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FIFTEEN THOUSAND - BY GRENVILLE KLEISER- SECTION III - FELICITOUS PHRASES

 SECTION III


FELICITOUS PHRASES



A


ability, humor, and perspicacity        [perspicacity = perceptive]


abrupt, rough, and immoderate


abstruse, metaphysical, and idealistic


abundant, varied, and vigorous


accessible, knowable, and demonstrable


accomplished, inventive, and deft-fingered


accuracy, ease, and grace


acquire, classify, and arrange


action, incident, and interest


active, learned, and liberal


acts, activities, and aims


actual, stern, and pathetic


acuteness, honesty, and, fearlessness


addition, correction, and amplification


adventurous, eager, and afraid


affected, pedantic, and vain    [pedantic = attention to detail or rules]


affluent, genial, and frank


aggressive, envious, and arrogant


agreeable, engaging, and delightful


air, woodland, and water


alarmed, anxious, and uneasy


alert, hopeful, and practical


amazement, resentment, and indignation


ambiguous, strange, and sinister


amiable, genial, and charitable


amusing, sympathetic, and interesting


ancient, subtle, and treacherous


annoyances, shifts, and inconveniences


anxious, fearful, and anticipative


appearance, conversation, and bearing


approbation, wealth, and power     [approbation = warm approval; praise]


apt, explicit, and communicative


ardent, undisciplined, and undirected


arrogance, conceit, and disdain


artificial, rhetorical, and mundane


artistic, progressive, and popular


aspirations, dreams, and devotions


assured, stern, and judicial


astonishment, apprehension, and horror


attainments, possessions, and character


attention, forbearance, and patience


attract, interest, and persuade


augmenting, furthering, and reenforcing


austere, calm, and somber


authority, leadership, and command


avarice, pride, and revenge


awakened, girded, and active


awe, reverence, and adoration


awkwardness, narrowness, and self-consciousness



B


barbarous, shapeless, and irregular


beautiful, graceful, and accomplished


beggar, thief, and impostor


belittling, personal, and selfish


birth, rank, and fortune


bitter, baleful, and venomous


bland, patient, and methodical


blessing, bestowing, and welcoming


blind, partial, and prejudiced


blithe, innocent, and free


bluster, swagger, and might


body, soul, and mind


boisterous, undignified, and vulgar


bold, original, and ingenious


bombastic, incongruous, and unsymmetrical


bountiful, exuberant, and luxurious


brain, energy, and enterprise


brave, authoritative, and confident


breadth, richness, and freshness


breathless, confused, and exhilarated


brief, isolated, and fragmentary


brilliancy, energy, and zeal


broad, spare, and athletic


broken, apologetic, and confused


brotherhood, humanity, and chivalry


brusqueness, rudeness, and self-assertion


brutish, repulsive, and terrible


busy, active, and toiling



C


calculated, logical, and dispassionate


calm, earnest, and genial


candor, integrity, and straightforwardness


capricious, perverse, and prejudiced


careful, reasoned, and courteous


cautious, prudent, and decisive


caviling, petulance, and discontent

                                  [caviling = finding trivial objections]


