Words 151-200

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Inchoate

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early, in on an early state; -- the inchoate plans for the playground were...

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Incorrigible

Back 2

1. Incapable of being corrected or amended
2. not managable, unruly

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Increment

Back 3

1. something gained or added
2. the amount or degree in which something changes

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Indenture

Back 4

1. to bind (as an apprentice) by or as if by indentures

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Indubitably

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Too evident ro be doubted, unquestionable

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Infinitesimal

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1. Taking on values arbitrarily close to but greater than zero
2. immeasurably or incalculably small

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Infirmiry

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1. the quality or stateif being weak of mind, or character
2. the condition of being feeble

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Infraction

Back 8

a violation

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Insomnia

Back 9

Prolonged and usually abnormal inability to abtain adequate sleep

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Integrate

Back 10

to form, coordinate or blend together

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Inter

Back 11

To deposit a dead body in the earth or a tomb

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Interim

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1. n. a time where soemthing occurs, or comes between points of time or and event
--for the interim, she will be head.

2. adj. done, made, or accuring for an interim
--she was the interim head

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Intransigent

Back 13

refusing to comprimise or to abandon an extreme position or attitude

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Intrepid

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fearlessness, couragousness

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Iridescent

Back 15

producing lustrous rainbow like colors

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Irreverent

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lacking proper respect or seriousness

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Judicious

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1. having, or characterized by sound judgement, discreet

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Kleptomaniac

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a person who has a neurotic impulse to steal especially without economic motive

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Lacerate

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1. v. to tear or rend roughly
2. to cause sharp metal or emotional pain to distress

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Lethargic (Adj.)

Back 20

apathetic, indifferent

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Lewd

Back 21

obscene, vulgar

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Libretto

Back 22

the text of a work for the musical theatre such as an opera

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Livid

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very angry, enraged

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Longevity

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1. a long life or great duration of life
2. durabilty

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Lope

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1. an easy natural gait of a horse resembling a canter--capable of being sustained for along time

2. v. to move or ride at a lope

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Lurid

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1. causing shock or horror; gruesome
2. marked by sensationalism or violence
3. ghastly pale in appearance

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Luscoius

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1. having a sweet taste or smell
2. excessively sweet
3. sexually attractive

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Malingerer

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one who pretends to be sick so as to avoid duty or work

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Manifesto

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a written statement declaring publicly the intentions, motives or views of an issue

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Marrow

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1. the choicest of food
2. the inmost, best, or essential part

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Menial

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1. adj. of or relating to servants
2. appropriate to a servant
3. humble

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Metamorphosis

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1. a change in physical form

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Metaphysical

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highly abstract

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Metropolis

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area of a city

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Mettle

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bravery and strength
the ability to take on a difficult task

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Mews

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a group of buildings originally stables, made into residents

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Misegination

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a mixture of races

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Miscellany

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a mixture of various things --the noun form of miscellaneous

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Mitigate

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To cause to become less harsh or hostil

--mitigating circumstances

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Modicum

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a limited quantity

--the waiter didnt show us a modicate of civility--

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Nefarious

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famous for being wicked, evil

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Nib

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the sharpened point of a quill pen--the point of a pencil

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Nicety

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An elegant, delicate, or civilized feature

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Numismatist

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the study or collection of coins, tokens, and paper money and sometimes related objects (like metals)

--the avis coin collector was a numismatist since he was 4--

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Oaf

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1. a stupid person
2. a big clumsy slow-witted person

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Oblique

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1. not straight forward, not to the point

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Obtuse

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1. blunt, characterized with a lack of intelligence

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Officious

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1. volunteering ones services where they are neither asked nor needed
2. meddlesome

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Onslaught

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1. a sudden wave of something
2.an especially fierce attack

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Opertune

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suitable or convinient for a particular occurance