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khalil N. (Jordan)
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  1. abate
    become less in amount or intensity
  2. accolade
    a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
  3. adulation
    exaggerated flattery or praise
  4. aesthetic
    characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste
  5. ameliorate
    make better
  6. ascetic
    someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
  7. avarice
    reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth
  8. burgeon
    grow and flourish
  9. bucolic
    devoted to raising sheep or cattle
  10. cacophony
    loud confusing disagreeable sounds
  11. canon
    a collection of books accepted as holy scripture
  12. castigation
    verbal punishment
  13. catalyst
    substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction
  14. caustic
    capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action
  15. chary
    characterized by great caution
  16. cogent
    powerfully persuasive
  17. complaisance
    a tendency to try to please or yield to the will of others
  18. contentious
    showing an inclination to disagree
  19. contrite
    feeling or expressing pain or sorrow
  20. remorse
    a feeling of deep regret, usually for some misdeed
  21. culpable
    deserving blame or censure as being wrong or injurious
  22. dearth
    an insufficient quantity or number
  23. demur
    politely refuse or take exception to
  24. didactic
    instructive, especially excessively
  25. discretion
    power of making choices unconstrained by external agencies
  26. desertion
    withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility
  27. disinterested
    unaffected by concern for one's own welfare
  28. dogmatic
    pertaining to a code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
  29. assertion
    a declaration that is made emphatically
  30. emphatically
    in a forceful manner; with emphasis
  31. ebullience
    eager enjoyment or approval
  32. eclectic
    selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
  33. elegy
    a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
  34. emollient
    a substance with a soothing effect when applied to the skin
  35. empirical
    derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
  36. enigmatic
    not clear to the understanding
  37. ephemeral
    anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day
  38. esoteric
    understandable only by an enlightened inner circle
  39. eulogy
    a formal expression of praise for someone who has died
  40. facetious
    cleverly amusing in tone
  41. fallacy
    a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning
  42. furtive
    secret and sly
  43. gregarious
    temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others
  44. harangue
    a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
  45. heretical
    departing from accepted beliefs or standards
  46. hyperbole
    extravagant exaggeration
  47. hyperbola
    an open, symmetrical plane curve with two branches
  48. incipient
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
  49. impecunious
    not having enough money to pay for necessities
  50. inert
    unable to move or resist motion
  51. innocuous
    not injurious to physical or mental health
  52. intransigent
    impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, or reason
  53. inveigle
    influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
  54. morose
    showing a brooding ill humor
  55. odious
    extremely repulsive or unpleasant
  56. opaque
    not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy
  57. oscillation
    a complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon
  58. penurious
    excessively unwilling to spend
  59. pernicious
    exceedingly harmful
  60. peruse
    examine or consider with attention and in detail
  61. pious
    having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity
  62. precursor
    something indicating the approach of something or someone
  63. preen
    clean with one's bill
  64. prodigious
    great in size, force, extent, or degree
  65. prolific
    intellectually productive
  66. putrefy
    decay with an offensive smell
  67. quaff
    swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught
  68. quiescence
    a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction
  69. redoubtable
    inspiring fear
  70. sanction
    official permission or approval
  71. squalid
    foul and run-down and repulsive
  72. satire
    witty language used to convey insults or scorn
  73. stoic
    seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive
  74. supplant
    take the place or move into the position of
  75. torpid
    in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation
  76. torpor
    a state of motor and mental inactivity
  77. ubiquitous
    being present everywhere at once
  78. urbane
    showing a high degree of refinement
  79. vilify
    spread negative information about
  80. viscous
    having a relatively high resistance to flow
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