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10/29/2005

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Term
Jejune
Definition
Vapid, nugatory, childish
Term
Excoriate
Definition
censure
Term
encomium
Definition
enthusiastic praise
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desultory
Definition
ransom, aimless
Term
denouement
Definition
outcome
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contumacious
Definition
insubordinated
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captious
Definition
disposed to point out trivial faults
Term
caluminate
Definition
slander
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asseverate
Definition
aver
Term
bellicose
Definition
belligerent
Term
anodyne
Definition
soothing
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adumbrate
Definition
foreshadow or intimate
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quail
Definition
lose courage
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qualify
Definition
limit
Term
plastic
Definition
pliable
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pine
Definition
lose vigor (esp. through grief)
Term
occult
Definition
hidden, concealed, beyond comperhension
Term
assidious
Definition
sedulous
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asperity
Definition
acrimony, severity
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abjure
Definition
renounce
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brook
Definition
tolerate
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peroration
Definition
concluding part of a speech
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consequential
Definition
self important
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chauvanist
Definition
blindly devoted patriot
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plangent
Definition
punding, thundering
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prolix
Definition
verbose
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propitiate
Definition
conciliate, appease
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salutory
Definition
remidiel, wholesome
Term
saturnine
Definition
gloomy, sullen
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sententious
Definition
aphoristic, moralistic, epigrammatic
Term
vuluble
Definition
fluent, verbal
Term
obstreporous
Definition
noisily defiant, boisterously stubborn
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mendicant
Definition
supplicant
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lubricious
Definition
lewd, greasey
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fell
Definition
cruel
Term
die
Definition
tool used for shaping
Term
ablution
Definition
washing
Term
abnegation
Definition
renunciation
Term
abtruse
Definition
obscure, profound
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abut
Definition
border on
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accede
Definition
agree
Term
accretion
Definition
growth ... as is getting fat
Term
actuate
Definition
motivate
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adjuration
Definition
solemn urging
Term
adventitious
Definition
accidental
Term
advert
Definition
refer
Term
agog
Definition
excited
Term
alimentary
Definition
supplying nourishment
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alluvial
Definition
pertaining to deposits left by river
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amorphorous
Definition
lacking shape
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anathema
Definition
solemn curse
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animadversaion
Definition
critical remark
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anneal
Definition
the heating, cooling thing to make tough
Term
antipathy
Definition
aversion
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apocryphal
Definition
spurious not authentic
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apologist
Definition
one who writes a defense
Term
apothegm
Definition
pithy compact saying, one may say an aphorism
Term
apposite
Definition
appropriate, fitting
Term
apropros
Definition
to the point and timely
Term
artisan
Definition
manually skilled worker
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ascendancy
Definition
controlling influence
Term
assay
Definition
analyze
Term
astringent
Definition
binding, causing contraction, harsh
Term
attest
Definition
testify
Term
attrition
Definition
gradual decrease
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austere
Definition
forbodingly stern, unornamented
Term
auxilliary
Definition
providing help
Term
avocation
Definition
secondary or minor occupation
Term
awl
Definition
pointed tool for peircing
Term
axiom
Definition
self evident truth
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bacchanalian
Definition
drunken
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badinage
Definition
teasing conversation
Term
baleful
Definition
threatening, sinister
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balk
Definition
stop short, foil
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beatific
Definition
producing joy
Term
bedizen
Definition
dress with vulgar finery
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bedraggle
Definition
drench thoroughly
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beguile
Definition
mislead, delude
Term
behoove
Definition
be necessary or proper for incumbent upon
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beleaguer
Definition
beseige, attack
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beneficient
Definition
kindly doing good
Term
benison
Definition
blessing
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bifurcated
