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Gabriel G.
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  1. cloying
    overly sweet
  2. treacly
    overly sweet
  3. inured
    made tough by habitual exposure
  4. enured
    made tough by habitual exposure
  5. allegory
    a short moral story
  6. veneer
    coating consisting of a thin layer of wood
  7. germane
    relevant and appropriate
  8. portend
    indicate by signs
  9. portent
    a sign of something about to happen
  10. epistemology
    the philosophical theory of knowledge
  11. parochial
    relating to or supported by or located in a parish
  12. insular
    relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island
  13. curator
    the custodian of a collection, as a museum or library
  14. conservator
    the curator of a collection, as in a museum or library
  15. fiduciary
    relating to or of the nature of a legal trust
  16. apocryphal
    being of questionable authenticity
  17. imbue
    spread or diffuse through
  18. slicker
    a macintosh made from cotton fabric treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproof
  19. inculcation
    teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction
  20. timorous
    shy and fearful by nature
  21. dispassion
    objectivity and detachment
  22. dialectic
    a contradiction of ideas that determines their interaction
  23. snooty
    overly conceited or arrogant
  24. prig
    a person regarded as arrogant and annoying
  25. insouciance
    a casual or lighthearted feeling of unconcern
  26. codger
    an eccentric elderly man
  27. hortatory
    giving strong encouragement
  28. sybaritic
    displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses
  29. nostrum
    patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable
  30. patronymic
    of or derived from a personal or family name
Created on Tue May 22 13:56:40 EDT 2007 (updated Tue May 26 20:39:36 EDT 2009)

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