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  1. martinet
    someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms
  2. adhere
    stick to firmly
  3. matriculate
    enroll as a student
  4. enroll
    register formally as a participant or member
  5. particularly
    to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common
  6. college
    an institution of higher education
  7. maudlin
    very sentimental or emotional
  8. sentimental
    marked by tender, romantic, or nostalgic emotion
  9. mellifluous
    pleasing to the ear
  10. mendacious
    given to lying
  11. dishonest
    deceptive or fraudulent
  12. deceitful
    marked by deliberate deceptiveness
  13. mercurial
    liable to sudden unpredictable change
  14. unpredictable
    unknown in advance
  15. rapid
    characterized by speed
  16. mood
    a characteristic state of feeling
  17. miasma
    an unwholesome atmosphere
  18. poisonous
    having the qualities of a substance that causes death
  19. swamp
    low land that is seasonally flooded
  20. influence
    a power to affect persons or events
  21. atmosphere
    the envelope of gases surrounding any celestial body
  22. milieu
    the environmental condition
  23. environment
    the totality of surrounding conditions
  24. mordant
    harshly ironic or sinister
  25. sarcastic
    expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds
  26. incisive
    demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
  27. caustic
    capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action
  28. moribund
    being on the point of death
  29. decay
    the organic phenomenon of rotting
  30. condition
    a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing
  31. expose
    make visible or apparent
  32. political
    involving or characteristic of governing or social power
  33. misconduct
    activity that transgresses moral or civil law
  34. munificent
    given or giving freely, generously, or without restriction
  35. generous
    willing to give and share unstintingly
  36. myopia
    eyesight abnormality in which distant objects appear blurred
  37. foresight
    seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing
  38. wealthy
    having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
  39. influential
    having or exercising power
  40. nascent
    being born or beginning
  41. existence
    the state or fact of being
  42. neophyte
    a participant with no experience with an activity
  43. novice
    someone new to a field or activity
  44. nepotism
    favoritism shown to relatives or friends by those in power
  45. favoritism
    an inclination to privilege some person or group
  46. grant
    let have
  47. politics
    the activities involved in managing a state or a government
  48. niggardly
    petty or reluctant in giving or spending
  49. stingy
    unwilling to spend
  50. nihilism
    complete denial of established authority and institutions
  51. value
    the quality that renders something desirable
  52. morals
    motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
  53. universe
    everything that exists anywhere
  54. useless
    having no beneficial utility
  55. nirvana
    the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation
  56. blissful
    completely happy and contented
  57. supreme
    greatest in status or authority or power
  58. happiness
    state of well-being characterized by contentment and joy
  59. accord
    concurrence of opinion
  60. noisome
    causing or able to cause nausea
  61. putrid
    of or relating to the process of decay
  62. nonplus
    be a mystery or bewildering to
  63. bewilder
    cause to be confused emotionally
  64. obdurate
    stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
  65. stubborn
    refusing to change one's mind or ways; difficult to convince
  66. obsequious
    attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
  67. fawning
    attempting to win favor by flattery
  68. subservient
    compliant and obedient to authority
  69. servile
    submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior
  70. oeuvre
    the total output of a writer or artist
  71. officious
    intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
  72. helpful
    providing assistance or serving a useful function
  73. meddlesome
    intrusive in an offensive manner
  74. interfere
    get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action
  75. omniscient
    knowing, seeing, or understanding everything
  76. infinite
    having no limits or boundaries in time or space
  77. awareness
    state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness
  78. omnivorous
    feeding on both plants and animals
  79. absorb
    take in a liquid
  80. substance
    the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists
  81. onerous
    burdensome or difficult to endure
  82. oppressive
    weighing heavily on the senses or spirit
  83. onus
    a burdensome or difficult concern
  84. burden
    weight to be carried or borne
  85. blame
    an accusation that one is responsible for some misdeed
  86. obligation
    the state of being bound to do or pay something
  87. opprobrious
    expressing offensive reproach
  88. extremely
    to the greatest possible degree
  89. opus
    a musical work that has been created
  90. creative
    having the ability or power to invent or make something
  91. composition
    the way in which someone or something is put together
  92. oscillate
    move or swing from side to side regularly
  93. ossify
    become bony
  94. rigid
    incapable of or resistant to bending
  95. palliate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
  96. excuse
    a defense of some offensive behavior
  97. apology
    an expression of regret at having caused trouble for someone
  98. ease
    freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort
  99. pallid
    pale, as of a person's complexion
  100. panacea
    hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases
  101. remedy
    a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieves pain
  102. panegyric
    formally expressing praise
  103. lofty
    of imposing height; especially standing out above others