Definition
split into 2 branches
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bilious
Definition
suffering from a liver complaint
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bivouac
Definition
temporary encampment
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bland
Definition
soothng, agreeable
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blandish
Definition
cajole, coax with flattery
Term
blithe
Definition
carefree
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boon
Definition
blessing, benefit
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brindled
Definition
tawny
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brooch
Definition
ornamental clasp
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browse
Definition
graze
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buffet
Definition
slap, batter
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cant
Definition
insincere expressions of piety, jargon of theives
Term
cantata
Definition
story set to music
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capacious
Definition
spacious
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carapace
Definition
shell covering
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careen
Definition
lurch from side to side
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carillion
Definition
set of bells capable ofbeing played
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carousel
Definition
drunked rebel
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carrion
Definition
rotting flesh of dead body
Term
cataclysm
Definition
upheaval
Term
catechism
Definition
book of religious instruction
Term
censorious
Definition
critical
Term
cession
Definition
yeilding
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chaffing
Definition
bantering
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chase
Definition
ornament a metal surface by indenting
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chisel
Definition
swindle
Term
choleric
Definition
hot tempered
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circumspect
Definition
prudent, cautious
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circumvent
Definition
outwit, baffle
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clarion
Definition
shrill trumpetlike sound
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cloying
Definition
distasteful because excessivly sweet
Term
coalese
Definition
combine, fuse
Term
coda
Definition
summarizes, concludes, esp concluding section of lit/musical
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codicil
Definition
supplement to body of will
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codify
Definition
arrange as code, rule
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coeval
Definition
contemporary to
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cogitate
Definition
think over
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cognate
Definition
related linguistically
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complecancy
Definition
self satisfied
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complaistant
Definition
trying to please
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comport
Definition
behave
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compunction
Definition
remorse
Term
concatenate
Definition
link as in chain
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concerted
Definition
mutaully agreed on, done together
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conclave
Definition
private meeting
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comcomitant
Definition
that which accompanies
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condign
Definition
deserved esp punishment
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conflagration
Definition
great fire
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conflate
Definition
fuse
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connivance
Definition
professed ignorance or somethign wrong
Term
consanguinity
Definition
kinship
Term
contravene
Definition
contradict
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controvert
Definition
oppose with arguments
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convival
Definition
festive, gay
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cornucopia
Definition
horn overflowing with fruit and grain
Term
cozen
Definition
cheat, hoodwink
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creed
Definition
system of religious belief
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culvert
Definition
artificail channel for water ... liek sluice
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cupidity
Definition
greed
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cynosure
Definition
object if general attention
Term
decollette
Definition
haing low cut neckline
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decreptitude
Definition
stat of collapse by illness or old age
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defray
Definition
provide payment for
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deliniate
Definition
portrat, depict
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demotic
Definition
pertaining t the people
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denigrate
Definition
blacken
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depose
Definition
dethrown
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desolate
Definition
rob of joy
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desperado
Definition
wreckless outlaw
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despoil
