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  1. accord
    concurrence of opinion
  2. affinity
    a natural attraction or feeling of kinship
    The recommendation system used by Amazon is called affinity based item-to-item collaborative filtering.
  3. antic
    ludicrously odd
    “Have fun listening to those voicemails from my mom recounting her basset hound’s latest antics, NSA!” he writes.
  4. articulate
    express or state clearly
    Many other western governments have taken a similar approach, though none has been so open as Australia in articulating its stance.
  5. assuage
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  6. audacious
    disposed to venture or take risks
    Recently SAP has taken notice and implemented an audacious new cloud strategy to fight back.
  7. barren
    completely wanting or lacking
  8. countenance
    the appearance conveyed by a person's face
  9. derelict
    a person without a home, job, or property
  10. dissent
    a difference of opinion
  11. dour
    showing a brooding ill humor
  12. gall
    a digestive juice secreted by the liver
  13. mundane
    found in the ordinary course of events
  14. naive
    marked by or showing unaffected simplicity
  15. obstinate
    refusing to change one's mind or ways; difficult to convince
  16. occult
    supernatural forces and events and beings collectively
  17. prod
    push against gently
    Dempsey almost put Spurs in front immediately, prodding the ball just over after meeting a Bale corner.
  18. profane
    not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled
    There have been some nasty barbs thrown and some profane words.
  19. redolent
    having a strong pleasant odor
  20. robust
    sturdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction
  21. sequester
    keep away from others
  22. shaft
    a long rod or pole, especially the body of a weapon
  23. surreptitious
    marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
  24. vagabond
    a wanderer with no established residence or means of support
    A few are vagabonds, traveling up and down the coastline.
  25. vex
    disturb, especially by minor irritations
    His death has underscored one of the most vexing challenges facing the new government: how to tame Egypt’s unaccountable and deeply despised security forces.
  26. yield
    give or supply
  27. spurious
    plausible but false
  28. venture
    an undertaking with an uncertain outcome
  29. diffuse
    spread out; not concentrated in one place
  30. drab
    a dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown
  31. grievous
    causing or marked by grief or anguish
  32. modest
    marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself
  33. flutter
    flap the wings rapidly or fly with flapping movements
  34. dingy
    thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot
  35. profound
    situated at or extending to great depth
  36. render
    give or supply
  37. cite
    make reference to
  38. conventional
    following accepted customs and proprieties
  39. contend
    compete for something
  40. elaborate
    marked by complexity and richness of detail
  41. esteem
    the condition of being honored
  42. conduct
    the way a person behaves toward other people
  43. execute
    put in effect
  44. lapse
    drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
  45. hitch
    hook or entangle
  46. tangible
    perceptible by the senses, especially the sense of touch
  47. disconsolate
    sad beyond comforting; incapable of being soothed
  48. embrace
    squeeze tightly in your arms, usually with fondness
  49. disdain
    lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
  50. adjunct
    something added to another thing but not essential to it
  51. superfluous
    more than is needed, desired, or required
  52. interpose
    introduce
  53. gossamer
    a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture
  54. infer
    conclude by reasoning
  55. implicit
    suggested though not directly expressed
  56. atrocious
    shockingly brutal or cruel
  57. ethereal
    characterized by lightness and insubstantiality
  58. opaque
    not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy
  59. volatile
    liable to lead to sudden change or violence
  60. strident
    unpleasantly loud and harsh
  61. pliable
    capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out
  62. verse
    literature in metrical form
  63. noisome
    causing or able to cause nausea
  64. cognate
    related by blood
  65. conformity
    correspondence in form, type, or appearance
  66. sanction
    official permission or approval
  67. execrable
    unequivocally detestable
  68. arduous
    characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
  69. aggregate
    a sum total of many heterogeneous things taken together
  70. projection
    the act of expelling or ejecting
  71. caustic
    capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action
  72. purge
    rid of impurities
  73. gist
    the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
  74. dismay
    the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles
  75. impart
    bestow a quality on
  76. gouge
    an impression in a surface, as made by a blow
  77. pretentious
    creating an appearance of importance or distinction
  78. acme
    the highest point of something
  79. acrid
    strong and sharp, as a taste or smell
  80. insidious
    working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
  81. attrition
    the act of rubbing together
  82. wanton
    a lewd or immoral person
  83. anguish
    extreme distress of body or mind
  84. vitriolic
    harsh, bitter, or malicious in tone
  85. presage
    a foreboding about what is about to happen
  86. infirm
    lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
  87. pedagogy
    the profession of a teacher
  88. recalcitrant
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  89. apropos
    of a suitable, fitting, or pertinent nature
  90. debonair
    having a sophisticated charm
  91. sanguine
    confidently optimistic and cheerful
  92. paradigm
    a standard or typical example
  93. circumvent
    surround so as to force to give up
  94. bourgeois
    being of the property-owning class
  95. specious
    plausible but false
Created on 五月 13, 2013 (updated 十二月 2, 2013)

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