Ramblings

Matthew B.
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  1. insouciant
    marked by unconcern
  2. vet
    a doctor who practices veterinary medicine
  3. poltroon
    an abject coward
  4. jackanapes
    someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous
  5. nihilism
    complete denial of established authority and institutions
  6. felid
    any of various lithe-bodied roundheaded fissiped mammals, many with retractile claws
  7. canid
    a dog, wolf, jackal, or other closely related mammal
  8. laniary
    of or relating to a pointed conical tooth
  9. palingenesis
    emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species
  10. recapitulate
    summarize briefly
  11. nous
    that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings
  12. conciliatory
    making or willing to make concessions
  13. effect
    a phenomenon that is caused by some previous phenomenon
  14. popinjay
    a vain and talkative person
  15. inscrutable
    difficult or impossible to understand
  16. inescapable
    impossible to avoid or evade
  17. ineluctable
    impossible to avoid or evade
  18. aliment
    a source of food or nourishment
  19. nebbish
    (Yiddish) a timid unfortunate simpleton
  20. goy
    a Christian as contrasted with a Jew
  21. mendacity
    the tendency to be untruthful
  22. contumacious
    willfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient
  23. supercilious
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  24. perspicacious
    mentally acute or penetratingly discerning
Created on Thu Oct 18 19:53:44 EDT 2007 (updated Thu Jan 10 21:02:08 EST 2008)

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