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Doctor Dictionary 189 words

October 5, 2008 By Michael L. (AZ)

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  1. rubicund
    inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life
  2. volte-face
    a major change in attitude or principle or point of view
  3. littoral
    of or relating to a coastal or shore region
  4. slugabed
    a person who stays in bed until a relatively late hour
  5. fettle
    a state of fitness and good health
  6. verbiage
    overabundance of words
  7. panache
    distinctive and stylish elegance
  8. capitulate
    surrender under agreed conditions
  9. melee
    a noisy riotous fight
  10. edify
    make understand
  11. numismatics
    the collection and study of money (and coins in particular)
  12. scion
    a descendent or heir
  13. undulate
    move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
  14. beneficence
    the quality of being kind or helpful or generous
  15. tintinnabulation
    the sound of a bell ringing
  16. vociferous
    conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry
  17. disconcert
    cause to lose one's composure
  18. suffuse
    cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across
  19. kitsch
    excessively garish or sentimental art; usually considered in bad taste
  20. auspicious
    auguring favorable circumstances and good luck
  21. hoary
    showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair
  22. evanescent
    tending to vanish like vapor
  23. torrid
    characterized by intense emotion
  24. regale
    provide with choice or abundant food or drink
  25. cosmopolite
    a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries
  26. plaintive
    expressing sorrow
  27. laudable
    worthy of high praise
  28. bevy
    a flock of birds (especially when gathered close together on the ground)
  29. immolate
    offer as a sacrifice by killing or by giving up to destruction
  30. glower
    look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval
  31. admonition
    a firm rebuke
  32. comestible
    suitable for use as food
  33. gubernatorial
    relating to a governor
  34. fop
    a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
  35. redress
    make reparations or amends for
  36. chthonic
    dwelling beneath the surface of the earth
  37. naif
    marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience
  38. peregrination
    traveling or wandering around
  39. berate
    censure severely or angrily
  40. comity
    a state or atmosphere of harmony or mutual civility and respect
  41. foment
    try to stir up public opinion
  42. Hobson's choice
    the choice of taking what is offered or nothing at all
  43. bruit
    tell or spread rumors
  44. aestival
    (rare) of or occurring in summer
  45. knell
    the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death or a funeral or the end of something
  46. philter
    a drink credited with magical power; can make the one who takes it love the one who gave it
  47. blackguard
    someone who is morally reprehensible
  48. lackadaisical
    idle or indolent especially in a dreamy way
  49. chichi
    affectedly trendy and fashionable
  50. exalt
    praise, glorify, or honor
  51. tittle-tattle
    light informal conversation for social occasions
  52. asperity
    harshness of manner
  53. vituperate
    spread negative information about
  54. obeisance
    bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting
  55. Brummagem
    a city in central England; 2nd largest English city and an important industrial and transportation center
  56. sapient
    acutely insightful and wise
  57. panoply
    a complete and impressive array
  58. egress
    the act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent
  59. sesquipedalian
    a very long word (a foot and a half long)
  60. pusillanimous
    lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful
  61. quondam
    belonging to some prior time
  62. diadem
    an ornamental jeweled headdress signifying sovereignty
  63. sempiternal
    having no known beginning and presumably no end
  64. melange
    a motley assortment of things
  65. vituperation
    abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will
  66. supernumerary
    more than is needed, desired, or required
  67. insensate
    devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation
  68. malinger
    avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill
  69. tatterdemalion
    a dirty shabbily clothed urchin
  70. anodyne
    capable of relieving pain
  71. mephitic
    of noxious stench from atmospheric pollution
  72. fiduciary
    relating to or of the nature of a legal trust (i.e. the holding of something in trust for another)
  73. cupidity
    extreme greed for material wealth
  74. antediluvian
    of or relating to the period before the biblical flood
  75. puerile
    displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
  76. proponent
    a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
  77. contemn
    look down on with disdain
  78. emolument
    compensation received by virtue of holding an office or having employment (usually in the form of wages or fees)
  79. troglodyte
    one who lives in solitude
  80. gustatory
    of or relating to gustation
  81. palaver
    loud and confused and empty talk
  82. meticulous
    marked by precise accordance with details
  83. dapple
    a small contrasting part of something
  84. tutelage
    attention and management implying responsibility for safety
  85. laconic
    brief and to the point; effectively cut short
  86. condign
    fitting or appropriate and deserved; used especially of punishment
  87. indigent
    poor enough to need help from others
  88. interpolate
    insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
  89. harbinger
    something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone
  90. Cockaigne
    (Middle Ages) an imaginary land of luxury and idleness
  91. forlorn
