Words I couldn't live without

Al D. (United States of America)
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  1. obdurate
    stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
  2. cantankerous
    stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate
  3. bellicose
    having or showing a ready disposition to fight
  4. fecund
    capable of producing offspring or vegetation
  5. moribund
    being on the point of death
  6. vivid
    having striking color
  7. dissemble
    behave unnaturally or affectedly
  8. ruminate
    reflect deeply on a subject
  9. ponder
    reflect deeply on a subject
  10. palimpsest
    a manuscript on which more than one text has been written
  11. thresh
    beat the seeds out of a grain
  12. shine
    emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light
  13. abide
    dwell
  14. comprise
    be made of
  15. cram
    crowd or pack to capacity
  16. loathe
    dislike intensely; feel disgust toward
  17. manifold
    many and varied; having many features or forms
  18. dreary
    lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise
  19. trope
    language used in a nonliteral sense
  20. lithe
    moving and bending with ease
  21. recondite
    difficult to understand
  22. scree
    a sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff
  23. sibilant
    of speech sounds forcing air through a constricted passage
  24. crenulate
    having a margin with small rounded teeth
  25. weird
    strikingly odd or unusual
  26. hale
    exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health
  27. curmudgeon
    an irascible, cantankerous person full of stubborn ideas
  28. vixen
    a female fox
  29. berth
    a place where a sailing vessel can be secured
  30. dire
    fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless
  31. eclectic
    selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
  32. ineluctable
    impossible to avoid or evade
  33. rife
    excessively abundant
  34. frenetic
    fast and energetic in an uncontrolled or wild way
  35. gimp
    disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet
  36. jocular
    characterized by jokes and good humor
  37. kinetic
    relating to the motion of material bodies and their forces
  38. nimble
    moving quickly and lightly
  39. quixotic
    not sensible about practical matters
  40. undulate
    move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
  41. yurt
    a circular domed dwelling that is portable
  42. apt
    being of striking appropriateness and relevance
  43. tuft
    a bunch or cluster of strands, as of grass, hair, etc.
  44. modal
    relating to or expressing the mood of a verb
  45. facia
    a sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc
  46. superfluous
    more than is needed, desired, or required
  47. cavort
    play boisterously
Created on Tue Jul 22 13:30:56 EDT 2008 (updated Tue Jul 22 13:36:06 EDT 2008)

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