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January 20, 2008 By mary F.

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  1. sang-froid
    great coolness and composure under strain
  2. nescience
    ignorance (especially of orthodox beliefs)
  3. ignorance
    the lack of knowledge or education
  4. content
    satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are
  5. flummox
    be a mystery or bewildering to
  6. perplex
    be a mystery or bewildering to
  7. complicate
    make more complicated
  8. amaze
    affect with wonder
  9. nonplus
    be a mystery or bewildering to
  10. get
    come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
  11. internment
    the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)
  12. restraint
    the act of controlling by restraining someone or something
  13. control
    power to direct or determine
  14. oneiric
    of or relating to or suggestive of dreams
  15. dream
    a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep
  16. unselfish
    disregarding your own advantages and welfare over those of others
  17. altruistic
    showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others
  18. considerate
    showing concern for the rights and feelings of others
  19. tactful
    having or showing a sense of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others
  20. discerning
    having or revealing keen insight and good judgment
  21. perspicacious
    mentally acute or penetratingly discerning
  22. sapient
    acutely insightful and wise
  23. deracinate
    pull up by or as if by the roots
  24. collet
    a cone-shaped chuck used for holding cylindrical pieces in a lathe
  25. spavined
    (of horses) afflicted with a swelling of the hock-joint
  26. lame
    disabled in the feet or legs
  27. liberty
    freedom of choice
  28. autonomy
    immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence
  29. self-sufficiency
    personal independence
  30. independency
    freedom from control or influence of another or others
  31. independence
    freedom from control or influence of another or others
  32. victory
    a successful ending of a struggle or contest
  33. defeat
    an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest
  34. triumph
    a successful ending of a struggle or contest
  35. gemmation
    asexual reproduction in which a local growth on the surface or in the body of the parent becomes a separate individual
  36. pullulation
    asexual reproduction in which a local growth on the surface or in the body of the parent becomes a separate individual
  37. growth
    (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
  38. ontogeny
    (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
  39. fungible
    of goods or commodities; freely exchangeable for or replaceable by another of like nature or kind in the satisfaction of an obligation
  40. flocculent
    having a fluffy character or appearance
  41. woolly
    covered with dense often matted or curly hairs
  42. perplexed
    full of difficulty or confusion or bewilderment
  43. moue
    a disdainful grimace
  44. grimace
    contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state
  45. Casimir Funk
    United States biochemist (born in Poland) who showed that several diseases were caused by dietary deficiencies and who coined the term `vitamin' for the chemicals involved (1884-1967)
  46. mackinaw
    a heavy woolen cloth heavily napped and felted, often with a plaid design
  47. progress
    the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)
  48. regress
    go back to a previous state
  49. change
    become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
  50. action
    something done (usually as opposed to something said)
  51. process
    a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
  52. care
    the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
  53. do
    engage in
  54. cathexis
    (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object
  55. charge
    assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to
  56. vacuous
    devoid of matter
  57. foolish
    devoid of good sense or judgment
  58. wise
    a way of doing or being
  59. impeccant
    free from sin
  60. prescient
    perceiving the significance of events before they occur
  61. in loco parentis
    in place of the parents
  62. susurrus
    the indistinct sound of people whispering
  63. embodiment
    a concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept
  64. individual
    being or characteristic of a single thing or person
  65. soul
    the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
  66. psyche
    that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason
  67. life principle
    a hypothetical force to which the functions and qualities peculiar to living things are sometimes ascribed
  68. sui generis
    constituting a class of its own; unique
  69. discern
    detect with the senses
  70. apperceive
    perceive in terms of a past experience
  71. perceive
    to become aware of through the senses
  72. embrace
    squeeze (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness
  73. malapropism
    the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar
  74. audition
    perform in order to get a role
  75. dysprosium
    a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; forms compounds that are highly magnetic
  76. connubial
    of or relating to marriage or to the relationship between a wife and husband
  77. recalcitrant
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  78. gratuitous
    unnecessary and unwarranted
  79. faultfinding
    persistent petty and unjustified criticism
  80. churl
    a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
  81. quadrillion
    the number that is represented as a one followed by 15 zeros
  82. integrity
    an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting
  83. serrate
    notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex