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fehiepsi (Vietnam)
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  1. abash
    cause to be embarrassed
  2. abate
    become less in amount or intensity
  3. abdicate
    give up power, duties, or obligations
  4. aberration
    a state or condition markedly different from the norm
  5. abhor
    feel hatred or disgust toward
  6. abject
    of the most contemptible kind
  7. abnegate
    deny or renounce
  8. abortive
    failing to accomplish an intended result
  9. abridge
    lessen, diminish, or curtail
  10. absolute
    perfect or complete or pure
  11. absolve
    grant remission of a sin to
  12. abstinent
    self-restraining
  13. abstract
    existing only in the mind
  14. abstruse
    difficult to understand
  15. abysmal
    exceptionally bad or displeasing
  16. accolade
    a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
  17. accost
    approach and speak to someone aggressively or insistently
  18. acerbic
    sour or bitter in taste
  19. acquiesce
    agree or express agreement
  20. acrid
    strong and sharp, as a taste or smell
  21. acrimonious
    marked by strong resentment or cynicism
  22. acumen
    shrewdness shown by keen insight
  23. acute
    ending in a sharp point
  24. adamant
    very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem
  25. address
    the place where a person or organization can be found
  26. adherent
    someone who believes and helps to spread a doctrine
  27. admonish
    scold or reprimand; take to task
  28. adroit
    quick or skillful or adept in action or thought
  29. adulation
    exaggerated flattery or praise
  30. adulterate
    make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance
  31. adverse
    in an opposing direction
  32. aesthetic
    characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste
  33. affable
    diffusing warmth and friendliness
  34. affectation
    a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
  35. affinity
    a natural attraction or feeling of kinship
  36. affluent
    having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
  37. agenda
    a list of matters to be taken up, as at a meeting
  38. aggregate
    a sum total of many heterogeneous things taken together
  39. agnostic
    a person who claims the existence of God is unknowable
  40. agrarian
    relating to rural matters
  41. alacrity
    liveliness and eagerness
  42. allege
    report or maintain
  43. alleviate
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  44. allocate
    distribute according to a plan or set apart for a purpose
  45. alloy
    a mixture containing two or more metallic elements
  46. allusion
    passing reference or indirect mention
  47. aloof
    distant, cold, or detached in manner
  48. altruism
    the quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others
  49. ambience
    the atmosphere of an environment
  50. ambiguous
    having more than one possible meaning
  51. ambivalent
    uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow
  52. ameliorate
    make better
  53. amenable
    disposed or willing to comply
  54. amenity
    something that provides value, pleasure, or convenience
  55. amiable
    diffusing warmth and friendliness
  56. amnesty
    a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense
  57. amorality
    the quality of being amoral
  58. amorous
    inclined toward or displaying love
  59. amorphous
    having no definite form or distinct shape
  60. anachronism
    locating something at a time when it couldn't have existed
  61. analogy
    drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity
  62. anarchy
    a state of lawlessness and disorder
  63. anecdote
    short account of an incident
  64. anguish
    extreme distress of body or mind
  65. animosity
    a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility
  66. anomaly
    deviation from the normal or common order, form, or rule
  67. antecedent
    a preceding occurrence or cause or event
  68. antipathy
    a feeling of intense dislike
  69. antithesis
    exact opposite
  70. apartheid
    a social policy of racial segregation
  71. apathy
    an absence of emotion or enthusiasm
  72. aphorism
    a short pithy instructive saying
  73. apocalypse
    a cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the powers of evil
  74. apocryphal
    being of questionable authenticity
  75. apotheosis
    model of excellence or perfection of a kind
  76. appease
    make peace with
  77. appreciate
    be fully aware of; realize fully
  78. apprehensive
    in fear or dread of possible evil or harm
  79. approbation
    official acceptance or agreement
  80. appropriate
    suitable for a particular person, place, or situation
  81. aptitude
    inherent ability
  82. arbiter
    someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue
  83. arbitrary
    based on or subject to individual discretion or preference
  84. arcane
    requiring secret or mysterious knowledge
  85. archaic
    so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
  86. archetype
    something that serves as a model
  87. ardent
    characterized by intense emotion
  88. arduous
    characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
  89. aristocratic
    belonging to or characteristic of the nobility
  90. artful
    not straightforward or candid
  91. artifice
    the use of deception or trickery
  92. ascendancy
    the state when one person or group has power over another
  93. ascetic
    someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
  94. assiduous
    marked by care and persistent effort
  95. assimilate
    make alike
  96. assuage
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  97. astute
    marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
  98. atheist
    someone who denies the existence of god
  99. attrition
    the act of rubbing together
  100. audacity
    aggressive or outright boldness
  101. augment
    enlarge or increase
  102. auspicious
    indicating favorable circumstances and good luck
  103. austere
    of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor
  104. autocratic
    characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule
  105. autonomous
    existing as an independent entity
  106. avarice
    reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth
  107. avow
    declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
  108. avuncular
    being or relating to an uncle
  109. awry
    turned or twisted to one side
  110. axiom
    a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof
  111. banal
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  112. bane
    something causing misery or death
  113. bastion
    projecting part of a rampart or other fortification
  114. beget
    have children
  115. belabor
    beat soundly
  116. beleaguer
    annoy persistently
  117. belie
    be in contradiction with
  118. belittle
    cause to seem lesser or inferior
  119. belligerent
    characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
  120. bemused
    perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements
  121. benefactor
    a person who helps people or institutions
  122. benevolent
    showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding
  123. benign
    kind in disposition or manner
  124. bequest
    a gift of personal property by will
  125. bereaved
    sorrowful through loss or deprivation
  126. beset
    assail or attack on all sides
  127. blasphemy
    profane language
  128. blatant
    without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious
  129. blight
    any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting
  130. blithe
    carefree and happy and lighthearted
  131. bourgeois
    being of the property-owning class
  132. bovine
    any of various wild or domestic cattle
  133. brevity
    the attribute of being short or fleeting
  134. broach
    bring up a topic for discussion
  135. bucolic
    devoted to raising sheep or cattle
  136. bureaucracy
    a government administered primarily by nonelective officials
  137. burgeon
    grow and flourish
  138. burlesque
    a theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor
  139. abstract
    existing only in the mind
Created on 十月 3, 2012 (updated 十月 29, 2012)

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