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Klaus B. (Germany)
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  1. ensconce
    fix firmly
  2. compunction
    a feeling of deep regret, usually for some misdeed
  3. casuistry
    argumentation that is specious or excessively subtle
  4. confute
    prove to be false
  5. interstice
    small opening between things
  6. suborn
    incite to commit a crime or an evil deed
  7. slew
    a large number or amount or extent
  8. charter school
    an experimental public school for kindergarten through grade 12; created and organized by teachers and parents and community leaders; operates independently of other schools
  9. luster
    the property of something that shines with reflected light
  10. expurgate
    edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
  11. fusillade
    rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms
  12. ledger
    a record in which commercial accounts are recorded
  13. solemnize
    observe or perform with dignity or gravity
  14. curette
    a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity
  15. punctilious
    marked by precise accordance with details
  16. chimera
    a grotesque product of the imagination
  17. viscid
    having the sticky properties of an adhesive
  18. vituperative
    marked by harshly abusive criticism
  19. abstemious
    marked by temperance in indulgence
  20. indolent
    disinclined to work or exertion
  21. promulgation
    a public statement containing information about an event
  22. immolation
    killing or offering as a sacrifice
  23. prankster
    someone who plays practical jokes on others
  24. tergiversate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead
  25. blandishment
    flattery intended to persuade
  26. onerous
    burdensome or difficult to endure
  27. jocular
    characterized by jokes and good humor
  28. ineffable
    defying expression or description
  29. lush
    produced or growing in extreme abundance
  30. zest
    a tart spicy quality
  31. dainty
    something considered choice to eat
  32. delectable
    extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
  33. racy
    marked by richness and fullness of flavor
  34. rapture
    a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion
  35. scrumptious
    extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
  36. ravishing
    stunningly beautiful
  37. recalcitrant
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  38. upstart
    a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status
  39. wiseacre
    an irritating person who is or pretends to be smart
  40. pellucid
    transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity
  41. implacable
    incapable of being appeased or pacified
  42. politic
    marked by artful prudence, expedience, and shrewdness
  43. anthropolatry
    the worship of human beings
  44. poultice
    a medical dressing spread on a cloth and applied to the skin
  45. reticent
    reluctant to draw attention to yourself
Created on Tue Jan 12 12:43:38 EST 2010 (updated Thu Feb 25 10:08:39 EST 2010)

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