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  1. noisome
    causing or able to cause nausea
  2. tanner
    a craftsman who tans skins and hides
  3. cloy
    become sickeningly sweet or excessive
  4. baiting
    harassment especially of a tethered animal
  5. tether
    restraint consisting of a rope or chain
  6. dell
    a small wooded hollow
  7. hollow
    not solid; having a space or gap or cavity
  8. wastrel
    someone who squanders resources or time
  9. cad
    someone who is morally reprehensible
  10. blackguard
    someone who is morally reprehensible
  11. tart
    tasting sour like a lemon
  12. facetious
    cleverly amusing in tone
  13. unctuous
    unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating
  14. dissolute
    unrestrained by convention or morality
  15. conspicuous
    obvious to the eye or mind
  16. innocuous
    not injurious to physical or mental health
  17. insipid
    lacking interest or significance or impact
  18. eke out
    live from day to day, as with some hardship
  19. bunting
    a seed-eating songbird of Europe or North America
  20. prolix
    tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at length
  21. indigent
    poor enough to need help from others
  22. litigant
    a party to a lawsuit
  23. stays
    a woman's close-fitting foundation garment
  24. codpiece
    a flap for the crotch of men's tight-fitting breeches
  25. impugn
    attack as false or wrong
  26. vintner
    someone who sells wine
  27. niggard
    a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
  28. waggish
    witty or joking
  29. spurious
    plausible but false
  30. jostle
    make one's way by pushing or shoving
  31. doggerel
    a comic verse of irregular measure
Created on 九月 29, 2013 (updated 十月 5, 2013)

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