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  1. denounce
    speak out against
  2. entail
    have as a logical consequence
  3. myriad
    a large indefinite number
  4. reproach
    express criticism towards
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  5. repudiate
    refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid
  6. reverberate
    ring or echo with sound
  7. reverberating
    characterized by resonance
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  8. saboteur
    someone who deliberately destroys or disrupts something
  9. subtlety
    the quality of being difficult to detect or analyze
  10. zealot
    a fervent and even militant proponent of something
  11. mutable
    capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature
  12. dilettante
    an amateur engaging in an activity without serious intention
  13. pilferer
    a thief who steals without using violence
  14. prevaricator
    a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly
  15. raconteur
    a person skilled in telling anecdotes
  16. supplant
    take the place or move into the position of
  17. finagle
    achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods
  18. winnow
    the act of separating grain from chaff
  19. overhaul
    make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to
  20. inveterate
    habitual
  21. secede
    withdraw from an organization or polity
  22. ascent
    a movement upward
  23. palimpsest
    a manuscript on which more than one text has been written
  24. stead
    the place properly occupied or served by another
  25. rectify
    make right or correct
  26. patronage
    the business given to an establishment by its customers
  27. innocuous
    not injurious to physical or mental health
  28. virulent
    extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom
  29. munificent
    given or giving freely, generously, or without restriction
  30. gloat
    dwell on with satisfaction
  31. scrutiny
    the act of examining something closely, as for mistakes
  32. scuttle
    move about or proceed hurriedly
  33. celluloid
    flammable substance used in motion-picture and X-ray film
  34. obbligato
    a part of the score that must be performed without change or omission
  35. guile
    shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
  36. diplomacy
    negotiation between nations
  37. candor
    the quality of being honest and straightforward
  38. magnanimity
    nobility and generosity of spirit
  39. hoard
    a secret store of valuables or money
  40. garner
    assemble or get together
  41. compile
    get or gather together
  42. enfeebled
  43. vindicated
    freed from any question of guilt
  44. enervation
    lack of vitality
  45. volatile
    liable to lead to sudden change or violence
  46. onset
    the beginning or early stages
  47. bellwether
    someone who assumes leadership of a movement or activity
  48. haughty
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  49. ire
    anger; irritability
  50. polite
    showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior, etc.
  51. disdain
    lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
  52. sympathetic
    expressing compassion or friendly fellow feelings
  53. distrust
    doubt about someone's honesty
  54. evasive
    avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger
  55. chagrin
    strong feelings of embarrassment
  56. supercilious
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  57. admiration
    a feeling of delighted approval and liking
  58. parole
    a conditional release from imprisonment
  59. disregard
    lack of attention and due care
  60. conspire
    act in agreement and in secret towards a deceitful purpose
  61. indoctrinate
    teach uncritically
  62. stratum
    one of several parallel layers of material
  63. tenacity
    persistent determination
  64. thrift
    extreme care in spending money
  65. meager
    deficient in amount or quality or extent
  66. pariah
    a person who is rejected from society or home
  67. paradoxical
    seemingly contradictory but nonetheless possibly true
  68. improvidence
    a lack of prudence, care, or foresight
  69. profligate
    unrestrained by convention or morality
  70. miserly
    characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity
  71. balkiness
    likely to stop abruptly and unexpectedly
  72. eccentric
    conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
  73. slum
    a district of a city marked by poverty
  74. concertina
    free-reed instrument played like an accordion by pushing its ends together to force air through the reeds
  75. intricate
    having many complexly arranged elements; elaborate
  76. capitalism
    an economic system based on private ownership of assets
  77. pugnaciously
    in a pugnacious manner
  78. servile
    submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior
  79. aloof
    distant, cold, or detached in manner
  80. mendacity
    the tendency to be untruthful
  81. allure
    the power to entice or attract
  82. aversion
    a feeling of intense dislike
  83. fatuous
    devoid of intelligence
  84. sagacious
    acutely insightful and wise
  85. meritorious
    deserving reward or praise
  86. ignoble
    dishonorable in character or purpose
  87. irrelevant
    having no bearing on or connection with the subject at issue
  88. illustrious
    widely known and esteemed
  89. ambivalence
    mixed feelings or emotions
  90. ambivalence
    mixed feelings or emotions
  91. predilection
    a predisposition in favor of something
  92. vestige
    an indication that something has been present
  93. infatuation
    a foolish and usually extravagant passion or love
  94. niggling
