1.       aberration- (n) deviation from the normal or typical; abnormality, oddity, rarity

2.        abhor- (v.) to hate deeply; to loathe or detest; to regard with horror or loathing;

3.        abjure- (v.) to renounce, repudiate under oath; to avoid, shun

4.        abstruse- (adj.) difficult to comprehend; obscure

5.        acquiesce- (v.) to accept without protest; to agree or submit

6.        acrid:  (adj.) harsh in taste or odor; sharp in manner or temper

7.        acrimonious- (adj.) caustic, biting, or rancorous, esp. in feeling, language, or manner

8.        adamant- (adj.) not giving in or relenting; inflexible; unbending; uncompromising, unyielding

9.        adversary- (n.) an enemy, opponent

10.     adversity- (n) misfortune, an unfavorable turn of events

11.     aesthetic- (adj.) pertaining to beauty or the arts

12.     affable- (adj.) friendly and easy to approach or talk to; amiable, congenial, cordial, sociable

13.     alacrity- (n.) eager willingness; promptness in responding or acting; promptitude, dispatch, readiness

14.     ambidextrous- (adj.) able to use both hands equally well; very skillful; deceitful, hypocritical

15.     ambiguous- (adj.) unclear, having more than one meaning

16.     ambivalent- (adj.) having simultaneous conflicting feelings toward a person or thing; uncertain

17.     ameliorate- (v.) improve, make better

18.     amicable/amiable- (adj.) friendly, agreeable

19.     amnesty- (n.) the act of an authority (as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals

20.     amorphous- (adj.)  having no shape

21.     anachronism- (n.) something out of place for its time/ anachronistic: (adj.) out-of-date, not attributed to the correct historical period

22.     analogous- (adj.) similar or comparable in certain respects; alike, corresponding, parallel

23.    animosity- (n.) a feeling of strong dislike or hatred; ill will, hostility, enmity

24.     anomalous- (adj.) unexpected, not normal, odd

25.     apathy- (n.)  lack of interest or caring; a lack of feeling, emotion, or interest

26.     apprehensive- (adj.) fearful or anxious, especially about the future/apprehension- (n.) misgiving, dread; stopping or arrest

27.     approbation- (n.) approval

28.     ardent- (adj.) very enthusiastic, impassioned/ ardor- (n.) warm interest, passion, enthusiasm, zeal    

29.     arduous- (adj.) hard to do, strenuous, steep, difficult ascent; laborious

30.     arid- (adj.) extremely dry; lacking in interest or life

31.     articulate- (adj.) able to put one’s thoughts into words easily and clearly

32.     assent- (v.) to agree to something; concur

33.     assiduous- (adj.) persistent, hard-working; attentive, diligent

34.     assuage- (v.) to lessen the intensity of; ease, appease, calm, pacify, quiet, soothe, quench, relieve

35.     august-  (adj.) majestic, inspiring admiration and respect

36.     auspicious- (adj.) favorable, successful, prosperous

37.     austere- (adj.) forbiddingly stern, simple, unadorned, very plain

38.     authoritarian- (adj.) believing in unquestioning obedience, rather than individual freedom of judgment; dictatorial, heavy-handed, oppressive, strict

39.     averse- (adj.) having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling

40.     bane- (n.) cause of injury, poison, source of harm/ baneful- (adj.) causing harm or ruin, pernicious, destructive

41.     belligerent/bellicose- (adj.) given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive;  pugnacious

42.     benevolent- (adj.)  marked by or disposed to doing good; helpful; kindly, charitable

43.     blithe- (adj.) cheerful, lighthearted; casual, unconcerned, carefree

44.     calumny- (n.) slander, aspersion/ calumniate- (v.) to slander, present false accusal

45.     capricious- (adj.) subject to whims or passing fancies; fickle, whimsical, given to change, unpredictable

46.     castigate- (v.) to chastise, correct by punishing

47.     censure- (v) to criticize harshly; (n.) expression of blame or disapproval; a rebuke

48.     chastise- (v.) to scold severely;  to inflict physical punishment as a means of correction

49.     chide- (v.) to voice disapproval; scold; rebuke

50.     circuitous- (adj.)  indirect, taking the longest route

51.     clairvoyant- (adj.) exceptionally insightful, able to foresee the future; (n.) one who possesses extrasensory powers, seer

