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  1. acolyte
    a devoted follower or assistant
  2. acumen
    shrewdness shown by keen insight
  3. addle
    mix up or confuse
  4. adumbrate
    describe roughly or give the main points or summary of
  5. aesthetic
    characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste
  6. affectation
    a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
  7. affected
    influenced
  8. ambience
    the atmosphere of an environment
  9. ambivalent
    uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow
  10. anachronism
    locating something at a time when it couldn't have existed
  11. ancillary
    furnishing added support
  12. animus
    a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility
  13. antebellum
    belonging to a period before a war
  14. antediluvian
    of or relating to the period before the biblical flood
  15. antiquarian
    of or relating to artifacts or objects from the past
  16. apocryphal
    being of questionable authenticity
  17. apoplectic
    marked by extreme anger
  18. apostate
    not faithful to religion or party or cause
  19. apothecary
    a health professional who prepares and dispenses drugs
  20. apotheosis
    model of excellence or perfection of a kind
  21. appellation
    identifying words by which someone or something is called
  22. archetypal
    of an original pattern on which other things are modeled
  23. argot
    a characteristic language of a particular group
  24. ascetic
    someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
  25. atrophy
    a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse
  26. attenuate
    become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude
  27. avuncular
    being or relating to an uncle
  28. benighted
    overtaken by darkness
  29. bibulous
    given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol
  30. bilious
    relating to a digestive juice secreted by the liver
  31. blanch
    turn pale, as if in fear
  32. blandish
    praise somewhat dishonestly
  33. boorish
    ill-mannered and coarse in behavior or appearance
  34. bowdlerize
    edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
  35. bucolic
    idyllically rustic
  36. buffeting
    repeated heavy blows
  37. caesura
    a break or pause in the middle of a verse line
  38. callous
    emotionally hardened
  39. calumny
    a false accusation of an offense
  40. canard
    a deliberately misleading fabrication
  41. cant
    a slope in the turn of a road or track
  42. carapace
    hard outer covering or case of certain organisms
  43. catharsis
    purging of emotional tensions
  44. catholic
    comprehensive or broad-minded in tastes and interests
  45. cavil
    raise trivial objections
  46. celerity
    a rate that is rapid
  47. choleric
    characterized by anger
  48. colloquial
    characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation
  49. colossus
    someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
  50. concatenate
    add by linking or joining so as to form a chain or series
  51. concomitant
    following or accompanying as a consequence
  52. conflate
    mix together different elements
  53. consternation
    sudden shock or dismay that causes confusion
  54. constituency
    the body of voters who elect a representative for their area
  55. contumacious
    willfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient
  56. conundrum
    a difficult problem
  57. craven
    lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful
  58. crepuscular
    like or relating to twilight; dim
  59. cupidity
    extreme greed for material wealth
  60. demur
    politely refuse or take exception to
  61. demure
    shy or modest, often in a playful or provocative way
  62. deprecate
    express strong disapproval of; deplore
  63. dichotomy
    a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses
  64. didactic
    instructive, especially excessively
  65. diffident
    showing modest reserve
  66. dilatory
    wasting time
  67. disseminate
    cause to become widely known
  68. dissonance
    disagreeable sounds
  69. dither
    be undecided or uncertain
  70. dotage
    mental infirmity as a consequence of old age
  71. droll
    comical in an odd or whimsical manner
  72. duplicitous
    marked by deliberate deceptiveness
  73. dystopian
    of an imaginary place where life is extremely bad
  74. ebullient
    joyously unrestrained
  75. eclat
    brilliant or conspicuous success or effect
  76. eclectic
    selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
  77. effulgent
    radiating or as if radiating light
  78. encomium
    a formal expression of praise
  79. ennui
    the feeling of being bored by something tedious
  80. enthrall
    hold spellbound
  81. epitaph
    an inscription in memory of a buried person
  82. epithet
    descriptive word or phrase
  83. epoch
