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medo M. (United States of America)
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  1. brusque
    rudely abrupt or blunt in speech or manner
  2. clemency
    leniency and compassion shown toward offenders
  3. decadence
    the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
  4. eloquent
    expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively
  5. exemplary
    worthy of imitation
  6. fledgling
    young bird that has just become capable of flying
  7. heist
    the act of stealing
  8. incessant
    uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
  9. incidental
    minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature
  10. indefatigable
    showing sustained enthusiasm with unflagging vitality
  11. jargon
    technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject
  12. lampoon
    ridicule with satire
  13. levity
    a manner lacking seriousness
  14. misanthrope
    someone who dislikes people in general
  15. nonchalance
    the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care
  16. progeny
    the immediate descendants of a person
  17. querulous
    habitually complaining
  18. reproach
    express criticism towards
  19. respite
    a pause from doing something
  20. stoic
    seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive
  21. substantiate
    establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
  22. supplant
    take the place or move into the position of
  23. vacillate
    be undecided about something
  24. voracious
    devouring or craving food in great quantities
  25. writhe
    move in a twisting or contorted motion
  26. affinity
    a natural attraction or feeling of kinship
  27. brevity
    the attribute of being short or fleeting
  28. coalesce
    fuse or cause to come together
  29. copious
    large in number or quantity
  30. dearth
    an insufficient quantity or number
  31. dispassionate
    unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice
  32. effervescent
    giving off bubbles
  33. exuberance
    joyful enthusiasm
  34. frivolous
    not serious in content, attitude, or behavior
  35. hackneyed
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  36. insolvent
    unable to meet or discharge financial obligations
  37. meander
    move or cause to move in a winding or curving course
  38. morose
    showing a brooding ill humor
  39. opulence
    wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living
  40. parsimonious
    excessively unwilling to spend
  41. peripheral
    on or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary
  42. prodigal
    recklessly wasteful
  43. proximity
    the property of being close together
  44. sagacious
    acutely insightful and wise
  45. surreptitious
    marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
  46. torpor
    a state of motor and mental inactivity
  47. unassailable
    impossible to attack
  48. unobtrusive
    not undesirably noticeable
  49. unscathed
    not injured
  50. voluminous
    large in capacity or bulk
Created on Thu Jun 20 01:58:01 EDT 2013

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