52.     clandestine- (adj.) secret, concealed; underhanded

53.     cogent- (adj.) forceful, convincing; relevant, to the point

54.     complaisance- (n.) willingness to please; tending to comply, obliging,

55.     conflagration- (n.) a large destructive fire; a widespread fire

56.     conformity-(n.) the act of becoming similar or identical to/ conformist- (n) person who complies with accepted rules and customs

57.     consternation-  (n.) amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion

58.     contentious- (adj.) quarrelsome, inclined to argue; argumentative, pugnacious, combative, quick to fight

59.     converge- (v.) to move toward one point, approach nearer together/ convergence- (n.) the state of separate elements joining or coming together

60.     corroborate- (v.) to confirm

61.     countenance- (n) face; look, expression; visage, mien; bearing, demeanor  (v.) to favor or approve of 

62.     craven- (adj.) cowardly; (n.) a coward

63.     cynicism- (n.) the belief that all human action is motivated by selfishness/ cynical- (adj.) contemptuously distrustful of human nature and motives

64.     deference- (n.) courteous regard or respect; honor, reverence; acquiescence, submissiveness

65.     demagogue- (n) leader, rabble-rouser, usually appealing to emotion or prejudice

66.     denigrate- (v.) blacken, belittle, sully, defame

67.     deprecate- (v.) protest against, express disapproval of

68.     derogatory- (adj.) tending to lessen or impair; detracting, disparaging, belittling, uncomplimentary

69.     destitute- (adj.) deprived of the necessities of life; lacking possessions and resources; lacking something needed

70.     devious- (adj.) not straightforward or frank; deceiving; sneaky, underhanded

71.     didactic- (adj.) intended to be morally instructive; too much inclined to teach others; boringly pedantic; preachy, moralizing

72.     diffident- (adj.) shy, lacking self-confidence; modest, reserved

73.     dilatory- (adj.) causing delay, procrastinating

74.     disabuse- (v.) to undeceive, correct a false impression

75.     disdain- (v.) to regard with scorn or contempt; (n.) a feeling of contempt for what is beneath one; scorn

76.     dissemble- (v.) to present false appearance; deceive; to hide, conceal, disguise

77.     dissipate- (v.) to spend or use wastefully or extravagantly; to scatter in various directions/ dissipated- (adj.) indulging excessively in sensual pleasures

78.     distraught- (adj.) extremely troubled, mentally confused; distressed, tormented, worried, troubled

79.     divergent- (adj.) separating, moving in different directions from a particular or common point

80.     dupe- (v.) to easily deceive; trick; (n.) one that is easily deceived or cheated; fool

81.     edifying- (adj.) enlightening; illuminating; uplifting

82.     elusive-  (adj.) cleverly avoiding or escaping

83.     endemic- (adj.) native or confined to a particular region or people; characteristic of or prevalent in a field

84.     enervate- (v.) weaken, deprive of strength, attenuate/ enervating- (adj.) weakening, tiring

85.     enigma- (n.) a perplexing, baffling, or seemingly inexplicable matter, person, etc.; mystery, puzzle, riddle

86.     epitome- (n.) typical or representative example; a typical model; brief summary or abstract

87.     erudite- (adj.) learned, scholarly

88.     esoteric- (adj.) known only by a select few

89.     exacerbate-  (v.) to make worse

90.     exemplary- (adj.) outstanding; worthy of imitation, commendable; serving as an example or  model

91.     exigency- (n.) emergency, an urgent situation

92.     expostulate- (v.) argue earnestly to dissuade, correct, or protest

93.     expurgate- (v.) to remove obscenity, purify, censor

94.     extenuating- (adj.) excusing, lessening the seriousness of guilt or crime, e.g., of mitigating factors/ extenuate- (v.) reduce the strength of, lessen seriousness

95.     extirpate- (v.) to tear up by the roots; to destroy; exterminate, cut out, exscind

96.    facilitate- (v.) to make easy or easier; /facile- (adj.) not hard to do or achieve; easy; not sincere or profound; superficial

97.     fervor (n.)/ fervid- (adj.) - intense emotion; zeal, ardor, zealous

98.     fetter- (v.) to shackle, put in chains

99.     finite-  (adj.) having limits; lasting for a limited time  

100.  florid- (adj.) red-colored, flushed; gaudy, ornate

101.  flout- (v.) reject, mock, to go against (as in going against tradition or conventions)

102.  fortuitous- (adj.)  happening by luck, fortunate

103.  furtive- (adj.) done or acting in a stealthy manner to avoid observation; sneaky, secret, covert; surreptitious, clandestine

