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12/09/2012

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Term
inveterate
Definition

(adjective) 

- established by long persistence

- habitual

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coy
Definition

(adjective)

1. shrinking from contact/familiarity

 

2. cute/artful playfullness

 

3. unwanting of commitment 

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affected
Definition

 (Adjective)

1. inclined/ give a tendency to

 

2. behavior that's not natural or genuine

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carthartic
Definition

1. purifies the emotions 

brings consciousness/ expression

Term
epistolary
Definition

1. relating to a letter

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propensity
Definition

(noun)

intense natural inclination or preference

Term
bonny
Definition

(adjective)

attractive, fair, fine or excellent 

Term
assent
Definition

(intransitive verb) 

 to agree to something after thoughtful consideration; concur

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infirmity
Definition

1. state of weakness in mind, will or character

 

2. state of insecurity 

Term
heath
Definition

tract of wasteland 

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magnate
Definition

a person of rank, power, influence 

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pauper
Definition

(noun)

one dependent on charity 

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flutter
Definition

(verb)

to move about in an agitated aimless manner

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remiss
Definition

(ad)

negligent or careless

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muse
Definition

1. to become absorbed in thought

 

2. wonder, marvel

 

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listless
Definition

1. lack of interest, energy or spirit 

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belie
Definition

(Verb)

1. to give a false impression of

 

2. to show to be false or contradictory

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pretense
Definition

- a claim made or implied (usually not by fact)

 

- professed rather than real intention

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venial
Definition

 forgivable or pardonable 

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inveigle
Definition

to win over by wiles; entice

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valedictory
Definition

expressing or containing a farewell

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avuncular
Definition

relating to an uncle

(kindess and geniality)

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assiduous
Definition

unremitting attention or persistent application

Term
fissure
Definition

narrow opening or crack

 

 

Term
disseminate
Definition

- to spread abroad as though sowing seeds

 

- to disperse throughout 

Term
debilitate
Definition

- to impair the strength of; enfeeble

Term
onerous
Definition

 (ad) 

constituting a burden: troublesome

 

 

Term
compunction
Definition

anxiety arising from awareness of guilt

 

 

Term
ombudsman
Definition

one that investigates, reports on and helps settle complaints

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ebullient
Definition

1. boiling, agitated

 

2. ebullience: lively or enthusiastic 

Term
knave
Definition

a tricky deceitful fellow

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quid pro quo
Definition

something given or received for something else 

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volatile
Definition

 

- flying or the power to fly

 

- characterized by unexpected changes 

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compound
Definition

to put together to form as a whole

Term
vanguard
Definition

1. troops moving ahead of an army 

 

2. forefront of a movement

Term
portly
Definition

1. dignified, stately 

 

2. heavy or rotund of body; stout

Term
exultant
Definition

filled with or expressing great joy or triumph

Term
patrician
Definition

 aristocrat 

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thrum
Definition

 left over threads after cloth has been removed

Term
furrow
Definition

 narrow depression/ groove

Term
palsy
Definition

 paralysis

 

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insensate
Definition

1 lacking sense or understanding; foolish

 

2 lacking animate awareness or sensation

 

3 lacking humane feeling; brutal

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inexorable
Definition

 not to be persuaded, moved or stopped

Term
confab
Definition

discussion, conference

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lurid
Definition

1. gruesome

 

2. melodramatic, sensational; shocking

 

Term
interpose
Definition

to place in an intervening position

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recumbent
Definition

1. suggestive or repose: leaning, resting

 

 

Term
codicil
Definition

1. a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will

 

2. appendix, supplement 

Term
affable
Definition

1. being pleasant and at ease in talking to others

 

 

Term
betroth
Definition

to promise to mary

 

to give in marriage 

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nuptial
Definition

relating to marriage or a marriage ceremony 

Term
sordid
Definition

1. vile

 

2. dirty/ filthy

 

3. meanly avaricious; covetous 

 

Term
bestride
Definition

1. to ride, sit or stand astride 

 

2. dominate 

Term
improvident
Definition
not provident: not foreseeing and providing for the future
Term
impertinent
Definition

1. irrelevant 

2. not restrained within due bounds of good taste

3. given to insolent rudeness 

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portentous
Definition

1. prophetic

 

