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thick; sticky |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:55:27 GMT |
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| vilify |
to defame; to characterize harshly |
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| urbane |
sophisticated; refined; elegant |
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| ubiquitious |
existing everywhere at the same time; constantly encountered; widespread |
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| torpid |
lethargic; sluggish; sormant |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:55:27 GMT |
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| supplant |
to take the place of; supersede |
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| stoic |
indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; steadfast |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:55:27 GMT |
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| squalid |
sordid; wretched and dirty as from neglect |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:55:27 GMT |
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| satire |
a literary work that ridicules or criticizes a human vice through humor or derision |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:55:27 GMT |
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| sanction |
authoritative permission or approcal; a penalty intended to enforce compliance; to give permission or authority to |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:55:27 GMT |
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| redoubtable |
awe-inspiring; worthy of honor |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:55:27 GMT |
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| quiescence |
stillness; motionlessness; quality of being at rest |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:55:27 GMT |
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| quaff |
to drink deeply |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:52:29 GMT |
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| putrefy |
to rot; to decay and give off a foul odor |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:52:29 GMT |
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| prolific |
producing large volumes or amounts; productive |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:52:29 GMT |
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| prodigious |
abundant in size, force, or extent; extrordinary |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:52:29 GMT |
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| preen |
to dress up; to primp; to groom oneself with elaborate care |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:52:29 GMT |
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| precursor |
one that precedes and indicates or announces another |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:52:29 GMT |
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| pious |
extremely reverent or devout; showing strong religious devotion |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:52:29 GMT |
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| peruse |
to examine with great care |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:52:29 GMT |
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| pernicious |
extremely harmful; potentially causing death |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:52:29 GMT |
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| penurious |
penny-pinching; excessively thrigty; ungenerous |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:52:29 GMT |
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| oscillation |
the act or state of swing back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:52:29 GMT |
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| opaque |
impenetrable by light; not reflecting light |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:52:29 GMT |
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| odious |
evoking intense aversion or dislike |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:52:29 GMT |
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| morose |
sad; sullen; melancholy |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:52:29 GMT |
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| inveigle |
to obtain by deception or flattery |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:52:29 GMT |
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| intransigent |
refusing to compromise |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:52:29 GMT |
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| innocuous |
harmless; causing no damage |
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| inert |
unmoving; lethargic; sluggish |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:52:29 GMT |
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| incipent |
beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
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| impecunious |
lacking funds; without money |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:52:29 GMT |
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| hyperbole |
an exagerated statement, often used as a figure of speech |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:52:29 GMT |
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| heretical |
violating accepted dogma or convention |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:52:29 GMT |
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| harangue |
to deliver a pompous speech or tirade; a long, pompous speech |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:52:29 GMT |
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| gregarious |
sociable; outgoing; enjoying the company of other people |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:52:29 GMT |
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| furtive |
marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:52:29 GMT |
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| fallacy |
an invalid or incorrect notion; a mistaken belief |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:52:29 GMT |
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| facetious |
playful; humerous |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:52:29 GMT |
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| exonerate |
to remove blame |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:52:29 GMT |
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| eulogy |
a speech honering the dead |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:52:29 GMT |
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| esoteric |
intended for or understood by a small. specific group |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:52:29 GMT |
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| ephemeral |
brief; fleeting |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:52:29 GMT |
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| enigmatic |
myserious; obscure, difficulty to understand |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:52:29 GMT |
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| empirical |
based on observation or experiment |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:52:29 GMT |
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| emollient |
soothing, esp. to the skin; making less harsh; mollifying; an agent that softens or smoothes the skin |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:52:29 GMT |
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| elegy |
a mournful poem, esp. one lamenting the dead |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:52:29 GMT |
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| eclectic |
composed of elements drawn from various sources |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:52:29 GMT |
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| ebullience |
the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:52:29 GMT |
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| dogmatic |
expressing a rigid opinion based on unproved or unprovable principles |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:52:29 GMT |
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| disinterested |
free of bias or self-interest; impartial |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:52:29 GMT |
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| discretion |
cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions |
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| didactic |
intended to teach or instruct |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:52:29 GMT |
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| demur |
to question or oppose |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:52:29 GMT |
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| dearth |
smalleness of quantity or numer; scarcity; a lack |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:52:29 GMT |
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| culpable |
deserving blame |
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| contrite |
regretful; penitent; seeking forgiveness |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:52:29 GMT |
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| contentious |
argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:52:29 GMT |
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| complaisance |
the willingness to comply with the wishes of toehrs |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:52:29 GMT |
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| cogent |
appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:52:29 GMT |
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| chary |
wary; cautious; sparing |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:52:29 GMT |
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| caustic |
burning or stinging; causing corrosion |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:52:29 GMT |
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| catalyst |
a substance that accelerates the rate of a chemical reaction without itself changing; a person or thing that causes change |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:52:29 GMT |
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| castigation |
severe criticism or punishment |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:52:28 GMT |
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| canon |
an established set of principles or code of laws, often religious in nature |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:52:28 GMT |
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| cacophony |
harsh, jarring, discordant sound; dissonance |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:52:28 GMT |
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| bucolic |
rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:52:28 GMT |
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| burgeon |
to grow rapidly or flourish |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:52:28 GMT |
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| axiom |
a universally recognized principle |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:52:28 GMT |
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| avarice |
greed, esp, for wealth |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:52:28 GMT |
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| ascetic |
one who practices rigid self-denial, esp. as an act of religious devotion |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:52:28 GMT |
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| ameliorate |
to make better or more tolerable |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:52:28 GMT |
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| aesthetic |
dealing with, appreciative of, or responsive to art or the beautiful |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:52:28 GMT |
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| adulation |
excessive praise; intense adoration |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:52:28 GMT |
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| accolade |
an expression of praise |
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paigeturner44 Tue, 12 May 2009 22:52:28 GMT |
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| abate |
to lessen in intensity or degree |
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