    a period marked by distinctive character
  84. eponymous
    relating to a name derived from a person
  85. equanimity
    steadiness of mind under stress
  86. etymology
    a history of a word
  87. euphony
    any pleasing and harmonious sounds
  88. evanescent
    short-lived; tending to vanish or disappear
  89. exigent
    demanding immediate attention
  90. exiguous
    extremely scanty
  91. farrago
    a motley assortment of things
  92. fatuous
    devoid of intelligence
  93. feckless
    generally incompetent and ineffectual
  94. fissure
    a long narrow depression in a surface
  95. flay
    strip the skin off
  96. foible
    a minor weakness or peculiarity in someone's character
  97. frangible
    capable of being broken
  98. frippery
    something of little value or significance
  99. fungible
    freely exchangeable for something of like nature
  100. gambol
    play or run boisterously
  101. gibberish
    unintelligible talking
  102. gossamer
    a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture
  103. grandiloquent
    lofty in style
  104. gratuitous
    unnecessary and unwarranted
  105. gravitas
    formality, dignity, or seriousness
  106. hapless
    unfortunate and deserving pity
  107. idiomatic
    relating to the natural expressions of native speakers
  108. impertinent
    improperly forward or bold
  109. impetuous
    characterized by undue haste and lack of thought
  110. imprecation
    the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil
  111. inchoate
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
  112. incorrigible
    impervious to correction by punishment
  113. indolence
    inactivity resulting from a dislike of work
  114. inexorable
    impossible to prevent, resist, or stop
  115. inimical
    tending to obstruct or cause harm
  116. innocuous
    not injurious to physical or mental health
  117. inoculate
    inject or treat with the germ of a disease to render immune
  118. insipid
    lacking interest or significance or impact
  119. insouciance
    a casual or lighthearted feeling of unconcern
  120. interlocutor
    a person who takes part in a conversation
  121. interloper
    someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another
  122. internecine
    within a group or organization
  123. intransigent
    impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, or reason
  124. inundate
    fill or cover completely, usually with water
  125. invective
    abusive language used to express blame or censure
  126. inveigh
    complain bitterly
  127. inveterate
    habitual
  128. ipso facto
    by the fact itself
  129. irascible
    quickly aroused to anger
  130. itinerant
    traveling from place to place to work
  131. jeremiad
    a long and mournful complaint
  132. jettison
    throw away, of something encumbering
  133. knell
    the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death
  134. lexicon
    a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words
  135. limpid
    clear and bright
  136. littoral
    of or relating to a coastal or shore region
  137. magnanimous
    noble and generous in spirit
  138. maudlin
    very sentimental or emotional
  139. mawkish
    very sentimental or emotional
  140. mellifluous
    pleasing to the ear
  141. mendacious
    given to lying
  142. mendicant
    a pauper who lives by begging
  143. mercurial
    liable to sudden unpredictable change
  144. meretricious
    tastelessly showy
  145. metastasize
    spread throughout the body
  146. moniker
    a familiar name for a person
  147. motley
    consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds
  148. munificent
    given or giving freely, generously, or without restriction
  149. neologism
    a newly invented word or phrase
  150. niggardly
    petty or reluctant in giving or spending
  151. noisome
    causing or able to cause nausea
  152. nomenclature
    a system of words used to name things in a discipline
  153. nubile
    (of young women) attractive and eligible to marry
  154. obloquy
    state of disgrace resulting from public abuse
  155. obstreperous
    noisily and stubbornly defiant
  156. obverse
    the more conspicuous of two alternatives or cases or sides
  157. officious
    intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
  158. opprobrium
    a state of extreme dishonor
  159. ossify
    become bony
  160. palaver
    loud and confused and empty talk
  161. parochial
    relating to or supported by or located in a parish
  162. parry
    impede the movement of
  163. parse
    analyze the sentence structure of
  164. pathos
    a quality that arouses emotions, especially pity or sorrow
  165. peccadillo
    a petty misdeed
  166. pedagogy
    the profession of a teacher
  167. penury
    a state of extreme poverty or destitution
  168. perfidy
    an act of deliberate betrayal
  169. peripatetic
    traveling especially on foot
  170. pernicious
