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  1. innocuous
    not injurious to physical or mental health
  2. bonanza
    a sudden happening that brings good fortune
  3. avaricious
    immoderately desirous of acquiring something
  4. avariciousness
    extreme greed for material wealth
  5. avarice
    reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth
  6. avariciously
    in a greedy manner
  7. immoderate
    beyond reasonable limits
  8. immoderately
    without moderation; in an immoderate manner
  9. immoderateness
    the quality of being excessive and lacking in moderation
  10. perspicacious
    mentally acute or penetratingly discerning
  11. auspicious
    indicating favorable circumstances and good luck
  12. capricious
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
  13. perspicacity
    the ability to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly
  14. plumb
    exactly vertical
  15. knotty
    tangled in snarls
  16. contrived
    showing effects of planning or manipulation
  17. assuage
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  18. assuagement
    the feeling that comes when something unpleasant is removed
  19. idiom
    expression whose meaning cannot be inferred from its words
  20. vacuous
    devoid of matter
  21. decrepit
    worn and broken down by hard use
  22. nefarious
    extremely wicked
  23. debauch
    a wild gathering
  24. languisher
    a person who languishes
  25. invective
    abusive language used to express blame or censure
  26. feeble
    pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness
  27. incarnate
    possessing or existing in bodily form
  28. disport
    occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
  29. pejorative
    expressing disapproval
  30. unmitigated
    not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity
  31. consummated
    brought to completion
  32. consummate
    having or revealing supreme mastery or skill
  33. lionize
    assign great social importance to
  34. mien
    a person's appearance, manner, or demeanor
  35. unctuous
    unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating
  36. scheming
    concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest
  37. delimit
    set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something
  38. oily
    containing an unusual amount of grease or oil
  39. purport
    have the often misleading appearance of being or intending
  40. dappled
    having spots or patches of color
  41. mottled
    having spots or patches of color
  42. agility
    the gracefulness of a quick and nimble person or animal
  43. prowess
    a superior skill learned by study and practice
  44. affable
    diffusing warmth and friendliness
  45. meme
    an amusing image that spreads rapidly through social media
  46. frolic
    play boisterously
  47. propitious
    presenting favorable circumstances
  48. ardour
    feelings of great warmth and intensity
  49. incorporeal
    without material form or substance
  50. delineate
    represented accurately or precisely
  51. complicity
    guilt as a confederate in a crime or offense
  52. spartan
    unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment
  53. slaked
    allayed
  54. intimate
    marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity
  55. fecundity
    the state of being fertile or capable of producing offspring
  56. subvert
    overthrow or destroy completely
  57. bearing
    characteristic way of holding one's body
  58. furrow
    a long shallow trench in the ground
  59. Byzantine
    of or relating to or characteristic of the Byzantine Empire or the ancient city of Byzantium
  60. prosaic
    lacking wit or imagination
  61. cacophony
    loud confusing disagreeable sounds
Created on Fri Jul 29 13:18:13 EDT 2011 (updated Sat Aug 06 18:02:52 EDT 2011)

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