equivocate![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | to use ambiguous or unclear expressions, usually to avoid commitment or in order to mislead |
superfluous![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | 1. unnecessary; 2. being more than is sufficient or required
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bilateral![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | two-sided |
unilateral![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | one-side |
circumspect![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | cautious |
commensurate![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | 1. having the same measure; 2. corresponding in amount, magnitude, or degree |
malevolence![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | evil intent |
neophyte![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | beginner |
misanthropist | people-hater |
bellicose![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | warlike |
anthropomorphic![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | Attribution of human motivation, characteristics, or behavior to inanimate objects, animals, or natural phenomena |
captious![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | easily notices and makes much of trivial faults or defects; faultfinding; difficult to please. |
neologism![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | new word |
malediction![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | a curse |
incredulous![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | Skeptical; disbelieving |
omniscient![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | all-knowing |
monomania![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | obsession with one thing |
specious![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | 1. false; 2. Having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually fallacious |
excoriate![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | To express strong disapproval of; to denounce |
prototype![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | the original or model on which something is based or formed |
xenophobia![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | fear of foreigners |
benediction![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | blessing; an expression of good wishes |
amorphous![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | lacking definite form; having no specific shape; formless, shapeless |
preponderance![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | superiority in weight, power, numbers, etc.; bulk |
magnanimous![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | great-minded; courageously noble in mind and heart |
mollify![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease |
ichthyologist![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | fish scientist |
polyglot![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | able to speak or write several languages; multilingual |
diaphanous![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | almost completely transparent or translucent |
sinecure![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | an easy profitable job |
soliloquy![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | speech to oneself |
adherent![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | supporter |
abjure![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | renounce; to give up |
caustic![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | burning |
confluence![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | flowing together |
depose![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | to remove from office or position |
egomania![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | self-obsession |
egregious![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | outrageously bad or reprehensible; blatant, flagrant |
analgesic![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | painkiller |
chiromancy![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | palm reading |
oligarchy![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | government by a few |
intractable![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | not easily controlled; stubborn |
intransigent![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | not compromising |
perfidious![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | treacherous; deceitful |
perspicuous![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | clearly expressed or presented; easy to understand |
ingenuous![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | innocent and naive |
circumlocution![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | a roundabout expression |
gregarious![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | sociable |
discursive![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | rambling |
somniferous![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | bringing sleep |
egocentric![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | sef-centered |
tangible![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | touchable |
demagogue![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | person who gains power and popularity by arousing the emotions, passions, and prejudices of the people |
preclude![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | prevent |
cryptologist![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | code breaker |
ethnocentrism![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | racial or cultural prejudice |
pedagogue![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | teacher |
recant![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | to withdraw or disavow a statement |
revoke![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | cancel |
pugnacious![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | combative |
incisive![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | sharp; cutting |
diatribe![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | abusive criticism |
anomaly![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | abnormality |
enumerate![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | to list; count |
circumscribed![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | limited |
intercede![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | mediate |
disputatious![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | argumentative |
loquacious![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | talkative |
abrogate![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | to abolish, do away with, or annul |
prescience![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | foreknowledge |
sacrosanct![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | sacred |
androgynous![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | masculine and feminine |
acronym![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | word from initial letters |
congenital![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | at birth |
cacophony![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | bad sound; harsh or discordant sound |
advocate![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | to speak or write in favor of |
ponderous![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | weighty |
retribution![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | revenge |
android![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | robot |
infidel![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | unbeliever |
resurgence![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | rising again |
punctilious![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | precise in conduct |
condescend![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | lower oneself |
collateral![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | side by side |
irrevocable![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | unalterable; unable to be repealed or annulled |
elucidate![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | explain |
epigram![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | witty comment |
eccentricity![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | oddness |
cognizant![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | aware |
stringent![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | strict; binding |
anthropoid![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | manlike |
diffident![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | shy |
pandemonium![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | tumult or chaos |
urbane![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | sophisticated; suave |
tractable![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | docile; easily managed or controlled |
supersede![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | replace |
temporize![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | delay |
somnambulist![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | sleepwalker |
sanguinary![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | bloody |
inanimate![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | lifeless |
introspective![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | inward looking |
intervene![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | come between |
syndrome![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | group of symptoms |
subordinate![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | lower |
dissonant![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | harsh in sound; inharmonious |
belligerent![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | warlike |
credible![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | believable |
impending![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | about to happen |
polyphonic![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | multi-melodic |
exculpate![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | free from blame |
euphemism![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | pleasant name |
benefactor![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | helper |
megalomania![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | delusions of greatness |
magnate![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | powerful person |
vivacious![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | lively |
heliotropic![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | sun-following |
amour-propre![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | self-esteem; self-love |
octogenarian![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | an eighty-year-old |
cognoscenti![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | persons who have superior knowledge |
surfeit![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | excess |
primate![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | monkeys, apes, humans |
pellucid![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | crystal clear |
circumvent![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | get around |
hemiplegia![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | paralysis on one side |
narcolepsy![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | attack of sleep |
delineate![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | to outline |
emollient![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | softener |
retrograde![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | moving backward |
melancholy![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | dark sadness |
intracranial![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | within the skull |
cardiovascular![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | of the heart and vessels |
epiphany![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | revelation |
histology![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | study of living tissues |
perihelion![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | orbital point nearest the sun |
inherent![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | built-in |
plutocracy![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | government of the wealthy |
sine qua non![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | essential element |
corpulent![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | full-bodied |
dichotomy![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | two-part division |
pathological![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | diseased |
cryptic![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | having hidden meaning |
isosceles![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | having two equal sides |
pathogen![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | disease-causer |
vociferous![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | loudly-voiced |
rectify![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | correct |
sanctimonious![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | affectedly holy |
tortuous![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | twisting |
rectilinear![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | right-angled |
metamorphosis![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | change of shape |
petroglyph![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | rock carving |
chronic![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | lasting, constant |
hyperbole![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | overstatement |
sonorous![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | full-sounding |
germane![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | related |
convivial![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | jovial, festive |
cognomen![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | nickname |
anarchist![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | one against government |
animadversion![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | criticism |
pusillanimous![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | cowardly |
subterfuge![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | evasive dodge; deceptive stratagem |
saturnine![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | gloomy and remote |
luminary![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | person of eminence or brilliant achievement |
exorbitant![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | unreasonable |
filigree![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | lacy design |
eulogy![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | words of praise |
sedentary![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | sitting |
euphoria![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | joy |
bonhomie![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | good-naturedness |
bona fide![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | good faith; authentic |
bon vivant![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | indulger in luxury |
mutable![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | changeable |
impute![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | attribute the fault or responsibility to |
status quo![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | the present state |
paradigm![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | model |
expatriate![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) | banish, exile |