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  1. dearth
    an insufficient quantity or number
  2. demur
    politely refuse or take exception to
  3. disparage
    express a negative opinion of
  4. effrontery
    audacious behavior that you have no right to
  5. fallacious
    containing or based on incorrect reasoning
  6. flout
    treat with contemptuous disregard
  7. hedonism
    an ethical system that values the pursuit of pleasure
  8. intrepid
    invulnerable to fear or intimidation
  9. obfuscate
    make obscure or unclear
  10. obviate
    do away with
  11. occlude
    block passage through
  12. pedagogy
    the profession of a teacher
  13. phlegmatic
    showing little emotion
  14. predilection
    a predisposition in favor of something
  15. proclivity
    a natural inclination
  16. quaff
    swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught
  17. quixotic
    not sensible about practical matters
  18. recondite
    difficult to understand
  19. sedulous
    marked by care and persistent effort
  20. shard
    a broken piece of a brittle artifact
  21. squalor
    sordid dirtiness
  22. stymie
    hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
  23. tacit
    implied by or inferred from actions or statements
  24. tenacity
    persistent determination
  25. tenuous
    lacking substance or significance
  26. transient
    lasting a very short time
  27. trenchant
    having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought
  28. truculence
    stubborn and defiant aggressiveness
  29. zealot
    a fervent and even militant proponent of something
  30. decorum
    propriety in manners and conduct
  31. diatribe
    thunderous verbal attack
  32. dilettante
    an amateur engaging in an activity without serious intention
  33. disparage
    express a negative opinion of
  34. elegy
    a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
  35. esoteric
    understandable only by an enlightened inner circle
  36. exigency
    a pressing or urgent situation
  37. fawn
    try to gain favor through flattery or deferential behavior
  38. gouge
    an impression in a surface, as made by a blow
  39. impetuous
    characterized by undue haste and lack of thought
  40. inchoate
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
  41. inimical
    tending to obstruct or cause harm
  42. innocuous
    not injurious to physical or mental health
  43. insipid
    lacking interest or significance or impact
  44. irascible
    quickly aroused to anger
  45. mollify
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  46. obsequious
    attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
  47. onerous
    burdensome or difficult to endure
  48. opprobrious
    expressing offensive reproach
  49. ostentatious
    intended to attract notice and impress others
  50. paean
    a hymn of praise
Created on 十月 24, 2012 (updated 十一月 12, 2012)

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