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05/18/2010

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asperity
Definition
Harshness or roughness of temper
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assiduous
Definition
Unceasing; persistent
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assuage
Definition
To cause to be less harsh, violent, or severe, as excitement, appetite, pain, or disease.
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astringent
Definition
Harsh in disposition or character
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astute
Definition
Keen in
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atonement
Definition
Amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
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audacious
Definition
Fearless
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augury
Definition
Omen
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auspicious
Definition
Favorable omen
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austere
Definition
Severely simple; unadorned
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autocrat
Definition
Any one who claims or wields unrestricted or undisputed authority or influence.
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auxiliary
Definition
One who or that which aids or helps, especially when regarded as subsidiary or accessory.
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avarice
Definition
Passion for getting and keeping riches.
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aver
Definition
To avouch, justify or prove
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aversion
Definition
A mental condition of fixed opposition to or dislike of some particular thing.
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avow
Definition
To declare openly.
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baleful
Definition
Malignant
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banal
Definition
Commonplace
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bask
Definition
To make warm by genial heat.
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beatify
Definition
To make supremely happy.
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bedaub
Definition
To smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
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bellicose
Definition
Warlike
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belligerent
Definition
Manifesting a warlike spirit.
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benefactor
Definition
A doer of kindly and charitable acts.
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benevolence
Definition
Any act of kindness or well-doing.
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benign
Definition
Good and kind of heart
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berate
Definition
To scold severely.
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bewilder
Definition
To confuse the perceptions or judgment of
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blandishment
Definition
Flattery intended to persuade.
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blatant
Definition
Noisily or offensively loud or clamorous.
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blithe
Definition
Joyous
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boisterous
Definition
Unchecked merriment or animal spirits
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bolster
Definition
To support, as something wrong
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bombast
Definition
Inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
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boorish
Definition
Rude
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broach
Definition
To mention, for the first time.
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bumptious
Definition
Full of offensive and aggressive self-conceit.
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burnish
Definition
To make brilliant or shining
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cabal
Definition
A number of persons secretly united for effecting by intrigue some private purpose.
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cacophony
Definition
A disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones
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cajole
Definition
To impose on or dupe by flattering speech.
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callow
Definition
Without experience of the world
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calumny
Definition
Slander
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cant
Definition
To talk in a singsong, preaching tone with affected solemnity
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capacious
Definition
Roomy
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capitulate
Definition
To surrender or stipulate terms
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captious
Definition
Hypercritical
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castigate
Definition
To punish.
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cataract
Definition
Opacity of the lens of the eye resulting in complete or partial blindness.
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caustic
Definition
Sarcastic and severe.
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censure
Definition
To criticize severely; also, an expression of disapproval.
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centurion
Definition
A captain of a company of one hundred infantry in the ancient Roman army.
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chagrin
Definition
Keen vexation, annoyance, or mortification, as at one's failures or errors.
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chary
Definition
Careful; wary; cautious.
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chicanery
Definition
The use of trickery to deceive.
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circumlocution
Definition
Indirect or roundabout expression.
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coeval
Definition
Existing during the same period of time; also, a contemporary.
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cogent
Definition
Appealing strongly to the reason or conscience
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cogitate
Definition
Consider carefully and deeply; ponder
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cognizant
Definition
Taking notice
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collusion
Definition
A secret agreement for a wrongful purpose.
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comestible
Definition
Fit to be eaten
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complaisance
Definition
Politeness
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comport
Definition
To conduct or behave (oneself).
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compunction
Definition
Remorseful feeling.
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conciliatory
Definition
Tending to reconcile.
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concord
Definition
Harmony
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conflagration
Definition
A great fire, as of many buildings, a forest, or the like
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confluence
Definition
The place where streams meet
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consternation
Definition
Panic
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consummate
Definition
To bring to completion
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contiguous
Definition
Touching or joining at the edge or boundary.
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contumacious
Definition
Rebellious
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copious
Definition
Plenteous
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corporeal
Definition
Of a material nature; physical
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corroboration
Definition
Confirmation
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credulous
Definition
Easily deceived.
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cupidity
Definition
Avarice
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cursory
Definition
Rapid and superficial
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cynosure
Definition
That to which general interest or attention is directed
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dearth
Definition
Scarcity, as of something customary, essential,or desirable.
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deign
Definition
To deem worthy of notice or account.
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delineate
Definition
To represent by sketch or diagram
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voluble
Definition
greatly fluent
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vitiate
Definition
contaminate
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