Megan's Expanding Vocabulary

Megan F. Campanile (United States of America)
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  1. auspicious
    indicating favorable circumstances and good luck
  2. alacrity
    liveliness and eagerness
  3. prevaricate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
  4. ubiquitous
    being present everywhere at once
  5. disparage
    express a negative opinion of
  6. perfunctory
    hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
  7. amalgamate
    bring or combine together or with something else
  8. substantive
    having a firm basis in reality and therefore important
  9. ephemeral
    anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day
  10. rectify
    make right or correct
  11. paradox
    a statement that contradicts itself
  12. synergy
    the working together of two or more things to produce an effect
  13. juxtaposition
    the act of positioning close together
  14. insidious
    working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
  15. matriarchal
    having a woman or women as the head or ruler
  16. innocuous
    not injurious to physical or mental health
  17. uncanny
    surpassing the ordinary or normal
  18. allure
    the power to entice or attract
  19. exploit
    use or manipulate to one's advantage
  20. facetious
    cleverly amusing in tone
  21. conception
    the creation of something in the mind
  22. auspice
    a favorable omen
  23. concurrent
    occurring or operating at the same time
  24. confounded
    perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements
  25. parenthetical
    qualifying or explaining
  26. prevalence
    the quality of being widespread
  27. somatic
    characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit
  28. commensurate
    corresponding in size or degree or extent
  29. proclivity
    a natural inclination
  30. reticent
    reluctant to draw attention to yourself
  31. ambiguous
    having more than one possible meaning
  32. ruminate
    reflect deeply on a subject
  33. litigate
    engage in legal proceedings
  34. stratify
    form, arrange, or deposit in layers
  35. leverage
    the mechanical advantage gained by a machine on a fulcrum
  36. procurement
    the act of getting possession of something
  37. provision
    the activity of supplying something
Created on Mon Jul 28 00:35:34 EDT 2008 (updated Tue Mar 24 21:01:57 EDT 2009)

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