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  1. bacchanalian
    used of riotously drunken merrymaking
  2. peccadillo
    a petty misdeed
  3. bivouac
    temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
  4. ennui
    the feeling of being bored by something tedious
  5. anathema
    a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication
  6. bivouacking
    the act or practice of living in temporary shelters outdoors
  7. acerbic
    sour or bitter in taste
  8. supercilious
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  9. coquette
    talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
  10. warren
    a colony of rabbits
  11. maudlin
    very sentimental or emotional
  12. sobriquet
    a familiar name for a person
  13. halcyon
    a mythical bird said to breed at the winter solstice
  14. salubrious
    promoting health
  15. supernumerary
    more than is needed, desired, or required
  16. sententious
    concise and full of meaning
  17. ephemeral
    anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day
  18. insouciance
    a casual or lighthearted feeling of unconcern
  19. perfidious
    tending to betray
  20. rivulet
    a small stream
  21. itinerant
    traveling from place to place to work
  22. apotheosis
    model of excellence or perfection of a kind
  23. precipitate
    bring about abruptly
  24. recalcitrant
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  25. antediluvian
    of or relating to the period before the biblical flood
  26. victuals
    a source of food or nourishment
  27. penurious
    excessively unwilling to spend
  28. jaboncillo
    evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by Native Americans
  29. calumny
    a false accusation of an offense
  30. artifice
    the use of deception or trickery
  31. esprit de l'escalier
    a witty remark that occurs to you too late
  32. sagacity
    the trait of having wisdom and good judgment
  33. rigmarole
    a long and complicated and confusing procedure
  34. cynosure
    something that provides guidance
  35. diaphanous
    so thin as to transmit light
  36. meretricious
    tastelessly showy
  37. shrift
    the act of being shriven
  38. ensconce
    fix firmly
  39. temerarious
    presumptuously daring
  40. frisson
    an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
  41. frisson
    an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
  42. omphaloskepsis
    the contemplation of one's navel; complacent self-absorption
  43. obfuscate
    make obscure or unclear
  44. je ne sais quoi
    something indescribable
  45. detritus
    loose material that is worn away from rocks
  46. flibbertigibbet
    a foolish, flighty, and overly talkative person
  47. discombobulate
    cause to be confused emotionally
  48. kerfuffle
    a disorderly outburst or tumult
  49. colligate
    make a logical or causal connection
  50. sibilant
    of speech sounds forcing air through a constricted passage
  51. duplicitous
    marked by deliberate deceptiveness
  52. thaumaturge
    one who practices magic or sorcery
  53. tatterdemalion
    a dirty shabbily clothed person
  54. legerity
    the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble
Created on Mon Aug 01 00:22:08 EDT 2011 (updated Fri May 22 13:30:27 EDT 2015)

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