[
    {
        "definition": "to decrease; reduce", 
        "term": "abate"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to give up a position, right, or power", 
        "term": "abdicate"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "deviating from what is normal", 
        "term": "aberrant"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "temporary suppression or suspension", 
        "term": "abeyance"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "miserable; pitiful", 
        "term": "abject"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to reject; abandon formally", 
        "term": "abjure"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "n. the act of cutting; the natural separation of a leaf or other part of a plant, v. to cut off or away (abscise)", 
        "term": "abscission"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to depart secretly", 
        "term": "abscond"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "moderate in appetite", 
        "term": "abstemious"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "the giving up of certain pleasures", 
        "term": "abstinence"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "very bad", 
        "term": "abysmal"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "growth in size or increase in amount", 
        "term": "accretion"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to accumulate; grow by additions", 
        "term": "accrue"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "uncompromising; unyielding", 
        "term": "adamant"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "something added, attached, or joined", 
        "term": "adjunct"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to caution or reprimand", 
        "term": "admonish"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to corrupt or make impure", 
        "term": "adulterate"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "adj. relating to beauty or art, n. a conception of what is artistically beautiful", 
        "term": "aesthetic"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "pretentious, phony", 
        "term": "affected"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "fondness; liking; similarity", 
        "term": "affinity"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to make larger or greater", 
        "term": "aggrandize"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "adj. amounting to a whole; total, v. to collect into a mass, n. collective mass or sum", 
        "term": "aggregate"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "cheerful willingness; eagerness; speed", 
        "term": "alacrity"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "medieval chemical philosophy based on changing metal into gold; a seemingly magical power or process of transmutation", 
        "term": "alchemy"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to lessen; ease; soothe", 
        "term": "allay"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to relieve; improve partially", 
        "term": "alleviate"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "a combination; a mixture of two or more metals", 
        "term": "alloy"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "the power to entice by charm", 
        "term": "allure"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to combine into a unified whole", 
        "term": "amalgamate"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "unclear or doubtful in meaning", 
        "term": "ambiguous"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "the state of having conflicting emotional attitudes", 
        "term": "ambivalence"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "something delicious; the food of the gods", 
        "term": "ambrosia"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to improve", 
        "term": "ameliorate"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "agreeable; cooperative; suited", 
        "term": "amenable"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "something that increases comfort", 
        "term": "amenity"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "ornament worn as a charm against evil spirits", 
        "term": "amulet"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "something out of the proper time", 
        "term": "anachronism"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "medication that reduces or elimates pain", 
        "term": "analgesic"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "adj. comparable, n. a similarity in some ways between things that are otherwise dissimilar (analogy)", 
        "term": "analogous"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "n. absence of government; state of disorder, adj. lacking order or control (anarchic)", 
        "term": "anarchy"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "n. something that calms or soothes pain, adj. relaxing, or capable of soothing pain", 
        "term": "anodyne"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "irregular; deviating from the norm", 
        "term": "anomalous"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "something that comes before", 
        "term": "antecedent"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "prehistoric", 
        "term": "antediluvian"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "dislike; hostility", 
        "term": "antipathy"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "indifference", 
        "term": "apathy"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "the highest point", 
        "term": "apex"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "the point in an orbit most distant from the body being orbited; the highest point", 
        "term": "apogee"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "a terse, witty saying", 
        "term": "apothegm"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to calm; pacify; placate", 
        "term": "appease"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "name", 
        "term": "appellation"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "strinkingly appropriate and relevant", 
        "term": "apposite"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to inform", 
        "term": "apprise"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "praise; approval", 
        "term": "approbation"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to take possession for one's own use; confiscate", 
        "term": "appropriate"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "relevant", 
        "term": "apropos"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "ornate design featuring intertwined curves; a ballet position in which one leg is extended in back while the other supports the weight of the body", 
        "term": "arabesque"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "the study of material evidence of past human life", 
        "term": "archeology"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "great emotion or passion", 
        "term": "ardor"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "extremely difficult; laborious", 
        "term": "arduous"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "a specialized vocabulary used by a group", 
        "term": "argot"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to stop; to seize", 
        "term": "arrest"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "item made by human craft", 
        "term": "artifact"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "guileless; natural", 
        "term": "artless"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "n. one who practices self-denial, adj. self-denying or austere", 
        "term": "ascetic"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "severity; harshness; irritability", 
        "term": "asperity"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "slander; false rumor", 
        "term": "aspersion"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "diligent; hard-working", 
        "term": "assiduous"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to make less severe", 
        "term": "assuage"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "harsh; severe", 
        "term": "astringent"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "place of refuge or shelter", 
        "term": "asylum"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "in biology, the reappearance of a characteristic in an organism after several generations of absence; individual or a part that exhibits atavism; return of a trait after a period of absence", 
        "term": "atavism"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to weaken", 
        "term": "attenuate"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "bold; daring", 
        "term": "audacious"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "stern; unadorned", 
        "term": "austere"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "self-governing; independent", 
        "term": "autonomous"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "greed", 
        "term": "avarice"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to affirm; declare to be true", 
        "term": "aver"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "secondary occupation", 
        "term": "avocation"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "like an uncle, benevolent and tolerant", 
        "term": "avuncular"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "taken for granted", 
        "term": "axiomatic"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "pertaining to riotous or drunken festivity; pertaining to revelry", 
        "term": "bacchanalian"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "commonplace; trite", 
        "term": "banal"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "playful conversation", 
        "term": "banter"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "poet", 
        "term": "bard"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "obscene", 
        "term": "bawdy"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to sanctify; to bless; to ascribe a virtue to", 
        "term": "beatify"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to dress in a vulgar; showy manner", 
        "term": "bedizen"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "huge creature; anything very large and powerful", 
        "term": "behemoth"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to contradict; misrepresent; give a false impression", 
        "term": "belie"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "kindly; doing good", 
        "term": "beneficent"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to divide into two parts", 
        "term": "bifurcate"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "n. flattery, v. to coax with flattery (blandish)", 
        "term": "blandishment"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "bored because of frequent indulgence; unconcerned", 
        "term": "blase"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to give a boost to; prop up; support", 
        "term": "bolster"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "pompous; using inflated language", 
        "term": "bombastic"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "rude; insensitive", 
        "term": "boorish"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "cowlike", 
        "term": "bovine"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "bold; shameless", 
        "term": "brazen"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to mention for the first time", 
        "term": "broach"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "characteristic of the countryside; rustic; pastoral", 
        "term": "bucolic"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to flourish", 
