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▪ Affinity ✔✔a natural attraction or feeling of kinship ▪ fledgling ✔✔young and inexperienced ▪ hackneyed ✔✔overused, cliched ▪ incessant ✔✔never stopping ▪ opulence ✔✔wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living ▪ proximity ✔✔nearness, closeness ▪ sagacious ✔✔having or showing acute mental discernment and keen practical sense; shrewd ▪ supplant ✔✔to take the place of, supersede ▪ unassailable ✔✔impossible to dispute or disprove; undeniable
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▪ Affinity ✔✔a natural attraction or feeling of kinship ▪ fledgling ✔✔young and inexperienced ▪ hackneyed ✔✔overused, cliched ▪ incessant ✔✔never stopping ▪ opulence ✔✔wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living ▪ proximity ✔✔nearness, closeness ▪ sagacious ✔✔having or showing acute mental discernment and keen practical sense; shrewd ▪ supplant ✔✔to take the place of, supersede ▪ unassailable ✔✔impossible to dispute or disprove; undeniable
▪ voluminous ✔✔large in volume or bulk
▪ decadence ✔✔decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence ▪ exemplary ✔✔outstanding, an example to others ▪ exuberance ✔✔joyful enthusiasm ▪ incidental ✔✔not essential; minor ▪ insolvent ✔✔unable to pay bills; bankrupt ▪ parsimonious ✔✔Excessively thrifty, stingy ▪ prodigal ✔✔wasteful, a person given to extravagance ▪ surreptitious ✔✔secret, stealthy ▪ writhe ✔✔twist in coils; contort in pain ▪ brevity ✔✔conciseness; shortness of duration
▪ clemency ✔✔mercy, humaneness; mildness, moderateness ▪ frivolous ✔✔not serious in content or attitude or behavior ▪ heist ✔✔commit a burglary ▪ lampoon ✔✔ridicule with satire ▪ querulous ✔✔inclined to complain; irritable ▪ reproach ✔✔a mild rebuke or criticism ▪ respite ✔✔a pause for relaxation ▪ torpor ✔✔dormancy; sluggishness; inactivity; drowziness ▪ unscathed ✔✔wholly unharmed, not injured ▪ copious ✔✔large in number or quantity (especially of discourse) ▪ dearth ✔✔a lack, scarcity, inadequate supply; a famine
▪ commiserate ✔✔to feel or express sympathy or compassion ▪ expedient ✔✔serving to promote your interest ▪ hindrance ✔✔block; obstacle ▪ kindle ✔✔start a fire; ignite; inspire; arouse ▪ lavish ✔✔generous; extravagant ▪ ludicrous ✔✔ridiculous, laughable, absurd ▪ obtuse ✔✔dull of mind, insensitive, stupid ▪ opaque ✔✔not clear ▪ paucity ✔✔an insufficient quantity or number; scarcity; dearth ▪ recapitulate ✔✔to summarize; to repeat briefly ▪ accolade ✔✔award of merit; strong praise and approval
▪ assuage ✔✔make less severe; ease or lessen (pain); satisfy (hunger); soothe (anger) ▪ cacophony ✔✔loud confusing disagreeable sounds ▪ censure ✔✔rebuke formally ▪ diatribe ✔✔bitter verbal attack ▪ edifice ✔✔a very large building ▪ gravity ✔✔seriousness, importance ▪ infraction ✔✔a breaking of a law or obligation ▪ profane ✔✔showing disrespect toward God or sacred things ▪ somber ✔✔dark, gloomy; depressed or melancholy in spirit; morose ▪ negligent ✔✔careless
▪ affable ✔✔easy-going; friendly ▪ apocryphal ✔✔of questionable authority or authenticity ▪ desultory ✔✔without a plan or purpose; disconnected; random ▪ garbled ✔✔confused, mixed up ▪ irascible ✔✔irritable, easily angered ▪ loquacious ✔✔talkative, wordy; fond of talking ▪ blasphemy ✔✔speech which offends religious sentiments ▪ enmity ✔✔deep-seated hostility, often mutual ▪ erroneous ✔✔incorrect, containing mistakes ▪ garner ✔✔to gather and store
