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10/31/2012

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BALEFUL
Definition
harmful; menacing; baneful
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BALMY
Definition
soothing; mild
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BANAL
Definition
commonplace; trite
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BELLICOSE
Definition
warlike in manner or temperament; quarrelsome
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BENEFICENT
Definition
kindly; doing good
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BENIGN
Definition
kindly; favorable; not threatening to health
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BENISON
Definition
a spoken blessing
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BIBLIOPHILE
Definition
one who loves books
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BIENNIAL
Definition
occurring every two years
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BIFURCATE
Definition
split or divide into two
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BIPED
Definition
having two feet
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BLIGHTED
Definition
damaged; destroyed; ruined
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BLITHE
Definition
happy; joyful; carefree
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BOMBASTIC
Definition
pompous; grandiloquent
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BOREAL
Definition
northern
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BOYCOTT
Definition
refusal to buy or sell certain products or services
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BROACH
Definition
start to discuss; approach
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BROMIDIC
Definition
lacking originality; trite
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BRONTOPHOBIA
Definition
fear of thunder
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BROOK
Definition
tolerate; endure
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BRUSQUE
Definition
blunt; abrupt
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BUCCAL
Definition
pertaining to the cheek
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BUCOLIC
Definition
pertaining to the countryside; rural; rustic
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BUFFOON
Definition
a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior
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BULBOUS
Definition
bulb-shaped; bulging
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BUMPTIOUS
Definition
offensively self-assertive
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BUOYANT
Definition
capable of floating; cheerful
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BURGEON
Definition
grow and flourish
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BURNISH
Definition
make shiny by rubbing; polish
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BURNOOSE
Definition
a hooded Arabic cloak
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CASSOCK
Definition
a loose robe worn by priests
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CABAL
Definition
a secret group seeking to overturn something
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CACHE
Definition
a hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons)
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CACOPHONY
Definition
a loud, harsh, or strident mixture of noises
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CADUCEUS
Definition
the emblem of the medical profession (a staff with intertwined snakes and wings at the top)
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CAJOLE
Definition
to urge; coax
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CALIBER
Definition
ability; quality; diameter of the inside of a round cylinder
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GAUGE
Definition
diameter of the shaft
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CALUMNY
Definition
malicious misrepresentation; slander
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CANDID
Definition
honest; frank
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CANONICAL
Definition
orthodox; authoritative
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CAPITULATE
Definition
to give in; to surrender
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CAPRICIOUS
Definition
impulsive; unpredictable
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CAPTIOUS
Definition
critical; fault-finding
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CARP
Definition
to complain
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CASHMERE
Definition
fine wool from a cashmere goat
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CATHARSIS
Definition
release of emotional tension
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BATHOS
Definition
sentimentalism; triteness; overdone pathos
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PATHOS
Definition
something that evokes pity, compassion, or sorrow
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CATHOLIC
Definition
universal
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CAUSTIC
Definition
acrid; biting
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CAVIL
Definition
raise trivial objections; nitpick
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CERULEAN
Definition
resembling the blue of the sky
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CHALICE
Definition
bowl-shaped drinking cup
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CHARTREUSE
Definition
yellow-green
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CHASTISE
Definition
to criticize harshly; castigate
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CHAUVINISM
Definition
fanatical patriotism
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CHICANERY
Definition
trickery; deception
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CHIMERICAL
Definition
imaginary; fantastic
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CHOLERIC
Definition
easily angered
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CIMMERIAN
Definition
dark; inhabitant of dark land
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CIRCUMLOCUTION
Definition
unnecessarily wordy or evasive language
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CIRCUMSPECT
Definition
careful; prudent; discreet
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CLANDESTINE
Definition
surreptitious; secret
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CLAUSTROPHOBIA
Definition
fear of closed spaces
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CLEMENCY
Definition
act of leniency; mercy
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CLOY
Definition
to satiate
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GLUT
Definition
to oversupply; to stuff
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COALESCE
Definition
to grow together; to unite into a whole
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CODA
Definition
a passage that concludes a musical or literary work
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COGENT
Definition
pertinent; compelling; convincing
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COGNIZANT
Definition
perceptive; observant
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COLLOQUIAL
Definition
of or relating to conversation; characteristic of informal speech
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COLLUSION
Definition
collaboration; complicity; conspiracy
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COMPULSION
Definition
impulse to perform an irrational act
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CONJOIN
Definition
to join or act together
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CONTENTIOUS
Definition
argumentative; quarrelsome
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CONTUMACIOUS
Definition
rebellious; stubbornly disobedient; renegade
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CONUNDRUM
Definition
riddle; difficult problem
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COOPER
Definition
maker of casks or barrels
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CORROBORATE
Definition
to confirm; back up with evidence
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COWL
Definition
a hood; cover for an engine
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CROUPIER
Definition
a collector and payer of bets at a casino
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CULINARY
Definition
having to do with the kitchen or cooking
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CYNOPHOBIA
Definition
fear of dogs
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CYNOSURE
Definition
the center of interest
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BOORISH
Definition
resembling or befitting a boor (as in crude insensitivity)
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BATHOS
Definition
the sudden appearance of the commonplace in otherwise elevated matter or style; anticlimax; trite; sentimental; insincere
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BANEFUL
Definition
baleful; productive of destruction or woe : seriously harmful
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chimera
Definition
1. fire-breathing monster with the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a serpent 2. mental fabrication
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