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  1. enigma
    something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
  2. fervid
    characterized by intense emotion
  3. placate
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  4. zeal
    a feeling of strong eagerness
  5. pedant
    a person who is preoccupied with rules and learning
  6. vacillate
    be undecided about something
  7. adulterate
    mixed with impurities
  8. capricious
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
  9. engender
    call forth
  10. abstain
    refrain from doing, consuming, or partaking in something
  11. audacious
    disposed to venture or take risks
  12. desiccate
    lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless
  13. gullible
    naive and easily deceived or tricked
  14. laudable
    worthy of high praise
  15. anomaly
    deviation from the normal or common order, form, or rule
  16. equivocal
    open to two or more interpretations
  17. lucid
    transparently clear; easily understandable
  18. precipitate
    bring about abruptly
  19. assuage
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  20. erudite
    having or showing profound knowledge
  21. prodigal
    recklessly wasteful
  22. absolve
    grant remission of a sin to
  23. acquit
    pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
  24. exculpate
    pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
  25. exonerate
    pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
  26. expiate
    make amends for
  27. palliate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
  28. redress
    make reparations or amends for
  29. vindicate
    show to be right by providing justification or proof
  30. admonish
    scold or reprimand; take to task
  31. belabor
    beat soundly
  32. cavil
    raise trivial objections
  33. enjoin
    give instructions to or direct somebody to do something
  34. exhort
    spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
  35. harangue
    a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
  36. hector
    talk to or treat someone in a bossy or bullying way
  37. martinet
    someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms
  38. remonstrate
    argue in protest or opposition
  39. reproof
    an act or expression of criticism and censure
  40. fetid
    offensively malodorous
  41. noisome
    causing or able to cause nausea
  42. noxious
    injurious to physical or mental health
  43. askance
    with suspicion or disapproval
  44. awry
    turned or twisted to one side
  45. careen
    move at high speed and in an uncontrolled way
  46. carom
    a glancing rebound
  47. circumvent
    surround so as to force to give up
  48. gyrate
    revolve quickly and repeatedly around an axis
  49. labyrinth
    complex system of paths in which it is easy to get lost
  50. meander
    move or cause to move in a winding or curving course
  51. oblique
    slanting or inclined in direction or course or position
  52. serrated
    notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex
  53. sidle
    move sideways
  54. sinuous
    curved or curving in and out
  55. undulate
    move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
  56. vortex
    a powerful circular current of water
  57. credulous
    showing a lack of judgment or experience
  58. gullible
    naive and easily deceived or tricked
  59. ingenuous
    lacking in sophistication or worldliness
  60. naive
    marked by or showing unaffected simplicity
  61. novitiate
    the period during which you are a novice
  62. tyro
    someone new to a field or activity
  63. disingenuous
    not straightforward or candid
  64. dissemble
    behave unnaturally or affectedly
  65. fulsome
    unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating
  66. ostensible
    appearing as such but not necessarily so
  67. unctuous
    unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating
  68. appraise
    consider in a comprehensive way
  69. ascertain
    learn or discover with confidence
  70. assay
    a test of a substance to determine its components
  71. descry
    catch sight of
  72. peruse
    examine or consider with attention and in detail
  73. disconsolate
    sad beyond comforting; incapable of being soothed
  74. doleful
    filled with or evoking sadness
  75. dolor
    (poetry) painful grief
  76. elegiac
    resembling or characteristic of a lament for the dead
  77. forlorn
    marked by or showing hopelessness
  78. lament
    a cry of sorrow and grief
  79. lugubrious
    excessively mournful
  80. melancholy
    a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
  81. morose
    showing a brooding ill humor
  82. plaintive
    expressing sorrow
  83. threnody
    a song or hymn of mourning
  84. conjugal
    relating to the relationship between a wife and husband
  85. consanguine
    related by blood
  86. distaff
    characteristic of or relating to women
  87. endogamous
    characterized by or fit for fertilization by pollen from another flower of the same kind
  88. filial
    designating the generation following the parental generation
  89. fratricide
    the murder of your sibling
  90. progenitor
    an ancestor in the direct line
  91. scion
    a descendent or heir
  92. apocryphal
    being of questionable authenticity
  93. canard
    a deliberately misleading fabrication
  94. chicanery
    the use of tricks to deceive someone
  95. dissemble
    behave unnaturally or affectedly
  96. duplicity
    the act of deceiving or acting in bad faith
  97. equivocate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
  98. erroneous
    containing or characterized by mistakes
  99. ersatz
    an artificial or inferior substitute or imitation
  100. fallacious
