From the book "You Are Not a Gadget"

Ekalavya
This list consists mostly (not entirely) of the new words I found while reading Jaron Lanier's You Are Not a Gadget.
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  1. troll
    supernatural creature thought to live in caves or mountains
  2. innocuous
    not injurious to physical or mental health
  3. kosher
    conforming to the dietary laws of Judaism
  4. dollop
    a soft lump or portion of something, especially food
  5. gambit
    a chess move in which the player sacrifices minor pieces
  6. adjudicate
    hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of
  7. spit out
    discharge from the lungs and out of the mouth
  8. tenacious
    stubbornly unyielding
  9. horrid
    grossly offensive to decency or morality
  10. ambidextrous
    equally skillful with each hand
  11. bland
    lacking taste or flavor or tang
  12. grist
    grain intended to be or that has been ground
  13. engrossing
    capable of arousing and holding the attention
  14. gargantuan
    of great mass; huge and bulky
  15. hem in
    surround in a restrictive manner
  16. rehash
    present or use again, with no or few changes
  17. stinker
    anything that gives off an offensive odor
  18. lock in
    close with or as if with a tight seal
  19. vapid
    lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest
  20. match-up
    the pairing of people or things as for comparison or competition
  21. pat
    hit lightly
  22. prescient
    perceiving the significance of events before they occur
  23. chimerical
    like a grotesque product of the imagination
  24. congeal
    solidify, thicken, or come together
  25. protege
    a person who receives support from an influential patron
  26. eschatology
    the branch of theology that is concerned with final things
  27. portentous
    of momentous or ominous significance
  28. solipsism
    the philosophical theory that the self is all that exists
  29. oracular
    of or relating to prophecy or someone who tells the future
  30. simulate
    reproduce someone's behavior or looks
  31. trope
    language used in a nonliteral sense
  32. standoffish
    lacking cordiality; unfriendly
  33. catharsis
    purging the body to stimulate evacuation of the bowels
  34. doppelganger
    a person who is almost identical to another
  35. avocation
    an auxiliary activity
  36. lofty
    of imposing height; especially standing out above others
  37. antediluvian
    of or relating to the period before the biblical flood
  38. tenor
    the adult male singing voice above baritone
  39. impresario
    a sponsor who books and stages public entertainments
  40. snoop
    watch, observe, or inquire secretly
  41. jinx
    an evil spell
  42. stringer
    a worker who strings
  43. proselytise
    convert to another faith or religion
  44. smirk
    smile in a mocking or condescending way
  45. epiphany
    a usually sudden insight, perception, or understanding of something
  46. offbeat
    strikingly unconventional
  47. gob
    a lump of slimy stuff
  48. schlock
    merchandise that is shoddy or inferior
  49. toot
    a blast of a horn
  50. tart up
    dress up in a cheap and provocative way
  51. garish
    tastelessly showy
  52. redemptive
    preserving someone from some evil or error
  53. quintessential
    representing the perfect example of a class or quality
  54. concordance
    a harmonious state of things and of their properties
  55. hog
    domestic swine
  56. numinous
    of or relating to or characteristic of a spirit
  57. opprobrium
    a state of extreme dishonor
  58. olfactory
    of or relating to the sense of smell
  59. interpolate
    insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
  60. synecdoche
    using part of something to refer to the whole thing
  61. pan out
    be a success or work out to one's advantage
  62. orifice
    an opening, especially one that opens into a bodily cavity
  63. predilection
    a predisposition in favor of something
  64. gripe
    complain
  65. cap off
    finish or complete, as with some decisive action
  66. prickly
    very irritable
  67. cynosure
    something that provides guidance
  68. come through
    penetrate
  69. tumble
    fall down, as if collapsing
  70. lemming
    any of various short-tailed furry-footed rodents of circumpolar distribution
  71. regimentation
    the imposition of order or discipline
  72. deleterious
    harmful to living things
  73. crud
    any substance considered disgustingly foul or unpleasant
  74. halcyon
    a mythical bird said to breed at the winter solstice
  75. auspicious
    indicating favorable circumstances and good luck
  76. buckshot
    small lead shot for shotgun shells
  77. exultant
    joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success
  78. flick
    throw or toss with a quick motion
  79. felt
    a fabric made of compressed matted animal fibers
  80. gaunt
    very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold
Created on Thu Feb 02 14:01:20 EST 2012 (updated Sun Feb 05 02:26:58 EST 2012)

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