Jon's list of Good Words™

adj. truthful, veracious 2 : not illusory : genuine

unfortunate; inappropriate

a whispering sound : murmur

noun: government by the populace; mob rule.

1. : of little or no consequence : trifling, inconsequential. comments too nugatory to merit attention. 2. : having no force : inoperative.

    v. To hide oneself in a corner

    adv. with swiftness

       adj : full of trivial conversation; "kept from her housework by
             gabby neighbors" [syn: {chatty}, {gabby}, {garrulous},
             {talkative}, {talky}]

       adj 1: filled to satisfaction with food or drink; "a full stomach"
              [syn: {full}, {replete(p)}]
       2: (followed by `with')deeply filled or permeated; "imbued with
          the spirit of the Reformation"; "words instinct with
          love"; "it is replete with misery" [syn: {instinct(p)}, {replete(p)}]
       v : fill to satisfaction; "I am sated" [syn: {satiate}, {sate},
           {fill}]

       adj : pleasing to the ear; "the dulcet tones of the cello"
       [syn: {dulcet}, {honeyed}, {mellisonant}, {sweet}]

• discombobulate

         adj: confuse - be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
  

• truculent

         adj 1: defiantly aggressive; "as truculent as a small boy who
                thinks his big brother can lick anybody"
         2: aggressively hostile; "a truculent speech against the new
            government"
  

• obviate

         v 1: do away with [syn: {rid of}, {eliminate}] [ant: {necessitate}]
         2: prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's
            avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert
            a strike" [syn: {debar}, {deflect}, {avert}, {head off}, {stave
            off}, {fend off}, {avoid}, {ward off}]
  

• ululate

         v : emit long loud cries; "wail in self-pity"; "howl with
             sorrow" [syn: {howl}, {wail}, {roar}, {yawl}]
  

• esurient

        adj 1: extremely hungry; "they were tired and famished for food and
               sleep"; "a ravenous boy"; "the family was starved and
               ragged"; "fell into the esurient embrance of a
               predatory enemy" [syn: {famished}, {ravenous},
               {sharp-set}, {starved}]
  

• anodyne

         adj : capable of relieving pain; "the anodyne properties of
               certain drugs"; "an analgesic effect" [syn: {analgesic},
                {analgetic}]
         n : a medicine used to relieve pain [syn: {analgesic}, {painkiller},
              {pain pill}]
  

• denouement

         n 1: the outcome of a complex sequence of events
         2: the final resolution of the main complication of a literary
            or dramatic work
  

• aver

         v 1: report or maintain; "He alleged that he was the victim of a
              crime"; "He said it was too late to intervene in the
              war"; "The registrar says that I owe the school money"
              [syn: {allege}, {say}]
         2: to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before
            God I swear I am innocent" [syn: {affirm}, {verify}, {assert},
             {avow}, {swan}, {swear}]
         [also: {averring}, {averred}]
  

• mollify

         v 1: cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of;
              "She managed to mollify the angry customer" [syn: {pacify},
               {lenify}, {conciliate}, {assuage}, {appease}, {placate},
               {gentle}, {gruntle}]
         2: make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding
            something else; moderate; "she tempered her criticism"
            [syn: {temper}, {season}]
         3: make less rigid or softer
         [also: {mollified}]
  

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