        "term": "burgeon"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to polish", 
        "term": "burnish"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to reinforce; support", 
        "term": "buttress"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "unpleasant or harsh-sounding", 
        "term": "cacophonous"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to beg; sponge", 
        "term": "cadge"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "thick-skinned; insensitive", 
        "term": "callous"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "false and malicious accusation; slander", 
        "term": "calumny"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "false, deliberately misleading story", 
        "term": "canard"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "an established principle; a basis or standard for judgment; a group of literary works", 
        "term": "canon"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "insincere talk; language of a particular group", 
        "term": "cant"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "irritable; ill-humored", 
        "term": "cantankerous"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "adj. fickle, n. inclination to change one's mind compulsively", 
        "term": "capricious"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "faultfinding; intended to entrap, as in an argument", 
        "term": "captious"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "of foremost importance", 
        "term": "cardinal"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "of the flesh or body; related to physical appetites", 
        "term": "carnal"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to find fault; complain", 
        "term": "carping"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "science of making maps", 
        "term": "cartography"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "any of the hereditary social classes of hindu society; social stratification", 
        "term": "caste"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "punishment; chastisement; criticism", 
        "term": "castigation"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "a violent upheaval that causes great destruction and change", 
        "term": "cataclysm"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "something causing change", 
        "term": "catalyst"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "absolute; without exception", 
        "term": "categorical"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "smaller group within an organization", 
        "term": "caucus"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "involving a cause", 
        "term": "causal"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "sarcastically biting; burning", 
        "term": "caustic"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "concerning the sky or heavens; sublime", 
        "term": "celestial"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "moving away from a center", 
        "term": "centrifugal"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "moving or directed toward a center", 
        "term": "centripetal"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to defend or support", 
        "term": "champion"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to correct by punishment or reproof; to restrain or subdue", 
        "term": "chasten"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "trickery; fraud", 
        "term": "chicanery"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "the qualities idealized by knighthood such as bravery and gallantry toward women", 
        "term": "chivalry"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "rude; boorish", 
        "term": "churlish"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "roundabout", 
        "term": "circuitous"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "one who can predict the future; psychic", 
        "term": "clairvoyant"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "noisy outcry", 
        "term": "clamor"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "a small, exclusive group", 
        "term": "clique"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "thicken; congeal", 
        "term": "coagulate"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "v. to confine; seclude, n. monastery or convent, adj. shut away from the world (cloistered)", 
        "term": "cloister"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to cause to beome one", 
        "term": "coalesce"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "concluding part of a literary or musical composition; something that summarizes or concludes", 
        "term": "coda"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "systematize", 
        "term": "codify"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "informed; conscious; aware", 
        "term": "cognizant"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "artistic composition of materials pasted over a surface; an assemblage of diverse elements", 
        "term": "collage"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "proportional", 
        "term": "commensurate"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "brief, comprehensive summary", 
        "term": "compendium"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "self-satisfied", 
        "term": "complacent"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "overly polite; willing to please; obliging", 
        "term": "complaisant"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "something that completes or makes up a whole", 
        "term": "complement"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "yielding", 
        "term": "compliant"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "uneasiness caused by guilt", 
        "term": "compunction"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "curving inward", 
        "term": "concave"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "overcoming distrust or hostility", 
        "term": "conciliatory"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "invent", 
        "term": "concoct"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "existing concurrently", 
        "term": "concomitant"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to overlook volutarily; forgive", 
        "term": "condone"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to baffle; perplex; mix up", 
        "term": "confound"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "similar in tastes and habits; friendly; suited to", 
        "term": "congenial"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "pertaining to marriage agreement", 
        "term": "conjugal"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "a person possessing expert knowledge or training; a person of informed and discriminating taste", 
        "term": "connoisseur"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "n. person compulsorily enrolled for military service, v. to enroll a person for military service", 
        "term": "conscript"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to declare sacred", 
        "term": "consecrate"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "v. to assert, n. an assertion (contention)", 
        "term": "contend"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "quarrelsome; causing quarrels", 
        "term": "contentious"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "self-control; abstention from sexual activity", 
        "term": "continence"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "very sorrowful for a wrong", 
        "term": "contrite"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "disobedient; rebellious", 
        "term": "contumacious"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "riddle; puzzle with no solution", 
        "term": "conundrum"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "touching, neighboring; connecting without a break", 
        "term": "contiguous"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "n. practice widely observed in a group; custom; accepted technique or device, adj. customary or commonplace (conventional)", 
        "term": "convention"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to approach; come together; tend to meet", 
        "term": "converge"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "curved outward", 
        "term": "convex"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "sociable", 
        "term": "convivial"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "twisted; complicated", 
        "term": "convoluted"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "abundant; plentiful", 
        "term": "copious"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "woman who flirts", 
        "term": "coquette"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "horn overflowing with fruit and grain; state of abundance", 
        "term": "cornucopia"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "study of the universe as a totality;theory of the origin and structure of the universe", 
        "term": "cosmology"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "hidden; secret", 
        "term": "covert"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "desiring something owned by another", 
        "term": "covetous"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to mislead by trick or fraud; deceive", 
        "term": "cozen"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "cowardly", 
        "term": "craven"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "acceptance of something as true", 
        "term": "credence"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "statement of belief or principle; creed", 
        "term": "credo"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to discourage; intimidate; dishearten", 
        "term": "daunt"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "scarcity", 
        "term": "dearth"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "corruption", 
        "term": "debauchery"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "proper behavior", 
        "term": "decorum"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to malign; harm someone's reputation", 
        "term": "defame"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to fail to act", 
        "term": "default"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "respect; regard for another's wish", 
        "term": "deference"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "no longer existing", 
        "term": "defunct"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to represent or depict", 
        "term": "delineate"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "related to population balance", 
        "term": "demographic"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "pertaining to people", 
        "term": "demotic"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to express doubt", 
        "term": "demur"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to slur someone's reputation", 
        "term": "denigrate"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "an inhabitant; a regular visitor", 
        "term": "denizen"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "outcome; unraveling of the plot of a play or work of literature", 
        "term": "denouement"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to mock", 
        "term": "deride"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "something derived; unoriginal", 
        "term": "derivative"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to dry completely", 
        "term": "desiccate"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "state of disuse", 
        "term": "desuetude"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "random; disconnected; rambling", 
