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Water for Elephants 72 words

October 14, 2009 By Jenifer S. (Monona, WI)

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  1. absolution
    the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance
  2. addle
    mix up or confuse
  3. agog
    highly excited
  4. akimbo
    with hands on hips and elbows extending outward
  5. apoplectic
    pertaining to or characteristic of apoplexy
  6. barrister
    a British or Canadian lawyer who speaks in the higher courts of law on behalf of either the defense or prosecution
  7. blatant
    without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious
  8. cavalier
    a gallant or courtly gentleman
  9. clangour
    a loud resonant repeating noise
  10. complacency
    the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself
  11. conciliatory
    making or willing to make concessions
  12. conviviality
    a jovial nature
  13. coquette
    talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
  14. cresol
    any of three poisonous colorless isomeric phenols; derived from coal or wood tar; used as a disinfectant
  15. crotchety
    having a difficult and contrary disposition
  16. decrepit
    worn and broken down by hard use
  17. diaphanous
    so thin as to transmit light
  18. diatribe
    thunderous verbal attack
  19. disdain
    lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
  20. dromedary
    one-humped camel of the hot deserts of northern Africa and southwestern Asia
  21. eight ball
    a black pool ball bearing the number 8; should be the last to go in certain pool games
  22. epithet
    descriptive word or phrase
  23. extraction
    the action of taking out something (especially using effort or force)
  24. fetlock
    the joint between the cannon bone and the pastern
  25. First of May
    observed in many countries to celebrate the coming of spring; observed in Russia and related countries in honor of labor
  26. garrote
    an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation
  27. gelatinous
    thick like gelatin
  28. geriatric
    of or relating to the aged
  29. glower
    look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval
  30. gregarious
    instinctively or temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others
  31. guttural
    relating to or articulated in the throat
  32. halcyon
    a mythical bird said to breed at the time of the winter solstice in a nest floating on the sea and to have the power of calming the winds and waves
  33. impervious
    not admitting of passage or capable of being affected
  34. interloper
    someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission
  35. jodhpurs
    flared trousers ending at the calves; worn with riding boots
  36. lacerate
    cut or tear irregularly
  37. languid
    lacking spirit or liveliness
  38. lascivious
    driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires
  39. masticate
    grind and knead
  40. meddling
    the act of altering something secretly or improperly
  41. metastatic
    relating to or affected by metastasis
  42. meticulous
    marked by precise accordance with details
  43. mien
    dignified manner or conduct
  44. mollify
    cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
  45. monotony
    constancy of tone or pitch or inflection
  46. nystagmus
    involuntary movements of the eyeballs; its presence or absence is used to diagnose a variety of neurological and visual disorders
  47. offal
    viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humans
  48. panoply
    a complete and impressive array
  49. peril
    a state of danger involving risk
  50. periphery
    the outside boundary or surface of something
  51. pinion
    wing of a bird
  52. pique
    a sudden outburst of anger
  53. placate
    cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
  54. placid
    (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves
  55. querulous
    habitually complaining
  56. rube
    a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
  57. rugelach
    pastry made with a cream cheese dough and different fillings (as raisins and walnuts and cinnamon or chocolate and walnut and apricot preserves)
  58. sarsaparilla
    any of various prickly climbing plants of the tropical American genus Smilax having aromatic roots and heart-shaped leaves
  59. snippet
    a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)
  60. solicitous
    full of anxiety and concern
  61. stupor
    marginal consciousness
  62. surreptitious
    marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed
  63. tchotchke
    (Yiddish) an inexpensive showy trinket
  64. trajectory
    the path followed by an object moving through space
  65. tremulous
    (of the voice) quivering as from weakness or fear
  66. unabashedly
    in an unabashed manner
  67. unequivocal
    admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; having only one meaning or interpretation and leading to only one conclusion
  68. untenable
    (of theories etc) incapable of being defended or justified
  69. vagrant
    a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
  70. viscous
    having a relatively high resistance to flow
  71. vociferous
    conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry
  72. vortex
    a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)