Language is a constantly evolving entity, and one of the joys of being a language enthusiast is exploring the vast spectrum of words available to us. Whether you’re a writer aiming to enrich your prose or simply someone who enjoys learning new words, delving into the world of specialized vocabulary can be a fascinating journey. In this article, we’ll explore a collection of dawn vocabulary words that will not only enhance your language skills but also deepen your appreciation for the beauty of the early morning hours.
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Dawn News Vocabulary Words
| Words | Synonyms |
| Disarming | charming |
| Phlegmatic | calm |
| Onerous | burdensome |
| Litigious | seeking legal remedies |
| Sedate | calm |
| Censure | criticize |
| Disparaging | critical |
| Tenacious | holding firmly to idea or purpose |
| Insular | narrow minded |
| Deleterious | harmful |
| Deliberation | careful thought |
| Circumvent | avoid |
| Cumulative | building up |
| Peevishness | childish sullenness |
| Impudent | cheeky |
| Cognitions | mental knowledge |
| Opting | choosing |
| Scouring | cleaning thoroughly |
| Equitable | fair and equal |
| Lucid | clear |
| Belabor | over emphasizing |
| Undermine | weaken |
| Mandate | permission |
| Reprimanded | scolded |
| Boorishness | rudeness |
| Fidelity | faithfulness |
| Nemesis | fate |
| Solace | comfort |
| Credulity | belief on slight evidence |
| Mitigate | moderate |
| Derided | mocked |
| Arcane | esoteric |
| Elitist | favoring top group |
| Discrepancy | inconsistency |
| Scuttled | sunk |
| Knack | trick |
| Rousing | stirring |
| Ascertain | find out |
| Negate | wipeout |
| Debilitate | weaken |
| Resolute | firm of purpose |
| Validated | proved right |
| Phobic | fearful |
| Voluminous | large |
| Insurrectionist | rebel |
| Insipid | flavorless |
| Demagogue | mob leader |
| Innocuous | harmless |
| Lithe | flexible |
| Sanctity | holiness |
| Viscous | thick and sticky |
| Exotic | strange |
| Fawning | groveling |
| Pliant | flexible |
| Embodiment | living example of |
| Irresolute | lacking firmness of purpose |
| Amassed | accumulated |
| Cerebral | concerned with thinking |
| Unyielding | not giving up |
| Idiosyncratic | quirky |
| Supple | flexible |
| Insufferable | cannot be tolerated |
| Floridity | floweriness in language |
| Steadfastness | loyalty |
| Secluded | lonely |
| Adroit | skillful |
| Lackadaisical | lazy |
| Affability | friendliness |
| Plaudits | praise |
| Precursor | forerunner |
| Tactile | through the sense of touch |
| Vex | annoy |
| Erudition | learning |
| Reprehensible | very bad |
| Integrity | honor |
| Dalliance | non serious involvement |
| Astute | wise |
| Temperamental | volatile |
| Word | Synonym |
| Animosity | hostility |
| Glacial | icy |
| Encompassed | included |
| Debunk | throw out old ideas |
| Empiric | found by experiment/practice |
| Gratuitous | free |
| Paucity | scarcity |
| Perquisites | perks |
| Vindication | proving right |
| Regressive | moving backwards |
| Disillusioned | freed from wrong ideas |
| Amiable | friendly |
| Circumstantial | accidental |
| Placid | peaceful |
| Pragmatism | practicality |
| Rudimentary | elementary |
| Frugal | economical |
| Husbandry | careful management of resources |
| Copious | in large amount |
| Modicum | tiny amount |
| Marred | spoiled |
| Manifesto | statement of values |
| Expeditious | speedy |
| Nondescript | having no special qualities |
| Meticulous | thorough |
| Tribulation | trouble |
| Indiscriminate | without thought |
| Docile | obedient |
| Esoteric | obscure |
| Volatile | evaporates easily |
| Stifling | suppressing |
| Prospectus | brochure |
| Dilatory | slow |
| Coalition | a union of two parts |
| Presumption | assuming too much |
| Squelch | suppress |
| Truculence | stubbornness |
| Formidable | inspiring awe |
| Exonerated | proved not guilty |
| Monotonous | dull |
| Hackneyed | commonplace |
| Invocation | prayer |
| Candid | truthful |
| Ameliorate | make better |
| Therapeutic | medicinal |