        "term": "desultory"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "something that discourages or hinders", 
        "term": "deterrent"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "the act of taking away; derogatory comment on a person's character", 
        "term": "detraction"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "transparent; fine-textured; insubstantial; vague", 
        "term": "diaphanous"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "bitter verbal attack", 
        "term": "diatribe"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "division into two usually contradictory parts", 
        "term": "dichotomy"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "shyness; lack of confidence", 
        "term": "diffidence"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "v. to spread out, adj. wordy; rambling; spread out", 
        "term": "diffuse"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "act of straying from the main point", 
        "term": "digression"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "funeral hymn", 
        "term": "dirge"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to free from misconception", 
        "term": "disabuse"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "perceptive; exhibiting keen insight and good judgment", 
        "term": "discerning"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to make uneasy; disconcert", 
        "term": "discomfit"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "not in tune", 
        "term": "discordant"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to dishonor; disgrace; cause to be doubted", 
        "term": "discredit"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "difference between", 
        "term": "discrepancy"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "constituting a separate thing; distinct", 
        "term": "discrete"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "quality of showing self-restraint in speech or actions; circumspection; freedom to act on one's own", 
        "term": "discretion"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "not candid; crafty", 
        "term": "disingenuous"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "unprejudiced; objection", 
        "term": "disinterested"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "lacking order or coherence; dislocated", 
        "term": "disjointed"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "put away from consideration; reject", 
        "term": "dismiss"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to belittle", 
        "term": "disparage"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "dissimilar", 
        "term": "disparate"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to pretend; disguise one's motinves", 
        "term": "dissemble"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to spread; scatter; disperse", 
        "term": "disseminate"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "person who disagrees about belief, etc.", 
        "term": "dissident"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "disintegration; debauchery", 
        "term": "dissolution"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "discord; lack of harmony", 
        "term": "dissonance"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to expand; swell out", 
        "term": "distend"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "extract the essential elements", 
        "term": "distill"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "inattentive; preoccupied", 
        "term": "distrait"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to vary; go in different directions from the same point", 
        "term": "diverge"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to strip; deprive; rid", 
        "term": "divest"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to make known something that is secret", 
        "term": "divulge"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "relating to a person who cannot compromise about points of a theory or doctrine; dogmatic; unyielding", 
        "term": "doctrinaire"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to provide with written evidence to support", 
        "term": "document"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "poor verse", 
        "term": "doggerel"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "stating opinions without proof", 
        "term": "dogmatic"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "inactive", 
        "term": "dormant"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "waste; worthless matter; trivial matter", 
        "term": "dross"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to deceive; trick", 
        "term": "dupe"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "exhilarated; enthusiastic", 
        "term": "ebullient"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "selecting from various sources", 
        "term": "eclectic"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "state of high spirits or liveliness; the process of bubbling as gas escapes", 
        "term": "effervescence"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "depleted of vitality; overrefined; decadent", 
        "term": "effete"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "efficiency; effectiveness", 
        "term": "efficacy"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "shameless boldness; presumptuousness", 
        "term": "effrontery"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "the tendency to see thing in relation to oneself; self-centered", 
        "term": "egoism"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "excessively self-centered; conceited", 
        "term": "egotistical"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "poem or song expressing lamentation", 
        "term": "elegy"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to provoke; draw out", 
        "term": "elicit"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "a substance believed to have the power to cure ills", 
        "term": "elixir"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "blissful; delightful", 
        "term": "elysian"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "thin and wasted", 
        "term": "emaciated"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to adorn; decorate; enhance; make more attractive by adding details", 
        "term": "embellish"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "adj. soothing; mollifying, n. an agent that soothes or makes more acceptable", 
        "term": "emollient"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "derived observation and experiment", 
        "term": "empirical"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to imitate; copy", 
        "term": "emulate"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "a formal expression of praise", 
        "term": "encomium"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "inherent; belonging to an area", 
        "term": "endemic"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to weaken", 
        "term": "enervate"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to cause; produce", 
        "term": "engender"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to increase; improve", 
        "term": "enhance"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "the scientific study of insects", 
        "term": "entomology"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to pronounce clearly", 
        "term": "enuciate"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "short-lived; fleeting", 
        "term": "ephemeral"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "branch of philosophy that examines the nature of knowledge", 
        "term": "epistemology"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "steady; unvarying; serene", 
        "term": "equable"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "composure; calmness", 
        "term": "equanimity"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to intentionally use vague language", 
        "term": "equivocation"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "mistaken; straying from the proper course", 
        "term": "errant"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "learned; scholarly", 
        "term": "erudite"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "hard to understand; known only to a few", 
        "term": "esoteric"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to make an attempt; subject to a test", 
        "term": "essay"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "admirable; possible to estimate", 
        "term": "estimable"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "based on the attitude that one's group is superior", 
        "term": "ethnocentric"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "causes or origins", 
        "term": "etiology"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "origin and history of a word", 
        "term": "etymology"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "study of factors that influence the hereditary qualities of the human race and ways to improve these qualities", 
        "term": "eugenics"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "high praise, especially of a person who has recently died", 
        "term": "eulogy"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "use of agreeable or inoffensive language in place of unpleasant or offensive language", 
        "term": "euphemism"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "a feeling of extreme happiness", 
        "term": "euphoria"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "mercy killing", 
        "term": "euthanasia"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to show plainly; be an indication of", 
        "term": "evince"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "tending to call to mind or produce a reaction", 
        "term": "evocative"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to aggravate; make worse", 
        "term": "exacerbate"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "v. to force the payment of; demand and obtain by authority, adj. extremely demanding (exacting)", 
        "term": "exact"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to clear of blame; vindicate", 
        "term": "exculpate"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "detestable; abhorrent", 
        "term": "execrable"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to urge by strong appeals", 
        "term": "exhort"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "crisis; urgent requirements", 
        "term": "exigency"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "having to do with existence; based on experience; having to do with the philosophy of existentialism", 
        "term": "existential"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to expel evil spirits; free from bad influences", 
        "term": "exorcise"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to speak or write at length", 
        "term": "expatiate"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to send into exile", 
        "term": "expatriate"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to atone for", 
        "term": "expiate"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to explain; interpret; clarify", 
        "term": "explicate"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "explanatory", 
        "term": "expository"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "in existence; not lost", 
        "term": "extant"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "unrehearsed", 
        "term": "extemporaneous"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to root up; to destroy", 
