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  • Noxious
    Harmful, unpleasant, or poisonous. Negative. Harmful, insalubrious, adverse, pernicious, baleful
  • Acerbic
    To intention use wit that hurts feelings. Negative. Sarcastic, acidic, sardonic, scathing, caustic
  • Incendiary (noun #1)
    A person who purposefully sets fire to property. Negative. Torch, arsonist, igniter
  • Amortize
    Gradually pay off. Neutral. Pay off, liquidate
  • Munificent
    More generous than usual. Positive. Generous, philanthropic, magnanimous
  • Quixotic
    Exceedingly idealistic. Neutral. Optimistic, idealistic, visionary, utopian, zealous
  • Supersede
    To take the place of something. Neutral. Replace, substitute, supplant, displace, displant
  • Inveigle
    To persuade. Neutral. Tempt, lure, beguile, entice, solicit, enmesh
  • Pallid
    To be pale. Negative. Pale, pasty, ashy, sick, blanch
  • Parochial
    Inflexible to other views or opinions. Negative. Petty, narrow, insular, provincial, secretarian
  • Stolid
    Feeling or showing little emotion. Negative. Blank, vacant, enigmatic, impassive, stoic
  • Grandiloquent
    Using language that is unnecessarily elaborate. Negative. Overdone, pompous, bombastic, magniloquent, pretentious, ostentatious
  • Despot
    A ruler with absolute power, usually oppressive. Negative. Tyrant, authoritarian
  • Homily
    A short sermon or speech. Neutral. Speech, sermon, lesson
  • Malign
    Evil in nature or effect. Negative. Evil, bad, baleful, inimical.
  • Agglomerate
    Unorganized collection of things. Neutral. Jumble, assortment, blend, amalgam, aggregate
  • Improvident
    To be careless of the future. Reckless, extravagent, imprudent, heedless
  • Preternatural
    Extraordinary. Neutral. Unusual, abnormal, phenomenal, anomalous
  • Madulin
    Appealing to emotions in an obvious way. Negative. Sentimental, mawkish, saccharine
  • Facile
    Appears complete, but ignores complexities of a topic. Negative. Simplistic, naive, superficial, schematic
  • Pithy
    Use of few words to show information. Positive. Brief, concise, succinct, epigrammatic, elliptic, sententious
  • Cabal
    A secret, powerful group seeking control. Negative. Group, clique, faction, coterie
  • Hector
    A bully. Negative. Enemy, intimidator, oppresor
  • Serendipity
    Pleasant surpises. Positive. Luck, coincidence, fluke, blessing
  • Simpatico
    Friendly or agreeable. Positive. Pleasant, charming
  • Urbane
    Courteous or refined (usually a man). Positive. Elegant, sophisticated, cultavated
  • Inimical
    To obstruct or harm. Negative. Damage, adverse, detrimental, pernicious, ruinous
  • Dissolute
    To be corrupt. Negative. Corrupt, depraved, crooked, decadent, libertine
  • Subservient
    Willing to obey someone else. Negative. Obediant, passive, submissive, docile, obsequious, acquiescent
  • Dulcet
    Sweet and soothing (especially noises). Positive. Pleasant, mellifluous, euphonious
  • Indignate
    Anger or fear from unfair treatment. Negative. Resentful, disgruntle, affronted
  • Cajole
    To get someone to do something by urging, flattery, or attention. Negative. Lure, entice, coax
  • Coalesced
    To combine. Neutral. Mix, mingle, compound, blend, incorporate
  • Expatriate
    A peron who is forced to emigrate. Neutral. Refugee, expat, emigre
  • Askant
    With distruct. Negative, Skeptical, crticial, suspicious, incredulous, quizzically
  • Castigate
    To reprimand harshly. Negative. Scold, lecture, reprimand, lambast, chastise, admonish, upbraid
  • Incendiary (noun #2)
    A person who stirs up public feelings of discontent. Negative. Rebel, inciter, insurgent, provocateur
  • Equivocal
    Open to more than one interpretation. Neutral. Questionable, suspicious, ambiguous, dubitable, dubious
  • Vicissitude
    A negative event that is usualy to particular places. Negative. Ordeal, gauntlet, privation, misfortune
  • Panned
    To criticize severely. Negative. Criticize, denounce, scold
  • Demarcate
    To define. Neutral. Define, delimit, demark, circumscribe
  • Akimbo
    Hands on the hips.
