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Vinoth Pandian (India)
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  1. abnegate
    deny or renounce
  2. abrogate
    revoke formally
  3. abut
    lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
  4. amortize
    pay off a debt by making periodic payments
  5. ancillary
    furnishing added support
  6. aplomb
    great coolness and composure under strain
  7. apostate
    not faithful to religion or party or cause
  8. apotheosis
    model of excellence or perfection of a kind
  9. benison
    a spoken blessing
  10. bilious
    relating to a digestive juice secreted by the liver
  11. bonhomie
    a disposition to be friendly and approachable
  12. bulwark
    an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
  13. chagrin
    strong feelings of embarrassment
  14. chattel
    personal property, as opposed to real estate
  15. choleric
    characterized by anger
  16. churlish
    having a bad disposition; surly
  17. cistern
    a sac or cavity containing fluid
  18. coffer
    the funds of a government, institution, or individual
  19. cognomen
    the name used to identify the members of a family
  20. conciliatory
    making or willing to make concessions
  21. congenial
    suitable to your needs
  22. contumacious
    willfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient
  23. corrugate
    fold into ridges
  24. cosset
    treat with excessive indulgence
  25. coven
    an assembly of witches; usually 13 witches
  26. curmudgeon
    an irascible, cantankerous person full of stubborn ideas
  27. descry
    catch sight of
  28. didactic
    instructive, especially excessively
  29. discomfit
    cause to lose one's composure
  30. distaff
    a stick on which wool or flax is wound before spinning
  31. dither
    be undecided or uncertain
  32. dolor
    (poetry) painful grief
  33. droll
    comical in an odd or whimsical manner
  34. effulgent
    radiating or as if radiating light
  35. emend
    make corrections to
  36. ersatz
    an artificial or inferior substitute or imitation
  37. eschew
    avoid and stay away from deliberately
  38. evince
    give expression to
  39. expatiate
    add details to clarify an idea
  40. expiate
    make amends for
  41. expunge
    remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
  42. expurgate
    edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
  43. fealty
    the loyalty that one owes to a country, sovereign, or lord
  44. fetid
    offensively malodorous
  45. fey
    suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness
  46. filch
    make off with belongings of others
  47. forswear
    formally reject or disavow
  48. frenetic
    fast and energetic in an uncontrolled or wild way
  49. fulsome
    unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating
  50. furtive
    secret and sly
  51. gibe
    laugh at with contempt and derision
  52. hoary
    having gray or white hair as with age
  53. husband
    use cautiously and frugally
  54. idiosyncrasy
    a behavioral attribute peculiar to an individual
  55. imperious
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  56. impromptu
    with little or no preparation or forethought
  57. impugn
    attack as false or wrong
  58. ingratiate
    gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts
  59. ingress
    the act of entering
  60. interdict
    command against
  61. internecine
    within a group or organization
  62. inveterate
    habitual
  63. invidious
    containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice
  64. jibe
    shift from one side of the ship to the other
  65. jurisprudence
    the branch of philosophy concerned with the law
  66. kismet
    fate or fortune
  67. knell
    the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death
  68. lambaste
    censure severely or angrily
  69. lapidary
    relating to precious stones or the art of working with them
  70. largess
    liberality in bestowing gifts
  71. liniment
    a topical liquid that relieves muscle stiffness and pain
  72. lissome
    moving and bending with ease
  73. lugubrious
    excessively mournful
  74. macabre
    shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
  75. machination
    a crafty and involved plot to achieve your ends
  76. manifold
    many and varied; having many features or forms
  77. mendicant
    a pauper who lives by begging
  78. meritorious
    deserving reward or praise
  79. minatory
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  80. molt
    cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers
  81. mordacious
    biting or given to biting
  82. munificent
    given or giving freely, generously, or without restriction
  83. nebulous
    lacking definite form or limits
  84. necromancy
    conjuring up the dead, especially for prophesying
  85. nefarious
    extremely wicked
  86. neologism
    a newly invented word or phrase
  87. noisome
    offensively malodorous
  88. obfuscate
    make obscure or unclear
  89. obstreperous
    noisily and stubbornly defiant
  90. ouster
    a person who supplants someone else
  91. paean
    a hymn of praise
  92. palliate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
