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question		réponse
aberrant commencer à apprendre		abberation, away from norm
antithetical commencer à apprendre		contrasted in character or purpose
approbatory commencer à apprendre		expressing praise or approval
arch commencer à apprendre		deliberately teasing
brisk commencer à apprendre		quick and energetic
byzantine commencer à apprendre		intricate and complex
cadaverous commencer à apprendre		emaciated, gaunt
connive commencer à apprendre		taking part in immoral plots
demur to commencer à apprendre		object to
demure commencer à apprendre		shy or modest
destitute commencer à apprendre		wanting or lacking
dolorous commencer à apprendre		showing sorrow
facile commencer à apprendre		lacking depth
facetious commencer à apprendre		cleverly amusing in tone
factious commencer à apprendre		characterized by internal dissension
fastidious commencer à apprendre		overly concerned with details
glib commencer à apprendre		speaking with ease, but without sincerity
improvident commencer à apprendre		not giving careful consideration
inviable or unviable commencer à apprendre		not able to work or survive
languish commencer à apprendre		to become weak or feeble
loath commencer à apprendre		unwilling to do something contrary to your custom (loath to)
moot commencer à apprendre		open to argument or debate, undecidable in a meaningless way
mordant commencer à apprendre		biting and caustic in thought
morose commencer à apprendre		gloomy and ill tempered
perspicacious commencer à apprendre		acutely insightful and wise
plodding commencer à apprendre		slow
ponderous commencer à apprendre		weighed down, moving slowly
propulsion commencer à apprendre		a force pushing forward
provisional commencer à apprendre		under terms that are not fully finalized
quixotic commencer à apprendre		wildly idealistic
sanctimonious commencer à apprendre		HOLIER than thou
splenetic commencer à apprendre		very irritable
surreptitious commencer à apprendre		stealthy, taking pains to not be caught or detected
temperate commencer à apprendre		free from extremes
tempestuous commencer à apprendre		driven by turbulent, conflicting emotions
tenacious commencer à apprendre		unchanging or stubborn
timorous commencer à apprendre		timid by nature
treacherous commencer à apprendre		dangerously unstable
unprepossessing commencer à apprendre		creating an unfavourable or neutral first impression
urbane commencer à apprendre		high degree of refinement
vehement commencer à apprendre		marked by extreme intensity
vociferous commencer à apprendre		vehement
wane commencer à apprendre		decrease in power or size
wanton commencer à apprendre		without check or limitation
rapture commencer à apprendre		intense pleasure or joy
hubris commencer à apprendre		excessive pride and self-confidence
baleful commencer à apprendre		menacing
insouciance commencer à apprendre		lack of concern
salubrious commencer à apprendre		healthy
vilipend commencer à apprendre		regard as worthless, hate or contempt
enmity commencer à apprendre		hostility
perspicuous commencer à apprendre		easily understandable
thwarted commencer à apprendre		prevent someone
stymied commencer à apprendre		prevented
obdurate commencer à apprendre		stubborn
saprophytic commencer à apprendre		obtaining food by absorbing dissolved organic material
exigent commencer à apprendre		pressing
fecundity commencer à apprendre		ability to produce many new ideas, fertility
circumspection commencer à apprendre		wary
calorific commencer à apprendre		lots of calories
BENEDICTION commencer à apprendre		HOLY
appellation commencer à apprendre		name or a title
aphorism commencer à apprendre		phrase that is a general truth "it is what it is"
flouted commencer à apprendre		disregard
contrived commencer à apprendre		forced or strained, done dliberately
consecrated commencer à apprendre		declared SACRED
remedial commencer à apprendre		given as a cure
intrepid commencer à apprendre		fearless
conjure commencer à apprendre		to call upon
inveterate commencer à apprendre		habitual
garrulous commencer à apprendre		full of trivial conversation
munificent commencer à apprendre		very generous
dilettante commencer à apprendre		ameteur who pretends to know a lot
foment commencer à apprendre		stir up public opinion
sanction commencer à apprendre		give authority or permission to
resurgent commencer à apprendre		rising again as to new life
insolent commencer à apprendre		rude or arrogant
trite commencer à apprendre		repeated too often
subversive commencer à apprendre		in opposition to an established institution
lionize commencer à apprendre		assign great importance to
circumscribe commencer à apprendre		restrict or confine
propriety commencer à apprendre		behaving according to conventional morals
pernicious commencer à apprendre		exceedingly harmful
inscrutable commencer à apprendre		not easily understood
pedestrian commencer à apprendre		lacking imagination
hegemony commencer à apprendre		dominance over an area
intrepid commencer à apprendre		fearless
scrupulous commencer à apprendre		great care or effort
propitious commencer à apprendre		likely to result in success
erudite commencer à apprendre		showing profound knowledge
askance commencer à apprendre		look of suspicion or disapproval
antipathy commencer à apprendre		intense dislike
nonplussed commencer à apprendre		unsure how to act
duress commencer à apprendre		threat
specious commencer à apprendre		based on pretense, plausible bu tfalse
capricious commencer à apprendre		impulsive
mundane commencer à apprendre		not SPIRITUAL
craven commencer à apprendre		pathetically cowardly
rebuke commencer à apprendre		censure
dispassionate commencer à apprendre		unaffected by strong feelings
deleterious commencer à apprendre		harmful to living things
efficacious commencer à apprendre		producing the intended result
contrition commencer à apprendre		feeling of remorse or guilt
