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  1. repudiate
    refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid
  2. abjure
    formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief
  3. adjure
    command solemnly
  4. synagogue
    the place of worship for a Jewish congregation
  5. allegory
    a short moral story
  6. annuity
    income from capital investment paid regularly
  7. ennui
    the feeling of being bored by something tedious
  8. annals
    a chronological account of events in successive years
  9. aversion
    a feeling of intense dislike
  10. apostle
    an ardent early supporter of a cause or reform
  11. apostate
    not faithful to religion or party or cause
  12. decadent
    relating to indulgence in something pleasurable
  13. recidivist
    someone who lapses into undesirable patterns of behavior
  14. emancipate
    free from slavery or servitude
  15. precipice
    a very steep cliff
  16. castigate
    inflict severe punishment on
  17. chastise
    scold or criticize severely
  18. chaste
    abstaining from unlawful sexual intercourse
  19. cessation
    a stopping
  20. centrist
    a person who takes a position in the political center
  21. certitude
    complete assurance or confidence
  22. incursion
    the act of entering some territory or domain
  23. credo
    any system of principles or beliefs
  24. incumbent
    necessary as a duty or responsibility; morally binding
  25. mea culpa
    an acknowledgment of your error or guilt
  26. imbue
    spread or diffuse through
  27. condign
    fitting or appropriate and deserved
  28. dissuade
    turn away from by persuasion
  29. endow
    give qualities or abilities to
  30. duress
    compulsory force or threat
  31. dystrophy
    any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles
  32. dyspepsia
    a digestive disorder characterized by heartburn or nausea
  33. epithet
    descriptive word or phrase
  34. arrant
    complete and without qualification
  35. extradite
    hand over to the authorities of another country
  36. ratify
    approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation
  37. confer
    present
  38. referendum
    a legislative act referred for approval to a popular vote
  39. genuflect
    bend the knees and bow in a servile manner
  40. effluence
    the process of flowing out
  41. fortissimo
    to be played very loudly
  42. fractious
    easily irritated or annoyed
  43. fusillade
    rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms
  44. ignoramus
    a person who lacks intelligence or sophistication
  45. egress
    the act or means of going out
  46. regress
    go back to a previous state
  47. homeostasis
    metabolic equilibrium maintained by biological mechanisms
  48. subjugate
    make subservient; force to submit or subdue
  49. junta
    a group of officers who rule a country after seizing power
  50. allude
    make an indirect reference to
  51. malady
    impairment of normal physiological function
  52. malapropism
    misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar
  53. emancipate
    free from slavery or servitude
  54. emissary
    someone sent to represent another's interests
  55. remit
    send in payment
  56. promiscuous
    casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
  57. commute
    a regular journey to and from your place of work
  58. permutation
    a complete change in character or condition
  59. cognate
    related by blood
  60. anthology
    a collection of selected literary passages
  61. pantheon
    a temple to all the gods of antiquity
  62. parable
    a short moral story
  63. pauper
    a person who is very poor
  64. antipodes
    two places on direct opposite sides of the Earth
  65. punitive
    inflicting punishment
  66. appendage
    a part that is joined to something larger
  67. pertinacious
    stubbornly unyielding
  68. deportment
    the way a person behaves toward other people
  69. disport
    occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
  70. importune
    beg persistently and urgently
  71. posthumous
    occurring or coming into existence after a person's death
  72. posterity
    all future generations
  73. precarious
    not secure; beset with difficulties
  74. opprobrium
    a state of extreme dishonor
  75. reprobate
    a person without moral scruples
  76. repugnant
    offensive to the mind
  77. compunction
    a feeling of deep regret, usually for some misdeed
  78. execrable
    unequivocally detestable
  79. sacrilege
    blasphemous behavior
  80. ascribe
    attribute or credit to
  81. conscription
    compulsory military service
  82. secede
    withdraw from an organization or polity
  83. preside
    act as executive officer
  84. dissident
    a person who objects to some established policy
  85. dissent
    a difference of opinion
  86. dissolute
    unrestrained by convention or morality
  87. destitute
    poor enough to need help from others
  88. suave
    having a sophisticated charm
  89. subliminal
    below the threshold of conscious perception
  90. subterfuge
    something intended to misrepresent the nature of an activity
  91. tenacious
    stubbornly unyielding
  92. pertinacious
    stubbornly unyielding
  93. detract
    take away a part from; diminish
  94. convene
    meet formally
  95. intervene
    be placed or located between other things
  96. aver
    declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
  97. verdant
    characterized by abundance of vegetation and green foliage
  98. verdure
    green foliage
  99. vicarious
    experienced at secondhand
Created on Mon Oct 14 16:08:20 EDT 2013 (updated Thu Oct 17 13:30:27 EDT 2013)

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