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08/26/2005

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vicarious
Definition
enjoy by one person through his sympathetic but indirect participation in the experience of another person; substitutional
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maudlin
Definition
tearfully or excessively sentimental
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pander
Definition
to cater to base desires
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gregarious
Definition
preferring the company of others to solitude
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effete
Definition
spent;exhausted; worn out by rich or effortless existence
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ascetic
Definition
practicing extreme self-denial
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rationalize
Definition
to attribute one's actions to rational and creditable motives
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obsequious
Definition
servilely attentive;fawning--(brown-nosing)
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sublimate
Definition
to direct energy from a primitive or destructive aim to one that is culturally or ethically higher and therefore socially acceptable
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wanton
Definition
unchaste;not to have any concern for the feelings of others; willfully malicious; marked by arrogant recklessness of justice
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