    marked by or showing hopelessness
  92. glutinous
    having the sticky properties of an adhesive
  93. capacious
    large in capacity
  94. malediction
    the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult)
  95. choler
    a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the liver and to cause irritability and anger
  96. renascent
    rising again as to new life and vigor
  97. defenestrate
    throw through or out of the window
  98. cogent
    powerfully persuasive
  99. verdure
    green foliage
  100. dilatory
    wasting time
  101. claque
    a group of followers hired to applaud at a performance
  102. prink
    dress very carefully and in a finicky manner
  103. appraise
    consider in a comprehensive way
  104. hyperbole
    extravagant exaggeration
  105. patrician
    a person of refined upbringing and manners
  106. surfeit
    indulge (one's appetite) to satiety
  107. raconteur
    a person skilled in telling anecdotes
  108. minatory
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  109. potentate
    a ruler who is unconstrained by law
  110. repletion
    the state of being satisfactorily full and unable to take on more
  111. tremulous
    (of the voice) quivering as from weakness or fear
  112. lachrymose
    showing sorrow
  113. bagatelle
    something of little value or significance
  114. countermand
    cancel officially
  115. harridan
    a scolding (even vicious) old woman
  116. patina
    a fine coating of oxide on the surface of a metal
  117. grandee
    a nobleman of highest rank in Spain or Portugal
  118. Schadenfreude
    delight in another person's misfortune
  119. forgo
    do without or cease to hold or adhere to
  120. ribald
    humorously vulgar
  121. vehement
    marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid
  122. listless
    lacking zest or vivacity
  123. ruminate
    reflect deeply on a subject
  124. cadge
    obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling
  125. obtrude
    push to thrust outward
  126. tirade
    a speech of violent denunciation
  127. latitudinarian
    unwilling to accept authority or dogma (especially in religion)
  128. subfusc
    devoid of brightness or appeal
  129. paean
    (ancient Greece) a hymn of praise (especially one sung in ancient Greece to invoke or thank a deity)
  130. fetter
    a shackle for the ankles or feet
  131. umbrage
    a feeling of anger caused by being offended
  132. cavil
    raise trivial objections
  133. alas
    by bad luck
  134. acumen
    shrewdness shown by keen insight
  135. parsimonious
    excessively unwilling to spend
  136. sentient
    endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness
  137. contrite
    feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses
  138. amalgam
    a combination or blend of diverse things
  139. disparate
    fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
  140. halcyon
    a mythical bird said to breed at the time of the winter solstice in a nest floating on the sea and to have the power of calming the winds and waves
  141. cloy
    supply or feed to surfeit
  142. lenity
    mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant
  143. gimcrack
    tastelessly showy
  144. posit
    take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom
  145. confluence
    a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers)
  146. winsome
    charming in a childlike or naive way
  147. ubiquitous
    being present everywhere at once
  148. Chimera
    (Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon
  149. lambaste
    censure severely or angrily
  150. portent
    a sign of something about to happen
  151. inveigle
    influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
  152. salubrious
    promoting health; healthful
  153. abulia
    a loss of will power
  154. roister
    engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking
  155. miasma
    an unwholesome atmosphere
  156. ambience
    the atmosphere of an environment
  157. objurgate
    censure severely
  158. caesura
    a break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line
  159. pugnacious
    tough and callous by virtue of experience
  160. afflatus
    a strong creative impulse; divine inspiration
  161. voluble
    marked by a ready flow of speech
  162. woebegone
    affected by or full of grief or woe
  163. importune
    beg persistently and urgently
  164. camarilla
    a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue
  165. bellwether
    sheep that leads the herd often wearing a bell
  166. deus ex machina
    any active agent who appears unexpectedly to solve an insoluble difficulty
  167. jollification
    a boisterous celebration; a merry festivity
  168. xenophobia
    a fear of foreigners or strangers
  169. hullabaloo
    disturbance usually in protest
  170. repine
    express discontent
  171. anathema
    a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication
  172. myriad
    a large indefinite number
  173. diffident
    showing modest reserve
  174. assuage
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  175. inchoate
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
  176. probity
    complete and confirmed integrity; having strong moral principles
  177. recherche
    lavishly elegant and refined
  178. amanuensis
    someone skilled in the transcription of speech (especially dictation)
  179. supererogatory
    more than is needed, desired, or required
  180. fallible
    wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings
  181. temerarious
    presumptuously daring
  182. aplomb
    great coolness and composure under strain
  183. lissom
    moving and bending with ease
  184. ennui
    the feeling of being bored by something tedious
  185. neophyte
    any new participant in some activity
  186. indelible
    cannot be removed or erased
  187. effusive
    uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm
  188. unbraid
    undo the braids of
  189. annul
    cancel officially