Definition
strip of valuables, rob
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daidem
Definition
crown
Term
dialectical
Definition
relating to the art of debate
Term
dictum
Definition
authorative statment
Term
didactic
Definition
teaching, instruction
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diffuse
Definition
verbose
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dilatory
Definition
tending to delay
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dint
Definition
effort
Term
disaffected
Definition
disloyal
Term
disconsolate
Definition
sad
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discursive
Definition
digressing, rambling
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disgorge
Definition
surrender, eject, puke
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disingenuous
Definition
lackin candor
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disinter
Definition
unearth
Term
disinterested
Definition
unbiased
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disjunction
Definition
state of separation
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dispatch
Definition
speediness
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disport
Definition
amuse
Term
disquietude
Definition
anxiety
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disquisition
Definition
formal inquirery
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dissemble
Definition
disguise, pretend
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dissimulate
Definition
pretend
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dissipate
Definition
squander, waste, scatter
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dissonance
Definition
discord
Term
distrait
Definition
inattentive
Term
doff
Definition
take off
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doggeral
Definition
poor verse
Term
dolorous
Definition
sorrowful
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dotage
Definition
senility
Term
droll
Definition
queer, amusing
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ductile
Definition
maleable
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edify
Definition
instruct
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efface
Definition
rub out
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effectual
Definition
able to produce desired effect
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effervescence
Definition
inner excitement, exhuberance
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effete
Definition
lacking vigor, worn out
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effluvium
Definition
noxious smell
Term
effusion
Definition
pouring forth
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effusive
Definition
pouring forth
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egregrious
Definition
notorious
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elicit
Definition
drawn out by discusssion
Term
ellipsis
Definition
omission of words from a text
Term
elysian
Definition
relating to paradise, blissful
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emendation
Definition
correction of errors
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emetic
Definition
substance causing vomiting
Term
emolument
Definition
salary
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encalve
Definition
terrtory enclosed by an alien land
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endue
Definition
provide with some quality
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enjoin
Definition
command
Term
environ
Definition
enclose surround
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epigram
Definition
witty thought or saying
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equable
Definition
tranquil, steady, uniform
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equipoise
Definition
balance
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etheral
Definition
light, heavnly
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euphony
Definition
sweet sound
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evince
Definition
sho clearly
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evince
Definition
sho clearly
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excoriate
Definition
scold
Term
execrable
Definition
very bad
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exigious
Definition
small
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expostulation
Definition
remonstrance
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extrude
Definition
force, push out
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factitious
Definition
artificail
Term
factotum
Definition
handyman
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felicitous
Definition
apt
Term
gadfly
Definition
irritationg person
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gambol
Definition
romp
Term
gauche
Definition
clumsy
Term
genteel
Definition
well bred
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glutinous
Definition
sticky
Term
gregarious
Definition
sociable
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gyroscope
Definition
USED TO MAINTAIN BALANCE
Term
hermetic
Definition
sealed by fusion so airtight/ occult, obscure
Term
hew
Definition
cut into pieces
Term
hisuite
Definition
hairy
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idiom
Definition
expression as a whole differs in meaning from the words that make it
Term
imbue
Definition
saturate
Term
ignoble
Definition
unworthy
Term
ignominy
Definition
shame, dishonor
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immolate
Definition
offer as a sacrifice
Term
immure
Definition
imprison
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impassable
