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Robert M. (United States of America)
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  1. tarantella
    a lively whirling Italian dance for two persons
  2. libertine
    unrestrained by convention or morality
  3. tintinnabulation
    the sound of a bell ringing
  4. pulchritudinous
    having great physical beauty
  5. prevaricate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
  6. tergiversate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead
  7. apostatize
    abandon one's beliefs or allegiances
  8. apostate
    not faithful to religion or party or cause
  9. amphiprostylar
    marked by columniation having free columns in porticoes either at both ends or at both sides of a structure
  10. controvert
    prove to be false or incorrect
  11. mollify
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  12. assuage
    provide physical relief, as from pain
Created on Sun May 29 01:39:32 EDT 2011 (updated Mon Jun 27 09:01:48 EDT 2011)

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