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  1. circumvent
    surround so as to force to give up
  2. petulant
    easily irritated or annoyed
  3. obdurate
    stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
  4. embroil
    force into some kind of situation or course of action
  5. reverie
    an abstracted state of absorption
  6. filch
    make off with belongings of others
  7. fractious
    easily irritated or annoyed
  8. savant
    a learned person
  9. gadfly
    any of various large flies that annoy livestock
  10. jocund
    full of or showing high-spirited merriment
  11. aspersion
    a disparaging remark
  12. dissimulate
    hide feelings from other people
  13. polemical
    of or involving dispute or controversy
  14. pertinacious
    stubbornly unyielding
  15. incorrigible
    impervious to correction by punishment
  16. revulsion
    intense aversion
  17. fawning
    attempting to win favor by flattery
  18. thrive
    make steady progress
  19. rankle
    make resentful or angry
  20. conformity
    correspondence in form, type, or appearance
  21. taciturn
    habitually reserved and uncommunicative
  22. truculent
    defiantly aggressive
  23. sedulous
    marked by care and persistent effort
  24. sedulous
    marked by care and persistent effort
  25. meek
    humble in spirit or manner
  26. phlegmatic
    showing little emotion
  27. choleric
    characterized by anger
  28. refractory
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  29. callous
    emotionally hardened
  30. diffident
    showing modest reserve
  31. largesse
    liberality in bestowing gifts
  32. facetious
    cleverly amusing in tone
  33. mendacious
    given to lying
  34. indolent
    disinclined to work or exertion
  35. ascetic
    someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
  36. tractable
    easily managed
  37. quiescent
    being quiet or still or inactive
  38. irascible
    quickly aroused to anger
  39. equanimity
    steadiness of mind under stress
  40. vituperative
    marked by harshly abusive criticism
Created on 十月 20, 2012 (updated 六月 2, 2013)

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