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1. abstain
1a

2. (v) To hold oneself back:
forbear, hold off, keep,
refrain, withhold
1b

3. adulterate
2a

4. (v) To make impure or
inferior by deceptively
adding foreign substances:
debase, doctor, load,
sophisticate
2b

5. apathy
3a

6. (n) Lack of emotion or interest:
disinterest, impassivity, incuriosity,
incuriousness, indifference, insensibility,
insensibleness, lassitude, lethargy,
listlessness, phlegm, stolidity, stolidness,
unconcern, uninterest, unresponsiveness
3b

7. audacious
4a

8. (adj) Having or showing courage: bold,
brave, courageous, dauntless, doughty,
fearless, fortitudinous, gallant, game,
hardy, heroic, intrepid, mettlesome,
plucky, stout, stouthearted, unafraid,
undaunted, valiant, valorous
4b

9. capricious
5a

10. (adj) Following no predictable pattern:
changeable, erratic, fantastic, fantastical,
fickle, freakish, inconsistent, inconstant,
mercurial, temperamental, ticklish,
uncertain, unpredictable, unstable,
unsteady, variable, volatile, whimsical
5b

11. corroborate
6a

12. (v) To present evidence in
support of: back (up),
buttress, substantiate
6b

13. desiccate
7a

14. (v) To make or become free
of moisture: dehydrate, dry
(out), exsiccate, parch
7b

15. engender
8a

16. (v) To cause to come into
existence: beget, breed,
create, father, hatch, make,
originate, parent, procreate,
produce, sire, spawn
8b

17. ephemeral
9a

18. (adj) Lasting or existing only for
a short time: evanescent, fleet,
fleeting, fugacious, fugitive,
momentary, passing, short-
lived, temporal, temporary,
transient, transitory 9b

19. gullible
10a

20. (adj) Easily imposed on or
tricked: credulous,
dupable, easy, exploitable,
naive, susceptible
10b

21. homogenous
11a

22. (adj) All of the same or
similar kind or nature
11b

23. laconic
12a

24. (adj) Marked by or consisting
of few words that are carefully
chosen: brief, compendious,
concise, lean, short, succinct,
summary, terse
12b

25. laudable
13a

26. (adj) Deserving honor, respect, or
admiration: admirable, commendable,
creditable, deserving, estimable,
exemplary, honorable, meritorious,
praiseworthy, reputable, respectable,
worthy
13b

27. loquacious
14a

28. (adj) Given to
conversation: chatty,
conversational, garrulous,
talkative, talky, voluble
14b

29. mitigate
15a

30. (v) To make less severe or
more bearable: allay,
alleviate, assuage, comfort,
ease, lessen, lighten,
palliate, relieve
15b

31. pedant
16a

32. (n) One who pays undue
attention to book learning
and formal rules
16b

33. pragmatic
17a

34. (adj) Having or indicating an awareness of
things as they really are: down-to-earth,
hard, hardheaded, matter-of-fact,
objective, practical, pragmatical, prosaic,
realistic, sober, tough-minded, unromantic
17b

35. propriety
18a

36. (n) The quality of being
proper; appropriateness
18b

37. vacillate
19a

38. (v) To move back and forth
or from side to side, as if
about to fall: oscillate,
sway, teeter, totter, waver,
weave, wobble
19b

39. volatile
20a

40. (adj) Following no predictable
pattern: capricious, changeable,
erratic, fantastic, fantastical, fickle,
freakish, inconsistent, inconstant,
mercurial, temperamental, ticklish,
uncertain, unpredictable, unstable,
unsteady, variable, whimsical
20b