Friday, January 25, 2008

Top 100 frequent list of words

Equivocal/Equivocate/Equivocation - Ambiguous, Open to 2 interpretations
Tractable(Intractable) - Obedient, Yielding
Placate(Implacable) - To soothe or pacify
Miser - Person extremely stingy
Engender - To Produce,cause, bring out

Dogma(tic)(tism)(tist) - Rigidly fixed in opinion , opinionated
Garrulous(Garrulity) - Very Talkative
Homogenous(Homogenize) - Composed of identical parts
Laconic - Using few words
Quiescence(Quiscent) - Inactivity,stillness

Anomalous - Irregular or deviating from the norm
Venerate(ion) - to respect
Assuage - To make less severe,ease,relieve
Misanthropic - Person who hates human beings
Digress(ive) - To stray from the main point

Corroborate(ion) - To confirm
Buttress -To support
Antipathy-Dislike,aversion
Disabuse-To free from error
Feigned(Unfeigned)-Pretended

Banal(ity)-Overly common
Desiccate(ion)-To dry out completely
Diatribe-Bitter verbal attack
Pedant(ic)(ry)-Uninspired,boring academic
Guile(less)-trickery

Eulogy(ize)-High praise,often in public
Fawn(ing)-To flatter excessively
Aberrant/aberration-Different from the usual or normal
Heresy/Heretic-Act opposed to established religious orthodoxy
Obdurate-Stubborn

Prevaricate(ion)-To lie
Embellish(ment)-To ornament
Pragmatic/Pragmatism-Practically moved by facts rather than abstract ideas
Precipitate-To cause to happen;To throw down from a height
Proximity-nearness

Profundity-Depth
Adulterate-To make impure
Sanction-Permission
Ameliorate-Improve
Anachronism/Anachronistic-Something chronologically inappropriate

Vindictive-Unforgiving
Propitiate-To win over
Aver-Affirm
Burgeon(ing)-To flourish or sprout
Commensurate-Proportional

Mitigate/Mitigation-To soften
Culpability-Responsibilty for wrong
Specious(ness)-Showy
Turpitude-A base act
Diffident/Diffidence-Shy,lacking confidence

Repudiate-To reject as having no authority
Discrete-Individually distinct
Obviate-To anticipate and prevent
Dissemble-To pretend
Implacable-Inflexible

Emulate-To copy
Complaiscance/Complaiscant-Disposition to please or comply
Enervate-To weaken
Latency-The condition of being present but hidden
Erudit(ion)-Learned,Scholarly

Espouse-To marry
Florid(ness)-Gaudy
Occlude-To shut
Harangue-A ranting writing or speech;lecture
Hieroglyph(ic)-Pictorial character

Iconoclast-One who attacks traditional beliefs
Impervious-Impossible to penetrate
Efficacy/Efficacious-Efficiency
Inchoate-Imperfectly formed
Loquacity/Loquacious-Talkative

Irascible(ility)-Easily angered
Ephemeral-momentary;transient
Laudable(tory)-Deserving of praise
Insipid-Lacking excitement
Magnanimity/Magnanimous-Generosity

Precarious(ly)-Uncertain
Endemic-Belonging to a particular area
Mollify-To calm
Rarefy/Rarefaction-To make thinner
Foster-To promote

Perennial-Present throughout the years
Malevolent-Causing evil or harm to others
Defer(ence)-To show respect
Precursor(y)-forerunner
Lucid-clear

Probity-Honesty
Abscond-To depart secretly
Propensity-Tendency
Audacious-Bold
Wheedle-To influence or entice by flattery

Prudent-Careful
Mundane-Commonplace
Diffuse-Widely spread out
Aggrandize-To make larger in power
Decimate-To reduce drastically

Succinct-Brief
Enigmat(ic)-A puzzle
Unfettered-Free
Ascetic-Self-denying
Cede-To yield

Goofing-Incompetent, foolish or stupid person
Loiter(Move Purposefully)- Stand around

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