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Love In the time of cholera

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  1. blight
    any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting
  2. imbue
    spread or diffuse through
  3. redolent
    having a strong pleasant odor
  4. consternation
    sudden shock or dismay that causes confusion
  5. epitaph
    an inscription in memory of a buried person
  6. vacillate
    be undecided about something
  7. indignant
    angered at something unjust or wrong
  8. culpable
    deserving blame or censure as being wrong or injurious
  9. somnolent
    inclined to or marked by drowsiness
  10. volition
    the act of making a choice
  11. insidious
    working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
  12. temerity
    fearless daring
  13. enervate
    weaken physically, mentally, or morally
  14. proliferate
    grow rapidly
  15. calamity
    an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
  16. mitigate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
  17. mitigate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
  18. antiquated
    so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
  19. insolent
    marked by casual disrespect
  20. visceral
    relating to or affecting the internal organs
  21. reticent
    reluctant to draw attention to yourself
  22. pedantic
    marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning
  23. cavalier
    showing a lack of concern or seriousness
  24. parsimonious
    excessively unwilling to spend
  25. perfidy
    an act of deliberate betrayal
  26. puerile
    displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
  27. antipathy
    a feeling of intense dislike
  28. pernicious
    exceedingly harmful
  29. fortuitous
    lucky; occurring by happy chance
  30. stoic
    seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive
  31. perpetuate
    cause to continue or prevail
  32. duplicity
    the act of deceiving or acting in bad faith
  33. hapless
    unfortunate and deserving pity
  34. propitious
    presenting favorable circumstances
  35. venerate
    regard with feelings of respect and reverence
  36. austere
    of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor
  37. impertinent
    improperly forward or bold
  38. despondent
    without or almost without hope
  39. anachronism
    locating something at a time when it couldn't have existed
  40. ominous
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  41. quagmire
    a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
  42. clandestine
    conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
  43. affinity
    a natural attraction or feeling of kinship
  44. repudiate
    refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid
  45. impetuous
    characterized by undue haste and lack of thought
  46. impudent
    improperly forward or bold
  47. cajole
    influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
  48. rancor
    a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
  49. capitulate
    surrender under agreed conditions
  50. hegemony
    the dominance or leadership of one social group over others
  51. intransigent
    impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, or reason
  52. genial
    diffusing warmth and friendliness
  53. doleful
    filled with or evoking sadness
  54. tenacious
    stubbornly unyielding
  55. assiduous
    marked by care and persistent effort
  56. opulent
    rich and superior in quality
  57. guile
    shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
  58. benevolent
    showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding
  59. privy
    informed about something secret or not generally known
  60. exacerbate
    make worse
Created on 一月 12, 2014 (updated 一月 12, 2014)

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