polemic commencer à apprendre		piece of writing or speech attacking someone, can be controversial
maladroitly commencer à apprendre		with little skill, clumsy
ingeniously commencer à apprendre		cleverly
froward commencer à apprendre		dificult person to deal with
limpid commencer à apprendre		clearm uncloudy, accessible
earthy commencer à apprendre		uninhibited (especially when related to sexual things)
salutary commencer à apprendre		producing good effects
dour commencer à apprendre		severe, gloomy
unadulterated commencer à apprendre		unfiltered
gadlies commencer à apprendre		annoying person
sybarites commencer à apprendre		self-indulgent
wanton commencer à apprendre		sexually provocative, deliberate and unprovoked
ebullient commencer à apprendre		full of energy
esurient commencer à apprendre		hungry or greedy
peevish commencer à apprendre		easily irritated by unimportant things
execrable commencer à apprendre		extremely bad
palaver commencer à apprendre		complex procedure
blather commencer à apprendre		talk long windingly withough making much sense
epigrams commencer à apprendre		pithy saying said in an amusing way, short poem with amusing ending
disconcerted commencer à apprendre		unsettled or confused
jocund commencer à apprendre		cheerful and lighthearted
histrionic commencer à apprendre		dramatic
sententious commencer à apprendre		moralizing in a pompous manner
pontificate commencer à apprendre		to talk in a pompus manner
desideratum commencer à apprendre		something desired as a necessity
disenfranchise commencer à apprendre		deprive of voting rights
coalesce commencer à apprendre		fuse or cause to grow together
presumptuous commencer à apprendre		excessively forward
doleful commencer à apprendre		evoking sadness
principle commencer à apprendre		rule or idea
principal commencer à apprendre		primary
turpitude commencer à apprendre		depravity, depraved act
smattering commencer à apprendre		superficial understanding of a subject, a small amount of something
quail commencer à apprendre		draw back with fear or pain
irresolute commencer à apprendre		uncertain how to act or proceed
anodyne commencer à apprendre		inoffensive
facile commencer à apprendre		lacking depth
impecunious commencer à apprendre		lacking money
effable commencer à apprendre		to SACRED to be uttered, defying expression or description
zeitgeist commencer à apprendre		spirit of the times
misanthrope commencer à apprendre		a hater of mankind
sordid commencer à apprendre		involving ignoble actions and motives
scrupulous commencer à apprendre		characterized by great care and effort
tribulation commencer à apprendre		something, an event, that caused difficulty and suffering
subterfuge commencer à apprendre		intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity
puissant commencer à apprendre		powerful
deleterious commencer à apprendre		harmful to living things
repudiate commencer à apprendre		reject as untrue
wax commencer à apprendre		decrease in size
cavalier commencer à apprendre		haughty disregrad of others
evanescent commencer à apprendre		tending to vanish like vapour
specious, spurious commencer à apprendre		plausible but false
apposite commencer à apprendre		remakably appropriate
reprobate commencer à apprendre		a person without morals who is disapproved of
junta commencer à apprendre		military junta (takeover)
exegesis commencer à apprendre		critical explanation or analysis
effervescent commencer à apprendre		high spirits
internecine commencer à apprendre		conflict within an organization
contentious commencer à apprendre		likely to argue
illustrious commencer à apprendre		widely known and esteemed
hagiographic commencer à apprendre		excessively flattering toward someone's life or work
pastoral commencer à apprendre		relating to the countryside in a pleasant sense
sagacious commencer à apprendre		smart, shrewd
despondent commencer à apprendre		very sad
miser commencer à apprendre		someon who does not like to spend money because they are greedy
panegyric commencer à apprendre		formal expression of praise
prognositcation commencer à apprendre		statement made about the future
veritable commencer à apprendre		truthfully, without a doubt
perennial commencer à apprendre		lasting indefinitely, everlasting
vitriolic commencer à apprendre		harsh or corrosive in tone
penurious commencer à apprendre		miserly
beatific commencer à apprendre		blissfully happy
recrudesce commencer à apprendre		break out or happen again
derogative commencer à apprendre		expressed in negative terms
protean commencer à apprendre		taking on different roles
sedulous commencer à apprendre		done diligently
chary commencer à apprendre		cautious, reluctant to do something
inveterate commencer à apprendre		habitual
exhort commencer à apprendre		strongly urge on
malingerer commencer à apprendre		shirking duty by pretending to be sick of incapacitated
dissipate commencer à apprendre		disappear or cause to disappear, squander
dog commencer à apprendre		to pursue relentlessly
tender commencer à apprendre		offer something formally
err commencer à apprendre		to make an error
macabre commencer à apprendre		horror, death, decay
tirade commencer à apprendre		rant
voracious commencer à apprendre		approaching something with gusto
thoroughgoing commencer à apprendre		very thorough
acme commencer à apprendre		highest point of achievement
indict commencer à apprendre		to formally chare or accuse of wrong-doing
peruse commencer à apprendre		go through carefully
underwrite commencer à apprendre		to support financially
vindictive commencer à apprendre		strong desire for revenge
insolvent commencer à apprendre		banckrupt
miser commencer à apprendre		someone who does not like to spend money because they are greedy
remiss commencer à apprendre		negligient in one's duty
amok commencer à apprendre		in a frendzied state

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