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  1. ascertain
    learn or discover with confidence
  2. ungainly
    lacking grace in movement or posture
  3. smug
    marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction
  4. abase
    cause to feel shame
  5. glib
    artfully persuasive in speech
  6. firebrand
    a piece of wood that has been burned or is burning
  7. exorbitant
    greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
  8. stupendous
    so great in size, force, or extent as to elicit awe
  9. assent
    agree or express agreement
  10. besiege
    surround so as to force to give up
  11. subsist
    support oneself
  12. retaliation
    action taken in return for an injury or offense
  13. infringe
    advance beyond the usual limit
  14. allure
    the power to entice or attract
  15. incessantly
    without interruption
  16. undertake
    enter upon an activity or enterprise
  17. vex
    disturb, especially by minor irritations
  18. emetic
    a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting
  19. elude
    escape, either physically or mentally
  20. proclivity
    a natural inclination
  21. tenacious
    stubbornly unyielding
  22. vapid
    lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest
  23. sultry
    attractive and suggesting hidden passion
  24. rail
    a horizontal bar, usually of wood or metal
  25. distinction
    a discrimination between things as different
  26. renegade
    someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw
  27. bemuse
    cause to be confused emotionally
  28. craven
    lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful
  29. troth
    a solemn pledge of fidelity
  30. crabbed
    annoyed and irritable
  31. disconsolate
    sad beyond comforting; incapable of being soothed
  32. anodyne
    capable of relieving pain
  33. tout
    advertise in strongly positive terms
  34. extenuate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or degree of
  35. overweening
    presumptuously arrogant
  36. pall
    burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
  37. beseech
    ask for or request earnestly
  38. maul
    injure badly
  39. abstemious
    marked by temperance in indulgence
  40. ford
    cross a river where it's shallow
  41. plead
    appeal or request earnestly
  42. dissimulate
    hide feelings from other people
  43. trite
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  44. simper
    smile in an insincere, unnatural, or coy way
  45. phlegmatic
    showing little emotion
  46. vain
    having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
  47. vain
    having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
  48. expatiate
    add details to clarify an idea
  49. expatiate
    add details to clarify an idea
  50. ignominious
    deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
  51. cheeky
    offensively bold
  52. assert
    declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
  53. blunt
    not sharp (used of a knife or other blade)
  54. boast
    talk about oneself with excessive pride or self-regard
  55. colloquial
    characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation
  56. convey
    transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
  57. denounce
    speak out against
  58. disclose
    expose to view as by removing a cover
  59. gist
    the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
  60. inkling
    a slight suggestion or vague understanding
  61. murmur
    a low continuous indistinct sound
  62. equivocate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
  63. rant
    talk at length in a noisy, excited, or angry manner
  64. scribble
    write down quickly without much attention to detail
  65. stumble
    miss a step and fall or nearly fall
  66. utter
    without qualification
  67. superstition
    an irrational belief arising from ignorance or fear
  68. malevolent
    wishing or appearing to wish evil to others
  69. deficiency
    lack of an adequate quantity or number
  70. plethora
    extreme excess
  71. profound
    situated at or extending to great depth
  72. profoundly
    to a great depth psychologically
  73. impartial
    free from undue bias or preconceived opinions
  74. foster
    providing nurture though not related by blood or legal ties
  75. harness
    an arrangement of leather straps fitted to a draft animal
  76. elude
    escape, either physically or mentally
  77. coercion
    using force to cause something to occur
  78. latter
    the second of two or the second mentioned of two
  79. ethos
    the distinctive spirit of a culture or an era
  80. palatable
    acceptable to the taste or mind
  81. brackish
    slightly salty
  82. complacent
    contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions
  83. cite
    make reference to
  84. proliferate
    grow rapidly
  85. efficacy
    capacity or power to produce a desired result
  86. disparage
    express a negative opinion of
  87. hitch
    hook or entangle
  88. supplant
    take the place or move into the position of
  89. endorse
    approve of
  90. mitigate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
  91. smirk
    smile in a mocking or condescending way
  92. prevaricate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
  93. belittle
    cause to seem lesser or inferior
  94. exuberant
    joyously unrestrained
  95. brash
    offensively bold
  96. encroach
    advance beyond the usual limit
  97. slick
    made smooth, as by ice, grease, or water
  98. remit
    send in payment
  99. quell
    suppress or crush completely
  100. splendid
    characterized by grandeur
  101. respectively
    in the order given
  102. debase
    make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance
  103. swell
    increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity
  104. strident
    unpleasantly loud and harsh
  105. vociferous
    conspicuously and offensively loud
  106. vociferous
    conspicuously and offensively loud
  107. mutinous
    characterized by a rebellion against authority
  108. impose
    charge and collect payment
  109. carnage
    the savage and excessive killing of many people
  110. longing
    prolonged unfulfilled desire or need
  111. obliterate
    remove completely from recognition or memory
  112. omit
    leave undone or leave out
  113. blush
    become rosy or reddish
  114. wreath
    a circular band of flowers or other foliage
  115. plea
    a humble request for help from someone in authority
  116. lodge in
    live (in a certain place)
  117. startled
    excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement
  118. benighted
    overtaken by darkness
  119. recede
    pull back or move away or backward
  120. errand
    a short trip taken in the performance of a necessary task
  121. revere
    regard with feelings of respect
  122. groan
    an utterance expressing pain or disapproval
  123. immense
    unusually great in size or amount or extent or scope
  124. palpable
    capable of being perceived
  125. oblige
    force somebody to do something
  126. grove
    a small growth of trees without underbrush
Created on Thu Nov 07 10:55:37 EST 2013 (updated Sun Jan 26 11:56:18 EST 2014)

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