MANIFEST
visible; evident
CONVENTIONAL
common; customary; unexceptional
PARTISAN
one who supports a particular person, cause, or idea
CONTENTIOUS
argumentative; quarrelsome
LAMENT
to mourn
ALLUSION
an indirect reference to something else, especially something in literature; a hint
ARBITER
one who decides; a judge
INHERENT
part of essential nature of something; intrinsic
PARADOX
a true statement or phenomenon that nonetheless seems to contradict itself; an untrue statement or phenomenon that nonetheless seems logical
CYNIC
one who deeply distrusts human natural one who believes people are motivated  only by selfishness
EXPOSITION
expounding or explaining; explanatory treatise
CONSENSUS
unanimity or near unanimity
COMPREHENSIVE
covering or including everything
SAGACIOUS
wise; possessing wisdom derived from experience or learning
PRECIPITATE
to cause to happen abruptly
PERVADE
to cause to happen abruptly
PERVADE
to spread throughout
DISCOURSE
to converse; to formally discuss a subject
CONJURE
to summon to bring into being as if by magic
SANCTION
authorize or approve; ratify or confirm
GENIAL
cheerful and pleasant; friendly; helpful
INDULGENT
lenient; yielding to desire
INERT
inactive; sluggish; not reacting chemically
LEVEE
an embankment designed to prevent the flooding of a river
ERRATIC
unpredictable or wandering
LUMINOUS
giving off light; glowing; bright
ABSTINENT
abstaining; voluntarily not doing something
PLACID
pleasantly calm; peaceful
EXUBERANT
extremely joyful or vigorous; profuse in growth
IMPEDE
to hinder; to obstruct;  to slow something down
PERMEATE
to spread or seep through; to penetrate
AUDACITY
boldness; reckless daring; impertinence
INDIGNANT
angry, especially  as a result of something unjust or unworthy
IMPLICIT
implied rather than expressly stated
RENAISSANCE/RENAISSANCE
a rebirth or revival
SUPERFLUOUS
extra; unnecessary
LITIGATE
to try in court; to engage in legal proceedings
VEX
to annoy; to pester; to confuse
ANOMALY
an aberration; an irregularity; a deviation
BEREAVE
to deprive or leave desolate, especially through death
CONNOISSEUR
an expert, particularly in matters of art or taste
CORROBORATE
to confirm; to back up with evidence
FRENETIC
frantic; frenzied
POLEMIC
a powerful argument made in refutation of something
SYNTHESIS
the combining of parts to form a whole
FEASIBLE
able to be done
FORBEAR
to refrain from; to abstain
GENRE
an artistic class or category
VINDICATE
to clear from all blame or suspicion
CONCILIATORY
making peace; attempting to resolve a dispute through goodwill
SQUALID
filthy; repulsive; wretched; degraded
INEPT
clumsy; incompetent
MANDATORY
authoritatively ordered or commanded; necessary
DISSEMINATE
to scatter or spread widely
ECLECTIC
choosing the best from many sources drawn from many sources 
IDYLLIC
charming in a rustic way; naturally peaceful
PRISTINE
original; unspoiled; pure
PRODIGY
an extremely talented child; an extraordinary accomplishment or occurrence
FRUGAL
economical; penny-pinching
QUALIFY
to modify or restrict
DECOROUS
in good taste; orderly
INFER
to conclude; to deduce
OSTENTATIOUS
excessively conspicuous; showing off
PATHOLOGY
the science of disease; any deviation from a healthy, nor
PLUMB
to measure the depth of something
SPURIOUS
doubtful; bogus; false
SUBJUGATE
to subdue and dominate; to enslave
VISIONARY 
a dreamer; someone with impractical goals or ideas about the future
RECIPROCAL
mutual; shared; interchangeable
ANTIPATHY
firm dislike; dislike; hatred
DISSONANT
inharmonious; in disagreement
PALLIATE
to hide the seriousness of something with excuses or apologies
SUBSTANTIVE
having substance; real; essential; solid; substantial
