Alexander Hamilton

Ghostwriter (United Kingdom)
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  1. visceral
    relating to or affecting the internal organs
  2. proponent
    a person who argues for a cause or puts forward an idea
  3. contrivance
    the faculty of inventive skill
  4. solicitude
    a feeling of excessive concern
  5. naysayer
    someone with an aggressively negative attitude
  6. unswerving
    going directly ahead without veering or turning aside
  7. tincture
    a substance that colors metals
  8. dollop
    a soft lump or portion of something, especially food
  9. vicinity
    a surrounding or nearby region
  10. genial
    diffusing warmth and friendliness
  11. sedate
    characterized by dignity and propriety
  12. lanky
    tall and thin and having long slender limbs
  13. receptacle
    a container that is used to put or keep things in
  14. bigotry
    intolerance and prejudice
  15. banter
    light teasing repartee
  16. queasy
    causing or able to cause nausea
  17. earldom
    the dignity or rank or position of an earl or countess
  18. piety
    righteousness by virtue of being religiously devout
  19. pious
    having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity
  20. reverence
    a feeling of profound respect for someone or something
  21. deity
    a supernatural being worshipped as controlling the world
  22. askance
    with suspicion or disapproval
  23. subservience
    being something that is useful in carrying out a plan
  24. consternation
    sudden shock or dismay that causes confusion
  25. raucous
    unpleasantly loud and harsh
  26. opulence
    wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living
  27. matriculate
    enroll as a student
  28. auburn
    (of hair) colored a moderate reddish-brown
  29. chiseled
    having a clean and distinct outline as if precisely cut along the edges
  30. buoyant
    tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas
  31. buoyantly
    in a cheerfully buoyant manner
  32. vivacious
    vigorous and animated
  33. assuage
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  34. tantamount
    being essentially equal to something
  35. malign
    speak unfavorably about
  36. unctuous
    unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating
  37. swashbuckling
    flamboyantly reckless and boastful behavior
  38. amity
    a state of friendship and cordiality
  39. rapacious
    living by preying on other animals
  40. promptitude
    the characteristic of doing things without delay
  41. doggedness
    persistent determination
  42. predicament
    an unpleasant or difficult situation
  43. precarious
    not secure; beset with difficulties
  44. dilatoriness
    slowness as a consequence of not getting around to it
  45. valor
    courage when facing danger
  46. distress
    a state of adversity
  47. ineptitude
    unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
  48. candor
    the quality of being honest and straightforward
  49. recoil
    spring back; spring away from an impact
  50. rampant
    occurring or increasing in an unrestrained way
  51. folly
    the trait of acting stupidly or rashly
  52. expedient
    appropriate to a purpose
  53. fickleness
    unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous
  54. treacherous
    dangerously unstable and unpredictable
  55. disdain
    lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
  56. sentiment
    a personal belief or judgment
  57. genuine
    not fake or counterfeit
  58. salient
    conspicuous, prominent, or important
  59. entreat
    ask for or request earnestly
  60. consolation
    the act of giving relief in affliction
  61. affliction
    a cause of great suffering and distress
  62. distress
    a state of adversity
  63. adversity
    a state of misfortune or affliction
  64. embark
    go on board
  65. intrepidity
    resolute courageousness
  66. rectitude
    righteousness as a consequence of being honorable and honest
  67. whence
    from what place, source, or cause
  68. inculcate
    teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
  69. relinquish
    turn away from; give up
Created on Fri Jan 17 14:40:34 EST 2014 (updated Thu Jan 30 16:00:39 EST 2014)

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