Norman Lewis - Common phenomena and occurrences

Ashish G. (India)
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  1. adolescent
    a person who is older than 12 but younger than 20
  2. affluence
    abundant wealth
  3. anodyne
    capable of relieving pain
  4. badinage
    frivolous banter
  5. bovine
    any of various wild or domestic cattle
  6. bromide
    a trite or obvious remark
  7. cacophonous
    having an unpleasant sound
  8. canine
    a dog, wolf, jackal, or other closely related mammal
  9. carnage
    the savage and excessive killing of many people
  10. carnal
    of or relating to the body or flesh
  11. carnelian
    a translucent red or orange variety of chalcedony
  12. carnival
    a traveling show featuring rides and games
  13. carnivorous
    relating to flesh-eating animals
  14. clandestine
    conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
  15. cliche
    a trite or obvious remark
  16. confluence
    a place where things merge or flow together
  17. convalesce
    get over an illness or shock
  18. destitution
    a state without money or prospects
  19. devour
    eat immoderately
  20. ephemeral
    anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day
  21. equine
    relating to or resembling a horse
  22. eulogy
    a formal expression of praise for someone who has died
  23. euphemism
    an inoffensive expression substituted for an offensive one
  24. euphony
    any pleasing and harmonious sounds
  25. euphoria
    a feeling of great elation
  26. euthanasia
    the act of killing someone painlessly
  27. evanesce
    disappear gradually
  28. evanescence
    the event of fading and gradually vanishing from sight
  29. feline
    of or relating to cats
  30. incarnate
    possessing or existing in bodily form
  31. indigence
    a state of extreme poverty or destitution
  32. influence
    a power to affect persons or events
  33. leonine
    of or characteristic of or resembling a lion
  34. loquacious
    full of trivial conversation
  35. lupine
    of or relating to or characteristic of wolves
  36. nostalgia
    a longing for something past
  37. obsolescent
    becoming disused or outdated
  38. omnibus
    a vehicle carrying many passengers
  39. omnipotent
    having unlimited power
  40. omnipresent
    existing everywhere at once
  41. omniscient
    knowing, seeing, or understanding everything
  42. opulence
    wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living
  43. parsimonious
    excessively unwilling to spend
  44. penury
    a state of extreme poverty or destitution
  45. persiflage
    light teasing
  46. phonetic
    using symbols to represent each speech sound
  47. phonics
    teaching reading by associating letters with their sounds
  48. phonograph
    a machine that plays records
  49. piscine
    of or relating to fish
  50. platitude
    a trite or obvious remark
  51. porcine
    relating to pigs or swine
  52. putrescent
    in a state of decay or decomposition
  53. reincarnation
    a second or new birth
  54. saxophone
    a single-reed woodwind with a conical bore
  55. surreptitious
    marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
  56. ursine
    of or relating to or similar to bears
  57. vicarious
    experienced at secondhand
  58. voracious
    devouring or craving food in great quantities
  59. vulpine
    resembling or characteristic of a fox
  60. xylophone
    a bright-toned wooden bar instrument played with hard-headed mallets
Created on Sun Jun 24 00:21:40 EDT 2012 (updated Tue Jun 26 10:01:09 EDT 2012)

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