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MJKubus (United States of America)
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  1. varicose
    abnormally swollen or knotty
  2. sanguine
    confidently optimistic and cheerful
  3. sordid
    foul and run-down and repulsive
  4. frowsy
    messy or unkempt, especially in dress and person
  5. furtive
    secret and sly
  6. doublethink
    believing two contradictory ideas at the same time
  7. nebulous
    lacking definite form or limits
  8. specious
    plausible but false
  9. clandestine
    conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
  10. odious
    extremely repulsive or unpleasant
  11. dissemble
    behave unnaturally or affectedly
  12. fleeting
    lasting for a markedly brief time
  13. discountenance
    look with disfavor on
  14. gambol
    play or run boisterously
  15. mutability
    the quality of being capable of change
  16. palimpsest
    a manuscript on which more than one text has been written
  17. pedantic
    marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning
  18. derisive
    expressing contempt or ridicule
  19. debauchery
    a wild gathering
  20. aquiline
    curved down like an eagle's beak
  21. sinecure
    a job that involves minimal duties
  22. palpable
    capable of being perceived
  23. anodyne
    a medicine used to relieve pain
  24. reconnoiter
    explore, often with a goal of finding something or somebody
  25. lassitude
    weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy
  26. dappled
    having spots or patches of color
  27. etiolated
    developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light
  28. incredulity
    doubt about the truth of something
  29. privation
    the act of stripping someone of food, money, or rights
  30. gratuitous
    unnecessary and unwarranted
  31. inviolate
    treated as if holy and kept free from violation or criticism
  32. impregnable
    incapable of being attacked or tampered with
  33. demur
    politely refuse or take exception to
  34. persiflage
    light teasing
  35. desultory
    marked by lack of definite plan, purpose, or enthusiasm
  36. insidious
    working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
  37. prevaricate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
  38. ampoule
    a small bottle that contains liquid medicine
  39. solipsism
    the philosophical theory that the self is all that exists
  40. hedonism
    an ethical system that values the pursuit of pleasure
Created on Thu Aug 01 10:19:09 EDT 2019 (updated Wed Aug 14 12:12:52 EDT 2019)

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