| Inscrutable | not easy to comprehend |
| Rambunctious | boisterous |
| Irreproachable | cannot be criticized |
| Contagious | passed on through touch |
| Peer | An equal |
| Exemplar | excellent example of |
| Deferment | putting off |
| Dubious | doubtful |
| Polarized | divided into two extremes |
| Debacle | disaster |
| Foundered | sank |
| Insightful | perceptive |
| Extirpation | destruction |
| Consecrate | dedicate |
| Opportunism | grabbing opportunities |
| Meager | small |
| Inane | silly |
Infographic – 2 (Dawn Vocabulary Words PDF)
Word |
Synonym |
| Histrionic | melodramatic |
| Arboreal | living in trees |
| Ignominy | shame |
| Gestures | signals |
| Embittered | full of bitter feelings |
| Morbidity | concern with death and disease |
| Purportedly | apparently claiming |
| Subversive | intending to overthrow |
| Distension | swelling |
| Didactic | intending to preach or teach |
| Thwarted | prevented |
| Advocate | support |
| Wistful | sad |
| Bypass | avoid |
| Despoiled | plunder |
| Corollary | consequence |
| Eulogy | praise |
| Serene | peaceful |
| Grimy | dirty |
| intrigued | interested and curious |
| Jeopardize | put at risk |
| Imperious | in a commanding manner |
| Barrage | bombardment |
| Juxtaposition | placing two things next to each other |
| Elusive | difficult to pin down |
| Jaded | tired |
| Abstruse | Difficult to comprehend |
| Legitimate | to make legal |
| Sophistry | devious logic |
| Proponent | supporter |
| Exacerbate | make worse |
| Irony | something unexpected |
| Foster | support |
| Somber | gloomy |
| Entourage | group of followers |
| Ingenuous | naive |
| Corroborated | supported |
| Glutton | greedy |
| Inconspicuous | not easily seen |
| Belitters | people who criticize/disparage |
| Extol | praise |
| Infusion | influx |
| Radical | revolutionary |
| Rectitude | uprightness |
| Tangential | off the point |
| Intemperate | not moderate |
| Lamentable | regrettable |
| Denuded | stripped |
| Recrimination | blame me |
| Wrath | anger |
| Officious | interfering |
| Heterogeneity | variety |
| Depreciatory | devaluing |
| Conciliatory | bringing together |
| Quell | suppress |
| Amalgam | mixture |
| Transitory | short lived |
| Scrutinize | examine carefully |
| Preclude | prevent |
| Venality | corruption |
| Belied | contradicted |
| Compendious | containing a lot in a small space |
| Disingenuous | crafty |
| Fitful | intermittent |
| Aberration | deviation |
| Impetuosity | impulsiveness |
| Valor | bravery |
| Brevity | briefness |
| Predilection | liking for |
| Supplant | replace |
| Spurned | shunned |
| Vulnerable | open to attack |
| Envisioning | imagining |
| Penchant | tendency |
| Unequivocal | certain |
| Corpulence | very fatness |
| Libelous | open to prosecution for libel |
| Apathetic | lacking energy or interest |
| Sarcasm | sneering |
| Quixotic | idealistic |
| Tremulous | hesitant |
| Sporadic | intermittent |
| Facile | over simplified |
| Holistic | whole |
| Fastidious | very fussy |
| Vacillate | waver |
| Resilience | strength |
| Extrapolate | predict on the basis of existing data |
| Nihilism | belief in nothing |
| Embellished | adorned |
| Ratify | give approval to (official) |
| Epitome | essence |
| Versatility | ability to do many things |
| Faction | section |
| Capricious | whimsical |
| Egotistical | selfish |
| Finagle | wheedle |
| Temper | moderate |
| Palliative | sth that makes better but doesn`t cure |
| Word | Synonym |
| Extant | still in existence |
| Penurious | miserly |
| Intuition | sixth sense |
| Aural | through the sense of hearing |
| Inconsequential | unimportant |
| Encroach | trespass |
| Indomitable | unshakeable |
| Multifarious | having many aspects |
| Archaic | old fashioned |
| Warped | twisted |
| Futile | useless |
| Consummate | supremely good |
| Flabbergast | shock |
| Magnanimous | generous minded |
| Affluence | wealth |
| Temporize | put off |
| Obsequious | slavish |
| Bountiful | generous |
| Articulation | joining |
| Petulant | touchy |
| Judicious | fair |
