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11/11/2010

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Amenable
Definition
agreeable; responsive to suggestion
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Insensible
Definition
unconcious, unresponsive, unaware, unaffected, numb
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Ineluctable
Definition
certain, inevitable
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Innervate
Definition
to supply with nerves, energize
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Bane
Definition
causing of injury, source of harm; source of persistent frustration
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Aver
Definition
to state as a fact; to confirm or support
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Color
Definition
to change as if by dyeing, influence, distort, or gloss over
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Chicanery
Definition
trickery or subterfuge
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Calumniate
Definition
to slander, make a false accusation
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Bolster
Definition
to provide support or reinforcement
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Caustic
Definition
burning or stingy; causing corrosion
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Arrant
Definition
impudent,; in every way, being compltely such, bare-faced, utter
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Dynamo
Definition
generator; forceful energetic person
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Divulge
Definition
to disclose something secret
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Salubrious
Definition
promoting health or well-being
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Episodic
Definition
loosely connected, not flowing logically, occurring at intervals
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Blandish
Definition
to coax with flattery, toady or fawn
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Guache
Definition
crude, awkward, tasteless
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Lachrymose
Definition
causing tears, tearful, showing sorrow
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Consequential
Definition
pompous, self-important
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Hermetic
Definition
impervious to outside influence, airtight
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Supercilious
Definition
haughtily disdainful or contemptous, as a person or facial expression
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Impute
Definition
to attriubte to a cause or source, ascribe, assign a characteristic
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Opprobrium
Definition
disgrace, contempt, scorn
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Apprise
Definition
to give notice to, inform
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Disparate
Definition
fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
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Vicissitudinous
Definition
a variiation in the course of something, changing phases
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Importune
Definition
to ask incessantly, beg, nag
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Labile
Definition
readily open to change, unstable
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Interdict
Definition
prohibit, forbid, ban, halt
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