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  1. aggravate
    make worse
  2. arrogate
    seize and take control without authority
  3. audacity
    aggressive or outright boldness
  4. debilitate
    make weak
  5. decorous
    characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste
  6. deference
    courteous regard for people's feelings
  7. deleterious
    harmful to living things
  8. deride
    treat or speak of with contempt
  9. desultory
    marked by lack of definite plan, purpose, or enthusiasm
  10. dilettante
    an amateur engaging in an activity without serious intention
  11. dilettante
    an amateur engaging in an activity without serious intention
  12. distend
    cause to expand as if by internal pressure
  13. ebullient
    joyously unrestrained
  14. eclectic
    selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
  15. effrontery
    audacious behavior that you have no right to
  16. embellish
    make more attractive, as by adding ornament or color
  17. encomium
    a formal expression of praise
  18. endemic
    native to or confined to a certain region
  19. enervate
    weaken physically, mentally, or morally
  20. epicure
    a person who takes great pleasure in fine food and drink
  21. equivocate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
  22. ersatz
    an artificial or inferior substitute or imitation
  23. eschew
    avoid and stay away from deliberately
  24. estimable
    deserving of respect or high regard
  25. ethos
    the distinctive spirit of a culture or an era
  26. ethos
    the distinctive spirit of a culture or an era
  27. exacerbate
    make worse
  28. exculpate
    pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
  29. exigent
    demanding immediate attention
  30. exonerate
    pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
  31. exponent
    notation of how many times to multiply a quantity by itself
  32. expurgate
    edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
  33. fervid
    characterized by intense emotion
  34. foment
    try to stir up
  35. gambol
    play or run boisterously
  36. gambol
    play or run boisterously
  37. garrulous
    full of trivial conversation
  38. garrulous
    full of trivial conversation
  39. glower
    look angry or sullen as if to signal disapproval
  40. gregarious
    temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others
  41. gregarious
    temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others
  42. grovel
    show submission or fear
  43. hegemony
    the dominance or leadership of one social group over others
  44. hegemony
    the dominance or leadership of one social group over others
  45. hermetic
    completely sealed or airtight
  46. homage
    respectful deference
  47. imbue
    spread or diffuse through
  48. imperative
    requiring attention or action
  49. imperturbable
    marked by extreme calm and composure
  50. impetuous
    characterized by undue haste and lack of thought
  51. impious
    lacking piety or reverence for a god
  52. implacable
    incapable of being appeased or pacified
  53. impudent
    improperly forward or bold
  54. inchoate
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
  55. indigenous
    originating where it is found
  56. indigenous
    originating where it is found
  57. indolent
    disinclined to work or exertion
  58. ingenuous
    lacking in sophistication or worldliness
  59. ingrate
    a person who shows no thankfulness or appreciation
  60. ingratiate
    gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts
  61. ingratiate
    gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts
  62. inimical
    tending to obstruct or cause harm
  63. iniquity
    absence of moral or spiritual values
  64. insipid
    lacking interest or significance or impact
  65. instigate
    provoke or stir up
  66. insurrection
    organized opposition to authority
  67. inter
    place in a grave or tomb
  68. intractable
    difficult to manage or mold
  69. inure
    cause to accept or become hardened to
  70. invective
    abusive language used to express blame or censure
  71. investiture
    the ceremonial promotion of a person to an office or rank
  72. invidious
    containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice
  73. irascible
    quickly aroused to anger
  74. jingoism
    fanatical patriotism
  75. lampoon
    ridicule with satire
  76. lapidary
    relating to precious stones or the art of working with them
  77. largess
    liberality in bestowing gifts
  78. laudable
    worthy of high praise
  79. legerdemain
    an illusory feat
  80. levity
    a manner lacking seriousness
  81. libertine
    unrestrained by convention or morality
  82. licentious
    lacking moral discipline
  83. limpid
    clear and bright
  84. lissome
    moving and bending with ease
  85. livid
    furiously angry
  86. lucid
    transparently clear; easily understandable
  87. lugubrious
    excessively mournful
  88. maelstrom
    a powerful circular current of water
  89. malediction
    the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil
  90. malinger
    avoid responsibilities and duties, often by faking illness
  91. martinet
    someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms
  92. maudlin
    very sentimental or emotional
  93. mendacious
    given to lying
  94. meretricious
    tastelessly showy
  95. militate
    have force or influence; bring about an effect or change
  96. mirth
    great merriment
  97. missive
    a written message addressed to a person or organization
  98. monastic
    relating to life in an isolated religious community
  99. mores
    the conventions embodying the fundamental values of a group
  100. multifarious
    having many aspects
  101. obdurate
    stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
  102. oblique
    not direct, explicit, or straightforward
  103. obviate
    prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
