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10/31/2012

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SUNCTUOUS
Definition
fatty, oily
smooth and greasy in texture or appearance
full of unction; especially: revealing or marked by smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality
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SYCOPHANT
Definition
a servile self-seeking flatterer
(syn: unctuous)
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TEMERITY
Definition
unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition: a rash or reckless act.
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SANGUINE
Definition
confident, optimistic
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URBANE
Definition
notably polite or polished in manner
Antonym: boorish
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REFRACTORY
Definition
resisting control or authority
Syn: froward
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STYGIAN
Definition
extremely dark, gloomy, or forbidding
Antonym: bright
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SLAKE
Definition
quench, allay, assuage, satisfy
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TORTUOUS
Definition
convoluted, tangled, knotty; pertaining to or involving excruciating pain

Syn: racing, struggling, tearing, tormenting, excruciating, harrowing

Antonyms: straight
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SANGFROID
Definition
imperturbability, cool, assuredness
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SOPORIFIC
Definition
causing or tending to cause sleep

Syn: drowsy, sleepy, somniferous, somnolent

Antonyms: stimulant
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UNICIAL
Definition
written in capital letters
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UNCINATE
Definition
bent at the tip like a hook
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UNTOWARD
Definition
difficult to guide, unruly, unpleasant
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