Artemis Fowl Vocabulary

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  1. imply
    express or state indirectly
  2. ingenious
    showing inventiveness and skill
  3. indignant
    angered at something unjust or wrong
  4. discern
    perceive, recognize, or detect
  5. innovate
    bring something new to an environment
  6. scrutiny
    the act of examining something closely, as for mistakes
  7. alight
    settle or come to rest
  8. notorious
    known widely and usually unfavorably
  9. Dublin
    capital and largest city and major port of the Irish Republic
  10. fervent
    characterized by intense emotion
  11. austere
    of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor
  12. orthodox
    adhering to what is commonly accepted
  13. conjure
    summon into action or bring into existence
  14. consummate
    having or revealing supreme mastery or skill
  15. deride
    treat or speak of with contempt
  16. prodigious
    great in size, force, extent, or degree
  17. destitute
    poor enough to need help from others
  18. inherent
    existing as an essential constituent or characteristic
  19. frivolous
    not serious in content, attitude, or behavior
  20. cynical
    believing the worst of human nature and motives
    Well, people have always been skeptical if not cynical about political leaders. Washington Post (Aug 23, 2012)
  21. dubious
    fraught with uncertainty or doubt
  22. implicit
    suggested though not directly expressed
  23. extricate
    release from entanglement or difficulty
  24. capitulate
    surrender under agreed conditions
  25. furtive
    secret and sly
  26. affinity
    a natural attraction or feeling of kinship
  27. indulgent
    given to yielding to the wishes of someone
  28. languish
    become feeble
  29. reprove
    reprimand, scold, or express dissatisfaction with
  30. audacious
    disposed to venture or take risks
  31. belligerent
    characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
  32. anomaly
    deviation from the normal or common order, form, or rule
  33. subterranean
    being or operating under the surface of the earth
  34. blithe
    carefree and happy and lighthearted
  35. alleviate
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  36. ostentatious
    intended to attract notice and impress others
  37. diminutive
    very small
  38. pragmatic
    concerned with practical matters
  39. astute
    marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
  40. levity
    a manner lacking seriousness
  41. brusque
    rudely abrupt or blunt in speech or manner
  42. depravity
    moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
  43. tenable
    based on sound reasoning or evidence
  44. disconcerting
    causing an emotional disturbance
  45. surreptitious
    marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
  46. ruse
    a deceptive maneuver, especially to avoid capture
  47. concave
    curving inward
  48. assuage
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  49. meander
    move or cause to move in a winding or curving course
  50. charlatan
    a flamboyant deceiver
  51. fortuitous
    lucky; occurring by happy chance
  52. subversion
    the act of overthrowing or destroying, as a government
  53. centrifugal
    tending to move away from the middle
  54. pithy
    concise and full of meaning
  55. vacuous
    devoid of matter
  56. embroiled
    deeply involved especially in something complicated
  57. visor
    a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes
  58. wryly
    in a humorously sarcastic or mocking manner
  59. arcane
    requiring secret or mysterious knowledge
  60. emplacement
    the act of putting something in a certain place
  61. riposte
    a counterattack made immediately after successfully parrying
  62. sequential
    in regular succession without gaps
  63. fine-tune
    make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring
  64. megalomaniac
    a pathological egotist
  65. untethered
    not confined or restricted with a tether
  66. unfeasible
    not capable of being carried out or put into practice
  67. stakeout
    surveillance of some place or some person by the police
Created on Fri Nov 02 19:01:24 EDT 2012 (updated Wed Dec 26 17:28:45 EST 2012)

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