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February 17, 2008 By rachel B.

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  1. pique
    a sudden outburst of anger
  2. magnanimity
    liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit
  3. discriminate
    marked by the ability to see or make fine distinctions
  4. insular
    relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island
  5. parochial
    relating to or supported by or located in a parish
  6. sanguine
    inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life
  7. cognate
    related by blood
  8. hone
    sharpen with a hone
  9. implement
    instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end
  10. propensity
    a natural inclination
  11. consequential
    having important issues or results
  12. provocative
    serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; stimulating discussion or exciting controversy
  13. rhetorical
    of or relating to rhetoric
  14. malign
    speak unfavorably about
  15. articulate
    express or state clearly
  16. raze
    tear down so as to make flat with the ground
  17. viable
    capable of life or normal growth and development
  18. genial
    diffusing warmth and friendliness
  19. objective
    the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable)
  20. subjective
    taking place within the mind and modified by individual bias
  21. recession
    the act of ceding back
  22. phenomenon
    any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning
  23. quirk
    a strange attitude or habit
  24. dither
    act nervously; be undecided; be uncertain
  25. didactic
    instructive (especially excessively)
  26. disdain
    lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
  27. demur
    take exception to
  28. temper
    a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
  29. biennial
    occurring every second year
  30. tortuous
    marked by repeated turns and bends
  31. jargon
    specialized technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject
  32. clemency
    leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice
  33. program
    a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished
  34. vagrant
    a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
  35. cascade
    a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls
  36. lucid
    (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable
  37. aghast
    struck with fear, dread, or consternation
  38. rent
    a payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or service
  39. parody
    a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
  40. ascetic
    someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
  41. allure
    the power to entice or attract through personal charm
  42. ponderous
    having great mass and weight and unwieldiness
  43. conjure
    summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
  44. rout
    an overwhelming defeat
  45. spurn
    reject with contempt
  46. partisan
    a fervent and even militant proponent of something
  47. cache
    a hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons)
  48. effervescence
    the process of bubbling as gas escapes
  49. crass
    (of persons) so unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility
  50. acerbic
    sour or bitter in taste
  51. coddle
    cook in nearly boiling water
  52. opulence
    wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living
  53. inherent
    existing as an essential constituent or characteristic
  54. citadel
    a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle
  55. finesse
    subtly skillful handling of a situation
  56. obviate
    do away with
  57. curb
    the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess
  58. defensible
    capable of being defended
  59. gourmand
    a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess
  60. lithe
    moving and bending with ease
  61. preclude
    make impossible, especially beforehand
  62. effeminate
    having unsuitable feminine qualities
  63. anoint
    administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing
  64. sectarian
    of or relating to or characteristic of a sect or sects
  65. chicanery
    the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
  66. taciturn
    habitually reserved and uncommunicative
  67. dearth
    an insufficient quantity or number
  68. auspicious
    auguring favorable circumstances and good luck
  69. eugenic
    pertaining to or causing improvement in the offspring produced
  70. satiety
    the state of being satisfactorily full and unable to take on more
  71. capsaicin
    colorless pungent crystalline compound derived from capsicum; source of the hotness of hot peppers of the genus Capsicum such as chili and cayenne and jalapeno
  72. masochism
    sexual pleasure obtained from receiving punishment (physical or psychological)
  73. redress
    make reparations or amends for
  74. inexorably
    in an inexorable manner
  75. inexorable
    not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
  76. valence
    (chemistry) a property of atoms or radicals; their combining power given in terms of the number of hydrogen atoms (or the equivalent)
  77. prosody
    the study of poetic meter and the art of versification
  78. retribution
    the act of correcting for your wrongdoing
  79. uvula
    a small pendant fleshy lobe at the back of the soft palate