sesquipedalian

Ailios N.
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  1. synecdoche
    using part of something to refer to the whole thing
  2. perfervid
    characterized by intense emotion
  3. ambit
    an area in which something operates or has power or control
  4. effusion
    an unrestrained expression of emotion
  5. habitude
    habitual mode of behavior
  6. blub
    cry or whine with snuffling
  7. adumbrate
    describe roughly or give the main points or summary of
  8. dedifferentiate
    lose specialization in form or function
  9. importunate
    making persistent or urgent requests
  10. numinous
    of or relating to or characteristic of a spirit
  11. feculent
    foul with waste matter
  12. spurious
    plausible but false
  13. inculpatory
    causing blame to be imputed to
  14. minatory
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  15. absquatulate
    run away, taking something or somebody along
  16. Occam's Razor
    the principle that entities should not be multiplied needlessly; the simplest of two competing theories is to be preferred
  17. rubicund
    having a healthy reddish color
  18. embrangle
    make more complicated or confused through entanglements
  19. pusillanimity
    contemptible fearfulness
  20. adjudicate
    hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of
  21. lineament
    the characteristic parts of a person's face
  22. reliquary
    a container where religious relics are stored or displayed
  23. nictitate
    briefly shut the eyes
  24. egoist
    a conceited and self-centered person
  25. egotist
    a conceited and self-centered person
  26. pleonastic
    repetition of same sense in different words
  27. sesquipedalian
    a very long word (a foot and a half long)
Created on Tue Mar 25 15:03:41 EDT 2008

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