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December 25, 2009 By shubo L. (Oslo Norway)

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  1. sally
    a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position
  2. succumb
    consent reluctantly
  3. yield
    give or supply
  4. overcome
    win a victory over
  5. subdue
    put down by force or intimidation
  6. agentive role
    the semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
  7. throw up
    eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
  8. focalization
    the act of bringing into focus
  9. disparagement
    a communication that belittles somebody or something
  10. presuppose
    take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand
  11. laden
    filled with a great quantity
  12. impinge
    impinge or infringe upon
  13. backdrop
    scenery hung at back of stage
  14. fracture
    breaking of hard tissue such as bone
  15. recapitulate
    summarize briefly
  16. recap
    a used automobile tire that has been remolded to give it new treads
  17. impulse
    an impelling force or strength
  18. ferret
    domesticated albino variety of the European polecat bred for hunting rats and rabbits
  19. caveat
    a warning against certain acts
  20. disparity
    inequality or difference in some respect
  21. rousing
    capable of arousing enthusiasm or excitement
  22. semantic
    of or relating to meaning or the study of meaning
  23. uptake
    the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
  24. quotidian
    found in the ordinary course of events
  25. prompt
    according to schedule or without delay; on time
  26. henceforth
    from this time forth; from now on
  27. gloss
    the property of being smooth and shiny
  28. tack
    a short nail with a sharp point and a large head
  29. tangential
    of superficial relevance if any
  30. havoc
    violent and needless disturbance
  31. precipitant
    done with very great haste and without due deliberation
  32. invariant
    unvarying in nature
  33. null
    lacking any legal or binding force
  34. elicitation
    stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors
  35. disavow
    refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with
  36. ideal
    the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain
  37. transient
    lasting a very short time
  38. couch
    an upholstered seat for more than one person
  39. autonomous
    existing as an independent entity
  40. per se
    with respect to its inherent nature
  41. ad hoc
    for or concerned with one specific purpose
  42. vernacular
    the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language)
  43. singly
    apart from others
  44. disengage
    release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles
  45. blank
    (of a surface) not written or printed on
  46. receipt
    the act of receiving
  47. trajectory
    the path followed by an object moving through space
  48. extraneous
    not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source
  49. spate
    a sudden forceful flow
  50. mitigate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
  51. befall
    become of; happen to
  52. inchoate
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
  53. constitute
    form or compose
  54. endorse
    be behind; approve of
  55. foreground
    the part of a scene that is near the viewer
  56. lend
    give temporarily; let have for a limited time
  57. transgression
    the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle
  58. epiphenomenon
    a secondary phenomenon that is a by-product of another phenomenon
  59. affirmation
    the act of affirming or asserting or stating something
  60. unitary
    having the indivisible character of a unit
  61. call on
    have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to
  62. putative
    purported; commonly put forth or accepted as true on inconclusive grounds
  63. solipsism
    (philosophy) the philosophical theory that the self is all that you know to exist
  64. take on
    take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities
  65. conjuncture
    a critical combination of events or circumstances
  66. cathartic
    strongly laxative
  67. apt
    being of striking appropriateness and pertinence
  68. dividend
    a number to be divided by another number
  69. intermittent
    stopping and starting at irregular intervals
  70. visit
    the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time
  71. attribution
    assigning to a cause or source
  72. intractable
    not tractable; difficult to manage or mold
  73. upstart
    a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class
  74. aggravated
    made more severe or intense especially in law
  75. parse
    analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to (a sentence)
  76. conundrum
    a difficult problem
  77. amalgamation
    the combination of two or more commercial companies
  78. discursive
    proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition
  79. potent
    having or wielding force or authority
  80. debauchery
    a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
  81. viscerally
    in an unreasoning visceral manner
  82. transfigure
    change completely the nature or appearance of
  83. voluptuous
    displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses
  84. idiom
    an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
  85. antagonistic
    characterized by antagonism or antipathy
  86. webbing
    something forming a web (as between the toes of birds)
  87. geometric
    characterized by simple geometric forms in design and decoration
  88. havoc
    violent and needless disturbance
  89. protean
    taking on different forms
  90. construct
    make by combining materials and parts
  91. give rise
    cause to happen, occur or exist
  92. at stake
    to be won or lost; at risk
  93. underpin
    support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm