WIS Malang Am. Lit. December List # 1

Sandy L.
Hey Guys here is the first line of words in week 2. Hope it can help. Cheers :)
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  1. fruitless
    unproductive of success
  2. callous
    emotionally hardened
  3. camaraderie
    the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability
  4. preponderance
    exceeding in heaviness; having greater weight
  5. blase
    nonchalantly unconcerned
  6. fruition
    the condition of producing seed-bearing structures
  7. tort
    a wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought
  8. loquacious
    full of trivial conversation
  9. adroit
    quick or skillful or adept in action or thought
  10. bucolic
    devoted to raising sheep or cattle
  11. wistful
    showing pensive sadness
  12. lumpish
    mentally sluggish
  13. schlep
    pull along heavily, like a heavy load against a resistance
  14. flannel
    a soft light woolen fabric; used for clothing
  15. haughtiness
    overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner
  16. tenacity
    persistent determination
  17. resplendent
    having great beauty
  18. languish
    become feeble
  19. adamant
    very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem
  20. oust
    remove from a position or office
  21. improvise
    manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand
  22. fallacy
    a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning
  23. redress
    make reparations or amends for
  24. patronage
    the business given to an establishment by its customers
  25. equinox
    when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator
  26. erroneous
    containing or characterized by mistakes
  27. jocular
    characterized by jokes and good humor
  28. rescind
    cancel officially
  29. mercenary
    a person hired to fight for another country than their own
  30. scamper
    run or move about quickly or lightly
  31. complaisance
    a tendency to try to please or yield to the will of others
  32. insipidity
    extreme dullness; a lack of spirit or interest
  33. conjecture
    believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
  34. unprepossessing
    creating an unfavorable or neutral first impression
  35. precept
    a rule of personal conduct
  36. banality
    a trite or obvious remark
  37. explicate
    elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses
  38. heinously
    in a terribly evil manner
  39. conglomerate
    collect or gather
  40. soporific
    inducing sleep
  41. peccadillo
    a petty misdeed
  42. fecund
    capable of producing offspring or vegetation
Created on Thu Nov 28 09:40:29 EST 2013

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