Reading 2

Jon L. (United States of America)
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  1. pejorative
    expressing disapproval
  2. unwieldy
    difficult to use or handle because of size or weight
  3. discerning
    having or revealing keen insight and good judgment
  4. pithy
    concise and full of meaning
  5. extol
    praise, glorify, or honor
  6. maudlin
    very sentimental or emotional
  7. trite
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  8. curmudgeon
    an irascible, cantankerous person full of stubborn ideas
  9. irascible
    quickly aroused to anger
  10. incarnadine
    redden or make pinkish
  11. pedant
    a person who is preoccupied with rules and learning
  12. piffle
    speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
  13. monogamy
    having only one spouse at a time
  14. tautology
    useless repetition
  15. etymology
    a history of a word
  16. laden
    filled with a great quantity
Created on Wed Sep 05 19:58:30 EDT 2012 (updated Thu Sep 13 08:53:58 EDT 2012)

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