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  1. noesis
    the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
  2. episteme
    the body of ideas that determine the knowledge that is intellectually certain at any particular time
  3. indubitable
    too obvious to be doubted
  4. insouciant
    marked by unconcern
  5. insolent
    marked by casual disrespect
  6. oneiric
    of or relating to or suggestive of dreams
  7. sesquipedalian
    a very long word (a foot and a half long)
  8. prolix
    tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at length
  9. pleonasm
    using more words than necessary
  10. voluble
    marked by a ready flow of speech
  11. ineluctable
    impossible to avoid or evade
  12. nonchalant
    marked by casual unconcern or indifference
  13. otiose
    serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being
  14. efface
    remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing
  15. indolent
    disinclined to work or exertion
  16. quidnunc
    a person who meddles in the affairs of others
  17. imprecate
    wish harm upon; invoke evil
  18. maledict
    under a curse
  19. execrate
    curse or declare to be evil or anathema
  20. rapacious
    living by preying on other animals
  21. esurient
    extremely hungry
  22. edacity
    excessive desire to eat
  23. indomitable
    impossible to subdue
  24. inimitable
    matchless
  25. nimiety
    a quantity much larger than is needed
  26. reticent
    reluctant to draw attention to yourself
  27. reticulate
    resembling or forming a network
  28. valediction
    a farewell oration
  29. nix
    command against
  30. proscribe
    command against
  31. germane
    relevant and appropriate
  32. stultify
    deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless
  33. remonstrate
    argue in protest or opposition
  34. propitious
    presenting favorable circumstances
  35. augur
    predict from an omen
  36. sapid
    full of flavor
  37. sedulous
    marked by care and persistent effort
  38. aureate
    elaborately or excessively ornamented
  39. acrid
    strong and sharp, as a taste or smell
  40. garrulous
    full of trivial conversation
  41. querulous
    habitually complaining
  42. supine
    lying face upward
  43. inveigh
    complain bitterly
  44. demur
    politely refuse or take exception to
  45. impugn
    attack as false or wrong
  46. adumbrate
    describe roughly or give the main points or summary of
  47. edify
    make understand
  48. inchoate
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
  49. rictus
    a gaping grimace
  50. inure
    cause to accept or become hardened to
  51. indurate
    make hard or harder
  52. extirpate
    destroy completely, as if down to the roots
  53. deracinate
    pull up by or as if by the roots
  54. irredenta
    a region that is related ethnically or historically to one country but is controlled politically by another
  55. immure
    lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
  56. iridesce
    be iridescent
  57. importunate
    making persistent or urgent requests
  58. diffident
    showing modest reserve
  59. vesicate
    get blistered
  60. baleful
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  61. supplicate
    ask for humbly or earnestly, as in prayer
  62. traduce
    speak unfavorably about
  63. internecine
    within a group or organization
  64. fecund
    capable of producing offspring or vegetation
  65. apotheosis
    model of excellence or perfection of a kind
  66. raptus
    a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion
  67. ictal
    of or relating to a seizure or convulsion
  68. transeunt
    of a mental act; causing effects outside the mind
  69. immanent
    inherent; existing or remaining within
  70. fugacity
    the tendency of a gas to expand or escape
  71. ephemeron
    anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form
  72. animadvert
    express blame or censure or make a harshly critical remark
  73. cognizant
    having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization
  74. ken
    range of what one can know or understand
  75. anomie
    lack of moral standards in a society
  76. anima
    the inner self that is in touch with the unconscious
  77. nous
    that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings
  78. sagacity
    the trait of having wisdom and good judgment
  79. vitiate
    make imperfect
  80. comity
    a state or atmosphere of harmony or mutual civility
  81. morose
    showing a brooding ill humor
  82. fulminant
    sudden and severe
  83. succour
    assistance in time of difficulty
  84. probity
    complete and confirmed integrity
  85. evanesce
    disappear gradually
  86. exculpate
    pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
  87. concupiscence
    a desire for sexual intimacy
  88. roil
    make turbid by stirring up the sediments of
  89. turbid
    clouded as with sediment
  90. turpitude
    a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice
  91. turgid
    ostentatiously lofty in style
  92. tumesce
    expand abnormally
  93. quiescent
    being quiet or still or inactive
  94. effervesce
    become bubbly or frothy or foaming
  95. abeyance
    temporary cessation or suspension
  96. exegete
    a person skilled in exegesis (especially of religious texts)
  97. epigram
    a witty saying
  98. empyrean
    of or relating to the sky or heavens
  99. imperious
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  100. supercilious
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  101. sclerosis
    any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue
  102. vilipend
    belittle
  103. bodacious
    not held back by conventional ideas of behavior
  104. staid
    characterized by dignity and propriety
  105. oleaginous
    containing an unusual amount of grease or oil
  106. unctuous
    unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating
  107. coetaneous
    of the same period
  108. coeval
    of the same period
Created on Sun Aug 23 10:08:23 EDT 2009 (updated Fri Nov 13 06:48:15 EST 2009)

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