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vinayak N.
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  1. adhere
    stick to firmly
  2. adherent
    someone who believes and helps to spread a doctrine
  3. kamikaze
    a pilot trained and willing to cause a suicidal crash
  4. oblivion
    the state of being disregarded or forgotten
  5. alibi
    proof that someone accused of a crime could not have done it
  6. refute
    overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof
  7. respite
    a pause from doing something
  8. resort
    have recourse to
  9. balderdash
    trivial nonsense
  10. oblivious
    lacking conscious awareness of
  11. benignity
    the quality of being kind and gentle
  12. malignity
    quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will
  13. beneficence
    the quality of being kind or helpful or generous
  14. bounteousness
    generosity evidenced by a willingness to give freely
  15. abrogate
    revoke formally
  16. flippant
    showing an inappropriate lack of seriousness
  17. sanguine
    confidently optimistic and cheerful
  18. philanthropic
    of or relating to charitable giving
  19. infuriate
    make extremely angry
Created on Mon Jun 18 08:27:56 EDT 2012 (updated Tue Jul 03 10:11:32 EDT 2012)

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