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  1. goatee
    a small chin beard trimmed to a point
  2. greyhound
    a tall slender dog of an ancient breed noted for swiftness and keen sight; used as a racing dog
  3. gullibility
    tendency to believe too readily and to be easily deceived
  4. gymnastics
    a sport involving acrobatic feats on different apparatuses
  5. habitat
    the type of environment in which an organism normally lives
  6. heretical
    departing from accepted beliefs or standards
  7. highfalutin
    pretentious or excessively fancy
  8. ibuprofen
    a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory and analgesic medicine (trade names Advil and Motrin and Nuprin) used to relieve the pain of arthritis and as an antipyretic
  9. irradiate
    expose to radiation
  10. irrevocable
    incapable of being retracted
  11. kapok
    massive tropical tree with deep ridges on its massive trunk and bearing large pods of seeds covered with silky floss; source of the silky kapok fiber
  12. kinkajou
    arboreal fruit-eating mammal of tropical America with a long prehensile tail
  13. lanai
    a veranda or roofed patio with furniture
  14. languid
    lacking spirit or liveliness
  15. loupe
    small magnifying glass used by jewelers and horologists
  16. lumbago
    backache affecting the lumbar region or lower back
  17. lyricist
    a person who writes the words for songs
  18. macroscopic
    visible to the naked eye; using the naked eye
  19. malicious
    having the nature of threatening evil
  20. manipulate
    influence or control shrewdly or deviously
  21. marquee
    large and often sumptuous tent
  22. matins
    the first canonical hour; at daybreak
  23. maverick
    someone who exhibits independence in thought and action
  24. mazer
    a large hardwood drinking bowl
  25. meander
    move or cause to move in a winding or curving course
  26. megabyte
    a unit of information equal to 1000 kilobytes or 10^6 bytes
  27. metropolis
    a large and densely populated urban area
  28. misshapen
    so badly formed or distorted as to be ugly
  29. monotonous
    sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
  30. narcotic
    a drug that produces numbness or stupor
  31. Nisei
    a person born in the United States of parents who emigrated from Japan
  32. nodule
    a small rounded mass or protuberance on the body
  33. nuance
    a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
  34. omissible
    capable of being left out
  35. opacity
    the degree to which something reduces the passage of light
  36. pandowdy
    deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust
  37. paginate
    assign numbers to sheets in a book or manuscript
  38. palmar
    relating to the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot
  39. parishioner
    a member of a parish
  40. parlous
    fraught with danger
  41. patrician
    a person of refined upbringing and manners
  42. pendulum
    an apparatus in which an object is mounted to swing freely
  43. peon
    a laborer who is obliged to do menial work
  44. perquisite
    an incidental benefit for certain types of employment
  45. petiole
    the slender stem that supports the blade of a leaf
  46. pariah
    a person who is rejected from society or home
  47. phonemics
    the study of the sound system of a given language and the analysis and classification of its phonemes
  48. pistil
    the female, ovule-bearing part of a flower
  49. plurality
    the state of being more than one
  50. posit
    take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom
  51. progeny
    the immediate descendants of a person
  52. rambunctious
    noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
  53. recoup
    regain or make up for
  54. recuse
    disqualify oneself as a judge in a particular case
  55. remuda
    the herd of horses from which those to be used the next day are chosen
  56. lingcod
    food fish of the northern Pacific related to greenlings
  57. ligature
    the act of tying or binding things together
  58. academician
    an educator who works at a college or university
  59. accountability
    responsibility to someone or for some activity
  60. acolyte
    a devoted follower or assistant
  61. adenoid
    relating to or resembling lymphatic glands or lymphoid tissue
  62. aegis
    armor plate that protects the chest
  63. aesthetic
    characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste
  64. aggrandize
    embellish; increase the scope, power, or importance of
  65. ambiguous
    having more than one possible meaning
  66. ameliorate
    make better
  67. appendicitis
    inflammation of the appendix causing pain and illness
  68. armistice
    a state of peace agreed to between opponents
  69. arterial
    of or involving or contained in the arteries
  70. baccalaureate
    an academic degree on completion of undergraduate studies
  71. bamboozle
    conceal one's true motives from
  72. begonia
    any of numerous plants of the genus Begonia grown for their attractive glossy asymmetrical leaves and colorful flowers in usually terminal cymes or racemes
  73. biotic
    of or relating to living organisms
  74. braggart
    a very boastful and talkative person
  75. braise
    slowly cook in fat and some liquid
  76. brogan
    a thick and heavy shoe
  77. buttress
    a support usually of stone or brick
  78. camarilla
    a clique that seeks power usually through intrigue
  79. commonweal
    the good of a community
  80. condign
    fitting or appropriate and deserved
  81. countervail
    oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions
  82. credulous
    showing a lack of judgment or experience
  83. curtail
    terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end
  84. delegate
    a person appointed or elected to represent others
  85. deferment
    act of putting off to a future time
  86. eland
    either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes
  87. expiate
    make amends for
  88. expropriate
    deprive of possessions
  89. feckless
    generally incompetent and ineffectual
  90. flautist
    someone who plays the flute
  91. fracas
    a noisy, angry argument or fight between people
  92. fugue
    a musical form consisting of a repeated theme
  93. gallivant
    wander aimlessly in search of pleasure
  94. gnash
    grind together
Created on Wed Dec 28 12:35:28 EST 2011 (updated Thu Dec 29 13:36:05 EST 2011)

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