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  1. juxtaposition
    the act of positioning close together
  2. xanthophyll
    yellow carotenoid pigments in plants and animal fats and egg yolks
  3. zaftig
    (of a female body) healthily plump and vigorous
  4. eidos
    (anthropology) the distinctive expression of the cognitive or intellectual character of a culture or a social group
  5. quixotic
    not sensible about practical matters
  6. vicissitude
    a variation in circumstances or fortune
  7. wizened
    lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
  8. autochthonous
    originating where it is found
  9. logorrhea
    pathologically excessive and often incoherent talking
  10. viviparous
    producing living young and not eggs
  11. Samarkand
    city in southern Uzbekistan
  12. insouciance
    a casual or lighthearted feeling of unconcern
  13. eudaemonia
    a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous
  14. aardwolf
    striped hyena of southeast Africa that feeds chiefly on insects
  15. baccalaureate
    an academic degree on completion of undergraduate studies
  16. cardiopulmonary resuscitation
    an emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration; the first treatment for a person who has collapsed and has no pulse and has stopped breathing; attempts to restore circulation of the blood and prevent death or brain damage due to lack of oxygen
  17. extemporaneous
    with little or no preparation or forethought
  18. glockenspiel
    a percussion instrument consisting of a set of metal bars
  19. idyllic
    charmingly simple and serene
  20. larynx
    the structure containing the vocal cords
  21. nomenclature
    a system of words used to name things in a discipline
  22. paraphernalia
    equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles
  23. schizophrenia
    a psychotic disorder characterized by distortions of reality
  24. tableau
    any dramatic scene
  25. trichotillomania
    an irresistible urge to pull out your own hair
  26. vaudevillian
    a performer who works in vaudeville
  27. yeoman
    a free man who cultivates his own land
  28. magnanimity
    nobility and generosity of spirit
  29. sgraffito
    a ceramic or mural decoration made by scratching off a surface layer to reveal the ground
  30. Sajama
    a mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high)
  31. bayou
    a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake
  32. icaco
    small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit
  33. Solenichthyes
    bellows fishes
  34. trabeate
    not arcuate; having straight horizontal beams or lintels
  35. dibucaine
    a local anesthetic that is administered by injection
  36. IJsselmeer
    a shallow lake in northwestern Netherlands created in 1932 by building a dam across the entrance to the Zuider Zee
  37. Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease
    rare brain disease caused by an unidentified slow virus
  38. alliteration
    use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word
  39. shrapnel
    shell containing lead pellets that explodes in flight
  40. manageableness
    capable of being managed or controlled
  41. antiestablishmentarianism
    the doctrine of opposition to the social and political establishment
  42. Vaisakha
    the second month of the Hindu calendar
  43. comprehendible
    capable of being understood
  44. Xanthophyceae
    yellow-green algae
Created on Mon Nov 18 17:18:09 EST 2013 (updated Tue Oct 07 18:34:32 EDT 2014)

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