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05/25/2009
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Term
autopsy
 Definition
noun:
examination to determine the cause of death
Term
compunction
 Definition
noun:
remorse/regret
Term
debut
 Definition
noun:
first appearance
Term
expository
 Definition
adj:
explanatory
Term
glutinous
 Definition
adj:
sticky
Term
homily
 Definition
noun:
short sermon/lecture on moral theme
Term
imperial
 Definition
adj:
by an emperor/majestic
Term
infatuated
 Definition
adj:
foolishly
Term
instill
 Definition
v.t.:
impart/put into
Term
irrational
 Definition
adj:
not governed by reason
Term
marauder
 Definition
noun:
attacker
Term
overwrought
 Definition
adj:
suffering from nervous strain/too elaborate
Term
quandary
 Definition
noun:
state of perplexity/confusion
Term
reticent
 Definition
adj:
reluctant/disinclined to speak
Term
sterilize
 Definition
v.t.:
make free from germs
Term
unwitting
 Definition
adj:
unaware/not intended
Term
addled
 Definition
adj:
confused
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cauterize
 Definition
v.t.:
burn with a hot iron
Term
congestion
 Definition
noun:
overcrowding
Term
disinterested
 Definition
adj:
impartial
Term
exhale
 Definition
v.t./i.:
give off
Term
filial
 Definition
adj:
of a child for its parents
Term
gamester
 Definition
noun:
gambler
Term
harangue
 Definition
noun:
long, scolding speech
Term
indignity
 Definition
noun:
insulting
Term
mausoleum
 Definition
noun:
monumental tomb
Term
ornithologist
 Definition
noun:
expert on birds
Term
philistine
 Definition
noun:
uncultured and narrow-minded person
Term
rationalize
 Definition
v.i/t.:
seek reasons to justify
Term
salutary
 Definition
adj:
beneficial
Term
taciturn
 Definition
adj:
habitually silent
Term
anarchy
 Definition
noun:
complete political disorder
Term
censer
 Definition
noun:
vessel for burning incense
Term
defile
 Definition
noun:
narrow pass
Term
defiled
 Definition
past tense v.t.:
made unclean
Term
entourage
 Definition
noun:
group of attendants
Term
expunge
 Definition
v.t.:
remove
Term
forte
 Definition
noun:
particular skill
adv:
loudly
Term
graphic
 Definition
adj:
vivid/pictorial
Term
heresy
 Definition
noun:
holding views contrary to those officially taught
Term
insidious
 Definition
adj:
treacherous/evil/sneaky
Term
mediate
 Definition
v.t.:
work for a settlement of
Term
palliative
 Definition
adj:
ease without curing
Term
prodigious
 Definition
adj:
enormous
Term
redoubtable
 Definition
adj:
formidable/powerful
Term
sinuous
 Definition
adj:
winding
Term
thrall
 Definition
noun:
bondage/slave
Term
aqueous
 Definition
adj:
made by water
Term
chaste
 Definition
adj:
morally pure
Term
demoralize
 Definition
v.t.:
weaken the spirit of
Term
euthanasia
 Definition
noun:
killing as an act of mercy
Term
extenuating
 Definition
adj:
making something seem less serious
Term
gala
 Definition
adj:
festive
Term
gregarious
 Definition
adj:
enjoying the company of others
Term
inclement
 Definition
adj:
stormy
Term
maladroit
 Definition
adj:
clumsy
Term
mendicants
 Definition
noun:
beggars
Term
panorama
 Definition
noun:
comprehensive view
Term
quadruple
 Definition
v.t.:
increase fourfold
Term
replete
 Definition
adj:
filled
Term
spectral
 Definition
adj:
ghostly
Term
transition
 Definition
noun:
change
Term
triumvirate
 Definition
ruling body of three
Term
abashed
 Definition
adj:
embarrassed/ashamed
Term
arbiter
 Definition
noun:
person able to judge or decide
Term
benison
 Definition
noun:
blessing
Term
bluff
 Definition
v.t/i.:
fool
adj:
frank
Term
canker
 Definition
noun:
evil influence
Term
complaisant
 Definition
adj:
obliging/agreeable
Term
crass
 Definition
adj:
coarsely stupid
Term
defame
 Definition
v.t.:
attack the reputation of
Term
ennui
 Definition
noun:
boredom
Term
funereal
 Definition
adj:
gloomy
Term
ideology
 Definition
noun:
set of beliefs
Term
inferno
 Definition
noun:
intense heat/hell
Term
mercenary
 Definition
noun:
hired soldier
adj:
concerned only with making money
Term
parsimonious
 Definition
adj:
miserly
Term
propaganda
 Definition
noun:
deliberately spreading ideas that will help one's own cause or injure an enemy's
Term
retrogress
 Definition
v.i.:
worsen
Term
surfeited
 Definition
adj:
given too much of something/too full of...
