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  1. aberrant
    markedly different from an accepted norm
  2. abscond
    run away, often taking something or somebody along
  3. advocate
    a person who pleads for a person, cause, or idea
  4. aggrandize
    embellish; increase the scope, power, or importance of
  5. amalgamate
    bring or combine together or with something else
  6. ambiguous
    having more than one possible meaning
  7. ambrosial
    worthy of the gods
  8. anachronism
    locating something at a time when it couldn't have existed
  9. anomalous
    deviating from the general or common order or type
  10. antediluvian
    of or relating to the period before the biblical flood
  11. antipathy
    a feeling of intense dislike
  12. arbitrate
    act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
  13. assuage
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  14. attenuate
    become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude
  15. audacious
    disposed to venture or take risks
  16. aver
    declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
  17. banal
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  18. barefaced
    with no effort to conceal
  19. blandishment
    flattery intended to persuade
  20. bombast
    pompous or pretentious talk or writing
  21. breach
    an opening, especially a gap in a dike or fortification
  22. burgeon
    grow and flourish
  23. buttress
    a support usually of stone or brick
  24. cadge
    obtain or seek to obtain by wheedling
  25. caprice
    a sudden desire
  26. castigate
    inflict severe punishment on
  27. catalyst
    substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction
  28. caustic
    capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action
  29. chicanery
    the use of tricks to deceive someone
  30. complaisant
    showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others
  31. conflagration
    a very intense and uncontrolled fire
  32. corporeal
    having material or physical form or substance
  33. corporal
    affecting the body as opposed to the mind or spirit
  34. corroborate
    give evidence for
  35. craven
    lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful
  36. culpable
    deserving blame or censure as being wrong or injurious
  37. dearth
    an insufficient quantity or number
  38. deference
    courteous regard for people's feelings
  39. depict
    give a description of
  40. deprecation
    a prayer to avert or remove some evil or disaster
  41. depredation
    an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding
  42. descry
    catch sight of
  43. desiccate
    lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless
  44. diatribe
    thunderous verbal attack
  45. diffident
    showing modest reserve
  46. disabuse
    free somebody from an erroneous belief
  47. disparaging
    expressive of low opinion
  48. dispassionate
    unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice
  49. dissemble
    behave unnaturally or affectedly
  50. dogged
    stubbornly unyielding
  51. dogmatic
    pertaining to a code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
  52. eclectic
    selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
  53. efficacy
    capacity or power to produce a desired result
  54. effluent
    water mixed with waste matter
  55. emollient
    a substance with a soothing effect when applied to the skin
  56. emulate
    strive to equal or match, especially by imitating
  57. encomium
    a formal expression of praise
  58. endemic
    native to or confined to a certain region
  59. enervate
    weaken physically, mentally, or morally
  60. engender
    call forth
  61. enigma
    something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
  62. ephemeral
    anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day
  63. equivocal
    open to two or more interpretations
  64. erudite
    having or showing profound knowledge
  65. esoteric
    understandable only by an enlightened inner circle
  66. eulogy
    a formal expression of praise for someone who has died
  67. exacerbate
    make worse
  68. exculpate
    pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
  69. exorbitant
    greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
  70. explicit
    precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable
  71. extant
    still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost
  72. fathom
    a linear unit of measurement for water depth
  73. fawn
    a young deer
  74. feign
    make believe with the intent to deceive
  75. fervid
    characterized by intense emotion
  76. fervent
    characterized by intense emotion
  77. fledgling
    young bird that has just become capable of flying
  78. florid
    elaborately or excessively ornamented
  79. flounder
    move clumsily or struggle to move, as in mud or water
  80. garrulous
    full of trivial conversation
  81. gossamer
    a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture
  82. guile
    shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
  83. guileless
    innocent and free of deceit
  84. hapless
    unfortunate and deserving pity
  85. headlong
