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  1. accolade
    a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
  2. adulation
    exaggerated flattery or praise
  3. avarice
    reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth
  4. chary
    characterized by great caution
  5. complaisance
    a tendency to try to please or yield to the will of others
  6. contrite
    feeling or expressing pain or sorrow
  7. demur
    politely refuse or take exception to
  8. ebullience
    eager enjoyment or approval
  9. exonerate
    pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
  10. furtive
    secret and sly
  11. gregarious
    temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others
  12. harangue
    a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
  13. incipient
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
  14. morose
    showing a brooding ill humor
  15. peevish
    easily irritated or annoyed
  16. quaff
    swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught
  17. urbane
    showing a high degree of refinement
  18. viscous
    having a relatively high resistance to flow
  19. acerbic
    sour or bitter in taste
  20. amenable
    disposed or willing to comply
  21. diatribe
    thunderous verbal attack
  22. fawn
    a young deer
  23. fervent
    characterized by intense emotion
  24. flout
    treat with contemptuous disregard
  25. glib
    artfully persuasive in speech
  26. halcyon
    a mythical bird said to breed at the winter solstice
  27. intrepid
    invulnerable to fear or intimidation
  28. mendacity
    the tendency to be untruthful
  29. obfuscate
    make obscure or unclear
  30. obsequious
    attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
  31. pervade
    spread or diffuse through
  32. rancorous
    showing deep-seated resentment
  33. salubrious
    promoting health
  34. sedulous
    marked by care and persistent effort
  35. solvent
    capable of meeting financial obligations
  36. soporific
    inducing sleep
Created on 八月 24, 2010 (updated 八月 25, 2010)

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