        "term": "extirpate"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "not essential", 
        "term": "extraneous"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "the act of estimation by projecting known information", 
        "term": "extrapolation"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "not inherent or essential", 
        "term": "extrinsic"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "humorous", 
        "term": "facetious"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to make less difficult", 
        "term": "facilitate"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "a person who does all sorts of work; a handyman", 
        "term": "factotum"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "based on a false idea or fact; misleading", 
        "term": "fallacious"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "plowed but not sowed; uncultivated", 
        "term": "fallow"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "foolishly self-satisfied", 
        "term": "fatuous"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "animals of a period or region", 
        "term": "fauna"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "seeking favor by flattery", 
        "term": "fawning"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "suitably expressed; appropriate; well-chosen", 
        "term": "felicitous"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "existing in a wild or untamed state", 
        "term": "feral"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "n. warmth and intensity of emotion, adj. full of strong emotion or impassioned (fervent)", 
        "term": "fervor"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "having a bad smell", 
        "term": "fetid"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "v. to bind; confine, n. something that restricts or restrains", 
        "term": "fetter"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "arbitrary order; authorization", 
        "term": "fiat"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "loyalty; exact correspondence", 
        "term": "fidelity"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "use of obstructive tactics in a legislature to block passage of a law", 
        "term": "filibuster"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to handle with a deceptive or evasive strategy; to use finesse, that is, refinement in performance", 
        "term": "finesse"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "crevice", 
        "term": "fissure"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to droop; grow weak", 
        "term": "flag"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "beginner; novice", 
        "term": "fledgling"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "plants of a region or era", 
        "term": "flora"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "ruddy; reddish; flowery", 
        "term": "florid"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "n. an embellishment or ornamentation, v. meaning to grow vigorously, or to thrive", 
        "term": "flourish"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to treat scornfully", 
        "term": "flout"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "flowing; a continuous moving", 
        "term": "flux"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to incite; arouse", 
        "term": "foment"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "patience", 
        "term": "forbearance"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to prevent; delay", 
        "term": "forestall"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "menacing; threatening", 
        "term": "formidable"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "renounce; repudiate", 
        "term": "forswear"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to sink; fail; collapse", 
        "term": "founder"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "a loud quarrel; brawl", 
        "term": "fracas"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "quarrelsome; unruly; rebellious", 
        "term": "fractious"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "a painting done on plaster", 
        "term": "fresco"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "ornamental band on a wall", 
        "term": "frieze"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "stubbornly contrary; obstinately disobedient", 
        "term": "froward"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "thrift", 
        "term": "frugality"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to attack loudly; denounce", 
        "term": "fulminate"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "so excessive as to be disgusting", 
        "term": "fulsome"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "union; synthesis", 
        "term": "fusion"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "ineffective; useless; fruitless", 
        "term": "futile"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to deny; dispute; oppose", 
        "term": "gainsay"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to frolic; leap playfully", 
        "term": "gambol"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "very talkative; wordy", 
        "term": "garrulous"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "coarse and uncouth; clumsy", 
        "term": "gauche"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "cheerfulness; kindliness; sociability", 
        "term": "geniality"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to divide an area into voting districts in a way that favors a political party", 
        "term": "gerrymander"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "fluent in an insincere way; offhand", 
        "term": "glib"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to prod; urge on", 
        "term": "goad"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "sheer; light and delicate, like cobwebs", 
        "term": "gossamer"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to tear out; scoop out; overcharge", 
        "term": "gouge"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "pompous; bombastic", 
        "term": "grandiloquent"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "sociable", 
        "term": "gregarious"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to complain", 
        "term": "grouse"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "free of cunning or deceit; artless", 
        "term": "guileless"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "outward appearance; false appearance; pretense", 
        "term": "guise"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "easily deceived", 
        "term": "gullible"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "affecting the sense of taste", 
        "term": "gustatory"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "calm and peaceful; happy; golden; prosperous", 
        "term": "halcyon"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "holy; sacred", 
        "term": "hallowed"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "long, pompous speech; tirade", 
        "term": "harangue"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "extremely distressing; terrifying", 
        "term": "harrowing"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "relating to a herbivore, an animal that feeds mainly on plants", 
        "term": "herbivorous"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "tightly sealed; magical", 
        "term": "hermetic"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "unorthodox; not widely accepted", 
        "term": "heterodox"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "a system of writing in which pictorial symbols represent meaning or sounds; writing or symbols that are difficult to decipher; the symbols used in advanced mathematics", 
        "term": "hieroglyphic"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "covered with hair", 
        "term": "hirsute"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "relating to exaggerated emotional behavior calculated for effect; theatrical arts or performances", 
        "term": "histrionic"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "automatic maintenance by an organism of normal temperature, chemical balance, etc. within itself", 
        "term": "homeostasis"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "sermon; tedious moralizing lecture; platitude", 
        "term": "homily"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "composed of identical parts; uniform in composition", 
        "term": "homogeneous"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "purposeful exaggeration for effect", 
        "term": "hyperbole"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "attacking cherished tradition", 
        "term": "iconoclastic"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "idol worship; blind or excessive devotion", 
        "term": "idolatry"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "produced by fire; volcanic", 
        "term": "igneous"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "complicated situation; an entanglement", 
        "term": "imbroglio"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "unchangeable", 
        "term": "immutable"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to damage; injure", 
        "term": "impair"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "showing no emotion", 
        "term": "impassive"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "poor; having no money", 
        "term": "impecunious"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to hinder; block", 
        "term": "impede"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "impossible to penetrate", 
        "term": "impermeable"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "not easily disturbed", 
        "term": "imperturbable"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "impossible to penetrate; incapable of being affected", 
        "term": "impervious"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to strike; encroach", 
        "term": "impinge"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "inflexible; incapable of being pleased", 
        "term": "implacable"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "unlikely; unbelievable", 
        "term": "implausible"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "implied; understood but not stated", 
        "term": "implicit"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "collapse inward violently", 
        "term": "implode"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "curse", 
        "term": "imprecation"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to relate to a particular cause or source; attribute the fault to; assign as a characteristic", 
        "term": "impute"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "carelessly; unintentionally", 
        "term": "inadvertently"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "having bodily form", 
        "term": "incarnate"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "imperfectly formed or formulated", 
        "term": "inchoate"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "state of not fitting", 
        "term": "incongruity"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "insignificant; unimportant", 
        "term": "inconsequential"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "introduce something into another thing already in existence; combine", 
        "term": "incorporate"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "sudden invasion", 
        "term": "incursion"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "uncertain; indefinite", 
        "term": "indeterminate"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "poverty", 
