Abstemious 75-cent Words

Sandy F. (United States of America)
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  1. ablution
    the act of washing oneself, as for ritual purposes
  2. absquatulate
    run away, taking something or somebody along
  3. abstemious
    marked by temperance in indulgence
  4. bacchanal
    a wild gathering
  5. cheeseparing
    giving or spending with reluctance
  6. contumely
    rude language intended to offend or hurt
  7. debacle
    a sudden and complete disaster
  8. dyspeptic
    suffering from indigestion
  9. ebullience
    eager enjoyment or approval
  10. epistemology
    the philosophical theory of knowledge
  11. garrulous
    full of trivial conversation
  12. hermeneutics
    theology that deals with principles of interpretation
  13. insensate
    devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation
  14. insipid
    lacking interest or significance or impact
  15. jejune
    lacking interest or significance or impact
  16. kinaesthesia
    the perception of body position and movement and muscular tensions etc
  17. largesse
    liberality in bestowing gifts
  18. mellifluous
    pleasing to the ear
  19. munificence
    liberality in bestowing gifts
  20. niggardly
    petty or reluctant in giving or spending
  21. onomatopoeia
    using words that imitate the sound they denote
  22. parsimonious
    excessively unwilling to spend
  23. polyglot
    a person who speaks more than one language
  24. querulous
    habitually complaining
  25. quotidian
    found in the ordinary course of events
  26. raison d'etre
    the reason why something exists
  27. scrimy
    dirty and disgusting
  28. sphygmomanometer
    a pressure gauge for measuring blood pressure
  29. transubstantiation
    an act that changes the form or character or substance of something
  30. umbrage
    a feeling of anger caused by being offended
  31. vituperation
    abusive or venomous language to express blame or censure
  32. wanderlust
    very strong or irresistible impulse to travel
  33. xenophobia
    a fear of foreigners or strangers
  34. Yuletide
    period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6
  35. zymurgy
    the branch of chemistry concerned with fermentation
Created on Sat Nov 22 23:31:14 EST 2008

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