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  1. revile
    spread negative information about
  2. atone
    turn away from sin or do penitence
  3. vouchsafe
    grant in a condescending manner
  4. deceptive
    deliberately designed to mislead
  5. connotation
    an idea that is implied or suggested
  6. despised
    treated with contempt
  7. placebo
    an innocuous or inert medication
  8. complacent
    contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions
  9. panoptic
    including everything visible in one view
  10. parse
    analyze the sentence structure of
  11. panacea
    hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases
  12. pandemonium
    a state of extreme confusion and disorder
  13. affinity
    a natural attraction or feeling of kinship
  14. convene
    meet formally
  15. advent
    arrival that has been awaited
  16. podiatrist
    a specialist in care for the feet
  17. prose
    ordinary writing as distinguished from verse
  18. ingrain
    produce or try to produce a vivid impression of
  19. sophomore
    a second-year undergraduate
  20. reminiscence
    a mental impression retained and recalled from the past
  21. antiquated
    so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
  22. translucent
    allowing light to pass through diffusely
  23. etching
    making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them
  24. unprecedented
    novel; having no earlier occurrence
  25. somber
    serious and gloomy in character
  26. myriad
    a large indefinite number
  27. quixotic
    not sensible about practical matters
  28. provocation
    a means of arousing or stirring to action
  29. commendation
    an official award given as formal public statement
  30. nuance
    a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
  31. dearth
    an insufficient quantity or number
  32. tempestuous
    characterized by violent emotions or behavior
  33. pliant
    capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out
  34. intrinsic
    belonging to a thing by its very nature
  35. frenetic
    fast and energetic in an uncontrolled or wild way
  36. instigate
    provoke or stir up
  37. arrogate
    seize and take control without authority
  38. eschew
    avoid and stay away from deliberately
  39. imbue
    spread or diffuse through
  40. exorbitant
    greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
  41. fathom
    a linear unit of measurement for water depth
  42. apogee
    the farthest point in an orbit around the Earth
  43. epiphany
    a usually sudden insight, perception, or understanding of something
  44. elusive
    skillful at evading capture
  45. dilapidated
    in a state of decay, ruin, or deterioration
  46. translucent
    allowing light to pass through diffusely
  47. diminutive
    very small
  48. orator
    a person who delivers a speech
  49. miscreant
    a person without moral scruples
  50. interloper
    someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another
  51. despair
    a state in which all hope is lost or absent
  52. duress
    compulsory force or threat
  53. indifferent
    marked by a lack of interest
  54. ignoble
    dishonorable in character or purpose
  55. despise
    look down on with disdain or disgust
  56. nonplussed
    filled with bewilderment
  57. atrocious
    shockingly brutal or cruel
  58. perplexed
    full of difficulty or confusion or bewilderment
  59. holistic
    emphasizing the organic relation between parts and the whole
  60. coherent
    marked by an orderly and consistent relation of parts
  61. jargon
    technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject
  62. colloquialism
    an expression that seeks to imitate informal speech
  63. disdain
    lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
  64. persuade
    cause somebody to adopt a certain position or belief
  65. laudable
    worthy of high praise
  66. laudatory
    full of or giving praise
  67. pedant
    a person who is preoccupied with rules and learning
  68. fierce
    marked by extreme and violent energy
  69. complacent
    contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions
  70. anecdote
    short account of an incident
  71. gimmick
    any clever maneuver
  72. dubious
    fraught with uncertainty or doubt
  73. propagate
    become distributed or widespread
  74. gospel
    the written body of teachings accepted by a religious group
  75. dissuade
    turn away from by persuasion
  76. surmise
    infer from incomplete evidence
  77. speculative
    not based on fact or investigation
  78. muddle
    make clouded as with sediment
  79. glean
    gather, as of natural products
  80. conjure
    summon into action or bring into existence
  81. dissenting
    disagreeing, especially with a majority
  82. obsolete
    no longer in use
  83. persuade
    cause somebody to adopt a certain position or belief
  84. deplore
    express strong disapproval of
  85. possessive
    serving to express or indicate the act of having
  86. contrast
    the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared
  87. sterile
    incapable of reproducing
  88. metaphor
    a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity
  89. perpetuate
    cause to continue or prevail
  90. chronicle
    a record or narrative description of past events
  91. commend
    present as worthy of regard, kindness, or confidence
  92. exemplify
    clarify by giving an illustration of
  93. prevalent
    most frequent or common
  94. epidemic
    a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease
  95. reconcile
    come to terms
  96. contend
    have an argument about something
  97. indifferent
    marked by a lack of interest
  98. allude
    make an indirect reference to
  99. enumerate
    specify individually
  100. contemporary
    belonging to the present time
  101. chronology
    an arrangement of events in time
  102. augment
    enlarge or increase
  103. prolific
    intellectually productive
  104. incinerate
    become reduced to ashes
  105. spurned
    rebuffed (by a lover) without warning
  106. congenial
    suitable to your needs
  107. pan
    express a totally negative opinion of
  108. shrewd
    marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
  109. infallible
    incapable of failure or error
  110. predicament
    an unpleasant or difficult situation
  111. apprehensive
    in fear or dread of possible evil or harm
  112. recapitulate
    summarize briefly
  113. polarize
    cause to divide into conflicting positions
  114. critical
    of a serious examination and judgment of something
  115. patent
    a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention
  116. painstaking
    characterized by extreme care and great effort
  117. vanquish
    defeat in a competition, race, or conflict
  118. construe
    make sense of; assign a meaning to
  119. anoint
    administer an oil or ointment to, often ceremonially
  120. collude
    act in unison and in secret towards a deceitful purpose
  121. ubiquitous
    being present everywhere at once
  122. fastidious
    giving careful attention to detail
  123. cynical
    believing the worst of human nature and motives
  124. collusion
    secret agreement
  125. intelligible
    capable of being apprehended or understood
  126. abrasive
    causing irritation or erosion by friction
  127. blighted
    affected by something that prevents growth or prosperity
  128. ahistorical
    unconcerned with or unrelated to the past
  129. germane
    relevant and appropriate
  130. objective
    the goal intended to be attained
  131. pugnacious
    ready and able to resort to force or violence
  132. fitful
    occurring in spells and often abruptly
Created on Wed Apr 03 05:36:37 EDT 2013 (updated Thu Sep 19 11:38:57 EDT 2013)

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