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Ayn Randt 36 words

February 16, 2008 By Lucas K.

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  1. tenet
    a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof
  2. tractable
    easily managed (controlled or taught or molded)
  3. destitute
    poor enough to need help from others
  4. unflinching
    not shrinking from danger
  5. reproach
    express criticism towards
  6. depravity
    moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
  7. perversion
    the action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use)
  8. persuasion
    the act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action
  9. convulsion
    violent uncontrollable contractions of muscles
  10. spinster
    an elderly unmarried woman
  11. breeding
    the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring
  12. prowl
    move about in or as if in a predatory manner
  13. privation
    act of depriving someone of food or money or rights
  14. deprivation
    the disadvantage that results from losing something
  15. insolence
    the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties
  16. taut
    pulled or drawn tight
  17. lustrous
    reflecting light
  18. austerity
    the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures)
  19. volition
    the act of making a choice
  20. ignoble
    completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose
  21. fulcrum
    the pivot about which a lever turns
  22. bromide
    a trite or obvious remark
  23. pull
    apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion
  24. stooge
    a victim of ridicule or pranks
  25. graft
    (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient
  26. repair
    restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
  27. inviolate
    (of a woman) having the hymen unbroken
  28. inviolable
    incapable of being transgressed or dishonored
  29. rectitude
    righteousness as a consequence of being honorable and honest
  30. perjury
    criminal offense of making false statements under oath
  31. affidavit
    written declaration made under oath; a written statement sworn to be true before someone legally authorized to administer an oath
  32. epoch
    a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
  33. expropriate
    deprive of possessions
  34. tawdry
    tastelessly showy
  35. efficacy
    capacity or power to produce a desired effect
  36. disparaging
    expressive of low opinion