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  1. chicanery
    the use of tricks to deceive someone
  2. indigenous
    originating where it is found
  3. trepidation
    a feeling of alarm or dread
  4. admonitory
    expressing reprimand, criticism, or censure
  5. alleviate
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  6. amalgamate
    bring or combine together or with something else
  7. apotheosis
    model of excellence or perfection of a kind
  8. arboreal
    of or relating to or formed by trees
  9. asperity
    harshness of manner
  10. benevolence
    disposition to do good
  11. castigation
    verbal punishment
  12. commodious
    large and roomy
  13. contumacious
    willfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient
  14. dereliction
    willful negligence
  15. detumescence
    diminution of swelling; the subsidence of anything swollen
  16. disencumber
    release from entanglement or difficulty
  17. efficacy
    capacity or power to produce a desired result
  18. effluvium
    a foul-smelling outflow or vapor
  19. effrontery
    audacious behavior that you have no right to
  20. empirical
    derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
  21. encomium
    a formal expression of praise
  22. exigency
    a pressing or urgent situation
  23. exoneration
    the condition of being relieved from blame or obligation
  24. expatiate
    add details to clarify an idea
  25. fulmination
    the act of exploding with noise and violence
  26. ignominious
    deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
  27. inimical
    tending to obstruct or cause harm
  28. insouciant
    marked by unconcern
  29. intransigent
    impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, or reason
  30. labyrinthine
    resembling a maze in form or complexity
  31. laudatory
    full of or giving praise
  32. machination
    a crafty and involved plot to achieve your ends
  33. obstreperous
    noisily and stubbornly defiant
  34. obstreperous
    noisily and stubbornly defiant
  35. palatial
    relating to or being a large and stately residence
  36. penurious
    excessively unwilling to spend
  37. perfidious
    tending to betray
  38. propinquity
    the property of being close together
  39. recalcitrant
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  40. recidivism
    habitual relapse into crime
  41. redoubtable
    inspiring fear
  42. sophomore
    a second-year undergraduate
  43. soporific
    inducing sleep
  44. stentorian
    very loud or booming
  45. tautology
    useless repetition
  46. ubiquitous
    being present everywhere at once
  47. vacillation
    indecision in speech or action
  48. vituperate
    spread negative information about
  49. omphaloskepsis
    the practice of looking at one's belly button as an aid to meditation
Created on 八月 17, 2012 (updated 八月 21, 2012)

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