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DeniseNoonan on April 15, 2009
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Print List| Terms | Definitions |
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| fecund | fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive |
| interminable | without end |
| formidable | causing dread, fear, or awe |
| urbane | courteous and affable |
| orthodoxy | conformation to the usual beliefs or doctrines |
| proletariat | class of lowest status, working class |
| proliferate | reproduce, multiply, rapidly increase in number |
| philologist | one learned in the study of languages |
| protuberant | swelling or bulging out |
| altercation | quarrel, angry or heated argument |
| inertia | disinclined to move or act |
| nostalgic | causing one to think of something far away |
| gratuitous | uncalled for, given without charge |
| rendezvous | a meeting by arrangement, regular meeting place |
| etiolate | to become slender or puny |
| malign | speak unfavorably about |
| effigy | a statue or figure of a person |
| apathetic | feeling no emotion |
| flagrant | outrageous |
| palpable | that which can be touched |
| virtuoso | someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field |
| gelatinous | like gelatin or jelly in the way it moves |
| lethargy | lack of energy |
| truncheon | a short, thick staff |
| utopia | paradise |
| lurid | sensational, gruesome, causing shock, horror |
| impudent | disrespectful, improper bold behavior |
| lucid | easily understood, mentally sound |
| partisan | one who exhibits blind loyalty to a cause |