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  1. mendicant
    a pauper who lives by begging
  2. vitiate
    make imperfect
  3. prosaic
    lacking wit or imagination
  4. ephemeral
    anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day
  5. comestible
    suitable for use as food
  6. carcinogen
    any substance that produces cancer
  7. natty
    marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
  8. impecunious
    not having enough money to pay for necessities
  9. olfactory
    of or relating to the sense of smell
  10. profligate
    unrestrained by convention or morality
  11. meretricious
    tastelessly showy
  12. bigot
    a prejudiced person who is intolerant of differing opinions
  13. impair
    make worse or less effective
  14. betoken
    be a signal for or a symptom of
  15. extravagant
    recklessly wasteful
  16. bashful
    self-consciously timid
  17. caustic
    capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action
  18. concerted
    involving the joint activity of two or more
  19. pleading
    begging
  20. makeshift
    done or made using whatever is available
  21. rakish
    marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
  22. precarious
    not secure; beset with difficulties
  23. parched
    extremely thirsty
  24. connubial
    relating to marriage or the relationship between spouses
  25. waggish
    witty or joking
  26. simian
    relating to or resembling an ape or a monkey
  27. witty
    demonstrating striking cleverness and humor
  28. profound
    situated at or extending to great depth
  29. plausible
    apparently reasonable, valid, or truthful
  30. resplendent
    having great beauty
  31. convention
    the act of meeting formally
  32. affiliated
    being joined in close association
  33. sluggish
    moving slowly
  34. ornery
    having a difficult and contrary disposition
  35. orthodox
    adhering to what is commonly accepted
  36. diplomatic
    relating to negotiation between nations
  37. negotiate
    discuss the terms of an arrangement
  38. embassy
    a building where diplomats live or work
  39. maverick
    someone who exhibits independence in thought and action
  40. maven
    one who is very skilled in or knowledgeable about a field
  41. magnanimous
    noble and generous in spirit
  42. manifest
    clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
  43. malevolent
    wishing or appearing to wish evil to others
  44. malice
    the desire to see others suffer
  45. manifold
    many and varied; having many features or forms
  46. mania
    an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action
  47. intubate
    introduce a cannula or tube into
  48. wizard
    one who practices magic or sorcery
  49. garrulous
    full of trivial conversation
  50. gallant
    having or displaying great dignity or nobility
  51. gaunt
    very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold
  52. procreation
    the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring
  53. introvert
    a person who tends to shrink from social contacts
  54. innate
    present at birth but not necessarily hereditary
  55. untilled
    not plowed or harrowed or hoed
  56. exasperated
    greatly annoyed; out of patience
  57. exasperating
    extremely annoying or displeasing
  58. exocarp
    outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits as the skin of a peach or grape
  59. exacerbate
    make worse
  60. excuser
    a person who pardons or forgives or excuses a fault or offense
  61. expropriate
    deprive of possessions
  62. titivate
    make neat, smart, or trim
  63. titillation
    a tingling feeling of excitement
  64. tingling
    a somatic sensation as from many tiny prickles
  65. timid
    showing fear and lack of courage
  66. titivate
    make neat, smart, or trim
  67. erotic
    giving sexual pleasure; sexually arousing
  68. impoverished
    poor enough to need help from others
  69. titivate
    make neat, smart, or trim
Created on Fri Mar 23 08:23:57 EDT 2012 (updated Wed Jul 18 07:30:56 EDT 2012)

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