    exceedingly harmful
  171. perspicacity
    the ability to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly
  172. pertinacious
    stubbornly unyielding
  173. petrify
    change into stone
  174. petulant
    easily irritated or annoyed
  175. philistine
    a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits
  176. picayune
    small and of little importance
  177. piquant
    having an agreeably pungent taste
  178. pithy
    concise and full of meaning
  179. placate
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  180. platitude
    a trite or obvious remark
  181. polyglot
    a person who speaks more than one language
  182. prescient
    perceiving the significance of events before they occur
  183. propitious
    presenting favorable circumstances
  184. proselytize
    convert or try to convert someone to another religion
  185. puerile
    displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
  186. punctilious
    marked by precise accordance with details
  187. pundit
    an expert who publicly gives opinions via mass media
  188. quagmire
    a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
  189. querulous
    habitually complaining
  190. quotidian
    found in the ordinary course of events
  191. recondite
    difficult to understand
  192. recreant
    having deserted a cause or principle
  193. rectitude
    righteousness as a consequence of being honorable and honest
  194. redolent
    having a strong pleasant odor
  195. reprobate
    a person without moral scruples
  196. reticence
    the trait of being uncommunicative
  197. retrenchment
    the process of saving money by cutting expenses
  198. ruminate
    reflect deeply on a subject
  199. salubrious
    promoting health
  200. salutary
    tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health
  201. sardonic
    disdainfully or ironically humorous
  202. scion
    a descendent or heir
  203. sclerotic
    relating to or having sclerosis; hardened
  204. screed
    a long, tedious rant
  205. shibboleth
    a favorite saying of a sect or political group
  206. shibboleth
    a favorite saying of a sect or political group
  207. shoal
    a stretch of shallow water
  208. sibilant
    of speech sounds forcing air through a constricted passage
  209. sidle
    move sideways
  210. slovenly
    negligent of neatness especially in dress and person
  211. sobriquet
    a familiar name for a person
  212. solecism
    a socially awkward or tactless act
  213. solicitous
    full of anxiety and concern
  214. solipsism
    the philosophical theory that the self is all that exists
  215. sophistry
    a deliberately invalid argument in the hope of deceiving
  216. specious
    plausible but false
  217. stentorian
    very loud or booming
  218. stipulate
    make an express demand or provision in an agreement
  219. stoic
    seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive
  220. strident
    unpleasantly loud and harsh
  221. suave
    having a sophisticated charm
  222. supercilious
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  223. surfeit
    indulge (one's appetite) to satiety
  224. surreptitious
    marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
  225. sybarite
    a person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses
  226. syllogism
    reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises
  227. tacit
    implied by or inferred from actions or statements
  228. taciturn
    habitually reserved and uncommunicative
  229. temerity
    fearless daring
  230. tenable
    based on sound reasoning or evidence
  231. tendentious
    having a strong bias, especially a controversial one
  232. thespian
    a theatrical performer
  233. titillating
    pleasantly and superficially exciting
  234. torpid
    in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation
  235. trajectory
    the path followed by an object moving through space
  236. trenchant
    having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought
  237. trite
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  238. truculent
    defiantly aggressive
  239. turgid
    ostentatiously lofty in style
  240. tyro
    someone new to a field or activity
  241. uncouth
    lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
  242. unctuous
    unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating
  243. undulate
    move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
  244. unrequited
    not returned in kind
  245. usury
    the act of lending money at an exorbitant rate of interest
  246. vacuous
    devoid of matter
  247. vagary
    an unexpected and inexplicable change in something
  248. vertiginous
    having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling
  249. vicissitude
    a variation in circumstances or fortune
  250. viscous
    having a relatively high resistance to flow
  251. votive
