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  1. nadir
    the lowest point of anything
  2. cumbrous
    difficult to handle or use, especially because of size or weight
  3. decadent
    relating to indulgence in something pleasurable
  4. didactic
    instructive, especially excessively
  5. prolix
    tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at length
  6. raucous
    unpleasantly loud and harsh
  7. demure
    shy or modest, often in a playful or provocative way
  8. grievous
    causing or marked by grief or anguish
  9. veracity
    unwillingness to tell lies
  10. mendacity
    the tendency to be untruthful
  11. denigration
    an abusive attack on a person's character or good name
  12. naivete
    lack of sophistication or worldliness
  13. innocuous
    not injurious to physical or mental health
  14. delusive
    inappropriate to reality or facts
  15. eclectic
    selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
  16. ostentatious
    intended to attract notice and impress others
  17. delineate
    represented accurately or precisely
  18. slake
    satisfy, as thirst
  19. exacerbate
    make worse
  20. pique
    call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response
  21. placate
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  22. debunk
    expose while ridiculing
  23. ensnare
    take or catch as if in a trap
  24. pirouette
    a rapid spin of the body
  25. preeminence
    high status importance owing to marked superiority
  26. obloquy
    state of disgrace resulting from public abuse
  27. peerless
    eminent beyond or above comparison
  28. virulent
    extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom
  29. prescient
    perceiving the significance of events before they occur
  30. coughing
    a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis
  31. resplendent
    having great beauty
  32. rapacious
    living by preying on other animals
  33. oblivious
    lacking conscious awareness of
  34. occult
    supernatural forces and events and beings collectively
  35. bury
    place in a grave or tomb
  36. debauch
    a wild gathering
  37. cement
    a building material that is a powder made of a mixture of calcined limestone and clay; used with water and sand or gravel to make concrete and mortar
  38. disinter
    dig up for reburial or for medical investigation
  39. obviate
    do away with
  40. sap
    a watery fluid that circulates in a plant
  41. vitiate
    make imperfect
  42. demur
    politely refuse or take exception to
  43. invigorate
    give life or energy to
  44. deride
    treat or speak of with contempt
  45. convolute
    rolled longitudinally upon itself
  46. mince
    cut into small pieces
Created on 五月 30, 2009

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