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  1. peasant
    one of a class of agricultural laborers
  2. juxtaposed
    placed side by side often for comparison
  3. extort
    obtain by coercion or intimidation
  4. auspicious
    indicating favorable circumstances and good luck
  5. suffragist
    an advocate of the extension of voting rights
  6. abrogate
    revoke formally
  7. satire
    witty language used to convey insults or scorn
  8. abjure
    formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief
  9. yeoman
    a free man who cultivates his own land
  10. mawkish
    very sentimental or emotional
  11. hoard
    a secret store of valuables or money
  12. palatable
    acceptable to the taste or mind
  13. facetious
    cleverly amusing in tone
  14. languish
    become feeble
  15. vestige
    an indication that something has been present
  16. gallows
    an instrument from which a person is executed by hanging
  17. camaraderie
    the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability
  18. hegemony
    the dominance or leadership of one social group over others
  19. denizen
    a plant or animal naturalized in a region
  20. quotidian
    found in the ordinary course of events
  21. prosaic
    lacking wit or imagination
  22. anoint
    administer an oil or ointment to, often ceremonially
  23. smug
    marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction
  24. complacent
    contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions
  25. anathema
    a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication
  26. intrigue
    a crafty and involved plot to achieve your ends
  27. aphasia
    inability to use language because of a brain lesion
  28. scourge
    something causing misery or death
  29. digress
    wander from a direct or straight course
  30. befuddle
    be confusing or perplexing to
  31. behoove
    be appropriate or necessary
  32. bemused
    perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements
  33. beset
    assail or attack on all sides
  34. besmirch
    smear so as to make dirty or stained
  35. binge
    overeat or eat immodestly
  36. contagious
    (of disease) capable of being spread by infection
  37. scant
    less than the correct or legal or full amount
  38. bewail
    express sorrow or regret about something
  39. berserk
    frenzied as if possessed by a demon
  40. betoken
    be a signal for or a symptom of
  41. portend
    indicate by signs
  42. wade
    walk through relatively shallow water
  43. mob
    a disorderly crowd of people
  44. hoodwink
    conceal one's true motives from
  45. copious
    large in number or quantity
  46. garland
    a circular band of flowers or other foliage
  47. pounce
    move down on as if in an attack
  48. emanate
    give out, as breath or an odor
  49. iota
    a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
  50. shred
    a small piece of cloth or paper
  51. travail
    use of physical or mental energy; hard work
  52. abysmal
    exceptionally bad or displeasing
  53. ameliorate
    make better
  54. teem
    be full of or abuzz with
  55. swarm
    a group of many things in the air or on the ground
  56. grouse
    popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs
  57. gripe
    complain
  58. kosher
    conforming to the dietary laws of Judaism
  59. impertinent
    improperly forward or bold
  60. perennial
    lasting an indefinitely long time
  61. slime
    any thick, viscous matter
  62. extort
    obtain by coercion or intimidation
  63. abstemious
    marked by temperance in indulgence
  64. yeoman
    a free man who cultivates his own land
  65. mawkish
    very sentimental or emotional
  66. blurt
    utter impulsively
  67. prate
    speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly
  68. precept
    a rule of personal conduct
  69. bluster
    be gusty, as of wind
  70. prim
    affectedly dainty or refined
  71. precipitation
    the falling to earth of any form of water
  72. belch
    expel gas from the stomach
  73. impasse
    a situation in which no progress can be made
  74. pulchritude
    physical beauty, especially of a woman
  75. filch
    make off with belongings of others
  76. fungible
    freely exchangeable for something of like nature
  77. impetus
    a force that makes something happen
  78. assimilate
    make alike
  79. pervasive
    spreading or spread throughout
  80. impending
    close in time; about to occur
Created on Fri Apr 05 04:30:28 EDT 2013 (updated Sun Jun 09 01:47:17 EDT 2013)

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