    dedicated in fulfillment of a vow
  252. welter
    a confused multitude of things
  253. wend
    direct one's course or way
  254. wheedle
    influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
  255. whelp
    young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf
  256. winsome
    charming in a childlike or naive way
  257. xenophobic
    having abnormal fear or hatred of foreigners
  258. semiotics
    a philosophical theory of the functions of signs and symbols
  259. desultory
    marked by lack of definite plan, purpose, or enthusiasm
  260. anomie
    lack of moral standards in a society
  261. fulsome
    unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating
  262. adduce
    advance evidence for
  263. animus
    a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility
  264. apocryphal
    being of questionable authenticity
  265. apotheosis
    the elevation of a person, as to the status of a god
  266. aureole
    the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere
  267. avant-garde
    radically new or original
  268. bacchanalian
    used of riotously drunken merrymaking
  269. baleful
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  270. bane
    something causing misery or death
  271. bard
    a lyric poet
  272. baroque
    relating to an elaborately ornamented style of art and music
  273. beatitude
    a state of supreme happiness
  274. beguile
    attract; cause to be enamored
  275. bereft
    lacking or deprived of something
  276. betrothed
    pledged to be married
  277. bovine
    any of various wild or domestic cattle
  278. bucolic
    idyllically rustic
  279. cant
    insincere talk about religion or morals
  280. carnal
    of or relating to the body or flesh
  281. cataract
    disease that involves the clouding of the lens of the eye
  282. caustic
    harsh or corrosive in tone
  283. chimerical
    produced by a wildly fanciful imagination
  284. choleric
    characterized by anger
  285. chthonic
    dwelling beneath the surface of the earth
  286. cipher
    a secret method of writing
  287. cipher
    a quantity of no importance
  288. cogent
    powerfully persuasive
  289. cognate
    related by blood
  290. cognate word
    a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language
  291. comity
    a state or atmosphere of harmony or mutual civility
  292. corollary
    an inference following from the proof of another proposition
  293. coruscate
    reflect brightly
  294. coterie
    an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
  295. cozen
    be dishonest with
  296. craven
    lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful
  297. recreant
    having deserted a cause or principle
  298. prosaic
    not challenging; dull and lacking excitement
  299. protean
    taking on different forms
  300. pusillanimous
    lacking in courage, strength, and resolution
  301. abnegation
    the denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief
  302. accoutrement
    accessory or supplementary item of clothing
  303. adventitious
    associated by chance and not an integral part
  304. aegis
    armor plate that protects the chest
  305. agape
    with the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe
  306. algid
    chilly
  307. androgynous
    having both male and female characteristics
  308. atavistic
    characteristic of a throwback
  309. atelier
    a studio especially for an artist or designer
  310. badinage
    frivolous banter
  311. bane
    something causing misery or death
  312. baroque
    relating to an elaborately ornamented style of art and music
  313. betrothed
    pledged to be married
  314. blunderbuss
    a short musket of wide bore with a flared muzzle
  315. bromide
    a trite or obvious remark
  316. bumptious
    offensively self-assertive
  317. Byzantine
    of or relating to or characteristic of the Byzantine Empire or the ancient city of Byzantium
  318. carrion
    the dead and rotting body of an animal; unfit for human food
  319. cataract
    disease that involves the clouding of the lens of the eye
  320. censorious
    harshly critical or expressing censure
  321. cipher
    a secret method of writing
  322. clarion
    loud and clear
  323. concatenate
    add by linking or joining so as to form a chain or series
  324. deracinate
    pull up by or as if by the roots
  325. diadem
    an ornamental jeweled headdress signifying sovereignty
  326. diurnal
    having a daily cycle or occurring every day
  327. dross
    worthless or dangerous material that should be removed
  328. dulcet
    pleasing to the ear
  329. elegiac
    resembling or characteristic of a lament for the dead
  330. empirical
    derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
  331. enervate
    weaken physically, mentally, or morally
  332. ergo
    (used as a sentence connector) therefore or consequently
  333. erstwhile
    belonging to some prior time
  334. expurgate
    edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
  335. extirpate
    destroy completely, as if down to the roots
  336. fettered
    bound by chains fastened around the ankles
  337. forensic
    used in the investigation of facts or evidence in court
  338. fugue
    a musical form consisting of a repeated theme
  339. fulminate
    cause to explode violently and with loud noise
  340. fungible
    freely exchangeable for something of like nature
  341. gestalt
    a whole that cannot be described as a sum of its parts
  342. gestate
    be pregnant with
  343. heuristic
    a commonsense rule to help solve some problem
  344. impresario
    a sponsor who books and stages public entertainments
  345. insouciance
    a casual or lighthearted feeling of unconcern
  346. interstitial
    of or relating to small spaces between things
  347. jejune
    lacking interest or significance or impact
  348. jeremiad
    a long and mournful complaint
  349. juggernaut
    a massive inexorable force
  350. kinetic
    relating to the motion of material bodies and their forces
  351. lambent
    softly bright or radiant
  352. legerdemain
    an illusory feat
  353. liniment
    a topical liquid that relieves muscle stiffness and pain
  354. lithe
    moving and bending with ease
  355. malapropism
    misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar
  356. meretricious
    tastelessly showy
  357. mettle
    the courage to carry on
  358. moratorium
    suspension of an ongoing activity
  359. neuralgic
    of or relating to or suffering from neuralgia
  360. non sequitur
    a reply that has no relevance to what preceded it
  361. nubile
    (of young women) attractive and eligible to marry
  362. offal
    viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal
  363. omnibus
    a vehicle carrying many passengers
  364. overweening
    presumptuously arrogant
  365. palaver
    loud and confused and empty talk
  366. panegyric
    formally expressing praise
  367. paroxysm
    a sudden uncontrollable attack
  368. pastiche
    a work of art that imitates the style of some previous work
  369. patina
    a fine coating of oxide on the surface of a metal
  370. peregrination
    traveling or wandering around
  371. pique
    call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response
  372. plenary
    full in all respects
  373. propinquity
    the property of being close together
  374. puckish
    naughtily or annoyingly playful
  375. pulchritude
    physical beauty, especially of a woman
  376. purloin
    make off with belongings of others
  377. pusillanimous
    lacking in courage, strength, and resolution
  378. quiddity
    the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is
  379. raiment
    especially fine or decorative clothing
  380. ratiocinate
    reason methodologically and logically
  381. redoubtable
    inspiring fear
  382. refractory
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  383. saturnine
    bitter or scornful
  384. seismic
    subject to or caused by an earthquake or earth vibration
  385. sibilant
    of speech sounds forcing air through a constricted passage
  386. sinecure
    a job that involves minimal duties
  387. sobriquet
    a familiar name for a person
  388. sonorous
    full and loud and deep
  389. soporific
    inducing sleep
  390. trope
    language used in a nonliteral sense
  391. unfettered
    not bound or restrained, as by shackles and chains
  392. vivify
    give new life or energy to
  393. vortex
    a powerful circular current of water
  394. wan
    pale, as of a person's complexion
  395. xeric
    being deficient in or requiring little moisture
  396. somatic
    characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit
  397. adjure
    command solemnly
  398. piscatorial
    relating to or characteristic of the activity of fishing
  399. coeval
    of the same period
  400. prorogue
    adjourn by royal prerogative
  401. sere
    having lost all moisture
  402. nonpareil
    model of excellence or perfection of a kind
  403. vernal
    suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh
  404. warren
    a colony of rabbits
  405. proscenium
    the part of a stage between the curtain and the orchestra
  406. disaffected
    discontented as toward authority
  407. aquiline
    curved down like an eagle's beak
  408. sententious
    concise and full of meaning
  409. affectation
    a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
  410. ancillary
    furnishing added support
  411. animus
    a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility
  412. apocryphal
    being of questionable authenticity
  413. apostate
    not faithful to religion or party or cause
  414. apotheosis
    model of excellence or perfection of a kind
  415. arrogate
    seize and take control without authority
  416. baleful
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  417. bard
