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Meowmers McCatface (United States of America)
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  1. respite
    a pause from doing something
  2. reproach
    express criticism towards
  3. ostrich
    fast-running African flightless bird with two-toed feet
  4. ajar
    slightly open
  5. sapling
    young tree
  6. inveigle
    influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
  7. verdure
    green foliage
  8. sparge
    scatter with liquid; wet lightly
  9. abscond
    run away, often taking something or somebody along
  10. puny
    of inferior size
  11. shard
    a broken piece of a brittle artifact
  12. barnacle
    marine crustacean with feathery food-catching appendages
  13. chastity
    abstaining from sexual relations
  14. suffuse
    cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across
  15. bludgeon
    a club used as a weapon
  16. cozy
    enjoying or providing comforting warmth and shelter
  17. ingratiate
    gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts
  18. conflate
    mix together different elements
  19. botch
    make a mess of, destroy, or ruin
  20. discomfit
    cause to lose one's composure
  21. awry
    turned or twisted to one side
  22. burgeon
    grow and flourish
  23. tawdry
    tastelessly showy
  24. tidings
    information about recent and important events
  25. minutia
    a small or minor detail
  26. redolent
    having a strong pleasant odor
  27. nib
    the writing point of a pen
  28. offal
    viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal
  29. rancid
    having an offensive smell or taste
  30. dirge
    a song or hymn of mourning as a memorial to a dead person
  31. portmanteau
    a new word formed by combining two others
  32. midriff
    the central area of the human torso (usually in front)
  33. chivvy
    annoy continually or chronically
  34. udder
    mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats)
  35. tureen
    a large deep serving dish with a cover
  36. prig
    a person regarded as arrogant and annoying
  37. sully
    make dirty or spotty
  38. rumpus
    a noisy disturbance
  39. adumbrate
    describe roughly or give the main points or summary of
  40. bugbear
    an imaginary monster used to frighten children
  41. manacle
    shackle that can be locked around the wrist
  42. ragamuffin
    a dirty shabbily clothed urchin
  43. pruriently
    in a prurient manner
  44. lampoon
    ridicule with satire
  45. repartee
    adroitness and cleverness in reply
  46. parsimonious
    excessively unwilling to spend
  47. purloin
    make off with belongings of others
  48. visage
    the human face
  49. smite
    inflict a heavy blow on, with the hand, a tool, or a weapon
  50. sobriquet
    a familiar name for a person
  51. mawkish
    very sentimental or emotional
  52. soothsayer
    someone who makes predictions of the future
  53. mammon
    wealth regarded as an evil influence
  54. disjunctive
    serving or tending to divide or separate
  55. polymath
    a person of great and varied learning
  56. nostrum
    patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable
  57. Lothario
    a successful womanizer
  58. mien
    a person's appearance, manner, or demeanor
  59. trollop
    a woman adulterer
  60. fuddle
    a confused jumble
  61. puckish
    naughtily or annoyingly playful
  62. duplicitous
    marked by deliberate deceptiveness
  63. noisome
    offensively malodorous
  64. melange
    a varied mixture or assortment of things
  65. leitmotiv
    a recurring melody in a piece of music
  66. svelte
    being of delicate or slender build
  67. raiment
    especially fine or decorative clothing
  68. imbroglio
    an intricate and confusing interpersonal situation
  69. sedulous
    marked by care and persistent effort
  70. maladroit
    not quick or skillful in action or thought
  71. impolitic
    lacking tact, shrewdness, or prudence
  72. epigone
    an inferior imitator or follower of someone
  73. potboiler
    a literary composition of poor quality that was written quickly to make money (to boil the pot)
  74. captious
    tending to find and call attention to faults
  75. bibulous
    given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol
  76. malapropism
    misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar
  77. tricorn
    cocked hat with the brim turned up to form three points
  78. tenebrous
    dark and gloomy
  79. braggadocio
    vain and empty boasting
  80. bruit
    tell or spread rumors
  81. embonpoint
    the bodily property of being well rounded
  82. pabulum
    any substance that can be used as food
  83. pother
    an excited state of agitation
  84. valetudinarian
    weak or sickly person especially one morbidly concerned with his or her health
  85. legerdemain
    an illusory feat
  86. vibrissa
    a long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat
  87. cantle
    the back of a saddle seat
  88. estivation
    cessation or slowing of activity during the summer
  89. regnant
    exercising power or authority
  90. terpsichorean
    of or relating to dancing
  91. clerisy
    an educated and intellectual elite
  92. deracinate
    pull up by or as if by the roots
  93. flagitious
    extremely wicked, deeply criminal
  94. oneiromancy
    divination through the interpretation of dreams