▪ heretic ✔✔someone who goes against accepted religious beliefs ▪ incite ✔✔provoke or stir up ▪ languish ✔✔lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief ▪ peruse ✔✔to read thoroughly and carefully ▪ recluse ✔✔hermit; loner ▪ renounce ✔✔leave (a job, post, post, or position) voluntarily ▪ indelible ✔✔Cannot be removed, washed away or erased ▪ duty ✔✔work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons ▪ messy ✔✔dirty and disorderly ▪ mend ✔✔the act of putting something in working order again ▪ heal ✔✔provide a cure for, make healthy again
▪ concealed ✔✔put out of sight; hidden ▪ wisdom ✔✔the trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight ▪ wool ✔✔a fabric made from the hair of sheep ▪ blazing ✔✔a strong flame that burns brightly ▪ drowziness ✔✔state of being in torpor, sleepy ▪ catering ✔✔providing food and services ▪ wise ✔✔having or prompted by wisdom or discernment ▪ deceive ✔✔to make someone believe something that is not true ▪ shiv ✔✔a knife used as a weapon ▪ flunk ✔✔fail to get a passing grade ▪ impart ✔✔to make known, tell; to give, pass something on
▪ knob ✔✔a round handle ▪ fright ✔✔cause fear in ▪ vanish ✔✔become invisible or unnoticeable ▪ roll out ✔✔launch new products ▪ seizing ✔✔the act of gripping something firmly with the hands ▪ stem cell ✔✔unspecialized cell that can develop into a specialized cell under the right conditions ▪ trite ✔✔repeated too often ▪ embrace ✔✔take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own ▪ remain ✔✔continue in a place, position, or situation ▪ inmate ✔✔a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison
▪ muck ✔✔fecal matter of animals, fertilization ▪ hold dear ✔✔be fond of, love ▪ swamp ✔✔low land that is seasonally flooded ▪ poultry ✔✔flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food ▪ stark ✔✔Strong, severe ▪ stage ✔✔any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something ▪ sage ✔✔having wisdom that comes with age and experience ▪ stripes ✔✔Rayas, lines ▪ hatch ✔✔emerge from the eggs ▪ fast ✔✔abstaining from food
▪ dye ✔✔a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair ▪ grief ✔✔something that causes great unhappiness ▪ smear ✔✔spread, cover or spot with a sticky substance ▪ breed ✔✔to raise and mate animals ▪ decay ✔✔a gradual decrease ▪ leery ✔✔suspicious; distrustful ▪ dimple ✔✔a small natural hollow in the cheek or chin ▪ blast ✔✔an explosion (as of dynamite) ▪ pledge ✔✔give as a guarantee ▪ deed ✔✔the official document transferring ownership from seller to buyer ▪ rot ✔✔(biology) decaying caused by bacterial or fungal action
▪ overwhelming ✔✔very intense ▪ crotch ✔✔the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk ▪ blade ✔✔the flat part of a tool or weapon that (usually) has a cutting edge ▪ seam ✔✔joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces ▪ upsetting ✔✔causing an emotional disturbance ▪ screech ✔✔a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry ▪ edge ✔✔the boundary of a surface ▪ wedge ✔✔a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object ▪ hedge ✔✔a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes ▪ lease ✔✔a contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified time for a specified payment ▪ worthy ✔✔having high moral qualities
▪ rekindle ✔✔to restart as in restarting a fire ▪ sovereignty ✔✔power attributted to a country ▪ burst ✔✔the act of exploding or bursting something ▪ slaughter ✔✔kill a large number of people indiscriminately ▪ gorgeous ✔✔magnificent, wonderful ▪ stretch ✔✔make long, longer or bigger ▪ spree ✔✔a lively or wild outburst of activity ▪ bout ✔✔an occasion for excessive activity ▪ captivity ✔✔the state of being imprisoned ▪ spotter ✔✔a person employed to watch for something to happen