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  1. animadvert
    express blame or censure or make a harshly critical remark
  2. sempiternal
    having no known beginning and presumably no end
  3. sybaritic
    displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses
  4. seriatim
    one after another in sequence
  5. prestissimo
    extremely fast; as fast as possible
  6. andantino
    (of tempo) moderately fast
  7. allegretto
    in a moderately quick tempo
  8. allegro
    in a quick and lively tempo
  9. marasmus
    extreme malnutrition and emaciation
  10. palimpsest
    a manuscript on which more than one text has been written
  11. peripatetic
    traveling especially on foot
  12. slough
    cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers
  13. plaint
    (United Kingdom) a written statement of the grounds of complaint made to court of law asking for the grievance to be redressed
  14. cromlech
    a prehistoric megalithic tomb typically having two large upright stones and a capstone
  15. febrile
    of or relating to or characterized by fever
  16. hysteric
    characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria
Created on Sat Mar 31 20:18:12 EDT 2007 (updated Wed Apr 22 22:21:00 EDT 2009)

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