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Nietzche's Word 58 words

July 28, 2009 By T-Mack. (West Chester, PA)
Mastering the language of Nietzche's philosophy

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  1. pessimist
    a person who expects the worst
  2. belated
    after the expected or usual time; delayed
  3. doddery
    mentally or physically infirm with age
  4. impertinent
    improperly forward or bold
  5. vanguard
    the leading units moving at the head of an army
  6. infuriate
    make furious
  7. rudimentary
    being in the earliest stages of development
  8. succumb
    consent reluctantly
  9. fable
    a short moral story (often with animal characters)
  10. futile
    producing no result or effect
  11. degenerate
    a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
  12. impotent
    (of a male) unable to copulate
  13. accessible
    capable of being reached
  14. ascetic
    someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
  15. posit
    take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom
  16. advent
    arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
  17. hitherto
    used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time
  18. frugal
    avoiding waste
  19. impoverish
    make poor
  20. hereditary
    occurring among members of a family usually by heredity
  21. foist
    to force onto another
  22. derive
    come from
  23. entwine
    spin,wind, or twist together
  24. concomitant
    following or accompanying as a consequence
  25. fetch
    go or come after and bring or take back
  26. provisional
    under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon
  27. malevolent
    wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; arising from intense ill will or hatred
  28. erudition
    profound scholarly knowledge
  29. sustenance
    the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence
  30. dispatch
    the act of sending off something
  31. menagerie
    a collection of live animals for study or display
  32. plenitude
    a full supply
  33. prevalent
    most frequent or common
  34. depravity
    moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
  35. inscribe
    carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
  36. prevail
    be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
  37. radical
    (used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm
  38. splendid
    characterized by grandeur
  39. fertile
    capable of reproducing
  40. permissible
    that may be permitted especially as according to rule
  41. consumptive
    tending to consume or use often wastefully
  42. wither
    lose freshness, vigor, or vitality
  43. emaciated
    very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
  44. mime
    an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression
  45. remnant
    a small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists
  46. repose
    freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)
  47. folly
    the trait of acting stupidly or rashly
  48. fostering
    encouragement; aiding the development of something
  49. vanity
    feelings of excessive pride
  50. shuddering
    shaking convulsively or violently
  51. precondition
    a condition that is a prerequisite
  52. austere
    of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect
  53. adept
    having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
  54. indignant
    angered at something unjust or wrong
  55. loath
    (usually followed by `to') strongly opposed
  56. loathe
    find repugnant
  57. disparage
    express a negative opinion of
  58. twaddle
    pretentious or silly talk or writing