to use ambiguous or unclear expressions, usually to avoid commitment or in order to mislead | equivocate![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
1. unnecessary; 2. being more than is sufficient or required
| superfluous![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
two-sided | bilateral![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
one-side | unilateral![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
cautious | circumspect![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
1. having the same measure; 2. corresponding in amount, magnitude, or degree | commensurate![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
evil intent | malevolence![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
beginner | neophyte![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
people-hater | misanthropist |
warlike | bellicose![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
Attribution of human motivation, characteristics, or behavior to inanimate objects, animals, or natural phenomena | anthropomorphic![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
easily notices and makes much of trivial faults or defects; faultfinding; difficult to please. | captious![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
new word | neologism![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
a curse | malediction![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
Skeptical; disbelieving | incredulous![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
all-knowing | omniscient![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
obsession with one thing | monomania![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
1. false; 2. Having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually fallacious | specious![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
To express strong disapproval of; to denounce | excoriate![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
the original or model on which something is based or formed | prototype![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
fear of foreigners | xenophobia![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
blessing; an expression of good wishes | benediction![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
lacking definite form; having no specific shape; formless, shapeless | amorphous![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
superiority in weight, power, numbers, etc.; bulk | preponderance![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
great-minded; courageously noble in mind and heart | magnanimous![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease | mollify![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
fish scientist | ichthyologist![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
able to speak or write several languages; multilingual | polyglot![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
almost completely transparent or translucent | diaphanous![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
an easy profitable job | sinecure![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
speech to oneself | soliloquy![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
supporter | adherent![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
renounce; to give up | abjure![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
burning | caustic![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
flowing together | confluence![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
to remove from office or position | depose![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
self-obsession | egomania![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
outrageously bad or reprehensible; blatant, flagrant | egregious![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
painkiller | analgesic![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
palm reading | chiromancy![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
government by a few | oligarchy![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
not easily controlled; stubborn | intractable![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
not compromising | intransigent![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
treacherous; deceitful | perfidious![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
clearly expressed or presented; easy to understand | perspicuous![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
innocent and naive | ingenuous![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
a roundabout expression | circumlocution![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
sociable | gregarious![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
rambling | discursive![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
bringing sleep | somniferous![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
sef-centered | egocentric![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
touchable | tangible![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
person who gains power and popularity by arousing the emotions, passions, and prejudices of the people | demagogue![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
prevent | preclude![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
code breaker | cryptologist![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
racial or cultural prejudice | ethnocentrism![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
teacher | pedagogue![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
to withdraw or disavow a statement | recant![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
cancel | revoke![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
combative | pugnacious![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
sharp; cutting | incisive![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
abusive criticism | diatribe![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
abnormality | anomaly![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
to list; count | enumerate![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
limited | circumscribed![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
mediate | intercede![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
argumentative | disputatious![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
talkative | loquacious![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
to abolish, do away with, or annul | abrogate![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
foreknowledge | prescience![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
sacred | sacrosanct![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
masculine and feminine | androgynous![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
word from initial letters | acronym![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
at birth | congenital![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
bad sound; harsh or discordant sound | cacophony![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
to speak or write in favor of | advocate![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
weighty | ponderous![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
revenge | retribution![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
robot | android![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
unbeliever | infidel![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
rising again | resurgence![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
precise in conduct | punctilious![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
lower oneself | condescend![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
side by side | collateral![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
unalterable; unable to be repealed or annulled | irrevocable![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
explain | elucidate![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
witty comment | epigram![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
oddness | eccentricity![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
aware | cognizant![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
strict; binding | stringent![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
manlike | anthropoid![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
shy | diffident![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
tumult or chaos | pandemonium![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
sophisticated; suave | urbane![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
docile; easily managed or controlled | tractable![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
replace | supersede![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
delay | temporize![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
sleepwalker | somnambulist![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
bloody | sanguinary![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
lifeless | inanimate![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
inward looking | introspective![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
come between | intervene![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
group of symptoms | syndrome![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
lower | subordinate![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
harsh in sound; inharmonious | dissonant![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
warlike | belligerent![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
believable | credible![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
about to happen | impending![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
multi-melodic | polyphonic![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
free from blame | exculpate![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
pleasant name | euphemism![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
helper | benefactor![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
delusions of greatness | megalomania![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
powerful person | magnate![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
lively | vivacious![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
sun-following | heliotropic![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
self-esteem; self-love | amour-propre![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
an eighty-year-old | octogenarian![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
persons who have superior knowledge | cognoscenti![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
excess | surfeit![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
monkeys, apes, humans | primate![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
crystal clear | pellucid![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
get around | circumvent![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
paralysis on one side | hemiplegia![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
attack of sleep | narcolepsy![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |