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adjunct
bellwether
caterwaul
chimerical
effete
fait accompli
hidebound
hierarchy
liturgy
mirage
morass
noisome
oblivious
poltroon
proselyte
quasi-
raillery
ribald
supine
vignette
aegis
apprise
bibulous
claque
deracinate
eleemosynary
indigenous
lachrymose
lexicon
melee
microcosm
minuscule
obfuscate
paternalism
polarize
purview
sanguine
solecism
vassal
verisimilitude
ancillary
bowdlerize
condescend
cozen
enclave
forte
gratis
icon
interstice
macrocosm
mountebank
paean
persiflage
plethora
pragmatic
quizzical
rapacity
schism
therapeutic
virtuoso
affinity
bilious
cognate
corollary
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derring-do
divination
elixir
folderol
gamut
hoi polloi
ineffable
lucubration
mnemonic
obloquy
parameter
pundit
risible
symptomatic
volte-face
aficionado
browbeat
commensurate
diaphanous
emolument
foray
genre
homily
immure
insouciant
matrix
obsequies
panache
persona
philippic
prurient
sacrosanct
systemic
tendentious
vicissitude
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bruit
contumelious
dictum
ensconce
iconoclastic
in medias res
internecine
maladroit
maudlin
modulate
portentous
prescience
quid pro quo
salubrious
saturnalian
touchstone
traumatic
vitiate
waggish
abeyance
ambivalent
beleaguer
carte blanche
cataclysm
debauch
éclat
fatidious
gambol
imbue
inchoate
lampoon
malleable
nemesis
opt
philistine
picaresque
queasy
refractory
savoir-faire
aberration
ad hoc
bane
bathos
cantankerous
casuistry
de facto
depredation
empathy
harbinger
hedonism
lackluster
malcontent
mellifluous
nepotism
pander
peccadillo
pièce de résistance
remand
syndrome
beatitude
bête noire
bode
dank
ecumenical
fervid
fetid
gargantuan
heyday
incubus
infrastructure
inveigle
kudos
lagniappe
prolix
protégé
prototype
sycophant
tautology
truckle
acumen
adjudicate
anachronism
apocryphal
disparity
dissimulate
empirical
flamboyant
fulsome
immolate
imperceptible
lackey
liaison
monolithic
mot juste
nihilism
patrician
propitiate
sic
sublimate
apostate
bravado
consensus
constrict
dichotomy
effusive
euphoria
gothic
impasse
lugubrious
metamorphosis
mystique
non sequitur
parlous
punctilio
quagmire
quixotic
raconteur
sine qua non
vendetta
apposite
augur
bilk
charisma
debilitate
execrable
impinge
labyrinth
narcissism
niggardly
pastiche
precarious
rapport
utilitarian
vacuous
vagary
viable
xenophobia
zany
zealot
accolade
acerbity
attrition
bromide
chauvinist
chronic
expound
factionalism
immaculate
imprecation
ineluctable
mercurial
palliate
protocol
resplendent
stigmatize
sub rosa
vainglory
vestige
volition
accouterments
apogee
apropos
bicker
coalesce
contretemps
convolution
cull
disparate
dogmatic
licentious
mete
noxious
polemic
populous
probity
repartee
supervene
truncate
unimpeachable
adumbrate
apotheosis
ascetic
bauble
beguile
burgeon
complement
contumacious
curmudgeon
didactic
disingenuous
exculpate
faux pas
fulminate
fustian
hauteur
inhibit
jeremiad
opportunist
unconscionable

By Xiggi (Xiggi) on Tuesday, August 12, 2003 - 02:18 pm: Edit

Second column is composed of words that appeared on 10RS ...

