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  1. quandary
    state of uncertainty in a choice between unfavorable options
  2. impasse
    a situation in which no progress can be made
  3. bristle
    a stiff hair
  4. telegraph
    apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire
  5. conjure
    summon into action or bring into existence
  6. seer
    an observer who perceives visually
  7. aficionado
    a serious devotee of some activity, genre, or performer
  8. contagion
    an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
  9. penurious
    excessively unwilling to spend
  10. vassal
    a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord
  11. proprietor
    someone who owns a business
  12. derision
    the act of treating with contempt
  13. approbation
    official acceptance or agreement
  14. jeer
    laugh at with contempt and derision
  15. expurgate
    edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
  16. paregoric
    medicine used to treat diarrhea
  17. disallow
    command against
  18. lambast
    censure severely or angrily
  19. patronize
    provide support for
  20. belie
    be in contradiction with
  21. astute
    marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
  22. underscore
    give extra weight to
  23. miscast
    cast an actor, singer, or dancer in an unsuitable role
  24. ostentatious
    intended to attract notice and impress others
  25. denuded
    without the natural or usual covering
  26. insidious
    working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
  27. intricacy
    the quality of having elaborately complex detail
  28. foible
    a minor weakness or peculiarity in someone's character
  29. ostensible
    appearing as such but not necessarily so
Created on 六月 27, 2010

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