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Freakonomics List 2

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to increase the severity, bitterness, or violence of (disease, ill feeling, etc.); aggravate. to embitter the feelings of (a person); irritate; exasperate.
of low character, aims, etc.; of low grade or quality; inferior. of humble descent or rank.
the growth or production of cells by multiplication of parts. a rapid and often excessive spread or increase.
aware, knowledgeable, informed; having jurisdiction
a person who invents or relates fables. a liar.
in direct opposition; being at opposite extremes; complete
unchangeable; changeless.
keen insight; shrewdness
exemption from punishment. immunity from detrimental effects, as of an action.
having the same measure; of equal extent or duration. corresponding in amount, magnitude, or degree:. proportionate; adequate.
describing being characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mockingly; cynically; sneeringly
cannot be denied, or disproved; incontrovertible.
any closely ranked unit or mass of people a number of individuals united for a common purpose
resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant; refractory. hard to deal with, manage, or operate.
a natural inclination or tendency
to change by or as by an ancient chemistry concerned with transforming common substances into substances of great value; transmute
a feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation
removed or destroyed utterly; extirpated
person who goes ahead and makes known the approach of another; herald. anything that foreshadows a future event; omen; sign.
of or pertaining to a condition present at birth, whether inherited or caused by the environment, especially the uterine environment.
having or showing great warmth or intensity of spirit, feeling, enthusiasm, etc.; ardent.
a riddle, the answer to which involves a pun or play on words, as What is black and white and read all over? A newspaper.
having a sense of the beautiful; characterized by a love of beauty. pertaining to, involving, or concerned with pure emotion and sensation as opposed to pure intellectuality.
lack of similarity or equality; inequality; difference.
the spirit of the time; general trend of thought or feeling characteristic of a particular period of time.
next to the last

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