Brandon's Words

Brandon C. (United States of America)
Various words I run across as I read.
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  1. bereft
    lacking or deprived of something
  2. misanthropy
    hatred of mankind
  3. fetid
    offensively malodorous
  4. sallow
    unhealthy looking
  5. myopic
    unable to see distant objects clearly
  6. mellifluous
    pleasing to the ear
  7. denouement
    the outcome of a complex sequence of events
  8. cloying
    overly sweet
  9. polemic
    a verbal or written attack, especially of a belief or dogma
  10. paradox
    a statement that contradicts itself
  11. venality
    susceptibility or openness to bribery and corruption
  12. delusion
    a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea
  13. Bacillus
  14. empiricism
    the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience
  15. timorous
    shy and fearful by nature
  16. fragility
    the quality of being easily damaged or destroyed
  17. apocalyptic
    of or relating to a catastrophe
  18. vignette
    a brief literary description
  19. unsalted
    without salt or seasoning
  20. inchoate
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
  21. quotidian
    found in the ordinary course of events
  22. atrophy
    a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse
  23. banal
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  24. Zeitgeist
    the spirit of the time
  25. sinewy
    consisting of tendons or resembling a tendon
  26. solipsism
    the philosophical theory that the self is all that exists
  27. self-effacing
    reluctant to draw attention to yourself
  28. vitriol
    abusive or venomous language to express blame or censure
  29. denizen
    a plant or animal naturalized in a region
  30. imbroglio
    an intricate and confusing interpersonal situation
  31. nascent
    being born or beginning
  32. pointillistic
    of or relating to pointillism
  33. interloper
    someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another
  34. interlocutor
    a person who takes part in a conversation
  35. solecism
    a socially awkward or tactless act
  36. priapic
    resembling or being a phallus
  37. sanguinary
    accompanied by bloodshed
  38. effete
    excessively self-indulgent, affected, or decadent
  39. extirpate
    destroy completely, as if down to the roots
  40. perfidious
    tending to betray
  41. ziggurat
    a rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound
  42. shibboleth
    a favorite saying of a sect or political group
  43. querulous
    habitually complaining
  44. internecine
    within a group or organization
  45. despond
    lose confidence or hope; become dejected
  46. vituperative
    marked by harshly abusive criticism
  47. bombastically
    in a grandiose manner
  48. abstemious
    marked by temperance in indulgence
  49. calumny
    a false accusation of an offense
  50. opprobrium
    a state of extreme dishonor
  51. efficacious
    giving the power to produce an intended result
  52. obduracy
    resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible
Created on 四月 10, 2007 (updated 十二月 10, 2008)

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