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jejune immature, sophomoric, irreverent, unsofisticated 0 anahitb Fri, 07 Nov 2008 06:00:35 GMT view revision history
pusillanimous timid, spineless, fearful, nervous 0 anahitb Fri, 07 Nov 2008 06:00:35 GMT view revision history
antediluvian of the time before the flood, prehistoric, ancient, old 0 anahitb Fri, 07 Nov 2008 06:00:35 GMT view revision history
denouement end, conclusion, clearing up at the end of a story, of the complications of the plot, the outcome of the tangled sequence of events 0 anahitb Fri, 07 Nov 2008 06:00:35 GMT view revision history
contentious controversial, debatable, arguable, quarrelsome, 0 anahitb Fri, 07 Nov 2008 06:00:35 GMT view revision history
nugatory having no importance whatsoever, worthless, trifling, futile, inoperative, not valid 0 anahitb Fri, 07 Nov 2008 06:00:35 GMT view revision history
plangent resonant, reverberating or suggesting sadness, loud and mournful 0 anahitb Fri, 07 Nov 2008 06:00:35 GMT view revision history
invidious unenviable, unpleasant, undesirable, likely to cause resentment b/c of real or imagined injustice - an invidious comparison 0 anahitb Fri, 07 Nov 2008 06:00:35 GMT view revision history
ineluctable inescapable, that connot be avoided or overcome 0 anahitb Fri, 07 Nov 2008 06:00:35 GMT view revision history
flimsy fragile, weak, light and thin 0 anahitb Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:40:34 GMT view revision history
spar to quarral or argue 1 anahitb Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:45:42 GMT view revision history
wield to hold and use, to have and use power, to exercise power 0 anahitb Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:40:34 GMT view revision history
promulgate to make known publically, to proclaim, to broadcast 0 anahitb Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:40:34 GMT view revision history
banal commonplace, uninteresting, ordianry, dull 0 anahitb Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:40:34 GMT view revision history
putrid decomposed, rotting, foul smell, very distasteful or unpleasant 0 anahitb Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:40:34 GMT view revision history
purported 1. the meaning or intention of something said or written
2. to pretend, to be intendeed to seem, the lecture purported to come from you
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unheed to not pay attention to 0 anahitb Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:40:34 GMT view revision history
censure n. strong criticism or condemnation
v. to blame, to rebuke, to reproach
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extolled to praise enthusiastically 0 anahitb Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:40:34 GMT view revision history
tacit implied or understood w/o putting into words, unspoken, implicit 0 anahitb Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:40:34 GMT view revision history
Excoriated 1. to remove part of the skin by abrasion, to streep or peel off
2. to renounce, to reproach harshly
3. to criticize, to attack, to rebuke
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recount to nerrate, to tell in detail, recounted his adventures 0 anahitb Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:58:25 GMT view revision history
obviated to make unnecessary, the bypass obviates the inconvenience of driving through the city 0 anahitb Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:58:25 GMT view revision history
evince to indicate, to show that one has quality, show, make clear, demonstrate 0 anahitb Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:58:25 GMT view revision history
regale to feed or entertain well, regaled themselves in caviar, regaled themselves with stories of the campain 0 anahitb Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:58:25 GMT view revision history
renounce 1. to give up (a claim or right, etc) formally, renounced his title
2. to reject, to refuse to abide by
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amulet things worn as a charm against evil 0 anahitb Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:58:25 GMT view revision history
clause 1. a single part of a treaty, contract, or law
2. a part of a compound or complex sentance, with its own verb and subject
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dichotomy devision into two parts or kinds 0 anahitb Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:58:25 GMT view revision history

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