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  1. artless
    simple and natural; without cunning or deceit
  2. buttress
    a support usually of stone or brick
  3. compendium
    a publication containing a variety of works
  4. conundrum
    a difficult problem
  5. disparage
    express a negative opinion of
    Ramadevi disparaged about me which led to DUGC's decision!
  6. disparate
    fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
  7. fervor
    feelings of great warmth and intensity
  8. flout
    treat with contemptuous disregard
  9. intransigence
    stubborn refusal to compromise or change
  10. irascible
    quickly aroused to anger
  11. obdurate
    stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
  12. officious
    intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
  13. onerous
    burdensome or difficult to endure
  14. perfunctory
    hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
  15. platitude
    a trite or obvious remark
  16. probity
    complete and confirmed integrity
  17. propitiate
    make peace with
  18. proscribe
    command against
  19. recondite
    difficult to understand
  20. reproach
    express criticism towards
  21. reprobate
    a person without moral scruples
  22. repudiate
    refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid
  23. rescind
    cancel officially
  24. strut
    walk in a proud, confident way
  25. tacit
    implied by or inferred from actions or statements
  26. taciturn
    habitually reserved and uncommunicative
  27. tirade
    a speech of violent denunciation
  28. torpor
    a state of motor and mental inactivity
  29. truculence
    stubborn and defiant aggressiveness
  30. abase
    cause to feel shame
  31. abet
    assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing
  32. abject
    of the most contemptible kind
  33. ablution
    the act of washing oneself, as for ritual purposes
  34. abnegation
    the denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief
  35. abrogate
    revoke formally
  36. abscission
    the act of cutting something off
  37. absolve
    grant remission of a sin to
  38. abut
    lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
  39. acclimate
    get used to a certain environment
  40. accost
    approach and speak to someone aggressively or insistently
  41. accoutre
    provide with military equipment
  42. accretion
    an increase by natural growth or addition
  43. accrue
    grow by addition
  44. acerbic
    sour or bitter in taste
  45. acidulous
    being sour to the taste
  46. acme
    the highest point of something
  47. acquiesce
    agree or express agreement
  48. acrid
    strong and sharp, as a taste or smell
  49. acrimonious
    marked by strong resentment or cynicism
  50. actuarial
    relating to statistics to calculate insurance premiums
  51. teem
    be full of or abuzz with
  52. scruple
    an ethical or moral principle that inhibits action
  53. talisman
    a trinket thought to be a magical protection against evil
  54. restive
    in a very tense state
  55. defunct
    no longer in force or use; inactive
  56. heretofore
    up to this point or up to the present time
  57. rue
    feel sorry for; be contrite about
  58. ford
    cross a river where it's shallow
  59. munificence
    liberality in bestowing gifts
  60. querulous
    habitually complaining
  61. hallow
    render holy by means of religious rites
  62. vainglorious
    feeling self-importance
  63. creek
    a natural stream of water smaller than a river
  64. acolyte
    a devoted follower or assistant
  65. impute
    attribute or credit to
  66. acumen
    shrewdness shown by keen insight
  67. apparition
    a ghostly appearing figure
  68. voluble
    marked by a ready flow of speech
  69. carouse
    celebrate or enjoy something in a noisy or wild way
  70. bequest
    a gift of personal property by will
  71. quack
    the sound made by a duck
  72. bewail
    express sorrow or regret about something
  73. rancorous
    showing deep-seated resentment
  74. huddle
    a disorganized and densely packed crowd
  75. beseech
    ask for or request earnestly
  76. purport
    have the often misleading appearance of being or intending
  77. slake
    satisfy, as thirst
  78. extol
    praise, glorify, or honor
  79. titular
    existing in name only
  80. martinet
    someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms
  81. divulge
    make known to the public information previously kept secret
  82. facile
    arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth
  83. toady
    a person who tries to please someone to gain an advantage
  84. mordant
    harshly ironic or sinister
  85. unbecoming
    not in keeping with accepted standards of what is proper
  86. subdue
    put down by force or intimidation
  87. mercurial
    liable to sudden unpredictable change
  88. vault
    a burial chamber (usually underground)
  89. sentient
    endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness
  90. pusillanimous
    lacking in courage, strength, and resolution
  91. askance
    with suspicion or disapproval
  92. didactic
    instructive, especially excessively
  93. posit
    take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom
  94. blithely
    in a joyous, carefree, or unconcerned manner
  95. bellow
    make a loud noise, as of an animal
  96. hermetic
    completely sealed or airtight
  97. preclude
    make impossible, especially beforehand
  98. rectitude
    righteousness as a consequence of being honorable and honest
  99. arcane
    requiring secret or mysterious knowledge
  100. conducive
    tending to bring about; being partly responsible for
  101. obtrusive
    sticking out; protruding
  102. berate
    censure severely or angrily
  103. arrogate
    seize and take control without authority
  104. consternation
    sudden shock or dismay that causes confusion
  105. augury
    an event indicating important things to come
  106. perquisite
    an incidental benefit for certain types of employment
  107. nonplussed
    filled with bewilderment
  108. filial
    designating the generation following the parental generation
  109. remiss
    failing in what duty requires
  110. incumbent
    necessary as a duty or responsibility; morally binding
  111. dolorous
    showing sorrow
  112. baleful
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  113. discursive
    tending to cover a wide range of subjects
  114. tepid
    moderately warm
  115. indenture
    formal agreement as to terms of a debt
  116. fractious
    easily irritated or annoyed
  117. espouse
    choose and follow a theory, idea, policy, etc.
  118. surly
    unfriendly and inclined toward anger or irritation
  119. inopportune
    not suitable for a purpose
  120. squalid
    foul and run-down and repulsive
  121. excoriation
    severe censure
  122. laity
    members of a religious community who are not clergy
  123. wary
    marked by keen caution and watchful prudence
  124. revile
    spread negative information about
  125. quaint
    attractively old-fashioned
  126. exacerbate
    make worse
  127. countenance
    the appearance conveyed by a person's face
  128. scoff
    laugh at with contempt and derision
  129. saturnine
    bitter or scornful
  130. belabor
    beat soundly
  131. sobriety
    the state of being unaffected or not intoxicated by alcohol
Created on 八月 31, 2013 (updated 九月 2, 2013)

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