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  1. noxious
    injurious to physical or mental health
  2. extant
    still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost
  3. antagonism
    an actively expressed feeling of dislike and hostility
  4. indignation
    a feeling of righteous anger
  5. augment
    enlarge or increase
  6. eradicate
    destroy completely, as if down to the roots
  7. delineation
    a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects
  8. vehement
    marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions
  9. imperious
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  10. disconcert
    cause to lose one's composure
  11. solicitous
    full of anxiety and concern
  12. curmudgeonly
    brusque, surly, and forbidding
  13. didactic
    instructive, especially excessively
  14. contentious
    showing an inclination to disagree
  15. comprehensive
    including all or everything
  16. cogent
    powerfully persuasive
  17. seditious
    inciting action or rebellion
  18. ingenious
    showing inventiveness and skill
  19. palpable
    capable of being perceived
  20. fortitude
    strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity
  21. acquiesce
    agree or express agreement
  22. meritorious
    deserving reward or praise
  23. erudite
    having or showing profound knowledge
  24. trepidation
    a feeling of alarm or dread
  25. insouciance
    a casual or lighthearted feeling of unconcern
  26. dupe
    fool or hoax
  27. moniker
    a familiar name for a person
  28. winsome
    charming in a childlike or naive way
  29. convoluted
    highly complex or intricate
  30. arduous
    characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
  31. abridge
    lessen, diminish, or curtail
  32. abstemious
    marked by temperance in indulgence
  33. abstract
    existing only in the mind
  34. candor
    the quality of being honest and straightforward
  35. capricious
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
  36. censorious
    harshly critical or expressing censure
  37. cordial
    politely warm and friendly
  38. corroborate
    give evidence for
  39. credulity
    tendency to believe readily
  40. disinclination
    a certain degree of unwillingness
  41. dismiss
    stop associating with
  42. disparage
    express a negative opinion of
  43. feasible
    capable of being done with means at hand
  44. fervor
    feelings of great warmth and intensity
  45. flagrant
    conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
  46. illusory
    having the nature of something unreal or deceptive
  47. immutable
    not subject or susceptible to change or variation
  48. impair
    make worse or less effective
  49. impeccable
    without error or flaw
  50. invert
    turn inside out or upside down
  51. ironic
    displaying incongruity between what is expected and what is
  52. lament
    a cry of sorrow and grief
  53. pretentious
    creating an appearance of importance or distinction
  54. prevalent
    most frequent or common
  55. prodigal
    recklessly wasteful
  56. recount
    narrate or give a detailed account of
  57. rectify
    make right or correct
  58. redundant
    more than is needed, desired, or required
  59. retract
    formally reject or disavow
  60. reverent
    feeling or showing profound respect or veneration
  61. rhetorical
    relating to using language effectively
  62. squander
    spend thoughtlessly; throw away
  63. stagnant
    not growing or changing; without force or vitality
  64. static
    not in physical motion
  65. submissive
    inclined or willing to give in to orders or wishes of others
  66. subordinate
    an assistant subject to the authority or control of another
  67. subside
    wear off or die down
  68. volatile
    liable to lead to sudden change or violence
  69. whimsical
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
  70. zealot
    a fervent and even militant proponent of something
  71. transient
    lasting a very short time
  72. trite
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  73. turbulence
    instability in the atmosphere
Created on Wed Dec 19 23:59:56 EST 2012 (updated Wed Mar 27 18:30:01 EDT 2013)

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