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Only 1 in 5000 Can Ace These Words

October 30, 2025 - pdf

No. Term Definition
1. Aberration Deviation from what’s normal.
2. Aesthete One deeply sensitive to beauty.
3. Alchemy Magical process of transformation.
4. Ambivalent Having mixed or uncertain feelings.
5. Ameliorate Make something better.
6. Anachronism Something misplaced in time.
7. Anomie Loss of purpose or connection.
8. Anecdote Short, revealing personal story.
9. Apophenia Seeing meaning in randomness.
10. Aporia Expression of puzzlement or doubt.
11. Arcane Secret, mysterious, obscure.
12. Audacity Boldness with confident daring.
13. Beleaguered Under persistent difficulty.
14. Bellicose Eager or inclined to fight.
15. Benevolent Kind and well-meaning.
16. Breviloquent Concise yet expressive speech.
17. Buoyant Cheerful and resilient.
18. Cacophony Harsh mixture of sounds.
19. Catharsis Emotional release through art.
20. Celestial Relating to the heavens.
21. Chimerical Wildly fanciful or impossible.
22. Chiaroscuro Play of light and shadow.
23. Cognizant Aware and understanding.
24. Copacetic In excellent order.
25. Cryptic Mysterious or obscure.
26. Cynosural Serving as a focal point.
27. Debacle Complete, disastrous failure.
28. Defenestrate Throw out a window.
29. Delirium Wild excitement or confusion.
30. Demure Modest and reserved.
31. Denouement Final resolution of events.
32. Despondent Hopeless or deeply discouraged.
33. Diaphanous Light, delicate, translucent.
34. Dichotomy Contrast between opposites.
35. Disenchant Free from illusion.
36. Disparate Entirely distinct or different.
37. Ebullient Full of lively energy.
38. Effervescent Bubbly and enthusiastic.
39. Egregious Outstandingly bad.
40. Eidetic Vividly detailed in memory.
41. Eloquent Fluent and persuasive.
42. Ember Glowing remnant of fire.
43. Empyrean Heavenly or sublime.
44. Ephemeral Lasting a short time.
45. Epiphany Sudden realization or insight.
46. Equanimity Calmness under pressure.
47. Ethereal Delicate and otherworldly.
48. Eunoia Beautiful thinking; goodwill.
49. Exquisite Finely made or intensely beautiful.
50. Fathom Understand deeply.
51. Feral Wild and untamed.
52. Fleeting Quickly passing.
53. Fortitude Courage in adversity.
54. Frisson Brief thrill of excitement.
55. Fugacious Fleeting or short-lived.
56. Galvanize Inspire into action.
57. Gossamer Delicate, light texture.
58. Grandiloquent Extravagantly eloquent.
59. Halcyon Calm and peaceful.
60. Harbinger Sign of what’s to come.
61. Hubris Pride leading to downfall.
62. Iconoclast Challenger of traditions.
63. Iridescence Shifting play of color.
64. Impetuous Impulsive, without thought.
65. Ineffable Too great for words.
66. Ingenuity Clever originality.
67. Insidious Subtly harmful.
68. Intrepid Fearless and bold.
69. Iridescent Luminous, color-shifting.
70. Juxtapose Place side by side.
71. Kaleidoscopic Constantly changing.
72. Kinesthetic Relating to movement.
73. Labyrinthine Complex and winding.
74. Laconic Brief and to the point.
75. Lament Mourn or express sorrow.
76. Liminal Between two states.
77. Lustral Cleansing or purifying.
78. Luminous Full of light.
79. Magnanimous Generous toward rivals.
80. Mellifluous Smooth and musical.
81. Metamorphosis Complete transformation.
82. Meticulous Precise and careful.
83. Milieu Social or cultural setting.
84. Nebulous Vague or undefined.
85. Nemesis Rival or agent of downfall.
86. Nostalgia Longing for the past.
87. Numinous Spiritually mysterious.
88. Obfuscate Make unclear or confusing.
89. Obsidian Dark, glassy volcanic rock; symbol of mystery.
90. Orphic Mystical or entrancing.
91. Paragon Perfect example.
92. Peregrine Wandering or traveling.
93. Pernicious Subtly harmful.
94. Petrichor Scent of rain on earth.
95. Quintessential Perfect embodiment.
96. Quixotic Idealistic but impractical.
97. Saudade Longing for something lost.
98. Susurrus Soft, whispering sound.
99. Vellichor Nostalgia for bookstores.
100. Zeitgeist Spirit of the age.
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