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Marcial H. (United States of America)
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  1. succinctly
    with concise and precise brevity; to the point
  2. incendiary
    capable of causing fires or catching fire spontaneously
  3. insolence
    the trait of being rude and impertinent
  4. circumvent
    surround so as to force to give up
  5. morbid
    suggesting the horror of death and decay
  6. chattel
    personal property, as opposed to real estate
  7. subjugation
    forced submission to control by others
  8. exegesis
    an explanation or critical interpretation
  9. sadistic
    deriving pleasure from inflicting pain on another
  10. aptly
    in a competent capable manner
  11. extrapolate
    draw from specific cases for more general cases
  12. deduce
    reason from the general to the particular
  13. infer
    conclude by reasoning
  14. parrot
    a brightly colored tropical bird with a hooked beak
  15. dogma
    a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
  16. iconoclastic
    characterized by attack on established beliefs
  17. cognizant
    having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization
  18. pittance
    an inadequate payment
  19. allegory
    a short moral story
  20. abasement
    depriving one of self-esteem
  21. piteous
    deserving or inciting a feeling of sympathy and sorrow
  22. caste
    a hereditary social class among Hindus
  23. invariable
    not liable to or capable of change
  24. servitude
    the state of being required to labor for someone else
  25. insidious
    working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
  26. derogate
    cause to seem lesser or inferior
  27. inextricable
    incapable of being disentangled or untied
  28. sublime
    of high moral or intellectual value
  29. vet
    a doctor who practices veterinary medicine
  30. persnickety
    characterized by excessive attention to trivial details
  31. fastidious
    giving careful attention to detail
  32. meticulous
    marked by precise accordance with details
  33. preclude
    make impossible, especially beforehand
  34. efficacious
    giving the power to produce an intended result
  35. inefficacious
    lacking the power to produce a desired effect
  36. pious
    having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity
  37. pompadour
    a hair style in which the hair is swept up from the forehead
  38. epoch
    a period marked by distinctive character
  39. vestige
    an indication that something has been present
  40. vindicate
    show to be right by providing justification or proof
  41. exculpate
    pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
  42. barbarity
    the quality of being cruel, inhumane, or uncivilized
  43. castigate
    inflict severe punishment on
  44. nefarious
    extremely wicked
  45. bemoan
    regret strongly
  46. incredulous
    not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving
  47. scoff
    laugh at with contempt and derision
Created on Thu Feb 19 10:23:36 EST 2009

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