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Memory List 78 words

February 3, 2009 By Matt Nash (Maidstone United Kingdom)

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  1. spoonerism
    transposition of initial consonants in a pair of words
  2. pied
    having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
  3. pestilential
    likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease
  4. contumacious
    wilfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient
  5. sedition
    an illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority and tending to cause the disruption or overthrow of the government
  6. connivance
    agreement on a secret plot
  7. synoptic
    presenting a summary or general view of a whole
  8. coterie
    an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
  9. infraction
    a crime less serious than a felony
  10. genuflect
    bend the knees and bow in a servile manner
  11. pyrrhic
    a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed syllables
  12. manifold
    many and varied; having many features or forms
  13. censorious
    harshly critical or expressing censure
  14. parry
    impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball)
  15. tithe
    a levy of one tenth of something
  16. efface
    remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing
  17. filigree
    delicate and intricate ornamentation (usually in gold or silver or other fine twisted wire)
  18. intermit
    cease an action temporarily
  19. acclaim
    enthusiastic approval
  20. vociferously
    in a vociferous manner
  21. contrivance
    the faculty of contriving; inventive skill
  22. bemoan
    regret strongly
  23. vigil
    a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe
  24. scion
    a descendent or heir
  25. victuals
    a source of materials to nourish the body
  26. dilapidate
    fall into decay or ruin
  27. cunctation
    the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time
  28. oleaginous
    containing an unusual amount of grease or oil
  29. raconteur
    a person skilled in telling anecdotes
  30. cornice
    the topmost projecting part of an entablature
  31. unassailable
    impossible to assail
  32. inexorable
    not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
  33. enmity
    a state of deep-seated ill-will
  34. writ
    (law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer
  35. acquaint
    cause to come to know personally
  36. phrenology
    a now abandoned study of the shape of skull as indicative of the strengths of different faculties
  37. arbutus
    any of several evergreen shrubs of the genus Arbutus of temperate Europe and America
  38. breviary
    (Roman Catholic Church) a book of prayers to be recited daily certain priests and members of religious orders
  39. attuned
  40. infrangible
    difficult or impossible to break or separate into parts
  41. luscious
    having strong sexual appeal
  42. bugle
    a brass instrument without valves; used for military calls and fanfares
  43. heresy
    a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion
  44. upholsterer
    a craftsman who upholsters furniture
  45. profligacy
    the trait of spending extravagantly
  46. proscenium
    the part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain)
  47. diadem
    an ornamental jeweled headdress signifying sovereignty
  48. bulwark
    an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
  49. reproach
    express criticism towards
  50. unequivocal
    admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; having only one meaning or interpretation and leading to only one conclusion
  51. disapprobation
    an expression of strong disapproval; pronouncing as wrong or morally culpable
  52. perfidious
    tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans
  53. desultory
    marked by lack of definite plan or regularity or purpose; jumping from one thing to another
  54. inception
    an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events
  55. detente
    the easing of tensions or strained relations (especially between nations)
  56. vitriolic
    harsh or corrosive in tone
  57. incorrigible
    impervious to correction by punishment
  58. moniker
    a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)
  59. evisceration
    the act of removing the bowels or viscera; the act of cutting so as to cause the viscera to protrude
  60. misfeasance
    doing a proper act in a wrongful or injurious manner
  61. menagerie
    a collection of live animals for study or display
  62. callipygous
    pertaining to or having finely developed buttocks
  63. exuviate
    cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers
  64. sobriquet
    a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)
  65. irascible
    quickly aroused to anger
  66. recant
    formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
  67. prolificacy
    the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth
  68. cognomen
    the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name)
  69. anodyne
    capable of relieving pain
  70. redolent
    having a strong pleasant odor
  71. atone
    turn away from sin or do penitence
  72. xanthous
    of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
  73. herpetology
    the branch of zoology concerned with reptiles and amphibians
  74. succor
    assistance in time of difficulty
  75. irate
    feeling or showing extreme anger
  76. logomach
    someone given to disputes over words
  77. ministration
    assistance in time of difficulty
  78. procrastination
    the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time