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Myron G.
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  1. odious
    extremely repulsive or unpleasant
  2. heinous
    extremely wicked or deeply criminal
  3. Eucharist
    a Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine
  4. credulous
    showing a lack of judgment or experience
  5. commemorate
    call to remembrance
  6. unequivocal
    admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding
  7. anachronism
    locating something at a time when it couldn't have existed
  8. dilapidated
    in a state of decay, ruin, or deterioration
  9. erudition
    profound scholarly knowledge
  10. falter
    move hesitatingly, as if about to give way
  11. intonation
    the act of singing in a monotonous tone
  12. Diaspora
    the dispersion of the Jews outside Israel
  13. obsequious
    attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
  14. surreptitious
    marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
  15. enmity
    a state of deep-seated ill-will
  16. animosity
    a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility
  17. pious
    having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity
  18. jovial
    full of or showing high-spirited merriment
  19. oracular
    of or relating to prophecy or someone who tells the future
  20. insipid
    lacking interest or significance or impact
  21. egregious
    conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
  22. flagrant
    conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
  23. deft
    skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands
  24. thrum
    sound the strings of an instrument
  25. contrite
    feeling or expressing pain or sorrow
  26. pertinence
    relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand
  27. penitent
    feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds
  28. heinous
    extremely wicked or deeply criminal
  29. benign
    kind in disposition or manner
  30. flotsam
    the floating wreckage of a ship
  31. fastidious
    giving careful attention to detail
  32. jetsam
    part of a ship's cargo thrown overboard to lighten the load
  33. propensity
    a natural inclination
  34. conceited
    having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
  35. sagacious
    acutely insightful and wise
  36. introvert
    a person who tends to shrink from social contacts
  37. euphoria
    a feeling of great elation
  38. accentuate
    stress or single out as important
  39. perseverance
    the act of continuing or repeating
Created on Wed Apr 25 13:41:37 EDT 2012 (updated Mon Jun 04 10:53:55 EDT 2012)

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