Weekly Vocabulary Challenge #1

Miriam H.
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  1. ardor
    feelings of great warmth and intensity
  2. cynosure
    something that strongly attracts attention and admiration
  3. gossamer
    characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy
  4. inviolable
    incapable of being transgressed or dishonored
  5. lucid
    having a clear mind
  6. placate
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  7. scintillate
    be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity
  8. serendipity
    good luck in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries
  9. winsome
    charming in a childlike or naive way
  10. mollify
    cause to be more favorably inclined
Created on Mon Nov 12 18:40:17 EST 2012 (updated Mon Nov 12 18:52:20 EST 2012)

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