  93. panegyric
    formally expressing praise
  94. parley
    a negotiation between enemies
  95. peculation
    the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
  96. periphrastic
    roundabout and unnecessarily wordy
  97. perspicacious
    mentally acute or penetratingly discerning
  98. pertinacious
    stubbornly unyielding
  99. phalanx
    any closely ranked crowd of people
  100. philistine
    a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits
  101. plait
    a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
  102. plangent
    loud and resounding, often in a mournful way
  103. plaudit
    enthusiastic approval
  104. pneumatic
    relating to or using air or a similar gas
  105. polemic
    a verbal or written attack, especially of a belief or dogma
  106. precept
    a rule of personal conduct
  107. predilection
    a predisposition in favor of something
  108. privation
    the act of stripping someone of food, money, or rights
  109. promulgate
    state or announce
  110. propinquity
    the property of being close together
  111. propitious
    presenting favorable circumstances
  112. proselytize
    convert or try to convert someone to another religion
  113. provident
    giving something useful for the future
  114. provincial
    associated with an administrative district of a nation
  115. prurient
    characterized by lust
  116. puerile
    displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
  117. pusillanimous
    lacking in courage, strength, and resolution
  118. raillery
    light teasing
  119. rancor
    a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
  120. rapacious
    living by preying on other animals
  121. rapprochement
    the reestablishing of cordial relations
  122. recidivism
    habitual relapse into crime
  123. recreant
    having deserted a cause or principle
  124. redress
    make reparations or amends for
  125. rejoinder
    a quick reply to a question or remark
  126. renege
    fail to fulfill a promise or obligation
  127. repast
    the food served and eaten at one time
  128. reprobate
    a person without moral scruples
  129. requite
    make repayment for or return something
  130. respite
    a pause from doing something
  131. retinue
    the group following and attending to some important person
  132. revelry
    unrestrained merrymaking
  133. ribald
    humorously vulgar
  134. riposte
    a counterattack made immediately after successfully parrying
  135. rococo
    having excessive asymmetrical ornamentation
  136. ruminate
    reflect deeply on a subject
  137. sacrosanct
    treated as if holy and kept free from violation or criticism
  138. salacious
    suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
  139. sanguine
    confidently optimistic and cheerful
  140. sapient
    acutely insightful and wise
  141. scurrilous
    expressing offensive, insulting, or scandalous criticism
  142. sedition
    an illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority
  143. senescent
    growing old
  144. sentient
    endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness
  145. sepulcher
    a chamber that is used as a grave
  146. seraphic
    having a sweet nature befitting an angel
  147. shirk
    avoid one's assigned duties
  148. simper
    smile in an insincere, unnatural, or coy way
  149. sinecure
    a job that involves minimal duties
  150. slovenly
    negligent of neatness especially in dress and person
  151. sojourn
    a temporary stay
  152. solecism
    a socially awkward or tactless act
  153. sophist
    someone whose reasoning is subtle and often specious
  154. squalid
    foul and run-down and repulsive
  155. staid
    characterized by dignity and propriety
  156. stymie
    hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
  157. subterfuge
    something intended to misrepresent the nature of an activity
  158. sully
    make dirty or spotty
  159. surly
    unfriendly and inclined toward anger or irritation
  160. sybarite
    a person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses
  161. syncopation
    a musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat
  162. tableau
    any dramatic scene
  163. temerity
    fearless daring
  164. tenable
    based on sound reasoning or evidence
  165. tenet
    a basic principle or belief that is accepted as true
  166. threnody
    a song or hymn of mourning
  167. trammel
    place limits on extent or access
  168. turgid
    ostentatiously lofty in style
  169. turpitude
    a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice
  170. umbrage
    a feeling of anger caused by being offended
  171. unfettered
    not bound or restrained, as by shackles and chains
  172. unsullied
    free from blemishes
  173. untoward
    not in keeping with accepted standards of what is proper
  174. virile
    characteristic of a man
  175. vitiate
    make imperfect
  176. vitriolic
    harsh, bitter, or malicious in tone
  177. wraith
    a ghostly figure, especially one seen shortly before death
  178. consanguineous
    related by blood
Created on Tue Sep 04 13:55:43 EDT 2012 (updated Fri Nov 29 06:07:24 EST 2013)

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