1 Syllable:

1. Dross (noun)- something that is base, trivial, or inferior
2. Pan (verb) – to criticize severely
3. Bilk (verb) – to obtain (something) by defrauding someone
4. Wax (intransitive verb) – to assume a (specified) characteristic, quality, or state: wax indignant
5. Shard (noun) – a piece or fragment of a brittle substance
6. Niche (noun) – a specialized market, a place for something
7. Scourge (noun) – an instrument of punishment or criticism

2. Syllables:
3. Fiat (noun) – a command or act of will that creates something without or as if without further effort
4. Hubris (noun) – exaggerated pride or self-confidence
5. Elan (noun) – vigorous spirit or enthusiasm
6. Tacit (adjective) -expressed or carried on without words or speech
7. Panache (noun) – dash or flamboyance in style and action
8. Acute (adjective) – marked by keen discernment or intellectual perception especially of subtle distinctions
9. Obtuse (adjective) – lacking sharpness or quickness of sensibility or intellect
10. Astute (adjective) -mentally sharp or clever
11. Zeitgeist (noun) – the general intellectual, moral, and cultural climate of an era
12. Chthonic (adjective) – of or relating to the underworld
13. Delta (noun) – the alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river
14. Hoary (adjective) – gray or white with or as if with age
15. Nuance (noun) – a subtle distinction or variation
16. Impasse (noun) – a predicament affording no obvious escape
17. Schism (noun) – a formal division in or separation from a church or religious body
18. Dilate (intransitive verb) – to become wide
19. Latent (adjective) – present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active

2. 3 Syllables:
3. Adamant (adjective) – unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion
4. Liminal (adjective) – of, relating to, or situated at a sensory threshold: barely perceptible or capable of eliciting a response
5. Patina (noun) – a surface appearance of something grown beautiful especially with age or use
6. Cavalier (adjective) – marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful dismissal of important matters
7. Tenebrous (adjective) – shut off from the light
8. Scintilla (noun) – spark or trace
9. Acumen (noun) – keenness and depth of perception
10. Sagacious (adjective) – keen and farsighted penetration and judgment
11. Discerning (adjective) – showing insight and understanding
12. Cognizant (adjective) – knowledgeable of something especially through personal experience
13. Prescient (noun) – foreknowledge of events
14. Prosaic (adjective) – differentiated from poetry; dull unimaginative
15. Mnemonic (adjective) – assisting or intended to assist memory
16. Didactic (adjective) – designed or intended to teach
17. Erudite (adjective) – having or showing knowledge that is gained by studying
18. Judicious (adjective) – having, exercising, or characterized by sound judgment
19. Tectonics (noun) – a branch of geology concerned with the structure of the crust of a planet, especially with the formation of folds and faults in it
20. Libido (noun) – instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges; sexual energy
21. Expiate (verb) – to make amends for
22. Mountebank (noun) – a boastful unscrupulous pretender
23. Misnomer (noun) – use of a wrong or inappropriate name
24. Virago (noun) – a loud overbearing woman; shrew
25. Dogmatic (adjective) – characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts
26. Abrogate (verb) – to abolish by authoritative action or annul
27. Conundrum (noun) – an intricate and difficult problem
28. Obfuscate (verb) – to throw into shadow; darken
29. Postmodern (adjective) – various movements in reaction to modernism that are typically characterized by a return to traditional materials and forms (as in architecture) or by ironic self-reference and absurdity (as in literature)
30. Palimpsest (noun) – writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased
31. Cynosure (noun) – one that serves to direct or guide
32. Paradox (noun) – a statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense and yet is perhaps true
33. Narcissist (noun) – an extremely self-centered person who has an exaggerated sense of self-importance
34. Redundant (adjective) – exceeding what is necessary or normal
35. Enigma (noun) – something hard to understand or explain
36. Visceral (adjective) – felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body
37. Inculcate (verb) – to teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
38. Dyspeptic (noun) – indigestion; ill humour
39. Sobriquet (noun) – a descriptive name or epithet or nickname
40. Prescience (noun) – human anticipation of the course of events

4. Syllables:
5. Assiduous (adjective) – showing great care, attention, and effort
6. Apocryphal (adjective) – of doubtful authenticity; spurious
7. Ineffable (adjective) – incapable of being expressed in words
8. Iridescent (adjective) – having properties of iridescence or a lustrous rainbowlike play of color caused by differential refraction of light waves
9. Casuistry (noun) – a resolving of specific cases of conscience, duty, or conduct through an interpretation of ethical principles or religious doctrine
10. Lilliputian (adjective) – small or miniature (ref. Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift)
11. Symbiotic (adjective) – characterized by, living in, or being a close physical association
12. Polysemous (adjective) – having multiple meanings
13. Avaricious (adjective) – greedy of gain: excessively acquisitive especially in seeking to hoard riches
14. Hermeneutics (noun) – the study of the methodological principles of interpretation
15. Empirical (adjective) – originating in or based on observation or experience
16. Hortatory (adjective) – urging to some course of conduct or action; exhorting; encouraging
17. Concomitant (adjective) – accompanying, especially in a subordinate or incidental way
18. Impunity (noun) – exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss
19. Hegemony (noun) – influence or authority over others
20. Labyrinthine (adjective) – related to a labyrinth: a place constructed of or full of intricate passageways and blind alleys
21. Jeremiad (noun) – a prolonged lamentation or complaint
22. Microcosm (noun) – a little world
23. Attenuate (verb) – to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value; to weaken
24. Rebarbative (adjective) – repellent or irritating
25. Dialectic (noun) – the Socratic techniques of exposing false beliefs and eliciting truth
26. Doppelganger (noun) – double; alter ego; a person’s twin
27. Oxymoron (noun) – a combination of contradictory or incongruous words (such as cruel kindness
28. Ambivalent (adjective) – having or showing simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings toward something or someone
29. Simulacrum (noun) – a representation; an insubstantial form or semblance of something
30. Tautology (noun) – needless repetition of an idea, statement, or word
31. Ambiguous (adjective) – doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness
32. Reiterate (verb) – to state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect
33. Iconoclast (noun) – a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions
34. Exegesis (noun) – explanation, exposition
35. Dionysian (adjective) – characteristic of Dionysus or the cult of worship of Dionysus: being of a frenzied or orgiastic character
36. Exiguous (adjective) – excessively scanty
37. Draconian (adjective) – cruel, severe; a severe code of laws
38. Peremptory (adjective) – putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay
39. Solipsistic (adjective) – extreme egocentricity

5. Syllables:
6. Inexorable (adjective) – not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped
7. Hebetudinous (adjective) – suggestive of a person’s mental dullness, often marked by laziness or torpor
8. Apollonian (adjective) – harmonious, measured, ordered, or balanced in character
9. Metamorphosis (noun) –
10. Supercilious (adjective) – coolly and patronizingly haughty
11. Verisimilitude (noun) – the quality or state of being similar to the truth
12. Iconographic (adjective) – representing something by pictures or diagrams

6. Syllables:
7. Indeterminacy (noun) – the quality or state of being indeterminate
8. Ratiocination (noun) – the process of exact thinking
9. Historiography (noun) – the principles, theory, and history of historical writing
10. Infinitesimal (adjective) – immeasurably or incalculably small

7. Syllables:
8. Epistemological (adjective) – relating to the study of nature, origin, and limits of human knowledge

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