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Ayn Randt 36 words

March 25, 2008 By Dennis L.

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