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  1. cupidity
    extreme greed for material wealth
  2. credulous
    showing a lack of judgment or experience
  3. contrite
    feeling or expressing pain or sorrow
  4. contumacious
    willfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient
  5. coterie
    an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
  6. cloying
    overly sweet
  7. circumspect
    careful to consider potential consequences and avoid risk
  8. declivity
    a downward slope or bend
  9. decorous
    characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste
  10. deference
    courteous regard for people's feelings
  11. demagogue
    a leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions
  12. diaphanous
    so thin as to transmit light
  13. effigy
    a representation of a person
  14. efficacy
    capacity or power to produce a desired result
  15. disparate
    fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
  16. embellish
    make more attractive, as by adding ornament or color
  17. explicit
    precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable
  18. emulate
    strive to equal or match, especially by imitating
  19. endemic
    native to or confined to a certain region
  20. enervate
    weaken physically, mentally, or morally
  21. mitigate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
  22. alleviate
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  23. abate
    become less in amount or intensity
  24. aesthetic
    characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste
  25. abyss
    a bottomless gulf or pit
  26. ambagious
    roundabout and unnecessarily wordy
  27. articulate
    express or state clearly
  28. ameliorate
    make better
  29. amulet
    a trinket thought to be a magical protection against evil
  30. arbitrary
    based on or subject to individual discretion or preference
  31. apathy
    an absence of emotion or enthusiasm
  32. antagonize
    provoke the hostility of
  33. arbitrate
    act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
  34. bolster
    support and strengthen
  35. catalyst
    substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction
  36. decorum
    propriety in manners and conduct
  37. cacophony
    loud confusing disagreeable sounds
  38. candid
    openly straightforward and direct without secretiveness
  39. blight
    any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting
  40. assail
    attack someone physically or emotionally
  41. crescendo
    a gradual increase in loudness
  42. belfry
    a tower in which bells are hung
  43. convoluted
    highly complex or intricate
  44. anomaly
    deviation from the normal or common order, form, or rule
  45. analogous
    similar or equivalent in some respects
  46. dupe
    fool or hoax
  47. aggrandize
    embellish; increase the scope, power, or importance of
  48. dissonance
    disagreeable sounds
  49. diurnal
    having a daily cycle or occurring every day
  50. divine
    a clergyman or other person in religious orders
  51. doctrinaire
    a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions
  52. chaos
    formless state of matter before the creation of the cosmos
  53. connoisseur
    an expert able to appreciate a field
  54. dogma
    a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
  55. curmudgeon
    an irascible, cantankerous person full of stubborn ideas
  56. chauvinist
    a person with a prejudiced belief in his own superiority
  57. cartography
    the making of maps and charts
  58. acme
    the highest point of something
  59. exacerbate
    make worse
  60. analgesia
    absence of the sense of pain without loss of consciousness
  61. debutante
    a young woman making her formal entrance into society
  62. deface
    mar or spoil the appearance of
  63. engender
    call forth
  64. exonerate
    pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
  65. ethos
    the distinctive spirit of a culture or an era
  66. austere
    of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor
  67. ardor
    feelings of great warmth and intensity
  68. apostate
    not faithful to religion or party or cause
  69. epicure
    a person who takes great pleasure in fine food and drink
  70. euphemism
    an inoffensive expression substituted for an offensive one
  71. erratic
    liable to sudden unpredictable change
  72. audacious
    disposed to venture or take risks
  73. ephemeral
    anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day
  74. capricious
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
  75. dictum
    an authoritative declaration
  76. dilettante
    an amateur engaging in an activity without serious intention
  77. distaff
    characteristic of or relating to women
  78. distend
    cause to expand as if by internal pressure
  79. droll
    comical in an odd or whimsical manner
  80. dyspeptic
    suffering from indigestion
  81. approbation
    official acceptance or agreement
  82. antipathy
    a feeling of intense dislike
  83. august
    profoundly honored
  84. archaic
    so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
  85. corroborate
    give evidence for
  86. abstain
    refrain from doing, consuming, or partaking in something
  87. advocate
    a person who pleads for a person, cause, or idea
  88. augury
    an event indicating important things to come
  89. superfluous
    more than is needed, desired, or required
  90. dubious
    fraught with uncertainty or doubt
  91. capricious
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
  92. facetious
    cleverly amusing in tone
  93. cajole
    influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
  94. extol
    praise, glorify, or honor
  95. tenacity
    persistent determination
  96. veracity
    unwillingness to tell lies
  97. pernicious
    exceedingly harmful
  98. surreptitious
    marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
  99. loquacious
    full of trivial conversation
  100. perspicacious
    mentally acute or penetratingly discerning
  101. pragmatic
    concerned with practical matters
  102. scintillating
    having brief brilliant points or flashes of light
  103. rhetoric
    using language effectively to please or persuade
  104. didactic
    instructive, especially excessively
  105. adverse
    in an opposing direction
  106. enigmatic
    not clear to the understanding
  107. vignette
    a brief literary description
  108. bombastic
    ostentatiously lofty in style
  109. averse
    strongly opposed
  110. diligently
    in a hard-working manner
  111. elusive
    skillful at evading capture
  112. inconclusive
    not putting an end to doubt or question
  113. conducive
    tending to bring about; being partly responsible for
  114. equivocate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
  115. deliberate
    carefully thought out in advance
  116. prolific
    intellectually productive
  117. alacrity
    liveliness and eagerness
  118. juxtaposition
    the act of positioning close together
  119. erudition
    profound scholarly knowledge
  120. prosaic
    lacking wit or imagination
  121. fleeting
    lasting for a markedly brief time
  122. discordant
    not in agreement or harmony
  123. inundate
    fill or cover completely, usually with water
  124. reciprocate
    act, feel, or give mutually or in return
  125. sagacious
    acutely insightful and wise
  126. salient
    conspicuous, prominent, or important
  127. sanguine
    confidently optimistic and cheerful
  128. sanguine
    confidently optimistic and cheerful
  129. sardonic
    disdainfully or ironically humorous
  130. anodyne
    capable of relieving pain
  131. amortize
    pay off a debt by making periodic payments
  132. amortize
    pay off a debt by making periodic payments
  133. amalgamate
    bring or combine together or with something else
  134. misanthrope
    someone who dislikes people in general
  135. ingenuous
    lacking in sophistication or worldliness
  136. alacrity
    liveliness and eagerness
  137. aerie
    the lofty nest of a bird of prey, such as a hawk or eagle
Created on 五月 18, 2013 (updated 五月 21, 2013)

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