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Devouring or craving food in great quantities, desiring or consuming great quantities

Voracious

Not marked by fine distinctions, choosing at random without careful selection

Indiscriminate

Of imposing height; especially standing out above others, of high reputation, outstanding

Eminent

Soaked, drenched, saturated

Steeped

Fill to satisfaction, completely filled or supplied with

Replete

Be abundant or plentiful; exist in large quantities, to exist in great numbers

Abound

The application of the knowledge and usage of tools (such as machines or utensils) and techniques to control one's environment, branch of knowledge dealing with engineering, applied science, etc.

Technology

Indicate, as with a sign or an omen, to predict or foretell a future event

Prognosticate

A mechanism that can move automatically, a robot,a mechanical "person"

Automaton

A married woman (usually middle-aged with children) who is staid and dignified, an older married woman

Matron

(logic) a statement that contradicts itself,a statement that at first seems to be absurd or self-contradictory but which may in fact turn out to be true

Paradox

A knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about, special field of something or someone, kingdom

Realm

A chronological account of events in successive years, historical records

Annals

An enclosure of residences and other building (especially in the Orient), to increase or add to

Compound

A pale or subdued color,a trace, smattering, or slight degree

Tinge

Sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere, to pester, nag, annoy persistently

Badger

Call upon in supplication; entreat, to plead urgently for aid or mercy

Implore

Hard monotonous routine work, unpleasant, dull, or hard work

Drudgery

Tiresomely long; seemingly without end, unending

Interminable

Become conscious of, to understand, know, become aware of

Perceive

Brief and to the point; effectively cut short, expressing much in few words

Laconic

A large gathering of people, crowd

Throng

Invulnerable to fear or intimidation, brave

Intrepid

Approach with an offer of sexual favors, to approach and speak to

Accost

Reluctant to draw attention to yourself, silent

Reticent

Secret and sly or sordid, secret, stealthy

Furtive

Someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime, a person guilty of a major crime

Felon

Plethora

Deserving or inciting pity, unfortunate

Hapless

Feeling or showing extreme anger, angry, incensed

Irate

An artful or simulated semblance, an excuse

Pretext

Concoct something artificial or untrue, to lie, to construct

Fabricate

Quick or skillful or adept in action or thought

Adroit

Show, express or direct through movement, move the arms energetically

Gesticulate

Carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger, watchful

Vigilant

Marked by active interest and enthusiasm, eager

Avid

Influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering, coax

Cajole

Being in the earliest stages of development, elementary

Rudimentary

Increase, intensify, heighten

Enhance

A subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude, slight variation in meaning, tone, etc.

Nuance

Artfully persuasive in speech, smooth of speech

Glib

All of the same or similar kind or nature, same or uniform

Homogeneous

Capable of being shaped, formed, bent or drawn out

Malleable

An illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers, sleight of hand, deceptive adroitness

Legerdemain

The popular taste at a given time, general direction

Trend

Not growing or changing; without force or vitality, motionless, dull, inactive

Stagnant

Controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined, deadly, disastrous

Fatal

Out of fashion, outmoded, old-fashioned

Passe

Postpone doing what one should be doing, delay, put off

Procrastinate

A distinct feature or element in a problem, one side or view of person or situation

Facet

Insert surreptitiously or without warrant, pass off slyly, pass as genuine

Foist

Mark with a stigma or stigmata, to mark with a disgrace

Stigmatize

Surrender under agreed conditions, make terms

Capitulate

Aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery, boldness, daring

Audacity

Harass with persistent criticism or carping, tease or torment by offering something good but not deliver

Tantalize

To answer, reply

Retort

Reluctant to draw attention to yourself, silent or reserved

Reticent

Implied by or inferred from actions or statements, understood, implied, not stated

Tacit

The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them),trickery, underhandedness

Chicanery

Willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed, easy to manage

Docile

A narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family; originally (12th to 14th centuries) a story of the families that settled Iceland and their descendants but now any prose narrative that resembles such an account, heroic story

Saga

After the expected or usual time; delayed, late

Belated

Lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality, broken down, worn out

Decrepit

Not easily perturbed or excited or upset; marked by extreme calm and composure, calm, steady, serene

Imperturbable

Move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern, hesitate, fluctuate

Vacillate

Strong, trusty, firm

Staunch

Opprobrium

Governed by opportunity, not principled

Machiavellian

Greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation, without conscience, unreasonable

Unconscionable

A state of extreme confusion and disorder, uproar

Pandemonium

Strip the skin off

Flay

(behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people, conduct, bearing

Demeanor

Representation by drawing or painting etc, sketch, description in words

Delineation

Show to be right by providing justification or proof, absolve, justify

Vindicate

Extremely wicked, deeply criminal, hatefully evil

Heinous

A corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice, vileness, evil wickedness

Turpitude

A crime less serious than a felony, violation

Infraction

Make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals, unfeeling

Callous

Act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil, to right a wrong

Redress

Abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will, blame, abuse

Vituperation

Study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking), use (sometimes exaggerated) of language

Rhetoric

An exclusive circle of people with a common purpose

Clique

Praise, glorify, or honor, praise highly

Extol

A wise and trusted guide and advisor, counselor, coach, tutor

Mentor

Expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively, easily accomplished or attained

Facile

Insincere or almost meaningless talk

Cant

A feeling of anger caused by being offended, resentment, offense

Umbrage

Generous and understanding and tolerant, noble

Magnanimous

Spread negative information about, malign, slander

Vilify

Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear

Elucidate

Lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest, uninteresting, dull

Vapid

Lacking grace in movement or posture, bulky, difficult to handle

Unwieldy

The property of being close together, nearness

Proximity

Weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy, weariness

Lassitude

Take away the legal force of or render ineffective, destroy the use or value

Vitiate

Enlarge or increase

Augment

Extremely silly or stupid, foolish, inane

Fatuous

Twist and press out of shape, twist violently

Contort

A collection of works (plays, songs, operas, ballets) that an artist or company can perform and do perform for short intervals on a regular schedule, works that an artist is ready to perform

Repertoire

Impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses, extremely slight or gradual

Imperceptible