    with the upper or anterior part of the body foremost
  86. homogenous
    all of the same or similar kind or nature
  87. iconoclast
    someone who attacks cherished ideas or institutions
  88. impecunious
    not having enough money to pay for necessities
  89. imperious
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  90. implication
    something that is inferred
  91. imply
    express or state indirectly
  92. improvidence
    a lack of prudence, care, or foresight
  93. inchoate
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
  94. incorrigible
    impervious to correction by punishment
  95. indelible
    not able to be forgotten, removed, or erased
  96. ineffable
    defying expression or description
  97. infer
    conclude by reasoning
  98. ingenious
    showing inventiveness and skill
  99. ingenuous
    lacking in sophistication or worldliness
  100. inhibit
    limit the range or extent of
  101. innocuous
    not injurious to physical or mental health
  102. insensible
    barely able to be perceived
  103. insipid
    lacking interest or significance or impact
  104. insular
    relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island
  105. intransigent
    impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, or reason
  106. irascible
    quickly aroused to anger
  107. laconic
    brief and to the point
  108. latent
    potentially existing but not presently evident or realized
  109. laudable
    worthy of high praise
  110. leviathan
    the largest or most massive thing of its kind
  111. loquacious
    full of trivial conversation
  112. lucid
    transparently clear; easily understandable
  113. lugubrious
    excessively mournful
  114. magnanimity
    nobility and generosity of spirit
  115. malevolent
    wishing or appearing to wish evil to others
  116. misanthrope
    someone who dislikes people in general
  117. misnomer
    an incorrect or unsuitable name
  118. misogynist
    a misanthrope who dislikes women in particular
  119. mitigate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
  120. nefarious
    extremely wicked
  121. noisome
    causing or able to cause nausea
  122. obdurate
    stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
  123. obviate
    do away with
  124. occlude
    block passage through
  125. opaque
    not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy
  126. ossified
    set in a rigid pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs
  127. panegyric
    formally expressing praise
  128. peccadillo
    a petty misdeed
  129. pedantic
    marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning
  130. perfidious
    tending to betray
  131. petulant
    easily irritated or annoyed
  132. philanthropy
    the act of donating money or time to promote human welfare
  133. phlegmatic
    showing little emotion
  134. placate
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  135. plastic
    synthetic material that can be molded into objects
  136. plethora
    extreme excess
  137. ponderous
    having great mass and weight and unwieldiness
  138. pragmatic
    concerned with practical matters
  139. precipice
    a very steep cliff
  140. precipitate
    bring about abruptly
  141. precursor
    something indicating the approach of something or someone
  142. prevaricate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
  143. prodigal
    recklessly wasteful
  144. propitiate
    make peace with
  145. pulchritudinous
    having great physical beauty
  146. pusillanimous
    lacking in courage, strength, and resolution
  147. quiescence
    a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction
  148. rarefy
    lessen the density or solidity of
  149. reproof
    an act or expression of criticism and censure
  150. rescind
    cancel officially
  151. sagacious
    acutely insightful and wise
  152. sanguine
    confidently optimistic and cheerful
  153. sate
    fill to contentment
  154. saturnine
    bitter or scornful
  155. savant
    a learned person
  156. sedulous
    marked by care and persistent effort
  157. specious
    plausible but false
  158. superficial
    of, affecting, or being on or near the surface
  159. tacit
    implied by or inferred from actions or statements
  160. taciturn
    habitually reserved and uncommunicative
  161. temperate
    not extreme
  162. tortuous
    marked by repeated turns and bends
  163. tractable
    easily managed
  164. turpitude
    a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice
  165. tyro
    someone new to a field or activity
  166. vacuous
    devoid of matter
  167. venerate
    regard with feelings of respect and reverence
  168. verbose
    using or containing too many words
  169. vex
    disturb, especially by minor irritations
  170. viscous
    having a relatively high resistance to flow
  171. volatile
    liable to lead to sudden change or violence
  172. voracious
    devouring or craving food in great quantities
  173. waver
    pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
  174. wretched
    deserving or inciting pity
  175. zeal
    a feeling of strong eagerness
Created on Thu Nov 20 18:13:08 EST 2008

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