        "term": "indigence"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "habitually lazy; idle", 
        "term": "indolent"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "not to be avoided or escaped; inevitable", 
        "term": "ineluctable"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "unable to move; sluggish", 
        "term": "inert"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "naive and trusting; lacking sophistication", 
        "term": "ingenuous"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "firmly established by nature or habit", 
        "term": "inherent"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "harmless", 
        "term": "innocuous"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "unconscious; unresponsive", 
        "term": "insensible"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to suggest; say indirectly; imply", 
        "term": "insinuate"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "lacking in flavor; dull", 
        "term": "insipid"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "indifferent; lacking concern or care", 
        "term": "insouciant"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "narrow-mindedness; isolation", 
        "term": "insularity"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "insurmountable; unconquerable", 
        "term": "insuperable"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "not material", 
        "term": "intangible"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to forbid; prohibit; to confront and halt the activities, advance, or entry of", 
        "term": "interdict"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "deadly to both sides", 
        "term": "internecine"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to insert; change by adding new words or material", 
        "term": "interpolate"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "interval between reigns; gap in continuity", 
        "term": "interregnum"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "marked by close acquaintance", 
        "term": "intimate"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "not easily managed", 
        "term": "intractable"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "stubbornness; refusal to compromise", 
        "term": "intransigence"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "contemplating one's own thoughts and feelings", 
        "term": "introspective"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to cover with water; overwhelm", 
        "term": "inundate"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "hardened; accustomed; used to", 
        "term": "inured"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "verbal abuse", 
        "term": "invective"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to disapprove; protest vehemently", 
        "term": "inveigh"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to win over by flattery or coaxing", 
        "term": "inveigle"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "confirmed; long-standing; deeply rooted", 
        "term": "inveterate"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "likely to provoke ill will; offensive", 
        "term": "invidious"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "easily angered", 
        "term": "irascible"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "unsure of how to act; weak", 
        "term": "irresolute"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "wandering from place to place; unsettled", 
        "term": "itinerant"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "route of a traveler's journey", 
        "term": "itinerary"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "having a yellowish discoloration of the skin; affected by envy, resentment, or hostility", 
        "term": "jaundiced"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to be in agreement", 
        "term": "jibe"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "fond of joking; jocular; playful", 
        "term": "jocose"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "huge force destroying everything in its path", 
        "term": "juggernaut"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "group of people united in politic intrigue", 
        "term": "junta"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "place side by side", 
        "term": "juxtapose"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "fame; glory; gonor", 
        "term": "kudos"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "likely to change", 
        "term": "labile"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "using few words", 
        "term": "laconic"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to thrash verbally or physically", 
        "term": "lambaste"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "lustful", 
        "term": "lascivious"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "lethargy; sluggishness", 
        "term": "lassitude"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "present but hidden; potential", 
        "term": "latent"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to praise", 
        "term": "laud"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "inactive", 
        "term": "lethargic"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "an embankment that prevents a river from overflowing", 
        "term": "levee"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "light manner or attitude", 
        "term": "levity"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "tolerant; broad-minded; generous; lavish", 
        "term": "liberal"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "one without moral restraint", 
        "term": "libertine"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "sexual desire", 
        "term": "libido"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "extremely small", 
        "term": "lilliputian"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to draw; describe", 
        "term": "limn"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "clear; transparent", 
        "term": "limpid"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "pertaining to language", 
        "term": "linguistic"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "lengthy recitation; repetitive chant", 
        "term": "litany"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "scholarly or learned persons", 
        "term": "literati"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "legal proceedings", 
        "term": "litigation"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "record of a voyage; record of daily activities", 
        "term": "log"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "talkative", 
        "term": "loquacious"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "bright; clear; intelligible", 
        "term": "lucid"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "money or profits", 
        "term": "lucre"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "bright; brilliant; glowing", 
        "term": "luminous"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "shining", 
        "term": "lustrous"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "crafty; double-dealing", 
        "term": "machiavellian"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "plots or schemes", 
        "term": "machination"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "whirlpool; turmoil", 
        "term": "maelstrom"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "generosity; nobility", 
        "term": "magnanimity"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to speak evil of", 
        "term": "malign"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to feign illness to escape duty", 
        "term": "malinger"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "capable of being shaped by pounding; impressionable", 
        "term": "malleable"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "dissenter", 
        "term": "maverick"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "delusions of power or importance", 
        "term": "megalomania"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "a variety of animals kept together", 
        "term": "menagerie"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "dishonest", 
        "term": "mendacious"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "beggar", 
        "term": "mendicant"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "gaudy; plausible but false; specious", 
        "term": "meretricious"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to hypnotize", 
        "term": "mesmerize"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "change; transformation", 
        "term": "metamorphosis"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "a branch of philosophy that investigates the ultimate nature of reality", 
        "term": "metaphysics"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "concerned with the weather", 
        "term": "meteorological"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "very careful; fastidious", 
        "term": "meticulous"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "courage; endurance", 
        "term": "mettle"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "full of courage and fortitude; spirited", 
        "term": "mettlesome"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "a small system having analogies to a larger system; small world", 
        "term": "microcosm"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to work against", 
        "term": "militate"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "threatening; menacing", 
        "term": "minatory"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "very small", 
        "term": "minuscule"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "petty details", 
        "term": "minutia"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "one who hates humanity", 
        "term": "misanthrope"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "mixture of writings on various subjects", 
        "term": "miscellany"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "villain; criminal", 
        "term": "miscreant"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "one who hates women", 
        "term": "misogynist"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to cause to become less harsh; severe, or painful; alleviate", 
        "term": "mitigate"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "adj. related to memory; assisting memory, n. a system that develops and improves the memory", 
        "term": "mnemonic"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "limited quantity", 
        "term": "modicum"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "soothe", 
        "term": "mollify"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "solid and uniform; constituting a single, unified whole", 
        "term": "monolithic"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "ill-humored; sullen", 
        "term": "morose"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "many colored; made up of many parts", 
        "term": "motley"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "diverse", 
        "term": "multifarious"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "worldly as opposed to spiritual; concerned with the ordinary", 
        "term": "mundane"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "black magic", 
        "term": "necromancy"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to cancel out; nullify", 
        "term": "negate"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "new word or expression", 
        "term": "neologism"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "novice; beginner", 
