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  1. apostasy
    rejection of religious beliefs, political party, or cause
  2. preterist
    a theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (the Book of Revelation) have already been fulfilled
  3. taciturn
    habitually reserved and uncommunicative
  4. derivative
    a compound obtained from another compound
  5. couturier
    someone who designs clothing
  6. stochastic
    being or having a random variable
  7. epidemiology
    science dealing with the transmission and control of disease
  8. punctilious
    marked by precise accordance with details
  9. exegesis
    an explanation or critical interpretation
  10. allegory
    a short moral story
  11. normative
    relating to or dealing with typical standards or patterns
  12. epistemology
    the philosophical theory of knowledge
  13. expurgate
    edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
  14. hubris
    overbearing pride or presumption
  15. fusillade
    rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms
  16. chimera
    a grotesque product of the imagination
  17. viscid
    having the sticky properties of an adhesive
  18. populist
    an advocate of democratic principles
  19. abstemious
    marked by temperance in indulgence
  20. blandishment
    flattery intended to persuade
  21. tergiversate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead
  22. implacable
    incapable of being appeased or pacified
  23. mitigate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
  24. capstan
    a windlass rotated in a horizontal plane around a vertical axis; used on ships for weighing anchor or raising heavy sails
  25. ebullient
    joyously unrestrained
  26. groyne
    a protective structure of stone or concrete
  27. polysemous
    having many meanings
  28. adored
    regarded with deep or rapturous love
  29. glorified
    accorded sacrosanct or authoritative standing
  30. expostulate
    reason with for the purpose of dissuasion
  31. hermetic
    completely sealed or airtight
  32. harbinger
    something indicating the approach of something or someone
  33. jejune
    lacking interest or significance or impact
  34. fascia
    instrument panel on an automobile or airplane containing dials and controls
  35. catafalque
    a decorated bier on which a coffin rests in state during a funeral
  36. inanition
    exhaustion resulting from lack of food
  37. derogate
    cause to seem lesser or inferior
  38. assiduous
    marked by care and persistent effort
  39. rapprochement
    the reestablishing of cordial relations
  40. miasma
    an unwholesome atmosphere
  41. fallow
    left unplowed and unseeded during a growing season
  42. amphora
    an ancient jar with two handles and a narrow neck
  43. putative
    purported
  44. espouse
    choose and follow a theory, idea, policy, etc.
  45. emolument
    compensation received by virtue of holding an office
  46. sedition
    an illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority
  47. chasten
    censure severely
  48. prelate
    a senior clergyman and dignitary
  49. prelature
    the office or station of a prelate
  50. putative
    purported
  51. connote
    express or state indirectly
  52. xenophobic
    having abnormal fear or hatred of foreigners
  53. taxonomy
    a classification of organisms based on similarities
  54. filiation
    the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
  55. adoration
    the act of admiring strongly
  56. worship
    the activity of cherishing as divine
  57. saturnine
    bitter or scornful
  58. nascent
    being born or beginning
  59. pundit
    an expert who publicly gives opinions via mass media
  60. nihilist
    someone who rejects all theories of morality
  61. erudite
    having or showing profound knowledge
  62. agape
    with the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe
  63. execrable
    unequivocally detestable
  64. prodigal
    recklessly wasteful
  65. riveting
    capable of arousing and holding the attention
  66. salacious
    suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
  67. polemical
    of or involving dispute or controversy
  68. ad hominem
    appealing to personal considerations rather than to reason
  69. innuendo
    an indirect and usually malicious implication
  70. allegory
    a short moral story
  71. panache
    distinctive and stylish elegance
  72. precis
    a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument
  73. polysemous
    having many meanings
  74. nexus
    the means of connection between things linked in series
  75. empirical
    derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
  76. canard
    a deliberately misleading fabrication
  77. maudlin
    very sentimental or emotional
  78. appurtenance
    equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles
  79. maudlin
    very sentimental or emotional
  80. smirk
    smile in a mocking or condescending way
  81. oenophile
    someone who appreciates wine
  82. caliphate
    the office of a Muslim civil and religious leader
  83. esurient
    extremely hungry
  84. beatitude
    a state of supreme happiness
  85. invidious
    containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice
  86. coup
    a sudden and decisive change of government by force
  87. duplicity
    the act of deceiving or acting in bad faith
  88. philosophy
    the rational investigation of existence and knowledge
  89. luminary
    a celebrity who is an inspiration to others
  90. larder
    a small storeroom for storing foods or wines
  91. quotidian
    found in the ordinary course of events
  92. terrene
    of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air
  93. insurrection
    organized opposition to authority
  94. chitterlings
    small intestines of hogs prepared as food
  95. sumptuous
    rich and superior in quality
  96. quaff
    swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught
Created on Sat May 30 11:43:39 EDT 2009 (updated Fri May 06 12:54:59 EDT 2011)

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