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  1. acerbic
    sour or bitter in taste
  2. aggrandize
    embellish; increase the scope, power, or importance of
  3. alchemy
    a pseudoscientific forerunner of chemistry in medieval times
  4. amenable
    disposed or willing to comply
  5. anachronism
    locating something at a time when it couldn't have existed
  6. astringent
    tending to draw together or constrict soft organic tissue
  7. contiguous
    having a common boundary or edge
  8. convention
    something regarded as a normative example
  9. credulous
    disposed to believe on little evidence
  10. cynicism
    a pessimistic feeling of distrust
  11. decorum
    propriety in manners and conduct
  12. derision
    the act of treating with contempt
  13. desiccate
    lose water or moisture
  14. dilettante
    an amateur engaging in an activity without serious intention
  15. disparage
    express a negative opinion of
  16. divulge
    make known to the public information previously kept secret
  17. fawn
    try to gain favor through flattery or deferential behavior
  18. flout
    treat with contemptuous disregard
  19. garrulous
    full of trivial conversation
  20. glib
    marked by lack of intellectual depth
  21. hubris
    overbearing pride or presumption
  22. imminent
    close in time; about to occur
  23. immutable
    not subject or susceptible to change or variation
  24. impetuous
    characterized by undue haste and lack of thought
  25. indifferent
    showing no care or concern in attitude or action
  26. inimical
    tending to obstruct or cause harm
  27. intractable
    difficult to manage or mold
  28. intrepid
    invulnerable to fear or intimidation
  29. laconic
    brief and to the point
  30. maverick
    someone who exhibits independence in thought and action
  31. mercurial
    liable to sudden unpredictable change
  32. mollify
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  33. neophyte
    a participant with no experience with an activity
  34. obfuscate
    make obscure or unclear
  35. obstinate
    refusing to change one's mind or ways; difficult to convince
  36. ostentatious
    intended to attract notice and impress others
  37. pervade
    spread or diffuse through
  38. phlegmatic
    showing little emotion
  39. plethora
    extreme excess
  40. pragmatic
    concerned with practical matters
  41. presumptuous
    going beyond what is appropriate, permitted, or courteous
  42. pristine
    immaculately clean and unused
  43. probity
    complete and confirmed integrity
  44. proclivity
    a natural inclination
  45. profligate
    recklessly wasteful
  46. propensity
    a natural inclination
  47. prosaic
    lacking wit or imagination
  48. pungent
    strong and sharp to the sense of taste or smell
  49. quixotic
    not sensible about practical matters
  50. quotidian
    found in the ordinary course of events
  51. rarefy
    lessen the density or solidity of
  52. recondite
    difficult to understand
  53. refulgent
    radiating or as if radiating light
  54. renege
    fail to fulfill a promise or obligation
  55. sedulous
    marked by care and persistent effort
  56. shard
    a broken piece of a brittle artifact
  57. soporific
    inducing sleep
  58. sparse
    not dense or plentiful
  59. spendthrift
    someone who spends money freely or wastefully
  60. subtle
    difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
  61. tacit
    implied by or inferred from actions or statements
  62. terse
    brief and to the point
  63. tout
    advertise in strongly positive terms
  64. trenchant
    having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought
  65. unfeigned
    not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed
  66. untenable
    incapable of being defended or justified
  67. vacillate
    be undecided about something
  68. variegated
    having an assortment of colors
  69. vexation
    anger produced by some annoying irritation
  70. vigilant
    carefully observant or attentive
  71. vituperate
    spread negative information about
  72. volatile
    liable to lead to sudden change or violence
Created on 八月 12, 2012 (updated 二月 16, 2013)

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