aberration ==>
abeyance ==>
abortive ==>
accolade ==>
accouterments ==>
acerbity ==>
acumen ==>
ad hoc ==>
adjudicate ==>
adjunct ==>
adumbrate ==>
aegis ==>
affinity ==>
aficionado ==>
ambivalent ==> Ambivalent unsure, undecided
anachronism ==>
ancillary ==>
apocryphal ==>
apogee ==>
apostate ==>
apotheosis ==>
apposite ==>
apprise ==>
apropos ==>
ascetic ==> Ascetic without luxuries/indulgences; harshly simple; Spartan
attrition ==>
augur ==>
bane ==> Bane troublesome influence
bathos ==>
bauble ==>
beatitude ==>
beguile ==>
beleaguer ==>
bellwether ==>
bête noire ==>
bibulous ==>
bicker ==>
bilious ==>
bilk ==>
bode ==>
bowdlerize ==>
bravado ==>
bromide ==>
browbeat ==>
bruit ==>
burgeon ==>
cantankerous ==>
carte blanche ==>
casuistry ==>
cataclysm ==>
caterwaul ==>
charisma ==>
chauvinist ==>
chimerical ==>
chronic ==>
claque ==>
coalesce ==>
cognate ==>
commensurate ==>
complement ==>
condescend ==> Condescending arrogant
consensus ==> Consensus common agreement
constrict ==>
contretemps ==>
contumacious ==>
contumelious ==>
convolution ==>
corollary ==>
cozen ==>
cul-de-sac ==>
cull ==>
curmudgeon ==>
dank ==>
de facto ==>
debauch ==>
debilitate ==> Debilitating weakening
depredation ==>
deracinate ==>
derring-do ==>
diaphanous ==>
dichotomy ==>
dictum ==>
didactic ==> Didactic intending to preach or teach
disingenuous ==>
disparate ==> Disparate dissimilar, different
disparity ==>
dissimulate ==>
divination ==> Divination fortune-telling; forecasting
dogmatic ==> Dogmatic inflexible, rigid
éclat ==>
ecumenical ==>
effete ==>
effusive ==>
eleemosynary ==>
elixir ==>
emolument ==>
empathy ==> Empathy form of sympathy; feeling of closeness
empirical ==> Empirical practical, observed, found by experiment
enclave ==>
ensconce ==>
euphoria ==> Euphoric overjoyed, excited
exculpate ==> Exculpate remove blame or guilt
execrable ==>
expound ==>
factionalism ==>
fait accompli ==>
fatidious ==>
faux pas ==>
fervid ==>
fetid ==>
flamboyant ==>
folderol ==>
foray ==>
forte ==>
fulminate ==>
fulsome ==>
fustian ==>
gambol ==>
gamut ==>
gargantuan ==> Gargantuan huge, enormous
genre ==>
gothic ==>
gratis ==>
harbinger ==>
hauteur ==>
hedonism ==> Hedonist pleasure seeker
heyday ==>
hidebound ==>
hierarchy ==> Hierarchy chain of command
hoi polloi ==>
homily ==>
icon ==>
iconoclastic ==> Iconoclast person who opposes orthodoxy
imbue ==>
immaculate ==>
immolate ==>
immure ==>
impasse ==>
imperceptible ==>
impinge ==>
imprecation ==>
in medias res ==>
inchoate ==>
incubus ==>
indigenous ==>
ineffable ==>
ineluctable ==>
infrastructure ==>
inhibit ==>
insouciant ==>
internecine ==>
interstice ==>
inveigle ==>
jeremiad ==>
kudos ==>
labyrinth ==>
lachrymose ==>
lackey ==>
lackluster ==>
lagniappe ==>
lampoon ==>
lexicon ==>
liaison ==>
licentious ==>
liturgy ==>
lucubration ==>
lugubrious ==>
macrocosm ==>
maladroit ==>
malcontent ==>
malleable ==>
matrix ==>
maudlin ==>
melee ==>
mellifluous ==>
mercurial ==>
metamorphosis ==>
mete ==>
microcosm ==>
minuscule ==>
mirage ==>
mnemonic ==>
modulate ==>
monolithic ==>
morass ==>
mot juste ==>
mountebank ==>
mystique ==>
narcissism ==> Narcissism vanity; excessive concern with one’s own appearance
nemesis ==>
nepotism ==>
niggardly ==>
nihilism ==>
noisome ==>
non sequitur ==>
noxious ==>
obfuscate ==>
oblivious ==>
obloquy ==>
obsequies ==>
opportunist ==>
opt ==>
paean ==>
palliate ==>
panache ==>
pander ==>
parameter ==>
parlous ==>
pastiche ==>
paternalism ==>
patrician ==>
peccadillo ==>
persiflage ==>
persona ==>
philippic ==>
philistine ==>
picaresque ==>
pièce de résistance ==>
plethora ==>
polarize ==> Polarizing separating into two extremes
polemic ==>
poltroon ==>
populous ==>
portentous ==>
pragmatic ==> Pragmatist practical person
precarious ==>
prescience ==>
probity ==>
prolix ==>
propitiate ==>
proselyte ==>
protégé ==>
protocol ==>
prototype ==>
prurient ==>
punctilio ==>
pundit ==>
purview ==>
quagmire ==>
quasi- ==>
queasy ==>
quid pro quo ==>
quixotic ==>
quizzical ==>
raconteur ==>
raillery ==>
rapacity ==>
rapport ==>
refractory ==>
remand ==>
repartee ==>
resplendent ==>
ribald ==>
risible ==>
sacrosanct ==>
salubrious ==>
sanguine ==>
saturnalian ==>
savoir-faire ==>
schism ==>
sic ==>
sine qua non ==>
solecism ==>
stigmatize ==>
sub rosa ==>
sublimate ==>
supervene ==>
supine ==>
sycophant ==> Sycophant flatterer
symptomatic ==>
syndrome ==>
systemic ==>
tautology ==>
tendentious ==>
therapeutic ==> Therapeutic acting as a cure or medicine
touchstone ==>
traumatic ==>
truckle ==>
truncate ==>
unconscionable ==>
unimpeachable ==>
utilitarian ==> Utilitarian useful
vacuous ==>
vagary ==>
vainglory ==>
vassal ==>
vendetta ==>
verisimilitude ==>
vestige ==>
viable ==>
vicissitude ==>
vignette ==>
virtuoso ==> Virtuoso expert (especially musician)
vitiate ==>
volition ==>
volte-face ==>
waggish ==>
xenophobia ==>
zany ==>
zealot ==>

By Wjk323 (Wjk323) on Tuesday, August 12, 2003 - 10:05 pm: Edit

how long did it take you guys to do this?

By Serene (Serene) on Tuesday, August 12, 2003 - 10:16 pm: Edit

love this list. thanks =D

By Xiggi (Xiggi) on Tuesday, August 12, 2003 - 11:24 pm: Edit

love this list. thanks =D

First or second column?

By Goirulz (Goirulz) on Wednesday, August 13, 2003 - 10:33 am: Edit

I don't really understand, Xiggi. I only see one column of vocabulary words on your post?