2. prodigious: strange, unnatural  

 

3. grave or serious 

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regal
Definition

suitable to a king 

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disconsolate
Definition

cheerless, dejected, downcast 

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salubrious
Definition

promoting health or well-being

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predilection
Definition

an established preference for something

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impassive
Definition

1. unsusceptible to pain

2. insensible/ apathetic 

3. expressionless 

                   Insensate

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affinity
Definition

1. relationship by marriage 

2. sympathy marked by community of interest: kinship

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aptitude
Definition

1. inclination, tendency: natural ability

 

2. capacity for learning 

 

3. general suitability 

Term
noxious
Definition

1. physically harmful or destructive to living beings 

 

2. harmful influence, morally corrupting 

 

3. disagreeable, obnoxious 

Term
myopia
Definition

1. defective vision of distant objects

 

2. lack of foresight or discernment 

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impervious
Definition

1. not allowing entrance or passage; impenetrable 

 

2. not capable of being affected or disturbed 

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insolent
Definition

insultingly contemptuous is speech or conduct 

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doleful
Definition

causing grief or affliction 

 

full of grief 

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harp
Definition

to recur to a subject tiresomely or monotonously 

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sundry
Definition

miscellaneous, various 

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consummate
Definition

1. complete in every detail: perfect 

2. extremely skilled and accomplished 

3. of the highest degree 

 

Term
epigram
Definition

1. a concise poem dealing pointedly and/or satirically with a single thought or event ending with an ingenious turn of thought 

 

2. a sage, or witty paradoxical saying 

Term
lull
Definition

1. to cause to sleep or rust 

 

2. to cause to relax vigilance 

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solemnity
Definition

1. formal or ceremonious observance of an occasion or event 

 

awe-inspiring

2. marked by grave sedateness and earnest sobriety 

 

3. somber, gloomy

 

Term
comport
Definition

to be fitting: accord 

Term
injunction
Definition

1. the act or an instance of enjoining 

Term
graft
Definition

to cause to unite with a stock

Term
buoyancy
Definition

1. the tendency of a body to float or to rise 

 

2. the ability to recover quickly from depression or discouragement: resilience 

 

3. the property of maintaining a satisfactorily high level

Term
adjuration
Definition

1. a solemn oath 

 

2. an earnest urging or advising 

Term
viand
Definition

an item of food; especially a choice tastey dish 

Term
ample
Definition

1. generous or adequate 

 

2. buxom, portly 

Term
ardent
Definition

1. characterized by warmth of feeling

expressed in zealous support  

Term
umbrageous
Definition

1. affording shade 

 

2. inclined to take offense easily 

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deluge
Definition

1. an overflowing of the land by water 

 

2. an overwhelming amount or number 

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disheveled
Definition

marked by disorder or disarray 

Term
torpor
Definition

1. state of mental and motor inactivity and partial insensibility 

 

2. apathy/ dullness 

Term
contrite
Definition

feeling or showing sorrow and remorse for a sin or shortcoming 

Term
garner
Definition

1. to gather into storage 

 

2. to earn 

Term
sanguine
Definition

1. consisting or or relating to blood 

 

2. confident, optimistic 

Term
inviolable
Definition

1. secure from violation or profanation 

 

2. secure from assault or trespass 

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amiable
Definition

1. pleasing, admirable 

 

2. friendly; congenial 

Term
execration
Definition

the act of cursing or denouncing 

Term
dastard
Definition

1. coward

 

2. a person who acts treacherously or underhandedly 

Term
imputation
Definition

1. the act of laying responsibility or blame 

 

2. to credit to a person or cause: attribute 

Term
superlative
Definition

1. ogrammatical comparison that denotes an extreme or unsurpassed level or extent 

 

2. excellent 

 

3. excessive, exaggerated 

Term
illimitable
Definition

1. incapable of limitation: measureless 

Term
exchequer
Definition

1. tax collector/ treasury 

Term
brooch
Definition

1. an ornament held with a pin worn by the neck 

Term
buttress
Definition

1. a projecting structure giving support to a wall or building 

 

2. something that supports or strengthens 

Term
menial
Definition

of or relating to servants, lowly 

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