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JOSHUA T.
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  1. aberration
    a state or condition markedly different from the norm
  2. abhor
    feel hatred or disgust toward
  3. acquiesce
    agree or express agreement
  4. alacrity
    liveliness and eagerness
  5. amiable
    diffusing warmth and friendliness
  6. appease
    make peace with
  7. arcane
    requiring secret or mysterious knowledge
  8. avarice
    reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth
  9. brazen
    not held back by conventional ideas of behavior
  10. brusque
    rudely abrupt or blunt in speech or manner
  11. cajole
    influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
  12. callous
    emotionally hardened
  13. candor
    the quality of being honest and straightforward
  14. chide
    scold or reprimand severely or angrily
  15. circumspect
    careful to consider potential consequences and avoid risk
  16. clandestine
    conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
  17. coerce
    cause to do through pressure or necessity
  18. coherent
    marked by an orderly and consistent relation of parts
  19. complacency
    the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself
  20. confidant
    someone to whom private matters are told
  21. connive
    form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner
  22. cumulative
    increasing by successive addition
  23. debase
    make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance
  24. decry
    express strong disapproval of
  25. deferential
    showing courteous regard for people's feelings
  26. demure
    shy or modest, often in a playful or provocative way
  27. deride
    treat or speak of with contempt
  28. despot
    a cruel and oppressive dictator
  29. diligent
    quietly and steadily persevering in detail or exactness
  30. elated
    exultantly proud and joyful; in high spirits
  31. eloquent
    expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively
  32. embezzle
    appropriate fraudulently to one's own use
  33. empathy
    understanding and entering into another's feelings
  34. enmity
    a state of deep-seated ill-will
  35. erudite
    having or showing profound knowledge
  36. extol
    praise, glorify, or honor
  37. fabricate
    put together out of artificial or natural components
  38. feral
    wild and menacing
  39. flabbergasted
    as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise
  40. forsake
    leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
  41. fractious
    easily irritated or annoyed
  42. furtive
    secret and sly
  43. gluttony
    habitual eating to excess
  44. gratuitous
    unnecessary and unwarranted
  45. haughty
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  46. hypocrisy
    pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not have
  47. impeccable
    without error or flaw
  48. impertinent
    improperly forward or bold
  49. implacable
    incapable of being appeased or pacified
  50. impudent
    improperly forward or bold
  51. incisive
    demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
  52. indolent
    disinclined to work or exertion
  53. inept
    generally incompetent and ineffectual
  54. infamy
    a state of extreme dishonor
  55. inhibit
    limit the range or extent of
  56. innate
    present at birth but not necessarily hereditary
  57. insatiable
    impossible to fulfill, appease, or gratify
  58. insular
    relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island
  59. intrepid
    invulnerable to fear or intimidation
  60. inveterate
    habitual
  61. jubilant
    full of high-spirited delight
  62. knell
    the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death
  63. lithe
    moving and bending with ease
  64. lurid
    glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism
  65. maverick
    someone who exhibits independence in thought and action
  66. maxim
    a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits
  67. meticulous
    marked by precise accordance with details
  68. modicum
    a small or moderate or token amount
  69. morose
    showing a brooding ill humor
  70. myriad
    a large indefinite number
  71. nadir
    the lowest point of anything
  72. nominal
    relating to or constituting or bearing or giving a name
  73. novice
    someone new to a field or activity
  74. nuance
    a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
  75. oblivious
    lacking conscious awareness of
  76. obsequious
    attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
  77. obtuse
    of an angle, between 90 and 180 degrees
  78. panacea
    hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases
  79. parody
    a composition that imitates or misrepresents a style
  80. penchant
    a strong liking or preference
  81. perusal
    the act of examining or reading carefully
  82. plethora
    extreme excess
  83. predilection
    a predisposition in favor of something
  84. quaint
    attractively old-fashioned
  85. rash
    imprudently incurring risk
  86. refurbish
    improve the appearance or functionality of
  87. repudiate
    refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid
  88. rife
    excessively abundant
  89. salient
    conspicuous, prominent, or important
  90. serendipity
    good luck in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries
  91. staid
    characterized by dignity and propriety
  92. superfluous
    more than is needed, desired, or required
  93. sycophant
    a person who tries to please someone to gain an advantage
  94. taciturn
    habitually reserved and uncommunicative
  95. truculent
    defiantly aggressive
  96. umbrage
    a feeling of anger caused by being offended
  97. venerable
    profoundly honored
  98. vex
    disturb, especially by minor irritations
  99. vociferous
    conspicuously and offensively loud
  100. wanton
    a lewd or immoral person
  101. zenith
    the highest point of something
Created on Thu May 09 18:33:43 EDT 2013 (updated Thu May 09 18:33:58 EDT 2013)

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