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Sat 16-20-Beard

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callous unfeeling; insensitive to the feelings of others
lethargic abnormally drowsy, lazy, or sluggish
didactic intended to convey information and instruction
forthright unhesitatingly frank
jovial happy; marked by good humor
lyrical emotional; songlike
morose gloomy; sullen; despondent
feckless irresponsible; weak
expunge obliterate; annihilate
ignominy personal humiliation; disgrace
perspicuity clearness in expression
sardonic ironical
sanctimony assumed manner of hollines; pretense of rigtheousness
opulent luxurious
propitiate to appease; to pacify
pervious admitting to passage; open to influence
salacious obscene
cryptic secret; mysterious
doleful sad; ful of grief
reactionary opposing progress
vacuous empty of meaning
winsome delightful; attractive; charming
invidious likely to arouse resentment
macabre gruesome; ghastly
poignant with sharp emotional appeal
pecuniary financial
execrable extremely bad
equanimity evenness and calmness in temper
tawdry showy and cheap
equivocal having more than one possible meaning; misleading
feign to give a false appearance; to pretend
heinous abominable; outrageous; shockingly evil
insidious working or spreading harmfully in a subtle or stealthy manner
lucrative profitable; producing wealth
indigenous native; produced or growing in a certain area
rectitude moral uprightness; righteousness
veritable unquestionable; true
subterfuge deception
tenet a doctrine or principle held as true by a person or group
maladroit awkward
chicanery deception by trickery
adulterate to make inferior or impure by adding unnecessart or improper ingredients
constrain to hold back by force; confine
protean readily taking on a different shape, form, or character
sporadic occuring at irregular intervals; having no pattern or order
surmise to conclude without sufficient evidence
platitude a trite remark pr statement
solecism an error in grammar or etiquette; something deviating from the proper or normal
abeyance to be temporarily set aside or suspended
specious having a false look of truth
Created by: Kriegster
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