| Grating | harsh |
| Indigenous | native to a locality |
| Ornate | extremely decorated |
| Discernment | judgement |
| Demonstrative | expressing emotions freely |
| Pathos | sadness |
| Exasperation | frustration and annoyance |
| Unwitting | not deliberated |
| Treacly | too sweet |
| Furtive | secretive |
| Emancipators | those who set others free |
| Succulent | juicy |
| Infelicity | unsuitability |
| Arable | cab be cultivated |
| Ambiguous | vague |
| Fraudulent | crooked |
| Pilfer | steal |
| Anachronistic | out of normal time range |
| Benevolent | kindly |
| Indulgent | kindly |
| Seditious | causing division or rebellion |
| Intonation | tone of voice |
| Salvageable | can be saved |
| Mandatory | compulsory |
| Ceorce | compel |
| Condone | tolerate |
| Sycophant | toady |
| Slipshod | careless |
| Alleviate | make less serve |
| Affinity | kinship |
| Wary | cautious |
| Remiss | neglectful |
| Cacophony | noise |
| Momentous | of great importance |
| Lavish | to spend freely |
| Raze | known down, destroy |
| Stipulated | insisted |
| Augment | increase in size or number |
| Ineptitude | lack of ability |
| Ineffable | can’t be expressed in words |
| Lobby | to try to persuade |
| Wannow | sift |
| Eclectic | taking things from different sources |
| Flag | to lose energy |
| Rehash | revamp hurriedly |
| Incoherence | lack of clarity |
| Estrangement | separation |
| Sedulous | thorough |
| Autonomy | self Government |
| Delineate | outline |
| Effacement | wiping out |
| Vigilant | wary |
| Cursory | superficial |
| Acumen | sharpness of mind |
| Solicitous | expressing care and concern |
| Finesse | skill |
| Dearth | shortage |
| Word | Synonym |
| Insolvent | bankrupt |
| Prudent | wise |
| Vindictive | seeking revenge |
| Squander | waste |
| Soporific | sleep inducing |
| Insolence | lack of respect |
| Connoisseur | expert with good taste |
| Naiveté | innocence |
| Notoriety | infamy |
| Irreverence | lack of respect |
| Endorsed | supported |
| Vicarious | experience indirectly |
| Rhetoric | persuasive language |
| Callous | cruel & unfeeling |
| Waning | declining |
| Devious | cunning |
| Curtail | cut short |
| Excise | cut out |
| Manipulative | deceptive |
| Rancor | bitterness and bad feeling |
| Substantiate | give supporting evidence |
| Hilarity | great laughter |
| Redolent | smelling of |
| Opacity | lack of transparency |
| Empathetic | exhibiting deep emotional understanding |
| Convivial | sociable |
| Punctilious | meticulous |
| Sermonize | give moral lecture |
| Convergence | coming together |
| Robust | strong and sturdy |
| Motley | varied |
| Miffed | annoyed |
| Retraction | removal |
| Reclusive | Avoid other people |
| Repertoire | range |
| Hubris | excessive pride |
| Autocrat | absolute ruler |
| Occlusion | shutting out |
| Nefarious | infamous |
| Exorbitant | excessive |
| Arbitration | mediating between disputing sides |
| Byzantine | excessive |
| Eradicate | wipeout |
| Indictment | charge |
| Propensity | tendency |
| Sustain | support |
| Congenial | friendly |
| Overhaul | renovate |
| Conflagration | great fire |
| Foil | frustrate |
| Myopic | short sighted |
| Opulence | lavish display of wealth |
| Languid | Lacking energy |
| Surfeit | excess |
| Derelict | rundown |
| Equanimity | peace of mind |
| Profundity | depth |
| Concord | agreement |
| Mercenary | seeking money above all else |
| Prosaic | ordinary |
| Adulation | worship |
| Agnostic | unsure of the existence of god |
| Alacrity | speed & eagerness |
| Altruism | Self sacrifice |
| Intermittent | on & off |
| Reprieve | let off |
Dawn Newspaper Vocabulary Word
Words Synonyms
Ascertain find out
Abrogate cancel
Appease pacify
Abstain desist
Apathetic indifferent
Adulation strong admiration
Articulate clear
Adulation worship
Astute wise
Ameliorate make better
Asylum place of refuge or safety
Archaic ancient
Ambiguous vague
Acquiesce to agree to
Artisan craftsman
Alleviate make less serve
Ambiguity uncertainty
Archetype classic example of
Animosity hatred