Definition
can;t travel through
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imperious
Definition
domineering
Term
importunate
Definition
urging, demanding
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importune
Definition
beg persistently
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imprecation
Definition
curse
Term
imput
Definition
attribute, ascribe
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incorrigible
Definition
uncorrectable
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incubus
Definition
mental care
Term
indigence
Definition
poverty
Term
indite
Definition
write
Term
inductive
Definition
introduction, or proceding from specific to general
Term
inequity
Definition
unfairness
Term
ingenuous
Definition
naieve and trusting
Term
inimical
Definition
unfriendly
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iniquitous
Definition
wicked, immoral
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insuperable
Definition
insurmountable
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internectine
Definition
mutually destructive
Term
invective
Definition
abuse
Term
inveigh
Definition
denounc, utter cencure or invective
Term
invidious
Definition
designed to create ill will or envy
Term
invocation
Definition
prayer for help
Term
irresolute
Definition
unsure how to act, weak
Term
isthmus
Definition
narrow nackof land connecting other land
Term
knave
Definition
untrustworthy person
Term
labile
Definition
likely to change, unstable
Term
languid
Definition
sluggish, weary
Term
langour
Definition
lassitude
Term
lascivious
Definition
lustful
Term
lassitude
Definition
langour, weariness
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leery
Definition
suspicious
Term
leery
Definition
suspicious
Term
legerdemain
Definition
slight of hand
Term
libertine
Definition
debauched person
Term
licentious
Definition
ammoral, lewd and lascivious
Term
limpid
Definition
clear
Term
lineaments
Definition
features, so of face
Term
litany
Definition
suplicatory prayer
Term
lurid
Definition
wild
Term
macerate
Definition
soften by soaking in liquid
Term
maculated
Definition
spotted
Term
magnate
Definition
person of prominnce
Term
maladroit
Definition
clumsy
Term
malefactor
Definition
evil doer
Term
malfeasance
Definition
wrong doing
Term
malign
Definition
speak bd of
Term
mannered
Definition
not natural
Term
mete
Definition
distribute
Term
milleau
Definition
means of expressions
Term
mote
Definition
small speck
Term
mulct
Definition
defraud a person of something
Term
mutability
Definition
ability to change form, ficklness
Term
nexus
Definition
connection
Term
nihilist
Definition
considers trad beliefs to be wrong
Term
obdurate
Definition
stubborn
Term
obeisance
Definition
bow
Term
oblique
Definition
indirect
Term
obolquy
Definition
slader, disgrace
Term
obsequy
Definition
funeral ceremony
Term
opalascent
Definition
lustrous
Term
opprobrium
Definition
infamy
Term
oratorio
Definition
dramatic poem set to music
Term
orthography
Definition
correct spelling
Term
ostensible
Definition
aparent, pretended
Term
palipset
Definition
old parchment used for a second time
Term
pall
Definition
grow tiresome
Term
palliate
Definition
make less severe, ease pain
Term
parley
Definition
conference
Term
pathos
Definition
tender sorrow, pity
Term
patrician
Definition
noble, aristocratic
Term
pell mell
Definition
confusion
Term
pellucid
Definition
transparent, limpid and easy to undertsnad
Term
peremptory
Definition
demanding and leaving no choice
Term
pernicious
Definition
very destructive
Term
perquisite
Definition
any gain above salary
Term
perspicacious
Definition
having insight
Term
perspicuity
Definition
clearness of expressions
Term
perspicuous
Definition
clearly expressed
Term
pertinacious
Definition
stubborn
Term
petulant
Definition
touchy, peevish
Term
phariaical
Definition
pertaining to pharises who paid scrupulous attention to tradition; self righteaous, hyopcritical
Term
pheonix
Definition
symbol of immortality and rebirht
Term
pinion
Definition
restrain
Term
pique
Definition
irritation, resentment, provoke, arouse
Term
plaintive
Definition
mournful
Term
plaudit
Definition
approval
Term
plenary
Definition
complete
Term
plenitude
Definition
abundance
Term
pontifical
Definition
papal, pompous
Term
postulate
Definition
self evident truth
Term
precept
Definition
practical rule for guiding conduct
Term
precis
Definition
consise summary of main points
Term
precoscious
Definition
advanced development
Term
prefatory
Definition
introductory
Term
prehensile
Definition
capable of grasping, holding
Term
presentiment
Definition
feeling that something will happen
Term
pretext
Definition
excuse
Term
primogeniture
Definition
seniority by birth
Term
privation
Definition
want
Term
progenitor
Definition
ancestor
Term
propinquity
Definition
kinship, nearness
Term
promulgate
Definition
proclaim a doctrine or law; make known by publication
Term
propitious
Definition
favourable, fortunate
Term
propound
Definition
put forth for analysis
Term
proscrice
Definition
ostracize
Term
portean
Definition
versatile
Term
provender
Definition
dry fodder
Term
prurient
Definition
having or causing lustful desires
Term
pugnatious
Definition
combative
Term
purveyor
Definition
furnisher of foodstuffs
Term
putative
Definition
supposed, reputed
Term
querulous
Definition
fretful, whining
Term
quiescent
Definition
dormant
Term
quisling
Definition
traitor who aids invaders
Term
raconteaur
Definition
storyteller
Term
rail
Definition
scold, rant
Term
ramify
Definition
divide into subdividions or branches
Term
rapacious
Definition
excessive plundering
Term
rarefied
Definition
make less dense
Term
rauscous
Definition
harsh, shrill
Term
rebus
Definition
