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  1. contort
    twist and press out of shape
    twist and press out shape
  2. amuse
    occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
  3. grim
    harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance
  4. frown
    a facial expression of dislike or displeasure
  5. inauspicious
    boding ill
  6. prudent
    marked by sound judgment
  7. austere
    of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor
  8. stark
    severely simple
  9. dreary
    lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise
  10. quell
    suppress or crush completely
  11. stifle
    impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
  12. proclivity
    a natural inclination
  13. propensity
    a natural inclination
  14. formidable
    extremely impressive in strength or excellence
  15. stymie
    hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
  16. swindle
    deprive of by deceit
  17. innate
    present at birth but not necessarily hereditary
  18. caustic
    capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action
  19. conciliate
    gain the good will of or cause to be more favorably inclined
  20. refractory
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  21. truncate
    make shorter as if by cutting off
  22. meager
    deficient in amount or quality or extent
  23. gullible
    naive and easily deceived or tricked
  24. sparse
    not dense or plentiful
  25. providential
    peculiarly fortunate or appropriate
  26. plausible
    apparently reasonable, valid, or truthful
  27. mundane
    found in the ordinary course of events
  28. culpable
    deserving blame or censure as being wrong or injurious
  29. elusive
    skillful at evading capture
  30. unheralded
    without warning or announcement
  31. deplorable
    of very poor quality or condition
  32. lament
    a cry of sorrow and grief
  33. mitigate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
  34. rejoice
    feel happiness
  35. acclaim
    enthusiastic approval
  36. vengeance
    harming someone in retaliation for something they have done
  37. loath
    strongly opposed
  38. ominous
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  39. fallow
    left unplowed and unseeded during a growing season
  40. deter
    turn away from as by fear or persuasion
  41. suffuse
    cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across
  42. imbue
    spread or diffuse through
  43. dawdle
    hang or fall in movement, progress, development, etc.
  44. posthumously
    after death
  45. prohibited
    forbidden by law
  46. Renaissance
    period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages
  47. perturbation
    the act of causing disorder
  48. aggrandizement
    the act of increasing the prestige or power of something
  49. assessment
    the act of judging a person or situation or event
  50. leniency
    a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone
  51. assailable
    vulnerable to attack
  52. refutation
    the act of determining that something is false
  53. stoic
    seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive
  54. morsel
    a small amount of solid food; a mouthful
  55. sovereign
    a nation's ruler usually by hereditary right
  56. wince
    draw back, as with fear or pain
  57. archaic
    so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
  58. scrawl
    write carelessly
  59. frugal
    avoiding waste
  60. galley
    a large medieval vessel with guns at stern and prow
  61. withered
    lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
  62. prolific
    intellectually productive
  63. gavel
    a small mallet used by a presiding officer or a judge
  64. patter
    make light, rapid and repeated sounds
  65. clank
    a loud resonant repeating noise
  66. brazen
    not held back by conventional ideas of behavior
  67. tact
    consideration in dealing with others
  68. taciturn
    habitually reserved and uncommunicative
  69. scalpel
    a thin straight surgical knife
  70. banter
    light teasing repartee
  71. anthology
    a collection of selected literary passages
  72. pantomime
    a performance using gestures and movements without words
  73. inundate
    fill or cover completely, usually with water
  74. deluge
    a heavy rain
  75. yearn
    desire strongly or persistently
  76. smolder
    burn slowly and without a flame
  77. blaze
    a strong flame that burns brightly
  78. lax
    without rigor or strictness
  79. hapless
    unfortunate and deserving pity
  80. lexicon
    a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words
  81. wretched
    deserving or inciting pity
  82. vast
    unusually great in size or amount or extent or scope
  83. dismal
    causing dejection
  84. twilight
    the time of day immediately following sunset
  85. maddening
    extremely annoying or displeasing
  86. grove
    a small growth of trees without underbrush
  87. encumbered
    loaded to excess or impeded by a heavy load
  88. grotesque
    distorted and unnatural in shape or size
  89. aloft
    at or on or to the masthead or upper rigging of a ship
  90. barren
    completely wanting or lacking
  91. sere
    having lost all moisture
  92. corridor
    an enclosed passageway
  93. accursed
    under or as if under an evil spell
  94. ascend
    travel up
  95. sheer
    so thin as to transmit light
  96. akin
    related by blood
  97. chronicle
    a record or narrative description of past events
  98. anthropology
    science of the origins and social relationships of humans
  99. philanthropy
    the act of donating money or time to promote human welfare
  100. abet
    assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing
  101. abjure
    formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief
  102. abstemious
    marked by temperance in indulgence
  103. accede
    yield to another's wish or opinion
  104. acquiesce
    agree or express agreement
  105. acrid
    strong and sharp, as a taste or smell
  106. adamant
    very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem
  107. affable
    diffusing warmth and friendliness
  108. agile
    moving quickly and lightly
  109. alleviate
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  110. aloof
    distant, cold, or detached in manner
  111. ambiguous
    having more than one possible meaning
  112. ameliorate
    make better
  113. anomaly
    deviation from the normal or common order, form, or rule
  114. antediluvian
    of or relating to the period before the biblical flood
  115. antithesis
    exact opposite
  116. apex
    the highest point of something
  117. apocryphal
    being of questionable authenticity
  118. ardor
    feelings of great warmth and intensity
  119. assuage
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  120. astute
    marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
  121. autocrat
    a cruel and oppressive dictator
  122. avarice
    reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth
  123. avuncular
    being or relating to an uncle
  124. bellicose
    having or showing a ready disposition to fight
  125. benefactor
    a person who helps people or institutions
  126. benighted
    overtaken by darkness
  127. benign
    kind in disposition or manner
  128. blatant
    without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious
  129. blithe
    carefree and happy and lighthearted
  130. boon
    something that is desirable, favorable, or beneficial
  131. breach
    an opening, especially a gap in a dike or fortification
  132. cacophony
    loud confusing disagreeable sounds
  133. candid
    openly straightforward and direct without secretiveness
  134. capitulate
    surrender under agreed conditions
  135. chaff
    material consisting of seed coverings and pieces of stem
  136. circumlocution
    an indirect way of expressing something
  137. cogent
    powerfully persuasive
  138. colloquial
    characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation
  139. concur
    happen simultaneously
  140. console
    give moral or emotional strength to
  141. copious
    large in number or quantity
  142. corporeal
    having material or physical form or substance
  143. counterfeit
    not genuine; imitating something superior
  144. credulous
    showing a lack of judgment or experience
  145. defer
    yield to another's wish or opinion
  146. deplete
    use up, as resources or materials
  147. deter
    turn away from as by fear or persuasion
  148. dexterous
    skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands
  149. dilemma
    state of uncertainty in a choice between unfavorable options
  150. diminutive
    very small
  151. discreet
    marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint
  152. discrete
    constituting a separate entity or part
  153. divulge
    make known to the public information previously kept secret
  154. dormant
    inactive but capable of becoming active
  155. dross
    worthless or dangerous material that should be removed
  156. edible
    suitable for use as food
  157. egress
    the act or means of going out
  158. elegy
    a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
  159. empathy
    understanding and entering into another's feelings
  160. engender
    call forth
  161. enmity
    a state of deep-seated ill-will
  162. equivocate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
  163. ethereal
    characterized by lightness and insubstantiality
  164. evoke
    call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response
  165. expedite
    process fast and efficiently
  166. extinct
    no longer in existence
  167. facile
    arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth
  168. fallacy
    a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning
  169. feign
    make believe with the intent to deceive
  170. frugal
    avoiding waste
  171. fulsome
    unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating
  172. garrulous
    full of trivial conversation
  173. gregarious
    temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others
  174. guile
    shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
  175. gullible
    naive and easily deceived or tricked
  176. hamper
    prevent the progress or free movement of
  177. haughty
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  178. heinous
    extremely wicked or deeply criminal
  179. hew
    make or shape as with an axe
  180. ignoble
    dishonorable in character or purpose
  181. immaculate
    completely neat and clean
