Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Adam W. (United States of America)
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  1. antipodal
    relating to or situated at opposite sides of the earth
  2. sagacious
    acutely insightful and wise
  3. licentious
    lacking moral discipline
  4. doggerel
    a comic verse of irregular measure
  5. perspicuity
    clarity as a consequence of being easily understandable
  6. inculcate
    teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
  7. sloop
    a sailing vessel with a single mast
  8. knave
    a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
  9. metaphysical
    pertaining to the philosophical study of being and knowing
  10. erratum
    a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind
  11. satirist
    a humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm
  12. jocular
    characterized by jokes and good humor
  13. pleurisy
    inflammation of the pleura of the lungs
  14. factotum
    a servant employed to do a variety of jobs
  15. deist
    a person who believes that God created the universe and then abandoned it
  16. compunction
    a feeling of deep regret, usually for some misdeed
  17. purblind
    having greatly reduced vision
  18. disquisition
    an elaborate analytical or explanatory essay or discussion
  19. dissertation
    a treatise advancing a point of view resulting from research
  20. polemic
    a verbal or written attack, especially of a belief or dogma
  21. liturgy
    a rite or body of rites prescribed for public worship
  22. incorrigible
    impervious to correction by punishment
  23. insolent
    marked by casual disrespect
  24. dogmatical
    characterized by assertion of unproved or unprovable principles
  25. libel
    a false and malicious publication
  26. augment
    enlarge or increase
  27. scruple
    an ethical or moral principle that inhibits action
  28. malice
    the desire to see others suffer
  29. scurrilous
    expressing offensive, insulting, or scandalous criticism
  30. pernicious
    exceedingly harmful
  31. injurious
    harmful to living things
  32. extempore
    with little or no preparation or forethought
  33. inimical
    tending to obstruct or cause harm
  34. remittance
    a payment of money sent to a person in another place
  35. emolument
    compensation received by virtue of holding an office
  36. jocosely
    with humor
Created on Tue Mar 03 18:01:34 EST 2009

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