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11/13/2010

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Cajole
Definition
to inveigle, coax, wheedle, sweet-talk
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Whet
Definition
to sharpen or stimulate
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Byzantine
Definition
labrynthine, complex
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Adumbrate
Definition
to foreshadow vaguely, intimate, suggest or outline sketchily
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Expurgate
Definition
to remove obscenity, purify, censor
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Vitiate
Definition
to reduce the value of, debase, spoil, make ineffective
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Welter
Definition
to writhe, to toss about, to be in turmoil
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Vituperate
Definition
to use harsh condemnatory language; abuse or censure severely
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Whimsical
Definition
imaginative; unpredicatable
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Luminous
Definition
characterized by brightness and the emmission of light, enlightened, clear
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Denigrate
Definition
blacken, belittle, sully, defame, disparage
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Disabuse
Definition
to undeceive; to set right
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Daunt
Definition
to intimidate or dismay
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Lassitude
Definition
listlessness, weariness, langour
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Contemn
Definition
to scorn or despise
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Untoward
Definition
troublesome, unruly, unseemly, adverse
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Insipid
Definition
without taste or flavor, lacking in spirit, dull
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Fatuous
Definition
silly, inanely foolish
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Vaunt
Definition
to brag or boast
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Cadge
Definition
to beg, mooch, or sponge
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Verisimilitude
Definition
appearing true or real
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Venal
Definition
capable of being bought or bribed
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Elegy
Definition
a mournful poem, especially one lamenting the dead; any mournful writing or piece of music
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Nugatory
Definition
having no power; inoperative; insignificant
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