Mrs. D - List 1

George T. (United States of America)
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  1. acknowledge
    declare to be true or admit the existence or reality of
  2. adhesive
    tending to stick to firmly
  3. agenda
    a list of matters to be taken up, as at a meeting
  4. aroma
    any property detected by the sense of smell
  5. banquet
    a ceremonial dinner party for many people
  6. blemish
    a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something
  7. conspire
    act in agreement and in secret towards a deceitful purpose
  8. contaminated
    corrupted by contact or association
  9. diminish
    decrease in size, extent, or range
  10. dispute
    the act of coming into conflict
  11. elongate
    lengthen
  12. equity
    the quality of being fair, reasonable, or impartial
  13. extensive
    large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity
  14. extraneous
    not belonging to that in which it is contained
  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 unpredictable phenomenon that causes a certain result
  20. innate
    present at birth but not necessarily hereditary
  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 proof
  25. liberate
    grant freedom to; free from confinement
  26. loathe
    dislike intensely; feel disgust toward
  27. magnate
    a very wealthy or powerful businessperson
  28. meager
    deficient in amount or quality or extent
  29. miser
    a stingy hoarder of money and possessions
  30. multiple
    having or involving more than one part or entity
  31. nag
    bother persistently with trivial complaints
  32. nemesis
    a personal foe or rival that cannot be easily defeated
  33. novel
    an extended fictional work in prose
  34. paltry
    contemptibly small in amount or size
  35. personification
    attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas
  36. personify
    attribute human qualities to something
  37. reluctant
    not eager
  38. renew
    reestablish on an improved basis
  39. restore
    bring back into original existence, function, or position
  40. review
    look at again; examine again
  41. scanty
    lacking in extent or quantity
  42. seldom
    not often
  43. sonnet
    a verse form 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
    having a strong tart, sour, or piquant taste
  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 considered
  51. vigorous
    characterized by forceful and energetic action or activity
  52. wan
    pale, as of a person's complexion
Created on Mon May 26 16:05:46 EDT 2008 (updated Tue May 27 07:22:19 EDT 2008)

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