| to use ambiguous or unclear expressions, usually to avoid commitment or in order to mislead | equivocate |
1. unnecessary; 2. being more than is sufficient or required
| superfluous |
| two-sided | bilateral |
| one-side | unilateral |
| cautious | circumspect |
| 1. having the same measure; 2. corresponding in amount, magnitude, or degree | commensurate |
| evil intent | malevolence |
| beginner | neophyte |
| people-hater | misanthropist |
| warlike | bellicose |
| Attribution of human motivation, characteristics, or behavior to inanimate objects, animals, or natural phenomena | anthropomorphic |
| easily notices and makes much of trivial faults or defects; faultfinding; difficult to please. | captious |
| new word | neologism |
| a curse | malediction |
| Skeptical; disbelieving | incredulous |
| all-knowing | omniscient |
| obsession with one thing | monomania |
| 1. false; 2. Having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually fallacious | specious |
| To express strong disapproval of; to denounce | excoriate |
| the original or model on which something is based or formed | prototype |
| fear of foreigners | xenophobia |
| blessing; an expression of good wishes | benediction |
| lacking definite form; having no specific shape; formless, shapeless | amorphous |
| superiority in weight, power, numbers, etc.; bulk | preponderance |
| great-minded; courageously noble in mind and heart | magnanimous |
| to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease | mollify |
| fish scientist | ichthyologist |
| able to speak or write several languages; multilingual | polyglot |
| almost completely transparent or translucent | diaphanous |
| an easy profitable job | sinecure |
| speech to oneself | soliloquy |
| supporter | adherent |
| renounce; to give up | abjure |
| burning | caustic |
| flowing together | confluence |
| to remove from office or position | depose |
| self-obsession | egomania |
| outrageously bad or reprehensible; blatant, flagrant | egregious |
| painkiller | analgesic |
| palm reading | chiromancy |
| government by a few | oligarchy |
| not easily controlled; stubborn | intractable |
| not compromising | intransigent |
| treacherous; deceitful | perfidious |
| clearly expressed or presented; easy to understand | perspicuous |
| innocent and naive | ingenuous |
| a roundabout expression | circumlocution |
| sociable | gregarious |
| rambling | discursive |
| bringing sleep | somniferous |
| sef-centered | egocentric |
| touchable | tangible |
| person who gains power and popularity by arousing the emotions, passions, and prejudices of the people | demagogue |
| prevent | preclude |
| code breaker | cryptologist |
| racial or cultural prejudice | ethnocentrism |
| teacher | pedagogue |
| to withdraw or disavow a statement | recant |
| cancel | revoke |
| combative | pugnacious |
| sharp; cutting | incisive |
| abusive criticism | diatribe |
| abnormality | anomaly |
| to list; count | enumerate |
| limited | circumscribed |
| mediate | intercede |
| argumentative | disputatious |
| talkative | loquacious |
| to abolish, do away with, or annul | abrogate |
| foreknowledge | prescience |
| sacred | sacrosanct |
| masculine and feminine | androgynous |
| word from initial letters | acronym |
| at birth | congenital |
| bad sound; harsh or discordant sound | cacophony |