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Allison W.
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  1. misanthrope
    someone who dislikes people in general
  2. anodyne
    capable of relieving pain
  3. atavism
    a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
  4. gadfly
    any of various large flies that annoy livestock
  5. parsimonious
    excessively unwilling to spend
  6. dulcet
    pleasing to the ear
  7. vintner
    someone who sells wine
  8. halcyon
    a mythical bird said to breed at the winter solstice
  9. anthropomorphic
    suggesting human features for animals or inanimate things
  10. turgid
    ostentatiously lofty in style
  11. polemical
    of or involving dispute or controversy
  12. apocryphal
    being of questionable authenticity
  13. veracious
    habitually speaking the truth
  14. pendulous
    hanging loosely or bending downward
  15. exegesis
    an explanation or critical interpretation
  16. effervescence
    the process of bubbling as gas escapes
  17. stultify
    deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless
  18. pellucid
    transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity
  19. apposite
    being of striking appropriateness and pertinence
  20. effluvium
    a foul-smelling outflow or vapor
  21. euphony
    any pleasing and harmonious sounds
  22. tureen
    a large deep serving dish with a cover
  23. codicil
    a supplement to a will
  24. grandiloquent
    lofty in style
  25. roil
    make turbid by stirring up the sediments of
  26. traduce
    speak unfavorably about
  27. sextant
    an instrument for measuring angular distance
  28. coiffure
    the arrangement of the hair
  29. malleable
    capable of being shaped or bent
  30. rococo
    having excessive asymmetrical ornamentation
  31. nihilist
    someone who rejects all theories of morality
  32. fructify
    make productive or fruitful
  33. accolade
    a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
  34. factitious
    not produced by natural forces; artificial or fake
  35. microcosm
    a miniature model of something
  36. beatific
    resembling or befitting an angel or saint
  37. insensate
    devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation
  38. badinage
    frivolous banter
  39. unconscionable
    greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
  40. largesse
    liberality in bestowing gifts
  41. tyro
    someone new to a field or activity
  42. overweening
    presumptuously arrogant
  43. animus
    a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility
  44. foist
    force onto another
  45. dotage
    mental infirmity as a consequence of old age
  46. nexus
    the means of connection between things linked in series
  47. choleric
    characterized by anger
  48. captious
    tending to find and call attention to faults
  49. zephyr
    a slight wind
  50. modicum
    a small or moderate or token amount
  51. adventitious
    associated by chance and not an integral part
  52. recondite
    difficult to understand
  53. iconoclast
    someone who attacks cherished ideas or institutions
  54. saturnine
    bitter or scornful
  55. madrigal
    an unaccompanied partsong for several voices
  56. discursive
    tending to cover a wide range of subjects
  57. moribund
    being on the point of death
Created on Fri Mar 02 16:23:54 EST 2012 (updated Fri Mar 02 17:04:39 EST 2012)

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