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  1. harbinger
    something indicating the approach of something or someone
  2. phony
    fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
  3. incongruous
    lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness
  4. equitable
    fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience
  5. sham
    something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
  6. preternatural
    existing outside of or not in accordance with nature
  7. milieu
    the environmental condition
  8. prophetic
    foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention
  9. rife
    excessively abundant
  10. dissimilar
    not alike
  11. acumen
    shrewdness shown by keen insight
  12. fastidious
    giving careful attention to detail
  13. debunk
    expose while ridiculing
  14. obsolete
    no longer in use
  15. scathing
    marked by harshly abusive criticism
  16. tenuous
    lacking substance or significance
  17. inordinate
    beyond normal limits
  18. mercurial
    liable to sudden unpredictable change
  19. plutocracy
    a political system governed by the wealthy people
  20. exacting
    severe and unremitting in making demands
  21. didactic
    instructive, especially excessively
  22. polemical
    of or involving dispute or controversy
  23. bogus
    fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
  24. egalitarian
    favoring social equality
  25. cynical
    believing the worst of human nature and motives
  26. wary
    marked by keen caution and watchful prudence
  27. frivolous
    not serious in content, attitude, or behavior
  28. penance
    voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for something
  29. imperious
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  30. unsparing
    not forbearing; ruthless
  31. impetuous
    characterized by undue haste and lack of thought
  32. prolixity
    boring verbosity
  33. facile
    arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth
  34. voluble
    marked by a ready flow of speech
  35. pellucid
    transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity
  36. disposition
    your usual mood
  37. verbosity
    an expressive style that uses excessive or empty words
  38. rumination
    a calm, lengthy, intent consideration
  39. prosaic
    lacking wit or imagination
  40. aloof
    distant, cold, or detached in manner
  41. placid
    calm and free from disturbance
  42. restive
    in a very tense state
  43. skittish
    unpredictably excitable, especially of horses
  44. vociferous
    conspicuously and offensively loud
  45. indecorous
    lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct
  46. unseemly
    not in keeping with accepted standards of what is proper
  47. preclude
    make impossible, especially beforehand
  48. apocryphal
    being of questionable authenticity
  49. stolid
    having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
  50. exasperation
    actions that cause great irritation
  51. prodigious
    great in size, force, extent, or degree
  52. sidereal
    of or relating to the stars or constellations
  53. etiology
    the cause of a disease
  54. scrumptious
    extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
  55. timid
    showing fear and lack of courage
  56. wallow
    roll around
  57. adept
    having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
  58. contrive
    make or work out a plan for; devise
  59. astute
    marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
  60. annihilate
    kill in large numbers
  61. calumnious
    harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign
  62. tyro
    someone new to a field or activity
  63. demagogue
    a leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions
  64. filigree
    delicate and intricate ornamentation
  65. tautology
    useless repetition
  66. quandary
    state of uncertainty in a choice between unfavorable options
  67. peregrination
    traveling or wandering around
  68. prestidigitation
    manual dexterity in the execution of tricks
  69. peroration
    the concluding section of a rhetorical address
  70. sleight
    adroitness in using the hands
  71. quotidian
    found in the ordinary course of events
  72. amorphous
    having no definite form or distinct shape
  73. pernicious
    exceedingly harmful
  74. mercurial
    liable to sudden unpredictable change
  75. puerile
    displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
  76. prescient
    perceiving the significance of events before they occur
  77. humdrum
    tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
  78. avarice
    reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth
  79. emancipate
    free from slavery or servitude
  80. expurgate
    edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
  81. secular
    someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person
  82. atypical
    not representative of a group, class, or type
  83. decorous
    characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste
  84. deprecate
    express strong disapproval of; deplore
  85. hegemony
    the dominance or leadership of one social group over others
  86. coterie
    an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
  87. pernicious
    exceedingly harmful
  88. contrition
    sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation
  89. amenable
    disposed or willing to comply
  90. countenance
    the appearance conveyed by a person's face
  91. surfeit
    indulge (one's appetite) to satiety
  92. spate
    a sudden forceful flow
  93. noxious
    injurious to physical or mental health
  94. preponderance
    exceeding in heaviness; having greater weight
  95. deification
    elevation to the status of a god
  96. impute
    attribute or credit to
  97. machination
    a crafty and involved plot to achieve your ends
  98. persecution
    causing someone to suffer
  99. deleterious
    harmful to living things
  100. extant
    still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost
  101. indefatigable
    showing sustained enthusiasm with unflagging vitality
  102. pejorative
    expressing disapproval
  103. relegate
    assign to a lower position
  104. sycophant
    a person who tries to please someone to gain an advantage
  105. pedant
    a person who is preoccupied with rules and learning
  106. decry
    express strong disapproval of
  107. fruition
    the condition of producing seed-bearing structures
  108. euphoric
    characterized by a feeling of well-being or elation
  109. despondency
    feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless
  110. pecuniary
    relating to or involving money
  111. sinecure
    a job that involves minimal duties
  112. panacea
    hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases
  113. glut
    supply with an excess of
  114. mincing
    affectedly dainty or refined
  115. rail
    a horizontal bar, usually of wood or metal
  116. waffle
    a batter cake baked and pressed between two patterned metal plates
  117. grieve
    feel intense sorrow, especially due to a loss
  118. prolix
    tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at length
  119. cantankerous
    stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate
  120. timorous
    shy and fearful by nature
  121. staunch
    firm and dependable especially in loyalty
  122. interstitial
    of or relating to small spaces between things
  123. clout
    (boxing) a blow with the fist
Created on 五月 19, 2013 (updated 五月 23, 2013)

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