<p>When Chinese fairy tales impinge on the life of Nicole, a young woman in downtown New York, several things happen: her sexy French roommate becomes bald; her finger begins to bleed; an Oriental woman about to unravel these mysteries is killed. -- from New York Times</p>
<p>febrile</p>
<p>With a temperature of 102, Jack was febrile and had a horrible case of the flu.</p>
<p>Petulant</p>
<p>Johns petulant emotions caused him to become angry over trivial matters.</p>
<p>Deference</p>
<p>Bold your words like this ** fsfdsgsdg [/b ] without the spaces</p>
<p>Even though I didn't agree with his opinion, i was in deference of his wishes.</p>
<p>platitudinous</p>
<p>"I have a dream" has become a platitudinous phrase, used by people from all walks of life.</p>
<p>Perennial</p>
<p>His perennial drive to memorize SAT vocabulary proved to be effective in his Critical Reading score.</p>
<p>pre-emptive.</p>
<p>The US took out the Iraqi arsenal in a preemptive strike when it learned Iraq had gained the (non-existent) WMDs.</p>
<p>anthropomorphism.</p>
<p>I highly doubt anthropomorphism will be on a test.
"The river bled death and dispair" is an example of an anthropomorphism</p>
<p>lugubrious</p>
<p>He was extremely lugubrious after the season-ending injury.</p>
<p>temerarious</p>
<p>Because of the juntas temerarious decisions, results were often unintentional and devastating. </p>
<p>Perfidious</p>
<p>If you are lifeguarding, you need to temararious in case any unforeseen accidents occur in the pool.</p>
<p>litigious</p>
<p>oops.</p>
<p>In ancient times, people who are perfidious to the king usually result in death. </p>
<p>litigious</p>
<p>The litigious student was often removed from the classroom because he is is constant discordance with his teachers.</p>
<p>Commiseration</p>
<p>Patrick didnt want any commiseration towards his broken leg. </p>
<p>felicitious</p>
<p>Mary's felicitous manner always set her acquaintances at ease.</p>
<p>Cantankerous</p>
<p>The intemperate, old man exhibits a irritated, cantankerous behavior.</p>
<p>emporium</p>
<p>The emporium attracted lots of buyers due simply to the fact that it sold everything from tomato paste to Persian rugs.</p>
<p>Vilify</p>
<p>The presidential candidates vilify and denigrateeach other in the general election.</p>
<p>abstemious</p>
<p>The abstemious woman refused to drink any alcohol, despite the urgings of her friends. </p>
<p>Largess</p>
<p>The statue of liberty was a largess from the french.
cataclysmic</p>