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  1. puncture
    pierce with a pointed object; make a hole into
  2. puritan
    someone who adheres to strict religious principles
  3. quash
    declare invalid
  4. querulous
    habitually complaining
  5. quotidian
    found in the ordinary course of events
  6. rancor
    a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
  7. rancorous
    showing deep-seated resentment
  8. rarefied
    of high moral or intellectual value
  9. rarefy
    lessen the density or solidity of
  10. rebuke
    an act or expression of criticism and censure
  11. recognized
    generally approved or compelling recognition
  12. recondite
    difficult to understand
  13. reelection
    election again
  14. rejoice
    feel happiness
  15. relinquish
    turn away from; give up
  16. render
    give or supply
  17. repugnance
    intense aversion
  18. resilience
    ability of a material to return to its original shape
  19. reticent
    reluctant to draw attention to yourself
  20. reverence
    a feeling of profound respect for someone or something
  21. revile
    spread negative information about
  22. rigidity
    the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending
  23. rite
    any customary observance or practice
  24. ritual
    the prescribed procedure for conducting religious ceremonies
  25. riveting
    capable of arousing and holding the attention
  26. rudimentary
    being in the earliest stages of development
  27. salient
    conspicuous, prominent, or important
  28. sanguine
    confidently optimistic and cheerful
  29. schism
    division of a group into opposing factions
  30. scoff
    laugh at with contempt and derision
  31. scrutinize
    examine carefully for accuracy
  32. scrutiny
    the act of examining something closely, as for mistakes
  33. secrete
    generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids
  34. secular
    someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person
  35. self-effacing
    reluctant to draw attention to yourself
  36. sequoia
    a large redwood tree native to the US West Coast
  37. serendipity
    good luck in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries
  38. servitude
    the state of being required to labor for someone else
  39. silt
    mud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake
  40. singsong
    uttered in a monotonous cadence or rhythm as in chanting
  41. skepticism
    doubt about the truth of something
  42. skullduggery
    verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
  43. sluggish
    moving slowly
  44. snappy
    quick and energetic
  45. snobbish
    tending to associate only with people of a similar background
  46. solicitude
    a feeling of excessive concern
  47. soporific
    inducing sleep
  48. sordid
    foul and run-down and repulsive
  49. spiteful
    showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt
  50. spontaneity
    the quality of coming from feelings without constraint
  51. spurious
    plausible but false
  52. spuriousness
    state of lacking genuineness
  53. stagnation
    a state of inactivity
  54. stilted
    artificially formal or stiff
  55. stint
    supply sparingly and with restricted quantities
  56. strew
    spread by scattering
  57. subdue
    put down by force or intimidation
  58. substitution
    putting one thing or person in the place of another
  59. subsume
    contain or include
  60. subvert
    overthrow or destroy completely
  61. succumb
    give in, as to overwhelming force, influence, or pressure
  62. sully
    make dirty or spotty
  63. supernova
    a star that explodes and becomes luminous in the process
  64. surfeit
    indulge (one's appetite) to satiety
  65. susceptibility
    the state of being easily affected
  66. synthesize
    combine and form a complex whole
  67. taciturn
    habitually reserved and uncommunicative
  68. temerity
    fearless daring
  69. temperance
    the trait of avoiding excesses
  70. tendentious
    having a strong bias, especially a controversial one
  71. thwart
    hinder or prevent, as an effort, plan, or desire
  72. tilt
    lean over; tip
  73. torpor
    a state of motor and mental inactivity
  74. tout
    advertise in strongly positive terms
  75. transcendent
    exceeding or surpassing usual limits
  76. treacherous
    dangerously unstable and unpredictable
  77. trepidation
    a feeling of alarm or dread
  78. trivial
    (informal) small and of little importance
  79. truculent
    defiantly aggressive
  80. ubiquitous
    being present everywhere at once
  81. ubiquity
    the state of being everywhere at once
  82. unabashed
    not embarrassed
  83. unabridged
    not shortened by condensing or rewriting
  84. unanimity
    everyone being of one mind
  85. undercut
    cut away the underpart of
  86. underrate
    make too low an estimate of
  87. unethical
    not conforming to approved standards of social behavior
  88. fazed
    caused to show discomposure
  89. uninspiring
    depressing to the spirit
  90. unruffled
    free from emotional agitation or nervous tension
  91. unsullied
    free from blemishes
  92. unsympathetic
    lacking in sympathy and kindness
  93. untenable
    incapable of being defended or justified
  94. unvaried
    lacking variety
  95. urchin
    a poor and often mischievous city child
  96. ursine
    of or relating to or similar to bears
  97. vacuous
    devoid of matter
  98. vainglorious
    feeling self-importance
  99. valediction
    a farewell oration
  100. verbose
    using or containing too many words
  101. vernacular
    the everyday speech of the people
  102. vertical
    at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line
  103. viable
    capable of life or normal growth and development
  104. vigilant
    carefully observant or attentive
  105. vilify
    spread negative information about
  106. vindicate
    show to be right by providing justification or proof
  107. vociferous
    conspicuously and offensively loud
  108. vulnerability
    the state of being exposed to harm
  109. whimsical
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
  110. zealous
    marked by active interest and enthusiasm
  111. zenith
    the highest point of something
Created on 十月 3, 2012

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