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Sept. Words 2009 37 words

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  1. indubitable
    too obvious to be doubted
  2. deprecate
    express strong disapproval of; deplore
  3. ersatz
    an artificial or inferior substitute or imitation
  4. pensive
    deeply or seriously thoughtful
  5. ruminative
    deeply or seriously thoughtful
  6. contemplative
    deeply or seriously thoughtful
  7. reflective
    capable of physically reflecting light or sound
  8. brooding
    deeply or seriously thoughtful
  9. extrinsic
    not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside
  10. adscititious
    added or derived from something outside; not inherent
  11. adventitious
    associated by chance and not an integral part
  12. inessential
    not absolutely necessary
  13. unessential
    not basic or fundamental
  14. intrinsic
    belonging to a thing by its very nature
  15. incidental
    (sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence
  16. vilipend
    belittle
  17. solipsism
    (philosophy) the philosophical theory that the self is all that you know to exist
  18. philter
    a drink credited with magical power; can make the one who takes it love the one who gave it
  19. retractable
    capable of being retracted
  20. blowsy
    characteristic of or befitting a slut or slattern; used especially of women
  21. slatternly
    characteristic of or befitting a slut or slattern; used especially of women
  22. slattern
    a dirty untidy woman
  23. trollop
    a woman adulterer
  24. bellicose
    having or showing a ready disposition to fight
  25. combative
    having or showing a ready disposition to fight
  26. belie
    be in contradiction with
  27. beguile
    attract; cause to be enamored
  28. hoodwink
    conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end
  29. beleaguer
    annoy persistently
  30. besiege
    surround so as to force to give up
  31. nonplussed
    filled with bewilderment
  32. epicene
    having an ambiguous sexual identity
  33. hermaphrodite
    one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made
  34. emasculate
    remove the testicles of a male animal
  35. androgyne
    one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made
  36. succubus
    a female demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping men
  37. incisive
    having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions