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  1. parley
    a negotiation between enemies
  2. peep
    look quickly, cautiously, or secretly
  3. perish
    pass from physical life
  4. persevere
    be persistent, refuse to stop
  5. perturb
    disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried
  6. plunder
    steal goods; take as spoils
  7. reconcile
    come to terms
  8. redeem
    exchange or buy back for money; under threat
  9. repress
    conceal or hide
  10. reproach
    express criticism towards
  11. retreat
    the act of withdrawing or going backward
  12. revoke
    cancel officially
  13. scoff
    laugh at with contempt and derision
  14. scold
    censure severely or angrily
  15. shield
    armor carried on the arm to intercept blows
  16. sling
    a simple weapon consisting of a looped strap in which a projectile is whirled and then released
  17. spring
    move forward by leaps and bounds
  18. squander
    spend thoughtlessly; throw away
  19. suffice
    be adequate, either in quality or quantity
  20. tender
    easy to cut or chew
  21. tend
    have a disposition to do or be something; be inclined
  22. trample
    tread or stomp heavily or roughly
  23. trespass
    enter unlawfully on someone's property
  24. usurp
    seize and take control without authority
  25. wail
    a cry of sorrow and grief
  26. wrangle
    quarrel noisily, angrily, or disruptively
  27. yearn
    desire strongly or persistently
  28. pantomime
    a performance using gestures and movements without words
  29. patricide
    the murder of your father
  30. patrimony
    an inheritance coming by right of birth
  31. pessimist
    a person who expects the worst
  32. philately
    the collection and study of postage stamps
  33. philistine
    a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits
  34. philogyny
    admiration for women
  35. plagiarist
    someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own
  36. plagiarism
    taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own
  37. plebiscite
    a vote determining public opinion on a question
  38. polyandry
    having more than one husband at a time
  39. polygamy
    having more than one spouse at a time
  40. polyglot
    a person who speaks more than one language
  41. posthumous
    occurring or coming into existence after a person's death
  42. proletariat
    a social class comprising those who do manual labor
  43. purgatory
    a temporary state of the dead in Roman Catholic theology
  44. quadruped
    an animal especially a mammal having four limbs
  45. radical
    far beyond the norm
  46. regicide
    the act of killing a king
  47. remuneration
    paying for goods or services or to recompense for losses
  48. renegade
    someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw
  49. retrospective
    concerned with or related to the past
  50. sanatorium
    a medical facility that treats people with chronic illnesses
  51. sceptic
    someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs
  52. sinecure
    a job that involves minimal duties
  53. soliloquy
    speech you make to yourself
  54. somnambulist
    someone who walks about in their sleep
  55. somniloquist
    someone who talks while asleep
  56. stoic
    seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive
  57. subterfuge
    something intended to misrepresent the nature of an activity
  58. sycophant
    a person who tries to please someone to gain an advantage
  59. teetotaller
    a total abstainer
  60. telepathy
    extrasensory communication from one mind to another
  61. theocracy
    a political unit governed by a deity
  62. utopia
    ideally perfect state
  63. uxorious
    foolishly fond of or submissive to your wife
  64. vagabond
    a wanderer with no established residence or means of support
  65. verbatim
    using exactly the same words
  66. veteran
    a person who has served in the armed forces
  67. zealot
    a fervent and even militant proponent of something
  68. Zionist
    a Jewish supporter of Zionism
Created on Tue Sep 27 10:27:25 EDT 2011

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