Decimate – kill, destroy, or remove a large proportion of
Establish – base, build, create, enact, form
Harbour – anchorage, haven, marina
Wreck – destroy, break, demolish
Mend – patch, rebuild, and repair

Apologetic – expressing or showing regretful acknowledgement of an offence or failure
Derisive – disdainful, insulting, mocking
Contrite – remorseful, repentant
Stagnant – idle, inactive, lifeless, listless
Solid – firm, hard

Magnanimity -the fact or condition of being magnanimous, generosity
Altruism – goodwill, generosity
Virulence – poisonous, lethal
Invidiousness – of an unpleasant or objectionable nature
Volatile – temperamental, transitory, unsteady

Quandary – a state of perplexity or uncertainty over what to do in a difficult situation
Cinch – breeze, child’s play, duck soup, picnic
Breeze – breath, current, gust
Clique – a small close-knit group of people who do not readily allow others to join them
Impasse – stalemate, standstill, standoff, dead end

Ponderous -slow and clumsy because of great weight
Heavy – bulky, burdensome, considerable
Wondrous – marvelous
Bluff – an attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or is going to do something
Unruly – headstrong, intractable, recalcitrant

Ridicule – the subjection of someone or something to contemptuous and dismissive language or behaviour
Pathology – the study of diseases and especially of the changes in the body produced by them
Derision– contempt
Resolute – constant, faithful, loyal, staunch
Derivation – the action of obtaining something from a source or origin

Laggard – a person who makes slow progress and falls behind others
Hustler – powerhouse, highflier
Prompt – (of an event or fact) cause or bring about (an action or feeling)
Expeditious – fast, fleet, hasty, quick, rapid
Dawdling – loiter, mosey, procrastinate, very slow

Sacrilege – violation or misuse of what is regarded as sacred
Modification – the action of modifying something
Consecration – the action of making or declaring something, typically a church, sacred
Blasphemy – the action or offence of speaking sacrilegiously about God or sacred things; profane talk
Reverence – deep respect for someone or something

Slick – done or operating in an impressively smooth and efficient way
Slippery – (of a surface or object) difficult to hold firmly or stand on because it is smooth, wet, or slimy
New – modern
Fractions – piece. part. percentage
Novice – beginner

Eagerly – used to emphasize a strong desire to do or have something
Neatly – ably. adroitly. agilely
Plainly – able to be perceived easily, simply
Perfunctorily – partially, badly, deficiently, carelessly
Avidly – excitedly, madly, passionately

Gallivant – go around from one place to another in the pursuit of pleasure or entertainment
Meander – ramble, drift
Brave – audacious, bold
Grave – a hole dug in the ground to receive a coffin or dead body, typically marked by a stone or mound
Gall – audacity, cheek, chutzpah

Instigate – bring about, foment, incite, inflame
Deterrence – the action of discouraging an action or event through instilling doubt or fear of the consequences
Settle – resolve or reach an agreement about (an argument or problem)
Amiable – good
Raise – elevate, hoist

Calibrate – a change in the way you do or think about something
Gauze – bandage. plaster. covering
Assail – assault, attack, bombard
Gauge – criterion, standard, touchstone
Affront – insult, offend

Eccentric – (of a person or their behavior) unconventional and slightly strange
Familiar – common, well-known
Garden – field
Wonted – accustomed; habituated
Idiosyncratic – distinctive, peculiar

Domicile – the country that a person treats as their permanent home, or lives in and has a substantial connection with
Home – abode, dwelling, habitation
Evict – banish
Wild – undomesticated, untamed, unbroken
Dictator – tyrant

Jarred – shocked, quarrelled
Macho – aggressive, cocky
Assented – accede, acquiesce, agree, consent
Altercated – quarrel, squabble, and wrangle
Accorded – award, concede, grant

Edacious – esurient, gluttonous, greedy, hoggish, insatiable, rapacious
Satiated – cloy, glut, gorge, pall
Insolvent – poverty-stricken
Solvent – having assets in excess of liabilities, able to pay one’s debts
Gluttonous – excessively greedy

Saboteur – A person who engages in sabotage, demonstrator, dissident, hooligan, rebel, destroy
Mendicant – beggar, secular
Sage – judicious, prudent, sane, sapient
Preservationist – conservationist, ecologist
Vandal – bigot, boor

Hostility – animosity, animus, antagonism
Organize – coordinate, establish
Authorize – grant permission
Enmity – alienation, antagonism
Anchor – mainstay, comfort

Wager – risk (a sum of money or valued item) against someone else’s on the basis of the outcome of an unpredictable event like as, bet
Gamble – speculate, bet
Scrutinize – examine or inspect closely and thoroughly
Scrupulous – conscientious, honest, honorable
Crumble – break up

Pacific – peaceful, calm
Bellicose – belligerent, contentious, pugnacious
Chafing – abrading, chafing, erosion
Inimical – damaging, detrimental, prejudicial, prejudicious
Mollifying – appease, conciliate, pacify, placate

Vacillate – waver between different opinions or actions; be indecisive
Advance – to move forward
Plunge – jump, dive
Hesitate – falter, vacillate, waver
Stir – disturb, shake

Genial – friendly, cheerful
Laconic – compendious, concise, pithy, succinct
Tense – tight, rigid
Lacuna – shortage, lack
Convivial – social, companionable

Dandy – a man unduly concerned with looking stylish and fashionable
Beautiful – alluring, angelic, appealing, attractive
Disappointment – inconsolable
Cartel – conglomerate, partnership
Dud – debacle, bummer

Habitat -the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows
Clothed – clothe
Niche – alcove, slot, calling, compartment
Motion – activity
Bent – bowed, hooked, rounded