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MASON R. (United States of America)
Disconbobulating Words O-R (Part 4)
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  1. oasis
    a shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary
  2. oath
    a solemn promise regarding your future acts or behavior
  3. oaf
    an awkward, foolish person
  4. oeuvre
    the total output of a writer or artist
  5. oenophile
    someone who appreciates wine
  6. ooze
    pass gradually or leak or as if through small openings
  7. outcome
    something that results
  8. outrageous
    greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
  9. outstanding
    of major significance or importance
  10. outgoing
    at ease in talking to others
  11. paradox
    a statement that contradicts itself
  12. paradigm
    a standard or typical example
  13. pablum
    worthless or oversimplified ideas
  14. patience
    good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
  15. patient
    enduring trying circumstances with even temper
  16. pedantic
    marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning
  17. perseverance
    the act of continuing or repeating
  18. perspective
    a way of regarding situations or topics
  19. pithy
    concise and full of meaning
  20. pious
    having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity
  21. piety
    righteousness by virtue of being religiously devout
  22. pique
    call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response
  23. pompous
    puffed up with vanity
  24. posterity
    all future generations
  25. poignant
    keenly distressing to the mind or feelings
  26. pulchritudinous
    having great physical beauty
  27. pun
    a humorous play on words
  28. queue
    a line of people or vehicles waiting for something
  29. quixotic
    not sensible about practical matters
  30. rapport
    a relationship of mutual understanding between people
  31. rational
    consistent with or based on or using reason
  32. radical
    far beyond the norm
  33. redundant
    more than is needed, desired, or required
  34. resilient
    recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like
  35. resolution
    a decision to do something or to behave in a certain manner
  36. respect
    regard highly; think much of
  37. ridiculous
    incongruous or absurd
  38. righteous
    morally justified
  39. rigid
    incapable of or resistant to bending
  40. rogue
    a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
  41. robust
    sturdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction
  42. root
    underground plant organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes
  43. romantic
    expressive of or exciting love
  44. ruthless
    without mercy or pity
  45. rural
    living in or characteristic of farming or country life
  46. rudimentary
    being in the earliest stages of development
  47. ruse
    a deceptive maneuver, especially to avoid capture
Created on Tue Nov 26 09:45:21 EST 2013

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