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11/17/2010

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Perfidious
Definition
Treacherous, disloyal
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Pellucid
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very clear
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Bevy
Definition
company, large group
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Trenchant
Definition
incisive or keen, as a language or a person; clearly or sharply defined
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Deprecate
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to disparage or belittle
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Apocryphal
Definition
of dubious authenticity or origin; spurious
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Incipient
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beginning to come into being or to become apparent
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Inert
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unmoving, lethargic, sluggish, not reactive chemically
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Extirpate
Definition
to destroy, exterminate, cut out, pullout by the roots
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Decorum
Definition
politeness or appropriateness of conduct or behavior
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Encomium
Definition
glowing and enthusiastic praise; panegyric, tribute, eulogy
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Idyll
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a carefree, light-hearted pastoral or romantic episode or experience
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Diaphanous
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gauzy, transparent
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Untenable
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indefensible, not viable, uninhabitable
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Harbinger
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one that pesages or foresees what is to come
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Chauvinist
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one blindly devoted to a group of which one is a member
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Lucubration
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laborious work, study, thought
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Foray
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a quick raid, usually for the purpose of taking plunder
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Folderol
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showy but worhtless trifle; nonsense
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Derring-do
Definition
daring deeds, heroic daring
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Cognate
Definition
having the same origin; either by birth or by language
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Tendentious
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having or showing a definite tendency, bias or purpose
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Bilious
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peevish; irritable; cranky
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Impunity
Definition
Immunity from punishment, penalty or harm
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Inculcate
Definition
to implant by repeated statement or admonition; teach persistently and earnestly
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Credit
Definition
reliance on the truth or reality of something
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Hedge
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to evade the risk of commitment especially by leaving open a way of retreat
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Scad
Definition
a large amount
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Filigree
Definition
an ornamental work, especially of delicate lacelike patterns
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Cavil
Definition
to raise trivial objection to
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