Term
ablutions
 Definition
noun:
ritual washings
Term
bauble
 Definition
noun:
trinket
Term
bestial
 Definition
adj: brutal
Term
bombastic
 Definition
adj:
pompous
Term
chary
 Definition
adj:
cautious
Term
congenital
 Definition
adj:
present from birth
Term
cuisine
 Definition
noun:
cooking
Term
demote
 Definition
v.t.:
reduce in rank
Term
flux
 Definition
noun:
change
Term
garb
 Definition
noun:
clothes/clothing
Term
impeccable
 Definition
adj:
faultless/perfect
Term
invective
 Definition
noun:
abusive language
Term
ogle
 Definition
v.t.:
glance flirtatiously
Term
penury
 Definition
noun:
extreme poverty
Term
raillery
 Definition
noun:
lighthearted teasing
Term
scintillate
 Definition
v.i.:
sparkle
Term
survey
 Definition
v.t.:
measure/look closely at
Term
verbatim
 Definition
adv.
word for word
Term
anneal
 Definition
v.t.:
toughen by heating then cooling
Term
becoming
 Definition
adj:
pleasingly suitable
Term
bizarre
 Definition
adj:
fantastic/weird/strange
Term
buoyant
 Definition
adj:
able to float/cheerful
Term
cranium
 Definition
noun:
top of the skull
Term
culpable
 Definition
adj:
blameworthy/legally responsible/guilty
Term
endorse
 Definition
v.t.:
express support of
Term
freebooter
 Definition
noun:
pirate
Term
hallmark
 Definition
noun:
stamp on gold or silver objects/distinguishing characteristic
Term
incognito
 Definition
adv:
with one's identity concealed
Term
irrevocable
 Definition
adj:
unalterable
Term
pacific
 Definition
adj:
peaceful
Term
pernicious
 Definition
adj:
harmful
Term
retinue
 Definition
noun:
train of attendants/entourage
Term
scrip
 Definition
noun:
paper entitling the bearer to receive something/paper money
Term
symmetrical
 Definition
adj:
balanced
Term
verve
 Definition
noun:
enthusiasm
Term
affirm
 Definition
v.t.:
assert
Term
avarice
 Definition
noun:
greed for money
Term
courser
 Definition
noun:
fancy horse
Term
devotee
 Definition
noun:
ardent supporter
Term
dossier
 Definition
noun:
collection of documents giving a detailed report
Term
exonerate
 Definition
v.t.:
declare blameless/not guilty
Term
franchise
 Definition
noun:
right to vote
Term
herald
 Definition
v.t.:
announce
Term
instantaneous
 Definition
adj:
immediate
Term
marathon
 Definition
adj:
prolonged
noun:
footrace of about 26 miles
Term
mettle
 Definition
noun:
spirit
Term
predicament
 Definition
noun:
trying situation
Term
sanctimonious
 Definition
adj:
falsely pious
Term
stevedores
 Definition
noun:
dockworkers
Term
throng
 Definition
noun:
crowd of people
Term
unremitting
 Definition
adj:
unending
Term
annuity
 Definition
noun:
fixed yearly payment
Term
bedeviled
 Definition
past tense v.i.:
tormented
Term
decorum
 Definition
noun:
correctness and good taste
Term
divers
 Definition
adj:
various
Term
elemental
 Definition
adj:
having to do with great forces of nature
Term
extant
 Definition
adj:
still in existance
Term
germinate
 Definition
v.i.:
begin to develop
Term
heterogeneous
 Definition
adj:
dissimilar
Term
jettison
 Definition
v.t.:
throw overboard
Term
melodrama
 Definition
noun:
unrealistic play in which good and evil are exaggerated
Term
ocular
 Definition
adj:
having to do with eye(s)
Term
partiality
 Definition
noun:
liking
Term
recession
 Definition
noun:
moving backward
Term
sojourn
 Definition
noun:
stay/visit
Term
stickler
 Definition
noun:
person who makes strict demands
Term
travesty
 Definition
noun:
crude and mocking imitation
Term
vendetta
 Definition
noun:
fued/revenge
Term
autonomous
 Definition
adj:
self-governing
Term
belligerent
 Definition
adj:
hostile
Term
belligerents
 Definition
plural noun:
nations at war
Term
default
 Definition
v.i.:
fail to make payment
Term
dogged
 Definition
adj:
determined
Term
emancipate
 Definition
v.t.:
free
Term
flora
 Definition
noun:
plant life
Term
gourmets
 Definition
noun:
experts on fine foods
Term
hindmost
 Definition
adj:
farthest back
Term
mania
 Definition
noun:
excessive enthusiasm
Term
memoirs
 Definition
noun:
autobiography
Term
opulence
 Definition
noun:
wealth
Term
prate
 Definition
v.i.:
talk foolishly
Term
residue
 Definition
noun:
remainder
Term
sporadic
 Definition
adj:
irregularly occuring
Term
thermal
 Definition
adj:
having to do with heat
Term
adherent
 Definition
noun:
supporter
Term
amity
 Definition
noun:
friendship
Term
bloated
 Definition
adj:
swollen
Term
cataclysm
 Definition
noun:
sudden, violent change
Term
desiccate
 Definition
v.t.:
remove the water from
Term
desiccated
 Definition
adj:
drained of vitality
Term
disheveled
 Definition
adj:
rumpled
Term
gamut
 Definition
noun:
entire range
Term
hypochondriac
 Definition
noun:
person unduly worried over his/her health
Term
interim
 Definition
noun:
intervening period/stretch of time
Term
luminous
 Definition
adj:
giving off light/clear
Term
munitions
 Definition
noun:
war supplies
Term
pedagogue
 Definition
noun:
schoolteacher
Term
prosaic
 Definition
adj:
dull
Term
regale
 Definition
v.t.:
entertain
Term
supercilious
 Definition
adj:
haughty/arrogant
Term
vitriolic
 Definition
adj:
vicious
Term
vitriol
 Definition
noun:
sulphuric acid
Term
affluent
 Definition
adj:
wealthy
Term
assuage
 Definition
v.t.:
lessen
Term
butte
 Definition
noun:
isolated, steep-sided hill
Term
complacent
 Definition
adj:
self-satisfied/smug
Term
desultory
 Definition
adj:
aimless
Term
dissertation
 Definition
noun:
formal essay
Term
exodus
 Definition
noun:
departure
Term
genteel
 Definition
adj:
polite and refined
Term
inebriated
 Definition
adj:
drunken
Term
introspective
 Definition
adj:
given to examining one's own thoughts
Term
martinet
 Definition
noun:
strict disciplinarian
Term
oblivion
 Definition
noun:
lack of awareness
Term
pillory
 Definition
noun:
wooden frame with holes for confining the head and hands
Term
provocation
 Definition
noun:
cause for anger
Term
revoke
 Definition
v.t.:
withdraw
Term
tacit
 Definition
adj:
unspoken
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