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1. squalid "The man was squalid" start learning		sordid, dirty, marked by filthiness
2. proliferating start learning		multiplying, rapidly increasing in numbers.
3. sanctuary start learning		a refuge, a place for worship.
4. elude start learning		evade, cleverly avoid.
5. ultimate start learning		final, farthest, most remote in space or time.
6. inscrutable start learning		obscure, not capable of being understood.
7. spiel start learning		an extravagant talk, an oration.
8. servitude start learning		slavery, punishment for a crime, subjection.
9. spellbind start learning		fascinate, enchant, to hold one’s attention as by a spell.
10. proletariat start learning		common people, working class.
11. delusion start learning		a deception, a false idea or opinion.
12. purge start learning		to cleanse, to purify, to free from impurities.
13. secular start learning		worldly, not sacred or religious.
14. viable start learning		practical, able to live or to be implemented.
15. anathema start learning		a curse, a vigorous denunciation.
16. jeopardy start learning		danger, peril, vulnerability.
17. reflective start learning		thoughtful, pensive, contemplative.
18. benign start learning		gentle, showing kindness of disposition.
19. pugnacious start learning		belligerent, combative, obnoxious.
20. dissipate start learning		scatter, vanish, to waste, as in money.
21. acquiesce start learning		assent, to accept passively or reluctantly.
22. denigrate start learning		defame, belittle, criticize unkindly.
23. munificent start learning		lavishly generous, liberal in giving.
24. capitulation start learning		surrender, giving up resistance.
25. palatable start learning		edible, pleasant tasting, to one’s taste.
26. vehement start learning		forcibly expressed, impassioned, fervid.
27. fruition start learning		accomplishment, realization.
28. eradicate start learning		exterminate, do away with completely.
29. despotic start learning		tyrannical: dictatorial.
30. extricate start learning		to free, remove from entanglement.
31. paranoia start learning		irrational distrust, feeling of persecution.
32. malevolence start learning		malice, hatred toward others, intention to harm.
33. tenuous start learning		insubstantial, flimsy, weak.
34. ambivalence start learning		uncertainty in attitude, fluctuation.
35. desiccate start learning		dry up, dehydrate, to drain vitality.
36. replete start learning		complete, full, abundantly filled.
37. recalcitrant start learning		resistant, defiant of authority.
38. cogent start learning		convincing, valid, forcibly appealing to the mind.
39. affluence start learning		profusion, overflowing of wealth, etc., an abundance.
40. astute start learning		clever, shrewd, intellectually observant.
41. fatuous start learning		foolish, silly, simple-minded, not intellectual.
42. vindictive start learning		revengeful, spiteful, wanting to hurt or harm.
43. meticulous start learning		giving great attention to details, mindful of details.
44. catharsis start learning		purification, purgation, cleansing of emotions.
45. insatiable start learning		quenchless, incapable of being satisfied.
46. dubious start learning		doubtful, uncertain in belief or knowledge.
47. tepid start learning		lukewarm, lacking definite warmth, moderate warmth.
48. perpetual start learning		everlasting, continuing forever.
49. skepticism start learning		doubt, uncertainty in belief or knowledge.
50. vestige start learning		remnant, that which is left.
51. clandestine start learning		secretive, held or conducted secretly.
52. expatriate start learning		banished person, one driven into exile.
53. converge start learning		meet, to move toward one another.
54. implicit start learning		understood without explanation, tacitly understood, implied
55. manifest start learning		obvious, readily perceived by the senses.
56. lexicon start learning		dictionary, book containing words and definitions.
57. felicity start learning		great happiness, state of being happy.
58. accentuate start learning		emphasize, to accent something.
59. ephemeral start learning		fleeting, transient, lasting only a short time.
60. eccentric start learning		odd, strange, deviating from the pattern.
61. symbiosis start learning		mutuality, beneficial union or association.
62. debacle start learning		great disaster, fiasco, a tumultuous breakup.
63. delusive start learning		deceptive, likely to deceive or trick.
64. exigencies start learning		urgent needs, emergencies.
65. pernicious start learning		wicked, deadly, highly injurious or destructive.
66. ostracism start learning		exclusion, banishment, social exclusion.
67. ameliorate start learning		improve, to make better or more tolerable.
68. tutelage start learning		instruction, a guiding influence.
69. morose start learning		expressive of gloom, sullen, unsociable.
70. ancillary start learning		subsidiary, auxiliary, subordinate.
71. plethora start learning		excess, superfluity, an overabundance.
72. vivifying start learning		enlivening, quickening, renewing of life.
73. aesthetic start learning		artistic, relating to or dealing with beauty, appealing to the eye.
74. disparate start learning		different, markedly distinct in some way.
75. pedagogues start learning		pompous teachers, schoolmasters.
76. salutary start learning		curative, promoting good health.
77. relegated start learning		assigned, classified, banished.
78. nuance start learning		subtle distinction or difference, subtle variation.
79. precarious start learning		dangerous, unsafe, hazardous.
80. metamorphosis start learning		change in form, alteration of appearance.
81. congruent start learning		equal, harmonious, agreeable, in tangent.
82. essences start learning		prime characteristics, basic qualities.
83. syntax start learning		word order, arrangement of parts of sentences.
84. unimpeachable start learning		irreproachable, not liable to accusation, above reproach.
85. generic start learning		general, common, characteristic of a whole group.
86. tandem start learning		twosome, an arrangement by two.
87. rapport start learning		harmony, relation marked by accord.
88. effete start learning		decadent, effeminate, marked by weakness.
89. austerity start learning		extreme economy, an ascetic practice.
90. presumptuous start learning		audacious, tending to be overly bold.
91. voracious start learning		gluttonous, extremely greedy, insatiable.
92. invidious start learning		hostile, offensive, rousing ill will.
93. impermeable start learning		impervious, not permitting passage.
94. aphorism start learning		proverb, a terse formulation of a truth.
95. malaise start learning		a sick feeling, a sense of mental or moral ill being.
96. histrionic start learning		dramatic, theatrical, relating to the theater.
97. gingerly start learning		cautiously, carefully, proceeding with caution.
98. decadence start learning		deterioration, a period of decline.
99. drone start learning		parasite, one who lives from the effects/good will of others.
100. calibrate start learning		to determine, to measure, to standardize.

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