Are you kidding me? There are more ""C" words?
Potpourri #1
Potpourri #2
Potpourri #3
Still more "P" words?
100
against what one would intuitively expect
What is counterintuitive?
100
the floating wreckage of a ship
What is flotsam?
100
summarize, repeat in a concise way
What is recapitulate?
100
to make better, more bearable, or more satisfactory
What is ameliorate?
100
splendid, wide-ranging, impressive display or array
What is panoply?
200
disgustingly or distastefully sweet
What is cloying?
200
to put down in the sense of openly condemning; to express strong disapproval
What is decry?
200
lying on one’s back; inactive especially from indifference
What is supine?
200
something that is not in its correct historical time; a mistake in chronology, such as by assigning a person or event to the wrong time period
What is an anachronism?
200
superiority in weight, extent, influence; majority
What is preponderance?
300
to quibble; to raise trivial objections
What is cavil?
300
excessive, loud patriotism and aggressive, warlike foreign policy
What is jingoism?
300
to have a good or bad effect, especially as a result of a person’s efforts or actions
What is redound?
300
facial expression or face (noun); approve or tolerate (verb)
What is countenance?
300
physical beauty
What is pulchritude?
400
cowardly
What is craven?
400
outer part of a shadow from an eclipse; any surrounding region, fringe, periphery; any area where something “sort of” exists
What is penumbra?
400
shining brightly; radiant; gleaming
What is refulgent?
400
unskillful or awkward
What is gauche?
400
extreme poverty or scarcity
What is penury?
500
agreeable; marked by a pleasing personality; affable
What is complaisant?
500
trickery or slight of hand
What is legerdemain?
500
immoral; dissolute, debauched
What is licentious?
500
artifice, a trick or stratagem; a ruse
What is subterfuge?
500
cowardly, timid
What is pusillanimous?
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