  95. tatterdemalion
    a dirty shabbily clothed person
  96. caitiff
    a cowardly and despicable person
  97. funambulist
    an acrobat who performs on a tightrope or slack rope
  98. hypnagogic
    sleep inducing
  99. pule
    cry weakly or softly
  100. uxoricide
    the murder of a wife by her husband
  101. tureen
    a large deep serving dish with a cover
  102. sobriquet
    a familiar name for a person
  103. leitmotiv
    a recurring melody in a piece of music
  104. valetudinarian
    weak or sickly person especially one morbidly concerned with his or her health
  105. pule
    cry weakly or softly
  106. squall
    a loud and harsh cry
  107. abscond
    run away, often taking something or somebody along
  108. barnacle
    marine crustacean with feathery food-catching appendages
  109. suffuse
    cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across
  110. bludgeon
    a club used as a weapon
  111. ingratiate
    gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts
  112. botch
    make a mess of, destroy, or ruin
  113. discomfit
    cause to lose one's composure
  114. awry
    turned or twisted to one side
  115. burgeon
    grow and flourish
  116. tawdry
    tastelessly showy
  117. tidings
    information about recent and important events
  118. minutia
    a small or minor detail
  119. redolent
    having a strong pleasant odor
  120. nib
    the writing point of a pen
  121. offal
    viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal
  122. dirge
    a song or hymn of mourning as a memorial to a dead person
  123. chivvy
    annoy continually or chronically
  124. inveigle
    influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
  125. prig
    a person regarded as arrogant and annoying
  126. sully
    make dirty or spotty
  127. rumpus
    a noisy disturbance
  128. adumbrate
    describe roughly or give the main points or summary of
  129. bugbear
    an imaginary monster used to frighten children
  130. manacle
    shackle that can be locked around the wrist
  131. prurient
    characterized by lust
  132. lampoon
    ridicule with satire
  133. seamy
    morally degraded
  134. repartee
    adroitness and cleverness in reply
  135. parsimonious
    excessively unwilling to spend
  136. purloin
    make off with belongings of others
  137. visage
    the human face
  138. smite
    inflict a heavy blow on, with the hand, a tool, or a weapon
  139. bloat
    swelling of the intestinal tract of animals caused by gas
  140. mawkish
    very sentimental or emotional
  141. soothsayer
    someone who makes predictions of the future
  142. mammon
    wealth regarded as an evil influence
  143. disjunctive
    serving or tending to divide or separate
  144. polymath
    a person of great and varied learning
  145. nostrum
    patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable
  146. Lothario
    a successful womanizer
  147. mien
    a person's appearance, manner, or demeanor
  148. trollop
    a woman adulterer
  149. fuddle
    a confused jumble
  150. puckish
    naughtily or annoyingly playful
  151. duplicitous
    marked by deliberate deceptiveness
  152. noisome
    causing or able to cause nausea
  153. melange
    a varied mixture or assortment of things
  154. svelte
    being of delicate or slender build
  155. verdure
    green foliage
  156. raiment
    especially fine or decorative clothing
  157. imbroglio
    an intricate and confusing interpersonal situation
  158. sedulous
    marked by care and persistent effort
  159. maladroit
    not quick or skillful in action or thought
  160. impolitic
    lacking tact, shrewdness, or prudence
  161. epigone
    an inferior imitator or follower of someone
  162. potboiler
    a literary composition of poor quality that was written quickly to make money (to boil the pot)
  163. captious
    tending to find and call attention to faults
  164. bibulous
    given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol
  165. malapropism
    misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar
  166. tricorn
    cocked hat with the brim turned up to form three points
  167. tenebrous
    dark and gloomy
  168. braggadocio
    vain and empty boasting
  169. bruit
    tell or spread rumors
  170. embonpoint
    the bodily property of being well rounded
  171. pabulum
    any substance that can be used as food
  172. pother
    an excited state of agitation
  173. legerdemain
    an illusory feat
  174. vibrissa
    a long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat
  175. cantle
    the back of a saddle seat
  176. estivation
    cessation or slowing of activity during the summer
  177. regnant
    exercising power or authority
  178. terpsichorean
    of or relating to dancing
  179. clerisy
    an educated and intellectual elite
  180. deracinate
    pull up by or as if by the roots
  181. oneiromancy
    divination through the interpretation of dreams
  182. tatterdemalion
    a dirty shabbily clothed person
  183. caitiff
    a cowardly and despicable person
  184. funambulist
    an acrobat who performs on a tightrope or slack rope
  185. sparge
    scatter with liquid; wet lightly
  186. uxoricide
    the murder of a wife by her husband
Created on Tue Mar 27 23:44:41 EDT 2012 (updated Tue Feb 19 12:07:39 EST 2013)

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