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  1. finicky
    fussy, especially about details
    Finicky, demanding, hungry, paying customers who want value for their money.
  2. humble
    marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful
    Oliver turns to a nearby storage rack, where he picks up a length of aluminum pipe—another small, humble car part. Slate (Nov 5, 2013)
  3. treacherous
    dangerously unstable and unpredictable
    State television described him as a "criminal, treacherous... deserter".
  4. diplomatic
    relating to negotiation between nations
    The United States and Cuba do not have diplomatic relations but maintain lower level interests sections in each others' capitals.
  5. cordial
    politely warm and friendly
    While members described the meeting as positive and cordial, others said both more moderate and more conservative members expressed reservation.
  6. feeble
    pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness
    Recent attempts to fix its finances have been thwarted by a feeble economy, a shrinking population and rapidly increasing legacy costs.
  7. insolent
    marked by casual disrespect
    The Guardian of London described her persona in that film as “still insolent after all those years.”
  8. dumbfounded
    as if rendered speechless with astonishment and surprise
    His produced his full repertoire of feints and swerves, sudden stops and demoralising spurts to leave the visiting defenders dumbfounded time and again. BBC (Oct 26, 2013)
  9. indignant
    angered at something unjust or wrong
    A comforting thought, perhaps — but unscientific enough to make her indignant. Seattle Times (Aug 14, 2013)
  10. foe
    an armed adversary
    They also say his efforts have targeted political foes far more than allies.
  11. agony
    intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
    Another guest described a perennial teen rite of passage—the agony of spraying Axe down your own pants for the first time. Slate (Oct 21, 2013)
  12. contrite
    feeling or expressing pain or sorrow
    Todd May, the hospital's chief medical officer, appeared contrite.
  13. racism
    the prejudice that one people are superior to another
    South Korea's largest tobacco company has promised to change an advertising campaign after accusations of racism.
  14. origin
    the place where something begins
    Such protections are already prohibit discrimination based on race, religion, gender, national origin, age, and disability.
  15. transform
    change or alter in appearance or nature
    The club transformed into one of football's global financial powerhouses during his reign, and was floated on the New York Stock Exchange last year.
  16. segregate
    divide from the main body or mass and collect
  17. integrate
    make into a whole or make part of a whole
  18. civil
    of or occurring between or among citizens of the state
  19. iconic
    relating to a symbolic figure
  20. mob
    a disorderly crowd of people
  21. outrage
    a disgraceful event
  22. rebel
    someone who exhibits independence in thought and action
  23. rational
    consistent with or based on or using reason
  24. boycott
    refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization
  25. brazen
    not held back by conventional ideas of behavior
  26. protest
    a formal and solemn declaration of objection
  27. prejudice
    a partiality preventing objective consideration of an issue
  28. emulate
    strive to equal or match, especially by imitating
  29. equality
    the quality of being the same in quantity, value, or status
  30. desquamation
    loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales
  31. integrity
    an undivided or unbroken completeness with nothing wanting
  32. vulnerable
    capable of being wounded or hurt
  33. inquisitive
    given to questioning
  34. deprive
    take away
  35. coercion
    using force to cause something to occur
Created on 十一月 5, 2013 (updated 十一月 7, 2013)

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