The Art of Worldy Wisdom

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  1. credulity
    tendency to believe readily
  2. despot
    a cruel and oppressive dictator
  3. obtrude
    push to thrust outward
  4. artifice
    the use of deception or trickery
  5. purveyor
    someone who supplies provisions, especially food
  6. odious
    extremely repulsive or unpleasant
  7. approbation
    official acceptance or agreement
  8. reticence
    the trait of being uncommunicative
  9. intemperate
    excessive in behavior
  10. abhorrent
    offensive to the mind
  11. surliness
    a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger
  12. clarion
    loud and clear
  13. sloven
    a coarse obnoxious person
  14. dissolute
    unrestrained by convention or morality
  15. surmise
    infer from incomplete evidence
  16. supposition
    the cognitive process of conjecturing
  17. deference
    courteous regard for people's feelings
  18. besmirch
    smear so as to make dirty or stained
  19. gratis
    costing nothing
  20. supercilious
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  21. efficacious
    giving the power to produce an intended result
  22. bequest
    a gift of personal property by will
  23. beholden
    under a moral obligation to someone
  24. fructify
    make productive or fruitful
  25. perdition
    the place or state in which one suffers eternal punishment
  26. toady
    a person who tries to please someone to gain an advantage
  27. surfeit
    indulge (one's appetite) to satiety
  28. emetic
    a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting
  29. bauble
    cheap showy jewelry or ornament
  30. sagacity
    the trait of having wisdom and good judgment
  31. pique
    call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response
  32. infelicitous
    not appropriate in application; defective
  33. signet
    a seal (especially one used to mark documents officially)
  34. venerate
    regard with feelings of respect and reverence
Created on Tue Jan 24 20:52:01 EST 2012 (updated Sun Jan 29 02:06:52 EST 2012)

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