation)

99 condescend (38) to talk down to; to act superior to; to dismiss; to

treat with contempt (condescending,condescension)

100 partisan (38) supporting one side in a dispute, especially over

political matters; biased; not detached or objective(bipartisan, nonpartisan)

101 prosperity (38) success, especially financial (prosper, prosperous)

102 lucid (38) clear; easily understood; transparent; coherent

(elucidate, pellucid)

103 advocate (38) someone who supports a cause; a supporter; a

champion; a proponent (advocacy)

104 distinguish (38) to notice; to pick something out, as a person in a

crowd; to see something as different; todiscriminate; to discern (distinguished,indistinguishable)

105 superficial (37) only on the surface; shallow; unimportant

106 illusory (37) seemingly real but not; deceptive; false; inauthentic

(disillusion, illusive)

107 apprehensive (36) having great doubts; nervous; fearful; diffident

(apprehension, apprehend)

108 nostalgia (36) fondness for and missing the past, especially one’s

own; missing the good old days (nostalgic)

109 benevolent (36) kind; generous; tending to help others; solicitous

(benevolence)

110 sympathy (36) sharing feelings; showing concern for another;

harmonious; solicitude (sympathetic, sympathies,unsympathetic)

111 corrupt (36) to ruin something, especially a person’s morals; to

make impure; to decay (corruption, incorruptible)

112 polemical (35) arguing a position, especially a radical one

(polemics, polemicist)

113 belie (35) to contradict; to fail to confirm (belied, belying)

114 mock (35) to ridicule; to make fun of, often as something fake;

to satirize (mockery)

115 compromised (35) to make insecure or to place in danger; to come to

an agreement by settling differences; agreeing tosomething partially (uncompromising)

116 disdain (34) considering someone or something beneath oneself;

to have contempt for; to despise; condescension

117 presumption (34) a bold assumption; being overly bold with someone

to the point of disrespect (presume, presuming,presumptuous)

118 caustic (34) burning; sarcastic

119 deferential (34) respectful; reverent; venerating (defer, deferred,

deferral)

120 subjective (34) open to interpretation; reflecting someone’s

perspective; biased; not objective

121 capricious (34) unpredictable; whimsical; to act with complete

spontaneity; impulsive; impetuous; acting withoutrestraint (caprice)

122 animated (34) lively; vigorous (animation)

123 endorse (34) to support; to approve; to champion; to authorize;

to advocate; to commend (endorsement)

124 auspicious (34) promising; favorable (inauspicious)

125 exacerbate (33) to make a bad situation worse; to worsen

126 obscure (33) not easily noticed; dark or shadowy; unclear; vague

(obscurity)

127 dogmatic (33) stubbornly opinionated; arrogantly inflexible;

close-minded; intractable (dogma, dogmatism)

128 extravagant (33) fancy; luxurious; immoderate (extravagance)

129 venerate (33) to honor above others; to revere (venerable)

130 gregarious (33) friendly; outgoing; genial

131 attain (33) to achieve, especially a goal; to get

132 elude (33) to avoid being found or caught, usually by being

clever (elusive)

133 tenacious (33) persistent, especially in the face of continuing

challenges; stubborn; resolute; rarely if everresigned (tenacity, pertinacious)

134 mediate (33) to try to help two arguing sides reach an

agreement; to reconcile to parties (mediator,mediation)

135 meticulous (32) careful; thorough; painstaking; scrupulous;

exacting

136 negligible (32) extremely small; so unimportant that it can be

ignored; inconsequential; trivial

137 equanimity (32) calm; composure, especially under difficult

circumstances

138 mitigate (32) to lessen the severity or force of something,

especially of something bad or harmful; tomoderate; to alleviate (mitigating, unmitigated)

139 transitory (32) of short duration; brief; ephemeral; transient;

mutable

140 immutable (32) unchanging; not able to change; everlasting

(mutable)

141 evoke (32) to inspire; to arouse; to bring forth (evocative)

142 cursory (32) hurried and superficial; quick; perfunctory; not

meticulous

143 rancor (32) extremely bad feelings about something; bitterness

(rancorous)

144 authentic (32) genuine; true; real; valid (authenticity, inauthentic)

145 reserved (32) generally quiet and reserved in behavior; modest

(reservation, unreserved)

146 intuitive (31) knowing by instinct as opposed to rational thought;

what you would expect without having to give muchthought to the matter (intuit, intuition,

counterintuitive)

147 satirize (31) to imitate so as to make fun of; to mock, especially

in writing (satire, satiric)

148 devoid (31) lacking; free from; empty (void)

149 concise (31) expressing a lot using few words; short and clear;

to the point; terse (concision, conciseness)

150 erroneous (31) wrong; mistaken; incorrect (err)

151 collaborate (31) to work together with someone as equals on a

project, as with a colleague (collaboration,collaborator)

152 thwart (31) to block or impede, often for a long time or

permanently

153 spontaneous (30) happening without being planned; making

decisions suddenly and without thought;

happening naturally, or without human effort;

156 explicate (30) to explain or analyze logically; to clear up any

misunderstanding; to make explicit; to elucidate(explication, inexplicable)

157 exasperate (30) to annoy someone to the point of frustration

(exasperation)

158 momentous (30) extremely important; major; unprecedented

159 pertinent (30) important; relevant (impertinent)

160 conspicuous (29) obvious; easily seen; in plain sight; extremely

noticeable; easily distinguished or discerned;

prominent (inconspicuous)

161 amiable (29) friendly; nice; genial; gregarious; amicable

(amiable)