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Edwin R. (United States of America)
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  1. vamp
    an improvised musical accompaniment
  2. rill
    a small stream
  3. villein
    (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord
  4. logomania
    pathologically excessive (and often incoherent) talking
  5. fell
    cause to go down by or as if by delivering a blow
  6. rale
    a rapid series of short loud sounds
  7. chevy
    annoy continually or chronically
  8. prepossession
    an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence
  9. churl
    a crude or uncouth person lacking culture or refinement
  10. termagant
    a scolding, nagging, bad-tempered woman
  11. hejira
    a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment
  12. palter
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead
  13. controvert
    prove to be false or incorrect
  14. icteric
    affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc
  15. farrago
    a motley assortment of things
  16. labile
    liable to change
  17. bunkum
    nonsense; empty or foolish talk or behavior
  18. concordance
    a harmonious state of things and of their properties
  19. expostulate
    reason with for the purpose of dissuasion
  20. adduce
    advance evidence for
  21. boon
    something that is desirable, favorable, or beneficial
  22. collation
    assembling in proper numerical or logical sequence
  23. welter
    a confused multitude of things
  24. endue
    give qualities or abilities to
  25. confabulate
    talk socially without exchanging too much information
  26. poltroon
    an abject coward
  27. connivance
    agreement on a secret plot
  28. maculate
    morally blemished; stained or impure
  29. untrammeled
    not confined or limited
  30. swathe
    wrap in or as if in strips of cloth
  31. ululate
    emit long loud cries
  32. tergiversate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead
  33. bemuse
    cause to be confused emotionally
  34. palter
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead
  35. harridan
    a scolding (even vicious) old woman
  36. bloviate
    speak verbosely and windily
  37. eleemosynary
    generous in assistance to the poor
  38. codswallop
    nonsensical talk or writing
  39. blatherskite
    foolish gibberish
  40. unitard
    a garment that covers the body from shoulders to thighs
  41. quidnunc
    a person who meddles in the affairs of others
  42. pettifogger
    someone who argues over unimportant details
  43. plaguy
    causing irritation or annoyance
  44. mugwump
    a neutral or uncommitted person, especially in politics
  45. proctor
    someone who supervises (an examination)
  46. lubricious
    characterized by lust
  47. bootless
    unproductive of success
  48. ratiocination
    the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning
  49. palliate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
  50. demotic
    of or for the common people
  51. snood
    an ornamental net that confines a woman's hair
  52. theodolite
    a surveying instrument for measuring angles
  53. amphora
    an ancient jar with two handles and a narrow neck
  54. littoral
    of or relating to a coastal or shore region
  55. mordant
    harshly ironic or sinister
  56. scrimshaw
    a carving on whalebone, whale ivory, walrus tusk, etc.
  57. troglodyte
    one who lives in solitude
  58. reave
    steal goods; take as spoils
  59. guerdon
    a reward or payment
  60. pergola
    a framework that supports climbing plants
  61. moiety
    one of two approximately equal parts
Created on Mon Jan 06 23:40:06 EST 2014 (updated Fri Apr 10 21:29:48 EDT 2015)

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