  • Taciturn
    To not speak frequently. Negative. Silent, reserved, laconic, reticent, aloof
  • Impecunious
    Lacking money. Neutral. Poor, impoverished, penurious, destitute, pauperize
  • Predilection
    A preference towards something. Positive. Affection, aptitude, affinity, penchant, propensite, dispostion
  • Sophomoric
    Overconfident, but poorly informed and immature. Negative. Childish, adolescent, juvenile
  • Prescient
    Being aware or prepared for the future. Neutral. Cautious, foresighted, sagacious, proactive
  • Lascivious
    Referring to sexual matters in an unacceptable way. Negative. Suggestive, obscene, vulgar, indecent, salacious
  • Outstrip
    To get ahead of. Positive. Exceed, surpass, eclipse, transcent, outmatch
  • Pragmatic
    Use sensibility based on practicality. Positive. Practical, realistic, utilitarian
  • Abreast
    Acquainted or alongside. Neutral. Familiar, informed, knowledgeable, cognizant
  • Whitewash
    To dismiss as having little importance. Negative. Ignore, disregard, overpass, discount
  • Garish
    Obtrusively bright or showy. Negative. Moisy, gaudy, ostentatious, flamboyant
  • Actuarial
    Assessing and managing financial risk. Neutral. Analyst, clerk, auditor
  • Dissident
    The opposer of a political party. Negative. Protestor, objector, dissenter
  • Innocuous
    Not causing harm or offense. Positive. Harmless, innocent, benign, anodyne
  • Preordain
    To determine fate in advanced. Neutral. Fate, predict, destine, predetermine, sentence
  • Inure
    To withstand physical hardship. Neutral. Harden, fortify, indurate, reinforce, bolster
  • Ambiguous
    To have an uncertain meaning. Neutral. Unclear, vague, enigmatic, obscure, cryptic, opaque, esoteric
  • Laud
    Praised or acclaimed (formally). Positive. Honor, credit, homage, commend, accolade
  • Lexicon
    A reference book with meanings, pronounciations, uses. Neutral. Dictionary, termology, thesarus
  • Literati
    Well-educated people. Negative. Elite, clerisy, intelligenista
  • Indemnify
    To provide a just payment for loss or injury. Neutral. Repay, compensate, reimburse, remunerate
  • Solipstitic
    A belief that only your mind exists. Negative. Selfish, egotistical, egomaniacal
  • Effusive
    Showing feelings freely. Positive. Loving, outgoing, uninhibited, sentimental, theatrical, melodramatic
  • Lionize
    To treat someone as important or famous. Positive. Honor, revere, venerate, apotheosize
  • Syncopate
    Disrupting an expected pattern (especially in music). Negative. Break, delay, hinder, suspend
  • Posit
    To propose an idea or theory for discussion. Neutral. Suggest, postulate, predicate, hypothesize
  • Officious
    Someone who offers unwanted advice or help. Negative. Intrusive, interfering, obtrusive, presumptuous
  • Decry
    To scornfully show a low opinion. Negative. Dismiss, criticize, diminish, condemn, disparage, denounce, depreciate
  • Hoi-polloi
    The common people. Negative. Commoners, plebians, proleteriat
  • Mendacious
    Telling or having lies. Negative. Misleading, erroneous, fallacious, hypocritical
  • Conducive
    To assist in developing something. Positive. Favorable, facilitative, advantageous
  • Lackadaisical
    Lacking enthusiasm. Negative. Careless, indifferent, apathetic, languid, impassive
  • Purported
    Something believed to be true, but not proven. Neutral/Negative. Supposed, conjectural, hypothetical, suppositional, derivable
  • Quotidian
    Often observed or encountered. Neutral. Usual, routine, ubiquitous, prevailing, commomplace
  • Doyenne
    An expert. Positive. Master, maven, expert, guru, adept
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