Collection 2: Thomas Jefferson: The Best of Enemies

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  1. tepid
    feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm
  2. copious
    large in number or quantity
  3. host
    archaic terms for army
  4. Olympian
    of or pertaining to the greater gods of ancient Greece whose abode was Mount Olympus
  5. principal
    the original amount of debt on which interest is calculated
  6. cardinal
    serving as an essential component
  7. cryptic
    having a secret or hidden meaning
  8. monarchist
    an advocate of the principles of monarchy
  9. rudiment
    the elementary stage of any subject
  10. juggernaut
    a massive inexorable force
  11. construe
    make sense of; assign a meaning to
  12. travesty
    a composition that imitates or misrepresents a style
  13. hedonism
    an ethical system that values the pursuit of pleasure
  14. facade
    a showy misrepresentation to conceal something unpleasant
  15. pretension
    creating a false appearance of great importance or worth
  16. anomalous
    deviating from the general or common order or type
  17. unscrupulous
    without principles
  18. deplete
    use up, as resources or materials
  19. Louisiana Purchase
    territory in the western United States purchased from France in 1803 for $15 million; extends from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada
  20. rueful
    feeling or expressing pain or sorrow
Created on Thu Jul 03 21:22:46 EDT 2014 (updated Fri Jul 04 11:34:58 EDT 2014)

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