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10/29/2009

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pelagic
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pertaining to open seas or oceans
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accretion
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accumulation
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fulmination
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attack
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panegyric
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elaborate compliment
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opprobrium
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public disgrace
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turgid
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swollen, overblown
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chimerical
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unreal
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hidebound
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excessively rigid
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torrid
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extremely hot
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chary
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very wary, shy; cautious or careful
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attenuate
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to weaken
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abject
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miserable, pitiful
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acrid
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bitter taste, harsh
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affection
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a pretense, artificial behavior
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imprecation
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a curse
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factious
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dissenting
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interdict
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to forbid
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scad
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a great number or quantity
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dearth
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an inadequate supply, lack of
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apotheosis
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the elevation or exaltation of a person to the rank of a god
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parsimonious
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frugal or stingy
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abrogate
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to abolish by formal or official means; to put aside; put an end to
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miser
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a stingy, avaricious person; a person who hoards money
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avarice
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insatiable greed for riches; inordinate, miserly desire to gain and hoard wealth
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stilted
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stiffly dignified or formal, as speech or literary style; pompous
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ungainly
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not graceful; awkward, unwieldy, clumsy
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restive
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impatient of control, restraint, or delay, as persons; restless; uneasy
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mealymouthed
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inclined to mince words; insincere, devious, or compromising
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prevaricate
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to speak falsely or misleadingly; deliberately misstate or create an incorrect impression; lie
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luminary
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1) a celestial body, as in the sun or moon, 2) a person who has attained eminence in his or her field or is an inspiration to others
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bilk
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to defraud; cheat; to evade payment; to frustrate
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occlude
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to close, shut, or stop up
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cavil
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to raise irritating and trivial objections; find fault with unnecessarily
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tractable
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easily managed or controlled; docile; yielding
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pellucid
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permitting the passage of light
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sanguinary
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bloodthirsty
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mutable
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fickle or inconstant, subject to change
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rugose
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having wrinkles, ridged
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quorum
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the number of members of a group or organization required to be present to transact business legally, usually a majority
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chagrined
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embarrassed
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proffer
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to offer a proposal
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dilatory
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intended, or tending, to postpone or delay
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meliorate
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to make better
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alacrity
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speed or quickness
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bowdlerize
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remove that which is perceived
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striated
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marked with stripes, grooves, or ridges
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countenance
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appearance, especially the look or expression of the face
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rueful
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causing sorrow or pity; pitiable; deplorable
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obsequious
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characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning
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sycophant
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a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite
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pusillanimous
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lacking courage or resolution; cowardly; faint-hearted; timid
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inexorable
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unyielding; unalterable
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calumniate
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to make false and malicious statements about; slander
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ken
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range of sight or vision; knowledge, understanding, or cognizance; mental perception
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seminal
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having possibilities of future development; highly original and influencing the development of future events
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ersatz
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fake
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mendacious
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untruthful, without honesty
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abattoir
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slaughterhouse
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offal
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waste product
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smelter
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a place where metal is extracted from raw ore
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slag
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useless rock left behind at a smelter
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calumny
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false statement intended to damage another's reputation
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encomium
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warm, glowing praise
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denouement
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the final episode or the result of the climatic action of a story
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raillery
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mockery
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pleonasm
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redundancy of expression
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panacea
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a medicine that cures all ills, a remedy that solves all problems
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nostrum
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false or ineffective medicine
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precis
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summary
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overture
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comes at the beginning of an opera
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vertiginous
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tending to make one dizzy or disoriented (literally: very steep, a dizzying height)
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lateen
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kind of sail
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halcyon
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beautiful and prosperous
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solicitous
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concerned or attentive
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