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08/04/2007

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Term
Anomaly
Definition
Deviation from the common rule.

SYN: Irregularity, abnormal, peculiar
Term
Assuage
Definition
To lessen or ease the intensity of.

SYN: Pacify, quiet, relieve
Term
Enigma
Definition
Something hard to understand or explain; a mysterious person; an obscure speech or writing.

SYN: Mystery
Term
Equivocal
Definition
Subject of two or more interpretations, usually to mislead or confuse; uncertain nature or classification.

SYN: Undecided, obscure
Term
Erudite
Definition
Extensive knowledge acquired chiefly from books

SYN: Learned
Term
Fervid
Definition
Very hot; intensity of feeling

SYN: Passion, impassioned
Term
Lucid
Definition
Suffused with light; having full used of one's faculties; clear to the understanding

SYN: Luminous, translucent, sane, intelligible, clear
Term
Opaque
Definition
Hard to understand or explain; blocking the passage of light.

SYN: Obtuse, thickheaded
Term
Placate
Definition
To soothe or mollify, especially by concessions.

SYN: Pacify, appease, please
Term
Precipitate
Definition
To bring about especially abruptly (to precipitate an argument); to rain; to throw violently

SYN: Hurl
Term
Prodigal
Definition
Recklessly spendthrift; yielding abundantly; profuse or wasteful expenditure

SYN: Lavish, profuse
Term
Zeal
Definition
Eagerness and ardent interest in pursuing something

SYN: Fervor, passion
Term
Abstain
Definition
To refrain from deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from action or practice.
Term
Adulterate
Definition
To corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element; esp. to prepare for sale by replacing expensive elements with cheap ones
Term
Apathy
Definition
Lack of feeling or emotion.

SYN: Indifference.
Term
Audacious
Definition
Intrepidly daring; comtemptuous of law, religion, or decorum; marked by originality or verve; recklessly bold.

SYN: Adventurous, insolence, rash
Term
Capricious
Definition
A disposition to do things impulsively.

SYN: Whim, impulsive, unpredictable
Term
Capricious
Definition
A disposition to do things impulsively.

SYN: Whim, impulsive, unpredictable
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