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George K.
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  1. moot
    of no legal significance, as having been previously decided
  2. redress
    make reparations or amends for
  3. Brobdingnagian
    huge
  4. regress
    go back to a previous state
  5. prevalent
    most frequent or common
  6. exhilarating
    making lively and joyful
  7. advocate
    a person who pleads for a person, cause, or idea
  8. advocate
    a person who pleads for a person, cause, or idea
  9. vigilant
    carefully observant or attentive
  10. conceive
    have the idea for
  11. stipulate
    make an express demand or provision in an agreement
  12. colloquial
    characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation
  13. faux pas
    a socially awkward or tactless act
  14. indecipherable
    not easily decoded
  15. suicide
    the act of killing yourself
  16. genocide
    systematic killing of a racial or cultural group
  17. reductio ad absurdum
    (reduction to the absurd) a disproof by showing that the consequences of the proposition are absurd; or a proof of a proposition by showing that its negation leads to a contradiction
  18. fallacy
    a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning
  19. invalid
    no longer legally acceptable
  20. entourage
    the group following and attending to some important person
  21. imponderable
    difficult or impossible to evaluate with precision
  22. emasculate
    deprive of strength or vigor
  23. shy away from
    avoid having to deal with some unpleasant task
  24. supersede
    take the place or move into the position of
  25. strenuous
    taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance
  26. figment
    a contrived or fantastic idea
  27. tenuous
    lacking substance or significance
  28. cram
    crowd or pack to capacity
  29. intoxicating
    extremely exciting
  30. culinary
    of or relating to or used in cooking
  31. render
    give or supply
  32. residual
    relating to or indicating a remainder
  33. incandescent
    emitting light as a result of being heated
  34. unnerving
    inspiring fear
  35. expedite
    process fast and efficiently
  36. eminent
    standing above others in quality or position
  37. profane
    grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
  38. dilemma
    state of uncertainty in a choice between unfavorable options
  39. sentiment
    a personal belief or judgment
  40. homunculus
    a person who is tiny or diminutive
  41. transgression
    the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle
  42. paradigm
    a standard or typical example
  43. resilient
    recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like
  44. intolerable
    incapable of being put up with
  45. impeccable
    without error or flaw
  46. plethora
    extreme excess
  47. tardiness
    the quality or habit of not adhering to an expected time
  48. solace
    comfort offered to one who is disappointed or miserable
  49. whimsical
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
  50. rarefied
    of high moral or intellectual value
  51. impasse
    a situation in which no progress can be made
  52. plea
    a humble request for help from someone in authority
  53. concussion
    injury to the brain caused by a blow
  54. concur
    happen simultaneously
  55. propagation
    the act of producing offspring
  56. interject
    speak abruptly, especially as an interruption
  57. bust
    a sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person
  58. coincide
    happen simultaneously
  59. narcissistic
    having an inflated idea of one's own importance
  60. overcompensate
    make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities
  61. fuss
    an excited state of agitation
  62. mitigating circumstance
    something that does not exonerate a person but reduces a penalty
  63. surrogate
    someone or something that takes the place of another
  64. ravish
    hold spellbound
  65. semantically
    with regard to meaning
  66. acme
    the highest point of something
  67. levy
    impose and collect
  68. supplication
    the act of communicating with a deity
  69. coalesce
    fuse or cause to come together
  70. troglodyte
    one who lives in solitude
  71. minx
    a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
  72. colloquial
    characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation
  73. aqua regia
    a yellow fuming corrosive mixture of nitric and hydrochloric acid that dissolves metals (including gold)
  74. ramification
    a consequence, especially one that causes complications
  75. scrupulous
    characterized by extreme care and great effort
  76. muse
    reflect deeply on a subject
  77. subliminal
    below the threshold of conscious perception
  78. recant
    formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief
  79. amendable
    capable of being corrected by additions
  80. Renaissance
    period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages
  81. promulgated
    formally made public
  82. incandescent
    emitting light as a result of being heated
  83. acrimonious
    marked by strong resentment or cynicism
  84. land mine
    an explosive device hidden underground
  85. allegiance
    the act of binding yourself to a course of action
  86. consecutive
    one after the other
  87. flabbergasted
    as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise
  88. premise
    a statement that is held to be true
  89. daunting
    discouraging through fear
  90. derision
    the act of treating with contempt
  91. obsolete
    no longer in use
  92. condiment
    a preparation to enhance flavor or enjoyment
  93. retrieve
    get or find back; recover the use of
  94. wither
    lose freshness, vigor, or vitality
  95. postulate
    maintain or assert
  96. tantrum
    a display of bad temper
  97. juvenile
    of or relating to children or young people
  98. amalgamation
    the combination of two or more commercial companies
  99. ruse
    a deceptive maneuver, especially to avoid capture
  100. suffocate
    deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
  101. alternate
    go back and forth
  102. squandered
    not used to good advantage
  103. exude
    release in drops or small quantities
  104. allude
    make an indirect reference to
  105. miasma
    an unwholesome atmosphere
  106. arbitrarily
    in a random or indiscriminate manner
  107. thus
    from that fact or reason or as a result
  108. shrewd
    marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
  109. ex post facto
    affecting things past
  110. damper
    a depressing restraint
  111. flummox
    be a mystery or bewildering to
  112. yield
    give or supply
  113. absolution
    the act of being formally forgiven
  114. inherent
    existing as an essential constituent or characteristic
  115. cavalier
    showing a lack of concern or seriousness
  116. simpleton
    a person lacking intelligence or common sense
  117. pariah
    a person who is rejected from society or home
  118. cursory
    hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
  119. subtlety
    the quality of being difficult to detect or analyze
  120. meander
    move or cause to move in a winding or curving course
  121. delinquency
    nonpayment of a debt when due
  122. aberration
    a state or condition markedly different from the norm
  123. double entendre
    a word or phrase with two meanings, one of which is indecent
  124. impulsive
    without forethought
  125. semiotics
    a philosophical theory of the functions of signs and symbols
  126. semantics
    the study of language meaning
  127. unmitigated
    not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity
  128. idiosyncrasy
    a behavioral attribute peculiar to an individual
  129. tautology
    useless repetition
  130. conundrum
    a difficult problem
  131. camaraderie
    the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability
  132. circumvent
    surround so as to force to give up
  133. tentatively
    in a hesitant manner
  134. ineffectual
    not producing an intended consequence
  135. frivolously
    in a frivolous manner
  136. frivolous
    not serious in content, attitude, or behavior
  137. nonchalant
    marked by casual unconcern or indifference
  138. sublime
    of high moral or intellectual value
  139. cusp
    the point of transition when something happens or changes
  140. veritable
    not counterfeit or copied
  141. pedantic
    marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning
Created on Mon Apr 16 10:28:30 EDT 2012 (updated Mon Jun 18 18:41:49 EDT 2012)

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