Tuesday, May 08, 2007
1. Cryptic (p204): mysterious in meaning; puzzling; ambiguous
2. Ambivalent (p231): noun; uncertainty or fluctuation, esp. when caused by inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite or conflicting things. adj; uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow
3. Resinous (p232): having the characteristics of pitch or tar
4. Resonant (p236): resounding or echoing, as sounds
5. Scintillating (p260): To throw off sparks; flash. To sparkle or shine. To be animated and brilliant
6. Ashen (p264): extremely pale; drained of color; pallid
7. Sinuously (p264): characterized by a series of graceful curving motions
8. Cadences (p265): a falling inflection of the voice, as at the end of a sentence. General inflection or modulation of the voice
9. Iridescent (p265): displaying a play of lustrous colors like those of the rainbow
10. Cognac (p267): any French brandy, any good brandy
11. Contrite (p269): filled with a sense of guilt and the desire for atonement; penitent
12. Deranged (p270): insane
13. Circuitous (p271): roundabout; not direct
14. Demise (p274): death or decease
15. Masochistic (p274): the act of turning one's destructive tendencies inward or upon oneself
16. Flippantly (p275): frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity
17. Deplorable (p277): worthy of severe condemnation or reproach
18. Heady (p282): intoxicating
19. Seraphic (p283): of or relating to an angel of the first order
20. Acerbic (p283): sharp or biting, as in character or expression
21. Deviated (p286): turning or going aside from a path
22. Tenacity (p307): persistent determination
23. Euphoric (p308): a feeling of happiness, confidence, or well-being sometimes exaggerated in pathological states as mania
24. Discernible (p320): capable of being percieved clearly, seen or noticed
25. Obscurity (p321): deficiency or absence of light; darkness
26. Primordial (p321): having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state
27. Ingenues (p322): the part of an artless, innocent, unworldly girl or young woman, esp. as represented on the stage
28. Leonine (p324): of or characteristic of or resembling a lion
29. Luxuriant (p326): excessively florid or elaborate
30. Poignantly (p329): agreeably intense or stimulating, profoundly moving; touching
31. Patina (p330): the sheen on any surface, produced by age and use
32. Pulpit (p330): a platform or raised structure in a church, from which the sermon is delivered or the service is conducted
33. Acoustics (p344): of or relating to sound, the sense of hearing, or the science of sound
34. Blatant (p345): brazenly obvious; flagrant, unmistakable
35. Aneurysm (p357): a permanent cardiac or arterial dilatation usually caused by weakening of the vessel wall
36. Disparaging (p357): that disparages; tending to belittle or bring reproach upon
37. Bunt (p374): baseball. to bat (a pitched ball) very gently so that it rolls into the infield close to home plate, usually by holding the bat loosely in hands spread apart and allowing the ball to bounce off it
38. Urbane (p376): polite, refined, and often elegant in manner
39. Nondescript (p376): undistinguished or uninteresting; dull or insipid
40. Genial (p378): warmly and pleasantly cheerful; cordial
41. Diabolical (p387): having the qualities of a devil; devilish; fiendish; outrageously wicked
42. Guttural (p389): harsh; throaty
43. Ramrod (p390): a rod for ramming down the charge of a muzzleloading firearm
44. Luscious (p397): richly satisfying to the senses or the mind, highly pleasing to the taste or smell
45. Benign (p407): favorable; propitious
46. Superfluous (p413): 1. being more than is sufficient or required; excessive.
2. unnecessary or needless
47. Reverie (p420): a daydream
48. Indisputably (p447): not disputable or deniable; uncontestable
49. Impasse (p458): a position or situation from which there is no escape; deadlock
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ƒrom Alice • 16:30
2. Ambivalent (p231): noun; uncertainty or fluctuation, esp. when caused by inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite or conflicting things. adj; uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow
3. Resinous (p232): having the characteristics of pitch or tar
4. Resonant (p236): resounding or echoing, as sounds
5. Scintillating (p260): To throw off sparks; flash. To sparkle or shine. To be animated and brilliant
6. Ashen (p264): extremely pale; drained of color; pallid
7. Sinuously (p264): characterized by a series of graceful curving motions
8. Cadences (p265): a falling inflection of the voice, as at the end of a sentence. General inflection or modulation of the voice
9. Iridescent (p265): displaying a play of lustrous colors like those of the rainbow
10. Cognac (p267): any French brandy, any good brandy
11. Contrite (p269): filled with a sense of guilt and the desire for atonement; penitent
12. Deranged (p270): insane
13. Circuitous (p271): roundabout; not direct
14. Demise (p274): death or decease
15. Masochistic (p274): the act of turning one's destructive tendencies inward or upon oneself
16. Flippantly (p275): frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity
17. Deplorable (p277): worthy of severe condemnation or reproach
18. Heady (p282): intoxicating
19. Seraphic (p283): of or relating to an angel of the first order
20. Acerbic (p283): sharp or biting, as in character or expression
21. Deviated (p286): turning or going aside from a path
22. Tenacity (p307): persistent determination
23. Euphoric (p308): a feeling of happiness, confidence, or well-being sometimes exaggerated in pathological states as mania
24. Discernible (p320): capable of being percieved clearly, seen or noticed
25. Obscurity (p321): deficiency or absence of light; darkness
26. Primordial (p321): having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state
27. Ingenues (p322): the part of an artless, innocent, unworldly girl or young woman, esp. as represented on the stage
28. Leonine (p324): of or characteristic of or resembling a lion
29. Luxuriant (p326): excessively florid or elaborate
30. Poignantly (p329): agreeably intense or stimulating, profoundly moving; touching
31. Patina (p330): the sheen on any surface, produced by age and use
32. Pulpit (p330): a platform or raised structure in a church, from which the sermon is delivered or the service is conducted
33. Acoustics (p344): of or relating to sound, the sense of hearing, or the science of sound
34. Blatant (p345): brazenly obvious; flagrant, unmistakable
35. Aneurysm (p357): a permanent cardiac or arterial dilatation usually caused by weakening of the vessel wall
36. Disparaging (p357): that disparages; tending to belittle or bring reproach upon
37. Bunt (p374): baseball. to bat (a pitched ball) very gently so that it rolls into the infield close to home plate, usually by holding the bat loosely in hands spread apart and allowing the ball to bounce off it
38. Urbane (p376): polite, refined, and often elegant in manner
39. Nondescript (p376): undistinguished or uninteresting; dull or insipid
40. Genial (p378): warmly and pleasantly cheerful; cordial
41. Diabolical (p387): having the qualities of a devil; devilish; fiendish; outrageously wicked
42. Guttural (p389): harsh; throaty
43. Ramrod (p390): a rod for ramming down the charge of a muzzleloading firearm
44. Luscious (p397): richly satisfying to the senses or the mind, highly pleasing to the taste or smell
45. Benign (p407): favorable; propitious
46. Superfluous (p413): 1. being more than is sufficient or required; excessive.
2. unnecessary or needless
47. Reverie (p420): a daydream
48. Indisputably (p447): not disputable or deniable; uncontestable
49. Impasse (p458): a position or situation from which there is no escape; deadlock
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