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Amities

Amelioration

Ambulatory

Ambles

Aloof

Allay

Aleatory

Improbity

Importune

Impious

Impecunious

Immutable

Immoderate

Illusory

Ignominious

Hypocritical

Hypochondriacs

Husband

Hortatory

Hone

Homonym

Homiletics

Hoary

Hinterland

Languish

Languid

Lampoon

Lacunae

Lachrymose

Labile

Klutzy

Jurisprudent

Jurisprudence

Judicious

Jounce

Jouissance

Jocund

Iridescent

Ire

Inviolable

Eddy

Puerile

Bilk

Beguile

Solicitousness

Excoriation

Prudence

Vertiginous

Sanguinary

Effected

Defoliate

Cosset

Indelible

Phlegmatic

Convoked

Effulgent

Suborn

Disquieted

Auspicious

Corpulent

Caprices

Meretricious

Belie

Rococo

Exact

Tendentious

Minatory

Docile

Largess

Garish

Posterity

Parlous

Replete

Exasperated

Convivial

Soothsayer

Bulwark

Daguerreotype

Pith

Dotard

Akimbo

Glib

Levity

Fecund

Palisade

Indignant

Ecumenical

Upbraid

Deference

Luxuriant

Deride

Rectitude

Hidebound

Precarious

Centurion

Sanguine

Verdant

Quotidian

Dogmatic

Facile

Shrewd

Prescient

n. friendly relationship

n. improvement

adj. able to walk around

v. to walk or move at a slow pace

adj. distant; detached

v. to dimish or put at rest

adj. random

n. lack of honesty

v. to beg; solicit

adj. wicked

adj. having little or no money

adj. unchanging

adj. excessive or extreme

adj. based on illusion; deceptive

adj. deserving or causing public disgrace

adj. insincere

n. a person who is abnormally anxious about their health

v. to use economically

adj. tending or aiming to exhort (strongly encourage)

v. sharpen

n. a word that sounds the same as another word

n. art of preaching and giving sermons

adj. old and trite

n. an area lying beyond what is visible or known

v. to make weaker

adj. tired and slow

v. to mock or deride

n. an unfilled space or interval; a gap

adj. tearful; sad

adj. liable to change

n. clumsy or awkward person

n. (adj.) a legal system

n. science or study of law

adj. wise

v. to bounce up and down

n. physical or intellectual pleasure, delight, or ecstasy

adj. cheerful and light

adj. showing luminous colors that seem to change

n. anger

adj. cannot be broken, infringed, or dishonored

n. circular current; v. (of air, water, or smoke) move in a circular way

adj. childish

v. to cheat; defraud

v. to charm or enchant, sometimes in a deceptive way

adj. characterized by or showing interest or concern

n. censure or criticize severely

n. caution; wisdom

adj. causing vertigo

adj. causing much bloodshed jejune, modish

v. to cause or accomplish

v. cause leaves to fall off

v. care for and protect in an overprotective way

adj. cannot be wiped out

adj. calm; imperturbable

v. call together or summon (an assembly or meeting)

adj. brightly shining

v. to bribe to commit an unlawful act such as perjury

adj. feeling of anxiety or worry

adj. favorable; promising to turn out well

adj. fat

n. a sudden and unaccountable change of mood or behavior

adj. falsely attractive; tawdry

v. fail to fulfill or justify (a claim or expectation)

adj. extravagantly ornate

v. demand and obtain from someone; inflict (revenge) on someone

adj. expressing or intending to promote a particular cause or point of view, esp a controversial one

adj. expressing or conveying a threat

adj. ready to accept control or instruction

n. generosity

adj. obtrusively bright and showy; lurid

n. future generations

adj. full of danger or uncertainty; precarious

adj. filled or well-supplied with something

v. to irritate intensely; frustrated and annoyed

adj. friendly lively and enjoyable

n. fortuneteller

n. fortification; barricades

n. forerunner of the photograph

n. forceful or concise expression; the essence of something

n. an old person, esp. one who has become weak or senile

adv. flung out wildly

adj. (of words or the person speaking them) fluent and voluble but insincere and shallow

n. humor or frivolity, esp. the treatment of a serious matter with humor or in a manner lacking due respect

adj. fertile

n. fence made of posts

adj. feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment

adj. representing a number of different Christian churches

v. reprimand

n. respect

adj. rich and profuse (abundant) in growth

v. ridicule; mock

n. morally correct behavior or thinking righteousness

adj. rigid in opinions

adj. dependent on chance; risky

n. roman soldier

adj. optimistic or positive, esp in difficult or bad situations

adj. of bright green color of lush grass

adj. ordinary; daily

adj. having stubbornly held opinions

adj. having simplistic or superficial knowledge or approach; (of success, esp. in sports) easily achieved; effortless

adj. having or showing sharp powers of judgment

adj. having or showing knowledge of events beforehand