Altruism self-sacrifice
Adamant forceful
Affability friendliness
Alacrity speed & eagerness
Augment increase in size or number
Arcane esoteric
Archaic old-fashioned
Articulation joining
Antediluvian outdated
Antagonism hostility
Amiable friendly
Ameliorate make better
Antiquated outdated
Assiduous thorough
Aloof distant
Amelioration improvement
Assuage to calm
Ambiguous unclear in meaning
Affable friendly
Abasement humiliation
Amorphous lacking in shape
Amass accumulate
Apathy lack of interest or emotion
Acumen sharpness of mind
Analgesic medicine to combat pain
Arbitration mediating between disputing sides
Allay to lessen
Adversity hardship
Altruism putting others first
Archives collections of old records
Aberration deviation
Ambivalence lack of clarity
Animosity hostility
Advocate support
Abstruse difficult to understand
Apocryphal of doubtful origin
Acuity sharpness (mental or visual)
Astute perceptive
Amassed accumulated
Alleviate make less severe
Anachronistic out of normal time range
Advocate support
Belabor over-emphasizing
Bureaucracy officialdom
Bountiful generous
Belied contradicted
Benevolent kindly
Brevity briefness
Bigot narrow-minded, prejudiced person
Billowing swelling
Bypass avoid
Broach start to discuss
Boorishness rudeness
Blighted damaged
Buttress strengthen
Bombast arrogant, pompous language
Brawny muscular
Belittlers People who criticize/disparage
Barrage bombardment
Brusque blunt
Byzantine excessive
Choleric easily angered
Cartographer person who makes maps
Credible believable
Coddle pamper
Cognitions mental knowledge
Clamor shout
Circumvent avoid
Cogent lucid
Conciliatory bringing together
Censure blame
Convivial sociable
Conflagration great fire
Concord agreement
Circumspect cautious
Consecrate dedicate
Cacophony noise
Cajole coax
Charlatan trickster who claims knowledge he doesn’t have
Corollary consequence
Callous cruel & unfeeling
Credulous gullible
Censure criticize
Circumscribe limit
Convergence coming together
Counterfeit fake
Clandestine secret
Circumstantial accidental
Clemency mercy
Circuitous indirect
Capricious whimsical
Cringe recoil
Cumulative building up
Creditable praiseworthy
Curtail cut short
Corpulence very fat-ness
Candor frankness
Carping constant criticism
Cryptic puzzling
Credulity belief on slight evidence
Contagious passed on through touch
Chary watchful
Collate arrange in order
Circumvent avoid
Cogitate think over something
Censorious disapproving
Cursory superficial
Corroborated supported
Collusion plotting and planning
Coalesce come together
Congenial friendly
Certitude certainty
Coalition a union of two parts
Cliche overused expression
Connoisseur expert with good taste/ judgement
Didactic intending to preach or teach
Derelict rundown
Debacle disaster
Disseminating circulating
Demur hesitate
Disparaging critical
Docile obedient
Disdain contempt
Disparage criticize
Destitution hardship
Deteriorate worsen
Disillusioned freed from wrong ideas
Dilatory slow
Deplore regret
Debilitate weaken
Deliberation careful thought
Devious cunning
Deride ridicule
Disinterested unbiased
Deplete use up
Deference respect
Desecrate to damage or pollute a holy place
Dotard foolish old man
Demagogue mob leader
Deferment putting off
Deliberate to think over deeply
Degradation deprivation
Dolt stupid person
Defunct no longer in existence
Deter put off
Discordancy cacophony
Discernment judgement
Diffident lacking confidence
Desist stop
Deprecate criticize
Discord disagreement
Despondent having no hope
Diligent hard-working
Delineate outline
Disarming charming
Discrepancy something which does not match up
Denounce condemn
Dubious doubtful
Discrepancy inconsistency
Dalliance non-serious involvement
Delineation demarcation
Discriminate to make a clear distinction
Dispassionate neutral
Dilemma puzzling situation
Devoured greedily eaten/consumed
Deleterious harmful
Demonstrative expressing emotions freely
Disingenuous crafy
Disapprobation disapproval
Depravity moral corruption
Debunking exposing false claims or myths
Dilatory slow
Docile gentle and easily lead