    a lyric poet
  418. bereft
    lacking or deprived of something
  419. bibulous
    given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol
  420. bilious
    relating to a digestive juice secreted by the liver
  421. bowdlerize
    edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
  422. calumny
    a false accusation of an offense
  423. celerity
    a rate that is rapid
  424. didactic
    instructive, especially excessively
  425. diffident
    showing modest reserve
  426. dross
    worthless or dangerous material that should be removed
  427. emolument
    compensation received by virtue of holding an office
  428. encomium
    a formal expression of praise
  429. enervate
    weaken physically, mentally, or morally
  430. ennui
    the feeling of being bored by something tedious
  431. eponymous
    relating to a name derived from a person
  432. equanimity
    steadiness of mind under stress
  433. fatuous
    devoid of intelligence
  434. feckless
    generally incompetent and ineffectual
  435. foible
    a minor weakness or peculiarity in someone's character
  436. fulsome
    unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating
  437. fungible
    freely exchangeable for something of like nature
  438. gambol
    play or run boisterously
  439. imprecation
    the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil
  440. inchoate
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
  441. ineffable
    defying expression or description
  442. internecine
    within a group or organization
  443. inveigh
    complain bitterly
  444. irascible
    quickly aroused to anger
  445. irenic
    conducive to peace
  446. iridescent
    varying in color when seen in different lights
  447. jettison
    throw away, of something encumbering
  448. knell
    the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death
  449. martinet
    someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms
  450. noisome
    causing or able to cause nausea
  451. obstreperous
    noisily and stubbornly defiant
  452. paean
    a hymn of praise
  453. quotidian
    found in the ordinary course of events
  454. recalcitrant
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  455. redoubtable
    inspiring fear
  456. reprobate
    a person without moral scruples
  457. reticent
    reluctant to draw attention to yourself
  458. retrench
    tighten one's belt; use resources carefully
  459. ribald
    humorously vulgar
  460. risible
    arousing or provoking laughter
  461. salubrious
    promoting health
  462. serendipity
    good luck in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries
  463. shibboleth
    a favorite saying of a sect or political group
  464. solipsism
    the philosophical theory that the self is all that exists
  465. specious
    plausible but false
  466. spurious
    plausible but false
  467. stentorian
    very loud or booming
  468. stolid
    having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
  469. succor
    assistance in time of difficulty
  470. supercilious
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  471. surreptitious
    marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
  472. tendentious
    having a strong bias, especially a controversial one
  473. trenchant
    having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought
  474. usury
    the act of lending money at an exorbitant rate of interest
  475. wheedle
    influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
  476. salubrious
    promoting health
  477. irascible
    quickly aroused to anger
  478. empirical
    derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
  479. diffident
    showing modest reserve
  480. scion
    a descendent or heir
  481. antecedent
    a preceding occurrence or cause or event
  482. scintilla
    a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
  483. variegated
    having an assortment of colors
  484. iridescent
    varying in color when seen in different lights
  485. recreant
    having deserted a cause or principle
  486. refractory
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  487. inveigh
    complain bitterly
  488. eleemosynary
    generous in assistance to the poor
  489. magnanimous
    noble and generous in spirit
  490. veneer
    coating consisting of a thin layer of wood
  491. sedulous
    marked by care and persistent effort
  492. reprobate
    a person without moral scruples
  493. surreptitious
    marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
  494. piquant
    having an agreeably pungent taste
  495. caustic
    capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action
  496. polemical
    of or involving dispute or controversy
  497. bereft
    lacking or deprived of something
Created on Fri May 31 20:50:02 EDT 2013 (updated Thu Jul 04 10:51:51 EDT 2013)

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