Align- To be or be put into precise adjustments or correct relative position
Arable-Fit for or used for the growing of crops
Benign-gentle deposition or showing gentle and kindness
Bovine-of or relating to an ox or cow
Canine-of or resembling to a dog
Enshrine-to preserves or cherish as sacred
Ecstatic-relating to ecstasy (state of overwhelming emotion)
Exceed-to goes beyond a limit
Peruse-to examines or consider with attention and detail
Definitely-having distinct or certain limit
Voracious-Excessively eager
Vignette-a short descriptive literary sketch
Vituperative-Uttering or given to censure, characterized by verbal abuse
Vortex-something resembling a whirlpool
Vacuous-emptied of or lacking content
Veracity-Devotion to the truth
Vehemently-marked by forceful energy
Viscous-having or characterized by viscosity (resistance of fluid)
Venal-originating in or characterized corrupt bribery
Predicate-a term designating a property or relation
Penchant-a strong and continued inclination
Paroxysm-a sudden violent emotion or action
Perfidy- an act or an instance of disloyalty
Photovoltaic- conducting voltage using radiation
Purveyor-a distributor
Putrescent-of or being rotten
Plebiscite-a vote by a common person
Effervescent- to show liveliness or exhilaration
Endemic- restricted or peculiar to a locality or region
Excoriate- to censure scathingly
Erudite- possessing or displaying erudition
Ephemeral- lasting a very short time
Empathy-understanding
Ebullient- lasting a very short time
Elephantine-relating to an elephant
Emollient-smoothing, making soft or supple
Epiphany- an appearance or manifestation especially of a divine being
Abate-to reduce in degree or intensity
Abdicate-to cast off (relinquish)
Ameliorate- to make better or more tolerable
Asphyxiate-to cause a lack of oxygen
Castigate- to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism
Conflagrate-cause to start burning
Ebb- a point or condition of decline
Remonstrate- to present and urge reasons in opposition
Depreciate- to lower in estimation or esteem
Emulate- to strive to equal or excel
Fabricate- to construct from diverse and usually standardized parts
Adjudicate-to act as judge, to settle judicially
bereave- to take away a valued possession especially by force
cacophony- harsh or discordant sound
fanciful- marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience.
Gregarious-tending to associate with others of the same kind
lummox- a clumsy person
medley a diverse assortment or mixture
serendipity- the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for
surreptitious- done, made, or acquired by stealth
xenophobe- one unduly fearful of what is foreign and especially of people of foreign origin
yearn- to long persistently, wistfully, or sadly, to fell tenderness or compassion
zealous- marked by fervent partisanship for a person, a cause, or an ideal
Sunday, October 21, 2007
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