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  1. egalitarian
    favoring social equality
    It is striving to widen the inclusive and egalitarian framework
  2. suffrage
    a legal right to vote
    After holding its first national elections in 1951-52, India achieved the status of the world's largest liberal democracy with universal suffrage
  3. emancipation
    freeing someone from the control of another
  4. extradition
    surrender of an accused by one state or country to another
    Extradition - extradite v. (-ting) hand over (a person accused or convicted of a crime) to the foreign State etc. in which the crime was committed.  extradition n.
  5. obviate
    do away with
    If those labor costs can be obviated by greater automation, then other considerations come into play.
  6. bonhomie
    a disposition to be friendly and approachable
  7. alienate
    arouse hostility or indifference in
    “She knows outright bolts toward independence are no longer in the cards but she cannot afford to alienate fundamentalists.”
  8. fervid
    characterized by intense emotion
  9. dissident
    a person who objects to some established policy
  10. anathema
    a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication
  11. circumvent
    surround so as to force to give up
  12. recuperate
    restore to good health or strength
  13. expansive
    able or tending to extend in one or more directions
  14. assimilate
    make alike
  15. manifest
    clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
  16. profundity
    the quality of being physically deep
  17. pacifist
    someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes
  18. confiscation
    seizure by the government
  19. self-styled
    as claimed by and for yourself often without justification
  20. staggering
    so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm
  21. vendetta
    a blood feud between members of opposing parties
  22. placate
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  23. condemnation
    an expression of strong disapproval
  24. evasion
    the act of physically escaping from something
  25. infiltration
    a process in which individuals penetrate an area
  26. atrocity
    an act of shocking cruelty
  27. inexorable
    impossible to prevent, resist, or stop
  28. intransigent
    impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, or reason
  29. citadel
    a stronghold for shelter during a battle
  30. entreat
    ask for or request earnestly
  31. inure
    cause to accept or become hardened to
  32. inure
    cause to accept or become hardened to
  33. subjugate
    make subservient; force to submit or subdue
  34. exacerbate
    make worse
  35. exasperate
    make furious
  36. eschew
    avoid and stay away from deliberately
  37. recant
    formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief
  38. forsake
    leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
  39. expostulate
    reason with for the purpose of dissuasion
  40. dissuasion
    a communication that dissuades you
  41. dissuade
    turn away from by persuasion
  42. remonstrate
    argue in protest or opposition
  43. chandler
    a maker (and seller) of candles and soap and oils and paints
  44. abstruse
    difficult to understand
  45. manifest
    clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
  46. perpetuate
    cause to continue or prevail
  47. deify
    exalt to the position of a God
  48. reproach
    express criticism towards
    The Bible says righteousness exalts a nation and sin is a reproach.
  49. ribald
    humorously vulgar
  50. hidebound
    stubbornly inflexible and narrow-minded
  51. quasi
    having some resemblance
  52. casuistry
    argumentation that is specious or excessively subtle
  53. insurmountable
    not capable of being overcome
  54. virile
    characteristic of a man
  55. vicissitude
    a variation in circumstances or fortune
  56. innuendo
    an indirect and usually malicious implication
  57. nemesis
    a personal foe or rival that cannot be easily defeated
  58. mirthful
    full of or showing high-spirited merriment
  59. obloquy
    state of disgrace resulting from public abuse
  60. impasse
    a situation in which no progress can be made
  61. rapacity
    reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth
  62. invidious
    containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice
  63. insidious
    working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
  64. condescend
    behave in a patronizing manner
  65. pejorative
    expressing disapproval
  66. wheedling
    the act of urging by means of teasing or flattery
  67. ingratiation
    the act of gaining acceptance or affection for yourself by persuasive and subtle blandishments
  68. incensed
    angered at something unjust or wrong
  69. incensed
    angered at something unjust or wrong
  70. hot potato
    a difficult situation
  71. tread
    put down, place, or press the foot
    Defence Ministry has shown astonishing short-sightedness, and in the process tread on a proud soldier's sense of honour
  72. backtrack
    retrace one's course
  73. proscription
    a decree or act that prohibits something
  74. persona non grata
    an individual who for some reason is not wanted or welcome
  75. ribald
    humorously vulgar
  76. recalcitrant
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  77. subjugated
    reduced to submission
  78. fulsome
    unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating
  79. dissimulate
    hide feelings from other people
  80. cherubic
    having a sweet nature befitting an angel
  81. plaintive
    expressing sorrow
  82. bandy
    discuss lightly
  83. adumbrate
    describe roughly or give the main points or summary of
  84. peccadillo
    a petty misdeed
    One person's gaffe is another's peccadillo
  85. systemic
    affecting an entire structure, network, or complex of parts
Created on 一月 10, 2012 (updated 五月 4, 2012)

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