impecunious

Firas I. (Jordan)
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  1. impecunious
    not having enough money to pay for necessities
  2. glut
    supply with an excess of
  3. politic
    marked by artful prudence, expedience, and shrewdness
  4. altercation
    a noisy, angry argument or fight between people
  5. ad hominem
    appealing to personal considerations rather than to reason
  6. anachronism
    locating something at a time when it couldn't have existed
  7. inveigh
    complain bitterly
  8. rancour
    a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
  9. mundane
    found in the ordinary course of events
  10. serpentine
    resembling a snake in form
  11. serpentine
    resembling a snake in form
  12. thaw
    become or cause to become soft or liquid
  13. spellbind
    put into a trance
  14. dystopia
    state in which the conditions of life are extremely bad
  15. panoply
    a complete and impressive array
  16. niggardly
    petty or reluctant in giving or spending
  17. mingy
    characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity
  18. Schadenfreude
    delight in another person's misfortune
  19. minatory
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  20. excoriate
    express strong disapproval of
  21. screed
    a long, tedious rant
  22. panacea
    hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases
  23. nostrum
    patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable
  24. trade-last
    a compliment that I heard about you that I offer to trade for a compliment you have heard about me
  25. leaden
    (of movement) slow and laborious
  26. ascetic
    someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
Created on Wed Mar 13 03:13:19 EDT 2013 (updated Thu Jun 25 02:13:43 EDT 2015)

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