    (informal) small and of little importance
  95. veracity
    unwillingness to tell lies
  96. cupidity
    extreme greed for material wealth
  97. vindictiveness
    a hateful desire for revenge
  98. abnegation
    the denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief
  99. revelation
    the act of making something evident
  100. frumpy
    drab, old-fashioned, and unattractive
  101. hierarchy
    a series of ordered groupings within a system
  102. oxymoron
    conjoined contradictory terms
  103. felicitate
    express congratulations
  104. laud
    praise, glorify, or honor
  105. deride
    treat or speak of with contempt
  106. ridicule
    language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate
  107. etymon
    a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes
  108. naivety
    lack of sophistication or worldliness
  109. abase
    cause to feel shame
  110. abstracted
    lost in thought; showing preoccupation
  111. abstruse
    difficult to understand
  112. adherent
    someone who believes and helps to spread a doctrine
  113. adulation
    exaggerated flattery or praise
  114. advocacy
    active support of an idea or cause
  115. anthology
    a collection of selected literary passages
  116. articulate
    express or state clearly
  117. austere
    of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor
  118. avarice
    reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth
  119. barbarism
    a brutal barbarous savage act
  120. benevolence
    disposition to do good
  121. bourgeois
    being of the property-owning class
  122. cacophony
    loud confusing disagreeable sounds
  123. pantomime
    a performance using gestures and movements without words
  124. acrimony
    a rough and bitter manner
  125. elegy
    a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
  126. aggrandize
    embellish; increase the scope, power, or importance of
  127. condone
    excuse, overlook, or make allowances for
  128. mitigate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
  129. attenuate
    become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude
  130. fraudulent
    intended to deceive
  131. anachronistic
    chronologically misplaced
  132. sublime
    of high moral or intellectual value
  133. stifling
    characterized by oppressive heat and humidity
  134. poignant
    keenly distressing to the mind or feelings
  135. bombastic
    ostentatiously lofty in style
  136. voluble
    marked by a ready flow of speech
  137. pallid
    pale, as of a person's complexion
  138. noisome
    causing or able to cause nausea
  139. demur
    politely refuse or take exception to
  140. cumbersome
    difficult to handle or use, especially because of size or weight
  141. defiler
    a person or organization that causes pollution of the environment
  142. desultory
    marked by lack of definite plan, purpose, or enthusiasm
  143. cynicism
    a pessimistic feeling of distrust
  144. didactically
    in a didactic manner
  145. daunted
    caused to show discomposure
  146. deprecating
    tending to diminish or disparage
  147. diminution
    change toward something smaller or lower
  148. debased
    mixed with impurities
  149. derisive
    expressing contempt or ridicule
  150. din
    a loud, harsh, or strident noise
  151. debauchery
    a wild gathering
  152. despotism
    dominance through threat of punishment and violence
  153. discretion
    power of making choices unconstrained by external agencies
  154. corrugated
    shaped into alternating parallel grooves and ridges
  155. copiously
    in very large amounts or quantities; extremely
  156. captiously
    in a captious, carping manner
  157. compiling
    the act of compiling (as into a single book or file or list)
  158. contempt
    lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
  159. acerbic
    sour or bitter in taste
  160. untrammeled
    not confined or limited
  161. derogatory
    expressive of low opinion
  162. zealous
    marked by active interest and enthusiasm
  163. heft
    bulk or weightiness
  164. objectivity
    judgment based on observable phenomena
  165. abyss
    a bottomless gulf or pit
  166. expunge
    remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
  167. nefarious
    extremely wicked
  168. malevolence
    wishing evil to others
  169. truculent
    defiantly aggressive
  170. vehemence
    intensity or forcefulness of expression
  171. canonical
    conforming to orthodox or recognized rules
  172. incontrovertible
    impossible to deny or disprove
  173. berate
    censure severely or angrily
  174. exaggeration
    making to seem more important than it really is
  175. petulance
    an irritable feeling
  176. suave
    having a sophisticated charm
  177. irate
    feeling or showing extreme anger
  178. indifferent
    marked by a lack of interest
  179. apprehensive
    in fear or dread of possible evil or harm
  180. cultivate
    adapt something wild to the environment
  181. bolster
    support and strengthen
  182. outmoded
    no longer in fashion
  183. indignation
    a feeling of righteous anger
  184. calico
    coarse cloth with a bright print
  185. currier
    a craftsman who curries leather for use
  186. derangement
    a state of mental disturbance and disorientation
  187. placeable
    capable of being recognized
  188. disavow
    refuse to acknowledge
  189. distraught
    deeply agitated especially from emotion
  190. gimp
    disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet
  191. apomorphine
    a morphine derivative that is not as strong as morphine
  192. implication
    something that is inferred
  193. certitude
    complete assurance or confidence
  194. impartiality
