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11/20/2010

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Recant
Definition
to retract, especially a previously held belief
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Extant
Definition
existing, not destroyed or lost
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Singular
Definition
exceptional, unusual, odd
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Asperity
Definition
harshness or sharpenss of tone, temper, or manner; severity; acrimony
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Ossified
Definition
changing into bone; made rigidly conventional
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Fetter
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to shackle, put in chains, restrain
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Sycohant
Definition
someone who tries to flatter or please for personal gain, parasite
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Pandemic
Definition
widespread; occuring over a large area or affeting an unusually large percentage of the population
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Penurious
Definition
penny-pinching; excessively thirfty; ungenerous
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Penchant
Definition
strong inclination, a liking
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Sodden
Definition
soaked or drenched; unimgaginative, dull
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Toady
Definition
sycophant, flatterer, yes-man
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Meretricious
Definition
tawdry, pretentious, attractive but flase, showy, having to do with prostitution
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Seine
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a large net hung out and dragged to catch fish
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Pedestrian
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commonplace, trite, unremarkable
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Pedantic
Definition
ostentacious display of learning, exessive attention to minutiae and formal rules, unimaginative
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Peccadillo
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a slight offense, literally, a minor sin
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Contrite
Definition
regretful; penitent; seeking forgiveness
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Tender
Definition
to offer formally
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Mettlesome
Definition
courageous, high-spirited
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Tamp
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to plug, to drive in or downby a series of blows
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Fractious
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quarrelsome, rebellious, unruly, cranky
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Stentorian
Definition
extremely loud and powerful
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Paucity
Definition
scarcity, a lacking of
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Sinecure
Definition
position requiring little or no work and usually providing an income
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Intimate
Definition
to imply, suggest, or insinuate
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Precept
Definition
rule establishing standards of conduct, a doctrine that is taught
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Vilify
Definition
to defame, characterize harshly
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Misanthrope
Definition
one who hates humankind
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Recapitulate
Definition
to summarize, to repeat concisely
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