puzzle with pics instead of words
Term
recapitulate
Definition
summarize
Term
recast
Definition
reconstruct
Term
recondite
Definition
abtruse, secret, profound
Term
recourse
Definition
resorting to help when in trouble
Term
redolent
Definition
fragrat, odorous
Term
redress
Definition
remedy
Term
refractory
Definition
stubborn, unmanageable
Term
rend
Definition
split, tear apart
Term
render
Definition
deliver, provide
Term
repine
Definition
fret, complain
Term
reproach
Definition
express dispproval
Term
repudate
Definition
disown, disavow
Term
reputed
Definition
supposed
Term
requiem
Definition
mass for the dead
Term
requite
Definition
repay, revenge
Term
restitution
Definition
reparation, indemnification
Term
restive
Definition
impatient, obstinately resistig control
Term
retinue
Definition
following, attendants
Term
revile
Definition
attack with abusive language
Term
rhapsodize
Definition
speak or write in an exagerated enthusiastic manner
Term
ribale
Definition
profane
Term
riddle
Definition
peirce with holes
Term
roil
Definition
make liquids murky
Term
rudimentary
Definition
not developed
Term
runic
Definition
mysterious
Term
salacious
Definition
lustful
Term
sanctimonious
Definition
displaying ostentatious or hypocritical devoutness
Term
sartorial
Definition
pertaining to tailors
Term
satyr
Definition
half man hal beast
Term
scrupulous
Definition
thorought, conscientious
Term
sedentary
Definition
requires siting
Term
seemly
Definition
proper
Term
sententious
Definition
terse, concise, aphoristic
Term
sere
Definition
dry
Term
sheaf
Definition
bundle of stalks of grain
Term
shunt
Definition
turn aside
Term
simper
Definition
smirk
Term
sinecure
Definition
well paid position with little responsibility
Term
skiff
Definition
small sail boat
Term
slothful
Definition
lazy
Term
slovenly
Definition
untidy
Term
sojourn
Definition
temporary stay
Term
solecism
Definition
flagrantly, grammatically incorrect
Term
solemnity
Definition
gravity
Term
solstice
Definition
sun farthest form equator
Term
somnambulit
Definition
sleepwalker
Term
sonorous
Definition
resonant
Term
specious
Definition
seemingly reasonable but incorrect
Term
sportive
Definition
playful
Term
statacco
Definition
played in an abrupt manner
Term
staid
Definition
sober, sedate
Term
stanch
Definition
check he flow of blood
Term
stint
Definition
set limits, be thrifty
Term
stolid
Definition
dull, impassive
Term
stricture
Definition
critial comments
Term
studied
Definition
unspontaneous
Term
stultify
Definition
cause to appear stupid
Term
suborn
Definition
persuade to act unlawfully
Term
substantive
Definition
essential
Term
succor
Definition
aid
Term
subsume
Definition
include, encompass
Term
suffuse
Definition
spread over
Term
superannuated
Definition
disqualified because of age
Term
supine
Definition
laying on back
Term
supplicate
Definition
petition
Term
suppositions
Definition
assumed
Term
swarthy
Definition
dark, dusky
Term
temerity
Definition
boldness, rashness
Term
temporal
Definition
not lasting forever
Term
temporize
Definition
act evasively to gain time
Term
tenacious
Definition
holding fast, having tenacity
Term
tenet
Definition
doctrine, dogma
Term
testaor
Definition
maker of a will
Term
thrall
Definition
bondage
Term
throes
Definition
violent anguish
Term
tithe
Definition
tax of one tenth
Term
touchstone
Definition
stone used to test the fitness of gold alloys
Term
tract
Definition
pamphlet, region of indefinate size
Term
tractable
Definition
docile, easily managed
Term
traduce
Definition
expose to slander
Term
transfigure
Definition
transform outwardly
Term
tumid
Definition
swollen
Term
tureen
Definition
deep dish for serviing soup
Term
unaccountable
Definition
unreasonable, inexplicable
Term
unassuming
Definition
modest
Term
unconscionable
Definition
unscrupulous, excessive
Term
unction
Definition
nnointing with oil
Term
unexceptionable
Definition
entirely acceptble
Term
unguent
Definition
ointment
Term
unpreprosessing
Definition
unatractive
Term
untrammeled
Definition
without limits
Term
unwonted
Definition
unaccustomed
Term
ursine
Definition
bearlike
Term
uxorious
Definition
excessively devoted to ones wife
Term
vagary
Definition
carpice, whim
Term
venal
Definition
capable of being bribed
Term
venerate
Definition
revere
Term
venial
Definition
trivial, forgivable
Term
verdigris
Definition
like patina
Term
verisimilitude
Definition
appearane of truth
Term
verity
Definition
quality of being true
Term
vertex
Definition
summit
Term
vicisitude
Definition
change of fortune
Term
victuals
Definition
food
Term
vise
Definition
tool for holding work in place
Term
vitiate
Definition
spoil effect of, make inoperative
Term
vociferous
Definition
noisy
Term
vouchsafe
Definition
grant condescendingly
Term
vulpine
Definition
crafty, cunning
Term
wasterl
Definition
profligate
Term
welter
Definition
turmoil, wallow
Term
whelp
Definition
young wolf, dog, tiger
Term
whittle
Definition
CUT OFF BITS
Term
whorl
Definition
ring of leaves wround stem
Term
winnow
Definition
sift
Term
winsome
Definition
agreeable, gracious
Term
wont
Definition
custom
Term
yen
Definition
longing
Term
Sybilline
Definition
prophetic, oracular
Term
sedition
Definition
resistance to authority
Term
stentorian
Definition
loud
Term
pulchritude
Definition
comliness
Term
punctilious
Definition
stressing nicities of conduct
Term
purport
Definition
meaning, intention
Term
rubric
Definition
protocol
Term
rusticate
Definition
banish to country
Term
scotch
Definition
thwart, stamp out
Term
lumen
Definition
unit of light energy
Term
sinewy
Definition
tough
Term
overweening
Definition
presumptuous, arogant
Term
fatuous
Definition
brainless, inane
Term
replete
Definition
filled to the brim
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