104.  gainsay- (v.) to deny, declare false, to oppose

105.  garner- (v.) to gather and save; to store up

106.  garrulous- (adj.) talkative; given to much talking, tediously chatty/ garrulity- (n.) talkativeness

107.  grandiose- (adj.) impressive because of uncommon largeness, scope, effect, or grandeur; absurd exaggeration

108.  gregarious- (adj.) found in the company of others; sociable; living in herds or flocks

109.  guile- (n.) treacherous cunning, deceit/ guileless- (adj.) without deceit, honest

110.  gullible- (adj.) easily deceived

111.  hackneyed- (adj.) clichéd;  worn out by overuse

112.  hiatus-  (n.) a break or lapse in continuity; gap; break; interruption

113.  hedonist-  (n.) one who lives solely for pleasure

114.  hypothesis- (n.) assumption, theory requiring proof

115.  ignoble- (adj.) dishonorable, common, undignified

116.  impetuous- (adj.) rash, impulsive, acting without thinking; having sudden energy; forceful, with energy

117.  impudence-  (n.) bold disrespect or rudeness

118.  impute- (v.) to lay the responsibility or blame for, often falsely or unjustly ; charge; attribute; ascribe

119.  inconsequential- (adj.) unimportant, trivial

120.  incorrigible- (adj.) not capable of being reformed or corrected

121.  indefatigability- (n.) not easily exhaustible; tirelessness

122.  indelible-  (adj.) incapable of being erased or removed; memorable

123.  indomitable- (adj.) unconquerable, refusing to yield; unable to be subdued or overcome

124.  infallible- (adj.) free from error; unable to be proven wrong

125.  infer- (v.) conclude by reasoning

126.  ingenuous- (adj.) innocent, simple; frank, sincere; naive, young, artless; honest/ ingenuity-  (n.) cleverness, originality

127.  ingratiate- (v.) to bring oneself into another’s favor or good graces by conscious effort; fawn

128.  innate-  (adj.) existing in a person since birth; part of the character of something

129.  inscrutable- (adj.) incapable of being discovered or understood

130.  insipid- (adj.) without flavor; not exciting or interesting; dull; lifeless, flat, flavorless, tasteless

131.  insular-  (adj.) having a narrow and limited outlook characteristic of geographic isolation; parochial; provincial; small-town

132.  integrity- (n.) honesty, high moral standards, moral uprightness; soundness; an unimpaired condition, completeness

133.  intractable- (adj.) unruly, refractory, stubborn

134.  intrepid- (adj.) fearless, brave, undaunted; adventurous

135.inundate- (v.) to cover with or as with a flood; deluge, flood, engulf, swamp, overwhelm, submerge

136.  inveigh- (v.) to attack verbally, denounce, deprecate

137.  inveterate- (adj.) firmly established, long-standing; habitual; deep rooted, ingrained

138.  irascible-(adj.)  irritable, easily angered

139.  ironic- (adj.) suggesting an incongruity between what might be expected and what actually happens

140.  irrefutable-  (adj.) that cannot be proven false or wrong; certain, inarguable, incontestable, indisputable              

141.  irrelevant- (adj.) not necessary or important to the matter at hand;  not to the point, not applicable or pertinent;

142.  jargon- (n.) words used by people in a particular field of work

143.  laconic- (adj.) brief, to the point, terse

144.  laudable- (adj.) praiseworthy, admirable, commendable, deserving, meritorious

145.  lamentable- (adj.) to be regretted or pitied/ lamentation- (n.) an expression of sorrow or deep regret

146.  lampoon- (n.) strong, satirical writing, usually attacking or ridiculing someone; sharp satire

147.  lassitude- (n.) weariness, tiredness

148.  levity- (n.) lightness; lacking seriousness

149.  lucid-  (adj.) clear; easily understood; rational; clear-minded

150.  lurid- (adj.) melodramatic, shocking, gruesome

151.  malevolent- (adj.) having or showing intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred; spiteful, showing ill will

152.  mar- (v.) to impair the perfection of / marred- (adj.) damaged; disfigured; spoiled; injured

153.  meager-  (adj.) thin; lean; of poor quality or small amount

154.  meticulous- (adj.) very careful, attentive to details

155.  misogynist- (n.) one who hates women/females

156.  mitigate-  (v.) to make or become milder or less severe; to moderate

157.  mollify- (v.) to soothe the temper of; pacify; to make less intense, severe, or violent; pacify, appease; assuage, placate

