Thursday, February 21, 2008

List 7

VIRTUOSO (n) a highly skilled performer.

TEMERITY (n) unwise boldness; rash or reckless behavior.

VOLITION (n) use of your own will by your choice.

TORPOR (n) sluggishness, lethargy; inability to think or act quickly. TORPID (adjective form).

QUANDARY (n) a feeling of puzzlement or doubt.

TREPIDATION (n) fear, worry, apprehension.

ZENITH (n) the highest point or acme; point of culmination.

RETICENCE (n) quietness and restraint in personality. RETICENT (adjective form) silent, restrained, reserved.

RESPITE (n) time of relie from activity; rest, pause, lull.

PARSIMONY (n) extreme stinginess; thrift; pennypinching. PARSIMONIOUS (adjective form).

NOSTALGIA (n) a sentimental longing for a past time or state. NOSTALGIC (adjective form).

PREDECESSOR (n) an ancestor; prior person in a position.

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