2Big Word List 56-169
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Condescend
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to talk down
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condone
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to forgive; to overlook
- conspicuous
- easily seen; out in the open
- contemporary
- living at the same time; modern
- contempt
- disdain; hatred
- contentious
- quarrelsome
- contrite
- apologetic; remorseful
- conventional
- ordinary; customary; normal; traditional
- corroborate
- to confirm
- credulous
- gullible; overly trusting
- cryptic
- mysterious; puzzling; enigmatic
- cursory
- hasty; not thorough
- daunt
- to intimidate; to discourage
- deference
- a show of respect
- denounce
- to speak out against; to condemn
- deplete
- to use up; to reduce
- depravity
- moral corruption
- deride
- to ridicule; to make fun of
- desecrate
- to profane a holy place
- deter
- to prevent
- didactic
- instructive
- digress
- to stray from the subject
- diligent
- hard working
- discern
- to distinguish on thing from another
- discord
- disagreement
- discriminate
- to differentiate; to make a clear distinction; to see the difference
- disdain
- to differentiate; to make a clear distinction; to see the difference
- disparage
- to differentiate; to make a clear distinction; to see the difference
- disparity
- inequality; difference
- dispassionate
- free from passion or spirit
- diverse
- varied
- dogmatic
- stubbornly opinionated
- dubious
- doubtful
- eccentric
- odd; unusual; quirky
- efface
- to erase; wipe out
- eloquent
- speaking well; articulate
- elusive
- tough to catch; hard to pin down
- embellish
- to add details; to exaggerate
- emulate
- to copy something admired; to imitate
- endorse
- to approve of; to give support to
- enduring
- lasting
- engender
- to create; to produce
- enhance
- to improve; to augment
- enigma
- mystery
- ephemeral
- short lived; fleeting; transitory
- esoteric
- understood only by a select few
- euphony
- pleasant sound
- exemplary
- outstanding; setting a great example
- exemplify
- to serve as an example of
- exhaustive
- thorough; complete
- expedient
- useful for effecting a desired result
- expedite
- to make faster or easier
- expository
- explanatory
- extol
- to praise
- extraneous
- irrelevant; extra; unnecessary
- facilitate
- to make easier; to help
- fallacious
- false; untrue
- fanatic
- one who is very devoted to a cause or an idea
- fastidious
- not easy to please; overly critical
- fervent
- passionate
- fervor
- passion; zeal; great enthusiasm
- fickle
- unpredictable; capricious; whimsical
- flagrant
- shocking; outstandingly bad
- fracas
- uproar; brawl
- frivolous
- not serious; silly; trivial
- fundamental
- essential; basic
- furtive
- secretive
- futile
- hopeless; worthless; useless
- gravity
- seriousness
- guile
- cunning; deceitfulness
- gullible
- overly trusting
- hackneyed
- banal; over-used
- hedonistic
- pleasure-seeking; indulgent
- heed
- to obey
- heresy
- an opinion violently opposed to established beliefs
- hinder
- to obstruct
- hypocritical
- insincere
- hypothetical
- theoretical; for the sake of argument
- illuminate
- to light up; make clear
- immune
- safe from harm; protected
- immutable
- unchanging, permanent
- impartial
- unbiased; neutral
- inadvertent
- accidental; unintentional
- incessant
- unceasing; never ending
- inclined
- tending toward one direction
- incoherent
- impossible to understand; chaotic
- incongruous
- not fitting in; out of place
- indolence
- laziness
- indifferent
- not caring one way or the other; lacking a preference, neutral
- inevitable
- unavoidable; bound to happen
- infamous
- notorious; scandalous
- inferred
- derived by reasoning; implied
- innate
- inborn; inherited
- innocuous
- harmless
- innovate
- to be creative, to introduce something new
- insipid
- bland; boring; tasteless
- instigate
- to start trouble
- intangible
- abstract; not capable of being touched or felt
- ironic
- satiric; unexpected
- irrational
- unreasonable; unpredictable
- jeopardy
- danger
- jocular
- joking
- languid
- slow; tired; drooping; weak
- laud
- to praise
- lax
- careless; not diligent; relaxed
- lethargic
- tired; languid; weak
- levity
- humor
- lucid
- clear; easy to understand
- marred
- damaged; bruised
- meander
- to wander randomly
- merger
- a joining; uniting
- *Disdain
- contempt; intense dislike