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  1. rabble
    a disorderly crowd of people
  2. raconteur
    a person skilled in telling anecdotes
  3. raffish
    marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputability
  4. ramify
    have or develop complicating consequences
  5. rancorous
    showing deep-seated resentment
  6. rant
    talk at length in a noisy, excited, or angry manner
  7. rapacious
    living by preying on other animals
  8. rarefy
    lessen the density or solidity of
  9. rave
    talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner
  10. reactionary
    extremely conservative or resistant to change
  11. rebuff
    a deliberate discourteous act
  12. recalcitrant
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  13. recant
    formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief
  14. recast
    mold again
  15. recidivism
    habitual relapse into crime
  16. reciprocity
    a relation of mutual dependence or action or influence
  17. recital
    a public instance of repeating something prepared in advance
  18. recluse
    one who lives in solitude
  19. recompense
    make payment to
  20. reconcile
    come to terms
  21. recondite
    difficult to understand
  22. recreant
    having deserted a cause or principle
  23. recuperate
    restore to good health or strength
  24. redeem
    exchange or buy back for money; under threat
  25. redoubtable
    inspiring fear
  26. refine
    reduce to a pure state
  27. refractory
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  28. refulgent
    radiating or as if radiating light
  29. regale
    occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
  30. regicide
    the act of killing a king
  31. reiterate
    say, state, or perform again
  32. rejuvenation
    restoration to a more youthful, fresh, or lively condition
  33. relapse
    deteriorate in health
  34. remonstrate
    argue in protest or opposition
  35. render
    give or supply
  36. renovate
    restore to a previous or better condition
  37. renowned
    widely known and esteemed
  38. repast
    the food served and eaten at one time
  39. repel
    force or drive back
  40. repine
    express discontent
  41. reproach
    express criticism towards
  42. reprobate
    a person without moral scruples
  43. repudiate
    refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid
  44. repulsive
    offensive to the mind or senses
  45. requite
    make repayment for or return something
  46. rescind
    cancel officially
  47. resign
    accept as inevitable
  48. resilience
    ability of a material to return to its original shape
  49. resort
    have recourse to
  50. restive
    in a very tense state
  51. resuscitation
    reviving a person and returning them to consciousness
  52. retard
    cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate
  53. reticent
    reluctant to draw attention to yourself
  54. revere
    regard with feelings of respect
  55. reverent
    feeling or showing profound respect or veneration
  56. riddle
    pierce with many holes
  57. rift
    a narrow fissure in rock
  58. rivet
    a heavy metal pin used to fasten two pieces of metal
  59. roll
    move by turning over or rotating
  60. rotund
    spherical in shape
  61. ruffian
    a cruel and brutal fellow
  62. rumple
    disturb the smoothness of
  63. sagacious
    acutely insightful and wise
  64. salacious
    suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
  65. salubrious
    promoting health
  66. salutary
    tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health
  67. sanctimony
    the quality of being hypocritically pious or devout
  68. sanction
    official permission or approval
  69. sanguine
    confidently optimistic and cheerful
  70. sanity
    normal or sound powers of mind
  71. sash
    a band of material worn around the waist or across the chest
  72. satiate
    fill to satisfaction
  73. saturnine
    bitter or scornful
  74. savant
    a learned person
  75. savor
    a particular taste or smell, especially an appealing one
  76. sawdust
    fine particles of wood made by sawing wood
  77. scabbard
    a sheath for a sword or dagger or bayonet
  78. scent
    any property detected by the olfactory system
  79. scorch
    burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color
  80. scribble
    write down quickly without much attention to detail
  81. scurvy
    a condition caused by deficiency of ascorbic acid
  82. secular
    someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person
  83. sedulous
    marked by care and persistent effort
  84. seminal
    influential and providing a basis for later development
  85. sententious
    concise and full of meaning
  86. sequence
    a following of one thing after another in time
  87. sere
    having lost all moisture
  88. sermon
    an address of a religious nature
  89. serrated
    notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex
  90. serration
    the condition of being serrated
  91. servile
    submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior
  92. sever
    set or keep apart
