Les Miserables

Frank S.
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  1. asperity
    harshness of manner
  2. austerity
    excessive sternness
  3. venial
    warranting only temporal punishment
  4. epoch
    a period marked by distinctive character
  5. mountebank
    a flamboyant deceiver
  6. episcopal
    denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops
  7. tumbril
    a farm dumpcart for carrying dung
  8. reconciled
    made compatible or consistent
  9. pallor
    an unnatural lack of color in the skin
  10. pontifical
    proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope
  11. affectation
    a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
  12. sublime
    of high moral or intellectual value
  13. concretion
    the union of diverse things into one body or form or group
  14. guise
    an artful or simulated semblance
  15. funereal
    suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial
  16. lugubrious
    excessively mournful
  17. efface
    remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing
  18. canon
    a collection of books accepted as holy scripture
  19. ecclesiastical
    of or associated with a church
  20. catechism
    an elementary book summarizing the principles of a religion
  21. accost
    approach and speak to someone aggressively or insistently
  22. repast
    the food served and eaten at one time
  23. dissertation
    a treatise advancing a point of view resulting from research
  24. augur
    predict from an omen
  25. avaricious
    immoderately desirous of acquiring something
  26. caprice
    a sudden desire
  27. conclave
    a confidential or secret meeting
  28. paroxysm
    a sudden uncontrollable attack
  29. abnegation
    the denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief
  30. anchylosis
    abnormal adhesion and rigidity of the bones of a joint
  31. Narcissus
    (Greek mythology) a beautiful young man who fell in love with his own reflection
  32. apothecary
    a health professional who prepares and dispenses drugs
  33. orthodoxy
    the quality of adhering to what is commonly accepted
  34. locution
    a word or phrase that people use in particular situations
  35. pedantry
    an ostentatious and inappropriate display of learning
  36. Brahmin
    any of several breeds of Indian cattle
  37. puerile
    displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
  38. venerable
    profoundly honored
  39. suavity
    the quality of being charming and gracious in manner
  40. august
    profoundly honored
  41. indulgent
    given to yielding to the wishes of someone
  42. abstruse
    difficult to understand
  43. Bohemian
    of or relating to Bohemia or its language or people
  44. mendicant
    a pauper who lives by begging
  45. audacious
    disposed to venture or take risks
  46. vivacious
    vigorous and animated
  47. avidity
    a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something
  48. ostentation
    pretentious or showy or vulgar display
  49. voracity
    extreme gluttony
  50. sobriquet
    a familiar name for a person
  51. churlish
    having a bad disposition; surly
  52. brigand
    an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band
  53. cudgel
    a club that is used as a weapon
  54. expiation
    compensation for a wrong
  55. iniquitous
    characterized by injustice or wickedness
  56. impious
    lacking piety or reverence for a god
  57. pariah
    a person who is rejected from society or home
  58. denizen
    a plant or animal naturalized in a region
  59. augur
    predict from an omen
  60. physiognomy
    the human face
  61. coquetry
    playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest
  62. gesticulate
    show, express, or direct through movement
  63. bohemia
    a group of artists and writers with real or pretended artistic or intellectual aspirations and usually an unconventional life style
  64. bourgeois
    being of the property-owning class
  65. Diderot
    French philosopher who was a leading figure of the Enlightenment in France; principal editor of an encyclopedia that disseminated the scientific and philosophical knowledge of the time (1713-1784)
  66. Druid
    a pre-Christian priest among the Celts of ancient Gaul and Britain and Ireland
  67. acrimony
    a rough and bitter manner
  68. perfidious
    tending to betray
  69. physiognomy
    the human face
  70. blackguard
    someone who is morally reprehensible
  71. probity
    complete and confirmed integrity
  72. grotto
    a small cave, usually with attractive features
  73. veritable
    not counterfeit or copied
  74. penury
    a state of extreme poverty or destitution
  75. respite
    a pause from doing something
  76. league
    an association of states or individuals for common action
Created on Sat Mar 16 12:50:24 EDT 2013 (updated Fri May 03 13:43:53 EDT 2013)

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