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  1. guard
    watch over or shield from danger or harm
  2. guarantee
    an unconditional commitment that something will happen
  3. guerrilla
    a member of an irregular army that fights a stronger force
  4. handkerchief
    a square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose
  5. harass
    annoy continually or chronically
  6. humorous
    characterized by the power to cause laughter
  7. hypocrisy
    pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not have
  8. hypotenuse
    the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
  9. independent
    free from external control and constraint
  10. indictment
    an accusation of wrongdoing
  11. infinitive
    the uninflected form of the verb
  12. laboratory
    a workplace for the conduct of scientific research
  13. lavatory
    a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
  14. lavender
    an aromatic shrub with usually mauve or blue flowers
  15. accident
    an unfortunate mishap
  16. actual
    existing in fact
  17. across
    to the opposite side
  18. again
    anew
  19. aggravate
    make worse
  20. agreeable
    pleasing to one's own tastes, feelings, or nature
  21. pavilion
    a large and often sumptuous tent
  22. people
    any group of human beings collectively
  23. perform
    get done
  24. perhaps
    by chance
  25. perspire
    excrete sweat through the pores in the skin
  26. persuade
    cause somebody to adopt a certain position or belief
  27. scenery
    the appearance of a place
  28. schedule
    a list of times at which things are planned to occur
  29. schism
    division of a group into opposing factions
  30. religious
    having or showing belief in and reverence for a deity
  31. remembrance
    the ability to recall past occurrences
  32. Renaissance
    period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages
  33. rendezvous
    a meeting planned at a certain time and place
  34. renown
    the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
  35. repetition
    the act of doing or performing again
  36. representative
    serving to typify
  37. restaurant
    a building where people go to eat
  38. rhyme
    correspondence in the final sounds of two or more lines
  39. rhythm
    an interval during which a recurring sequence occurs
  40. sandwich
    two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them
  41. explain
    make plain and comprehensible
  42. extraordinary
    highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable
  43. fallacious
    containing or based on incorrect reasoning
  44. forehead
    the part of the face above the eyes
  45. forty
    the cardinal number that is the product of ten and four
  46. fourth
    following the third position
  47. frighten
    cause fear in
  48. gaiety
    a joyful feeling
  49. genitive
    serving to express or indicate possession
  50. geometry
    the mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces
  51. ghost
    the visible disembodied soul of a dead person
  52. glamor
    alluring beauty or charm (often with sex-appeal)
  53. glamorous
    having an air of allure, romance and excitement
  54. gnash
    grind together
  55. gnaw
    bite or chew on with the teeth
  56. mattress
    a large thick pad filled with resilient material and often incorporating coiled springs, used as a bed or part of a bed
  57. mean
    denote or connote
  58. message
    a communication that is written or spoken or signaled
  59. separate
    standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything
  60. sergeant
    a noncommissioned officer ranking above a corporal
  61. silhouette
    a filled-in drawing of the outline of an object
  62. similar
    having the same or nearly the same characteristics
  63. villain
    someone who does evil deliberately
  64. vowel
    a speech sound made with the vocal tract open
  65. wondrous
    extraordinarily good or great
  66. yacht
    an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power
  67. available
    obtainable or accessible and ready for use or service
  68. survive
    continue in existence after
  69. possessive
    serving to express or indicate the act of having
  70. precede
    be earlier in time
Created on 七月 10, 2013 (updated 八月 18, 2013)

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