Lesson 26

Ellen L. (United States of America)
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  1. glacial
    relating to or derived from a slowly moving mass of ice
  2. beneficial
    promoting or enhancing well-being
  3. judicial
    expressing careful judgment
  4. prejudicial
    tending to favor preconceived ideas
  5. credential
    a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts
  6. impartial
    free from undue bias or preconceived opinions
  7. social
    living together or enjoying life in communities
  8. nuptial
    of or relating to a wedding
  9. preferential
    showing favor or partiality
  10. reverential
    feeling or manifesting profound respect or awe
  11. referential
    referring or pointing to something
  12. substantial
    real; having a material or factual existence
  13. ambitious
    having a strong desire for success or achievement
  14. auspicious
    indicating favorable circumstances and good luck
  15. propitiousness
    the favorable quality of strongly indicating a successful result
  16. facetious
    cleverly amusing in tone
  17. ferocious
    marked by extreme and violent energy
  18. fictitious
    formed or conceived by the imagination
  19. judicious
    marked by the exercise of common sense in practical matters
  20. nauseous
    causing a sick feeling
  21. tenacious
    stubbornly unyielding
  22. conscientious
    characterized by extreme care and great effort
  23. conscious
    having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts
  24. fractious
    easily irritated or annoyed
  25. infectious
    relating to the invasion of germs that cause disease
  26. licentious
    lacking moral discipline
  27. noxious
    injurious to physical or mental health
  28. obnoxious
    causing disapproval or protest
  29. pretentious
    creating an appearance of importance or distinction
  30. sententious
    concise and full of meaning
  31. subconscious
    just below the level of awareness
  32. voluptuous
    displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses
  33. crucial
    of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis
  34. circumstantial
    suggesting that something is true without proving it
  35. confidential
    given in secret
  36. consequential
    having important effects or results
  37. controversial
    marked by or capable of causing disagreement
  38. credential
    a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts
  39. differential
    a quality that distinguishes between similar things
  40. evidential
    serving as or based on proof
  41. existential
    relating to or dealing with the state of being
  42. existential philosophy
    a 20th-century philosophical movement chiefly in Europe
  43. provincial
    associated with an administrative district of a nation
  44. torrential
    relating to or resulting from the action of a downpour
  45. torrent
    an overwhelming number or amount
  46. capricious
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
  47. efficacious
    giving the power to produce an intended result
  48. expeditious
    marked by speed and efficiency
  49. luscious
    having strong sexual appeal
  50. mendacious
    given to lying
  51. mendacity
    the tendency to be untruthful
  52. ostentatious
    intended to attract notice and impress others
  53. precocious
    characterized by exceptionally early development
  54. pugnacious
    ready and able to resort to force or violence
  55. rapacious
    living by preying on other animals
  56. seditious
    inciting action or rebellion
  57. specious
    plausible but false
  58. vicious
    having the nature of evildoing
  59. vivacious
    vigorous and animated
  60. contemptuous
    expressing extreme scorn
  61. contempt
    lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
Created on Wed Sep 23 18:10:27 EDT 2009 (updated Wed Dec 09 10:38:38 EST 2009)

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