inchoate, obloquy, indigence

YOUNGSIN S. (United States of America)
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  1. inchoate
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
  2. obloquy
    state of disgrace resulting from public abuse
  3. indigence
    a state of extreme poverty or destitution
  4. apropos
    of a suitable, fitting, or pertinent nature
  5. accretion
    an increase by natural growth or addition
  6. venal
    capable of being corrupted
  7. ossify
    become bony
  8. portent
    a sign of something about to happen
  9. prognostic
    relating to prediction
  10. lachrymose
    showing sorrow
  11. sobriquet
    a familiar name for a person
  12. extirpate
    destroy completely, as if down to the roots
  13. elegiac
    resembling or characteristic of a lament for the dead
  14. inordinate
    beyond normal limits
  15. precarious
    not secure; beset with difficulties
  16. plunder
    steal goods; take as spoils
  17. intangible
    incapable of being perceived by the senses, especially touch
  18. wrath
    intense anger
  19. gaudy
    tastelessly showy
  20. analgesic
    capable of relieving pain
Created on Fri May 07 23:46:59 EDT 2010 (updated Sat May 08 08:24:46 EDT 2010)

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