Shostak level H, unit 7

Willard (United States of America)
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  1. abeyance
    temporary cessation or suspension
  2. ambivalent
    uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow
  3. beleaguer
    annoy persistently
  4. carte blanche
    complete freedom or authority to act
  5. cataclysm
    a sudden violent change in the earth's surface
  6. debauch
    a wild gathering
  7. eclat
    brilliant or conspicuous success or effect
  8. fastidious
    giving careful attention to detail
  9. gambol
    play or run boisterously
  10. imbue
    spread or diffuse through
  11. inchoate
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
  12. lampoon
    ridicule with satire
  13. malleable
    capable of being shaped or bent
  14. nemesis
    a personal foe or rival that cannot be easily defeated
  15. opt
    select as an alternative over another
  16. philistine
    a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits
  17. picaresque
    (of fiction) involving clever rogues or adventurers
  18. queasy
    causing or able to cause nausea
  19. refractory
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  20. savoir-faire
    social skill
Created on Fri Aug 16 19:40:38 EDT 2013

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