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Dennis L. (United States of America)
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  1. acclivitous
    sloping upward
  2. algorithm
    a precise rule specifying how to solve some problem
  3. alleviate
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  4. androgenous
    of or related to androgenesis
  5. animadvert
    express blame or censure or make a harshly critical remark
  6. animadvert
    express blame or censure or make a harshly critical remark
  7. apostatise
    abandon one's beliefs or allegiances
  8. apostatize
    abandon one's beliefs or allegiances
  9. arduous
    characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
  10. be
    have a specified quality or characteristic
  11. beatify
    make blessedly happy
  12. chiasmus
    inversion in the second of two parallel phrases
  13. confect
    make or construct
  14. decry
    express strong disapproval of
  15. denote
    have as a meaning
  16. divulge
    make known to the public information previously kept secret
  17. erratum
    a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind
  18. excoriate
    express strong disapproval of
  19. expostulate
    reason with for the purpose of dissuasion
  20. expurgate
    edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
  21. inculcate
    teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
  22. indelible
    not able to be forgotten, removed, or erased
  23. ingeminate
    to say, state, or perform again
  24. mellifluous
    pleasing to the ear
  25. nosh
    a snack or light meal
  26. obfuscate
    make obscure or unclear
  27. objurgate
    censure severely
  28. palaver
    loud and confused and empty talk
  29. pandemonium
    a state of extreme confusion and disorder
  30. parlay
    exploit a skill or resource in order to get something of greater value
  31. parley
    a negotiation between enemies
  32. phrenetic
    excessively agitated
  33. pique
    call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response
  34. profligate
    unrestrained by convention or morality
  35. putrescence
    the quality of rotting and becoming putrid
  36. rusticate
    live in the country and lead a pastoral life
  37. sempiternal
    having no known beginning and presumably no end
  38. seriatim
    one after another in sequence
  39. splanchnic
    relating to or affecting the viscera
  40. Sus scrofa
    a wild swine that is the ancestor of most domestic pigs
  41. sybaritic
    displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses
  42. tend
    have a disposition to do or be something; be inclined
  43. tergiversate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead
  44. tergiversate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead
  45. trouble
    a source of difficulty
  46. ubiquitous
    being present everywhere at once
  47. vaticinate
    predict or reveal through divine inspiration
  48. verb
    a word denoting an action, occurrence, or state of existence
  49. eschew
    avoid and stay away from deliberately
  50. aggregate
    a sum total of many heterogeneous things taken together
  51. preclude
    make impossible, especially beforehand
  52. boondoggle
    work of little or no value done merely to look busy
  53. equivocate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
  54. waft
    a long flag; often tapering
  55. descry
    catch sight of
  56. remonstrate
    argue in protest or opposition
  57. scourge
    something causing misery or death
  58. assuage
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  59. flummox
    be a mystery or bewildering to
  60. queue up
    form a queue, form a line, stand in line
Created on Thu Oct 18 02:04:52 EDT 2007 (updated Sun Oct 06 20:44:21 EDT 2013)

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