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  1. aggrandize
    embellish; increase the scope, power, or importance of
  2. anthropomorphize
    ascribe human features to something
  3. apocryphal
    being of questionable authenticity
  4. arbiter
    someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue
  5. arbiter
    someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue
  6. bumpkin
    a person who is awkward, uncultured, or unsophisticated
  7. bungle
    make a mess of, destroy, or ruin
  8. cavil
    raise trivial objections
  9. cogent
    powerfully persuasive
  10. concomitant
    following or accompanying as a consequence
  11. consort
    keep company with
  12. coterie
    an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
  13. crass
    so unrefined as to be offensive or insensitive
  14. denouement
    the outcome of a complex sequence of events
  15. diaspora
    the dispersion of something that was originally localized
  16. dilettante
    an amateur engaging in an activity without serious intention
  17. disabuse
    free somebody from an erroneous belief
  18. disingenuous
    not straightforward or candid
  19. dispel
    cause to separate and go in different directions
  20. drudgery
    hard, monotonous, routine work
  21. equanimity
    steadiness of mind under stress
  22. espouse
    choose and follow a theory, idea, policy, etc.
  23. euphemism
    an inoffensive expression substituted for an offensive one
  24. expatiate
    add details to clarify an idea
  25. furlough
    a temporary leave of absence, especially from military duty
  26. germane
    relevant and appropriate
  27. hovel
    small crude shelter used as a dwelling
  28. ilk
    a kind of person
  29. implore
    beg or request earnestly and urgently
  30. importunate
    making persistent or urgent requests
  31. impute
    attribute or credit to
  32. incensed
    angered at something unjust or wrong
  33. inconsequential
    lacking worth or importance
  34. ineffable
    defying expression or description
  35. insensate
    devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation
  36. insolvent
    unable to meet or discharge financial obligations
  37. intransigence
    stubborn refusal to compromise or change
  38. itinerant
    traveling from place to place to work
  39. ken
    range of what one can know or understand
  40. lassitude
    a feeling of lack of interest or energy
  41. mote
    a tiny piece of anything
  42. pablum
    worthless or oversimplified ideas
  43. pall
    burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
  44. pantheon
    a temple to all the gods of antiquity
  45. parochial
    relating to or supported by or located in a parish
  46. parsimonious
    excessively unwilling to spend
  47. pastiche
    a work of art that imitates the style of some previous work
  48. perdition
    the place or state in which one suffers eternal punishment
  49. peregrination
    traveling or wandering around
  50. peroration
    the concluding section of a rhetorical address
  51. peruse
    examine or consider with attention and in detail
  52. philistine
    a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits
  53. posthumous
    occurring or coming into existence after a person's death
  54. prattle
    speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly
  55. pretentiousness
    the quality of being pretentious
  56. primly
    in a prissy manner
  57. pusillanimous
    lacking in courage, strength, and resolution
  58. reprobation
    severe disapproval
  59. restive
    in a very tense state
  60. sallow
    unhealthy looking
  61. solecism
    a socially awkward or tactless act
  62. solipsism
    the philosophical theory that the self is all that exists
  63. spurious
    plausible but false
  64. stringent
    demanding strict attention to rules and procedures
  65. stymie
    hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
  66. suave
    having a sophisticated charm
  67. surmise
    infer from incomplete evidence
  68. temporize
    draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time
  69. unassuming
    not arrogant
  70. unctuous
    unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating
  71. vernacular
    the everyday speech of the people
  72. wallow
    roll around
  73. wont
    an established custom
  74. wraith
    a ghostly figure, especially one seen shortly before death
  75. allure
    the power to entice or attract
  76. internecine
    within a group or organization
  77. verbatim
    using exactly the same words
  78. anhedonia
    an inability to experience pleasure
  79. imputation
    the attribution to a source or cause
  80. specious
    plausible but false
Created on Sat Jun 29 07:47:36 EDT 2013 (updated Sat Apr 25 14:31:59 EDT 2015)

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