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attempting to impress with big words or grad gestures: grandiloquent
a meeting of the members of a political party to make descisons; to assemble in or hold a caucus: caucus
a one hunped domesticated camel: dromedary
physically or mentally destructive, or harmful to human beings: noxious
skillful; to be very good at something: proficient
to lecture, berate; a long bombastic speech: harangue
to wither away: atrophy
one who eats or consumes a great deal; having capacty to recieve or withstand something: glutton
to collect or gather; the act of inspection or critical examination: muster
to give birth to; to create: beget
to truncate or abridge; to lessen, usually by cutting away from: curtail
to make easier, to help bring about: facilitate
cowardly: craven
pleasant to be around; social agreeable: congenial
a long narrow inlet from the sea between steep cliffs or hills: fjord
something that one hopes to achive, goal: aspire
a fortress overlooking a city; a stronghold: citadel
a period or condition of depression or inactivity: doldrums
general agreement: consensus
to talk nonsensically: blather
to libel or slander; take away a good name: defame
to pass or go by (said of time): elapse
fate, destiny, to detect good or bad vibes from someone: karma
to rise after a defeat: resurgent
a worker skilled in a craft: artisan
hard, severe, cruel: draconian
agreeable, responsible to authority, pleasant, willing to give in to the wishes of another: amenable
unsafe, unsteady, unstable: precarious
a standard or rule by which something can be judged; a basis for judgement: criterion
apprearance, semblance: guise
wound, injury, especially one created by a disease: lesion
to encircle as with a belt; to prepare as for action: gird
an object of unreasonable obsessive reverance or attention: fetish
to scatter in various directions; distribute widely: disperse
the breaking up into parts; termination of a legal bond or contract: dissolution
to search or hunt for food and provision: forage
to condemn; to expose critically: denounce
a turning or twistin force: torque
to understand fully; to penetrate the meaning of: fathom
easily taught or controlled; obedient, easy to handle: docile
a small, miserable dwelling, an open low shed: hovel
something that soothes, heals or comforts; an oil or ointment: balm
to foretell a prophecy; to infer, to guess: divine
a person's face, especially the expression: counteanance
to tease, annoy, harass persistently: badger
to decrease gradually: wane
teeming with; laden; full; involving; accompanied by: fraught
a deep opening int he earth's surface; a gorge; differences of opinion, intrests, loyalties: chasm
deeply learned, scholarly: erudite
one who is defeated in a race, election, or other competition;; loser: also-ran
small and sprightly; mischevious, fairylike: elfin
to exaggerate, to cause to appear greater in power, influence: aggrandize
a coordinated outfit or costume; a musical group: ensemble
a person making a claim: claimant
having an evil reputation; extreme disgrace: infamy
favors shown by those in high positions to relatives and friends: nepotism
to defraud, swindle; also the wool of a sheep of similar animal: fleece
to ward off a blow; to turn aside; to avoid skillfully, to evade: parry
the outer most part within a boundary, the outside edge: periphery
the scientific study of insects: entomology
often changing for no reason; not loyal or consistent: fickle
raider, intruder: marauder
to send or give out; to express, utter; to put in circulation as money: emit
to surround or enclose completely: engulf
sense of injury or insult; to take offense, displease: umbrage
extreme hatred, loathing; something despised: abominate
something that fastens two parts together; sldo to hold the attention of: rivet
basic crude, crude, undeveloped; fundamental principles or skills: rudimentry
to shortenl to sondense; to diminish; to curtail: abridge
to generate pus; to become a source of resentment or irritation: fester
to place in or as if in a tomb: entomb
to dig up from a grave; to bring light, uncover: exhume
worthy or deserving of praise: laudable
to argue vehemently. a heated quarrel: altercation
a neglected boy left to run about in the streets: gamin
lower in quality, character or value: debase
to be fearless; unintimidated: dauntless
scold, reprove: chide
to reject with disdain: spurn
to give a false appearance; to pretend: feign
love of mankind, especially through charitable gifts and deeds: philanthropy
someone who hates mankind: misanthropy
stinking; offensive; disgusting: noisome
the violent overthrow of a government by a small group; a victorious accomplishment: coup
to accumulate for future use; stockpile: hoard
to become week or feeble; sag with loss of strength: languish
a trangquil, secluded place: cloister
to eject; to force out; to banish: oust
a person to whom money is owed: creditor
to rob of goods by violent seizure, plunder; to take as spoils: pillage
going before; proceeding, an occurence or event preceding another: antecedent
to give bodily form to; personify; to make part of a system: embody
using exactly the same words, word for word: verbatim
to shorten by cutting off: truncate
a trong feeling of saddness or guilt for having done something wrong: remorse
to abandon, to give up, to renounce: forsake
dexterous, skillfull: deft
the quality of being everywhere (or seeming to) at the same time: ubiquitous
calm and carefree; lighthearted: insouciant
various, several, miscellanous: sundry
unfeeling, insensitive; having calluses: callous
