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  1. dissipated
    unrestrained by convention or morality
  2. lucid
    transparently clear; easily understandable
  3. spontaneous
    said or done without having been planned in advance
  4. prevalence
    the quality of being widespread
  5. latter
    the second of two or the second mentioned of two
  6. secular
    someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person
  7. threshold
    the starting point for a new state or experience
  8. disdain
    lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
  9. contingent
    determined by conditions or circumstances that follow
  10. parry
    impede the movement of
  11. apt
    being of striking appropriateness and relevance
  12. pragmatism
    the doctrine that practical consequences determine value
  13. nuisance
    anything that disturbs, endangers life, or is offensive
  14. lampoon
    ridicule with satire
  15. prude
    a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum
  16. laborious
    characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
  17. coax
    influence or persuade by gentle and persistent urging
  18. euphemism
    an inoffensive expression substituted for an offensive one
  19. purview
    the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated
  20. arsonist
    a criminal who illegally sets fire to property
  21. garish
    tastelessly showy
  22. temporal
    of or relating to or limited by time
  23. copious
    large in number or quantity
  24. inept
    generally incompetent and ineffectual
  25. equivocation
    intentional vagueness or ambiguity
  26. innuendo
    an indirect and usually malicious implication
  27. humdrum
    tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
  28. exhort
    spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
  29. comely
    according with custom or propriety
  30. cadaverous
    of or relating to a corpse
  31. predilection
    a predisposition in favor of something
  32. wily
    marked by skill in deception
  33. curtail
    terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end
  34. feign
    make believe with the intent to deceive
  35. amok
    wildly; without self-control
  36. subterranean
    being or operating under the surface of the earth
  37. prolix
    tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at length
  38. mordant
    harshly ironic or sinister
  39. fawning
    attempting to win favor by flattery
  40. inexorable
    impossible to prevent, resist, or stop
  41. absolve
    grant remission of a sin to
  42. repugnance
    intense aversion
  43. supine
    lying face upward
  44. aver
    declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
  45. scourge
    something causing misery or death
  46. gallant
    having or displaying great dignity or nobility
  47. garb
    clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
  48. mire
    a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
  49. aspersion
    a disparaging remark
  50. nigh
    near in time or place or relationship
  51. erratic
    liable to sudden unpredictable change
  52. iota
    a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
  53. panacea
    hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases
  54. sadistic
    deriving pleasure from inflicting pain on another
  55. unnerving
    inspiring fear
  56. cathartic
    emotionally purging
  57. verbose
    using or containing too many words
  58. gauche
    lacking social poise or refinement
  59. perceptive
    of or relating to awareness via the senses
  60. neurotic
    affected by worry due to a mental disturbance
  61. infidelity
    the quality of being unfaithful
  62. novel
    an extended fictional work in prose
  63. ambience
    the atmosphere of an environment
  64. expatriate
    a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country
  65. hackneyed
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  66. subservient
    compliant and obedient to authority
  67. conformist
    someone who follows established standards of conduct
  68. idyllic
    charmingly simple and serene
  69. receptive
    able to absorb liquid (not repellent)
  70. aficionado
    a serious devotee of some activity, genre, or performer
  71. profligate
    unrestrained by convention or morality
  72. parlance
    a manner of speaking natural to a language's native speakers
  73. trite
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  74. sentient
    endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness
  75. brash
    offensively bold
  76. blase
    nonchalantly unconcerned
  77. curt
    brief and to the point
  78. bribe
    payment made to corrupt a person in a position of trust
  79. illicit
    contrary to accepted morality or convention
  80. purview
    the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated
  81. Lilliputian
    tiny
  82. pervasive
    spreading or spread throughout
  83. placebo
    an innocuous or inert medication
  84. hoodwink
    conceal one's true motives from
  85. inoculate
    inject or treat with the germ of a disease to render immune
  86. per se
    with respect to its inherent nature
  87. catalyst
    substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction
  88. locus
    the scene of any event or action
  89. gauche
    lacking social poise or refinement
  90. venture
    an undertaking with an uncertain outcome
  91. ghoulish
    suggesting the horror of death and decay
Created on 五月 23, 2012 (updated 五月 22, 2013)

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