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  1. graft
    tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient
  2. graft
    tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient
  3. ombudsman
    an official who investigates public complaints or disputes
  4. Fabianism
    socialism to be established by gradual reforms within the law
  5. rescind
    cancel officially
  6. espionage
    the systematic use of spies to obtain secrets
  7. drubbing
    a sound defeat
  8. detractor
    one who disparages or belittles the worth of something
  9. bonhomie
    a disposition to be friendly and approachable
  10. resounding
    characterized by loud, deep sound
  11. hamstring
    one of the tendons at the back of the knee
  12. flit
    move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
  13. lacerate
    cut or tear irregularly
  14. tenable
    based on sound reasoning or evidence
  15. unconscionable
    greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
  16. intransigence
    stubborn refusal to compromise or change
  17. insinuate
    suggest in an indirect or covert way; give to understand
  18. dispensation
    the act of giving out in portions
  19. peroration
    the concluding section of a rhetorical address
  20. plebeian
    of or associated with the great masses of people
  21. cog
    tooth on the rim of gear wheel
  22. tout
    advertise in strongly positive terms
  23. swanky
    impressively fashionable and elegant
  24. debonair
    having a sophisticated charm
  25. adjudicate
    hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of
  26. gratuitous
    unnecessary and unwarranted
  27. contrite
    feeling or expressing pain or sorrow
  28. pogrom
    organized persecution of an ethnic group, especially Jews
  29. complicity
    guilt as a confederate in a crime or offense
  30. fulcrum
    the pivot about which a lever turns
  31. liberalism
    a political orientation favoring social progress by reform
  32. unconscionable
    greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
  33. castigate
    inflict severe punishment on
  34. babel
    a confusion of voices and other sounds
  35. dogged
    stubbornly unyielding
  36. presuppose
    take for granted or as a given
  37. stymie
    hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
  38. ennobling
    investing with dignity or honor
  39. adduce
    advance evidence for
  40. repeal
    cancel officially
  41. deprecate
    express strong disapproval of; deplore
  42. purport
    have the often misleading appearance of being or intending
  43. hardliner
    a politician who is uncompromising on a position or policy
  44. embargo
    a government order imposing a trade barrier
  45. rapprochement
    the reestablishing of cordial relations
  46. behemoth
    someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
  47. bellwether
    someone who assumes leadership of a movement or activity
Created on Tue Dec 17 04:02:13 EST 2013 (updated Wed Aug 12 02:26:50 EDT 2015)

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