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100
instruct or improve (someone) morally or intellectually.
What is edify?
100
quiet, still
What is quiescent?
100
Latin root meaning to live
What is vivere?
100
substitution of a mild, inoffensive, or indirect expression for one that is considered offensive or too direct
What is euphemism?
100
excessive desire for wealth; covetousness
What is avarice?
200
inciting rebellion against a government, especially speech or writing that does this
What is sedition?
200
modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence
What is diffident?
200
Latin root meaning peace
What is pacis?
200
a flamboyant or grand way of acting
What is panache?
200
happening by chance
What is fortuitous?
300
trickery, deception by knowingly false arguments
What is chicanery?
300
domination; authority; influence by one country over others socially, culturally, economically, etc.
What is hegemony?
300
Latin root meaning fist
What is pug?
300
full of bitterness; caustic
What is vitriolic?
300
stubbornly disobedient, hard to manage
What is refractory?
400
marked by showy and often tasteless displays of wealth
What is ostentatious?
400
hardworking; busy; quite diligent
What is assiduous?
400
Latin root meaning seed
What is semin?
400
Extremely impractical but very romantic, chivalrous, or idealistic
What is quixotic?
400
scornfully or ironically mocking, cynically derisive
What is sardonic?
500
impervious to external influence
What is hermetic?
500
lethargic and thus not easily aroused into action; not easily roused to excitement
What is phlegmatic?
500
Latin root meaning burden
What is onus?
500
done secretly, stealthy, shy, shifty
What is furtive?
500
extremely critical; disgraceful; expressing scorn or criticism
What is opprobrious?