Words from my Atelier

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1	Words From My Atelier
2	Term	Definition

3	Abortive	coming to nothing, unsuccessful
4	Abscond	to steal off and hide, to depart secretly
5	absolution	forgiveness, relasing from sin
6	Acquisition	a thing gained, acquired
7	altercation	angry dispute, wrangle, contention in words
8	Amorphous	shapeless, with no special form
9	Anent	concerning, about, as regards
10	Anthology	collection of literary works
11	Antithetical	constrasting, exactly opposite
12	Aphantasia	the inability to form mental images of objects that are not present
13	Aplomb	assurance, poise, self-possession
14	Apocryphal	not authentic, not sound, not genuine
15	Aptotic	Uninflected.
16	Artifice	skillful contriving, trick, craft
17	Askance	with a sideglance of disapproval
18	Assuage	appease, satisfy, lessen
19	Astute	shrewd, wily, sagacious
20	Attribution Theory	Attempts to account for why people behave the way they do
21	Attrition	process of rubbing or wearing down
22	Augment	enlarge, increase, add to
23	Autonomous	self governing, independent
24	Banal	lacking freshness or vigor, commonplace
25	Bard	singer, poet
26	Barrister	a lawyer, one admitted to plead in court of law
27	Bathos	sudden descent from the sublime to the ridiculous
28	Benign	kindly, of gentle disposition, gracious
29	birefringence	the optical property of a material that causes a single ray of light to split into two rays when it passes through
30	Bourne	goal, destination, outer limits
31	Brandish	to shake or wave, usually threateningly; flourish
32	Cajolery	persuading by flattery, coaxing, entrapping
33	Candelabrum	large ornamental candle stick
34	Capillary	thin, hair-like tube, very slender
35	Capricious	subject to sudden, illogical cahnge or fantastic notion
36	Celibacy	act of being bound by vow not to marry
37	Clandestine	conducted with secrecy, usually for evil
38	Cliché	a trite phrase, hackneyed expression
39	Coagulate	to thicken, to clot, to form a dense mass
40	Coalition	a combination or union, temporary alliance
41	Commiserate	sympathize with, show sorrow
42	Concordance	an index of words occurring in some book or collection
43	Condign	well deserved, fit, adequate
44	Confluence	two or more streams flowing together
45	Connived	cooperated secretly, schemed
46	Conscript	one forced into service, drafted
47	Contentious	quarrelsome, desiring to argue
48	Contumacy	defiance of authority, disobedience
49	Craven	cowardly, afraid
50	Cynosure	center of attraction or interest
51	Decollate	behead, cut off the head
52	Decorum	code of good form, correctness, good taste
53	Delectable	delightful, enjoyable, good-tasting
54	Destitution	poverty, state of being poor, lack of means of subsistence
55	Deviation	departure from, winding, turning away
56	Devoid	without, lacking
57	Dishabille	the state of being dressed in a loose or careless style
58	Dispersion	a spreading or scattering or separating
59	Dynamitism	a theory that all phenomena (such as matter or motion) can be explained as manifestations of force
60	Edification	improvement or instruction
61	Efficacious	effective, producing results
62	Emancipation	act of setting people free
63	Embellish	decorate, to make beautiful
64	Emboss	to raise the surface in relief, to adorn
65	Emolument	profit from office, salary
66	Encroach	to trespass, to intrude, to enter upon another's property or rights
67	Entail	involve a necessary effort, need, require
68	Equanimity	evenness of mind, calm temper
69	Erstwhile	former, heretofore, at one time
70	Erudite	learned, scholarly
71	Esculent	eatable. edible
72	Evanescent	dissipated like vapor, given off, not long lasting
73	Excerpt	a passage taken from a book or record
74	Expedient	suitable or fit, advantageous
75	Felicitations	good wishes, greetings, congratulations
76	Figment	something imagined, an invention
77	Filch	to steal, to pilfer
78	Foment	to arouse, cause, incite
79	Fructify	make fruitful, male productive
80	Fungry	fucking hungry i.e. really hungry
81	Germane	appropriate, relavant, important to the discussion
82	gnarled	twisted or contorted
83	Green-horn	An inexperienced person; a novice, beginner or newcomer.
84	heretofore	before now
85	Homogeneous	alike, uniform, of same kind
86	Hypercritical	over critical, excessively nice or exact
87	Impecunious	not having money, poor
88	Imperative	commanding, compulsory, necessary
89	Imperious	commanding, domineering
90	Implement	to be the means of fulfilling to help toward accomplishment
91	Impregnable	unconquerable, unyielding, not to be entered
92	Impute	ascribe, credit, charge with
93	Incontrovertible	cannot prove wrong, indisputable
94	Indigent	poor, needy
95	Indomitable	cannot be overcome or subdued
96	Infer	lead to believe
97	Intrinsic	belonging to something by its very nature
98	Irrevocable	cannot be changed, unalterable
99	Katabasis	a marching down or back, especially in a military retreat
100	Katabatic	of or relating to a cold flow of air traveling downward