SURREPTITIOUS
sneaky; secret
EQUIVOCAL
ambiguous; intentionally confusing; capable of being interpreted in more than one way
FLIPPANT
frivolously shallow and disrespectful
IMPERVIOUS
not allowing anything to pass through; impenetrable
JUDICIOUS
exercising sound judgment
LACONIC
using few words, especially to the point of being rude 
PIQUANT
pungent
SATIRIC
using sarcasm or irony
SULLEN
gloomy or dismal
TACIT
implied; not spoken
TRACTABLE 
easily managed or controlled; obedient
IMPROMPTU
without preparation; on the spur of the moment
PARALLEL
a comparison made between two things; unfruitful; infertile
DEBAUCHERY
corruption by sensuality; intemperance; wild living
DELETERIOUS
harmful
DISINTERESTED
unbiased
FECUND
fertile; productive
HERMETIC
impervious to external influence; airtight
SALUBRIOUS
promoting health
FOSTER
to promote the growth or development of
TRANSITORY
not staying for a long time; temporary
CACOPHONY
a harsh-sounding mixture of words, voices, or sounds
GOAD
to urge forcefully; to taunt someone into doing something
IMPLEMENT
to carry out
INGENUOUS
unwarily simple; candid; naive
MALLEABLE
easy to shape or bend
PUNGENT
forceful; sharp or biting to the taste or smell
SAVOR
to linger on the taste or smell of something
CORRELATE
to find or show the relationship of two things
FACETIOUS
humorous; not serious; clumsily humorous
KINSHIP
natural or family relationship
PETULANT
rude; cranky; ill tempered
RAMPART
a fortification; a bulwark or defense
TEMERITY
boldness; recklessness; audacity
TRUCULENT
savagely brutal; aggressively hostile
INCISIVE
cutting right to the heart of the matter
ABERRATION
something not typical; a deviation from the standard
ABSTEMIOUS
sparing or moderate, especially in eating and drinking
ALACRITY
cheerful readiness; liveliness or eagerness
ALLOCATE
to distribute; assign; allot
ARID
extremely dry; unimaginative; dull
BEGET
to cause or produce; to engender
CONUNDRUM
a puzzle; a riddle
DEBACLE
violent breakdown; sudden overthrow
DOGGEREL
comic, loose verse
EXORBITANCE
an exceedingly large amount
GARRULOUS
extremely chatty or talkative; wordy or diffuse
INTRANSIGENT
uncompromising; stubborn
MAVERICK
a nonconformist; a rebel
TURPITUDE
shameful wickedness or depravity
AXIOM
as self-evident rule or truth; a widely accepted saying
BENEFICENT 
doing good
CAPRICIOUS
unpredictable; likely to change to any moment
CIRCUMLOCUTION
an indirect expression; use of wordy or evasive language
IMPUGN
to attack, especially to attack the truth or integrity of something
INCURSION
a hostile invasion
INVECTIVE
insulting or abusive speech
PLACATE
to pacify; to appease; to soothe
TEMPERAMENT
one's disposition or character
ANTISEPTIC
free from germs; exceptionally clean
LAX
not strict or firm; careless or negligent; loose or slack
ACCOLADE
an award or honor; high praise
ASSIDUOUS
hardworking; busy; diligent
BROOK
to bear or tolerate; to put up with something
DESICCATE
to dry out
ERUDITE
scholarly; deeply learned
FLAG
to weaken; to slow down
IMPUDENT
bold; impertinent
BALEFUL
menacing; harmful
DIVERGENT
differing in opinion; deviation
EFFLUVIUM
a disagreeable or noxious vapor; an escaping gas
EVANESCENT
vanishing or fading; scarcely perceptible
EXIGENT
demanding prompt action; urgent
EXONERATE
to free completely from blame
FLAUNT
to show off; to display ostentatiously
IMPROVIDENT
lacking prudent foresight; careless
INELUCTABLE
inescapable; unavoidable
MELLIFLUOUS
sweetly flowing
OSCILLATE
to swing back and forth; to fluctuate
OSSIFY
to convert into bone; to become rigid
PROBITY
integrity; uprightness; honesty
PROSELYTIZE
