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Ann's words 67 words

January 26, 2009 By Rolando B. (Blacksburg, VA)

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  1. contrived
    showing effects of planning or manipulation
  2. huffy
    quick to take offense
  3. portend
    indicate by signs
  4. hoot
    a loud raucous cry (as of an owl)
  5. stoop
    bend one's back forward from the waist on down
  6. flinty
    containing flint
  7. obdurate
    stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
  8. philander
    talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
  9. apocryphal
    being of questionable authenticity
  10. outlandish
    conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
  11. mirth
    great merriment
  12. mirthless
    lacking mirth
  13. overwrought
    deeply agitated especially from emotion
  14. haphazard
    dependent upon or characterized by chance
  15. assail
    attack someone physically or emotionally
  16. unassailable
    impossible to assail
  17. nip
    sever or remove by pinching or snipping
  18. dewlap
    a hanging fold of loose skin on an elderly person's neck
  19. swoop
    move with a sweep, or in a swooping arc
  20. haughty
    having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
  21. contempt
    lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
  22. swaggering
    having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
  23. swagger
    to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
  24. purport
    have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming
  25. trite
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  26. jaunty
    having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air
  27. lilt
    a jaunty rhythm in music
  28. munificent
    very generous
  29. victuals
    a source of materials to nourish the body
  30. grope
    feel about uncertainly or blindly
  31. fumble
    feel about uncertainly or blindly
  32. prod
    to push against gently
  33. slovenly
    negligent of neatness especially in dress and person; habitually dirty and unkempt
  34. frowzy
    negligent of neatness especially in dress and person; habitually dirty and unkempt
  35. jitney
    a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport
  36. lint
    fine ravellings of cotton or linen fibers
  37. umber
    an earth pigment
  38. ragamuffin
    a dirty shabbily clothed urchin
  39. urchin
    poor and often mischievous city child
  40. hell-bent
    recklessly determined
  41. inveigh
    complain bitterly
  42. kvetch
    express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
  43. blat
    cry plaintively
  44. bleat
    the sound of sheep or goats (or any sound resembling this)
  45. blate
    cry plaintively
  46. coetaneous
    of the same period
  47. coeval
    of the same period
  48. boondoggle
    work of little or no value done merely to look busy
  49. wheedle
    influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
  50. sodden
    wet through and through; thoroughly wet
  51. prevaricate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
  52. toady
    a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
  53. fawn
    a young deer
  54. kowtow
    bend the knees and bow in a servile manner
  55. sycophant
    a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
  56. apodictic
    of a proposition; necessarily true or logically certain
  57. surreptitious
    marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed
  58. sop
    dip into liquid
  59. gush
    gush forth in a sudden stream or jet
  60. declaim
    recite in elocution
  61. propinquity
    the property of being close together
  62. callous
    having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear
  63. indurate
    make hard or harder
  64. feckless
    generally incompetent and ineffectual
  65. volition
    the act of making a choice
  66. velleity
    a mere wish, unaccompanied by effort to obtain
  67. contretemps
    an awkward clash