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Meg F.
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  1. aberration
    a state or condition markedly different from the norm
  2. audacious
    disposed to venture or take risks
  3. austere
    of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor
  4. bucolic
    devoted to raising sheep or cattle
  5. captious
    tending to find and call attention to faults
  6. chimera
    a grotesque product of the imagination
  7. collation
    assembling in proper numerical or logical sequence
  8. consternation
    sudden shock or dismay that causes confusion
  9. cozen
    be dishonest with
  10. denouement
    the outcome of a complex sequence of events
  11. emetic
    a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting
  12. gambit
    a chess move in which the player sacrifices minor pieces
  13. haughty
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  14. improvident
    not supplying something useful for the future
  15. penury
    a state of extreme poverty or destitution
  16. phlegmatic
    showing little emotion
  17. prorate
    make a proportional settlement or distribution
  18. sordid
    foul and run-down and repulsive
  19. verve
    an energetic style
  20. stolid
    having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
Created on Sun Jul 10 17:15:52 EDT 2011 (updated Sun Jul 10 17:44:00 EDT 2011)

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