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  1. illuminated
    provided with artificial light
  2. overshadow
    cast a shadow upon
  3. obscure
    not clearly understood or expressed
  4. plausibility
    apparent validity
  5. superficiality
    lack of depth of knowledge or thought or feeling
  6. temperance
    the trait of avoiding excesses
  7. notoriety
    the state of being known for some unfavorable act or quality
  8. eminence
    high status importance owing to marked superiority
  9. tumultuous
    characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination
  10. insubordination
    defiance of authority
  11. providential
    peculiarly fortunate or appropriate
  12. imperceptibly
    in a manner that is difficult to discern
  13. discern
    perceive, recognize, or detect
  14. precariously
    in a manner affording no ease or reassurance
  15. relentless
    never-ceasing
  16. eccentric
    conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
  17. trifling
    not worth considering
  18. conventional
    following accepted customs and proprieties
  19. ameliorate
    make better
  20. ascertained
    discovered or determined by scientific observation
  21. exacerbate
    make worse
  22. intensification
    action that makes something stronger or more extreme
  23. centralization
    the act of gathering or bringing to one place
  24. improvisation
    a performance given without planning or preparation
  25. improvised
    done or made using whatever is available
  26. prophetic
    foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention
  27. monotonous
    sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
  28. apathy
    an absence of emotion or enthusiasm
  29. affability
    a disposition to be friendly and approachable
  30. deteriorate
    become worse or disintegrate
  31. undiminished
    not lessened
  32. diminish
    decrease in size, extent, or range
  33. unprincipled
    lacking moral scruples
  34. incongruous
    lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness
  35. fortuitous
    lucky; occurring by happy chance
  36. mediator
    a negotiator who acts as a link between parties
  37. explicit
    precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable
  38. reverence
    a feeling of profound respect for someone or something
  39. fastidiousness
    the trait of being meticulous about matters of taste or style
  40. meticulous
    marked by precise accordance with details
  41. fastidious
    giving careful attention to detail
  42. didacticism
    communication that is suitable for or intended to be instructive
  43. iconoclasm
    the orientation of an iconoclast
  44. iconoclast
    someone who attacks cherished ideas or institutions
  45. polemical
    of or involving dispute or controversy
  46. deceptive
    deliberately designed to mislead
  47. disseminate
    cause to become widely known
  48. verifiable
    capable of being proven
  49. presume
    take to be the case or to be true
  50. scrutinize
    examine carefully for accuracy
  51. capricious
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
  52. debunking
    the exposure of falseness or pretensions
  53. pretension
    the advancing of a claim
  54. pretentious
    creating an appearance of importance or distinction
  55. copious
    large in number or quantity
  56. acerbic
    sour or bitter in taste
  57. scathing
    marked by harshly abusive criticism
  58. stinginess
    a lack of generosity
  59. diffidence
    lack of self-assurance
  60. assurance
    a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something
  61. illiberality
    a lack of generosity with money
  62. intolerance
    unwillingness to respect differences in opinions or beliefs
  63. thrift
    extreme care in spending money
  64. fanciful
    indulging in or influenced by the imagination
  65. inconsequential
    lacking worth or importance
  66. insincerity
    the quality of not being open or truthful
  67. disquieting
    causing mental discomfort
  68. endorse
    approve of
  69. bliss
    a state of extreme happiness
  70. injudicious
    lacking or showing lack of judgment or discretion; unwise
  71. intrinsic
    belonging to a thing by its very nature
  72. frivolity
    the trait of being not serious or sensible
  73. penitential
    showing or feeling remorse
  74. austerity
    excessive sternness
  75. intractable
    difficult to manage or mold
  76. impetuous
    characterized by undue haste and lack of thought
  77. prolixity
    boring verbosity
  78. verbosity
    an expressive style that uses excessive or empty words
  79. prodigality
    the trait of spending extravagantly
  80. taciturnity
    the trait of being uncommunicative
  81. volubility
    the quality of being facile in speech and writing
  82. pellucidity
    passing light without diffusion or distortion
  83. eclipse
    the phenomenon when one celestial body obscures another
  84. bolster
    support and strengthen
  85. uncritically
    in an uncritical manner
  86. hotly
    in an intense, angry, or highly emotional way
  87. peripheral
    on or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary
  88. attainment
    the act of achieving an aim
  89. rumination
    a calm, lengthy, intent consideration
  90. prosaic
    lacking wit or imagination
  91. hackneyed
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  92. novel
    an extended fictional work in prose
  93. aloof
    distant, cold, or detached in manner
  94. placid
    calm and free from disturbance
  95. restive
    in a very tense state
  96. skittish
    unpredictably excitable, especially of horses
  97. tranquil
    free from disturbance by heavy waves
  98. vociferous
    conspicuously and offensively loud
  99. circumscribe
    draw a geometric figure around another figure
  100. circumscribed
    subject to restrictions or constraints
  101. indecorous
    lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct
  102. patent
    a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention
  103. ethos
    the distinctive spirit of a culture or an era
  104. detrimental
    causing harm or injury
  105. derivative
    a compound obtained from another compound
  106. congestion
    excessive crowding
  107. hibernation
    the resting state in which some animals pass the winter
  108. dormancy
    a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction
  109. hibernate
    be in an inactive or dormant state
  110. dormant
    inactive but capable of becoming active
Created on Mon Nov 21 16:27:40 EST 2011 (updated Mon Nov 21 16:28:39 EST 2011)

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