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  1. castigation
    verbal punishment
  2. repine
    express discontent
  3. meteoric
    relating to small objects in or from outer space
  4. minatory
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  5. endemic
    native to or confined to a certain region
  6. abrogate
    revoke formally
  7. broach
    bring up a topic for discussion
  8. deposition
    the act of putting something somewhere
  9. depose
    force to leave an office
  10. accretion
    an increase by natural growth or addition
  11. deride
    treat or speak of with contempt
  12. revere
    regard with feelings of respect
  13. boisterous
    marked by exuberance and high spirits
  14. opprobrium
    a state of extreme dishonor
  15. sate
    fill to contentment
  16. nascent
    being born or beginning
  17. equitable
    fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience
  18. natty
    marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
  19. accolade
    a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
  20. seamy
    morally degraded
  21. sedulous
    marked by care and persistent effort
  22. efface
    remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing
  23. neologism
    a newly invented word or phrase
  24. seminal
    influential and providing a basis for later development
  25. nexus
    the means of connection between things linked in series
  26. tacit
    implied by or inferred from actions or statements
  27. supine
    lying face upward
  28. caustic
    capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action
  29. nugatory
    of no real value
  30. disaffect
    arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness
  31. bombastic
    ostentatiously lofty in style
  32. estrange
    remove from customary environment or associations
  33. obstinacy
    resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires
  34. sinewy
    consisting of tendons or resembling a tendon
  35. boor
    a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking refinement
  36. occluded
    closed off
  37. slew
    a large number or amount or extent
  38. continent
    one of the large landmasses of the earth
  39. cessation
    a stopping
  40. odium
    hate coupled with disgust
  41. sodden
    wet through and through; thoroughly wet
  42. surfeit
    indulge (one's appetite) to satiety
  43. solvent
    capable of meeting financial obligations
  44. breach
    an opening, especially a gap in a dike or fortification
  45. onerous
    burdensome or difficult to endure
  46. fervid
    characterized by intense emotion
  47. opaque
    not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy
  48. lethargic
    deficient in alertness or activity
  49. chary
    characterized by great caution
  50. tendentious
    having a strong bias, especially a controversial one
  51. puerile
    displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
  52. bedizen
    decorate tastelessly
  53. internecine
    within a group or organization
  54. screed
    a long, tedious rant
  55. sere
    having lost all moisture
  56. semiotics
    a philosophical theory of the functions of signs and symbols
Created on 三月 13, 2013 (updated 三月 20, 2014)

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