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Words 07

Mar 07

  1. profligate: shamelessly immoral; also, recklessly wasteful.

  2. conflagration: a large and destructive fire.

  3. entreat: to ask for or request earnestly.

  4. sagacious: of keen penetration and judgment; wise.

  5. galumph: to move in a clumsy manner or with a heavy tread.

  6. indefatigable: untiring.

  7. collegial: characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues.

  8. malapropism: the usually unintentionally humorous misuse of a word, especially by confusion with one of similar sound; also, an example of such misuse.

  9. coterminous: of equal extent or duration.

  10. effete: infertile; also, worn out; also, decadent, effeminate.

  11. nonplus: to confound; to perplex; to bewilder.

  12. trepidation: a state of dread or alarm; apprehension.

  13. cogitate: to think; to ponder.

  14. descry: to catch sight of; to detect.

  15. taciturn: not inclined to talk.

  16. appurtenance: an adjunct or accessory.

  17. specious: apparently right but not so in reality.

  18. limpid: clear; also, serene.

  19. adage: an old saying.

  20. empyrean: the highest heaven; the heavens; the sky.

  21. clerisy: the intelligentsia.

  22. perforce: by necessity.

  23. animadversion: harsh criticism or disapproval.

  24. dour: stern or unyielding or gloomy.

  25. expunge: to strike out or erase; to obliterate.

  26. autochthonous: indigenous; native.

  27. roborant: restoring strength or vigor; also, a restorative.

  28. presentiment: a premonition.

  29. excursus: a digression.

  30. undulant: resembling waves in form, motion, or occurrence.

  31. sedition: incitement of rebellion against lawful authority.

April 07