Down with pseudoscience

Roy C. (United States of America)
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  1. throng
    a large gathering of people
  2. cadence
    the accent in a metrical foot of verse
  3. trickle
    run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream
  4. somber
    serious and gloomy in character
  5. sultry
    attractive and suggesting hidden passion
  6. palpable
    capable of being perceived
  7. despondency
    feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless
  8. parched
    extremely thirsty
  9. abounding
    existing in abundance
  10. ineffable
    defying expression or description
  11. gnaw
    bite or chew on with the teeth
  12. decimate
    kill in large numbers
  13. winsome
    charming in a childlike or naive way
  14. pander
    yield to; give satisfaction to
  15. strident
    unpleasantly loud and harsh
  16. eviscerate
    remove the entrails of
  17. acerbic
    sour or bitter in taste
  18. disheveled
    in disarray; extremely disorderly
  19. forlorn
    marked by or showing hopelessness
  20. vexed
    troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances
  21. tentative
    hesitant or lacking confidence; unsettled in mind or opinion
  22. unvarnished
    not having a coating of stain or varnish
  23. alibi
    proof that someone accused of a crime could not have done it
  24. impediment
    something immaterial that interferes with action or progress
  25. shanty
    a small crude shelter used as a dwelling
  26. vigil
    a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe
  27. vertigo
    a reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall
  28. sacrosanct
    treated as if holy and kept free from violation or criticism
  29. festoon
    a decorative representation of a string of flowers
  30. rivet
    a heavy metal pin used to fasten two pieces of metal
  31. demean
    reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
Created on Sun Sep 05 06:55:26 EDT 2010 (updated Thu May 19 19:22:36 EDT 2011)

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