pejorative

Keir J. (United States of America)
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  1. piquant
    having an agreeably pungent taste
  2. precarious
    not secure; beset with difficulties
  3. vituperative
    marked by harshly abusive criticism
  4. propitiation
    the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity
  5. clandestine
    conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
  6. sanguine
    confidently optimistic and cheerful
  7. halcyon
    a mythical bird said to breed at the winter solstice
  8. pejorative
    expressing disapproval
Created on Fri Aug 08 21:38:03 EDT 2008

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