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  1. megalomaniac
    a pathological egotist
  2. baffle
    be a mystery or bewildering to
  3. baffle
    be a mystery or bewildering to
  4. balk
    refuse to proceed or comply
  5. ballad
    a narrative poem of popular origin
  6. banal
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  7. bane
    something causing misery or death
  8. banish
    expel, as if by official decree
  9. banter
    light teasing repartee
  10. barbaric
    without civilizing influences
  11. barrage
    the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area
  12. barren
    completely wanting or lacking
  13. bastion
    projecting part of a rampart or other fortification
  14. bathetic
    very sentimental or emotional
  15. bearing
    characteristic way of holding one's body
  16. beckon
    summon with a wave, nod, or some other gesture
  17. befuddle
    be confusing or perplexing to
  18. beguile
    attract; cause to be enamored
  19. behemoth
    someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
  20. beholden
    under a moral obligation to someone
  21. behoove
    be appropriate or necessary
  22. belie
    be in contradiction with
  23. hypocrisy
    pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not have
  24. anecdote
    short account of an incident
  25. rebut
    overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof
  26. flounder
    move clumsily or struggle to move, as in mud or water
  27. aberrant
    markedly different from an accepted norm
  28. adverse
    in an opposing direction
  29. averse
    strongly opposed
  30. afflict
    cause physical pain or suffering in
  31. inflict
    impose something unpleasant
  32. aggravate
    make worse
  33. allude
    make an indirect reference to
  34. elude
    escape, either physically or mentally
  35. allusion
    passing reference or indirect mention
  36. amorally
    without regard for the distinction between right and wrong
  37. immoral
    deliberately violating principles of right and wrong
  38. appraise
    consider in a comprehensive way
  39. presume
    take to be the case or to be true
  40. insure
    protect by a contract of reimbursement in case of loss
  41. verbal
    of or relating to or formed from words in general
  42. default
    an option that is selected automatically
  43. capitol
    a building occupied by a state legislature
  44. liberalism
    a political orientation favoring social progress by reform
  45. neoliberalism
    a political orientation originating in the 1960s
  46. inoculate
    inject or treat with the germ of a disease to render immune
  47. ecstasy
    a state of elated bliss
  48. unanimous
    in complete agreement
  49. proximity
    the property of being close together
  50. tousle
    disarrange or rumple; dishevel
  51. clench
    squeeze together tightly
  52. lurch
    move suddenly or as if unable to control one's movements
  53. drone
    make a monotonous low dull sound
  54. supine
    lying face upward
  55. mirth
    great merriment
  56. silhouette
    a filled-in drawing of the outline of an object
  57. extenuating
    partially excusing or justifying
  58. requisition
    an authoritative demand
  59. construe
    make sense of; assign a meaning to
  60. digitalis
    a powerful cardiac stimulant obtained from foxglove
  61. Pyrethrum
    used in former classifications for plants later placed in genus Chrysanthemum and now often included in genus Tanacetum
  62. Dioscorea
    yams
  63. aquatic
    operating or living or growing in water
  64. flora
    all the plant life in a particular region or period
  65. fauna
    all the animal life in a particular region or period
  66. avifauna
    the birds of a particular region or period
  67. unprecedented
    novel; having no earlier occurrence
  68. mandate
    a formal statement of a command to do something
  69. fetter
    a shackle for the ankles or feet
  70. electorate
    the body of enfranchised citizens; those qualified to vote
Created on Tue Jul 09 07:00:49 EDT 2013 (updated Sat May 17 03:14:25 EDT 2014)

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