    containing or based on incorrect reasoning
  101. feigned
    not genuine
  102. guile
    shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
  103. mendacious
    given to lying
  104. perfidy
    an act of deliberate betrayal
  105. prevaricate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
  106. specious
    plausible but false
  107. spurious
    plausible but false
  108. torpid
    in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation
  109. indolent
    disinclined to work or exertion
  110. inert
    unable to move or resist motion
  111. lackadaisical
    idle or indolent especially in a dreamy way
  112. languid
    lacking spirit or liveliness
  113. lassitude
    a feeling of lack of interest or energy
  114. lethargic
    deficient in alertness or activity
  115. phlegmatic
    showing little emotion
  116. quiescent
    being quiet or still or inactive
  117. slothful
    disinclined to work or exertion
  118. abstruse
    difficult to understand
  119. ambiguous
    having more than one possible meaning
  120. arcane
    requiring secret or mysterious knowledge
  121. bemused
    perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements
  122. cryptic
    having a secret or hidden meaning
  123. enigmatic
    not clear to the understanding
  124. esoteric
    understandable only by an enlightened inner circle
  125. inscrutable
    difficult or impossible to understand
  126. obscure
    not clearly understood or expressed
  127. opaque
    not clearly understood or expressed
  128. paradoxical
    seemingly contradictory but nonetheless possibly true
  129. perplexing
    lacking clarity of meaning
  130. recondite
    difficult to understand
    little known; obscure
  131. turbid
    clouded as with sediment
  132. discomfort
    the state of being tense and feeling pain
  133. encumber
    hold back, impede, or weigh down
  134. fetter
    a shackle for the ankles or feet
  135. forfend
    prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
  136. hinder
    be an obstacle to
  137. impede
    be a hindrance or obstacle to
  138. inhibit
    limit the range or extent of
  139. occlude
    block passage through
  140. augur
    predict from an omen
  141. auspice
    a favorable omen
  142. fey
    suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness
  143. harbinger
    something indicating the approach of something or someone
  144. portentous
    of momentous or ominous significance
  145. presage
    a foreboding about what is about to happen
  146. prescient
    perceiving the significance of events before they occur
  147. prognosticate
    make a prediction about; tell in advance
  148. bombastic
    ostentatiously lofty in style
  149. circumlocution
    an indirect way of expressing something
  150. garrulous
    full of trivial conversation
  151. grandiloquent
    lofty in style
  152. loquacious
    full of trivial conversation
  153. periphrastic
    roundabout and unnecessarily wordy
  154. prolix
    tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at length
  155. rhetoric
    high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
  156. turgid
    ostentatiously lofty in style
  157. verbose
    using or containing too many words
  158. mercurial
    liable to sudden unpredictable change
  159. volatile
    liable to lead to sudden change or violence
  160. bacchanalian
    used of riotously drunken merrymaking
  161. debauchery
    a wild gathering
  162. depraved
    deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper
  163. dissipated
    unrestrained by convention or morality
  164. iniquity
    absence of moral or spiritual values
  165. libertine
    unrestrained by convention or morality
  166. libidinous
    driven by lust
  167. licentious
    lacking moral discipline
  168. reprobate
    a person without moral scruples
  169. ribald
    humorously vulgar
  170. salacious
    suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
  171. sordid
    foul and run-down and repulsive
  172. turpitude
    a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice
  173. banal
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  174. fatuous
    devoid of intelligence
  175. hackneyed
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  176. insipid
    lacking interest or significance or impact
  177. mundane
    found in the ordinary course of events
  178. pedestrian
    lacking wit or imagination
  179. platitude
    a trite or obvious remark
  180. prosaic
    lacking wit or imagination
  181. quotidian
    found in the ordinary course of events
  182. trite
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  183. acerbic
    harsh or corrosive in tone
  184. acidulous
    being sour to the taste
  185. acrimonious
    marked by strong resentment or cynicism
  186. asperity
    harshness of manner
  187. caustic
    harsh or corrosive in tone
  188. mordacious
    biting or given to biting
  189. mordant
    harshly ironic or sinister
  190. trenchant
    clearly or sharply defined to the mind
  191. dilettante
    an amateur engaging in an activity without serious intention
  192. fledgling
    young and inexperienced
  193. neophyte
    a participant with no experience with an activity
  194. novitiate
    the period during which you are a novice
  195. proselyte
    a new convert, especially to a religion
  196. tyro
    someone new to a field or activity
  197. equitable
    fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience
  198. equity
    the quality of being fair, reasonable, or impartial
  199. tantamount
    being essentially equal to something
  200. abash
    cause to be embarrassed
  201. chagrin
    strong feelings of embarrassment
  202. compunction
    a feeling of deep regret, usually for some misdeed
  203. contrition
    sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation
  204. diffidence
    lack of self-assurance
  205. expiate
    make amends for
  206. foible
    a minor weakness or peculiarity in someone's character
  207. gaucherie
    a socially awkward or tactless act
  208. rue
    feel sorry for; be contrite about
  209. aberrant
    markedly different from an accepted norm
  210. anachronism
    locating something at a time when it couldn't have existed
  211. anomalous
    deviating from the general or common order or type
  212. discrete
    constituting a separate entity or part
  213. eclectic
    selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
  214. esoteric
    understandable only by an enlightened inner circle
  215. iconoclast
    someone who attacks cherished ideas or institutions
  216. articulate
    express or state clearly
  217. cogent
    powerfully persuasive
  218. eloquent
    expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively
  219. evident
    clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
  220. limpid
    clear and bright
  221. lucid
    transparently clear; easily understandable
  222. pellucid
    transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity
  223. defile
    place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
  224. fetid
    offensively malodorous
  225. invidious
    containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice
  226. noisome
    causing or able to cause nausea
  227. odious
    extremely repulsive or unpleasant
  228. putrid
    morally corrupt or evil
  229. rebarbative
    serving or tending to repel
  230. authoritarian
    characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule
  231. despotic
    having the characteristics of a tyrannical ruler
  232. dogmatic
    pertaining to a code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
  233. hegemony
    the dominance or leadership of one social group over others
  234. imperious
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  235. peremptory
    putting an end to all debate or action
  236. tyrannical
    characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule
  237. homogenous
    all of the same or similar kind or nature
  238. pragmatic
    concerned with practical matters
  239. apathy
    an absence of emotion or enthusiasm
  240. corroborate
    give evidence for
  241. ephemeral
    anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day
  242. laconic
    brief and to the point
  243. mitigate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
  244. propriety
    correct behavior
  245. abridge
    lessen, diminish, or curtail
  246. compendium
    a publication containing a variety of works
  247. cursory
    hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
  248. curtail
    terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end
  249. syllabus
    a summary or outline of what will be covered in an academic course
  250. synopsis
    a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument
  251. terse
    brief and to the point
  252. abnegate
    deny or renounce
  253. ascetic
    someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
  254. spartan
    unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment
  255. stoic
    seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive
  256. temperate
    not extreme
  257. abrupt
    exceedingly sudden and unexpected
  258. apace
    rapidly; in a speedy manner
  259. headlong
    with the upper or anterior part of the body foremost
  260. impetuous
    characterized by undue haste and lack of thought
  261. precipitate
    bring about abruptly
  262. aspersion
    a disparaging remark
  263. belittle
    cause to seem lesser or inferior
  264. berate
    censure severely or angrily
  265. calumny
    a false accusation of an offense
  266. castigate
    inflict severe punishment on
  267. decry
    express strong disapproval of
  268. defamation
    an abusive attack on a person's character or good name
  269. denounce
    speak out against
  270. deride
    treat or speak of with contempt
  271. diatribe
    thunderous verbal attack
  272. disparage
    express a negative opinion of
  273. excoriate
    express strong disapproval of
  274. harangue
    address forcefully
  275. impugn
    attack as false or wrong
  276. inveigh
    complain bitterly
  277. lambaste
    censure severely or angrily
  278. objurgate
    express strong disapproval of
  279. obloquy
    state of disgrace resulting from public abuse
  280. opprobrium
    state of disgrace resulting from public abuse
  281. pillory
    expose to ridicule or public scorn
  282. rebuke
    an act or expression of criticism and censure
  283. remonstrate
    argue in protest or opposition
  284. reprove
    reprimand, scold, or express dissatisfaction with
    criticize
  285. revile
    spread negative information about
  286. tirade
    a speech of violent denunciation
  287. vituperate
    spread negative information about
  288. beneficial
    promoting or enhancing well-being
  289. salubrious
    promoting health
  290. salutary
    tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health
  291. compendious
    briefly giving the gist of something
  292. curt
    brief and to the point
  293. pithy
    concise and full of meaning
  294. succinct
    briefly giving the gist of something
  295. taciturn
    habitually reserved and uncommunicative
  296. anachronism
    locating something at a time when it couldn't have existed
  297. antecede
    be earlier in time; go back further
  298. antedate
    be earlier in time than
  299. anterior
    of or near the head end or toward the front plane of a body
  300. archaic
    so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
  301. diurnal
