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Sindhu S. (India)
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  1. profane
    grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
  2. vapid
    lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest
  3. prosaic
    lacking wit or imagination
  4. hoary
    having gray or white hair as with age
  5. lampoon
    ridicule with satire
  6. conceit
    the trait of being unduly vain
  7. peremptory
    putting an end to all debate or action
  8. fractious
    easily irritated or annoyed
  9. precocious
    characterized by exceptionally early development
  10. exult
    feel extreme happiness or elation
  11. dissent
    a difference of opinion
  12. risible
    arousing or provoking laughter
  13. crass
    so unrefined as to be offensive or insensitive
  14. venal
    capable of being corrupted
  15. venality
    susceptibility or openness to bribery and corruption
  16. venial
    warranting only temporal punishment
  17. sacrosanct
    treated as if holy and kept free from violation or criticism
  18. putative
    purported
  19. protean
    taking on different forms
  20. dour
    showing a brooding ill humor
  21. betoken
    be a signal for or a symptom of
  22. ruminate
    reflect deeply on a subject
  23. stint
    supply sparingly and with restricted quantities
  24. rhetoric
    study of the technique for using language effectively
  25. bourgeois
    being of the property-owning class
  26. fervid
    characterized by intense emotion
  27. glib
    artfully persuasive in speech
  28. poignant
    keenly distressing to the mind or feelings
  29. fecund
    capable of producing offspring or vegetation
  30. pique
    call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response
  31. sundry
    consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds
  32. forebear
    a person from whom you are descended
  33. forbearance
    a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges
  34. wreak
    cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
  35. bibulous
    given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol
  36. repine
    express discontent
  37. belligerent
    characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
  38. euphemism
    an inoffensive expression substituted for an offensive one
  39. importunate
    making persistent or urgent requests
  40. exigent
    demanding immediate attention
  41. intercede
    act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
  42. perpetuate
    cause to continue or prevail
  43. satyr
    one of a class of woodland deities
  44. manumit
    free from slavery or servitude
  45. animadversion
    harsh criticism or disapproval
  46. disburse
    expend, as from a fund
  47. acquiescence
    agreement with a statement or proposal to do something
  48. molt
    cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers
  49. abominable
    unequivocally detestable
  50. junta
    a group of officers who rule a country after seizing power
  51. pacify
    ease the anger, agitation, or strong emotion of
  52. tirade
    a speech of violent denunciation
  53. finesse
    subtly skillful handling of a situation
  54. abject
    of the most contemptible kind
  55. vindicate
    show to be right by providing justification or proof
  56. amalgamate
    bring or combine together or with something else
  57. piteous
    deserving or inciting a feeling of sympathy and sorrow
  58. carouse
    celebrate or enjoy something in a noisy or wild way
  59. coercion
    using force to cause something to occur
  60. explicate
    elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses
  61. inane
    devoid of intelligence
  62. untoward
    not in keeping with accepted standards of what is proper
  63. nuance
    a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
  64. populace
    people in general considered as a whole
  65. corporeal
    having material or physical form or substance
  66. malevolence
    wishing evil to others
  67. militia
    civilians trained as soldiers, not part of the regular army
  68. imbroglio
    an intricate and confusing interpersonal situation
  69. reparation
    something done or paid in expiation of a wrong
  70. effulgence
    the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
  71. quiescent
    being quiet or still or inactive
  72. chattel
    personal property, as opposed to real estate
  73. facetious
    cleverly amusing in tone
  74. primeval
    having existed from the beginning
  75. approbation
    official acceptance or agreement
  76. perspicuous
    transparently clear; easily understandable
  77. implicit
    suggested though not directly expressed
  78. nonpareil
    model of excellence or perfection of a kind
  79. detract
    take away a part from; diminish
  80. sublime
    of high moral or intellectual value
  81. cursory
    hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
  82. ineffable
    defying expression or description
  83. enigma
    something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
  84. fecund
    capable of producing offspring or vegetation
  85. conceit
    the trait of being unduly vain
  86. sundry
    consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds
  87. wreak
    cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
  88. repine
    express discontent
  89. ignominious
    deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
  90. importunate
    making persistent or urgent requests
  91. tessellated
    decorated with small pieces of colored glass or stone
  92. antithetical
    sharply contrasted in character or purpose
  93. chastise
    scold or criticize severely
  94. elysian
    relating to the abode of the blessed after death
  95. profligacy
    the trait of spending extravagantly
  96. eviscerate
    remove the entrails of
  97. populace
    people in general considered as a whole
  98. demobilize
    release from military service or remove from the active list of military service
Created on Tue Jul 23 01:55:16 EDT 2013 (updated Tue Jun 24 23:15:19 EDT 2014)

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