Discern to distinguish one thing from another
Dogmatic having stubbornly held opinions
Depreciatory devaluing
Enfranchise give voting rights
Elusive difficult to pin down
Encompassed included
Enigma puzzle
Embellished adorned
Exculpate free someone from blame
Erudition learning
Exceptionable very bad (something which we should object to)
Egotistical selfish
Eradicate wipe out
Extrinsic irrelevant
Exemplar excellent example of
Exacerbate make worse
Excise cut out
Execrable very, very bad
Exacerbate make worse
Embodiment living example of
Equitable fair and equal
Ephemeral short-lived
Enunciation clear pronunciation
Encroach trespass
Extol praise
Euphony pleasant sounds
Equanimity peace of mind
Exorcism getting free/rid of
Entourage group of followers
Exasperated frustrated
Epitome essence
Expeditious speedy
Engender cause
Envenom to cause bitterness and bad feeling
Endorsed supported
Exemplify to serve as a good example
Empiric found by experiment/practice
Extraneous irrelevant
Eclectic taking things from different sources
Extradite deport from one country back to the home country
Extant still in existence
Exonerated proved not guilty
Exotic strange
Estrangement separation
Espouse promote
Err make a mistake
Expedient convenient
Exorbitant excessive
Emancipators those who set others free
Enhance improve
Embittered full of bitter feelings
Exasperation frustration and annoyance
Equivocate speak ambiguously
Eulogy praise
Extrapolate extend
Fickle unpredictable
Fitful not continuous
Fraudulent fake
Finagle wheedle
Foster support
Finesse skill
Fly-by-night unreliable
Fortuitous happening by chance
Facile over simplified
Fastidious overly particular
Fractious irritable
Formidable inspiring awe
Flamboyant showy
Faction section
Foil frustrate
Feasible possible and practicable
Fastidious very fussy
Fecund fertile Inebriation drunkenness
Felicitous apt
Flabbergast shock
Fortitude bravery Innocuous harmless
Flaunt show off
Flag to lose energy
Flippant making jokes about serious matters Infer deduce
Flout defy
Fallacious false
Falter hesitate
Fanaticism passion
Frugal economical
Futile useless
Fitful intermittent
Fervor passion
Flustered worked-up
Gratuitous free
Glutton greedy
Grating harsh
Gestures signals
Glacial icy
Heed listen to
Hone sharpen
Hoary old
Hedonism self indulgence
Husbandry careful management of resources
Hilarity great laughter
Hidebound rigid in opinions
Haughtiness arrogance
Histrionic theatrical
Hackneyed commonplace
Harbingers indicators
Hasten hurry
Hinder obstruct
Insolvent bankrupt
Imperious in a commanding manner
Idiosyncratic quirky
Incongruous not fitting in
Inane silly
Ineffable cannot be expressed in words
Inconsequential unimportant
Illusory deceptive
Instigator troublemaker
Insurrectionist rebel
Ingenue naive, unsophisticated person
Impoverished destitute
Incipient just beginning
Impromptu unrehearsed
Indelible cannot be wiped out
Irreverence lack of respect
Insular narrow-minded
intrigued interested and curious
Impetuosity impulsiveness
Immutable unchanging
Impudent cheeky
Innocuous harmless
Inscrutable mysterious
Inertia inactivity
Insightful perceptive
Invocation prayer
Intuition sixth sense
Irreproachable can not be criticized
Inclination tendency
Inadvertent not intentional
Immoderate excessive
Impecunious having no money
Ineffable cant be expressed in words
Iconoclast person who opposes orthodoxy
Innovate create
Irony something unexpected
Inept incompetent
Insurgent a rebel
Ingenuous naive
Incoherence lack of clarity
Inconsequential unimportant
Indigenous native to a locality
Inexorable relentless
Insentient unfeeling
Indomitable unshakeable
Indictment charge
Inconspicuous not easily seen
Insolence lack of respect
Incoherent not clear
Indulgent pampering
Indigenous native to a particular area
Irresolute lacking firmness of purpose
Ignominy shame
Infusion influx
Indulgent kindly
Inimical hostile
Indiscriminate without thought
Ignominy shame [ignominious (a) = shameful]
Indolence laziness
Inevitable cannot be avoided
Ignominious shameful
Jaded tired
Juxtaposition placing two things next to each other
