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Term Definition
melancholy a gloomy state of mind, especially when prolonged or habitual; depression
ocular of, pertaining to or for the eyes; of the nature of an eye
pious having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence of God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations
abash to make ashamed
conciliate to win friendship through pleasant behavior
facetious not meant to be taken seriously; a bit sarcastic
inconspicuous not conspicuous, noticiable, or prominent
conundrum anything that puzzles
wan showing or suggesting ill health, fatigue, unhappiness
rudimentary pertaining to first principles; elementary
acrimonious harsh in speech in manner
fortuitous happening or produced by chance; accidental
acrid harshly pungent or bitter
succinct expressed in few words; concise
ostentatious intended to attract notice; an attempt to impress others
complacent self satisfied; to please greatly
abberant devious; eccentric
arbitrary subject to individual will or judgement w/o restriction; determined by chance
redunant exceeding what is necessary or normal
commodious comfortably or conviently spacious
querulous habitually complaining
paltry pracically worthless;insignificant
acquiesce to comply or yield unwillingly
adversary enemy; opponent; one who turns against you
imperative absolutely necessary
adoration profound devotion
amoral lacking a sense of right and wrong
presentiment a feeling that something, especially of evil nature, is about to take place
staid quiet,dignified, and serious
recondite dealing with difficult subjects
lugubriousness sadness or mournfulness, especially in an exaggerated way
cadaverously gauntly, haggardly
vituperative scolding or talking about in an extremely harsh way
restive restless; difficult to manage
deplorable deeply regrettable, unfortunate
taciturn disinclined to conversation
petulant Displaying impatience
mendacious untrue
pretentcious marked by conciet or showy display
corrigible capable of restoration
vigilence alert and intent mental watchfulness in guarding against danger
sequacious ready to be led
abnegate to renounce (a right or priviledge)
clamorous urgent in complaint or demand
emulate to imitate with intent to equal or surpass
supplicate to beg
odious hateful
copious plenteous or plentiful
pestilence any epidemic disease with a high death rate
eccentric deviating from the recognized or custimary character, practice, etc; irregular, odd
uncanny having or seeming to have supernatural or inexplicable basis; beyond the ordinary or normal
misanthropic hating mankind
mettlesome having courage or spirit
precarious dependent
reticent reluctant or restrained; reserved
mundane common or ordinary; unimmaginative
precocious unusually advanced or mature in developement, especially mental developement
comely handsome
cloistered sheltered or shut out from the world
impede to interfer with the progress of; to obstruct
efficacious effective
caitiff cowardly
presumptions assuming too much
feign to give a false impression of; to pretend
ardent burning with passion
assiduous diligent; constant in effort to accomplish something
equivocator one who avoids committing oneself in what one says
assailant one who attacks
atone to make amend for to correct wrong
quandary a puzzling predicament
reciprocate to give and take mutually
affable friendly and easy to approach
beguile to influence by trickery; to mesmerize or charm
volatile changeable
ubiquitious existing or being everywhere especiall at the same time
insatiable that desires or craves immoderately or unappeasably
jovial merry
languid relaxed
countenance appearance especially the look or expression of the face
pretext something that is put forward to conceal a true purpose or object
preconceive to form a conception or opinion of beforehand, as before seeing evidence or as a result of previously held prejudices

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Created December 3, 2007
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Chumbawomba101 : Changed misanthropic → hating manking to misanthropic → hating mankind
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Most Missed Words

  1. pretentcious → marked by conciet or showy display - 37 misses
  2. clamorous → urgent in complaint or demand - 23 misses
  3. querulous → habitually complaining - 20 misses
  4. acquiesce → to comply or yield unwillingly - 20 misses
  5. petulant → Displaying impatience - 20 misses
  6. deplorable → deeply regrettable, unfortunate - 17 misses
  7. fortuitous → happening or produced by chance; accidental - 16 misses