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Ossified adj tending to become more rigid, inflexible, conventional, sterile, and reactionary with age; literally, turned into bone 0 anahitb Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:31:23 GMT view revision history
Nonplussed adj baffled, bewildered, confused, stumped, at a loss for what to do or think 0 anahitb Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:31:23 GMT view revision history
Nadir n lowest point, perigee (the point in the orbit of a satellite, moon, or planet at which it comes nearest to the object it is orbiting), all-time low, rock bottom, depths of despair 0 anahitb Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:31:23 GMT view revision history
Minatory adj menacing, threatening (reminds you of the Minotaur, a threatening creature indeed) 0 anahitb Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:31:22 GMT view revision history
Lubricious adj cheap, gaudy, tawdry, flashy, showy; attracting by false show, lewd, obscene, or intended to be sexually exciting 0 anahitb Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:31:22 GMT view revision history
Inveterate adj deep rooted, ingrained, habitual, chronic, confirmed, hardened, incurable, entrenched, well-established 0 anahitb Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:31:22 GMT view revision history
Insouciant adj unconcerned, carefree, heedless 0 anahitb Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:31:22 GMT view revision history
Inimitable adj one of a kind, peerless, unique, matchless, unmatched, one and only, incomparable 0 anahitb Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:31:22 GMT view revision history
Indefatigable adj not easily exhaustible; tireless, dogged, unflagging, unrelenting, remorseless, unfaltering 0 anahitb Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:31:22 GMT view revision history
Imbroglio n difficult or embarrassing situation, mess, entanglement 0 anahitb Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:31:22 GMT view revision history
Heterodox adj unorthodox, heretical, iconoclastic, profane, disagreeing with established opinions, especially in the field of religion 0 anahitb Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:31:22 GMT view revision history
Gainsay v to deny, to oppose, to naysay, to argue with, to dispute, contradict, oppose: I won’t gainsay you. 0 anahitb Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:31:22 GMT view revision history
Fractious adj quarrelsome, complaining, restless, awkward, unruly, refractory, irritable 0 anahitb Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:31:22 GMT view revision history
Fatuous adj silly, childish, stupid, idiotic, inanely foolish: I would ignore such a fatuous comment. 0 anahitb Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:31:22 GMT view revision history
Extirpate v to completely get rid of, kill off, or destroy somebody or something considered undesirable, to destroy, exterminate, cut out, exscind 0 anahitb Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:31:22 GMT view revision history
Expiate v to compensate, to make up, to make amends, to redress, to apologize, to atone or make amends for: Pia Zadora has expiated her movie career by good works and charity. 0 anahitb Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:31:22 GMT view revision history
Exegesis analysis and interpretation of texts, the explanation or interpretation of texts, especially religious writings, n critical examination, explication 0 anahitb Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:31:22 GMT view revision history
Execrate v denounce, feel loathing for, curse, declare to be evil 0 anahitb Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:31:22 GMT view revision history
Excoriate v to censure scathingly, to criticize, to attack, to berate, to rebuke, to condemn, to upbraid, to peel, to tear someone’s skin off 0 anahitb Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:31:22 GMT view revision history
Eschew verb to turn your back on, to shun or avoid: She chose to eschew the movie theater, preferring to watch DVDs at home. 0 anahitb Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:31:22 GMT view revision history

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