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  1. acerbic
    sour or bitter in taste
  2. amalgam
    a combination or blend of diverse things
  3. assiduous
    marked by care and persistent effort
  4. burgeon
    grow and flourish
  5. circumlocutory
    roundabout and unnecessarily wordy
  6. corroborate
    give evidence for
  7. denigrate
    attack the good name and reputation of someone
  8. ebb
    the outward flow of the tide
  9. expeditious
    marked by speed and efficiency
  10. histrionic
    overly dramatic or emotional
  11. indomitable
    impossible to subdue
  12. insular
    relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island
  13. mellifluous
    pleasing to the ear
  14. nefarious
    extremely wicked
  15. paucity
    an insufficient quantity or number
  16. preponderance
    exceeding in heaviness; having greater weight
  17. pusillanimous
    lacking in courage, strength, and resolution
  18. seditious
    inciting action or rebellion
  19. spurious
    plausible but false
  20. vacillate
    be undecided about something
Created on Mon Jan 07 11:43:35 EST 2013 (updated Mon Jan 07 12:00:40 EST 2013)

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