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  1. euphemism
    an inoffensive expression substituted for an offensive one
  2. palatable
    acceptable to the taste or mind
  3. jaunt
    a journey taken for pleasure
  4. vernacular
    the everyday speech of the people
  5. demur
    politely refuse or take exception to
  6. skullduggery
    verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
  7. faction
    a dissenting clique
  8. clique
    an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
  9. satiate
    fill to satisfaction
  10. sate
    fill to contentment
  11. cacophony
    loud confusing disagreeable sounds
  12. clamor
    utter or proclaim insistently and noisily
  13. enervate
    weaken physically, mentally, or morally
  14. reparation
    something done or paid in expiation of a wrong
  15. latent
    potentially existing but not presently evident or realized
  16. saturnine
    bitter or scornful
  17. glum
    moody and sorrowful
  18. brooding
    deeply or seriously thoughtful
  19. morbid
    suggesting the horror of death and decay
  20. disparage
    express a negative opinion of
  21. innuendo
    an indirect and usually malicious implication
  22. quiescent
    being quiet or still or inactive
  23. surmise
    infer from incomplete evidence
  24. inexorable
    impossible to prevent, resist, or stop
  25. dulcet
    pleasing to the ear
  26. plausible
    apparently reasonable, valid, or truthful
  27. abreast
    alongside each other, facing in the same direction
  28. forgo
    do without or cease to hold or adhere to
  29. festoon
    a decorative representation of a string of flowers
  30. wield
    handle effectively
  31. reek
    give off smoke, fumes, warm vapour, steam, etc.
  32. visceral
    relating to or affecting the internal organs
  33. wring
    a twisting squeeze
  34. atrophy
    a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse
Created on Mon Feb 09 18:19:44 EST 2009

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