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  1. motif
  2. theme, dominate feature
  3.  
  4. obsequious
  5. fawning, servility attentive
  6.  
  7. sedulous
  8. steadily industrious, diligent, busy
  9.  
  10. extemporary
  11. not prepared, on spur of the moment
  12.  
  13. miscegenation
  14. marriage between people of widely different races
  15.  
  16. alimentary
  17. pertaining to nutrition
  18.  
  19. intricate
  20. involved, complicated, complex
  21.  
  22. amenable
  23. obedient, can be influenced, willing to yield
  24.  
  25. affront
  26. offense, insult, defiance
  27.  
  28. essence
  29. true substance, prime character
  30.  
  31. latent
  32. hidden, not visible, sleeping
  33.  
  34. schizophrenic
  35. a split or dividend personality
  36.  
  37. obsolescent
  38. passing out of use
  39.  
  40. infer
  41. lead to believe, derive conclusion by reasoning
  42.  
  43. candelabrum
  44. large ornamental candle stick
  45.  
  46. subsume
  47. to put into a catagory, class, or species
  48.  
  49. decrepitude
  50. feebleness, weakness, wearing out
  51.  
  52. scalpel
  53. a small, light, straight knife with a very sharp blade, used by
  54. surgeons and in anatomical dissections
  55. anachronism
  56. something out of place by time
  57.  
  58. antipathy
  59. opposite of sympathy, dislike, hatred
  60.  
  61. filch
  62. to steal, to pilfer
  63.  
  64. adage
  65. saying, proverb, motto
  66.  
  67. mitigate
  68. to moderate, soften, excuse, lessen
  69.  
  70. filament
  71. a slender threadlike object
  72.  
  73. ethereal
  74. referring to the upper regions, celestial
  75.  
  76. aperture
  77. hole, opening
  78.  
  79. cognomen
  80. name, family name
  81.  
  82. morose
  83. gloomy, of sour temper, sullen
  84.  
  85. blight
  86. injurious, destroying disease
  87.  
  88. extirpated
  89. plucked up by the roots; eraticated; exterminated
  90.  
  91. moribund
  92. in a dying state, near death
  93.  
  94. calumny
  95. false accusation injurious to another
  96.  
  97. ethical
  98. conforming to professional standards of conduct
  99.  
  100. levity
  101. lightness, buoyancy, lack of gravity
  102.  
  103. malfeasance
  104. wrongful act, misconduct
  105.  
  106. estuary
  107. a place where the tide of the ocaen meets the river current
  108.  
  109. invidious
  110. repugnant, tending to arouse hatred, ill will
  111.  
  112. estranged
  113. made strangers, alienated
  114.  
  115. filial
  116. as of a son or daughter
  117.  
  118. infamous
  119. of very bad report, famous for a bad quality
  120.  
  121. misanthrope
  122. hater of mankind
  123.  
  124. affluence
  125. wealth, abundant supply, riches
  126.  
  127. parody
  128. ridiculous imitation
  129.  
  130. motley
  131. different, various, incongruous
  132.  
  133. callow
  134. green, immature, unfledged
  135.  
  136. obtrusive
  137. forward pushing, something impertinent
  138.  
  139. personification
  140. making a person out of an inaninate object
  141.  
  142. morass
  143. bog, swampy place, marsh
  144.  
  145. intimidation
  146. threat made to cause fear
  147.  
  148. alacrity
  149. cheerfull readiness, briskness, eagerness
  150.  
  151. 
  152. bog, swampy place, marsh
  153.  
  154. intimidation
  155. threat