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Anusha P. (India)
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  1. hubris
    overbearing pride or presumption
  2. lassitude
    a feeling of lack of interest or energy
  3. listless
    lacking zest or vivacity
  4. pare
    strip the skin off
  5. whittle
    cut small bits or pare shavings from
  6. pandemonium
    a state of extreme confusion and disorder
  7. bedlam
    a state of extreme confusion and disorder
  8. strident
    unpleasantly loud and harsh
  9. noisome
    causing or able to cause nausea
  10. filigree
    delicate and intricate ornamentation
  11. coquette
    talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
  12. supplicant
    someone who prays to God
  13. beseeching
    begging
  14. imploring
    begging
  15. remonstrate
    argue in protest or opposition
  16. vituperative
    marked by harshly abusive criticism
  17. parry
    impede the movement of
  18. pirouette
    a rapid spin of the body
  19. irksome
    tedious or irritating
  20. estimable
    deserving of respect or high regard
  21. exquisite
    delicately beautiful
  22. dainty
    something considered choice to eat
  23. fastidious
    giving careful attention to detail
  24. iniquitous
    characterized by injustice or wickedness
  25. recidivist
    someone who lapses into undesirable patterns of behavior
  26. backslider
    someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior
  27. willful
    done by design
  28. solicitous
    full of anxiety and concern
  29. solicit
    request urgently or persistently
  30. rapacious
    living by preying on other animals
  31. deadbeat
    someone who fails to meet a financial obligation
  32. turncoat
    a disloyal person who betrays or deserts a cause
  33. ostensibly
    from appearances alone
  34. ostensible
    appearing as such but not necessarily so
  35. disingenuous
    not straightforward or candid
  36. ingenuous
    lacking in sophistication or worldliness
  37. ingenuity
    the power of creative imagination
  38. travesty
    a composition that imitates or misrepresents a style
  39. mitigate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
  40. perdition
    the place or state in which one suffers eternal punishment
  41. disinterested
    unaffected by concern for one's own welfare
  42. plucky
    showing courage
  43. craven
    lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful
  44. sedulous
    marked by care and persistent effort
  45. assiduous
    marked by care and persistent effort
  46. list
    a database containing an ordered array of items
  47. chary
    characterized by great caution
  48. redoubtable
    inspiring fear
Created on Sat Jul 04 00:26:42 EDT 2009 (updated Sat Jul 04 05:16:32 EDT 2009)

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