  182. impair
    make worse or less effective
  183. impede
    be a hindrance or obstacle to
  184. inane
    devoid of intelligence
  185. incite
    provoke or stir up
  186. incredulous
    not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving
  187. indelible
    not able to be forgotten, removed, or erased
  188. indolent
    disinclined to work or exertion
  189. innocuous
    not injurious to physical or mental health
  190. intrepid
    invulnerable to fear or intimidation
  191. ire
    anger; irritability
  192. jocular
    characterized by jokes and good humor
  193. jubilant
    full of high-spirited delight
  194. laudable
    worthy of high praise
  195. lax
    without rigor or strictness
  196. lexicon
    a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words
  197. lithe
    moving and bending with ease
  198. loquacious
    full of trivial conversation
  199. lucid
    transparently clear; easily understandable
  200. malcontent
    dissatisfied as toward authority
  201. meander
    move or cause to move in a winding or curving course
  202. mendicant
    a pauper who lives by begging
  203. mettle
    the courage to carry on
  204. mimic
    imitate, especially for satirical effect
  205. mollify
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  206. morose
    showing a brooding ill humor
  207. mundane
    found in the ordinary course of events
  208. nadir
    the lowest point of anything
  209. noisome
    causing or able to cause nausea
  210. obdurate
    stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
  211. oblique
    slanting or inclined in direction or course or position
  212. obstreperous
    noisily and stubbornly defiant
  213. odious
    extremely repulsive or unpleasant
  214. opulent
    rich and superior in quality
  215. ostracize
    expel from a community or group
  216. palpable
    capable of being perceived
  217. panegyric
    formally expressing praise
  218. paragon
    a perfect embodiment of a concept
  219. paramount
    more important than anything else; supreme
  220. pathos
    a quality that arouses emotions, especially pity or sorrow
  221. perfidious
    tending to betray
  222. peripatetic
    traveling especially on foot
  223. pernicious
    exceedingly harmful
  224. petty
    small and of little importance
  225. pied
    having sections or patches colored differently and brightly
  226. pique
    call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response
  227. plea
    a humble request for help from someone in authority
  228. potent
    having or wielding force or authority
  229. precocious
    characterized by exceptionally early development
  230. prim
    affectedly dainty or refined
  231. protean
    taking on different forms
  232. prudent
    marked by sound judgment
  233. pugnacious
    ready and able to resort to force or violence
  234. query
    an instance of questioning
  235. rapacious
    living by preying on other animals
  236. raze
    tear down so as to make flat with the ground
  237. redoubtable
    inspiring fear
  238. regicide
    the act of killing a king
  239. repugnant
    offensive to the mind
  240. ruminate
    reflect deeply on a subject
  241. sage
    a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics
  242. sanguine
    confidently optimistic and cheerful
  243. serendipity
    good luck in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries
  244. shrewd
    marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
  245. smite
    inflict a heavy blow on, with the hand, a tool, or a weapon
  246. solace
    comfort offered to one who is disappointed or miserable
  247. soporific
    inducing sleep
  248. squalid
    foul and run-down and repulsive
  249. stealthy
    marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
  250. submerge
    put under water
  251. subtle
    difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
  252. taciturn
    habitually reserved and uncommunicative
  253. tenacious
    stubbornly unyielding
  254. torpid
    in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation
  255. transient
    lasting a very short time
  256. travail
    use of physical or mental energy; hard work
  257. trepidation
    a feeling of alarm or dread
  258. truculent
    defiantly aggressive
  259. ubiquitous
    being present everywhere at once
  260. unctuous
    unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating
  261. usurp
    seize and take control without authority
  262. valor
    courage when facing danger
  263. veneer
    coating consisting of a thin layer of wood
  264. veracity
    unwillingness to tell lies
  265. verbose
    using or containing too many words
  266. vex
    disturb, especially by minor irritations
  267. visage
    the human face
  268. vivify
    give new life or energy to
  269. wan
    pale, as of a person's complexion
  270. wane
    a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
  271. wax
    substance solid at normal temperature and insoluble in water
  272. zealot
    a fervent and even militant proponent of something
  273. zenith
    the highest point of something
  274. zephyr
    a slight wind
Created on Sun Dec 04 10:13:34 EST 2011 (updated Sun Jan 15 18:38:58 EST 2012)

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