censured, slighted, and despised


certain, swift, and final


chance, doubt, and mutability


character, life, and aims


charitable, just, and true


charm, grace, and glory


cheerful, modest, and delicate


childish, discordant, and superfluous


chill, harden, and repel


circumstances, properties, and characteristics


civilized, mild, and humane


clear, cloudless, and serene


cleverness, independence, and originality


coarseness, violence, and cunning


coherent, interdependent, and logical


cold, cynical, and relentless


color, intensity, and vivacity


comfort, virtue, and happiness


comments, criticisms, and judgments


common, dull, and threadbare


compact, determinate, and engaging


conceited, commonplace, and uninspiring


conception, direction, and organization


confident, inflexible, and uncontrollable


conflict, confusion, and disintegration


confused, broken, and fragmentary


conscience, heart, and life


conscientious, clear-headed, and accurate


consistent, thoughtful, and steadfast


consoling, pacifying, and benign


constant, wise, and sympathetic


constitution, temperament, and habits


convince, convert, and reconstruct


copious, redundant, and involved


corroding, venomous, and malignant


corrupt, self-seeking, and dishonest


countenance, voice, and manner


country, lake, and mountain


courage, patience, and honesty


courteous, patient, and indefatigable


covetousness, selfishness, and ignorance


credulous, weak, and superstitious


crimes, follies, and misfortunes


crisp, emphatic, and powerful


crude, warped, and barren


cruelty, violence, and injustice


culture, growth, and progress


cunning, cruelty, and treachery


curious, fantastic, and charming



D


danger, difficulty, and hardship


darkness, doubt, and difficulty


dazzle, amaze, and overpower


deadly, silent, and inaccessible


deceitful, lazy, and dishonest


decent, respectable, and sensible


decisions, affirmations, and denials


deep, flexible, and melodious


defeated, discredited, and despised


deferential, conciliatory, and courteous


definite, tangible, and practicable


deftness, delicacy, and veracity


degraded, defeated, and emasculated


dejected, discouraged, and disappointed


deliberately, coolly, and methodically


delicate, mobile, and complex


delightful, witty, and sensible


denounced, persecuted, and reviled


dependent, subsidiary, and allied


depth, tenderness, and sublimity


desolated, impoverished, and embittered


despair, finality, and hopelessness


detailed, described, and explained


devastating, horrible, and irremediable


devout, gentle, and kindly


difficult, painful, and slow


digestion, circulation, and assimilation


dignity, solemnity, and responsibility


diligent, cautious, and painstaking


dingy, cumbersome, and depressing


directness, spontaneity, and simplicity


disciplined, drilled, and trained


discontent, revolt, and despair


discordant, coarse, and unpleasing


discourses, lectures, and harangues


disheveled, wild, and distracted


disinterested, patient, and exact


dislikes, jealousies, and ambitions


dismal, cold, and dead


dismay, remorse, and anguish


disordered, wild, and incoherent


dispassionate, wise, and intelligent


disposition, taste, and temperament


dissension, discord, and rebellion


distracted, hopeless, and bankrupt


disturbed, shaken, and distressed


diversified, animated, and rapid


division, prejudice, and antagonism


doctrine, life, and destiny


dogmatic, scientific, and philosophic


doubt, cynicism, and indifference


draggled, dirty, and slouching


dramatic, picturesque, and vigorous


dream, speculate, and philosophize


drunkenness, licentiousness, and profanity


dry, inane, and droll


dull, hideous, and arid


dullards, hypocrites, and cowards


dust, turmoil, and smoke


duties, labors, and anxieties


dwarfed, scant, and wretched



E


eagerness, heartiness, and vehemence


earnestness, zeal, and intelligence


ease, power, and self-confidence


easy, natural, and unembarrassed


effluent, radiating, and fructifying

                             [fructifying = Make fruitful or productive]


egotistic, disdainful, and proud


elegant, convincing, and irresistible


emotion, affection, and desire


empty, noisy, and blundering


end, aim, and purpose


energies, capacities, and opportunities


enlighten, uplift, and strengthen


enmity, suspicion, and hatred


enrich, discipline, and embellish


enthusiasm, vehemence, and spirit


envy, jealousy, and malice


equable, animated, and alert


erect, elastic, and graceful


error, ignorance, and strife


essence, existence, and identity


esteem, confidence, and affection


evil, disease, and death


exact, logical, and convincing


examine, compare, and decide


excessive, inaccurate, and unliterary


excitements, interests, and responsibilities


experience, knowledge, and conduct


exposure, ruin, and flight


exterior, formal, and imposing



F


faded, dusty, and unread


failures, experiences, and ambitions


fair, proud, and handsome


fairies, sprites, and angels


faith, hope, and love


false, wicked, and disloyal


fantastic, absurd, and impossible


fear, dread, and apprehension


features, form, and height


feeble, illogical, and vicious


feelings, motives, and desires


fertility, ingenuity, and resource


fervently, patiently, and persistently


fibs, myths, and fables


fierce, dogmatic, and bigoted


figure, face, and attitude


fire, force, and passion


flit, change, and vary


flushed, trembling, and unstrung


foibles, tricks, and fads


foliage, color, and symmetry


follies, fashions, and infatuations


foolish, ignorant, and unscrupulous


force, grace, and symmetry


forcible, extraordinary, and sublime


foremost, preeminent, and incomparable


foresight, prudence, and economy


form, color, and distance


formless, silent, and awful


forward, onward, and upward


frank, kindly, and unfaltering


free, equal, and just


freedom, honor, and dignity


fresh, vigorous, and telling


fretfulness, irritability, and petulance


friendly, amiable, and sincere


frigid, austere, and splendid


fruitful, luminous, and progressive


full, animated, and varied


fullness, force, and precision


furious, sanguinary, and disorganizing

                             [sanguinary = Accompanied by bloodshed]


fustian, padding, and irrelevancy

                             [fustian = pompous, bombastic, and ranting]