to convert someone from  one religion or  doctrine to another; to  recruit converts to a religion or doctrine
PUNDIT
a learned person; an expert in as particular field
RECONDITE
hard to understand; over one's head
SPENDTHRIFT
extravagant or wasteful, especially with money
VACUOUS
lacking ideas or intelligence
CODA
a passage concluding a composition(in music)
PENCHANT
strong taste or liking
ABSTRUSE
hard to understand or grasp
COGNIZANT
perceptive; observant
GAINSAY
to deny; to speak or act against
GARNER
to gather and store
OBDURATE
stubborn; inflexible
PROPINQUITY
nearness
RIBALD
vulgar or indecent speech or language, as in a ribald joke
SINUOUS
having many curves
VERACITY
truthfulness
CHRONOLOGY
an order of events from earliest to latest
ECONOMICAL
frugal; thrifty
CONJOIN
to join or act together
PANEGYRIC
lofty praise
PEDAGOGUE
a strict, overly academic teacher
REPROBATE
a wicked, sinful, depraved person
UNTOWARD
unfavorable or unfortunate; improper
WELTER
a confused mass; a commotion or turmoil
INCHOATE
just beginning; not organized or orderly
PROBLEMATIC
doubtful or questionable
TIMBRE
the quality of a sound independent of pitch and loudness
DISAVOW
to deny
GERRYMANDER
to divide a state or county into election districts to gain political advantage
REPUGNANT
distasteful or offensive
TAUT
tightly drawn, as a  rope emotionally tense
CAJOLE
to deceptively persuade someone to do something he or she doesn't want to do
DISCOMFIT
to confuse, deject, frustrate, deceive
ACCRETE
to increase by growth or addition
CONTUMACIOUS
stubbornly rebellious or disobedient
FULSOME
disgusting or repulsive
HOMEOSTASIS
the tendency of an organic system to maintain internal stability
HONE
to sharpen
INSOLVENT
unable to pay one's bills
LIGNEOUS
woodlike
MOTILITY
spontaneous movement
MUNIFICENT
very generous; lavish
NEOPHYTE
a beginner
RIVET
to fix one's attention an
SATURNINE
a sluggish, gloomy temperament
VISCOUS
thick and stickv
DISTEND(DISTENSION)
to expand or extend greatly
VILIFY
to attack someone's reputation; to slander
DIN
loud noise
EBULLIENT
eager; enthusiastic
ENDEMIC
native; belonging to a specific region or people
DOFF
to take off, especially clothing
SOMATIC
of the body
CHARY
careful; cautious; wary
LOLL
to hang out lazily
GAUCHE
unsophisticated; inelegant
APPRISE
to inform
PALATABLE
tasty; easily accepted
QUIESCENT
to grow quiet; calm
VERDANT
greenery; fertile green fields
WAX
to grow stronger, larger, or more intense
DIATRIBE
a bitter verbal attack
AVERSION(AVERSE)
dislike
MOLLYCODDLE
to pamper; to spoil someone with kind treatment
PROFLIGATE(PROFLIGACY)
extravagantly wasteful; wildly immoral
WHIMSY
playfulness
ESCHEW
to avoid; to shun
RECANT
to take back what was said
NONPLUS
to baffle; to confuse
BELIE
to show or prove something as false
PERFUNCTORY
careless; unenthusiastic
FULMINATE
to denounce harshly
MACERATE
to soften by soaking
TOUT
to praise highly; to brag publicly about
PROFUSE
flowing; extravagant
SERRATED
with many edges, as a knife
FLUKE
a chance event; a coincidence
UBIQUITOUS
being everywhere at the same time
SUPPOSITION
an assumption
PUISSANT
powerful
RUE
to regret
PREDILECTION
a natural preference for something; an inclination; a strong liking for
TORTUOUS
twisting; winding
FLEDGLING
a beginner; a young bird
GLIB
easy and superficial in speech; insincere
TENDENTIOUS
argumentative
SCOTCH
to put an end to; to injure
FORESTALL
to pur off; to prevent
ESTRANGE
to alienate; to lose the affection of someone
PRECURSOR
someone or something that precedes another
PREEN
to adorn oneself carefully; to primp
PERORATE
to speak formally
PLUCK
spirit; courage
MOLT
to shed periodically an outer covering of skin or feathers
