Third List of 40 Words

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  1. discriminating
    showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment
  2. superb
    surpassingly good
  3. compunction
    a feeling of deep regret, usually for some misdeed
  4. ashen
    pale from illness or emotion
  5. prevail
    be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
  6. ellipsis
    a mark indicating that words have been omitted
  7. pharisaical
    excessively or hypocritically pious
  8. cohere
    cause to form a united, orderly, and consistent whole
  9. opulence
    wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living
  10. conserve
    keep in safety and protect from harm, loss, or destruction
  11. quadrennium
    a period of four years
  12. privy
    informed about something secret or not generally known
  13. conifer
    a type of tree or shrub bearing cones
  14. specify
    be particular about
  15. icon
    a visual representation produced on a surface
  16. forecast
    a prediction about how something will develop
  17. intervening
    occurring between events, spaces, or points in time
  18. import
    bring in from abroad
  19. reduce
    make smaller
  20. taint
    place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
  21. inventory
    a detailed list of all the items in stock
  22. contrived
    showing effects of planning or manipulation
  23. laud
    praise, glorify, or honor
  24. tensile
    of or relating to physical stress or strain
  25. embark
    go on board
  26. vagary
    an unexpected and inexplicable change in something
  27. fanciful
    indulging in or influenced by the imagination
  28. feral
    wild and menacing
  29. scour
    rub hard or scrub
  30. exodus
    a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment
  31. expurgate
    edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
  32. reassure
    cause to feel confident
  33. appurtenance
    equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles
  34. thereby
    by that means or because of that
  35. lackluster
    not having brilliance or vitality
  36. astral
    being or relating to or resembling or emanating from stars
  37. gather
    assemble or get together
  38. chastise
    scold or criticize severely
  39. predecessor
    one who goes before you in time
  40. lethal
    of an instrument of certain death
Created on Thu May 05 09:49:54 EDT 2011

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