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DeniseNoonan on April 7, 2009
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Print List| Terms | Definitions |
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| aberration | untypical act, mental lapse, departure from the normal |
| affably | courteously, kindly, graciously |
| askance | look sideways with suspicion, with disapproval |
| banal | meaningless; trite, trivial, lacking freshness, ordinary |
| debauch | to corrupt, to seduce, to pollute |
| devoid | entirely without, lacking, empty |
| fastidious | squeamish, hard to please, overnice, fussy |
| indefatigable | without tiring, tireless |
| indigent | needy, poor |
| laconically | briefly, tersely, to the point |
| laudable | praiseworthy |
| melancholy | depressoin of spirits |
| pallid | pale, wan |
| precipitous | steep, abrupt, headlong & hasty, rash, sudden |
| remonstrate | argue in protest or opposition, object to |
| revile | speak evil of; abuse verbally, malign |
| superfluous | more than enough; excessive |
| voracity | greedy eating, ravenous, huge appetite, gluttunous |
| remonstrate | to protest, to make objections |
| wag | a humorous person, a wit |
| quixotic | extremely idealistic, but impractical |
| mottled | spotted or blotched with different colors |
| tremulous | trembling |
| automaton | creature acting in a mechanical way with no indication of intelligence |
| laconic | concise, using few words, brief and to the point |
| surreptitious | marked by quiet and caution and secrecy |