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  1. accountable
    responsible for one's actions
  2. acoustic
    relating to the study of the physical properties of sound
  3. affirmative
    giving assent
  4. agitate
    move or cause to move back and forth
  5. appreciable
    enough to be estimated or measured
  6. awe
    an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration
  7. bout
    a period of indeterminate length marked by some condition
  8. chaos
    formless state of matter before the creation of the cosmos
  9. consciousness
    an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself
  10. disconcerting
    causing an emotional disturbance
  11. eloquent
    expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively
  12. enrage
    make someone extremely or violently angry
  13. hence
    from that fact or reason or as a result
  14. improvisation
    a performance given without planning or preparation
  15. intensely
    in an extreme manner
  16. labyrinthine
    resembling a maze in form or complexity
  17. madden
    make angry
  18. marvel
    be amazed at
  19. motif
    a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
  20. obsessive
    characterized by an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation
  21. phenomenon
    any state or process known through the senses
  22. phonograph
    a machine that plays records
  23. purist
    someone who insists on great precision and correctness
  24. ricochet
    spring back; spring away from an impact
  25. sift
    move as if through a sieve
  26. subtle
    difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
  27. technical
    of or relating to aptitude in a practical skill
  28. throes
    violent pangs of suffering
  29. wheeze
    the act of breathing with a husky or whistling sound
Created on Sat Oct 31 12:17:19 EDT 2009 (updated Sat Oct 31 12:18:36 EDT 2009)

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