G


gaunt, desolate, and despoiled


gay, easy, and cordial


generous, large-hearted, and magnanimous


genial, frank, and confiding


genius, learning, and virtue


gentle, firm, and loving


genuineness, disinterestedness, and strength


germinate, develop, and radiate


gesture, accent, and attitude


ghastly, hateful, and ugly


gibes, sneers, and anger


gifts, graces, and accomplishments


gladness, exaltation, and triumph


glean, gather, and digest


gloomy, silent, and tranquil


glow, grace, and pleasantness


good, gentle, and affectionate


gorgeous, still, and warm


grace, simplicity, and sweetness


gracious, mild, and good


gradual, cautious, and well-reasoned


gratitude, happiness, and affection


grave, disastrous, and wanton


gravity, sweetness, and patience


gray, monotonous, and uninteresting


great, grand, and mighty


greed, lust, and cruelty


grim, lean, and hungry


gross, ignorant, and impudent


growth, progress, and extension


guide, philosopher, and friend



H


habits, tastes, and opinions


hard, stern, and inexorable


harmony, peace, and happiness


harsh, intolerant, and austere


health, character, and efficiency


helpful, suggestive, and inspiring


helpless, hopeless, and downtrodden


high, lofty, and noble


high-spirited, confident, and genial


history, philosophy, and eloquence


homage, ability, and culture


honesty, probity, and justice        [probity = integrity; uprightness]


honors, riches, and power


hopes, aspirations, and longings


hot, swift, and impatient


humanity, freedom, and justice


humble, submissive, and serviceable


humor, fancy, and susceptibility



I


idle, profuse, and profligate


ignorance, fear, and selfishness


illuminating, chastening, and transforming


images, events, and incidents


imagination, judgment, and reason


immediate, sure, and easy


immethodical, irregular, and inconsecutive


impatient, inconsiderate, and self-willed


impetuous, fierce, and irresistible


impracticable, chimerical, and contemptible


impulse, energy, and activity


inclinations, habits, and interests


incoherent, loud, and confusing


incomparable, matchless, and immortal


inconsiderate, irritable, and insolent


indignation, surprise, and reproach


indirect, obscure, and ambiguous


indolent, dreamy, and frolicsome


inert, torpid, and lethargic


ingenuity, force, and originality


innocence, intelligence, and youth


inordinate, excessive, and extravagant


insight, knowledge, and capacity


insincere, partial, and arbitrary


insipid, commonplace, and chattering


insolence, injustice, and imposture


intelligence, taste, and manners


intense, weighty, and philosophical


inventions, sciences, and discoveries


irksome, painful, and depressing


irresolute, procrastinating, and unenterprising


irritable, sulky, and furious


issues, hopes, and interests



J


jealousy, exclusiveness, and taciturnity

                                 [taciturnity  = habitually untalkative]


jovial, ready-witted, and broad-gaged


joyous, delightful, and gay


justice, mercy, and peace



K


keen, clear, and accurate


knowing, feeling, and willing


knowledge, skill, and foresight



L


labors, anxieties, and trials


large, rhythmical, and pleasing


laughter, ridicule, and sneers


lead, attack, and conquer


learning, profundity, and imagination


legislation, education, and religion


levity, indolence, and procrastination


libelers, reviewers, and rivals


liberating, vitalizing, and cheering


liberty, justice, and humanity


light, easy, and playful


literature, history, and legend


lively, careless, and joyous


lofty, serene, and impregnable


logical, clear, and consistent


loitering, heart-sick, and reluctant


lonely, sad, and enslaved


long, wailing, and passionate


lost, ruined, and deserted


loud, deep, and distinct


love, veneration, and gratitude


lucid, lively, and effective


luxurious, whimsical, and selfish



M


magnificent, sumptuous, and stately


magnitude, duration, and scope


majesty, beauty, and truth


malevolence, vanity, and falsehood


manly, refined, and unaffected


mean, pitiful, and sordid


meek, humane, and temperate


melancholy, grave, and serious


mercy, truth, and righteousness


methodical, sensible, and conscientious


might, majesty, and power


mild, sweet, and peaceable


mischief, cruelty, and futility


moans, shrieks, and curses


mobile, quick, and sensitive


modest, sympathetic, and kind


molding, controlling, and conforming


monstrous, incredible, and inhuman


moral, material, and social


motionless, staring, and appalled


motives, purposes, and intentions


mountains, seas, and vineyards


moved, swayed, and ruled


murder, destruction, and agony


mystery, vagueness, and jargon



N


narrow, precise, and formal


natural, innocent, and laudable


neatness, order, and comfort


necessary, just, and logical


neglect, rashness, and incompetence


new, strange, and unusual


niggardly, sordid, and parsimonious      [grudging, wretched and frugal]