        "term": "neophyte"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "a means of connection; a connected group or series; a center", 
        "term": "nexus"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "bewildered", 
        "term": "nonplussed"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "sentimental longing for a past time", 
        "term": "nostalgia"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "medicine or remedy of doubtful effectiveness; supposed cure", 
        "term": "nostrum"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "trifling; invalid", 
        "term": "nugatory"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "stubborn", 
        "term": "obdurate"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "overly submissive", 
        "term": "obsequious"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "funeral ceremony (often used in the plural, obsequies)", 
        "term": "obsequy"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to make unnecessary; to anticipate and prevent", 
        "term": "obviate"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to shut; block", 
        "term": "occlude"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "relating to practices connected with supernatural phenomena", 
        "term": "occult"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "a long adventurous voyage; a quest", 
        "term": "odyssey"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "too helpful; meddlesome", 
        "term": "officious"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "concerning the sense of smell", 
        "term": "olfactory"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "form of government in which power belongs to only a few leaders", 
        "term": "oligarchy"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "burdensome", 
        "term": "onerous"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "formation or use of words that imitate sounds of the actions they refer to", 
        "term": "onomatopoeia"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "disgrace; contempt", 
        "term": "opprobrium"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "scientist who studies birds", 
        "term": "ornithologist"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to move back and forth", 
        "term": "oscillate"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "showy; trying to attract attention; pretentious", 
        "term": "ostentatious"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "presumptuous; arrogant; overbearing", 
        "term": "overweening"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "song of joy or triumph; a fervent expression of joy", 
        "term": "paean"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "study of past geological eras through fossil remains", 
        "term": "paleontology"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "lacking color or liveliness", 
        "term": "pallid"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "elaborate praise; formal hymn of praise", 
        "term": "panegyric"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "model of excellence or perfection", 
        "term": "paragon"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "one-sided; committed to a party, group. or cause; prejudiced", 
        "term": "partisan"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "departing from normal condition", 
        "term": "pathological"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "a regional dialect; nonstandard speech; jargon", 
        "term": "patois"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "scarcity", 
        "term": "paucity"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "showing off learning", 
        "term": "pedantic"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "transparent; translucent; easily understood", 
        "term": "pellucid"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "inclination", 
        "term": "penchant"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "extreme poverty", 
        "term": "penurty"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "a wandering from place to place", 
        "term": "peregrination"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "imperative; leaving no choice", 
        "term": "peremptory"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "present throughout the years; persistent", 
        "term": "perennial"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "faithless; disloyal; untrustworthy", 
        "term": "perfidious"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "superficial; not thorough; performed really as a duty", 
        "term": "perfunctory"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "point in an orbit that is closest to the earth", 
        "term": "perigee"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "penetrable", 
        "term": "permeable"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to disturb greatly; make uneasy or anxious; cause a body to deviate from its regular orbit", 
        "term": "perturb"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "spread throughout every part", 
        "term": "pervasive"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "rude; peevish", 
        "term": "petulant"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "calm in temperament; sluggish", 
        "term": "phlegmatic"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "mythical, immortal bird that lives for 500 years, burns itself to death, and rises from the ashes; anything that is restored after suffering great destruction", 
        "term": "phoenix"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "facial features", 
        "term": "physiognomy"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "devoutness", 
        "term": "piety"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "appealingly stimulating; pleasantly pungent; attrative", 
        "term": "piquant"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "n. fleeting feeling of hurt pride, v. to provoke or arouse", 
        "term": "pique"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to lessen another's anger; to pacify", 
        "term": "placate"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "calm", 
        "term": "placid"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "melancholy; mournful", 
        "term": "plaintive"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "condition of being able to be shaped or formed; pliability", 
        "term": "plasticity"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "stale, overused expression", 
        "term": "platitude"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "spiritual; without sensual desire; theoretical", 
        "term": "platonic"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "excess; overabundance", 
        "term": "plethora"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to determine the depth; to examine deeply", 
        "term": "plumb"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to congratulate oneself in a self-satisfied way", 
        "term": "plume"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to fall; plunge", 
        "term": "plummet"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "society ruled by the wealthy", 
        "term": "plutocracy"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "full of holes; permeable to liquids", 
        "term": "porous"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "person who affects an attitude or identity to impress others", 
        "term": "poseur"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "practical", 
        "term": "pragmatic"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to talk idly; chatter", 
        "term": "prate"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "meaningless, foolish talk", 
        "term": "prattle"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "preliminary statement", 
        "term": "preamble"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "uncertain", 
        "term": "precarious"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "principle; law", 
        "term": "precept"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "v. to cause to happen; throw down from a height, adj. rash; hasty sudden", 
        "term": "precipitate"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "forerunner; predecessor", 
        "term": "precursor"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to supersede; appropriate for oneself", 
        "term": "preempt"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "capable of grasping", 
        "term": "prehensile"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "forewarning; presentiment", 
        "term": "premonition"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to foretell; indicate in advance", 
        "term": "presage"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "rude; improperly bold", 
        "term": "presumptuous"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "beyond the normal course of nature; supernatural", 
        "term": "preternatural"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to quibble; evade the truth", 
        "term": "prevaricate"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "original; existing from the beginning", 
        "term": "primordial"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "untouched; uncorrupted", 
        "term": "pristine"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "honesty; high-mindedness", 
        "term": "probity"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "posing a problem; doubtful; unsettled", 
        "term": "problematic"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "wasteful; extravagant; lavish", 
        "term": "prodigal"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "deep; not superficial", 
        "term": "profound"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "so high as to prevent the purchase or use of; preventing; forbidding", 
        "term": "prohibitive"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to increase rapidly", 
        "term": "proliferate"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to win over; appease", 
        "term": "propitiate"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "inclination; tendency", 
        "term": "propensity"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "correct conduct; fitness", 
        "term": "propriety"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "v. to condemn; forbid outlaw, adj. relating to prohibition", 
        "term": "proscribe"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "providing for future needs; frugal", 
        "term": "provident"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "powerful", 
        "term": "puissant"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "careful in observing rules of behavior or ceremony", 
        "term": "punctilious"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "strong or sharp in smell or taste; penetrating; caustic; to the point", 
        "term": "pungent"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "v. to profess; suppose; claim, n. meaning intended or implied", 
        "term": "purport"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "cowardly", 
        "term": "pusillanimous"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "marsh; difficult situation", 
        "term": "quagmire"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to cower; lose heart", 
        "term": "quail"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "limited; restricted", 
        "term": "qualified"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "sudden feeling of faintness or nausea; uneasy feeling about the rightness of actions", 
        "term": "qualm"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to question", 
