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Calibrated
Consternation
Cower
Hindrance
Luminous
Symmetry
Synchronizing
Vague
Vigilance
Wince

Abdicate
Benediction
Contour
Flax
Heretic
Hinterland
Illegible
Raspingly
Recite
thatched
analyze
astutely
construe
impenetrable
impudent
myopia
proximity
versatility
prevalent
raucous
versatility

Indomitable
Omen
Unavailing
Voluble
Withered

Annihilate
Expendable
Infinitesimally
Primeval
Resilient
Revoke
Sheathed
Subliminal
Taint
Undulate

Anecdote
Annul
Coercion
Coherently
Degrading
Devoid
Distasteful
Efficacy
Exaltation
Exposé

Haunt
Indelible
Indifferently
Languidly
Militant
Oppression
Perpetuation
Petulant
Radiant
Tentatively
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  1. boding
    a feeling of evil to come
  2. balmy
    mild and pleasant
  3. benign
    kind in disposition or manner
  4. bereft
    lacking or deprived of something
  5. decipher
    convert something hidden or secretive into ordinary language
  6. desolation
    sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned
  7. enmity
    a state of deep-seated ill-will
  8. furtive
    secret and sly
  9. grizzled
    having gray or partially gray hair
  10. impeccable
    without error or flaw
  11. imploring
    begging
  12. ludicrous
    inviting ridicule
  13. predecessor
    one who goes before you in time
  14. resignation
    the act of giving up, as a claim or office or possession
  15. sedate
    characterized by dignity and propriety
  16. sever
    set or keep apart
  17. supplicate
    ask for humbly or earnestly, as in prayer
  18. trepidation
    a feeling of alarm or dread
  19. unnerving
    inspiring fear
  20. vacillating
    uncertain in purpose or action
  21. acquaint
    cause to come to know personally
  22. calculating
    good at tricking people to get something
  23. comradeship
    the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability
  24. conclusively
    in a conclusive way
  25. disinherited
    deprived of your rightful heritage
  26. disreputable
    lacking respectability in character, behavior or appearance
  27. encumber
    hold back, impede, or weigh down
  28. exclusive
    admitting or accepting only a particular group
  29. expenditure
    the act of spending money for goods or services
  30. genially
    in an affable manner
  31. gnome
    a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man
  32. pendant
    an adornment that hangs from a piece of jewelry
  33. precariousness
    being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance
  34. prestige
    a high standing achieved through success or influence
  35. prudent
    marked by sound judgment
  36. spontaneous
    said or done without having been planned in advance
  37. stipulate
    make an express demand or provision in an agreement
  38. venerable
    profoundly honored
  39. vivacious
    vigorous and animated
  40. ascend
    travel up
  41. biased
    favoring one person or side over another
  42. brooding
    deeply or seriously thoughtful
  43. charade
    a word acted out in an episode of a game
  44. complacently
    in a self-satisfied manner
  45. comprehend
    get the meaning of something
  46. contemptuously
    without respect; in a disdainful manner
  47. dexterous
    skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands
  48. diametrically
    in a contrasting or opposing manner
  49. exasperated
    greatly annoyed; out of patience
  50. haphazardly
    in a random manner
  51. haughty
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  52. hypocrisy
    pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not have
  53. impertinent
    improperly forward or bold
  54. incredulously
    in a disbelieving manner
  55. ordained
    fixed or established especially by command
  56. ostensibly
    from appearances alone
  57. saucy
    improperly forward or bold
  58. terse
    brief and to the point
  59. uncanny
    surpassing the ordinary or normal
  60. authoritarian
    characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule
Created on Tue Aug 30 21:37:04 EDT 2011 (updated Mon Sep 05 23:21:08 EDT 2011)

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