  104. occlude
    block passage through
  105. officious
    intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
  106. onerous
    burdensome or difficult to endure
  107. ossify
    become bony
  108. ostensible
    appearing as such but not necessarily so
  109. overwrought
    deeply agitated especially from emotion
  110. panegyric
    formally expressing praise
  111. panoply
    a complete and impressive array
  112. paragon
    a perfect embodiment of a concept
  113. parley
    a negotiation between enemies
  114. pedant
    a person who is preoccupied with rules and learning
  115. penury
    a state of extreme poverty or destitution
  116. peregrinate
    travel around, through, or over, especially on foot
  117. perfidious
    tending to betray
  118. perfunctory
    as a formality only
  119. peripatetic
    traveling especially on foot
  120. perspicacious
    mentally acute or penetratingly discerning
  121. pervade
    spread or diffuse through
  122. phalanx
    any closely ranked crowd of people
  123. phlegmatic
    showing little emotion
  124. pithy
    concise and full of meaning
  125. placate
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  126. plebeian
    of or associated with the great masses of people
  127. plebeian
    of or associated with the great masses of people
  128. polemic
    a verbal or written attack, especially of a belief or dogma
  129. polyglot
    a person who speaks more than one language
  130. posit
    take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom
  131. potentate
    a powerful ruler, especially one who is unconstrained by law
  132. pragmatic
    concerned with practical matters
  133. precipitate
    bring about abruptly
  134. precipitate
    bring about abruptly
  135. precis
    a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument
  136. prescient
    perceiving the significance of events before they occur
  137. prevaricate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
  138. proclivity
    a natural inclination
  139. propriety
    correct behavior
  140. pugilism
    boxing with bare hands
  141. pulchritude
    physical beauty, especially of a woman
  142. pusillanimous
    lacking in courage, strength, and resolution
  143. querulous
    habitually complaining
  144. quiescent
    being quiet or still or inactive
  145. simile
    a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things
  146. temerity
    fearless daring
  147. veneration
    a feeling of profound respect for someone or something
  148. querulous
    habitually complaining
  149. quiescent
    being quiet or still or inactive
  150. quixotic
    not sensible about practical matters
  151. quotidian
    found in the ordinary course of events
  152. raconteur
    a person skilled in telling anecdotes
  153. rarefy
    lessen the density or solidity of
  154. rejoinder
    a quick reply to a question or remark
  155. repast
    the food served and eaten at one time
  156. replete
    filled to satisfaction with food or drink
  157. repose
    freedom from activity
  158. restive
    in a very tense state
  159. reticent
    reluctant to draw attention to yourself
  160. ribald
    humorously vulgar
  161. rococo
    having excessive asymmetrical ornamentation
  162. sacrosanct
    treated as if holy and kept free from violation or criticism
  163. sagacious
    acutely insightful and wise
  164. salient
    conspicuous, prominent, or important
  165. salubrious
    promoting health
  166. sanguine
    confidently optimistic and cheerful
  167. sardonic
    disdainfully or ironically humorous
  168. opprobrium
    a state of extreme dishonor
  169. orotund
    overly formal and pompous in style
  170. palliate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
  171. pare
    strip the skin off
  172. parry
    impede the movement of
  173. pastiche
    a work of art that imitates the style of some previous work
  174. peccadillo
    a petty misdeed
  175. pejorative
    expressing disapproval
  176. philistine
    a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits
  177. prattle
    speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly
  178. probity
    complete and confirmed integrity
  179. profligate
    unrestrained by convention or morality
  180. propitiate
    make peace with
  181. puerile
    displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
  182. repudiate
    refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid
  183. requite
    make repayment for or return something
  184. rhetoric
    study of the technique for using language effectively
  185. stentorian
    very loud or booming
  186. surly
    unfriendly and inclined toward anger or irritation
  187. scintilla
    a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
  188. sedition
    an illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority
  189. seraphic
    having a sweet nature befitting an angel
  190. sinecure
    a job that involves minimal duties
  191. slake
    satisfy, as thirst
  192. sobriquet
    a familiar name for a person
  193. solecism
    a socially awkward or tactless act
  194. soporific
    inducing sleep
  195. spartan
    unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment
  196. specious
    plausible but false
  197. sportive
    given to merry frolicking
  198. stigma
    a symbol of disgrace or infamy
  199. stolid
    having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
  200. stratagem
    an elaborate or deceitful scheme to deceive or evade
  201. sublime
    of high moral or intellectual value
  202. sully
    make dirty or spotty
  203. supplant
    take the place or move into the position of
  204. surfeit
    indulge (one's appetite) to satiety
  205. tawdry
    tastelessly showy
  206. torpor
    a state of motor and mental inactivity
  207. sybarite
    a person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses
  208. sycophant