158.  morose-  (adj.) gloomy; ill-tempered; sullen

159.  multifarious- (adj.) having great variety; numerous and diverse; motley

160.  mundane- (adj.) ordinary, commonplace; everyday

161.  nonchalant- (adj.) cool and confident, unconcerned air; calm, casual, seeming unexcited

162.  nostalgia-  (n.) a longing for something past; homesickness

163.  novel-  (adj.) new and different; original

164.  novice- (n.) beginner; a person who is new at something , apprentice

165.  nullify- (v.) to make invalid or worthless

166.  obdurate- (adj.) hardened and unrepentant; stubborn, inflexible; adamant

167.  obliterate- (v.) to wipe out, remove all traces

168.  obsolete- (adj.) outdated; no longer in use; out-of-date

169.  obviate- (v.) to anticipate and prevent; to remove, dispose of;  to make unnecessary, get rid of

170.  occult-(adj.)  hidden, concealed, beyond comprehension, secret/ (n.) matters regarded as involving the action or influence of supernatural agencies or some secret knowledge of them

171.  odium- (n.) hatred; contempt; condemnation; dislike, aversion/ odious- (adj.) exciting or deserving hatred 

172.  officious- (adj.) meddling; excessively forward in offering services; pushy in one's services

173.  ominous- (adj.) unfavorable, threatening, of bad omen; signaling something evil is about to happen

174.  omnipotent- (adj.) having unlimited power or authority; all-powerful; almighty

175.  omniscient- (adj.) knowing everything; all-knowing; having complete knowledge or understanding

176.  opulent- (adj.) wealthy, luxurious; ample; grandiose

177.  paradox-  (n.) something that seems to contradict itself

178.  parsimonious- (adj.) stingy, miserly; meager, poor, small

179.  paucity- (n.) scarcity, a lacking of; small amount or number

180.  perceptive- (adj.)  having keen insight or intuition; keen, sensitive, sharp, discerning, insightful

181.  penchant-  (n.) a strong taste or liking; strong inclination

182.  perfidious- (adj.) treacherous; faithless, disloyal, untrustworthy; violating good faith, dishonest

183.  petrify- (v.) to make hard, rocklike; to confound with fear, amazement, or awe; daze, paralyze, stun

184.  petulant- (adj.) impatient, irritable

185.  pious- (adj.)marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship; religious; dutiful; virtuous/ piety- (n.) n - devotion and reverence to God, godliness, holiness, spirituality, ardor, respect, reverence, veneration for elders

186.  placate- (v.) to appease, soothe, pacify

187.  placid- (adj.) calm, peaceful

188.  plagiarism- (n.) passing off or using as one’s own the writings (or other materials) of another person/ plagiarist- (n.) a person who presents someone else’s work as his or her own 

189.  platitude- (n.) a commonplace, stale, or trite remark; unoriginality

190.  poignant- (adj.) deeply affecting, touching; stimulating, emotional;  distressing

191.  pragmatic- (adj.) concerned with actual practice, everyday affairs, etc., realistic, matter-of-fact, practical, unidealistic

192.  precarious- (adj.) unstable, insecure; uncertain, risky, dangerous

193.  precedent-  (n.) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation

194.  precepts- (n.) rules establishing standards of conduct

195.  precipitate- (v.) to hurl down, to fall headlong (adj.) speeding, acting recklessly/ precipitous- (adj.) rash, foolhardy; dropping sharply, dangerous

196.  preclude- (v.) to make impossible, esp. in advance; shut out, prevent, avert, deter, forestall, rule out,

197.  pretentious-  (adj.)  making claims to some distinction or importance; affectedly grand or superior; showy, ostentatious   

198.  prevaricate- (v.) lie; stray from the truth; equivocate

199.  prodigal- (adj.) wasteful, reckless with money

200.  profane- (adj.)  showing contempt toward sacred things, irreverent, blasphemous, impious, sacrilegious, coarse, obscene, lewd, vulgar, irreligious, godless; ribald; wanton

201.  propensity- (n.) a natural leaning or tendency; bent

202.  propitiate- (v.) appease, mitigate /  propitiatory- (adj.) conciliatory, appeasing, mitigating

203.  prosaic- (adj.) dull, tedious, commonplace; everyday, mundane, trite, pedestrian; relating to prose

