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  1. refulgent
    radiating or as if radiating light
  2. fraught
    filled with or attended with
  3. impenitent
    not remorseful
  4. visceral
    relating to or affecting the internal organs
  5. choleric
    characterized by anger
  6. slovenly
    negligent of neatness especially in dress and person
  7. disarray
    untidiness, especially of clothing and appearance
  8. multiform
    occurring in or having many shapes or appearances
  9. conversant
    well informed about or knowing thoroughly
  10. contrive
    make or work out a plan for; devise
  11. analgesic
    capable of relieving pain
  12. carcinogen
    any substance that produces cancer
  13. profligate
    unrestrained by convention or morality
  14. perforate
    make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation
  15. maraud
    raid and rove in search of plunder
  16. resiliency
    ability of a material to return to its original shape
  17. imponderable
    difficult or impossible to evaluate with precision
  18. bicameral
    consisting of two chambers
  19. incontrovertible
    impossible to deny or disprove
  20. satiate
    fill to satisfaction
  21. conceit
    the trait of being unduly vain
  22. valedictory
    a farewell oration
  23. premonitory
    warning of future misfortune
  24. empyrean
    of or relating to the sky or heavens
  25. eponymous
    relating to a name derived from a person
  26. tenuous
    lacking substance or significance
  27. prodigal
    recklessly wasteful
  28. anomaly
    deviation from the normal or common order, form, or rule
  29. subverter
    a radical supporter of political or social revolution
  30. abscond
    run away, often taking something or somebody along
  31. digress
    wander from a direct or straight course
  32. bandy
    discuss lightly
  33. tenuous
    lacking substance or significance
  34. delectable
    extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
  35. threadbare
    thin and tattered with age
  36. vagrant
    a wanderer with no established residence or means of support
  37. stupor
    a state of being half-awake
  38. stupefaction
    the action of stupefying; making dull or lethargic
  39. semiconsciousness
    a state of being half-awake
  40. locomote
    move or travel from one place to another
  41. irrevocably
    in a manner that cannot be taken back
  42. rhetoric
    study of the technique for using language effectively
  43. magniloquence
    high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
  44. grandiloquence
    high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
  45. gesticulate
    show, express, or direct through movement
  46. paraphrase
    express the same message in different words
  47. commingle
    mix or blend
  48. jargon
    technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject
  49. eschew
    avoid and stay away from deliberately
  50. amenable
    disposed or willing to comply
  51. empirical
    derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
  52. inquisitive
    given to questioning
  53. placate
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  54. deduce
    reason from the general to the particular
  55. adduce
    advance evidence for
  56. indecipherable
    not easily decoded
  57. negation
    the speech act of denying or refusing
  58. disaffirmation
    the act of asserting that something alleged is not true
  59. asseveration
    a declaration that is made emphatically
  60. averment
    a declaration that is made emphatically
  61. dissident
    a person who objects to some established policy
  62. facade
    the front of a building
  63. perspicacious
    mentally acute or penetratingly discerning
  64. sapient
    acutely insightful and wise
  65. luminous
    softly bright or radiant
  66. ulterior
    lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed
  67. subterraneous
    being or operating under the surface of the earth
  68. infelicitous
    not appropriate in application; defective
  69. cumbersome
    difficult to handle or use, especially because of size or weight
  70. methodological
    relating to the systematic techniques of some discipline
  71. unregenerate
    not reformed morally or spiritually
  72. obstinate
    refusing to change one's mind or ways; difficult to convince
  73. pertinacious
    stubbornly unyielding
  74. mangy
    affected with a skin disease causing itching and hair loss
  75. serrated
    notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex
  76. antipathy
    a feeling of intense dislike
  77. perfidious
    tending to betray
  78. factious
    dissenting with the majority opinion
  79. scurrilous
    expressing offensive, insulting, or scandalous criticism
  80. supererogatory
    more than is needed, desired, or required
  81. sybaritic
    displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses
  82. voluptuous
    displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses
  83. hedonistic
    devoted to pleasure
  84. gargantuan
    of great mass; huge and bulky
  85. disport
    occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
  86. impediment
    something immaterial that interferes with action or progress
  87. vulpine
    resembling or characteristic of a fox
  88. cacophonous
    having an unpleasant sound
  89. tenuous
    lacking substance or significance
  90. hortatory
    giving strong encouragement
  91. exhortative
    giving strong encouragement
  92. nescient
    uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication
  93. analogous
    similar or equivalent in some respects
  94. contemptuous
    expressing extreme scorn
  95. discombobulate
    cause to be confused emotionally
Created on Fri Nov 16 11:00:14 EST 2012 (updated Fri Jun 21 23:23:29 EDT 2013)

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