  104. praise
    an expression of approval and commendation
  105. eulogistic
    formally expressing praise
  106. paradigm
    a standard or typical example
  107. model
    a representation of something, often on a smaller scale
  108. example
    an item of information that is typical of a class or group
  109. parsimonious
    excessively unwilling to spend
  110. patina
    a fine coating of oxide on the surface of a metal
  111. surface
    the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer
  112. discoloration
    the act of changing something by making it duller or dingier
  113. oxidation
    the process by which a substance combines with oxygen
  114. superficial
    of, affecting, or being on or near the surface
  115. patois
    a regional dialect of a language
  116. particular
    unique or specific to a person or thing or category
  117. population
    the people who inhabit a territory or state
  118. standard
    a basis for comparison
  119. penultimate
    next to the last
  120. penury
    a state of extreme poverty or destitution
  121. extreme
    of the greatest possible degree, extent, or intensity
  122. poverty
    the state of having little or no money and possessions
  123. peregrination
    traveling or wandering around
  124. expedition
    an organized group of people undertaking a journey
  125. wander
    move or cause to move in a sinuous or circular course
  126. perfidious
    tending to betray
  127. perfunctory
    hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
  128. careless
    marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought
  129. merely
    and nothing more
  130. formal
    in accord with established conventions and requirements
  131. perquisite
    an incidental benefit for certain types of employment
  132. privilege
    a special advantage or benefit not enjoyed by all
  133. perspicacious
    mentally acute or penetratingly discerning
  134. shrewd
    marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
  135. astute
    marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
  136. petulant
    easily irritated or annoyed
  137. cranky
    easily irritated or annoyed
  138. temper
    a characteristic state of feeling
  139. irritable
    easily annoyed
  140. peevish
    easily irritated or annoyed
  141. phantasm
    something existing in perception only
  142. apparition
    a ghostly appearing figure
  143. phantom
    something existing in perception only
  144. philistine
    a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits
  145. insensitive
    not noticing or caring about the feelings or needs of others
  146. ignorant
    uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication
  147. knowledge
    the result of perception, learning, and reasoning
  148. intellectual
    of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind
  149. artistic
    relating to the products of human creativity
  150. phlegmatic
    showing little emotion
  151. indifferent
    marked by a lack of interest
  152. aroused
    stimulated to action
  153. piquant
    having an agreeably pungent taste
  154. pungent
    strong and sharp to the sense of taste or smell
  155. provocative
    serving or tending to excite or stimulate
  156. placebo
    an innocuous or inert medication
  157. plebeian
    of or associated with the great masses of people
  158. low
    less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
  159. pluralism
    a social organization in which diversity is tolerated
  160. society
    an extended group having a distinctive cultural organization
  161. distinct
    constituting a separate entity or part
  162. function
    what something is used for
  163. retain
    secure and keep for possible future use or application
  164. identity
    the characteristics by which a thing or person is known
  165. portent
    a sign of something about to happen
  166. omen
    a sign of a thing about to happen
  167. foreshadowing
    the act of providing vague advance indications
  168. significant
    rich in implication
  169. significance
    the quality of being important
  170. preoccupied
    having excessive or compulsive concern with something
  171. advance
    move forward
  172. prescient
    perceiving the significance of events before they occur
  173. prevaricate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
  174. privation
    the act of stripping someone of food, money, or rights
  175. comfort
    a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain
  176. deprived
    marked by a state of extreme poverty
  177. probity
    complete and confirmed integrity
  178. honesty
    the quality of being truthful and having integrity
  179. profligate
    unrestrained by convention or morality
  180. degenerate
    a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable
  181. extravagant
    recklessly wasteful
  182. propinquity
    the property of being close together
  183. kinship
    relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption
  184. protean
    taking on different forms
  185. assume
    take to be the case or to be true
  186. shape
    a perceptual structure
  187. character
    a property that defines the individual nature of something
  188. provenance
    where something originated or started
  189. origin
    the place where something begins
  190. source
    the place where something begins
  191. prowess
    a superior skill learned by study and practice
  192. exceptional
    surpassing what is common or usual or expected
  193. skill
    an ability that has been acquired by training
  194. military
    the armed forces of a nation
  195. valor
    courage when facing danger
  196. prurient
    characterized by lust
  197. lascivious
    driven by lust
  198. desire
    the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
  199. puissance
    power to influence or coerce
  200. punctilious
    marked by precise accordance with details
  201. meticulously
    in a manner marked by extreme care of details
  202. attentive
    taking heed
  203. exacting
    severe and unremitting in making demands
  204. putrefy
    decay with an offensive smell
Created on 十月 27, 2012

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