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  1. veteran soldier
    a serviceman who has seen considerable active service
  2. whim
    an odd or fanciful or capricious idea
  3. swindle
    deprive of by deceit
  4. swindler
    a person who steals by means of deception or fraud
  5. bestow
    give as a gift
  6. healthy
    free from infirmity or disease
  7. tempo
    the speed at which a composition is to be played
  8. wastrel
    someone who squanders resources or time
  9. purging
    an act of removing by cleansing
  10. purging cassia
    deciduous or semi-evergreen tree having scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is used medicinally; tropical Asia and Central and South America and Australia
  11. cleave
    separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
  12. cleaver
    a butcher's knife having a large square blade
  13. stampede
    a wild headlong rush of frightened animals
  14. ubiquitous
    being present everywhere at once
  15. ubiquitousness
    the state of being everywhere at once
  16. rigid
    incapable of or resistant to bending
  17. lag
    hang or fall in movement, progress, development, etc.
  18. temporize
    draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time
  19. jet lag
    fatigue and sleep disturbance resulting from disruption of the body's normal circadian rhythm as a result of jet travel
  20. prod
    push against gently
  21. docile
    easily handled or managed
  22. blithe
    carefree and happy and lighthearted
  23. azure
    bright blue in color, like a clear sky
  24. indigenous
    originating where it is found
  25. shroud
    burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
  26. bestow
    give as a gift
  27. flux
    a state of constant change
  28. crucial
    of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis
  29. reprieve
    postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal
  30. mesh
    an open fabric woven together at regular intervals
Created on Tue Jul 26 16:24:55 EDT 2011 (updated Wed Aug 07 02:19:38 EDT 2013)

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