Combo with "Verbal Advantage: Levels 1-10
Emendation
A correction, alteration, change made to correct or improve, especially a change made in a piece of writing to correct an error or restore the text to its original state
Nostrum
A quack remedy or medicine; a panacea; hence, a dubious or dishonest plan or scheme for curing a social or political problem
Scapegrace
A reckless and unprincipled reprobate
Martinet
A strict disciplinarian, taskmaster, rigid enforcer of rules and regulations
Imbroglio
A complicated or intricate situation; a difficult, perplexing state of affairs; also, a misunderstanding or disagreement of a complicated and confusing nature
Mordant
Biting, cutting, keen, sarcastic, scathing
Libertine
Characterized by a disregard of morality
Alacrity
Cheerful readiness, eagerness, or promptness in action or movement
Querulous
Complaining in a petulant or whining manner
Arrant
Complete, utter
Egregious
Conspicuously bad, remarkable or outstanding for some undesirable or offensive quality
Utilitarian
Designed to be useful or practical rather than attractive
Debauched
Destroy or debase the moral purity of; corrupt
Variegated
In a broad sense, varied, diverse, showing variety of character or form; spotted, streaked, or dapple; having marks or patches of different colors
Lithe
Thin, supple, and graceful
Reprobate
Thoroughly bad, wicked, corrupt, morally abandoned, lacking all sense of decency and duty
Succor
To aid, help, relieve, give assistance to in time of need or difficulty
Propitiate
To appease gain or regain the goodwill or favor of, cause to become favorably inclined
Desperado
A desperate or reckless person, esp. a criminal
Varlet
A man or boy acting as an attendant or servant
Rapscallion
A mischievous person
Blackguard
A person who behaves in a dishonorable or contemptible way
Malefactor
A person who commits a crime or some other wrong
Scofflaw
A person who flouts the law, esp. by failing to comply with a law that is difficult to enforce effectively
Sinecure
A position that provides a good income or salary but that requires little or no work; in colloquial terms, a cushy job
Predilection
A preference, partiality, preconceived liking, an inclination or disposition to favor something
Compunction
A twinge of regret caused by an uneasy conscience; a pang of guilt for a wrong done or for pain that one has caused another
Caduceus
A winged staff with two serpents coiled around it
Lesion
A wound, injury, infection, or harmful change in some part of the body
Benefice
An endowed church position or office that provides a member of the clergy with a fixed income or guaranteed living
Miscreant
An evil, unscrupulous, vicious person; someone without principles or conscience; a villain, criminal
Ne'er-do-well
An idle, irresponsible person
Epitaph
An inscription on a gravestone or tomb in memory of the person buried
Epigraph
An inscription; especially, an inscription on a building or monument, or a brief quotation at the beginning of a literary composition that suggests or is germane to its theme
Crotchet
An odd notion or whim that one clings to stubbornly
Pariah
An outcast; a person despised or rejected by society
Qualm
An uneasy feeling of doubt, worry, or fear; a misgiving
Cloy
Disgust or sicken (someone) with an excess of sweetness, richness, or sentiment
Wizened
Dried up, shriveled, withered, shrunken and wrinkled
Efficacy
Effectiveness; the power to produce a desired effect or result
Tantamount
Equivalent; having equal force, effect, or value
Virulent
Extremely severe or harmful in its effects
Spurious
False, counterfeit, artificial; not true, authentic, or genuine
Captious
Faultfinding, quick to point out faults or raise trivial objections
Nepotism
Favoritism shown to relatives
Lascivious
Feeling or revealing an overt and often offensive sexual desire
Truculent
Fierce, ferocious, especially in a brutal, bullying, threatening, or aggressively defiant way
Concupiscent
Filled with sexual desire; lustful
Blandishment
Flattering or coaxing speech or action; an ingratiating remark or gesture
Mellifluous
Flowing smoothly and sweetly, like honey
Quixotic
Foolishly impractical or idealistic, especially in an extravagantly chivalrous or romantic way; inclined to pursue lofty, unreachable goals or far-fetched, unworkable schemes
Prurient
Having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters
Lecherous
Having or showing excessive or offensive sexual desire
Monstrous
Having the ugly or frightening appearance of a monster
Ribald
Humorous in a mildly indecent, coarse, or vulgar way
Ineffable
Inexpressible, unable to be expressed or described in words
Dissolute
Lax in morals; licentious
Lickerish
Lecherous
Vapid
Lifeless, dull, boring, flat, stale; lacking spirit, interest, or flavor
Lissonme
Limber, flexible, moving with ease and grace
Extenuate
Make (guilt or an offense) seem less serious or more forgivable
Jejune
Naive, simplistic, and superficial
Passé
No longer fashionable; out of date
Stolid
Not easily moved, aroused, or excited; showing little or no feeling or sensitivity; mentally or emotionally dull, insensitive, or obtuse
Lubricious
Offensively displaying or intended to arouse sexual desire
Mercurial
Quick to change moods or change one's mind, having an unpredictable temperament
Germane
Relevant, fitting, appropriate, precisely to the point
Feral
Resembling a wild animal
Superannuated
Retired because of age, weakness, or ineffectiveness; old and worn out; outdated, outmoded, obsolete
Sate
Satisfy (a desire or an appetite) to the full
Licentious
Sexually abandoned; lacking moral restraint, especially in sexual conduct
Libidinous
Showing excessive sexual drive
Wizen
Shrinking and wrinkling from advanced age or malnutrition
Inane
Silly; stupid; not significant
Malapropos
Something inappropriately said or done
Acerbic
Sour, bitter, and harsh in flavor, tone or character
Addlepated
Stupid and confused
Suppositious
Substituted for the real thing; not genuine
Descant
Talk tediously or at length
Crochet
The form of needlework in which thread is looped with a hooked needle
Expurgate
To cleanse by removing offensive material, free from objectionable content
Expatiate
To elaborate, speak or write at great length
Suppurate
To fester, form or discharge pus
Exacerbate
To increase in bitterness or severity
Interpolate
To insert, introduce; specifically, to insert words into a piece of writing or a conversation
Palliate
To lessen the severity of, gloss over, make something seem less serious or severe
Emend
To make corrections in a text
Adduce
To offer or cite as a reason, as evidence, or as authority for an opinion or course of action
Obviate
To prevent, make unnecessary, meet and dispose of, clear out of the way
Bowdlerize
To remove material considered risqué, offensive, or obscene
Surfeit
To supply, fill, or feed to excess, especially to the point of discomfort, sickness, or disgust
Importune
To trouble or annoy with requests or demands, make urgent or persistent entreaties or solicitations
Salacious
Treating sexual matters in an indecent way
Immutable
Unchanging over time or unable to be changed
Intransigent
Uncompromising, refusing to come to an agreement, unwilling to modify one's position or give ground
Apropos
Very appropriate to a particular situation
Emolument
Wages, salary, payment received for work
Offal
Waste, garbage, refuse, rubbish
Volition
Will, choice, decision, determination
Sagacious
Wise, shrewd, perceptive; showing sound judgment and keen insight, especially in practical matters