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(noun) greed, esp. for wealth

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Avarice

(noun) greed, esp. for wealth

Banal

(adj) devoid of freshness or originality

Purport

(verb) to present, esp. deliberately, the appearance of being: to profess or claim

Axiomatic

(adj) taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth

Inveigle

(verb) to obtain by deception or flattery

Impecunious

(adj) lacking funds; without money

Prodigious

(adj) abundant in size, force or extent; extraordinary

Irascible

(adj) easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts

Facetious

(adj) playful; humerous

Equivocate

(verb) to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent

Perfidy

(noun) intentional breach of faith

Prevaricate

(verb) to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead

Empirical

(adj) based on observation or experiment

Ebullience

(noun) the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings

Disinterested

(adj) free of bias or self-interest; impartial

Vilify

(verb) to defame; to characterize harshly

Quiescence

(noun) stillness; motionlessness; quality of being at rest

Dispatch

(verb) to transact or dispose of a matter promptly

Gossamer

(noun) any thin, light fabric, something extremely light, flimsy, or delicate

Sedulous

(adj) diligent in character or application; persevering

Chary

(adj) wary; cautious; sparing

Esoteric

(adj) intended for or understood by a small, specific group

Obviate

(verb) to anticipate and make unnecessary

Plangent

(adj) resounding loudly, esp. with a plaintive sound, as a bell

Contrite

(adj) regretful; penitent; seeking forgiveness

Disconsolate

(adj) unable to be consoled; extremely sad

Dolorous

(adj)full of, expressing, or causing pain or sorrow, sadness

Felicity

(noun) feelings of great happiness

Hubris

(noun) exessive pride or self-confidence: arrogance

Servile

(adj) slavishly submissive or obsequious

Lassitude

(noun) weariness of body or mind from strain

Centrifuge

(noun) an apparatus that rotates at high speed and by centrifugal force separates substances of different densities, as milk and cream

Scintillate

(verb) to emit sparks - to twinkle as the stars

Precipitous

(adj) extremely or impassably steep

Judicious

(adj) having good judgment

Catholic

(adj) universal in extent

Belie

(verb) to show to be false; contradiction

Antedates

(verb) to be of older date than (noun) a prior date

Demarcate

(verb) to determine or mark off the boundaries or limits of

Superannuate

(verb) to allow to retire from service of office on a pension because of age or infirmity

Senescence

(adj) growing old; aging

Evince

(verb) to show clearly; make evident or manifest; prove

Counenance

(verb) to permit or tolerate/ to approve, support

Aggrandize

(verb) to widen in scope; increase in size or intensity; enlarge; extend

Diffident

(adj) lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness

Menacious

(ad) telling lies, esp. habitually; dishonest; lying

Truculent

(adj) fierce; cruel; savagely brutal

Cogent

(adj) convincing or believable by virtue of forcible, clear, or incisive presentation; telling

Deleterious

(adj) injurious to health

Prosaic

(adj) commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative

Panorama

(noun) an unobstructed and wide view of an extensive area in all directions

Nugatory

(adj) of no real value; trifling; worthless

Denouement

(noun) the final resolution of the intricacies of a plot, as of a drama or novel

Antediluvian

(adj) of or belonging to the period before the Flood

Pusillanimous

(adj) lacking courage or resolution; cowardly; faint-hearted; timid

Jejune

(adj) without interest or significance; dull; insipid / lacking knowledge or experience; juvenile

Peregrinate

(verb) to travel or journey, esp. to walk on foot

Prestidigitation

(noun) sleight of hand

Peroration

(noun) a long speech characterized by lofty and often pompous language

Unalloyed

(adj) not in mixture with other metals; pure. 2. Complete; unqualified

Unconscionable

(adj) not guided by conscience; unscrupulous.

Mendicant

(adj) begging; practicing begging; living on alms. (noun) a person who lives by begging; beggar.

Collar

(verb) to lay hold of, seize, or take.

Convoke

(verb) to call together; summon to meet or assemble.

Iota

(noun) a very small quantity; jot; whit. (the ninth letter of the Greek alphabet)

Purblind

(adj) slow or deficient in understanding, imagination, or vision.

Rapacious

(adj) given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed.

Canting

(adj) affectedly or hypocritically pious or righteous

Cephalic

(adj) of or pertaining to the head

Mercenary

(adj) motivated solely by a desire for monetary or material gain

Soporific

(adj/noun) causing or tending to cause sleep

Strident

(adj) making or having a harsh sound; grating; creaking

Noisome

(adj) harmful or injurious to health; noxious 2. offensive or disgusting, as an odor

Shinto

(noun) religion of Japan

Posturing

(noun) one's image or policy as perceived by the public, other nations 2. an affected or unnatural attitude 3. position, condition, or state, as of affairs

Panegyric

(noun) a lofty oration or writing in praise of a person or thing; eulogy. 2. formal or elaborate praise

Stigmatize

(verb) to set some mark of disgrace or infamy upon

Lampoon

(noun) a sharp, often virulent satire directed against an individual or institution; a work of literature, art, or the like, ridiculing severely the character or behavior of a person, society, etc

Invective

(noun) vehement or violent denunciation, censure, or reproach; a railing accusation; vituperation

Nonchalance

(noun) the state or quality of being nonchalant; cool indifference or lack of concern; casualness

Concision

(noun) concise quality; brevity; terseness

Antipathy

(noun) a natural, basic, or habitual repugnance; aversion

Perfunctorily

(adj) performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial; lacking interest, care, or enthusiasm

Phlegmatically

(adj) not easily excited to action or display of emotion; apathetic; sluggish; self-possessed, calm, or composed

Veneration

(noun) the feeling of a person who venerates; a feeling of awe, respect

Interminable

(adj) incapable of being terminated; unending

Febrile

(adj) pertaining to or marked by fever; feverish

Polarize

(verb) to divide into sharply opposing factions, political groups

Dandy

(noun) a man who is excessively concerned about his clothes and appearance; a fop

Unguent

(noun) an ointment or salve, usually liquid or semiliquid, for application to wounds, sores

Insidious

(adj) intended to entrap or beguile; stealthily treacherous or deceitful

Solder

(noun) anything that joins or unites

Extant

(adj) in existence; still existing; not destroyed or lost

Extricable

(adj) capable of being extricated [ex·tri·cate To release from an entanglement or difficulty; disengage]

Extraneous

(adj) introduced or coming from without; not belonging or proper to a thing; external; foreign

Incursion

(noun) a hostile entrance into or invasion of a place or territory, esp. a sudden one; raid

Mercurial

(adj) changeable; volatile; fickle; flighty; erratic

Sedulity

(noun) sedulous quality, application, or activity; diligence

Largess

(noun) the gift or gifts, as of money, so bestowed

Arcanum

(noun) a secret and powerful remedy

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