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Yogi (India)
2 CD Exercise by Gene McKenna
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  1. abhor
    feel hatred or disgust toward
  2. abstemious
    marked by temperance in indulgence
  3. acquiesce
    agree or express agreement
  4. alleviate
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  5. ambivalent
    uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow
  6. anecdote
    short account of an incident
  7. articulate
    express or state clearly
  8. assent
    agree or express agreement
  9. assiduous
    marked by care and persistent effort
  10. astute
    marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
  11. augment
    enlarge or increase
  12. austere
    of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor
  13. autocratic
    characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule
  14. autonomy
    political independence
  15. avaricious
    immoderately desirous of acquiring something
  16. avuncular
    being or relating to an uncle
  17. behemoth
    someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
  18. benefactor
    a person who helps people or institutions
  19. cantankerous
    stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate
  20. castigate
    inflict severe punishment on
  21. caustic
    capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action
  22. cliche
    a trite or obvious remark
  23. colloquial
    characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation
  24. commemorate
    call to remembrance
  25. complacent
    contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions
  26. condone
    excuse, overlook, or make allowances for
  27. conflagration
    a very intense and uncontrolled fire
  28. cryptic
    having a secret or hidden meaning
  29. definitive
    clearly formulated
  30. delineate
    represented accurately or precisely
  31. desecrate
    violate the sacred character of a place or language
  32. destitute
    poor enough to need help from others
  33. deterrent
    something immaterial that interferes with action or progress
  34. detrimental
    causing harm or injury
  35. devious
    turning away from a straight course
  36. diatribe
    thunderous verbal attack
  37. diminution
    change toward something smaller or lower
  38. disdain
    lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
  39. diverge
    move or draw apart
  40. doff
    remove
  41. don
    a teacher or tutor, especially at Cambridge or Oxford
  42. ebullient
    joyously unrestrained
  43. edify
    make understand
  44. egregious
    conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
  45. eloquent
    expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively
  46. elusive
    skillful at evading capture
  47. emissary
    someone sent to represent another's interests
  48. erudition
    profound scholarly knowledge
  49. eschew
    avoid and stay away from deliberately
  50. etymology
    a history of a word
  51. euphemism
    an inoffensive expression substituted for an offensive one
  52. exalted
    of high moral or intellectual value
  53. exonerate
    pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
  54. expatriate
    a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country
  55. expedite
    process fast and efficiently
  56. extraneous
    not belonging to that in which it is contained
  57. extricate
    release from entanglement or difficulty
  58. facilitate
    make easier
  59. fallow
    left unplowed and unseeded during a growing season
  60. feasible
    capable of being done with means at hand
  61. foolhardy
    marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences
  62. furtive
    secret and sly
  63. germane
    relevant and appropriate
  64. glutton
    a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess
  65. grandiose
    impressive because of unnecessary largeness or magnificence
  66. idiosyncrasy
    a behavioral attribute peculiar to an individual
  67. idolatry
    the worship of objects or images as gods
  68. immutable
    not subject or susceptible to change or variation
  69. incorrigible
    impervious to correction by punishment
  70. ingenious
    showing inventiveness and skill
  71. laconic
    brief and to the point
  72. laud
    praise, glorify, or honor
  73. listless
    lacking zest or vivacity
  74. loquacious
    full of trivial conversation
  75. malice
    the desire to see others suffer
  76. mellifluous
    pleasing to the ear
  77. mendicant
    a pauper who lives by begging
  78. meticulous
    marked by precise accordance with details
  79. mitigate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
  80. mnemonic
    of or relating to the practice of aiding the memory
  81. mollify
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  82. morose
    showing a brooding ill humor
  83. myopic
    unable to see distant objects clearly
  84. noxious
    injurious to physical or mental health
  85. nurture
    provide with nourishment
  86. opaque
    not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy
  87. parsimony
    extreme stinginess
  88. pecuniary
    relating to or involving money
  89. penury
    a state of extreme poverty or destitution
  90. perfidious
    tending to betray
  91. pessimism
    a general disposition to expect the worst in all things
  92. philanthropist
    someone who makes charitable donations
  93. piecemeal
    one thing at a time
  94. pine
    a coniferous tree
  95. platitude
    a trite or obvious remark
  96. posterity
    all future generations
  97. potentate
    a powerful ruler, especially one who is unconstrained by law
  98. prodigal
    recklessly wasteful
  99. profligate
    unrestrained by convention or morality
  100. profound
    situated at or extending to great depth
  101. propensity
    a natural inclination
  102. protege
    a person who receives support from an influential patron
  103. provincial
    associated with an administrative district of a nation
  104. prudent
    marked by sound judgment
  105. pugnacious
    ready and able to resort to force or violence
  106. quiescent
    being quiet or still or inactive
  107. raconteur
    a person skilled in telling anecdotes
  108. ramification
    a consequence, especially one that causes complications
  109. rancid
    having an offensive smell or taste
  110. rancor
    a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
  111. rebuff
    a deliberate discourteous act
  112. rectitude
    righteousness as a consequence of being honorable and honest
  113. redolent
    having a strong pleasant odor
  114. remiss
    failing in what duty requires
  115. remunerative
    for which money is paid
  116. reparation
    something done or paid in expiation of a wrong
  117. reprimand
    an act or expression of criticism and censure
  118. reproach
    express criticism towards
  119. rescind
    cancel officially
  120. respite
    a pause from doing something
  121. revile
    spread negative information about
  122. rhetoric
    study of the technique for using language effectively
  123. ribald
    humorously vulgar
  124. robust
    sturdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction
  125. scant
    less than the correct or legal or full amount
  126. seemly
    according with custom or propriety
  127. serpentine
    resembling a snake in form
  128. sluggish
    moving slowly
  129. sophomore
    a second-year undergraduate
  130. staid
    characterized by dignity and propriety
  131. strident
    unpleasantly loud and harsh
  132. subsidize
    support, as through grants or other funds
  133. subtle
    difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
  134. supercilious
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  135. sycophant
    a person who tries to please someone to gain an advantage
  136. taciturn
    habitually reserved and uncommunicative
  137. tenacious
    stubbornly unyielding
  138. tenet
    a basic principle or belief that is accepted as true
  139. theology
    the rational and systematic study of religion
  140. timorous
    shy and fearful by nature
  141. tirade
    a speech of violent denunciation
  142. torpor
    a state of motor and mental inactivity
  143. trite
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  144. utopia
    ideally perfect state
  145. venerate
    regard with feelings of respect and reverence
  146. veracity
    unwillingness to tell lies
  147. verbose
    using or containing too many words
  148. verdant
    characterized by abundance of vegetation and green foliage
  149. vilify
    spread negative information about
  150. virulent
    extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom
  151. wane
    a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
  152. whimsical
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
  153. wistful
    showing pensive sadness
  154. ramshackle
    in poor or broken-down condition
  155. mulct
    money extracted as a penalty
  156. flabbergast
    overcome with amazement
  157. bacchanalian
    used of riotously drunken merrymaking
Created on Tue Aug 14 07:11:05 EDT 2012 (updated Mon Aug 20 12:42:37 EDT 2012)

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