    a person who tries to please someone to gain an advantage
  209. syncopation
    a musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat
  210. tacit
    implied by or inferred from actions or statements
  211. taciturn
    habitually reserved and uncommunicative
  212. talon
    a sharp hooked claw especially on a bird of prey
  213. tirade
    a speech of violent denunciation
  214. toady
    a person who tries to please someone to gain an advantage
  215. tome
    a large and scholarly book
  216. transitory
    lasting a very short time
  217. trenchant
    having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought
  218. turgid
    ostentatiously lofty in style
  219. fractious
    easily irritated or annoyed
  220. furtive
    secret and sly
  221. fetid
    offensively malodorous
  222. glib
    artfully persuasive in speech
  223. hoary
    having gray or white hair as with age
  224. husband
    use cautiously and frugally
  225. hyperbole
    extravagant exaggeration
  226. impecunious
    not having enough money to pay for necessities
  227. imprecation
    the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil
  228. incarnadine
    redden or make pinkish
  229. inexorable
    impossible to prevent, resist, or stop
  230. wanton
    a lewd or immoral person
  231. wan
    pale, as of a person's complexion
  232. vituperate
    spread negative information about
  233. vacillate
    be undecided about something
  234. tyro
    someone new to a field or activity
  235. wraith
    a ghostly figure, especially one seen shortly before death
  236. yoke
    a wooden frame across the shoulders for carrying buckets
  237. wizened
    lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
  238. winsome
    charming in a childlike or naive way
  239. voluble
    marked by a ready flow of speech
  240. vim
    a healthy capacity for vigorous activity
  241. vicissitude
    a variation in circumstances or fortune
  242. vex
    disturb, especially by minor irritations
  243. vestige
    an indication that something has been present
  244. vernal
    suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh
  245. verdant
    characterized by abundance of vegetation and green foliage
  246. veracity
    unwillingness to tell lies
  247. venerate
    regard with feelings of respect and reverence
  248. venerable
    profoundly honored
  249. variegated
    having an assortment of colors
  250. umbrage
    a feeling of anger caused by being offended
  251. desiccate
    lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless
  252. demur
    politely refuse or take exception to
  253. dissemble
    behave unnaturally or affectedly
  254. dither
    be undecided or uncertain
  255. edify
    make understand
  256. erudite
    having or showing profound knowledge
  257. esoteric
    understandable only by an enlightened inner circle
  258. fatuous
    devoid of intelligence
  259. articulate
    express or state clearly
  260. upbraid
    express criticism towards
  261. usury
    the act of lending money at an exorbitant rate of interest
  262. nettle
    disturb, especially by minor irritations
  263. obsequious
    attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
  264. bolster
    support and strengthen
  265. bombastic
    ostentatiously lofty in style
  266. candid
    openly straightforward and direct without secretiveness
  267. coalesce
    fuse or cause to come together
  268. dilate
    become wider
  269. disparate
    fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
  270. effigy
    a representation of a person
  271. eulogy
    a formal expression of praise for someone who has died
  272. euphemism
    an inoffensive expression substituted for an offensive one
  273. fallow
    left unplowed and unseeded during a growing season
  274. frugality
    prudence in avoiding waste
  275. garner
    assemble or get together
  276. gestation
    the period during which an embryo develops
  277. gradation
    relative position in a ranked series
  278. hapless
    unfortunate and deserving pity
  279. iconoclast
    someone who attacks cherished ideas or institutions
  280. idiosyncrasy
    a behavioral attribute peculiar to an individual
  281. inculcate
    teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
  282. jettison
    throw away, of something encumbering
  283. knell
    the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death
  284. latent
    potentially existing but not presently evident or realized
  285. lavish
    given or giving freely, generously, or without restriction
  286. myopic
    unable to see distant objects clearly
  287. molt
    cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers
  288. meticulous
    marked by precise accordance with details
  289. mendicant
    a pauper who lives by begging
  290. mar
    cause to become imperfect
  291. ostentation
    pretentious or showy or vulgar display
  292. opine
    express one's view openly and without fear or hesitation
  293. obstinate
    refusing to change one's mind or ways; difficult to convince
  294. nuance
    a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
  295. neologism
    a newly invented word or phrase
  296. nascent
    being born or beginning
  297. pariah
    a person who is rejected from society or home
  298. permeate
    spread or diffuse through
  299. plethora
    extreme excess
  300. pristine
    immaculately clean and unused
  301. proliferate
    grow rapidly
  302. redress
    make reparations or amends for
  303. rustic
    characteristic of rural life
  304. sentient
    endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness
  305. stasis
    inactivity resulting from a balance between opposing forces
  306. wily
    marked by skill in deception
  307. zealot
    a fervent and even militant proponent of something
  308. zenith
    the highest point of something
Created on 九月 20, 2013 (updated 九月 29, 2013)

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