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Abhisek M. (United States of America)
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  1. peerless
    eminent beyond or above comparison
  2. indelible
    not able to be forgotten, removed, or erased
  3. salvo
    rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms
  4. furlough
    a temporary leave of absence, especially from military duty
  5. idiosyncratic
    peculiar to the individual
  6. decorous
    characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste
  7. avant-garde
    radically new or original
  8. tacit
    implied by or inferred from actions or statements
  9. parochial
    relating to or supported by or located in a parish
  10. enervating
    causing weakness or debilitation
  11. renege
    fail to fulfill a promise or obligation
  12. pernicious
    exceedingly harmful
  13. trenchant
    having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought
  14. wanton
    a lewd or immoral person
  15. hoary
    having gray or white hair as with age
  16. internecine
    within a group or organization
  17. jaundiced
    affected by yellowing of the skin
  18. eschew
    avoid and stay away from deliberately
  19. inveterate
    habitual
  20. inclement
    severe, of weather
  21. unstinting
    given or giving freely, generously, or without restriction
  22. fulsome
    unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating
  23. puerile
    displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
  24. prudent
    marked by sound judgment
  25. reprehensible
    bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
  26. aspersion
    a disparaging remark
  27. jingoistic
    fanatically patriotic
  28. torrid
    characterized by intense emotion
  29. erudite
    having or showing profound knowledge
  30. sundry
    consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds
  31. perfidious
    tending to betray
  32. nonplussed
    filled with bewilderment
  33. saturnine
    bitter or scornful
  34. pusillanimous
    lacking in courage, strength, and resolution
  35. craven
    lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful
  36. somnolent
    inclined to or marked by drowsiness
  37. verve
    an energetic style
  38. vim
    a healthy capacity for vigorous activity
  39. probity
    complete and confirmed integrity
  40. scrupulous
    characterized by extreme care and great effort
  41. protean
    taking on different forms
  42. chimerical
    like a grotesque product of the imagination
  43. picayune
    small and of little importance
  44. jejune
    lacking interest or significance or impact
  45. quandary
    state of uncertainty in a choice between unfavorable options
  46. fetid
    offensively malodorous
  47. tyro
    someone new to a field or activity
  48. cogitate
    consider carefully and deeply
  49. apostasy
    rejection of religious beliefs, political party, or cause
  50. hackneyed
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  51. prognosis
    a prediction of the course of a disease
  52. gnostic
    possessing esoteric knowledge of spiritual things
  53. misogynist
    a misanthrope who dislikes women in particular
  54. misogyny
    hatred of women
  55. amortize
    pay off a debt by making periodic payments
  56. verisimilitude
    the appearance of truth; the quality of seeming to be true
  57. codicil
    a supplement to a will
  58. affidavit
    written declaration made under oath
  59. diptych
    a painting or carving on two panels
  60. leitmotif
    a recurring melody in a piece of music
  61. cloture
    a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body
  62. gerrymander
    divide voting districts unfairly and to one's advantage
  63. conurbation
    an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities
  64. nadir
    the lowest point of anything
  65. pelagic
    relating to, occurring in, or living in the open ocean
  66. cloister
    residence that is a place of religious seclusion
  67. parquet
    a floor made of a patterned wood inlay
  68. liturgy
    a rite or body of rites prescribed for public worship
  69. gestalt
    a whole that cannot be described as a sum of its parts
  70. heuristic
    a commonsense rule to help solve some problem
  71. epaulet
    an ornamental cloth pad worn on the shoulder
Created on Sat Aug 03 17:51:02 EDT 2013

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