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  1. impugn
    attack as false or wrong
  2. fervid
    characterized by intense emotion
  3. protract
    lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer
  4. redolent
    having a strong pleasant odor
  5. vociferous
    conspicuously and offensively loud
  6. appal
    strike with disgust or revulsion
  7. educe
    bring out or develop, especially from a potential state
  8. nabob
    a governor in India during the Mogul empire
  9. inscrutable
    difficult or impossible to understand
  10. stentorian
    very loud or booming
  11. herald
    a person who announces important news
  12. reverence
    a feeling of profound respect for someone or something
  13. recalcitrant
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  14. surreptitious
    marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
  15. plethora
    extreme excess
  16. pompous
    puffed up with vanity
  17. interdict
    command against
  18. heed
    careful attention
  19. irk
    irritate or vex
  20. flaunt
    display proudly
  21. flex
    cause something to assume a bent or crooked shape
  22. bristle
    react in an offended or angry manner
  23. grandiloquent
    lofty in style
  24. throng
    a large gathering of people
  25. irksome
    tedious or irritating
  26. latent
    potentially existing but not presently evident or realized
  27. zest
    vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment
  28. haggle
    an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)
  29. wretched
    deserving or inciting pity
  30. rigor
    something hard to endure
  31. innocuous
    not injurious to physical or mental health
  32. waylay
    wait in hiding to attack
  33. foment
    try to stir up
  34. minion
    a servile or fawning dependent
  35. egregious
    conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
  36. remonstrate
    argue in protest or opposition
  37. zealot
    a fervent and even militant proponent of something
  38. insinuate
    suggest in an indirect or covert way; give to understand
  39. refractory
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  40. tarry
    leave slowly and hesitantly
  41. waif
    a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned
  42. louche
    of questionable taste or morality
  43. wary
    marked by keen caution and watchful prudence
Created on Mon Aug 26 02:00:51 EDT 2013

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