Major Test : Word List 10

Isaac L.
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  1. bellicose
    having or showing a ready disposition to fight
  2. consummate
    having or revealing supreme mastery or skill
  3. elusive
    skillful at evading capture
  4. gregarious
    temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others
  5. jaundiced
    affected by yellowing of the skin
  6. nettle
    plant having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation
  7. phenomenon
    any state or process known through the senses
  8. recuperate
    restore to good health or strength
  9. superlative
    highest in quality
  10. whet
    sharpen by rubbing
  11. belligerent
    characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
  12. contemporary
    occurring in the same period of time
  13. emaciated
    very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold
  14. gritty
    composed of or covered with small particles
  15. jaunt
    a journey taken for pleasure
  16. niggardly
    petty or reluctant in giving or spending
  17. philanthropy
    the act of donating money or time to promote human welfare
  18. red tape
    needlessly time-consuming procedure
  19. surly
    unfriendly and inclined toward anger or irritation
  20. whimsical
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
  21. bemoan
    regret strongly
  22. contrite
    feeling or expressing pain or sorrow
  23. emancipate
    free from slavery or servitude
  24. guffaw
    a burst of loud and hearty laughter
  25. jeopardize
    pose a threat to; present a danger to
  26. nomadic
    relating to persons or groups who travel in search of food or work
  27. philistine
    a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits
  28. redolent
    having a strong pleasant odor
  29. surreptitious
    marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
  30. willful
    done by design
  31. benevolent
    showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding
  32. contrition
    sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation
  33. embezzle
    appropriate fraudulently to one's own use
  34. guile
    shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
  35. jingoistic
    fanatically patriotic
  36. nonchalance
    the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care
  37. phlegmatic
    showing little emotion
  38. redress
    make reparations or amends for
  39. surreptitiously
    in a secretive manner
  40. wily
    marked by skill in deception
  41. benign
    kind in disposition or manner
  42. contumacious
    willfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient
  43. embroil
    force into some kind of situation or course of action
  44. guileless
    innocent and free of deceit
  45. jocular
    characterized by jokes and good humor
  46. nondescript
    lacking distinct or individual characteristics
  47. pillage
    steal goods; take as spoils
  48. redundant
    more than is needed, desired, or required
  49. susceptible
    yielding readily to or capable of undergoing a process
  50. wispy
    thin and weak
  51. benignity
    the quality of being kind and gentle
  52. contusion
    an injury in which the skin is not broken
  53. emerge
    come out into view, as from concealment
  54. gullibility
    tendency to believe too readily and to be easily deceived
  55. jollity
    feeling jovial and full of good humor
  56. nonentity
    a person of no influence
  57. pinnacle
    a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress or a tower
  58. referendum
    a legislative act referred for approval to a popular vote
  59. suspect
    regard as untrustworthy
  60. wistful
    showing pensive sadness
  61. bequeath
    leave or give, especially by will after one's death
  62. conundrum
    a difficult problem
  63. emulate
    strive to equal or match, especially by imitating
  64. gullible
    naive and easily deceived or tricked
  65. jubilant
    full of high-spirited delight
  66. nostalgia
    a longing for something past
  67. pious
    having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity
  68. refute
    overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof
  69. sybarite
    a person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses
  70. zany
    ludicrous or foolish
  71. berate
    censure severely or angrily
  72. conventional
    following accepted customs and proprieties
  73. endorse
    approve of
  74. gustatory
    of or relating to the sense of taste
  75. judicious
    marked by the exercise of common sense in practical matters
  76. notoriety
    the state of being known for some unfavorable act or quality
  77. pivotal
    being of crucial importance
  78. regale
    occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
  79. sycophant
    a person who tries to please someone to gain an advantage
  80. zeal
    a feeling of strong eagerness
  81. beret
    a soft cap with no brim or bill
  82. corpulent
    excessively large
  83. endurance
    a state of surviving; remaining alive
  84. hackneyed
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  85. jurisprudence
    the branch of philosophy concerned with the law
  86. novel
    an extended fictional work in prose
  87. placate
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  88. relegate
    assign to a lower position
  89. taciturn
    habitually reserved and uncommunicative
  90. zealot
    a fervent and even militant proponent of something
  91. bestial
    resembling an animal, especially by being vicious or cruel
  92. corrugated
    shaped into alternating parallel grooves and ridges
  93. enduring
    unceasing
  94. hallowed
    worthy of religious veneration
  95. juxtapose
    place side by side
  96. novice
    someone new to a field or activity
  97. placebo
    an innocuous or inert medication
  98. remorse
    a feeling of deep regret, usually for some misdeed
  99. tactile
    of or relating to or proceeding from the sense of touch
  100. zenith
    the highest point of something
Created on Fri Dec 07 07:21:47 EST 2012

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