The Plague

Emily M. (United States of America)
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  1. plaguy
    causing irritation or annoyance
  2. plague
    any large-scale calamity
  3. placid
    calm and free from disturbance
  4. ascertain
    learn or discover with confidence
  5. eschew
    avoid and stay away from deliberately
  6. forgather
    collect in one place
  7. exigency
    a pressing or urgent situation
  8. amiable
    diffusing warmth and friendliness
  9. industrious
    characterized by hard work and perseverance
  10. esteem
    the condition of being honored
  11. luminous
    softly bright or radiant
  12. populace
    people in general considered as a whole
  13. appraise
    consider in a comprehensive way
  14. competence
    the quality of being adequately or well qualified
  15. categorical
    relating to or included in a class or classes
  16. efface
    remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing
  17. inconspicuous
    not prominent or readily noticeable
  18. ostentatious
    intended to attract notice and impress others
  19. remiss
    failing in what duty requires
  20. condemnation
    an expression of strong disapproval
  21. paltering
    a trivial act of lying or being deliberately unclear
  22. rubicund
    having a healthy reddish color
  23. wharf
    a platform from the shore that provides access to ships
  24. charwoman
    a human female employed to do housework
  25. abate
    become less in amount or intensity
  26. incinerator
    a furnace for incinerating (especially to dispose of refuse)
  27. promenade
    a leisurely walk, usually in some public place
  28. respite
    a pause from doing something
  29. abscess
    a localized collection of pus surrounded by inflamed tissue
  30. consternation
    sudden shock or dismay that causes confusion
  31. senile
    mentally or physically infirm with age
  32. portent
    a sign of something about to happen
  33. malady
    impairment of normal physiological function
  34. menial
    relating to unskilled work, especially domestic work
  35. abound
    exist in large quantities
  36. deplore
    express strong disapproval of
  37. discursive
    tending to cover a wide range of subjects
  38. paradoxical
    seemingly contradictory but nonetheless possibly true
  39. intrinsically
    with respect to its inherent nature
  40. siesta
    a nap in the early afternoon
  41. haughty
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  42. tentative
    hesitant or lacking confidence; unsettled in mind or opinion
  43. quarry
    animal hunted or caught for food
  44. idiosyncrasy
    a behavioral attribute peculiar to an individual
  45. contrive
    make or work out a plan for; devise
  46. eccentricity
    strange and unconventional behavior
  47. alight
    settle or come to rest
  48. perfunctory
    hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
  49. grievance
    a complaint about a wrong that causes resentment
  50. fatalist
    someone who feels powerless to change his or her destiny
Created on Sat May 30 14:42:57 EDT 2009 (updated Sun May 31 23:11:40 EDT 2009)

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