noble, laudable, and good


noise, clatter, and clamor


null, void, and useless



O


obscure, difficult, and subtle


observation, discrimination, and comparison


obsolete, artificial, and inadequate


obstinacy, stupidity, and wilfulness


officious, fidgety, and talkative


old, absurd, and meaningless


one, individual, and integral


openly, frankly, and legitimately


opposition, bitterness, and defiance


oppressive, grasping, and slanderous


opulent, powerful, and prosperous


organization, monopoly, and pressure


origin, character, and aim


original, terse, and vigorous


overriding, arrogant, and quarrelsome



P


pain, toil, and privation


pale, ugly, and sinister


parable, precept, and practise


partial, false, and disastrous


passion, tenderness, and reverence


patient, gentle, and kind


peace, order, and civilization


pellucid, animated, and varied      [pellucid = transparently clear]


permanent, true, and real


perplexed, tedious, and obscure


personal, sharp, and pointed


perspicuity, vivacity, and grace   [perspicuity = clearness and lucidity]


pert, smirking, and conceited


pervading, searching, and saturating


petty, unsuccessful, and unamiable


philosophy, morals, and discoveries


picturesque, daring, and potent


piety, charity, and humility


pillage, arson, and bloodshed


pious, patient, and trustful


pity, sympathy, and compassion


placable, reasonable, and willing   [placable = easily calmed; tolerant]


place, fame, and fortune


placid, clear, and mellow


plague, pestilence, and famine


plan, purpose, and work


pleasant, friendly, and amiable


pleased, interested, and delighted


pleasure, enjoyment, and satisfaction


plenty, content, and tranquillity


plodding, sedentary, and laborious


poise, dignity, and reserve


polished, elegant, and sumptuous


politics, business, and religion


pompous, affected, and unreal


poor, miserable, and helpless


pose, gesture, and expression


powerful, dazzling, and daring


practical, visible, and tangible


precious, massive, and splendid


precise, formal, and cynical


prejudice, dulness, and spite


prepossessions, opinions, and prejudices


presiding, directing, and controlling


pride, passion, and conceit


princely, picturesque, and pathetic


principles, conduct, and habits


progress, order, and happiness


prolonged, obstinate, and continued


prompt, fiery, and resolute


propriety, perspicacity, and accuracy        [perspicacity = perceptive]


prosaic, dull, and unattractive


protective, propitiatory, and accommodating  [propitiatory = conciliatory]


protests, criticisms, and rebukes


proud, reserved, and disagreeable


prudence, mildness, and firmness


puckered, winking, and doddering


pure, honorable, and just


purge, brace, and strengthen


purpose, intention, and meaning


puzzles, tangles, and questionings



Q


quarrels, misunderstandings, and enmities


questions, disputes, and controversies


quicken, sharpen, and intensify


quiet, unaffected, and unostentatious



R


raise, refine, and elevate


rapid, robust, and effective


rapt, emotional, and mystic


raptures, transports, and fancies


rash, violent, and indefinite


readiness, skill, and accuracy


reading, reflection, and observation


reaffirmed, amplified, and maintained


real, earnest, and energetic


regard, esteem, and affection


relaxation, recreation, and pleasure


religion, politics, and literature


reminiscences, associations, and impressions


remote, careless, and indifferent


reparations, restitutions, and guarantees


repress, curb, and correct


reproach, shame, and remorse


reproof, correction, and instruction


resentment, hatred, and despair


resolute, patient, and fervent


resourceful, steadfast, and skilful


respect, admiration, and homage


rest, respite, and peace


restless, discontented, and rebellious


restraint, self-denial, and austerity


reticent, restrained, and reserved


reverie, contemplation, and loneliness


rich, thoughtful, and glowing


ridicule, sarcasm, and invective       [invective = abusive language]


rights, powers, and privileges


rise, flourish, and decay


robustness, elasticity, and firmness


romance, adventure, and passion


rough, barren, and unsightly


rude, sulky, and overbearing


rush, roar, and shriek



S


sacredness, dignity, and loveliness


sad, gloomy, and suspicious


safe, sensible, and sane


sanguine, impulsive, and irrepressible

                           [sanguine = cheerfully confident; optimistic]


sarcasm, satire, and ridicule


satiety, surfeit, and tedium


savage, fierce, and intractable


scheming, contriving, and dishonesty


self-absorbed, conceited, and contemptuous


self-conscious, artificial, and affected


self-exacting, laborious, and inexhaustible


selfishness, coarseness, and mendacity     [mendacity = untruthfulness]


