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  1. abstemious
    marked by temperance in indulgence
  2. amalgamation
    the combination of two or more commercial companies
  3. analgesic
    capable of relieving pain
  4. anthropocentrism
    a tendency to see reality only in terms of human experience
  5. avuncular
    being or relating to an uncle
  6. bromide
    a trite or obvious remark
  7. Byzantine
    of or relating to or characteristic of the Byzantine Empire or the ancient city of Byzantium
  8. cacophony
    loud confusing disagreeable sounds
  9. calumny
    a false accusation of an offense
  10. canonical
    conforming to orthodox or recognized rules
  11. chicanery
    the use of tricks to deceive someone
  12. churlish
    having a bad disposition; surly
  13. circumlocution
    an indirect way of expressing something
  14. concomitant
    following or accompanying as a consequence
  15. corpulent
    excessively large
  16. cumbersome
    difficult to handle or use, especially because of size or weight
  17. demarcate
    set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something
  18. disenfranchise
    deprive of voting rights
  19. Draconian
    imposing a harsh code of laws
  20. egalitarian
    favoring social equality
  21. egregious
    conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
  22. emollient
    a substance with a soothing effect when applied to the skin
  23. ephemeral
    anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day
  24. epistolary
    written in the form of letters or correspondence
  25. erudition
    profound scholarly knowledge
  26. exculpate
    pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
  27. exegesis
    an explanation or critical interpretation
  28. flotsam
    the floating wreckage of a ship
  29. foible
    a minor weakness or peculiarity in someone's character
  30. fomentation
    deliberate and intentional triggering
  31. foppish
    overly concerned with extreme elegance in dress and manner
  32. gustatory
    of or relating to the sense of taste
  33. halcyon
    a mythical bird said to breed at the winter solstice
  34. histrionic
    overly dramatic or emotional
  35. ignominious
    deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
  36. impious
    lacking piety or reverence for a god
  37. impute
    attribute or credit to
  38. inchoate
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
  39. inimical
    tending to obstruct or cause harm
  40. insidious
    working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
  41. invidious
    containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice
  42. irascible
    quickly aroused to anger
  43. lexicography
    the act of writing, editing, and examining dictionaries
  44. loquacious
    full of trivial conversation
  45. lugubrious
    excessively mournful
  46. malediction
    the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil
  47. malodorous
    having an unpleasant smell
  48. melange
    a varied mixture or assortment of things
  49. moratorium
    suspension of an ongoing activity
  50. munificent
    given or giving freely, generously, or without restriction
  51. myopic
    unable to see distant objects clearly
  52. nascent
    being born or beginning
  53. neophyte
    a participant with no experience with an activity
  54. nihilism
    complete denial of established authority and institutions
  55. obfuscate
    make obscure or unclear
  56. obstreperous
    noisily and stubbornly defiant
  57. panacea
    hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases
  58. parsimonious
    excessively unwilling to spend
  59. paucity
    an insufficient quantity or number
  60. penurious
    excessively unwilling to spend
  61. perfidious
    tending to betray
  62. pernicious
    exceedingly harmful
  63. perquisite
    an incidental benefit for certain types of employment
  64. picayune
    small and of little importance
  65. polyglot
    a person who speaks more than one language
  66. potentate
    a powerful ruler, especially one who is unconstrained by law
  67. progenitor
    an ancestor in the direct line
  68. proletarian
    belonging to or characteristic of the working class
  69. proselytize
    convert or try to convert someone to another religion
  70. pugnacious
    ready and able to resort to force or violence
  71. punctilious
    marked by precise accordance with details
  72. quixotic
    not sensible about practical matters
  73. raiment
    especially fine or decorative clothing
  74. recalcitrant
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  75. remuneration
    paying for goods or services or to recompense for losses
  76. rhapsodize
    say with great enthusiasm
  77. schism
    division of a group into opposing factions
  78. sentient
    endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness
  79. sibilant
    of speech sounds forcing air through a constricted passage
  80. somnolent
    inclined to or marked by drowsiness
  81. sonorous
    full and loud and deep
  82. sophistry
    a deliberately invalid argument in the hope of deceiving
  83. soporific
    inducing sleep
  84. specious
    plausible but false
  85. stevedore
    a laborer who loads and unloads ships at a waterfront
  86. stricture
    a principle that restricts the extent of something
  87. stultify
    deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless
  88. supercilious
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  89. temerity
    fearless daring
  90. tinder
    material that burns easily and is used for starting a fire
  91. treacly
    overly sweet
  92. truncated
    cut short in duration
  93. turpitude
    a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice
  94. unctuous
    unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating
  95. vainglorious
    feeling self-importance
  96. verisimilitude
    the appearance of truth; the quality of seeming to be true
  97. vitiate
    make imperfect
  98. vitriolic
    harsh, bitter, or malicious in tone
Created on Fri Aug 22 21:17:54 EDT 2014

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