scarcity; lack: dearth
to reguard with great devotion or respect, to honor: revere
exceptional skill and bravery: prowess
general rather than specific; to form a genereal conclusion: generalize
something handed down from one who has gone before or from the past; a bequest: legacy
a persistent, illogical fear: phobia
to come between; to mediate, to occur between times: intervene
to make numb with amazement; to stun unto helplessness: stupefy
depressing, discouraging, harsh, cold, barren, raw: bleak
to object,to make exception: demur
ane motional or psychological cleansing that brings relief or renewal: catharsis
to make less severe; to relieve, to lessen: alleviate
a territory over which one rules, has influence or powers: domain
truthfulness, sincere honesty: candor
events following some occurence; a consequence of: aftermath
a natural attraction, kinship, similarity: affinity
to tempt or persuade by using deception or flattery: inveigle
a leader who obtains power by appealing to the emotions and prejudices of them: demagogue
extremely unconventional or far-fetched: bizarre
careless, negligent; not tense, slack: lax
about; at an estimated historical time period: circa
mulit-colored especially of more than one color in patches: pied
a substance used to destory plants, especially weeds: herbicide
situated in front: anterior
to beautify by adding ornaments; to add fanciful or fictitious details to: embellish
ill humor, irritable, cranky: petulant
to soothe, to make less severe; to satisfy, ease, lessen: assuage
to criticize harshly, usually with the intention of correcting wrong doing: castigate
pull away, take by violence: wrest
stubborn, contrary, intractable: perverse
snakelike in shape of movementl winding as a snake: serpentine
border upon; to adjoin: abut
to seperate or keep aparts from others: segregate
grand and impressive, especially flashy and showy: grandoise
occuring by accident or chance: fortuitous
to delight, to thrill or give pleasure: enrapture
craft, cunning, deceitfulness, artfulness: guile
to assemble together for the purpose of doing something; also an officer in the police or military: marshal
to dry out completely; dehydrate: dessicate
to give up doing, professing, or intending, to surrender, give in: relinquish
a beginner, a novice: tyro
a behavioral quirk, a person's idea about behavior different from others: idiosyncrasy
something connected or added to another in a subordinate position; an assistant: adjunct
former days, an era long past: tore
bottomless pit, a yawning gulf; a prfound depth or void: abyss
to attempt to equal or surpass; especially through imitation: emulate
not typical, abnormal: atypical
to wheedle, coax, or persuade someone to do something they didn't want to do: cajole
to be left along, especially through the death of another: bereave
instead of; in place of: lieu
to summon forth, call to mind, awaken, produce, suggest: evoke
to disable or disfigure, to cripple: maim
to come to a conclusion by reasoning from teh evidence: deduce
a dictionary; vocabulary terms used in or of a particular profession, subject or style: lexicon
a collection of live wild animals on exhibit: menagerie
to flow or spread through; penetrate: permeate
to make larger, louder, or more powerful: amplify
to confirm formally; verify: certify
the division of something into partsl an intereiod structure diving a larger area: partition
one that depresses or restrains: damper
one who is made an object of blame for others: scapegoat
management of resources, especially in agriculture: husbandry
to move to action; an incentive: spur
inclined toward conflict; eager to fight: trulucent
a sudden calamitious downfall; collapse or failure: debacle
the most advantageous; the best condition, degree or amount: optimum
fashion and fashion designers: couture
to take the place of: supplant
state of perplexity; difficult or uncertain situation: quandry
producing sound, especially deep and rich, resonant: sonorous
advocating the doctrin of equal rights for all citizens: egalitarian
hardship, restraint, confinement: duress
an act of choosing, using one's own will in a conscious choice: volition
to ask earnestly; to implore, plead, beg: entreat
a powerful ruler; an important person: potentate
to belittle, say uncomplimentary things; to put down: disparage
to harass; to surround: beset
to fill with dismay; causing horror or consternation: appalling
asleep or inactive: dormant
to pnder; mediate; think about at length: muse
irritation, resentment stemming from wounded pride, also to arous curiosity: pique
to drive away' to dissipate: dispel
a branching out; a development growing out of and often comlicating a problem or pain: ramification
to entice with something desirable; tempt: allure
spacious, roomy, capacious: commodious
exhibit affection; seek favor through slave-like flasttery; to suck up to something: fawn
laziness, tiredness, languos: lethargy
to hate very much, to detest utterly: abhor
a condition of situation, especially a distressing one: plight
immature and inexpierienced: callow
pleasing to the ear: euphonious
a peculiarity of behavior; an unaccountable act or event: quirk
customeary cultural standards; moral attitudes, manners, habits: mores
to consist of; to include, to contain, to be made up of: comprise
a hiding place, pr the object hidden in a hiding place: cache
rural or rustic in nature, country-like: bucolic
sworn written statement: affidavit
hard to understand: abstruse
at an angle; indirect or evasive: oblique

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