Kindle to start a fire
Knotty complex
Labyrinthine complicated
Lamentable regrettable
Lackluster dull
Languish decay
Lackadaisical lazy
Largess generosity
Lummox clumsy person
Lofty snooty
Ludicrous ridiculous
Languid Lacking energy
Larceny theft
Legitimate to make legal
Libertarian someone who opposes tyranny
Lucid clear
Lynch assassinate
Lachrymose tearful
Laud praise
Lampoon ridicule
Laconic using few words
Luscious juicy
Lamentation expression of regret or sorrow
Lavish on a grand scale
Lithe flexible
Lucid clear
Longevity long life
Lax careless
Livid very angry
Lobby to try to persuade
Miffed annoyed
Mercenary concerned only with money
Multifarious having many aspects
Marred damaged
Morbidity concern with death and disease
Menagerie collection of animals
Machinations plots and plans
Magnanimous generous
Mercenary seeking money above all else
Mercurial volatile
Meager in short supply
Modicum tiny amount
Maladroit clumsy
Milieu environment
Meager small
Matriarchy society governed by women
Malady illness
Marshal to gather together
Meticulous very careful
Mettle courage
Meticulous thorough
Mendacious given to lying
Momentous of great importance
Marsupial pouched mammal (like a kangaroo)
Meander wander from side to side
Marred spoiled
Mire swamp
Misanthrope hater of the rest of mankind
Monotonous dull
Malefactor a wrong-doer
Motley varied
Martinet person who believes in strict discipline
Nondescript having no special qualities
Naivete innocence
Notoriety infamy
Noxious harmful
Nefarious infamous
Nemesis fate
Ogle stare at
Overhaul renovate
Oblivious totally unaware
Obsequious servile
Oblique indirect
Obsolete no longer valid
Onerous burdensome
Obdurate stubborn
Obviate avoid
Odious hateful Posterity future generations
Opting choosing
Obfuscate deliberately make something difficult to understand
Obscured hidden
Obtuse mentally dull
Obsequious slavish
Ominous threatening
Officious interfering
Opacity lack of transparency
Omnipotent all-powerful
Obliterate destroy
Overt obvious
Orthodox conventional
Opulent wealthy
Onerous burdensome
Opportunism grabbing opportunities
Omniscient all-knowing
Ostentatious showy
Objective unbiased
Prosaic dull
Proponents promoters
Posthumous after death
Preamble introductory material
Precarious unstable
Pensive in a thoughtful mood
Prospectus brochure
Polarized divided into two extremes
Placid peaceful
Plummet fall suddenly and steeply
Pathos evoking sadness or pity
Procrastinate delay
Protean changeable
Propensity tendency
Prosaic ordinary
Pellucid transparently clear
Plaudits praise
Pragmatist practical person
Proletarian member of the working class
Predilection liking for
Patronize condescend to
Plausible can be believed
Purportedly apparently claiming
Punctilious meticulous
Ponderous weighty
Perceptive observant
Prudent wise
Potent powerful
Perquisites perks
Peer An equal
Pragmatism practicality
Pusillanimous cowardly
Penchant tendency
Peevishness childish sullenness
Precipitous done in a hurry
Purloin steal
Preclude prevent or make impossible
Percipient perceptive
Predicament dilemma
Partisan biased
Protocol procedure
Proscribe forbid
Protagonist main character in film, book,
Protege person under protection of, or guided by another
Prolific producing a lot
Puerile childish
Pliable flexible
Prevaricate speak misleadingly and evasively
Plethora an excess
Perdition damnation
Penurious miserly
Pliant flexible
Plagiarism taking credit for someone else’s writing or ideas
Pragmatic practical Ruse trick
Precursor forerunner
Paucity scarcity
Petulant touchy
Plaintiff petitioner (in court of law)
Pallid pale
Parsimonious economical
Prescient having fore-knowledge
Peccadillo minor weakness
Pretentious pompous
Profound having deep meaning
Pyromania compulsion to start fires
Parity equality
Pejorative derogatory
Prodigious very large
Phlegmatic calm
Prerogative right or privilege
Prudent cautious
Profundity depth (of ideas/thoughts)
Paramount of supreme importance
Profane unholy
Placid calm
Predecessor one who came before
Phobic fearful (Root phobia always implies fear)