204.  protrude- (v.) to stick out, thrust forth

205.  provincial- (adj.) having a narrow scope

206.  provocative- (adj.) tending to provoke a response, e.g., anger or disagreement/ provoke-  (v.) anger, arouse, bring to action

207.  prudent- (adj.) careful, cautious

208.  pugnacious- (adj.) given to fighting, belligerent; quarrelsome, contentious

209.  punctilious- (adj.) precise, paying attention to trivialities, especially in regard to etiquette

210.  pungent- (adj.) causing a sharp sensation; stinging, biting / pungency- (n.) sharpness; stinging quality

211.  querulous- (adj.)  complaining, irritable; peevish, discontented

212.  quiescent- (adj.) inactive; at rest; dormant, torpid

213.  raffish- (adj.) low, vulgar, base; disreputable; tawdry

214.  rancor- (n.) bitter resentment or ill-will/  rancorous- (adj.) bitter, hateful

215.  recalcitrant- (adj.) stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority

216.  reclusive- (adj.)  preferring to live in isolation/ recluse- (n.) someone who lives in seclusion

217.  reconcile-  (v.)  to restore to friendship; to settle; to resign (oneself) /reconciliation- (n.) establishment of harmony

218.  recondite- (adj.) not easily understood, abstruse, inscrutable; profound, obscure

219.  rectify- (v.) fix, correct

220.  redoubtable- (adj.) formidable, causing fear

221.  redundant- (adj.) characterized by unnecessary repetition of words or ideas

222.  reiterate- (v.) to say again, repeat/ reiteration-  (n.) saying or doing something repeatedly

223.  remonstrate- (v.) to protest, object

224.  repudiate- (v.) to cast off or disown; to refuse to acknowledge; disavow, reject as untrue

225.  rescind- (v.) to revoke, repeal, or cancel (a law, order, etc.); abolish, lift, recall, reverse

226.  resilient- (adj.)  quick to recover, bounce back

227.  reticent-  (adj.) reluctant to speak; untalkative, shy, reserved; silent, taciturn

228.  revere- (v.) to regard with awe/ reverence- (n.)  worship,  profound respect

229.  sagacious- (adj.) having sound judgment; perceptive, wise; like a sage/  sagacity- (n.)  wisdom

230.  salient- (adj.) prominent, protruding, conspicuous, highly relevant

231.  salutary- (adj.) healthful; remedial, wholesome, causing improvement

232.  satiate- (v.) to satisfy fully or to provide with more than enough, so as to weary or disgust; glut, surfeit, gorge

233.  scrutinize- (v.) to examine or observe closely

234.  sedulous- (adj.) diligent, assiduous, devoted to a task

235.  serene- (adj.) calm, peaceful

236.  sinuous- (adj.) winding, having many curves; lithe and flexible; undulating, serpentine

237.  skeptical- (adj.) showing doubt and disbelief

238.  sophomoric- (adj.) immature but overconfident; conceited

239.  soporific- (adj.) causing sleep

240.  spontaneous- (adj.) arising naturally; not planned or engineered in advance/ spontaneity- (n.)  impulsive action, unplanned events

241.  spurious- (adj.)  false, counterfeit ; lacking authenticity

242.  squalid- (adj.) filthy, wretched, debased; foul

243.  stoic-  (adj.) not affected by passion or feeling

244.  stolid- (adj.) not easily moved mentally or emotionally; dull, showing no emotion; impassive

245.  stultify- (v.) to deprive of vitality and render futile esp. by enfeebling or repressive influences, cripple; to have a dulling effect on

246.  suave- (adj.) smoothly agreeable or polite; pleasing to the senses

247.  subtle- (adj.) hardly noticeable;  hard to detect or describe; perceptive

248.  succinct- (adj.) brief, concise

249.  sullen- (adj.) sulky; resentful; morose; silent and keeping to oneself because one feels angry, bitter, or hurt 

250.  supercilious- (adj.)  proud and contemptuous; showing scorn because of a feeling of superiority; disdainful

251.  superficial- (adj.) of or near the surface; concerned with comprehending what is apparent or obvious

252.  superfluous- (adj.)  unnecessary ; extra, more than enough, redundant

253.  supple- (adj.) bending easily; bending with agility; flexible, elastic / suppleness- (n.) ability to bend easily; limberness

254.  suppress- (v.) to stop by force, put down; to end an activity, e.g., to prevent the dissemination of information