  93. severance
    the act of cutting
  94. shallow
    lacking physical depth
  95. shard
    a broken piece of a brittle artifact
  96. sheath
    a protective covering, as for a knife or sword
  97. shrewd
    marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
  98. shrill
    having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones
  99. shun
    avoid and stay away from deliberately
  100. shunt
    a conductor diverting a fraction of current from a device
  101. sidestep
    avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
  102. simper
    smile in an insincere, unnatural, or coy way
  103. sinuous
    curved or curving in and out
  104. skiff
    a small boat propelled by oars or by sails or by a motor
  105. skit
    a short theatrical performance or episode
  106. slack
    not tense or taut
  107. slake
    satisfy, as thirst
  108. slate
    fine-grained metamorphic rock that can be split into layers
  109. sluggard
    an idle slothful person
  110. slur
    utter indistinctly
  111. smolder
    burn slowly and without a flame
  112. snare
    a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose
  113. snub
    refuse to acknowledge
  114. soar
    rise rapidly
  115. sober
    not affected by a chemical substance, especially alcohol
  116. sobriety
    the state of being unaffected or not intoxicated by alcohol
  117. sodden
    wet through and through; thoroughly wet
  118. soggy
    (of soil) soft and watery
  119. solvent
    capable of meeting financial obligations
  120. somatic
    characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit
  121. soot
    black powder formed when fuel such as wood or coal is burned
  122. sophisticated
    having worldly knowledge and refinement
  123. sophistry
    a deliberately invalid argument in the hope of deceiving
  124. sophomore
    a second-year undergraduate
  125. soporific
    inducing sleep
  126. sordid
    foul and run-down and repulsive
  127. spear
    a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
  128. specious
    plausible but false
  129. splenetic
    of or relating to the spleen
  130. splice
    join the ends of
  131. sponge
    primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies
  132. spurious
    plausible but false
  133. spurn
    reject with contempt
  134. squalid
    foul and run-down and repulsive
  135. squander
    spend thoughtlessly; throw away
  136. squat
    sit on one's heels
  137. stanch
    stop the flow of a liquid
  138. steeply
    in a steep manner
  139. stentorian
    very loud or booming
  140. stickler
    someone who insists on something
  141. stigma
    a symbol of disgrace or infamy
  142. stigmatize
    condemn or openly brand as disgraceful
  143. sting
    deliver a sudden pain to
  144. stingy
    unwilling to spend
  145. stint
    supply sparingly and with restricted quantities
  146. stipple
    engrave by means of dots and flicks
  147. stipulate
    make an express demand or provision in an agreement
  148. stolid
    having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
  149. stray
    wander from a direct course or at random
  150. streak
    a narrow marking of a different color from the background
  151. striate
    marked with stripes
  152. stride
    walk with long steps
  153. strut
    walk in a proud, confident way
  154. Stygian
    dark and dismal as of the river in Hades
  155. stymie
    hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
  156. subdue
    put down by force or intimidation
  157. sublime
    of high moral or intellectual value
  158. submerge
    put under water
  159. suborn
    incite to commit a crime or an evil deed
  160. subpoena
    a writ issued to compel the attendance of a witness
  161. substantiation
    the act of validating
  162. subsume
    contain or include
  163. succor
    assistance in time of difficulty
  164. suffice
    be adequate, either in quality or quantity
  165. suffocate
    deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
  166. Sully
    United States painter of portraits and historical scenes
  167. summarily
    quickly and without following customary procedures
  168. sumptuous
    rich and superior in quality
  169. sundry
    consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds
  170. supercilious
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  171. superfluous
    more than is needed, desired, or required
  172. superimpose
    place on top of
  173. supersede
    take the place or move into the position of
  174. supine
    lying face upward
  175. suppliant
    humbly entreating
  176. supplicate
    ask for humbly or earnestly, as in prayer
  177. suppress
    put down by force or authority
  178. surcharge
    an additional fee required for some service or item
  179. surfeit
    indulge (one's appetite) to satiety
  180. susceptibility
    the state of being easily affected
  181. swerve
    turn sharply; change direction abruptly
  182. sycophant
    a person who tries to please someone to gain an advantage
Created on 九月 13, 2012 (updated 九月 17, 2012)

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