Paucity shortage
Polemical causing debate or argument
Parsimony stinginess
Parry ward off
Prosody study of versification
Portent a warning sign
Quixotic idealistic
Quagmire marsh
Quell suppress
Quaff drink down quickly
Remiss neglectful
Rancor bitterness and bad feeling
Rousing stirring
Resolute firm of purpose
Retention preservation
Riddled full of (usually full of holes)
Raze known down, destroy
Resolution determination
Reticent restrained
Robust strong
Rudimentary elementary
Reprehensible very bad
Revere worship
Replete full
Rife common
Robust strong and sturdy
Reprieve a respite
Resilience strength
Rhetoric persuasive language
Reprieve let off (atleast temporarily)
Recrimination blame
Retraction removal
Remuneration payment for work done
Ruminate think over something
Rigor thoroughness
Resonant echoing
Reprehensible shameful
Reprimanded scolded
Repertoire range
Radical revolutionary
Rambunctious boisterous
Restorative a tonic
Repudiate shun
Rescind retract
Retraction withdrawal
Scrutinize examine carefully
Sarcasm sneering
Skirmish minor battle
Solace comfort for grief
Sallow yellowish
Sage a wise person
Stanza section of a poem
spasmodic Intonation tone of voice
Sensuous appealing to the senses
Supple flexible
Stipulated insisted
Succulent juicy
Scrutinize examine carefully
Salutary something which teaches you a lesson
Sophomoric juvenile
Steadfastness loyalty
Slipshod careless
Servile overly submissive
Sustain support
Sanguinary bloodthirsty
Skeptical doubting
Somber gloomy
Sycophant toady
Savant person with knowledge
Sequester isolate
Scuttled sunk
Scrupulous careful
Soothsayer fortuneteller
Sardonic mocking
Salvageable can be saved
Sluggard slow-moving
Sanctimonious hypocritically holy
Specious false
Soporific inducing sleep
Sophistry devious logic
Solicit to ask for
Sanguine optimistic
Stagnant still
Secluded lonely
Sporadic not continuous
Soporific sleep inducing
Salacious lecherous
Supplant replace
Seditious causing division or rebellion
Somnambulist sleepwalker
Solicitous expressing care and concern
Sanctity holiness
Squander waste
Sanction give approval to
Solace comfort
Sagacious wise
Sedulous thorough
Scale to climb
Surfeit excess
Squelch suppress
Sermonize give moral lecture
Scouring cleaning thoroughly
Stereotype fixed image
Subversive intending to overthrow
Staid dull
Serendipity fortunate coincidence
Sedate calm
Serene peaceful
Tumult uproar
Trepidation fear
Tractable obedient
Truncate cut short
Temporize put off
Therapeutic medicinal
Tenacious holding firmly to idea or purpose
Tirade stream of verbal abuse
Transitory short-lived
Totter walk unsteadily
Titter giggle quietly
Truant shirker
Truculence stubbornness
Thwart prevent
Talisman lucky charm
Thwarted prevented
Tentative not certain
Temperamental volatile
Tribulation trouble
Trinket something of little value
Tangential off the point
Transient short-lived
Teacly too sweet
Traverse to move across
Tedium boredom
Torpid inactive
Torpor dormancy
Trite unoriginal
Tardy slow
Transgress go astray
Transcribe copy
Trivial unimportant
Turpitude depravity
Tangible can be touched
Timorous cowardly
Upbraid scold
Unalloyed undiluted
Unyielding not giving up
Urbane sophisticated
Utilitarian useful
Unequivocal certain
Unequivocal clear
Ubiquitous found everywhere
Undermined damaged
Unprecedented never having happened before
Uproarious hilarious
Unscathed unharmed
Unfetter set free
Undermine weaken
Underscore emphasize
Upshot outcome
Unwitting not deliberate
Vex annoy
Vindictive seeking revenge
Vehement forceful
Voluminous large
Verbose talkative
Vigilant wary
Vilification blackening someone’s name
Warped twisted
Vertigo dizziness
Valor bravery
Venial minor
Viscous thick and sticky
Vestigial not developed
Variegated multicolored
Veneer surface coating
Vehemence violence
Veracity truthfulness
Vacillate waver
Waning declining
Vapid dull
Vagrant person wandering without a home
Venal corrupt
Vacuous empty
Versatility ability to do many things
Validated proved right
Wary cautious
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