The Challenge (11 Feb 2013)

Peiyu <3 (Singapore)
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  1. apathy
    an absence of emotion or enthusiasm
  2. awry
    away from the correct or expected course
  3. awry
    turned or twisted to one side
  4. bode
    indicate by signs
  5. cathartic
    emotionally purging
  6. cavalier
    showing a lack of concern or seriousness
    Snobby; looking down on others
  7. chasten
    correct by punishment or discipline
  8. chastity
    abstaining from sexual relations
  9. confidant
    someone to whom private matters are told
  10. congenial
    suitable to your needs
  11. contempt
    lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
  12. cursory
    hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
    Careless
  13. dearth
    an insufficient quantity or number
  14. disparate
    fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
  15. dogma
    a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
  16. ephemeral
    lasting a very short time
  17. fantabulous
    very good;of the highest quality
  18. flout
    laugh at with contempt and derision
  19. fortitude
    strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity
  20. fractious
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
    Frustratingly stubborn, rebellious and inclined to cause problems
  21. fractious
    easily irritated or annoyed
  22. grandiloquent
    lofty in style
    Fancy
  23. jocund
    full of or showing high-spirited merriment
  24. mediocre
    moderate to inferior in quality
  25. mire
    an intractable difficulty or embarrassment
    Stuck in a sticky situation
  26. mirth
    great merriment
  27. natty
    marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
    Fashionable; stylish
  28. panegyric
    a formal expression of praise
  29. penitent
    feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds
  30. perfunctory
    as a formality only
  31. perfunctory
    hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
  32. placate
    cause to be more favorably inclined
    Appease
  33. puerile
    displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
    Childish; silly
  34. purport
    propose or intend
  35. quicksilver
    liable to sudden unpredictable change
  36. rakish
    marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
    Dashing, charming, stylishly handsome
  37. raze
    tear down so as to make flat with the ground
  38. rendezvous
    meet at an appointed place
  39. rife
    excessively abundant
  40. sagacious
    acutely insightful and wise
  41. sesquipedalian
    long and ponderous; having many syllables
  42. sesquipedalian
    given to the overuse of long words
  43. sordid
    unethical or dishonest
  44. sordid
    foul and run-down and repulsive
    Dirty, both literally and figuratively
  45. stilted
    artificially formal or stiff
  46. tempestuous
    characterized by violent emotions or behavior
  47. tutelage
    attention and management implying responsibility for safety
    Guardianship; teaching
  48. veterinarian
    a doctor who provides health care to animals
  49. wanton
    indulge in a carefree or voluptuous way of life
  50. wanton
    spend wastefully
    Lacking in discipline
Created on Sun Feb 10 21:05:27 EST 2013 (updated Fri Oct 03 23:12:14 EDT 2014)

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