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  1. acumen
    shrewdness shown by keen insight
  2. adulterate
    make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance
  3. amalgamate
    bring or combine together or with something else
  4. archaic
    so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
  5. aver
    declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
  6. bolster
    support and strengthen
  7. bombastic
    ostentatiously lofty in style
  8. diatribe
    thunderous verbal attack
  9. dissemble
    behave unnaturally or affectedly
  10. eccentric
    conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
  11. endemic
    native to or confined to a certain region
  12. evanescent
    short-lived; tending to vanish or disappear
  13. exacerbate
    make worse
  14. fervent
    characterized by intense emotion
  15. fortuitous
    lucky; occurring by happy chance
  16. germane
    relevant and appropriate
  17. grandiloquence
    high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
  18. hackneyed
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  19. halcyon
    a mythical bird said to breed at the winter solstice
  20. hedonism
    an ethical system that values the pursuit of pleasure
  21. hegemony
    the dominance or leadership of one social group over others
  22. iconoclast
    someone who attacks cherished ideas or institutions
  23. idolatrous
    relating to or practicing idolatry
  24. impassive
    having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
  25. imperturbable
    marked by extreme calm and composure
  26. implacable
    incapable of being appeased or pacified
  27. impunity
    exemption from punishment or loss
  28. inchoate
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
  29. infelicitous
    not appropriate in application; defective
  30. insipid
    lacking interest or significance or impact
  31. loquacious
    full of trivial conversation
  32. luminous
    softly bright or radiant
  33. malevolent
    wishing or appearing to wish evil to others
  34. malleable
    capable of being shaped or bent
  35. mendacity
    the tendency to be untruthful
  36. meticulous
    marked by precise accordance with details
  37. misanthrope
    someone who dislikes people in general
  38. mitigate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
  39. obdurate
    stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
  40. obsequious
    attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
  41. occlude
    block passage through
  42. opprobrium
    a state of extreme dishonor
  43. pedagogy
    the profession of a teacher
  44. pedantic
    marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning
  45. penury
    a state of extreme poverty or destitution
  46. pervasive
    spreading or spread throughout
  47. pine
    a coniferous tree
  48. pirate
    someone who robs and plunders at sea
  49. pith
    spongelike central cylinder of the stems of flowering plants
  50. pithy
    concise and full of meaning
  51. placate
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  52. platitude
    a trite or obvious remark
  53. plummet
    drop sharply
  54. polemical
    of or involving dispute or controversy
  55. prodigal
    recklessly wasteful
  56. profuse
    produced or growing in extreme abundance
  57. proliferate
    grow rapidly
  58. querulous
    habitually complaining
  59. rancorous
    showing deep-seated resentment
  60. recalcitrant
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  61. repudiate
    refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid
  62. rescind
    cancel officially
  63. reverent
    feeling or showing profound respect or veneration
  64. rhetoric
    study of the technique for using language effectively
  65. salubrious
    promoting health
  66. solvent
    capable of meeting financial obligations
  67. specious
    plausible but false
  68. spurious
    plausible but false
  69. subpoena
    a writ issued to compel the attendance of a witness
  70. succinct
    briefly giving the gist of something
  71. superfluous
    more than is needed, desired, or required
  72. surfeit
    indulge (one's appetite) to satiety
  73. tenacity
    persistent determination
  74. tenuous
    lacking substance or significance
  75. tirade
    a speech of violent denunciation
  76. transient
    lasting a very short time
  77. zealous
    marked by active interest and enthusiasm
  78. qualm
    uneasiness about the fitness of an action
Created on 九月 16, 2013 (updated 十月 3, 2013)

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