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Anusha P. (India)
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  1. approbation
    official acceptance or agreement
  2. assuage
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  3. austere
    of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor
  4. axiomatic
    evident without proof or argument
  5. canonical
    conforming to orthodox or recognized rules
  6. capricious
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
  7. censure
    harsh criticism or disapproval
  8. chicanery
    the use of tricks to deceive someone
  9. guile
    shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
  10. connoisseur
    an expert able to appreciate a field
  11. disabuse
    free somebody from an erroneous belief
  12. discordant
    not in agreement or harmony
  13. disparate
    fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
  14. presumptuousness
    audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to
  15. effrontery
    audacious behavior that you have no right to
  16. enervate
    weaken physically, mentally, or morally
  17. faze
    disturb the composure of
  18. ennui
    the feeling of being bored by something tedious
  19. apostate
    not faithful to religion or party or cause
  20. apostle
    an ardent early supporter of a cause or reform
  21. equivocate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
  22. erudite
    having or showing profound knowledge
  23. exculpate
    pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
  24. exigent
    demanding immediate attention
  25. ad hoc
    for or concerned with one specific purpose
  26. ad-lib
    perform without preparation
  27. extemporaneous
    with little or no preparation or forethought
  28. filibuster
    a tactic for delaying legislation by making long speeches
  29. fulminate
    cause to explode violently and with loud noise
  30. ingenuous
    lacking in sophistication or worldliness
  31. ingenious
    showing inventiveness and skill
  32. inured
    made tough by habitual exposure
  33. irascible
    quickly aroused to anger
  34. laud
    praise, glorify, or honor
  35. extol
    praise, glorify, or honor
  36. magnanimity
    nobility and generosity of spirit
  37. largess
    liberality in bestowing gifts
  38. martial
    suggesting war or military life
  39. mundane
    found in the ordinary course of events
  40. quotidian
    found in the ordinary course of events
  41. nascent
    being born or beginning
  42. nebulous
    lacking definite form or limits
  43. neologism
    a newly invented word or phrase
  44. noxious
    injurious to physical or mental health
  45. pernicious
    exceedingly harmful
  46. obtuse
    of an angle, between 90 and 180 degrees
  47. obviate
    do away with
  48. onerous
    burdensome or difficult to endure
  49. paean
    a hymn of praise
  50. perfidy
    an act of deliberate betrayal
  51. perfunctory
    hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
  52. cursory
    hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
  53. perspicacious
    mentally acute or penetratingly discerning
  54. prattle
    speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly
  55. precipitate
    bring about abruptly
  56. predilection
    a predisposition in favor of something
  57. prescience
    the power to foresee the future
  58. prevaricate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
  59. qualm
    uneasiness about the fitness of an action
  60. scruple
    an ethical or moral principle that inhibits action
  61. recant
    formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief
  62. refute
    overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof
  63. relegate
    assign to a lower position
  64. reticent
    reluctant to draw attention to yourself
  65. solicitous
    full of anxiety and concern
  66. sordid
    foul and run-down and repulsive
  67. sporadic
    recurring in scattered or unpredictable instances
  68. squander
    spend thoughtlessly; throw away
  69. stupefy
    make someone dazed or foolish
  70. stymie
    hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
  71. torque
    a twisting force
  72. truculent
    defiantly aggressive
  73. veracity
    unwillingness to tell lies
  74. virulent
    extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom
  75. voracious
    devouring or craving food in great quantities
  76. rapacious
    living by preying on other animals
  77. travesty
    a composition that imitates or misrepresents a style
  78. farce comedy
    a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
  79. burlesque
    a theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor
Created on Fri Jun 19 11:31:58 EDT 2009 (updated Fri Jun 19 12:29:30 EDT 2009)

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