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James S. (United States of America)
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  1. abstemious
    marked by temperance in indulgence
  2. abstruse
    difficult to understand
  3. aleatory
    dependent on chance
  4. antediluvian
    of or relating to the period before the biblical flood
  5. aphorism
    a short pithy instructive saying
  6. apocryphal
    being of questionable authenticity
  7. apotheosis
    model of excellence or perfection of a kind
  8. apposite
    being of striking appropriateness and pertinence
  9. argot
    a characteristic language of a particular group
  10. arrant
    complete and without qualification
  11. asseverate
    state categorically
  12. assiduous
    marked by care and persistent effort
  13. atrabilious
    irritable as if suffering from indigestion
  14. bosky
    covered with or consisting of bushes or thickets
  15. bromide
    a trite or obvious remark
  16. brumal
    characteristic of or relating to winter
  17. callipygian
    pertaining to or having finely developed buttocks
  18. captious
    tending to find and call attention to faults
  19. cataract
    disease that involves the clouding of the lens of the eye
  20. chary
    characterized by great caution
  21. cloture
    a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body
  22. commodious
    large and roomy
  23. condign
    fitting or appropriate and deserved
  24. contemn
    look down on with disdain
  25. contumacious
    willfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient
  26. corona
    one or more circles of light seen around a luminous object
  27. cynosure
    something that provides guidance
  28. daedal
    complex and ingenious in design or function
  29. dais
    a platform raised above the surrounding level
  30. denouement
    the outcome of a complex sequence of events
  31. deracinate
    pull up by or as if by the roots
  32. descant
    an additional musical part above the main melody
  33. desuetude
    a state of inactivity or disuse
  34. doggerel
    a comic verse of irregular measure
  35. edacious
    devouring or craving food in great quantities
  36. effluvium
    a foul-smelling outflow or vapor
  37. encomium
    a formal expression of praise
  38. eremite
    a Christian recluse
  39. euphonious
    having a pleasant sound
  40. expurgate
    edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
  41. extirpate
    destroy completely, as if down to the roots
  42. factotum
    a servant employed to do a variety of jobs
  43. febrile
    of or relating to or characterized by fever
  44. feculent
    foul with waste matter
  45. fey
    suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness
  46. head
    the upper part of the human body or the body in animals
  47. fugacious
    lasting a very short time
  48. fulminate
    cause to explode violently and with loud noise
  49. fulsome
    unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating
  50. homiletics
    the art of preaching
  51. inchoate
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
  52. insouciant
    marked by unconcern
  53. jejune
    lacking interest or significance or impact
  54. limn
    make a portrait of
  55. lucubrate
    discuss in a scholarly way, especially in writing
  56. luculent
    (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable
  57. lugubrious
    excessively mournful
  58. macerate
    soften and cause to disintegrate as a result
  59. masticate
    bite and grind with the teeth
  60. mawkish
    very sentimental or emotional
  61. meretricious
    tastelessly showy
  62. mien
    a person's appearance, manner, or demeanor
  63. minatory
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  64. mordant
    harshly ironic or sinister
  65. morganatic
    (of marriages) of a marriage between one of royal or noble birth and one of lower rank; valid but with the understanding that the rank of the inferior remains unchanged and offspring do not succeed to titles or property of the superior
  66. nave
    the central area of a church
  67. noisome
    causing or able to cause nausea
  68. nostrum
    patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable
  69. nugatory
    of no real value
  70. obloquy
    state of disgrace resulting from public abuse
  71. obstreperous
    noisily and stubbornly defiant
  72. paean
    a hymn of praise
  73. paroxysm
    a sudden uncontrollable attack
  74. parvenu
    a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status
  75. penumbra
    a region of light shadow around the darkest part of a shadow
  76. peripeteia
    a sudden and unexpected reversal of fortune
  77. persiflage
    light teasing
  78. philately
    the collection and study of postage stamps
  79. physiognomy
    the human face
  80. picaresque
    (of fiction) involving clever rogues or adventurers
  81. piebald
    having sections or patches colored differently and brightly
  82. pied
    having sections or patches colored differently and brightly
  83. protean
    taking on different forms
  84. puerile
    displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
  85. puerperal
    relating to or connected with or occurring at the time of childbirth or shortly following, or to the woman who has just given birth
  86. puissance
    power to influence or coerce
  87. pusillanimous
    lacking in courage, strength, and resolution
  88. pyretic
    causing fever
  89. quaternary
    consisting of or arranged in sets of four
  90. querulous
    habitually complaining
  91. quiddity
    the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is
  92. recondite
    difficult to understand
  93. recrudesce
    happen
  94. repine
    express discontent
  95. repugn
    to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation
  96. salubrious
    promoting health
  97. salutary
    tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health
  98. saturnine
    bitter or scornful
  99. scintilla
    a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
  100. sclerotic
    relating to or having sclerosis; hardened
  101. sedulous
    marked by care and persistent effort
  102. seraph
    an angel of the first order
  103. shibboleth
    a favorite saying of a sect or political group
  104. simper
    smile in an insincere, unnatural, or coy way
  105. sinecure
    a job that involves minimal duties
  106. splenetic
    of or relating to the spleen
  107. steatopygia
    an extreme accumulation of fat on the buttocks
  108. stentorian
    very loud or booming
  109. stipple
    engrave by means of dots and flicks
  110. stochastic
    being or having a random variable
  111. Stygian
    dark and dismal as of the river in Hades
  112. suzerain
    a state exercising dominion over a dependent state
  113. sybarite
    a person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses
  114. synod
    a council convened to discuss ecclesiastical business
  115. synesthetic
    relating to or experiencing synesthesia
  116. tetchy
    easily irritated or annoyed
  117. tortuous
    marked by repeated turns and bends
  118. treacle
    a syrup made of sugar cane
  119. ursine
    of or relating to or similar to bears
  120. uxorious
    foolishly fond of or submissive to your wife
  121. virago
    a noisy or scolding or domineering woman
  122. xeroma
    abnormal dryness of the conjunctiva and cornea of the eyes
  123. Xylopia
    tropical evergreen trees or shrubs; chiefly African
  124. yaw
    a sudden swerve or turn from an intended course
Created on Fri Jun 19 15:50:11 EDT 2009

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