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  1. virus
  2. germ, usually one that causes disease
  3.  
  4. unbridled
  5. unrestrained, violent, not held in
  6.  
  7. abnegation
  8. denial, refraining from indulgance, give up
  9.  
  10. visage
  11. the face, with reference to the form and proportions of the features or
  12. to the expression; countenance; appearance; aspect
  13. vacillating
  14. fluctuating, wavering, changing around
  15.  
  16. urbane
  17. courteous, polished
  18.  
  19. vitriolic
  20. caustic, bitter, cutting
  21.  
  22. ruction
  23. quarrel, rough and tumble fight
  24.  
  25. prosecute
  26. to pursue in accordance with the law, to sue
  27.  
  28. proselytize
  29. to seek to convert, win over to your own opinion
  30.  
  31. volatile
  32. quickly evaporating; light-hearted; changeable
  33.  
  34. vitiated
  35. contaminated, spoiled, corrupted
  36.  
  37. herbivorious
  38. grass eating, living on plants
  39.  
  40. reprercussion
  41. a reaction from something done or said, opposition
  42.  
  43. reprobate
  44. scoundrel, corrupt, morally abandoned
  45.  
  46. berated
  47. scolded, rebuked
  48.  
  49. protagonist
  50. follower, an active participant or leader
  51.  
  52. unctuous
  53. oily, suave, persuasive
  54.  
  55. abjured
  56. swore off, renounced, disavowed
  57.  
  58. ruddy
  59. a healthy reddish color, reddish
  60.  
  61. vivacious
  62. full of life, lively, spirited
  63.  
  64. vagaries
  65. caprices, eccentric actions
  66.  
  67. attrition
  68. process of rubbing or wearing down
  69.  
  70. abeyance
  71. held in waiting, pending, suspension
  72.  
  73. gnarled
  74. twisted or contorted
  75.  
  76. paltry
  77. worthless, trashy, contemptible
  78.  
  79. glean
  80. to collect grain left by reapers; to collect facts, etc. gradually
  81. or bit by bit
  82. pedagogue
  83. teacher, school master
  84.  
  85. umbrage
  86. offense, resentment
  87.  
  88. protocal
  89. ceremonial form, established courtesies
  90.  
  91. gist
  92. main point of a question
  93.  
  94. atypical
  95. unrepresentative, not typical
  96.  
  97. berserk
  98. frenzied, enraged
  99.  
  100. renegade
  101. one who deserts, a turncoat, traitor
  102.  
  103. astute
  104. shrewed, wily, sagacious
  105.  
  106. portend
  107. warn, foretell
  108.  
  109. perjury
  110. false swearing, violation of an oath
  111.  
  112. ponderous
  113. heavy, of great weight, dull
  114.  
  115. ablution
  116. a washing or cleaning
  117.  
  118. undulation
  119. rising and falling as if on waves
  120.  
  121. mausoleum
  122. tomb, a magnificient tomb
  123.  
  124. panacea
  125. a cure-all, supposed remedy
  126.  
  127. pendent
  128. hanging, supported from above
  129.  
  130. votaries
  131. devoted followers, students, worshippers
  132.  
  133. gnome
  134. a small being in fable or story
  135.  
  136. vantage
  137. favorable spot or condition, advantage
  138.  
  139. pedantic
  140. making a show of learning, being formal or precise
  141.  
  142. platitude
  143. a dull, insipid common place utterance, triteness
  144.  
  145. precedent
  146. something that went before so as to serve as an example for a subsequent
  147. act
  148. unremitting
  149. never submitting, forgiving, surrendering, incessant
  150.  
  151. efore so as to serve as an example for a subsequent
  152. act
  153. unremitt