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magnanimous
- noble
- generous in forgiving
- free from petty feelings or acts
enunciate
- to state clearly and distinctly
- to pronounce
- articulate
collaborate
- to work with another toward a goal
- cooperate
impound
- to confine
- confiscate
impecable
- faultless
- perfect
- flawless
evoke
- to summon forth
- elicit
inane
- without sense or meaning
- silly
- foolish
- insipid
unctuous
- exaggeratedly or insincerely polite
- oily
expatriate

someone who chooses to live outside ones country
frowzy

unkempt
heinous

hatefully of shockingly evil
expound
- to explain in detail
- to clarify
- elaborate
cajole
- to persuade with false promises and flattery
- coax
- wheedle
inscrutable
- not easily understood
- enigmatic
balk
- to refuse stubbornly or abruptly
- to stop short and refuse to go on
- hesitate
- object
acrimony
- ill-natured
- bitter hostility
- animosity
dour
- stern and ill-humored
- animosity
exult
- to rejoice
- to feel triumphant
- celebrate
omniscient
- having unlimited knowledge
- all-knowing
feasible
- reasonable
- capable of being carried out
- possible
- doable
fiasco
- a complete ridiculous failure
- disaster
metier
- the work one is especially suited for
- one's forte
fluctuate
- to rise and fall
- to vary irregularly
- waver
- vacillate
harry
- to annoy or harass
- bother
- pester
incognito
- disguised
- pretending not to be oneself
lethargy
- lack of energy
- sluggishness
- torpor
- lassitude
epistle

a letter or literary composition in letter form
avid
- enthusiastic
- extremely interested
- voracious
- pest
gadfly
- an irritating and persistent person
- nuisance
- pest
humility
- absence of vanity
- humbleness
- modesty
dolorous
- exhibiting sorrow or pain
- mournful
gargantuan
- of huge or extrordinary size and power
- gigantic
- huge
arduous
- difficult
- requiring much effort
- strenuous
- laborious
affable
- friendly
- amiable
grandiloquent
- pompous orhigh-flown speech
- pretentious
agrarian
- concerning farnms, farmers, or the use of land
- agricultural
grimace
- a facial expression of fear dissapproval or pain
- scowl
harangue
- a long strongly expressed speech or lecture
- tirade
formidable
- arousing fear or awe
- intimidating
sycophant
- a flatterer
- one who fawns on others in order to get a favor
- toady
explicit
- clearly and openly stated
- leaving nothing to the imagination
- exact
- precise
altercation
- a heated arguement
- quarrel
- dispute
lexicon
- a dictionary
- jargon
- argot
- cant
hue

a particular shade of a given color
galvanize
- to startle into sudden activity
- to bring into action
- stimulate
sanction
- permission
- support
hyperbole

extreme exaggeration for effect and not meant to be taken seriously
ominous
- threatening
- foreboding evil
- sinister
audacity
- rude boldness
- nerve
- insolence
- impudence
evince
- to demonstrate clearly
- to prove
- manifest
implacable
- unable to be appeased or pacified
- inflexible
- relentless
exhort
- to urge on with stirring words
- encourage
incarcerate
- to put into prison
- imprison
- constrain
incisive
- sharp
- keen
- cutting straight to the heart of the matter
- piercing
- acute
expedient
- practical
- providing an immediate advantage
- effective
pertinent
- having to do with the subject at hand
- relevant
inert
- unable to move or act
- sluggish
- passive
circumvent
- to get around
- to bypass
- avoid
clandestine
- secret
- covert
- furtive
acquit
- to find not guilty of a crime or fault
- absolve
deprecate
- to express strong dissapproval of
- deplore
barrister

lawyer
adulation
- excessive praise or admiration
- flattery
- adoration
culinary

having to do with the kitchen or cooking
bawdy
- indecent
- humorously obscene
- risque
- lewd
chastise
- to punish severely
- discipline
jocose
- joking
- humorous
- witty
- jocund
myriad
- very large number
- too numerous to be counted
- multiple
- innumerous
latent
- present but not active
- hidden
- dormant
pernicious
- destructive
- deadly
- malignant
- harmful
frugal
- thrifty
- economical in money matters
- economical
levity
- lightness of disposition
- lack of seriousness
- frivolity
hoax
- a practical joke
- trick
- fraud
- fake
amicable
- friendly
- peaceable
- agreeable
- amiable
obstreperous
- agggressively boisterous
- stubborn and defiant
enraptured
- delighted beoyond measure
- ecstatic
marital
- having to do with marriage
- wedded
bask

to expose oneself to pleasant warmth
genial
- friendly
- amiable
- cordial
charlatan
- one who pretends to have knowledge in order to swindle others
- quack
- fraud
mundane
- commonplace
- earthly and not spiritual
- boring
fickle
- likely to change on a whim or without apparent reason
- vacillating
- capricous
juggernaut

a terrible destructive or irresistable force
naive
- simple in outlook
- not affected or worldly
- esspecially innocent
- unsophisticated
- unsuspecting
nocturnal
- having to do with the night
- occuring at night
novice
- a beginner
- one who is inexperienced
- apprentice
- tyro

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2010-03-17T00:11:07Z

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