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Mrs. D - List 1 52 words

May 26, 2008 By George T. (New York, NY)

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  1. acknowledge
    declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
  2. adhesive
    tending to adhere
  3. agenda
    a list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting)
  4. aroma
    any property detected by the olfactory system
  5. banquet
    a ceremonial dinner party for many people
  6. blemish
    a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)
  7. conspire
    act in unison or agreement and in secret towards a deceitful or illegal purpose
  8. contaminated
    corrupted by contact or association
  9. diminish
    decrease in size, extent, or range
  10. dispute
    coming into conflict with
  11. elongate
    make long or longer by pulling and stretching
  12. equity
    conformity with rules or standards
  13. extensive
    large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity
  14. extraneous
    not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source
  15. famish
    be hungry; go without food
  16. feeble
    pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness
  17. feud
    a bitter quarrel between two parties
  18. gruffly
    in a gruff manner
  19. hazard
    an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
  20. innate
    present at birth but not necessarily hereditary; acquired during fetal development
  21. interrogate
    pose a series of questions to
  22. irrigate
    supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams
  23. jointly
    in collaboration or cooperation
  24. justify
    show to be right by providing justification or proof
  25. liberate
    grant freedom to; free from confinement
  26. loathe
    find repugnant
  27. magnate
    a very wealthy or powerful businessman
  28. meager
    deficient in amount or quality or extent
  29. miser
    a stingy hoarder of money and possessions (often living miserably)
  30. multiple
    having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual
  31. nag
    bother persistently with trivial complaints
  32. nemesis
    something causing misery or death
  33. novel
    an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story
  34. paltry
    contemptibly small in amount
  35. personification
    the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.
  36. personify
    attribute human qualities to something
  37. reluctant
    not eager
  38. renew
    reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new
  39. restore
    bring back into original existence, use, function, or position
  40. review
    look at again; examine again
  41. scanty
    lacking in amplitude or quantity
  42. seldom
    not often
  43. sonnet
    a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
  44. straightforward
    pointed directly ahead
  45. superb
    surpassingly good
  46. synthetic
    a compound made artificially by chemical reactions
  47. tangy
    tasting sour like a lemon
  48. task
    any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
  49. trivial
    (informal) small and of little importance
  50. viewpoint
    a mental position from which things are viewed
  51. vigorous
    characterized by forceful and energetic action or activity
  52. wan
    become pale and sickly