Avaricious: greedy for money
Extirpate: wipe out totally
Halcyon: peaceful and happy; calm (esp. of summer weather)
List: (verb) 1. to lean to one side; 2. to write in order
Maudlin: sad; sentimental; inclined to weep
Refulgent: glowing; radiant
Subliminal: below the threshold of consciousness
Testiness: irritability; irascibility [testy (adj)
Vituperate: attack bitterly
Whittle: 1. carve with knife; 2. reduce step by step

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