sense, grace, and good-will


sensibility, harmony, and energy


sensitive, ardent, and conscientious


serene, ineffable, and flawless            [ineffable = indescribable]


serious, calm, and searching


settled, adjusted, and balanced


shallow, false, and petty


shapes, forms, and artifices


sharpness, bitterness, and sarcasm


shivering, moaning, and weeping


shrewd, artful, and designing


shy, wild, and provocative


sick, ashamed, and disillusioned


silent, cold, and motionless


simple, full, and impressive


sin, selfishness, and luxury


sincere, placable, and generous     [placable = easily calmed; tolerant]


skill, sagacity, and firmness       [sagacity = farsighted; wise]


sleekness, stealth, and savagery


slovenly, base, and untrue


slow, reluctant, and unwelcome


smirking, garrulous, and pretentious

                                  [garrulous = excessive and trivial talk]


smooth, sentimental, and harmonious


smug, fat, and complacent


sneers, innuendoes, and insinuations


social, esthetic, and intellectual


solitary, sedentary, and lifeless


sound, human, and healthy


sour, malignant, and envious


spacious, clean, and comfortable


speechless, motionless, and amazed


spirit, vigor, and variety


spitefulness, dishonesty, and cruelty


splendid, powerful, and enduring


startling, alarming, and vehement


statesmen, philosophers, and divines


steadiness, self-control, and serenity


stern, forbidding, and unfeeling


stiff, decorous, and formal


strained, worn, and haggard


strange, dark, and mysterious


strengthen, invigorate, and discipline


strenuous, intelligent, and alive


striking, bold, and magnificent


stripped, swept, and bare


strong, cool, and inflexible


studied, discussed, and debated


sturdy, energetic, and high-minded


style, manner, and disposition


subtle, delicate, and refined


successful, energetic, and ingenious


sudden, vehement, and unfamed


suggestive, stimulating, and inspiring


sullen, silent, and disconsolate


suppliant, gentle, and submissive          [suppliant = asking humbly]


surprise, admiration, and wonder


suspicious, restive, and untractable


swiftness, mobility, and penetrativeness


sympathy, service, and compassion



T


talent, scholarship, and refinement


tameness, monotony, and reserve


taste, feeling, and sentiment


tedious, painful, and distressing


temper, pride, and sensuality


temperament, character, and circumstance


temperate, sweet, and venerable


tenderness, loyalty, and devotion


terror, remorse, and shame


terseness, simplicity, and quaintness


theatrical, sensational, and demonstrative


thought, utterance, and action


threats, cries, and prayers


thrilling, dramatic, and picturesque


thwart, criticize, and embarrass


time, thought, and consideration


touched, strengthened, and transformed


tradition, prejudice, and stupidity


tragic, tremendous, and horrible


transparent, theatric, and insincere


treachery, envy, and selfishness


tremulous, soft, and bright   [tremulous = trembling, quivering, shaking]


trial, discipline, and temptation


tricks, shufflings, and frauds


trivial, labored, and wearisome


true, lasting, and beneficial


tyranny, injustice, and extortion



U


ugly, scowling, and offensive


unbending, contemptuous, and scornful


unclean, shameful, and degrading


undecided, wavering, and cautious


unearthly, horrible, and obnoxious


uneasy, overstrained, and melancholy


unity, emphasis, and coherence


unmodulated, cold, and expressionless


unphilosophical, unsystematic, and discursive


unscrupulous, heartless, and hypocritical


unwholesome, bewildering, and unprofitable


unworldly, peaceable, and philosophical


upright, kind-hearted, and blameless


urgent, tumultuous, and incomprehensible



V


vague, impalpable, and incongruous


vanities, stupidities, and falsehoods


venerable, patriotic, and virtuous


verities, certainties, and realities


vigilant, inveterate, and unresting      [inveterate = long established]


vigorous, subtle, and comprehensive


violent, sinister, and rebellious


virtue, genius, and charm


visionary, fraudulent, and empirical


vital, formidable, and dominant


vivid, comprehensible, and striking


vulgarity, ignorance, and misapprehension



W


waddling, perspiring, and breathless


want, worry, and woe


wasteful, indolent, and evasive


watchful, suspicious, and timid


wealth, position, and influence


wearied, despondent, and bewildered


weight, size, and solidity


well-proportioned, logical, and sane


whimsical, fantastic, and impracticable


wholesome, beautiful, and righteous


wicked, pernicious, and degrading


wild, confused, and dizzy


wilful, wanton, and deliberate


will, energy, and self-control


wisdom, patriotism, and justice


wit, fancy, and imagination


worthless, broken, and defeated


wretchedness, deformity, and malice


wrinkled, careworn, and pale



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