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| Abdicate | 1 : to cast off : discard 2 : to relinquish (as sovereign power) formally |
| Aloof | removed or distant either physically or emotionally |
| Audacious | intrepidly daring : adventurous; recklessly bold |
| Capital | a store of useful assets or advantages |
| Capitalize | to gain by turning something to advantage : profit |
| Capitulate | to surrender often after negotiation of terms |
| Decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |
| Decisive | having the power or quality of deciding: resolute, determined |
| Illicit | not permitted : unlawful |
| Fortuitous | occurring by chance OR fortunate, lucky |
| Malign | to utter injuriously misleading or false reports about : speak evil of |
| Odious | arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful |
| Pretense | a claim made or implied ; especially : one not supported by fact OR professed rather than real intention or purpose : pretext |
| Rancor | bitter deep-seated ill will |
| Rebuff | to reject or criticize sharply : snub |
| Wield | to handle (as a tool) especially effectively OR to exert one's authority by means of |
| Anathema | one that is cursed by ecclesiastical authority OR (more likely) someone or something intensely disliked or loathed |
| Bombast | pretentious inflated speech or writing |
| Caprice | a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action b: a sudden usually unpredictable condition |
| Egregious | conspicuous; especially : conspicuously bad : flagrant |
| Enigma | an obscure speech or writing OR something hard to understand or explain |
| Eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |
| Exigent | requiring immediate aid or action; urgent |
| Fecund | fruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific |
| Industrious | constantly, regularly, or habitually active or occupied |
| Malaise | an indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of an illness |
| Malediction | a curse |
| Malevolent | wanting harm to befall others |
| Malignant | tending to produce death or deterioration |
| Perspicacity | shrewdness, perceptiveness |
| Zenith | the culminating or highest point : acme |
| Anachronism | an error in chronology ; especially : a chronological misplacing of items |
| Circuitous | having a circular or winding course |
| Cryptic | secret, occult OR having or seeming to have a hidden or ambiguous meaning : mysterious |
| Erudition | extensive knowledge acquired chiefly from books |
| Hamper | to restrict the movement of by bonds or obstacles : impede |
| Meticulous | marked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment of details |
| Obfuscate | to make obscure OR to be evasive, unclear, or confusing |
| Relish | to be pleased or gratified by: enjoy |
| Repudiate | to refuse to have anything to do with : disown: to reject as untrue or unjust |
| Salacious | arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination |
| Surmise | to form a notion of from scanty evidence |
| Transient | passing especially quickly into and out of existence |
| Ubiquitous | existing or being everywhere at the same time: widespread |
| Validate | to make legally valid : ratify OR to support or corroborate on a sound or authoritative basis |
| Vilify | to lower in estimation or importance |
| Vindicate | to free from allegation or blame OR to provide justification or defense |