        "term": "query"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to argue over insignificant and irrelevant details", 
        "term": "quibble"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "inactive; still", 
        "term": "quiescent"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "number of members necessary to conduct a meeting", 
        "term": "quorum"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "witty, skillful storyteller", 
        "term": "raconteur"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to scold with bitter or abusive language", 
        "term": "rail"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "clothing", 
        "term": "raiment"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "implication; outgrowth; consequence", 
        "term": "ramification"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "refined", 
        "term": "rarefied"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "fundamental reason", 
        "term": "rationale"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "puzzle in which pictures or symbols represent words", 
        "term": "rebus"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "resisting authority or control", 
        "term": "recalcitrant"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to retract a statement or opinion", 
        "term": "recant"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "person who lives in seclusion and often in solitude", 
        "term": "recluse"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "abstruse; profound", 
        "term": "recondite"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "formidable; arousing fear; worthy of respect", 
        "term": "redoubtable"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "stubborn; unmanageable; resisting ordinary methods of treatment", 
        "term": "refractory"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "deflect light or sound", 
        "term": "refract"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "brightly shining; resplendent", 
        "term": "refulgent"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to contradict; disapprove", 
        "term": "refute"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "entertain", 
        "term": "regale"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to consign to an inferior position", 
        "term": "relegate"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to object or protest", 
        "term": "remonstrate"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to go back on one's word", 
        "term": "renege"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "amends; compensation", 
        "term": "reparation"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "fret; complain", 
        "term": "repine"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "repetition, especially of a piece of music", 
        "term": "reprise"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to find fault with; blame", 
        "term": "reproach"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "morally unprincipled person", 
        "term": "reprobate"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to reject as having no authority", 
        "term": "repudiate"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to cancel", 
        "term": "rescind"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "determination; resolve", 
        "term": "resolution"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "determination; firmness of purpose", 
        "term": "resolve"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "not speaking freely; reserved; reluctant", 
        "term": "reticent"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "expressing deep respect; worshipful", 
        "term": "reverent"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "retaliatory action or retort", 
        "term": "riposte"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "excessively ornate; highly decorated; style of architecture in eighteenth century europe", 
        "term": "rococo"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "title or heading; category; established mode of procedure or conduct; protocol", 
        "term": "rubric"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to regret", 
        "term": "rue"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "trick; crafty stratagem; subterfuge", 
        "term": "ruse"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "wise", 
        "term": "sage"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "lascivious; lustful", 
        "term": "salacious"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "healthful", 
        "term": "salubrious"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "expecting an improvement; favorable to health", 
        "term": "salutary"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "v. to approve; ratify; permit, n. approval; ratification; permission; penalize", 
        "term": "sanction"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "cynical; scornfully mocking", 
        "term": "sardonic"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "pertaining to tailors", 
        "term": "sartorial"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to satisfy", 
        "term": "satiate"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to soak thoroughly; imbue throughout", 
        "term": "saturate"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "gloomy", 
        "term": "saturnine"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "a creature that is half-man, half-beast with the horns and legs of a goat; it is a follower of dionysos; a lecher", 
        "term": "satyr"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to enjoy; have a distinctive flavor or smell", 
        "term": "savor"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "relating to or in the form of an outline or diagram", 
        "term": "schematic"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "produce and release substance into an organism", 
        "term": "secrete"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "behavior prompting rebellion", 
        "term": "sedition"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "diligent", 
        "term": "sedulous"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "relating to earthquakes; earthshaking", 
        "term": "seismic"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "relating to the senses; gratifying the physical senses, especially sexual appetites", 
        "term": "sensual"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "relating to the senses; operating through the senses", 
        "term": "sensuous"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "aware; conscious; able to perceive", 
        "term": "sentient"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "submissive; obedient", 
        "term": "servile"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "navigation tool that determines latitude and longitude", 
        "term": "sextant"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "a piece of broken glass or pottery", 
        "term": "shard"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "relating to the stars", 
        "term": "sidereal"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "apelike; relating to apes", 
        "term": "simian"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "comparison of one thing with another using \"like\" or \"as\"", 
        "term": "simile"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "well-paying job or office that requires little or no work", 
        "term": "sinecure"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "unique; extraordinary; odd", 
        "term": "singular"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "winding; intricate; complex", 
        "term": "sinuous"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "one who doubts", 
        "term": "skeptic"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "seriousness", 
        "term": "sobriety"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "thoroughly soaked; saturated", 
        "term": "sodden"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "concerned; attentive; eager", 
        "term": "solicitous"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "literary or dramatic speech by one character, not addressed to others", 
        "term": "soliloquy"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "able to meet financial obligation", 
        "term": "solvent"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "relating to or affecting the body; corporeal", 
        "term": "somatic"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "sleep producing", 
        "term": "soporific"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "filthy; contemptible and corrupt", 
        "term": "sordid"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "seeming to be logical and sound, but not really so", 
        "term": "specious"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "band of colors produced when sunlight passes through a prism; a broad range of related ideas or objects", 
        "term": "spectrum"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "n. person who spends money recklessly, adj. wasteful and extravagant", 
        "term": "spendthrift"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "irregular", 
        "term": "sporadic"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "filthy, wretched condition", 
        "term": "squalor"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "marked by abrupt, clear-cut sounds", 
        "term": "staccato"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to stop or check the flow of", 
        "term": "stanch"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "extremely loud", 
        "term": "stentorian"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "mark of disgrace or inferiority", 
        "term": "stigma"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "v. to be sparing, n. a period of time spent doing something", 
        "term": "stint"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to specify as an essential condition", 
        "term": "stipulate"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "having or showing little emotion", 
        "term": "stolid"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "arranged in layers", 
        "term": "stratified"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "marked with thin, narrow grooves or channels", 
        "term": "striated"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "something that restrains; negative criticism", 
        "term": "stricture"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "loud; harsh; unpleasantly noisy", 
        "term": "strident"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to swagger; display to impress others", 
        "term": "strut"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to impair or reduce to uselessness", 
        "term": "stultify"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to dull the senses of; stun; astonish", 
        "term": "stupefy"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "dark and gloomy; hellish", 
        "term": "stygian"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "notice ordering someone to appear in court", 
        "term": "subpoena"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to settle down; grow quiet", 
        "term": "subside"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to support with proof or evidence", 
        "term": "substantiate"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "essential; pertaining to the substance", 
        "term": "substantive"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to include; incorporate", 
