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Darius N.
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  1. abstemious
    marked by temperance in indulgence
  2. admonish
    scold or reprimand; take to task
  3. adversity
    a state of misfortune or affliction
  4. agrestic
    characteristic of the fields or country
  5. alacrity
    liveliness and eagerness
  6. ancillary
    furnishing added support
  7. audacious
    disposed to venture or take risks
  8. bibulous
    given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol
  9. cadaverous
    of or relating to a corpse
  10. callous
    emotionally hardened
  11. calumny
    a false accusation of an offense
  12. circumspect
    careful to consider potential consequences and avoid risk
  13. coercion
    using force to cause something to occur
  14. concomitant
    following or accompanying as a consequence
  15. conflate
    mix together different elements
  16. conscript
    enroll into service compulsorily
  17. contrite
    feeling or expressing pain or sorrow
  18. dilatory
    wasting time
  19. dour
    showing a brooding ill humor
  20. immutable
    not subject or susceptible to change or variation
  21. inculcate
    teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
  22. intimation
    a slight suggestion or vague understanding
  23. intrepid
    invulnerable to fear or intimidation
  24. irascible
    quickly aroused to anger
  25. languish
    become feeble
  26. mollify
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  27. otiose
    serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being
  28. pejorative
    expressing disapproval
  29. petulance
    an irritable feeling
  30. prodigal
    recklessly wasteful
  31. sagacious
    acutely insightful and wise
  32. sagacity
    the trait of having wisdom and good judgment
  33. subterfuge
    something intended to misrepresent the nature of an activity
  34. tenable
    based on sound reasoning or evidence
  35. travail
    use of physical or mental energy; hard work
  36. turgid
    ostentatiously lofty in style
  37. turpitude
    a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice
  38. tutelary
    providing protective supervision
  39. undulate
    move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
  40. veritable
    not counterfeit or copied
  41. depredation
    an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding
  42. vapid
    lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest
  43. minute
    a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
  44. apposite
    being of striking appropriateness and pertinence
  45. indemnify
    secure against future loss, damage, or liability
  46. equable
    not varying
  47. incandescent
    emitting light as a result of being heated
  48. sycophant
    a person who tries to please someone to gain an advantage
  49. recourse
    act of turning to for assistance
  50. penchant
    a strong liking or preference
  51. obdurate
    stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
  52. umbrage
    a feeling of anger caused by being offended
  53. languid
    lacking spirit or liveliness
  54. effete
    excessively self-indulgent, affected, or decadent
  55. ulterior
    lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed
  56. repast
    the food served and eaten at one time
  57. provender
    food for domestic livestock
  58. insurgent
    in opposition to a civil authority or government
  59. ancillary
    furnishing added support
  60. blatant
    without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious
  61. inclement
    severe, of weather
  62. blatant
    without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious
  63. adulterate
    make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance
  64. deign
    do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
Created on Thu Apr 05 03:18:02 EDT 2012 (updated Mon May 21 07:31:51 EDT 2012)

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