    having a daily cycle or occurring every day
  302. eon
    the longest unit of geological time
  303. epoch
    a period marked by distinctive character
  304. fortnight
    a period of fourteen consecutive days
  305. millennium
    a span of 1000 years
  306. penultimate
    next to the last
  307. synchronous
    occurring or existing at the same time
  308. temporal
    of or relating to or limited by time
  309. altruistic
    showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others
  310. beneficent
    doing or producing good
  311. clement
    (of weather or climate) mild
  312. largess
    liberality in bestowing gifts
  313. magnanimous
    noble and generous in spirit
  314. munificent
    given or giving freely, generously, or without restriction
  315. philanthropic
    of or relating to charitable giving
  316. unstinting
    given or giving freely, generously, or without restriction
  317. adage
    a condensed but memorable saying embodying an important fact
  318. aphorism
    a short pithy instructive saying
  319. apothegm
    a short pithy instructive saying
  320. axiom
    a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof
  321. bromide
    a trite or obvious remark
  322. dictum
    an authoritative declaration
  323. epigram
    a witty saying
  324. platitude
    a trite or obvious remark
  325. sententious
    concise and full of meaning
  326. truism
    an obvious statement of fact
  327. courageous
    able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching
  328. dauntless
    invulnerable to fear or intimidation
  329. discursive
    tending to cover a wide range of subjects
  330. expatiate
    add details to clarify an idea
  331. forage
    collect or look around for, as food
  332. itinerant
    traveling from place to place to work
  333. peregrination
    traveling or wandering around
  334. peripatetic
    traveling especially on foot
  335. sojourn
    a temporary stay
  336. abatement
    an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
  337. aperture
    a natural opening in something
  338. fissure
    a long narrow depression in a surface
  339. hiatus
    an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
  340. interregnum
    the time between two reigns or governments
  341. interstice
    small opening between things
  342. orifice
    an opening, especially one that opens into a bodily cavity
  343. rent
    an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
  344. respite
    a pause from doing something
  345. baleful
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  346. baneful
    evil or sinister
  347. deleterious
    harmful to living things
  348. inimical
    tending to obstruct or cause harm
  349. injurious
    harmful to living things
  350. insidious
    working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
  351. minatory
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  352. perfidious
    tending to betray
  353. pernicious
    exceedingly harmful
  354. abhorrence
    hate coupled with disgust
  355. anathema
    a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication
  356. antagonism
    an actively expressed feeling of dislike and hostility
  357. antipathy
    a feeling of intense dislike
  358. detestation
    hate coupled with disgust
  359. enmity
    a state of deep-seated ill-will
  360. loathing
    hate coupled with disgust
  361. malice
    the desire to see others suffer
  362. odium
    hate coupled with disgust
  363. rancor
    a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
  364. cacophony
    loud confusing disagreeable sounds
  365. din
    a loud, harsh, or strident noise
  366. dissonant
    harmonically unresolved
  367. raucous
    unpleasantly loud and harsh
  368. strident
    unpleasantly loud and harsh
  369. bereave
    deprive through death
  370. cadaver
    the dead body of a human being
  371. defunct
    no longer in force or use; inactive
  372. demise
    the time when something ends
  373. dolorous
    showing sorrow
  374. elegy
    a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
  375. knell
    the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death
  376. lament
    a cry of sorrow and grief
  377. macabre
    shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
  378. moribund
    being on the point of death
  379. sepulchral
    gruesomely indicative of death or the dead
  380. wraith
    a ghostly figure, especially one seen shortly before death
  381. counterpart
    a person or thing having the same function as another
  382. emulate
    strive to equal or match, especially by imitating
  383. facsimile
    an exact copy or reproduction
  384. factitious
    not produced by natural forces; artificial or fake
  385. paradigm
    a standard or typical example
  386. precursor
    something indicating the approach of something or someone
  387. quintessence
    the most typical example or representative of a type
  388. simulated
    reproduced or made to resemble; imitative in character
  389. vicarious
    experienced at secondhand
  390. asperity
    harshness of manner
  391. dour
    showing a brooding ill humor
  392. fell
    able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
  393. malevolent
    wishing or appearing to wish evil to others
  394. sardonic
    disdainfully or ironically humorous
  395. scathing
    marked by harshly abusive criticism
  396. truculent
    defiantly aggressive
  397. vitriolic
    harsh, bitter, or malicious in tone
  398. avaricious
    immoderately desirous of acquiring something
  399. covetous
    immoderately desirous of acquiring something
  400. mercenary
    a person hired to fight for another country than their own
  401. miserly
    characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity
