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) |
to outline | delineate![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
softener | emollient![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
moving backward | retrograde![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
dark sadness | melancholy![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
within the skull | intracranial![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
of the heart and vessels | cardiovascular![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
revelation | epiphany![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
study of living tissues | histology![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
orbital point nearest the sun | perihelion![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
built-in | inherent![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
government of the wealthy | plutocracy![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
essential element | sine qua non![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
full-bodied | corpulent![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
two-part division | dichotomy![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
diseased | pathological![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
having hidden meaning | cryptic![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
having two equal sides | isosceles![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
disease-causer | pathogen![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
loudly-voiced | vociferous![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
correct | rectify![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
affectedly holy | sanctimonious![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
twisting | tortuous![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
right-angled | rectilinear![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
change of shape | metamorphosis![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
rock carving | petroglyph![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
lasting, constant | chronic![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
overstatement | hyperbole![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
full-sounding | sonorous![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
related | germane![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
jovial, festive | convivial![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
nickname | cognomen![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
one against government | anarchist![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
criticism | animadversion![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
cowardly | pusillanimous![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
evasive dodge; deceptive stratagem | subterfuge![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
gloomy and remote | saturnine![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
person of eminence or brilliant achievement | luminary![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
unreasonable | exorbitant![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
lacy design | filigree![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
words of praise | eulogy![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
sitting | sedentary![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
joy | euphoria![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
good-naturedness | bonhomie![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
good faith; authentic | bona fide![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
indulger in luxury | bon vivant![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
changeable | mutable![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
attribute the fault or responsibility to | impute![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
the present state | status quo![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
model | paradigm![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
banish, exile | expatriate![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
division | schism![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
useless | bootless![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
red | rubicund![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
ideal example | apotheosis![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
forerunner | precursor![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
switch | transpose![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
insulting or abusive word or expression | invective![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
sleight of hand | prestidigitation![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
study of the universe | cosmology![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
outpouring | effusion![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
fear of openness | agoraphobia![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
literary collection | anthology![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
after death | posthumous![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
beautiful sound | euphony![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
stubbornly disobedient | refractory![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
flat trite remark | platitude![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
fear of heights | acrophobia![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
truthfulness | veracity![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
appearance or semblance of truth | verisimilitude![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
peculiarity | idiosyncrasy![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
graduates | alumni![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
cause for war | casus belli![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
time between rulers | interregnum![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
violation; breach | infraction![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
worthy | condign![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
conversation | colloquy![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
able to live; workable | viable![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
summary | synopsis![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
solid ground | terra firma![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
authorize | sanction![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
one who fears Russia | Russophobe |
medical forecast | prognosis![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
many-colored | polychrome![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
love of humankind | philanthropy![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
insight | perspicacity![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
mob rule | mobocracy![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
government of the old | gerontocracy![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
pathological thief | kleptomaniac![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
joy of living | joie de vivre![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
in place of parents | in loco parentis![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
worldly | mundane![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
combination | synthesis![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
unambiguous; clear | unequivocal![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
belief in nothing | nihilism![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
stereo buff | audiophile![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
scientific study of insects | entomology![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
of all kinds | omnifarious![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
tending to cause ill will, animosity, or envy | invidious![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
reasoning down from principles | deduction![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
excessive use of verbal ornamentation; bombastic | magniloquence![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
factual reasoning | induction![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
government of saints | hagiocracy |
word choice | diction![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
inconsolable | disconsolate![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
insincere | disingenuous![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
unruly | fractious![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
of no category | nondescript![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
productive | prolific![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
a history | chronicle![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
of the first ages | primeval![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
elaborate eulogy | panegyric![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
faithfulness | fidelity![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
great work | magnum opus![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
from before the Flood | antediluvian![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
behave | comport![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
uprising | insurgence![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
rapidly | expeditiously![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
restore | renovate![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
butchery | carnage![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
unrestrained gratification; self-indulgent | decadent![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
disdainfully arrogant; haughty | supercilious![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
relentless | inexorable![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
messenger | emissary![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
without foresight | improvident![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |
dying | moribund![audio_icon audio_icon.gif](audio_icon.gif) |