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Howard B. (United States of America)
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  1. pantheon
    a temple to all the gods of antiquity
  2. cabotage
    navigation in coastal waters
  3. disabuse
    free somebody from an erroneous belief
  4. deportment
    the way a person behaves toward other people
  5. deport
    expel from a country
  6. expatriate
    a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country
  7. repatriate
    send someone back to his homeland against his will
  8. extradite
    hand over to the authorities of another country
  9. extricate
    release from entanglement or difficulty
  10. vocalize
    utter speech sounds
  11. ostensibly
    from appearances alone
  12. tenability
    the quality of being plausible or acceptable to a reasonable person
  13. didactic
    instructive, especially excessively
  14. facetiously
    not seriously
  15. precipitating
    bringing on suddenly or abruptly
  16. copious
    large in number or quantity
  17. colloquial
    characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation
  18. disparate
    fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
  19. provisional
    under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon
  20. tranche
    a portion of something (especially money)
  21. demur
    politely refuse or take exception to
  22. oblige
    force somebody to do something
  23. poignant
    keenly distressing to the mind or feelings
  24. wrenching
    causing great physical or mental suffering
  25. happenstance
    an accidental event that seems to have been arranged
  26. affirmation
    the act of asserting or stating something
  27. confirmation
    information that verifies
  28. hedonic
    devoted to pleasure
  29. foppish
    overly concerned with extreme elegance in dress and manner
  30. hebetude
    mental lethargy or dullness
  31. jurisprudence
    the branch of philosophy concerned with the law
  32. exculpate
    pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
  33. Lothario
    a successful womanizer
  34. abseil
    a descent down a cliff using a fixed rope wrapped around the body
  35. frieze
    an ornament consisting of a horizontal sculptured band
  36. aphorism
    a short pithy instructive saying
  37. proverb
    a condensed but memorable saying embodying an important fact
  38. perseverance
    the act of continuing or repeating
  39. capacious
    large in the amount that can be contained
  40. Elysium
    a place or condition of ideal happiness
  41. doggedness
    persistent determination
  42. requisite
    necessary for relief or supply
  43. selectman
    an elected member of a board of officials who run New England towns
  44. conduit
    a passage through which water or electric wires can pass
  45. deluge
    a heavy rain
  46. pseudonymous
    bearing or identified by an assumed (often pen) name
  47. implacable
    incapable of being appeased or pacified
  48. impresario
    a sponsor who books and stages public entertainments
  49. reconcile
    come to terms
  50. facetious
    cleverly amusing in tone
  51. abject
    of the most contemptible kind
  52. bourgeon
    produce buds, branches, or germinate
  53. internecine
    within a group or organization
  54. irascible
    quickly aroused to anger
  55. tremulous
    quivering as from weakness or fear
  56. raconteur
    a person skilled in telling anecdotes
  57. hauteur
    overbearing pride with a superior manner toward inferiors
  58. stalwart
    having rugged physical strength
  59. cloche
    a close-fitting, bell-shaped hat
  60. cognate
    related by blood
  61. euphemism
    an inoffensive expression substituted for an offensive one
  62. anachronism
    locating something at a time when it couldn't have existed
  63. prosaic
    lacking wit or imagination
  64. autolatry
    the worship of yourself
  65. puerile
    displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
  66. profane
    grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
Created on Thu Nov 20 12:01:13 EST 2008 (updated Sat Sep 08 01:06:02 EDT 2012)

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