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  1. reticent
    reluctant to draw attention to yourself
  2. extricate
    release from entanglement or difficulty
  3. allusive
    characterized by indirect references
  4. revile
    spread negative information about
  5. esoteric
    understandable only by an enlightened inner circle
  6. impaired
    mentally or physically unfit
  7. sedentary
    requiring sitting or little activity
  8. affront
    a deliberately offensive act
  9. gregarious
    temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others
  10. cajole
    influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
  11. foment
    try to stir up
  12. carping
    persistent petty and unjustified criticism
  13. retaliate
    make a counterattack and return like for like
  14. magnanimous
    noble and generous in spirit
  15. desist
    stop performing some action
  16. erudite
    having or showing profound knowledge
  17. mollify
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  18. quiescent
    being quiet or still or inactive
  19. capitulate
    surrender under agreed conditions
  20. misnomer
    an incorrect or unsuitable name
  21. clandestine
    conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
  22. germane
    relevant and appropriate
  23. hiatus
    an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
  24. temerarious
    presumptuously daring
  25. auspicious
    indicating favorable circumstances and good luck
  26. punctilious
    marked by precise accordance with details
  27. incursion
    the act of entering some territory or domain
  28. officious
    intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
  29. panoply
    a complete and impressive array
  30. enigmatic
    not clear to the understanding
  31. consternation
    sudden shock or dismay that causes confusion
  32. pusillanimous
    lacking in courage, strength, and resolution
  33. equanimity
    steadiness of mind under stress
  34. sagacity
    the trait of having wisdom and good judgment
  35. mercurial
    liable to sudden unpredictable change
  36. apostasy
    rejection of religious beliefs, political party, or cause
  37. pecuniary
    relating to or involving money
  38. propensity
    a natural inclination
  39. sporadic
    recurring in scattered or unpredictable instances
  40. virulent
    extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom
  41. denizen
    a plant or animal naturalized in a region
  42. moot
    of no legal significance, as having been previously decided
  43. harbinger
    something indicating the approach of something or someone
  44. fervid
    characterized by intense emotion
  45. acrimonious
    marked by strong resentment or cynicism
  46. compunction
    a feeling of deep regret, usually for some misdeed
  47. inequity
    injustice by virtue of not conforming with standards
  48. dauntlessness
    resolute courageousness
  49. virility
    the property of being capable of copulation and procreation
  50. munificence
    liberality in bestowing gifts
  51. repudiation
    rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid
  52. tenability
    the quality of being plausible or acceptable to a reasonable person
  53. festoon
    a decorative representation of a string of flowers
  54. vestige
    an indication that something has been present
Created on Thu Feb 02 10:07:35 EST 2012

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