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Tuesday, July 15, 2008

JULY VERBAL THREAD


1. Recant - To make a formal retraction or disavowal of (a statement or belief to which one has previously committed oneself); make a formal retraction or disavowal of a previously held statement or belief; to disavow (something previously written or said) irrevocably and usually formally; take back something said; to take back formally an opinion or belief
2.
Ameliorate - To make or become better; improve; relieve or reduce pain
3.
Ephemeral - Lasting for a markedly brief time
4.
Quandary - A state of uncertainty or perplexity; delicate situation; state of doubt or puzzlement; a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one; state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options
5. Luminary - An object, such as a celestial body, that gives light; person who is an inspiration to others; person who has achieved eminence in a specific field; celebrity; a famous person
6. Swarthy - Having a dark complexion or color; of a complexion tending toward brown or black; dark-complexioned
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Trite - Lacking power to evoke interest through overuse or repetition; hackneyed; without freshness or appeal because of overuse;silly, commonplace
8.
Obfuscate - To render indistinct or dim; darken; to make so confused or opaque as to be difficult to perceive or understand
9.
Immutable - Not subject or susceptible to change; incapable of changing or being modified; unchangeable
10.
Penchant - A definite liking; a strong inclination; fondness; strong liking for or bias in favor of something
11.
Turncoat - A person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc; who traitorously switches allegiance; person who deserts one cause or party to join an opposing one
12. Meandering - rambling; winding
13. Redoubtable - Arousing fear or awe; formidable; worthy of respect or honor; formidable; causing fear
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Paltry - Lacking in importance or worth; wretched or contemptible; very small and almost worthless; trifling; petty; very poor; worthless
15. Illustrious - Well known and very distinguished; eminent; shining brightly; famous, prominent; outstanding because of dignity, achievements, or actions
16. Abatement - Diminution in amount, degree, or intensity; moderation; amount lowered; a reduction; act of eliminating or annulling; subsiding; decreasing, lessening
17. Nadir - The lowest point
18. Dogged - Stubbornly persevering; tenacious; determined, persistent; to track or follow
19. Supplant - To usurp the place of, especially through intrigue or underhanded tactics; displace and substitute for (another); take the place or move into the position of
20. Pusillanimous - Lacking courage; cowardly; without spirit or bravery
21.
Pulverize - To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust; to demolish; destroy
22.
Stygian - Gloomy and dark; infernal; hellish
23. Boor -
A person with rude, clumsy manners and little refinement; a peasant; clod; a rude or ill-mannered person
24. Elicit - To bring or draw out (something latent); educe; arrive at (a truth, for example) by logic; call forth, draw out, or provoke (a reaction, for example); draw out
25. Puissant - Having or able to exert great power; powerful
26.
Finesse - Refinement and delicacy of performance, execution, or artisanship; know-how, maneuver; manipulate; skill in taking care of difficult or touchy problems; stratagem in which one appears to decline an advantage; method of leading up to a tenace, as in bridge, in order to prevent an opponent from winning the trick with an intermediate card
27. Restive - Uneasily impatient under restriction, opposition, criticism, or delay; resisting control; difficult to control; impatient, nervous; being in a tense state; impatient especially under restriction or delay
28. Harry - To disturb or distress by or as if by repeated attacks; harass; to raid, as in war; sack or pillage; pester, annoy; torment; worry
29.
Peerless - Being such as to have no match; incomparable; having no equal; superior
30. Callow - Lacking adult maturity or experience; immature
31. Perishables - Something, especially foodstuff, subject to decay or spoilage; subject to decay or death; mortal; liable to spoil, rot
32.
Conscientious - Guided by or in accordance with the dictates of conscience; principled; thorough and assiduous; moral, upright; thorough, careful
33.
Pastiche - A mixture of materials, forms, motifs, and/or styles; often incongruous; dramatic, literary, or musical piece openly imitating the previous works of other artists, often with satirical intent; an artistic effort that imitates or caricatures the work of another artist
34.
Daguerreotype - An early photographic process with the image made on a light-sensitive silver-coated metallic plate
35.
Puerile - Belonging to childhood; juvenile; immature; childish; showing a lack of maturity or good judgment
36. Lofty - Of imposing height; elevated in character; exalted; arrogant; haughty; affecting grandness; pompous; exceedingly dignified in form, tone, or style; of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style
37.
Verse - A single metrical line in a poetic composition; one line of poetry; poem; familiarize by study or experience
38. Outtake - A section or scene, as of a movie, that is filmed but not used in the final version; complete version, as of a recording, that is dropped in favor of another version; opening for outward discharge; a vent; scene that is filmed but is not used in the final editing of the film
39. Hagiography - Biography of saints; worshipful or idealizing biography
40.
Mendacious - Lying; untruthful; false; untrue; dishonest; given to or marked by deliberate concealment or misrepresentation of the truth
41.
Panegyric - A formal eulogistic composition intended as a public compliment. Elaborate praise or laudation; an encomium
42.
Myriad - Constituting a very large, indefinite number; innumerable; composed of numerous diverse elements or facets
43.
Sylvan - Relating to or characteristic of woods or forest regions; abounding in trees; wooded
44.
Stultify - To allege or prove insane and so not legally responsible; cause to appear foolish; deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless; cripple
45.
Lugubrious - Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree


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  2. Anathema to Barb (14.2 MB)
  3. Barefaced to buxom (8.7 MB)
  4. Cabal to Charishma (5.4 MB )
  5. Charlatan to Dispassionate (10.9 MB)
  6. Dishevelled to Frolicsome (21 MB)
  7. Formidable to Inkling (21 MB)
  8. Innate to Inveigle ( 3.3 MB)
  9. Inverse to Mace(9.25 MB)
  10. Machiavellian to Narrative(12 MB)
  11. Nascent to Precocious(21 MB)
  12. Precursor to Rout(21 MB)
  13. Rubble to Swerve(21 MB)
  14. Swill to Vignette(20.8 MB)
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