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  1. contort
    twist and press out of shape
  2. diatribe
    thunderous verbal attack
  3. dissemble
    behave unnaturally or affectedly
  4. embroil
    force into some kind of situation or course of action
  5. engrave
    carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
  6. expiate
    make amends for
  7. facetious
    cleverly amusing in tone
  8. impassive
    having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
  9. impecunious
    not having enough money to pay for necessities
  10. imperious
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  11. importune
    beg persistently and urgently
  12. morbid
    suggesting the horror of death and decay
  13. parsimonious
    excessively unwilling to spend
  14. rapacious
    living by preying on other animals
  15. respite
    a pause from doing something
  16. sanctimonious
    excessively or hypocritically pious
  17. sardonic
    disdainfully or ironically humorous
  18. slur
    utter indistinctly
  19. vindicate
    show to be right by providing justification or proof
Created on 六月 8, 2012 (updated 六月 8, 2012)

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