Kagan: Power and Weakness

Dan H.
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  1. abide
    dwell
  2. abjure
    formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief
  3. animate
    make lively
  4. antagonism
    an actively expressed feeling of dislike and hostility
  5. assail
    attack someone physically or emotionally
  6. atavistic
    characteristic of a throwback
  7. behemoth
    someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
  8. benign
    kind in disposition or manner
  9. beset
    assail or attack on all sides
  10. chasm
    a deep opening in the earth's surface
  11. disparity
    inequality or difference in some respect
  12. engender
    call forth
  13. eschew
    avoid and stay away from deliberately
  14. extol
    praise, glorify, or honor
  15. feat
    a notable achievement
  16. hiatus
    an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
  17. indirection
    deceitful action that is not straightforward
  18. intangible
    incapable of being perceived by the senses, especially touch
  19. Manichean
    of or relating to Manichaeism
  20. martial
    suggesting war or military life
  21. mired
    entangled or hindered
  22. negate
    make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of
  23. overweening
    presumptuously arrogant
  24. perpetuate
    cause to continue or prevail
  25. predominate
    be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
  26. propensity
    a natural inclination
  27. redound
    have an effect for good or ill
  28. reproach
    express criticism towards
  29. supplant
    take the place or move into the position of
  30. yearn
    desire strongly or persistently
Created on Fri Oct 26 05:50:13 EDT 2012 (updated Sat Oct 27 04:30:48 EDT 2012)

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