255.  surfeit- (n.) excess, overindulgence; satiate, feed to fullness or to excess

256.  surreptitious- (adj.) secret, furtive, stealthy, sneaky

257.  tacit- (adj.) expressed or conveyed without words, speech, or forthright reference; unspoken, not stated outright; implied, implicit, inferred

258.  taciturn- (adj.) habitually untalkative, silent; being of few words; uncommunicative

259.  tactful- (adj.) considerate, skillful in acting to avoid offense to others; saying or doing the proper thing

260.  temerity- (n.)  boldness; brashness, intrepidness

261.  tenacity- (n.)  tending to hang on; determined; keeping a firm grip on; firmness, persistency, adhesiveness/ tenacious- (adj.) tough, dogged, obstinate, persisting, stubborn, resolute

262.  tenuous- (adj.) insubstantial, thin, flimsy, weak

263.  terse- (adj.) free of superfluous words; concise in a polished, smooth way; brief, short, concise, succinct

264.  tirade- (n.) a long, vehement speech, esp. one of denunciation; harangue, abuse, invective, berating, tongue-lashing

265.  torpid- (adj.) without energy, sluggish; lethargic, dormant/ torpor- (n.)  lethargy, sluggishness, dormancy

266.  transcend- (v.)  to rise above or go beyond the limits of; exceed/transcendent- (adj.) exceeding the usual limits

267.  transient- (adj.)  temporary, short-lived, fleeting

268.  trenchant- (adj.) incisive, keen; forceful, effective; cutting, caustic; distinct, clear-cut; extremely perceptive

269.  trepidation- (n.) fearful uncertainty, anxiety, etc.; apprehension, fear, alarm, dismay, fright, panic, dread, horror

270.  trite- (adj.) overused, lacking freshness

271.  truculent-  (adj.) fierce and cruel; aggressive; deadly, destructive; scathingly harsh; barbarous, ferocious, savage

272.  ubiquitous-  (adj.) being everywhere at the same time

273.  umbrage- (n.) offense, resentment

274.  unanimity-  (n.) complete agreement; consensus; agreement

275.  uncanny- (adj.) strange, mysterious, weird, beyond explanation; eerie, spooky, unearthly

276.  uniform-  (adj.) alike, identical; analogous, comparable, corresponding,

277.  urbane- (adj.) highly sophisticated;  refined in manner or style, suave; elegant

278.  utopian- (adj.) founded on ideas, envisioning perfection in social and political organization; idealistic, visionary

279.  vacillate-  (v.) to waver in mind; show indecision; hesitate, waver, falter

280.  venal- (adj.) open to or marked by bribery or corruption; corruptible, bribable, unprincipled

281.  verbosity- (n.) the use of too many words/ verbose-(adj.) wordy; containing more words than necessary 

282.  verifiable- (adj.) able to be proven true

283.  veritable- (adj.) unquestionable, true; certain/ verity- (n.)  truth

284.  versatile- (adj.) having a wide range of skills, aptitudes, or interests; capable of doing many things well; adaptable,

        all-around, many-sided

285.  vicarious- (adj.) taking the place of another thing or person; substitute; shared in or experienced by imagined participation in another’s experience

286.  vigor- (adj.) energy, vitality

287.  virtue- (n.) moral excellence; goodness, morality, righteousness

288.  vital- (adj.) full of energy, necessary for life; alive, energetic/ vitality- (n.) energy, liveliness

289.  vitriolic-  (adj.) extremely biting or caustic; sharp and bitter; antagonistic

290.  vociferous- (adj.) loud and noisy; compelling attention; boisterous, clamorous, loud-mouthed

291.  voracious- (adj.) greedy in eating; very greedy or eager in some desire or pursuit; insatiable, gluttonous, ravenous

292.  vulnerable- (adj.) capable of being hurt; exposed, open

293.  wanton- (adj.) senseless, unprovoked, unjustifiable, or deliberately malicious; sexually loose or unrestrained; fast, easy, loose

294.  wary- (adj.)  careful, cautious/ wariness- (n.) cautiousness

295.  wily- (adj.) artful, cunning, deceitful, sly

296.  witty- (adj.) clever or amusing; facetious, humorous

297.  wry- (adj.) dryly humorous; sardonic, cynical, ironic

298.  yearning- (n.) deep longing; craving, hankering, lusting

299.  zealous- (adj.) very enthusiastic and intense; keen / zealot- (n.) a person who shows great enthusiasm for a cause