House of Mirth

Jennifer (United States of America)
by Edith Wharton
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  1. abnegation
    the denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief
  2. acrimonious
    marked by strong resentment or cynicism
  3. actuated
    moved to get something done
  4. adjuration
    a solemn and earnest appeal to someone to do something
  5. affable
    diffusing warmth and friendliness
  6. amalgamate
    bring or combine together or with something else
  7. aphorism
    a short pithy instructive saying
  8. ardent
    characterized by intense emotion
  9. asperity
    harshness of manner
  10. assiduously
    with care and persistence
  11. balustrade
    a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony
  12. bezique
    a card game played with a pack of forty-eight cards
  13. bounder
    someone who bounds or leaps (as in competition)
  14. buffeting
    repeated heavy blows
  15. caterwaul
    make a shrill and unpleasant screeching sound
  16. chary
    characterized by great caution
  17. colloquy
    formal conversation
  18. compunction
    a feeling of deep regret, usually for some misdeed
  19. conjecture
    believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
  20. countenance
    the appearance conveyed by a person's face
  21. degustation
    the act of eating small quantities to appreciate the flavor
  22. deleterious
    harmful to living things
  23. despotism
    dominance through threat of punishment and violence
  24. desultory
    marked by lack of definite plan, purpose, or enthusiasm
  25. dryad
    a deity or nymph of the woods
  26. effigy
    a representation of a person
  27. effulgence
    the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
  28. elision
    a deliberate act of omission
  29. empyrean
    of or relating to the sky or heavens
  30. enmity
    a state of deep-seated ill-will
  31. ephemeral
    anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day
  32. exigency
    a pressing or urgent situation
  33. expiate
    make amends for
  34. gimcrack
    tastelessly showy
  35. hansom
    a two-wheeled horse-drawn covered carriage with the driver's seat above and behind the passengers
  36. incipient
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
  37. inclemency
    excessive sternness
  38. inculcate
    teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
  39. indefatigable
    showing sustained enthusiasm with unflagging vitality
  40. indolent
    disinclined to work or exertion
  41. infirmity
    the state of being weak in health or body
  42. inveigh
    complain bitterly
  43. lineament
    the characteristic parts of a person's face
  44. lustrate
    purify by means of a ritual
  45. manacle
    shackle that can be locked around the wrist
  46. obdurate
    stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
  47. odious
    extremely repulsive or unpleasant
  48. opprobrium
    a state of extreme dishonor
  49. penury
    a state of extreme poverty or destitution
  50. perfidious
    tending to betray
  51. plethoric
    excessively abundant
  52. portmanteau
    a large travelling bag made of stiff leather
  53. precipitate
    bring about abruptly
  54. prig
    a person regarded as arrogant and annoying
  55. privation
    the act of stripping someone of food, money, or rights
  56. propinquity
    the property of being close together
  57. prosaic
    lacking wit or imagination
  58. prudence
    discretion in practical affairs
  59. puerile
    displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
  60. raiment
    especially fine or decorative clothing
  61. remonstrate
    argue in protest or opposition
  62. repast
    the food served and eaten at one time
  63. sally
    a military action in which besieged troops burst forth
  64. sepulchral
    of or relating to a chamber that is used as a grave
  65. slatternly
    characteristic of or befitting an untidy, immoral woman
  66. soporific
    inducing sleep
  67. supernumerary
    more than is needed, desired, or required
  68. suppliant
    humbly entreating
  69. sylvan
    relating to or characteristic of wooded regions
  70. tawdry
    tastelessly showy
  71. tenuity
    relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width
  72. unremunerative
    not yielding profit or recompense
  73. unstintingly
    in an unstinting manner
  74. verdure
    green foliage
  75. vociferous
    conspicuously and offensively loud
Created on Sun Apr 04 14:30:43 EDT 2010 (updated Sun Apr 04 14:59:55 EDT 2010)

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