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  1. cranky
    easily irritated or annoyed
  2. blather
    talk foolishly
  3. swirl
    turn in a twisting or spinning motion
  4. delve
    turn up, loosen, or remove earth
  5. onward
    in a forward direction
  6. tenet
    a basic principle or belief that is accepted as true
  7. exert
    put to use
  8. paramount
    more important than anything else; supreme
  9. detrimental
    causing harm or injury
  10. literacy
    the ability to read and write
  11. ingenuity
    the power of creative imagination
  12. kowtow
    bend the knees and bow in a servile manner
  13. lexicon
    a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words
  14. vehement
    marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions
  15. facetious
    cleverly amusing in tone
Created on Thu Nov 08 17:14:28 EST 2012 (updated Fri Feb 01 23:25:21 EST 2013)

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