ALTRUISTIC
selfless; devoted to the welfare of others
ENCOMIUM
high praise
EMBELLISH
to beautify; to add to, especially details to a story; to exaggerate
DERIVATIVE
unoriginal; coming from or based on something else
ARMADA
a fleet of warships
ENDOW
to five, especially a large gift
TACITURN
not talkative by nature; silent
OVERWROUGHT
overly nervous; overly detailed or complicated
RECONCILE
to settle a dispute; to make up
UPRIGHT
honest; moral; virtuous
DISCOUNT
to deduct; to disregard
EXHORT(HORTATORY)
to urge strongly
PARQUET(PARQUETRY)
a type of floor using a pattern of inlaid wooden pieces
PECCADILLO
a minor offense
EPITAPH
writing on a tombstone
ASPERSION(ASPERITY)
an insult; slander; defamation
IMPLACABLE
angry; really pissed off; unable to be pleased
EXTIRPATE
to rip out; to uproot; to destroy
PROPENSITY
natural inclination or tendency; predilection
PAN
to criticize harshly
SIMPER
to smile foolishly
PRELUDE
the preliminary part, especially of a musical piece; an introduction
INTERREGNUM
the period between two successive governments
DON
to put on, especially clothing
STEADFAST
loyal; faithful
ICONOCLAST
one who attacks popular beliefs or institutions; a maverick
LOPE
to run at a steady, easy pace
BALLAST
heavy material used to balance a ship
CONVICTION
determination; resolve
DROLL(DROLLERY)
humorous; funny
UNLETTERED
ignorant; unschooled; unsophisticated
AFFIRM
to declare something to be true
RESILIENT
able to recover quickly; able to be stretched and returned to normal
DELUGE
a flood
COMPLAISANT
eager to please
MALAPROPISM
the humorous misuse of a word
AGOG
eager; excited
PUCKER
to gather into wrinkles
ALCOVE
a room extension
BURGEON
to expand; to flourish
AVER
to assert; to state as true
CORNUCOPIA
an abundance of food
STICKLER
someone who stubbornly insists on something
STRIATED
with thin lines or grooves
MACE
a medieval war club
APPARITION
a ghost
COMMENSURATE
of equal size; of the proper amount
LASSITUDE
exhaustion; weakness
ADULTERATE
to contaminate; to make impure
TRINKET
a small piece of jewelry; something of little value
FORFEIT
to give up something, especially as a  penalty
TRANSITIONAL
temporary during a time of change
GIRDER
a steel beam used in the frame of a building
VERTIGO
extreme dizziness
LEVERAGE
positional advantage; being able to exploit something to one's advantage
SONATA
a musical composition
LUMEN
a measure of light intensity
DRAWL
to speak with drawn-out vowels; to speak slowly
FILIBUSTER
delaying tactics, especially in the political process
SUPPLANT
to take the place of, especially by being better than; to replace
ENGAGING
charming, interesting
FEIGN(FEINT)
to pretend; to deceive
LATITUDE
freedom
LEAVEN
to raise dough
ELLIPSIS
the omission of words from a sentence
ARABLE
able to be farmed
OUTGROWTH
a result; a part growing out of something else; a consequence
METAPHYSICS
the study of what exists; the study of ultimate reality
RIND
a tough outer covering, especially of a fruit
SUBDUE
to conquer; to bring under control; to lessen the intensity of something
SKIFF
a small boat
AGENDA
program; things to be done
PROMPTING
inspiration; strong encouragement; incitement
RIFT
a narrow crack; a split; a break in friendship
ABEYANCE
a temporary suspension
PERQUISITE
a "perk"; something extra on top of a regular salary; a claimed right
ADMONISH
to scold gently; to warn
RETIRING
shy; modest
PUTREFY(putrefaciton)
to rot
GROVEL
to beg persistently
SELF-DEPRECATING
modest; humble; reserved; retiring
RECLAIM(RECLAMATION)
to take back what was once your own
BABBLE
to talk foolishly; to chatter
CASTIGATE
to criticize severely
BALLAD 
a folk song or poem
PERPLEX