    an inclination to weigh both views or opinions equally
  195. moderation
    the quality of avoiding extremes
  196. opaque
    not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy
  197. circuitous
    deviating from a straight course
  198. extrinsic
    not forming an essential part of a thing
  199. definitive
    clearly formulated
  200. resilient
    recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like
  201. affable
    diffusing warmth and friendliness
  202. indiscriminate
    failing to make or recognize distinctions
  203. disgruntled
    in a state of sulky dissatisfaction
  204. avid
    marked by active interest and enthusiasm
  205. ardent
    characterized by intense emotion
  206. vaunt
    show off
  207. beguiled
    filled with wonder and delight
  208. castigate
    inflict severe punishment on
  209. exonerated
    freed from any question of guilt
  210. temporal
    of or relating to or limited by time
  211. filial
    designating the generation following the parental generation
  212. facet
    a distinct feature or element in a problem
  213. prescient
    perceiving the significance of events before they occur
  214. disillusion
    the act of freeing from false belief
  215. monotonous
    sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
  216. raucous
    unpleasantly loud and harsh
  217. enigmatic
    not clear to the understanding
  218. reclusive
    withdrawn from society; seeking solitude
  219. prevalent
    most frequent or common
  220. voracious
    devouring or craving food in great quantities
  221. imperil
    pose a threat to; present a danger to
  222. congenial
    suitable to your needs
  223. trite
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  224. fortuitous
    lucky; occurring by happy chance
  225. calamitous
    having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences
  226. sentimental
    marked by tender, romantic, or nostalgic emotion
  227. maudlin
    very sentimental or emotional
  228. defamatory
    harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign
  229. earmark
    give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
  230. baize
    a bright green fabric napped to resemble felt
  231. mysticism
    a religion based on communion with an ultimate reality
  232. resurrection
    a revival from inactivity and disuse
  233. grizzled
    having gray or partially gray hair
  234. wainscoting
    wooden panels that can be used to line the walls of a room
  235. snob
    a person regarded as arrogant and annoying
  236. proxy
    a person authorized to act for another
  237. lotic
    of or relating to or living in actively moving water
  238. derogate
    cause to seem lesser or inferior
  239. allay
    lessen the intensity of or calm
  240. gregarious
    temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others
  241. inexplicable
    incapable of being explained or accounted for
  242. turgid
    ostentatiously lofty in style
  243. yearn
    desire strongly or persistently
  244. tractable
    easily managed
  245. tenuous
    lacking substance or significance
  246. paltry
    contemptibly small in amount or size
  247. contrivance
    the faculty of inventive skill
  248. disavowal
    denial of any connection with or knowledge of
  249. venal
    capable of being corrupted
  250. chagrined
    feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious
  251. altruistic
    showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others
  252. tainted
    touched by rot or decay
  253. incendiary
    capable of causing fires or catching fire spontaneously
  254. facetious
    cleverly amusing in tone
  255. scrupulous
    characterized by extreme care and great effort
  256. usury
    the act of lending money at an exorbitant rate of interest
  257. burgeon
    grow and flourish
  258. prescience
    the power to foresee the future
  259. steadfast
    marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
  260. lugubrious
    excessively mournful
  261. desperado
    a bold outlaw
  262. vassal
    a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord
  263. argosy
    one or more large merchant ships
  264. synecdoche
    using part of something to refer to the whole thing
  265. chateau
    an impressive country house (or castle) in France
  266. clairvoyant
    someone who can perceive things not present to the senses
  267. grandiloquent
    lofty in style
  268. subversive
    in opposition to an established system or government
  269. demonstration
    a show or display
  270. derision
    the act of treating with contempt
  271. onus
    a burdensome or difficult concern
  272. imperative
    requiring attention or action
  273. conciliate
    gain the good will of or cause to be more favorably inclined
  274. appease
    make peace with
  275. concede
    give over
  276. muddled
    confused and vague; used especially of thinking
  277. overwrought
    deeply agitated especially from emotion
  278. taper
    diminish gradually
  279. ensue
    take place or happen afterward or as a result
  280. emanate
    give out, as breath or an odor
  281. dispel
    cause to separate and go in different directions
  282. laconic
    brief and to the point
  283. estrangement
    separation resulting from hostility
  284. antagonism
    an actively expressed feeling of dislike and hostility
  285. intimacy
    a feeling of being close and belonging together
  286. belatedly
    later than usual or than expected
  287. antiquity
    the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe
  288. epitaph
    an inscription in memory of a buried person
Created on Wed Sep 10 14:37:57 EDT 2008 (updated Wed Feb 11 13:18:42 EST 2009)

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