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Expedient

a means to an end; advantageous, useful

Aspersion

an abusive attack on a person's character or good name

Ashen

ash-colored; deadly pale

Sturm and Drang

'Storm and Stress' was a movement in German literature and music. Extreme emotions were freely expressed, such as greed, revenge, love and hate.

Presage

(v.) to foreshadow and point to a future event; to predict; (n.) a warning or indication of the future

Queue

A line or sequence of people or vehicles awaiting their turn to be attended to or to proceed

Megalomartyr

Great Martyr

Irreducible

Impossible to transform into or restore to a simpler condition

Reciprocity

Mutual exchange, returning tit for tat

Neophite

Novice; amateur

Self-efficacy

Refers to one's belief about one's ability to perform behaviors that should lead to expected outcomes. Those with high levels for a particular task are more likely to succeed than those with low levels

Chimichanga

Rice, beans, cheese, choice of shredded beef or chicken, deep fried, served with sour cream, salsa and guacamole

Cameltoe

The space found when underwear is too tight around a women's Genital's.

Curmudgeon

a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas

Scion

a descendent or heir

Pride

a feeling of self-respect and personal worth

Yamen

a high official

Cerulean

a light shade of blue

Clang

a loud resonant repeating noise

Disposition

a natural or acquired habit or characteristic tendency in a person or thing

Pinochle

a popular card game played by two, three, or four persons, with a 48-card deck

Umbra

a region of complete shadow resulting from total obstruction of light

Contrary

a relation of direct opposition

Sanctuary

a shelter from danger or hardship

Crinkle

a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface

Warbler

a small active songbird

Bedlam

a state of extreme confusion and disorder

aberration

a state or condition markedly different from the norm

Kazoo

a type of musical (wind) instrument

Cloaca

a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water

Tornadic

adj. describing something that has the qualities of a tornado

Plethora

an abundance, excess

Semaphore

an apparatus for visual signaling with lights or mechanically moving arms

Plinth

an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue)

Festoon

an embellishment consisting of a decorative representation of a string of flowers suspended between two points

Zarf

an ornamental metal cup-shaped holder for a hot coffee cup

Skank

any substance considered disgustingly foul or unpleasant

Obsequious

attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery

Obsequious

attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner

Buff

bare skin

Stochastic

being or having a random variable

Lobe

being or having a random variable, a rounded projection that is part of a larger structure

Ubiquitous

being or seeming to be everywhere at the same time; omnipresent

Self-righteous

believing in one's moral superiority; behaving that you are always right and other people are wrong, so that you are better than other people

Titicaca

border of bolivia and peru; largest lake in south america

Resplendent

brilliant; splendid in appearance; dazzling; glorious

Efficacy

capacity or power to produce a desired effect

Perky

characterized by liveliness and light-heartedness

Impetuous

characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation

Boysenberry

cultivated hybrid bramble of California having large dark wine-red fruit with a flavor resembling raspberries

Ravenous

devouring or craving food in great quantities

Upchuck

eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth

Saccate

elongated, tubular

Gonfalon

ensign with streamers hung from a horizontal bar

Terrific

extraordinarily good

Scrumptious

extremely pleasing to the sense of taste

Fictive

fictional, relating to imaginative creation

Fisticuffs

fighting with the fists

Pugilism

fighting with the fists

Uxorious

foolishly fond of or submissive to your wife

Harbinger

foreshadow or presage

Babble

gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby

Prodigous

gigantic, tremendous, astounding, extrodinary in size

grody

gross

Moxie

guts, nerve, pep; the ability to face situations with fortitude and determination

Mellifluous

having a rich, smoothly flowing sound; pleasing to the ear

Edentulous

having lost teeth

Majestic

having or displaying great dignity or nobility

Whirligig

large mechanical apparatus with seats for children to ride on

Fandango

lively Spanish dance performed by a couple

Cacophony

loud confusing disagreeable sounds

Anemone

marine polyps that resemble flowers but have oral rings of tentacles

Satsuma

medium-sized largely seedless mandarin orange with thin smooth skin

Shrew

n. a mouselike animal that eats insects; a bad-tempered, nagging woman

Natty

neatly or smartly dressed; dapper; smart; Ex. natty dresser

Disingenuous

not straightforward or candid

Miasmic

of noxious stench from atmospheric pollution

Gubernatorial

of or pertaining to a governor.

Iconoclast

one who opposes established beliefs, customs, and institutions

Zog

pulled, moved

Promulgate

put a law into effect by formal declaration

Resplendent

richly and brilliantly colorful

Sychophant

self-serving flatterer; "brown-noser," "goody-goody"

Flagitious

shockingly brutal or cruel

Periwinkle

small edible marine snail

Subterfuge

something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity

splendiforous

splendid

Bifurcate

split or divide into two

Cantankerous

stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate

Turgid

swollen, bloated, filled to excess; overdecorated or excessive in language

coitus

the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman

Aborigine

the earliest known inhabitants of a region

Fealty

the loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects to their sovereign)

Zenith

the point of culmination; peak

Dignity

the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect

Zeitgeist

the spirit of the time; general trend of thought or feeling characteristic of a particular period of time

Exacerbate

to make more violent, severe, bitter, or painful

Ingratiate

to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others

Propitiate

to prevent or reduce the anger of; soothe; appease; the act of regaining favor

Smarmy

unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech


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