| 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 |
| to speak or write in favor of | advocate |
| weighty | ponderous |
| revenge | retribution |
| robot | android |
| unbeliever | infidel |
| rising again | resurgence |
| precise in conduct | punctilious |
| lower oneself | condescend |
| side by side | collateral |
| unalterable; unable to be repealed or annulled | irrevocable |
| explain | elucidate |
| witty comment | epigram |
| oddness | eccentricity |
| aware | cognizant |
| strict; binding | stringent |
| manlike | anthropoid |
| shy | diffident |
| tumult or chaos | pandemonium |
| sophisticated; suave | urbane |
| docile; easily managed or controlled | tractable |
| replace | supersede |
| delay | temporize |
| sleepwalker | somnambulist |
| bloody | sanguinary |
| lifeless | inanimate |
| inward looking | introspective |
| come between | intervene |
| group of symptoms | syndrome |
| lower | subordinate |
| harsh in sound; inharmonious | dissonant |
| warlike | belligerent |
| believable | credible |
| about to happen | impending |
| multi-melodic | polyphonic |
| free from blame | exculpate |
| pleasant name | euphemism |
| helper | benefactor |
| delusions of greatness | megalomania |
| powerful person | magnate |
| lively | vivacious |
| sun-following | heliotropic |
| self-esteem; self-love | amour-propre |
| an eighty-year-old | octogenarian |
| persons who have superior knowledge | cognoscenti |
| excess | surfeit |
| monkeys, apes, humans | primate |
| crystal clear | pellucid |
| get around | circumvent |
| paralysis on one side | hemiplegia |
| attack of sleep | narcolepsy |
| to outline | delineate |
| softener | emollient |
| moving backward | retrograde |
| dark sadness | melancholy |
| within the skull | intracranial |
| of the heart and vessels | cardiovascular |
| revelation | epiphany |
| study of living tissues | histology |
| orbital point nearest the sun | perihelion |
| built-in | inherent |
| government of the wealthy | plutocracy |
| essential element | sine qua non |
| full-bodied | corpulent |
| two-part division | dichotomy |
| diseased | pathological |
| having hidden meaning | cryptic |
| having two equal sides | isosceles |
| disease-causer | pathogen |
| loudly-voiced | vociferous |
| correct | rectify |
| affectedly holy | sanctimonious |
| twisting | tortuous |
| right-angled | rectilinear |
| change of shape | metamorphosis |
| rock carving | petroglyph |
| lasting, constant | chronic |
| overstatement | hyperbole |
| full-sounding | sonorous |
| related | germane |
| jovial, festive | convivial |
| nickname | cognomen |
| one against government | anarchist |
| criticism | animadversion |
| cowardly | pusillanimous |
| evasive dodge; deceptive stratagem | subterfuge |
| gloomy and remote | saturnine |
| person of eminence or brilliant achievement | luminary |
| unreasonable | exorbitant |
| lacy design | filigree |
| words of praise | eulogy |
| sitting | sedentary |
| joy | euphoria |
| good-naturedness | bonhomie |
| good faith; authentic | bona fide |
| indulger in luxury | bon vivant |
| changeable | mutable |
| attribute the fault or responsibility to | impute |
| the present state | status quo |
| model | paradigm |
| banish, exile | expatriate |
| division | schism |
| useless | bootless |
| red | rubicund |
| ideal example | apotheosis |
| forerunner | precursor |
| switch | transpose |
| insulting or abusive word or expression | invective |
| sleight of hand | prestidigitation |
| study of the universe | cosmology |
| outpouring | effusion |
| fear of openness | agoraphobia |
| literary collection | anthology |
| after death | posthumous |
| beautiful sound | euphony |
| stubbornly disobedient | refractory |
| flat trite remark | platitude |
| fear of heights | acrophobia |
| truthfulness | veracity |
| appearance or semblance of truth | verisimilitude |
| peculiarity | idiosyncrasy |
| graduates | alumni |
| cause for war | casus belli |
| time between rulers | interregnum |
| violation; breach | infraction |
| worthy | condign |