to confuse
IRATE
extremely angry
RESOUND
to ring; to sound loudly
DECIMATE
to slaughter;  to destroy utterly
SUCCESSIVE
following immediately one after another
COMMODITY
a thing; something bought or sold
COERCE(COERCION)
to force someone to do something
AWE
the emotion of respect mixed3d with fear
RETARD
to slow down; to hold back
RECEPTIVE
open; willing to accept
MURMUR
a low, unclear sound
DELIRIOUS(DELIRIUM)
incoherent; seriously mentally confused
INDOMITABLE
invincible; unconquerable
RESIDE
to live in a place
SNEER
to express contempt for
GAFFE
an embarrassing social error
ANOMALOUS(ANOMALY)
irregular; deviating from a rule; unusual; unexpected
BURLESQUE
a silly imitation; racy entertainment
CULTIVATE
to help growl; to develop; to farm
MEDIOCRE(MEDIOCRITY)
unimpressive; of medium to poor quality
WAVER
to swing back and forth; to be unsure
NUMISMATIST
a coin collector or specialist
NOSTRUM
a quack remedy
HIEROGLYPHICS
illegible or incomprehensible symbols; illegible writing
AMALGAM
a blend of different thins
DEVOID
empty
HETERODOXY
conventional wisdom
CONSIGN
to give someone something for safekeeping
EPISTEMOLOGY
the study of what can be known
DOSSIER
a file of documents or records
MARGINAL
on the edge; insignificant; secondary
PALPITATE
to beat strongly, as a heart
NEST
to fit snugly together; to make a home
LAVISH
extravagant; freely given in abundance
INTIMATE
to hint
ABSCOND
to leave quickly and secretly
ROUTINE
habitual; regular; ordinary; expected
DICHOTOMY
a division
PURIST
someone who observes traditions or conventions strictly
CONSCRIPT
to draft
FUSILLADE
a rapid outburst, as of gunfire
INBORN
present at birth, as opposed to something acquired
GRILL
to question aggressively
BURNISH
to polish
BUTTRESS
support for a wall; support
ADUMBRATE
to sketch; to outline; to give a hint of things to come
CONGRUENT
of the same shape
ATONE
to make amends for
AGGRIEVE
to offend; to treat unjustly
CAPTIOUS
critical; fault-finding
COMMISERATE
to sympathize with
BASK
to enjoy warmth and sunshine; to enjoy praise
BEREAVE(BEREFT)
to be left alone, especially through the death of another
COAGULATE
to solidify
CLAMOR
to cry out loud; public noise or protest
BILK
to cheat
CONVERGE
to come together
ARCHETYPE
an original mold, model, or pattern
ANGULAR
with sharp edges
ANNOTATION
a note explaining or criticizing a literary work
ELICIT
to draw out
OGLE
to stare at, especially in a disrespectful or suggestive way
HOARD
to accumulate; to save constantly
LITIGANT
person involved in a lawsuit
FOPPISH
overly dressed
HISTRIONIC
overly dramatic; theatrical
ELUCIDATE
to explain; to make understandable
OPERETTA
a light, operalike theater work
OFFICIOUS
overly helpful; meddlesome; interfering
EFFICACIOUS(EFFICACY)
effective
MARTIAL
warlike; pertaining to war; intending to fight
MIMIC
to imitate
ESPY
to glimpse; to descry
INSULAR
of limited outlook or experience; isolated; insulated
PENURY(PENURIOUS)
extreme poverty
GOUGE
to scoop or cut out
DESCRY
to perceive something, especially something hard to see; to discern
MISANTHROPE
someone who hates mankind
INIQUITOUS(INIQUITY)
evil; unjust
EMEND
to change
ENSIGN
a flag; a naval officer
PERENNIAL
continual; happening again and again, year after year
DILETTANTE
a dabbler; an amateur
EXTRAPOLATE
to infer; to draw a conclusion based on past evidence; to project a trend
OBVIATE
to make unnecessary
DEBILITATE
to weaken
IMMUTABLE
unchanging; everlasting
COY
shyly flirtatious; calculation
DEMOTE
to lower in rank
INTRACTABLE
not tractable; stubborn; unyielding; uncompromising
GLOAT
to brag greatly
EXEMPLAR
an excellent model
HOMEOPATHY
a system of natural healing
