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  1. profanity
    vulgar or irreverent speech or action
  2. profane
    grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
  3. sacrilege
    blasphemous behavior
  4. sacrosanct
    treated as if holy and kept free from violation or criticism
  5. desecrate
    violate the sacred character of a place or language
  6. fluke
    a stroke of luck
  7. windfall
    a sudden happening that brings good fortune
  8. tribulation
    an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event
  9. pastiche
    a work of art that imitates the style of some previous work
  10. malapropism
    misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar
  11. gratuitous
    unnecessary and unwarranted
  12. benison
    a spoken blessing
  13. agape
    with the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe
  14. gaffe
    a socially awkward or tactless act
  15. macerate
    soften and cause to disintegrate as a result
  16. hortatory
    giving strong encouragement
  17. dross
    worthless or dangerous material that should be removed
  18. bilk
    cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money
  19. minatory
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  20. altercation
    a noisy, angry argument or fight between people
  21. ratiocination
    the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning
  22. panegyric
    formally expressing praise
  23. braggadocio
    vain and empty boasting
  24. insinuate
    suggest in an indirect or covert way; give to understand
  25. doggerel
    a comic verse of irregular measure
  26. bilious
    relating to a digestive juice secreted by the liver
  27. preponderance
    exceeding in heaviness; having greater weight
  28. balk
    refuse to proceed or comply
  29. balk
    refuse to proceed or comply
Created on Mon Jul 08 12:26:31 EDT 2013 (updated Fri Sep 06 18:36:22 EDT 2013)

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