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  1. contrition
    sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation
  2. impudent
    improperly forward or bold
  3. indolent
    disinclined to work or exertion
  4. interloper
    someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another
  5. milieu
    the environmental condition
  6. nebulous
    lacking definite form or limits
  7. odious
    extremely repulsive or unpleasant
  8. repast
    the food served and eaten at one time
  9. roisterer
    an especially noisy and unrestrained merrymaker
  10. ascribe
    attribute or credit to
  11. auspicious
    indicating favorable circumstances and good luck
  12. glower
    look angry or sullen as if to signal disapproval
  13. guile
    shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
  14. mastic
    an evergreen shrub of the Mediterranean region that is cultivated for its resin
  15. solicit
    request urgently or persistently
  16. vigilant
    carefully observant or attentive
  17. voracious
    devouring or craving food in great quantities
  18. archaic
    so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
  19. atoll
    an island consisting of a coral reef surrounding a lagoon
  20. impetuous
    characterized by undue haste and lack of thought
  21. obdurate
    stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
  22. parity
    functional equality
  23. paucity
    an insufficient quantity or number
  24. transgress
    act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
  25. travail
    use of physical or mental energy; hard work
  26. wan
    pale, as of a person's complexion
  27. commiserate
    feel or express sympathy or compassion
  28. contravene
    go against, as of rules and laws
  29. derogate
    cause to seem lesser or inferior
  30. discern
    perceive, recognize, or detect
  31. ponderous
    having great mass and weight and unwieldiness
  32. shiftless
    lacking ambition or initiative
  33. amity
    a state of friendship and cordiality
  34. germane
    relevant and appropriate
  35. gibe
    laugh at with contempt and derision
  36. inimitable
    matchless
  37. itinerant
    traveling from place to place to work
  38. mellifluous
    pleasing to the ear
  39. morbid
    suggesting the horror of death and decay
  40. predilection
    a predisposition in favor of something
  41. pugnacious
    ready and able to resort to force or violence
  42. rectitude
    righteousness as a consequence of being honorable and honest
  43. rococo
    having excessive asymmetrical ornamentation
  44. aficionado
    a serious devotee of some activity, genre, or performer
  45. cede
    give over
  46. credence
    the mental attitude that something is believable
  47. debase
    make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance
  48. foment
    try to stir up
  49. forbearance
    a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges
  50. jocose
    characterized by jokes and good humor
  51. rancor
    a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
  52. vex
    disturb, especially by minor irritations
  53. burgeon
    grow and flourish
  54. distend
    cause to expand as if by internal pressure
  55. federation
    an organization formed by merging several groups or parties
  56. intimation
    a slight suggestion or vague understanding
  57. inviolate
    not injured physically or mentally
  58. kowtow
    bend the knees and bow in a servile manner
  59. luminary
    a celebrity who is an inspiration to others
  60. panache
    distinctive and stylish elegance
Created on Sat Feb 20 17:16:59 EST 2010

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