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October 5, 2008 By Wood (Tampa, FL)

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  1. fount
    a plumbing fixture that provides a flow of water
  2. euphoria
    a feeling of great (usually exaggerated) elation
  3. beauteous
    (poetic )beautiful, especially to the sight
  4. desolated
  5. kowtow
    bend the knees and bow in a servile manner
  6. acrimonious
    marked by strong resentment or cynicism
  7. abash
    cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious
  8. aboriginal
    having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state
  9. abridge
    lessen, diminish, or curtail
  10. abstain
    choose not to consume
  11. acute
    ending in a sharp point
  12. adept
    having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
  13. adhere
    stick to firmly
  14. adorn
    make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
  15. adroit
    quick or skillful or adept in action or thought
  16. adulation
    servile flattery; exaggerated and hypocritical praise
  17. aesthetic
    concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste
  18. affable
    diffusing warmth and friendliness
  19. agrarian
    relating to rural matters
  20. aloof
    remote in manner
  21. altruistic
    showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others
  22. amend
    make amendments to
  23. amiable
    diffusing warmth and friendliness
  24. allure
    the power to entice or attract through personal charm
  25. ambidextrous
    equally skillful with each hand
  26. anarchy
    a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government)
  27. anathema
    a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication
  28. annul
    cancel officially
  29. anoint
    administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing
  30. antagonist
    someone who offers opposition
  31. antiquated
    so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
  32. appease
    make peace with
  33. apprise
    inform (somebody) of something
  34. arduous
    characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
  35. ascertain
    learn or discover with certainty
  36. ascetic
    someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
  37. amass
    collect or gather
  38. boorish
    ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance
  39. brazen
    unrestrained by convention or propriety
  40. brevity
    the attribute of being brief or fleeting
  41. bucolic
    relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle
  42. bureaucracy
    a government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective officials
  43. plausible
    apparently reasonable and valid, and truthful
  44. pragmatic
    concerned with practical matters
  45. precarious
    not secure; beset with difficulties
  46. pristine
    immaculately clean and unused
  47. proliferation
    a rapid increase in number (especially a rapid increase in the number of deadly weapons)
  48. prophetic
    foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention
  49. proponent
    a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
  50. propriety
    correct or appropriate behavior
  51. prosaic
    lacking wit or imagination
  52. prowess
    a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation
  53. pundit
    someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field
  54. quandary
    state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options
  55. quintessential
    representing the perfect example of a class or quality
  56. quixotic
    not sensible about practical matters; idealistic and unrealistic
  57. raze
    tear down so as to make flat with the ground
  58. rebuttal
    the speech act of refuting by offering a contrary contention or argument
  59. recluse
    one who lives in solitude
  60. redundant
    more than is needed, desired, or required
  61. candor
    the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
  62. cardinal
    a variable color averaging a vivid red
  63. celibate
    abstaining from sexual intercourse
  64. chagrin
    strong feelings of embarrassment
  65. chaste
    abstaining from unlawful sexual intercourse
  66. clandestine
    conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
  67. comprise
    be composed of
  68. condescend
    behave in a patronizing and condescending manner
  69. confidant
    someone to whom private matters are confided
  70. congenial
    suitable to your needs
  71. consecrate
    give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
  72. contrite
    feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses
  73. cosmopolitan
    of worldwide scope or applicability
  74. coup
    a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force
  75. culpable
    deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious
  76. deleterious
    harmful to living things
  77. despondent
    without or almost without hope
  78. dirge
    a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
  79. disclosure
    the speech act of making something evident
  80. dissident
    a person who dissents from some established policy
  81. distraught
    deeply agitated especially from emotion
  82. dogmatic
    of or pertaining to or characteristic of a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
  83. ebb
    the outward flow of the tide
  84. eclectic
    selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
  85. eccentric
    conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
  86. elegy
    a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
  87. embargo
    a government order imposing a trade barrier
  88. embellish
    make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
  89. eminent
    standing above others in quality or position
  90. empathy
    understanding and entering into another's feelings
  91. enigma
    something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
  92. enmity
    a state of deep-seated ill-will
  93. entail
    have as a logical consequence
  94. epitome
    a standard or typical example
  95. erratic
    liable to sudden unpredictable change
  96. erroneous
    containing or characterized by error
  97. esoteric
    confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle
  98. eulogy
    a formal expression of praise for someone who has died recently
  99. exacerbate
    make worse
  100. expunge
    remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
  101. extricate
    release from entanglement of difficulty
  102. facade
    the face or front of a building
  103. fallacious
    containing or based on a fallacy
  104. fallible
    wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings
  105. fastidious
    giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness
  106. fatalist
    anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny
  107. feign
    make believe with the intent to deceive
  108. frenetic
    excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion
  109. frugal
    avoiding waste
  110. garish
    tastelessly showy
  111. genial
    diffusing warmth and friendliness
  112. hackneyed
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  113. harbinger
    something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone
  114. hedonist
    someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures
  115. impeccable
    without fault or error
  116. imperious
    having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
  117. implicit
    implied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something
  118. impudence
    the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties
  119. impunity
    exemption from punishment or loss
  120. inane
    devoid of intelligence
  121. indigent
    poor enough to need help from others
  122. innate
    present at birth but not necessarily hereditary; acquired during fetal development
  123. indolent
    disinclined to work or exertion
  124. infamous
    known widely and usually unfavorably
  125. insipid
    lacking interest or significance or impact
  126. insurgent
    in opposition to a civil authority or government
  127. insurrection
    organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
  128. integral
    existing as an essential constituent or characteristic
  129. introspective
    given to examining own sensory and perceptual experiences
  130. jaded
    exhausted
  131. judicious
    marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters
  132. lucid
    (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable
  133. ludicrous
    incongruous;inviting ridicule
  134. magnanimous
    noble and generous in spirit
  135. magnate
    a very wealthy or powerful businessman
  136. malevolent
    wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; arising from intense ill will or hatred
  137. melancholy
    a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
  138. mercenary
    a person hired to fight for another country than their own
  139. Mercurial
    relating to or having characteristics (eloquence, shrewdness, swiftness, thievishness) attributed to the god Mercury
  140. misanthrope
    someone who dislikes people in general
  141. morbid
    suggesting the horror of death and decay
  142. mundane
    found in the ordinary course of events
  143. Muse
    in ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science
  144. narcissist
    someone in love with themselves
  145. Nemesis
    (Greek mythology) the goddess of divine retribution and vengeance
  146. notoriety
    the state of being known for some unfavorable act or quality
  147. nuance
    a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
  148. oblivious
    (followed by `to' or `of') lacking conscious awareness of
  149. obsolete
    no longer in use
  150. omnipotent
    having unlimited power
  151. omniscient
    infinitely wise
  152. omnivorous
    feeding on both plants and animals
  153. ornate
    marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details
  154. Orthodox
    of or relating to or characteristic of the Eastern Orthodox Church
  155. ostentatious
    intended to attract notice and impress others
  156. ostracize
    expel from a community or group
  157. overt
    open and observable; not secret or hidden
  158. palpable
    capable of being perceived; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt
  159. paragon
    an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept
  160. pastoral
    relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle
  161. pathological
    of or relating to the practice of pathology
  162. perspicacious
    mentally acute or penetratingly discerning
  163. pertinent
    being of striking appropriateness and pertinence
  164. pinnacle
    (architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress of tower
  165. pious
    having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity
  166. pithy
    concise and full of meaning
  167. placate
    cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
  168. refute
    overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof
  169. regal
    belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler
  170. reiterate
    to say, state, or perform again
  171. reminisce
    recall the past
  172. renown
    the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
  173. requisite
    necessary for relief or supply
  174. resplendent
    having great beauty and splendor
  175. reticent
    reluctant to draw attention to yourself
  176. retribution
    the act of correcting for your wrongdoing
  177. retroactive
    affecting things past
  178. Revere
    American silversmith remembered for his midnight ride (celebrated in a poem by Longfellow) to warn the colonists in Lexington and Concord that British troops were coming (1735-1818)
  179. rue
    feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about
  180. rustic
    characteristic of rural life
  181. sagacious
    acutely insightful and wise
  182. sacrilegious
    grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
  183. scrupulous
    characterized by extreme care and great effort
  184. servile
    submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior
  185. skeptical
    marked by or given to doubt
  186. sporadic
    recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances
  187. Stoic
    pertaining to Stoicism or its followers
  188. subjugate
    make subservient; force to submit or subdue
  189. sublime
    of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style
  190. succinct
    briefly giving the gist of something
  191. superficial
    of, affecting, or being on or near the surface
  192. tangible
    perceptible by the senses especially the sense of touch
  193. terse
    brief and to the point; effectively cut short
  194. transient
    lasting a very short time
  195. trepidation
    a feeling of alarm or dread
  196. unruly
    of persons
  197. vicarious
    experienced at secondhand
  198. virtuoso
    someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
  199. wily
    marked by skill in deception
  200. zeal
    a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause)
  201. zenith
    the point above the observer that is directly opposite the nadir on the imaginary sphere against which celestial bodies appear to be projected
  202. ample
    more than enough in size or scope or capacity