        "term": "subsume"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "intended to undermine or overthrow, especially an established government", 
        "term": "subversive"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "relief; help in time of distress or want", 
        "term": "succor"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "the right to vote", 
        "term": "suffrage"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "various", 
        "term": "sundry"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to replace, especially to displace as inferior or antiquated", 
        "term": "supersede"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "lying on the back; marked by lethargy", 
        "term": "supine"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to replace; substitute", 
        "term": "supplant"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "beseeching", 
        "term": "suppliant"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "one who asks humbly and earnestly", 
        "term": "supplicant"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "the act of assuming to be true or real", 
        "term": "supposition"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "a form of deductive reasoning that has a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion", 
        "term": "syllogism"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "related to the woods or forest", 
        "term": "sylvan"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "silently understood; implied", 
        "term": "tacit"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "charm to bring good luck and avert misfortune", 
        "term": "talisman"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "peripheral; digressing", 
        "term": "tangential"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "unnecessary repetition", 
        "term": "tautology"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "science of classification; in biology, the process of classifying organsims in categories", 
        "term": "taxonomy"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "belief; doctrine", 
        "term": "tenet"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "weak; insubstantial", 
        "term": "tenuous"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "earthly; commonplace", 
        "term": "terrestrial"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "government by priests representing a god", 
        "term": "theocracy"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "an actor or actress", 
        "term": "thespian"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "the characteristic quality of sound produced by a particular instrument or voice; tone color", 
        "term": "timbre"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "long, violent speech; verbal assault", 
        "term": "tirade"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "flatterer; hanger-on; yes-man", 
        "term": "toady"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "book, usually large and academic", 
        "term": "tome"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "lethargy; dormancy; sluggishness", 
        "term": "torpor"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "a turning or twisting force; the moment of a force; the measure of a force's tendency to produce twisting or turning and rotation around an axis", 
        "term": "torque"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "having many twists and turns; highly complex", 
        "term": "tortuous"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to promote or praise energetically", 
        "term": "tout"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "obedient; yielding", 
        "term": "tractable"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "act of trespassing or violating a law or rule", 
        "term": "transgression"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "temporary; short-lived; fleeting", 
        "term": "transient"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "partially transparent", 
        "term": "translucent"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "n. work, especially arduous work; tribulation; anguish, v. to work strenuously", 
        "term": "travail"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "parody; exaggerated imitation; caricature", 
        "term": "travesty"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "article treating a subject systematically and thoroughly", 
        "term": "treatise"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "trembling; quivering; frugal; timid", 
        "term": "tremulous"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "fear and anxiety", 
        "term": "trepidation"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "aggressiveness; ferocity", 
        "term": "truculence"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "agreement between lovers to meet; rendezvous", 
        "term": "tryst"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "a social condition marked by a breakdown of social norms", 
        "term": "anomie"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "swollen; distended", 
        "term": "tumid"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "muddy; opaque; in a state of great confusion", 
        "term": "turbid"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "swollen; bloated; pompous", 
        "term": "turgid"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "serving as a guardian or protector", 
        "term": "tutelary"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "mysterious; strange", 
        "term": "uncanny"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "moving in waves", 
        "term": "undulating"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "not false; not made up; genuine", 
        "term": "unfeigned"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "indefensible", 
        "term": "untenable"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "not favorable; troublesome; adverse; unruly", 
        "term": "untoward"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "practice of lending money at exorbitant rates", 
        "term": "usury"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to waver; oscillate", 
        "term": "vacillate"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "empty; void; lacking intelligence; purposeless", 
        "term": "vacuous"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "pertaining to a farewell", 
        "term": "valedictory"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "tasteless; dull", 
        "term": "vapid"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "varied; marked with different colors", 
        "term": "variegated"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to boast; brag", 
        "term": "vaunt"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "bribable; mercenary; corruptible", 
        "term": "venal"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "prolonged feud marked by bitter hostility", 
        "term": "vendetta"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "v. to adore; honor; respect, adj. respected because of age, character, or position", 
        "term": "venerate"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "truthful; accurate", 
        "term": "veracious"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "wordy", 
        "term": "verbose"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "dizziness", 
        "term": "vertigo"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "irritation; annoyance; confusion; puzzlement", 
        "term": "vexation"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "practicable; capable of developing", 
        "term": "viable"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "spiteful; vengeful; unforgiving", 
        "term": "vindictive"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "someone with masterly skills; expert musician", 
        "term": "virtuoso"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "countenance; appearance; aspect", 
        "term": "visage"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "thick, syrupy, and sticky", 
        "term": "viscous"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to impair the quality of; corrupt morally; make inoperative", 
        "term": "vitiate"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "using or containing harsh, abusive censure", 
        "term": "vituperative"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "dissection; surgery; or painful experiments performed on a living animal for the purpose of scientific research", 
        "term": "vivisection"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "prevailing fashion or practice", 
        "term": "vogue"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "tending to vary frequently; fickle", 
        "term": "volatile"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "whirlpool; whirlwind; center of turbulence", 
        "term": "vortex"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "adj. justified, v. to attest to the accuracy or quality; justify; grant authorization", 
        "term": "warranted"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "careful; cautious", 
        "term": "wary"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to wallow or roll; toss about; be in turmoil", 
        "term": "welter"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "fanciful; unpredictable", 
        "term": "whimsical"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "playful or fanciful idea", 
        "term": "whimsy"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "vaguely longing; sadly thoughtful", 
        "term": "wistful"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "one who is fanatically devoted to a cause", 
        "term": "zealot"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "fanaticism", 
        "term": "zealotry"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "in fact, whether by right or not; exercising power without being legally established", 
        "term": "de facto"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "a person whose behavior differs from the accepted standards of society", 
        "term": "deviant"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to submit to the wishes of another due to respect or recognition of the person's authority or knowledge", 
        "term": "defer"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "spiritual, without sensual desire, or theoretical", 
        "term": "platonic"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "to perceive something obscure", 
        "term": "discern"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "the application of biological principles to the the design of electrical or engineering systems", 
        "term": "bionics"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "relating to a speculative formulation guiding the investigation or solution of a problem; educational method in which students learn from their own investigations", 
        "term": "heuristic"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "fair; just; impartial", 
        "term": "equitable"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "deception or trickery", 
        "term": "guile"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "attempting to explain complex phenomena by simple principles", 
        "term": "reductionistic"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "disinclination to action or change", 
        "term": "inertia"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "a quality that causes a feeling of pity or sorrow", 
        "term": "pathos"
    }, 
    {
        "definition": "uninspired, boring academic", 
        "term": "pedant"
    }
]