Shostak level H, unit 4

Willard (United States of America)
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  1. affinity
    a natural attraction or feeling of kinship
  2. bilious
    relating to a digestive juice secreted by the liver
  3. cognate
    related by blood
  4. corollary
    an inference following from the proof of another proposition
  5. cul de sac
    a street with only one way in or out
  6. derring-do
    brave and heroic action
  7. divination
    the art or gift of prophecy by supernatural means
  8. elixir
    a substance believed to cure all ills
  9. folderol
    nonsense or foolishness
  10. gamut
    a complete extent or range
  11. hoi polloi
    the common people generally
  12. ineffable
    defying expression or description
  13. lucubration
    laborious cogitation
  14. mnemonic
    of or relating to the practice of aiding the memory
  15. obloquy
    state of disgrace resulting from public abuse
  16. parameter
    a constant in the equation of a curve that can be varied
  17. pundit
    an expert who publicly gives opinions via mass media
  18. risible
    arousing or provoking laughter
  19. symptomatic
    relating to sensations experienced by a patient
  20. volte-face
    a major change in attitude or principle or point of view
Created on Fri Aug 16 19:30:27 EDT 2013

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