  402. penurious
    excessively unwilling to spend
  403. rapacious
    living by preying on other animals
  404. venal
    capable of being corrupted
  405. dither
    be undecided or uncertain
  406. oscillate
    move or swing from side to side regularly
  407. teeter
    move unsteadily, with a rocking motion
  408. vacillate
    be undecided about something
  409. waver
    pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
  410. ambulatory
    able to walk about
  411. itinerant
    traveling from place to place to work
  412. peripatetic
    traveling especially on foot
  413. astute
    marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
  414. canny
    showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
  415. erudite
    having or showing profound knowledge
  416. perspicacious
    mentally acute or penetratingly discerning
  417. ardor
    feelings of great warmth and intensity
  418. doctrinaire
    a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions
  419. fervid
    characterized by intense emotion
  420. partisan
    a fervent and even militant proponent of something
  421. tendentious
    having a strong bias, especially a controversial one
  422. zealot
    a fervent and even militant proponent of something
  423. enervate
    weaken physically, mentally, or morally
  424. exacerbate
    make worse
  425. inhibit
    limit the range or extent of
  426. obviate
    do away with
  427. stultify
    deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless
  428. undermine
    weaken or impair, especially gradually
  429. vitiate
    make imperfect
  430. aberration
    a state or condition markedly different from the norm
  431. anomaly
    deviation from the normal or common order, form, or rule
  432. iconoclast
    someone who attacks cherished ideas or institutions
  433. idiosyncrasy
    a behavioral attribute peculiar to an individual
  434. acclaim
    enthusiastic approval
  435. accolade
    a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
  436. aggrandize
    embellish; increase the scope, power, or importance of
    praise
  437. encomium
    a formal expression of praise
  438. eulogize
    praise formally and eloquently
  439. extol
    praise, glorify, or honor
  440. fawn
    a young deer
  441. laud
    praise, glorify, or honor
  442. venerate
    regard with feelings of respect and reverence
  443. adventitious
    associated by chance and not an integral part
  444. amulet
    a trinket thought to be a magical protection against evil
  445. auspicious
    indicating favorable circumstances and good luck
  446. fortuitous
    lucky; occurring by happy chance
  447. kismet
    fate or fortune
  448. optimum
    most desirable possible under a restriction
  449. portentous
    of momentous or ominous significance
  450. propitiate
    make peace with
  451. providential
    peculiarly fortunate or appropriate
  452. talisman
    a trinket thought to be a magical protection against evil
  453. ameliorate
    make better
  454. appease
    make peace with
  455. defer
    yield to another's wish or opinion
  456. mollify
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  457. propitiate
    make peace with
  458. satiate
    fill to satisfaction
  459. slake
    satisfy, as thirst
  460. soothe
    cause to feel better
  461. chortle
    a soft partly suppressed laugh
  462. droll
    comical in an odd or whimsical manner
  463. facetious
    cleverly amusing in tone
  464. flippant
    showing an inappropriate lack of seriousness
  465. gibe
    laugh at with contempt and derision
  466. jocular
    characterized by jokes and good humor
  467. levity
    a manner lacking seriousness
  468. ludicrous
    inviting ridicule
  469. raillery
    light teasing
  470. riposte
    a quick reply to a question or remark
  471. simper
    smile in an insincere, unnatural, or coy way
  472. repudiate
    refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid
  473. soporific
    inducing sleep
  474. ubiquitous
    being present everywhere at once
  475. atavistic
    characteristic of a throwback
  476. mephitic
    of noxious stench from atmospheric pollution
  477. reticence
    the trait of being uncommunicative
  478. verisimilitude
    the appearance of truth; the quality of seeming to be true
  479. glib
    artfully persuasive in speech
  480. equanimity
    steadiness of mind under stress
  481. ardent
    characterized by intense emotion
  482. ossified
    set in a rigid pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs
  483. droll
    comical in an odd or whimsical manner
  484. buoyant
    tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas
  485. arcane
    requiring secret or mysterious knowledge
  486. effusive
    uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm
  487. prosaic
    lacking wit or imagination
  488. redolent
    having a strong pleasant odor
  489. sinewy
    possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful
  490. flocculent
    having a fluffy or woolly character or appearance
  491. atrophied
    diminished in size or strength from disease or injury
  492. burke
    get rid of, silence, or suppress
  493. fete
    an elaborate party, often outdoors
  494. adroit
    quick or skillful or adept in action or thought
  495. recreant
    having deserted a cause or principle
  496. insolvent
    unable to meet or discharge financial obligations
  497. ossification
    the developmental process of bone formation
  498. eschew
    avoid and stay away from deliberately
  499. evince
    give expression to
  500. obfuscation
    darkening or obscuring the sight of something
Created on Sun Aug 18 21:35:07 EDT 2013 (updated Sun Aug 18 21:54:22 EDT 2013)

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