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wheedle

"The first step of a politician is to wheedle the editorial backing of a newspaper." Frederick Nebel, A Free Press

whet

"The accepted purpose of coming attractions in movie theatres is to whet the viewers' desire to see the film." John Simon, Reverse Angle

whimsical

"This is not a whimsical ideait is a serious plan." Calvin Klein, New York Magazine, 9/15/95

wince

"He took the cruel blow without a wince or a cry." A. Conan Doyle, The Last Book of Sherlock Holmes

wistful

"I am sad when I see those wistful ads placed by the lovelorn in the classified columns." E. B. White, The Essays of E. B. White

wrest

"Their attempt to wrest control of the company was thwarted by the Colonel and his three supporters on the board." Edmund Ward, Jr., "Bulls and Bears" [adapted]

Y

yen

"She could not resist the yen to see how her classmates had progressed so she agreed to attend the class reunion."

Woman's Home Companion, 9/94

Z

zealous

"James I was zealous in prosecuting Scottish sorcerers." George Lyman Kittredge, Witchcraft in Old and New England

zenith

"At the zenith of her fame as a musical star, she was assassinated by a crazed fan." H. Hudson, People, 7/21/97

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Index

A

abhor, 151, 330 abjure, 210, 330 abortive, 111, 330 abound, 2, 330 abrogate, 93, 330 abstemious, 124, 330 absurd, 151, 330 access, 93, 330 accommodate, 111, 330 accomplice, 92, 330 accost, 8, 330

acknowledged, 140, 330 acme, 229, 330 acrimonious, 29, 330 acute, 166, 330 adamant, 172, 330 adherent, 182, 330 admonish, 28, 330 adroit, 10, 330

advent, 262, 330 adversary, 183, 331 adverse, 54, 331 advocate, 56, 331 aegis, 158, 331 afflict, 47, 331

affluent, 34, 331 alacrity, 20, 331 allay, 211, 331 alleged, 93, 331 alleviate, 201, 331 allude, 261, 331 aloof, 275, 331 altruistic, 101, 331 ambiguous, 203, 331 ameliorate, 272, 331 amicable, 57, 331 amnesty, 118, 331 amorous, 102, 331 analogous, 143, 331 anathema, 75, 331332 annals, 3, 332 anomaly, 196, 332

anthropologist, 149, 332 antipathy, 234, 332 antiquated, 215, 332 antithesis, 100, 332 apathy, 183, 332 appalled, 288, 332 appellation, 138, 332 arbiter, 198, 332 arbitrary, 41, 332 archaic, 204, 332 ardent, 169, 332

array, 169, 332 artifact, 149, 332 artifice, 267, 332

artless, 268, 332 ascend, 46, 332 ascertain, 291, 332 ascetic, 133, 332333 asinine, 216, 333 asperity, 95, 333 aspirant, 23, 333 aspire, 86, 333 asset, 54, 333 assiduous, 106, 333 astute, 56, 333 atrophy, 272, 333 attenuated, 198, 333 attest, 108, 333 atypical, 185, 333 au courant, 217, 333 audacity, 242, 333 augment, 255, 333 austere, 235, 333 automaton, 2, 333 avarice, 178, 333 aversion, 164, 333 avid, 11, 333 awesome, 156, 333

B

badger, 4, 334 bagatelle, 287, 334 balk, 120, 334 banal, 184, 334 barometer, 114, 334 bedlam, 175, 334

begrudge, 268, 334 belated, 246, 334 belittle, 21, 334 belligerent, 20, 334 benevolent, 273, 334 bereft, 170, 334 besiege, 47, 334 besmirch, 171, 334 bias, 89, 334

bigot, 54, 151, 334 bizarre, 149, 202, 334 blasé, 266, 334 blatant, 55, 334 bliss, 182, 334

blunt, 120, 335 bogus, 263, 335 bona fide, 134, 335 brash, 21, 335 brigand, 285, 335 bristle, 16, 335 buff, 113, 335 bulwark, 100, 335 burgeoned, 291, 335

C

cache, 101, 335 cacophony, 175, 335 cajole, 11, 335 callous, 249, 266, 335 callow, 288, 335 calumny, 216, 335 canard, 279, 335

candid, 227, 335 candor, 189, 335 cant, 253, 335 capitulate, 242, 335 capricious, 269, 335 carnage, 278, 336 castigate, 22, 336 catastrophic, 146, 336 caustic, 14, 336 celerity, 201, 336 cessation, 16, 336 chagrin, 35, 336 charisma, 294, 336 charlatan, 191, 336 chicanery, 243, 336 chimerical, 140, 336 clandestine, 27, 336 cliché, 223, 336 clique, 252, 336 coerce, 68, 336 cogent, 166, 336 cognizant, 42, 336 comely, 267, 336 commodious, 215, 336 compassion, 228, 336

compatible, 177, 336337 compensatory, 146, 337 complacent, 208, 337 complicity, 92, 337 component, 107, 337 compound, 3, 337

comprehensive, 68, 337 concoct, 105, 337 concomitant, 197, 337 concur, 27, 337 condolence, 17, 337 condone, 202, 337 conducive, 236, 337 confidant(e), 37, 337 conflagration, 157, 337 confront, 234, 337 congenial, 158, 337 conjecture, 70, 337 conjugal, 114, 338 connoisseur, 211, 338 connubial, 138, 338 consternation, 34, 338 constrict, 170, 338 construe, 30, 338 consummate, 105, 338 contemptuous, 151, 338 contort, 255, 338 controversial, 95, 338 cope, 137, 338 copious, 229, 338 corpulent, 285, 338 corroborate, 68, 338 coterie, 101, 338 countenance, 220, 338 coup, 117, 338

covert, 137, 338 covet, 230, 338

crave, 112, 338 criterion, 274, 338 cryptic, 83, 339 culminate, 169, 339 culpable, 92, 339 culprit, 28, 339 cumbersome, 214, 339 cumulative, 139, 339 cupidity, 101, 339 curry, 260, 339 cursory, 99, 339 curtail, 83, 339

cynic, 273, 339

D

dearth, 292, 339 debacle, 221, 339 debilitate, 208, 339 debris, 156, 339 decade, 144, 339 decadence, 132, 339 decapitate, 288, 339 declaim, 94, 339 decorum, 191, 339 decrepit, 246, 340 deem, 113 defamatory, 279, 340 degrade, 227, 340 deleterious, 197, 340 delineation, 248, 340 delude, 140, 340 deluge, 278, 340

delve, 269, 340 demeanor, 248, 340 demur, 138, 340 denote, 261, 340 depict, 229, 340 deplorable, 157, 340 deploy, 108, 340 deprecate, 279, 340 deride, 35, 340 derived, 292, 340 derogatory, 123, 340 desist, 60, 340 destitution, 132, 340341 desultory, 133, 341 deter, 211, 341 detriment, 158, 341 devout, 280, 341 dexterity, 228, 341 diatribe, 73, 341 dilettante, 185, 341 diminutive, 281, 341 discern, 34, 341 disciple, 133, 341 discreet, 209, 341 disdain, 20, 341 disgruntled, 176, 341 disheveled, 215, 341 dismantle, 119, 341 disparage, 36, 341 disparate, 124, 341 dispersed, 156, 341

disseminate, 291, 341

dissent, 198, 341

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