2008-02-13 (Word List - 1.01)

R K Sethi (Canada)
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  1. depredation
    an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding
  2. turgid
    ostentatiously lofty in style
  3. menacing
    threatening evil or danger
  4. cliche
    a trite or obvious remark
  5. dour
    showing a brooding ill humor
  6. saturnine
    bitter or scornful
  7. farrago
    a motley assortment of things
  8. physiognomy
    the human face
  9. countenance
    the appearance conveyed by a person's face
  10. imprimatur
    formal and explicit approval
  11. declamatory
    ostentatiously lofty in style
  12. aspersion
    a disparaging remark
  13. denigration
    an abusive attack on a person's character or good name
  14. corpulent
    excessively large
Created on Wed Feb 13 18:06:01 EST 2008

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