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Published on Nov 22, 2015

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1.

DEARTH

  • Noun
  • Lacking
  • Missing
  • Inadequate supply
  • Scarcity
Photo by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center
2.

GRATIFY

  • Verb
  • To give pleasure to
  • Satisfying desires
  • Indulge
  • Humor
Photo by Mikey Roach
3.

CHOLERIC

  • Extremely irratable
  • Easily angered
  • Short tempered
  • Irrational
  • Bilious
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4.

THRESHOLD

  • Doorstep
  • About to enter
  • Brink
  • Precipice
  • Start
Photo by Frédéric Glorieux
5.

WREAK

  • Verb
  • To inflict
  • To execute
  • Carry out the promptings of
  • One's rage
Photo by JustinJensen
6.

STOIC

  • Adjective
  • Of or relating to the school of philosophy
  • Free from passion or joy
  • Submit without complaint to unavoidable things
  • One who is indifferent fromm expression or pain
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7.

VENDETTA

  • Noun
  • Any prolonged and butter feud
  • Rivalry
  • Contention
  • Grudge
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8.

CONDONE

  • Verb
  • To disregard or overlook
  • To pardonor forgive
  • To give tact approval to
  • To cause the condonation of
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9.

ROBUST

  • Adjective
  • Strong or healthy
  • Greatly built
  • Powerful sound
  • Course
Photo by Dallas Krentzel
10.

PANOPLY

  • Noun
  • A group or collection that is impressive
  • Because it includes so many different kinds
  • Something forming a protective covering
  • Vast collection
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11.

CONFER

  • Verb
  • To consult together
  • To bestow as a gift for someone
  • To discuss
  • Idle conversation
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12.

POIGNANT

  • Adjective
  • Keenly distressing to the feelings
  • Keen of strong in mental appeal
  • Strong odor or flavor
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13.

METTLE

  • Noun
  • Courage or fortitude
  • Disposition or temperament
  • Strength
  • "A man of fine mettle"
Photo by A Guy Taking Pictures
14.

WITHHOLD

  • Verb
  • To keep to oneself
  • To hold back
  • Restrain
  • Check
Photo by ajmatthehiddenhouse
15.

VINDICTIVE

  • Adjective
  • Disposed or inclined to revenge
  • Vengeful
  • Proceeding from or showing a vengeful spirit
  • Hateful
Photo by Lachlan
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TRAVESTY

  • Noun
  • A literary or artistic burlesque
  • A serious work or or subject
  • Characterized by grotesque incongruity
  • Grotesque imitation of the model
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IMPOSE

  • Verb
  • To lay on or set as something to be born
  • To put or set by or as if by authority
  • To lay as to be obeyed
  • To put as so be respected
Photo by CarbonNYC [in SF!]
18.

PIQUANT

  • Adjective
  • Agreeably pungent
  • Sharp in taste or flavor
  • Pleasantly biting or tart
  • Agreeably stimulating, interesting, attractive
Photo by delphaber
19.

DIATRIBE

  • Noun
  • Bitter
  • Sharply abusive denunciation
  • Attack
  • Criticism
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20.

APPEASE

  • Verb
  • To bring a state of peace
  • To bring a state of quiet, calm
  • To satisfy
  • To releive
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21.

SUMPTUOUS

  • Adjective
  • Entailing great expense, as from choice materials
  • Fine work
  • Costly
  • Luxuriously fineor large
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HEDONIST

  • Noun
  • A person who is devoted to
  • - self pleasure
  • - self gratification
  • - happiness
Photo by Minette Layne
23.

CASTIGATE

  • Verb
  • To criticize
  • Reprimand severely
  • To punish in order to correct
  • To scold
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OROTUND

  • Adjective
  • Of voice or speech
  • Characterized by strength, richness
  • Of style of speaking
  • Pompous or bombastic
Photo by Jeff Kubina
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BRINK

  • Noun
  • The edge or margin of a steep place
  • Or of a land bordering water
  • Any extreme edge
  • Verge
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