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  1. abduct
    take away to an undisclosed location against their will
  2. abhor
    feel hatred or disgust toward
  3. acute
    ending in a sharp point
  4. admonish
    warn strongly; put on guard
  5. ail
    be unwell
  6. allege
    report or maintain
  7. ambiguous
    having more than one possible meaning
  8. amorphous
    having no definite form or distinct shape
  9. annex
    attach to
  10. ascertain
    learn or discover with confidence
  11. assent
    agree or express agreement
  12. barrage
    the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area
  13. bastion
    projecting part of a rampart or other fortification
  14. bemoan
    regret strongly
  15. blatant
    without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious
  16. brash
    offensively bold
  17. capricious
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
  18. coalesce
    fuse or cause to come together
  19. condone
    excuse, overlook, or make allowances for
  20. confound
    be confusing or perplexing to
  21. conniving
    acting together in secret toward a fraudulent or illegal end
  22. cordial
    politely warm and friendly
  23. creed
    any system of principles or beliefs
  24. deft
    skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands
  25. disavow
    refuse to acknowledge
  26. elegy
    a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
  27. ephemeral
    anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day
  28. esoteric
    understandable only by an enlightened inner circle
  29. exalt
    praise, glorify, or honor
  30. feign
    make believe with the intent to deceive
  31. flaccid
    drooping without elasticity
  32. foolhardy
    marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences
  33. genial
    diffusing warmth and friendliness
  34. glean
    gather, as of natural products
  35. extol
    praise, glorify, or honor
  36. adhesive
    tending to stick to firmly
  37. aggregate
    a sum total of many heterogeneous things taken together
  38. akin
    related by blood
  39. aloof
    distant, cold, or detached in manner
  40. ambivalent
    uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow
  41. androgynous
    having both male and female characteristics
  42. arid
    lacking sufficient water or rainfall
  43. assail
    attack someone physically or emotionally
  44. auspicious
    indicating favorable circumstances and good luck
  45. bashful
    self-consciously timid
  46. belligerent
    characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
  47. bequest
    a gift of personal property by will
  48. bombastic
    ostentatiously lofty in style
  49. brazen
    not held back by conventional ideas of behavior
  50. cater
    give what is desired or needed
  51. coerce
    cause to do through pressure or necessity
  52. confer
    have a meeting in order to talk something over
  53. congenial
    capable of cross-fertilization or of being grafted
  54. contrite
    feeling or expressing pain or sorrow
  55. corpulent
    excessively large
  56. dawdle
    take one's time; proceed slowly
  57. detrimental
    causing harm or injury
  58. egotistic
    having an inflated idea of one's own importance
  59. embryonic
    of an organism prior to birth or hatching
  60. equity
    the quality of being fair, reasonable, or impartial
  61. euphemism
    an inoffensive expression substituted for an offensive one
  62. feasible
    capable of being done with means at hand
  63. fickle
    liable to sudden unpredictable change
  64. flotsam
    the floating wreckage of a ship
  65. frugal
    avoiding waste
  66. germane
    relevant and appropriate
  67. haphazard
    dependent upon or characterized by chance
  68. facet
    a distinct feature or element in a problem
  69. fallow
    left unplowed and unseeded during a growing season
  70. ignoble
    dishonorable in character or purpose
  71. innate
    present at birth but not necessarily hereditary
  72. insipid
    lacking taste or flavor or tang
  73. jubilant
    full of high-spirited delight
  74. kinetic
    relating to the motion of material bodies and their forces
  75. lavish
    given or giving freely, generously, or without restriction
  76. limber
    easily bent
  77. meander
    move or cause to move in a winding or curving course
  78. negate
    deny the truth of
  79. noxious
    injurious to physical or mental health
  80. obstinate
    persist stubbornly
  81. opulent
    rich and superior in quality
  82. paltry
    not worth considering
  83. permeate
    spread or diffuse through
  84. predominate
    be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
  85. puny
    inferior in strength or significance
  86. reminisce
    recall the past
  87. pervasive
    spreading or spread throughout
  88. placate
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  89. reprimand
    an act or expression of criticism and censure
  90. revere
    regard with feelings of respect
  91. ruminate
    reflect deeply on a subject
  92. shrewd
    good at tricking people to get something
  93. stringent
    demanding strict attention to rules and procedures
  94. taper
    diminish gradually
  95. trite
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  96. utilitarian
    having a useful function
  97. wane
    a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
  98. wrath
    intense anger
  99. zany
    ludicrous or foolish
  100. haughty
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  101. inane
    devoid of intelligence
  102. insinuate
    introduce or insert in a subtle manner
  103. keen
    having a sharp cutting edge or point
  104. laudatory
    full of or giving praise
  105. lenient
    inclined to be permissive or indulgent
  106. lucrative
    producing a sizeable profit
  107. morose
    showing a brooding ill humor
  108. novel
    original and of a kind not seen before
  109. null
    a quantity of no importance
  110. ominous
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  111. overt
    open and observable; not secret or hidden
  112. parsimonious
    excessively unwilling to spend
  113. perpetuate
    cause to continue or prevail
  114. pungent
    strong and sharp to the sense of taste or smell
  115. recalcitrant
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  116. renowned
    widely known and esteemed
  117. pilfer
    make off with belongings of others
  118. porous
    full of holes
  119. repudiate
    refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid
  120. rue
    feel sorry for; be contrite about
  121. rustic
    awkwardly simple and provincial
  122. speck
    a very small spot
  123. succinct
    briefly giving the gist of something
  124. tact
    consideration in dealing with others
  125. toil
    work hard
  126. uncouth
    lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
  127. vacillate
    be undecided about something
  128. wily
    marked by skill in deception
  129. writhe
    move in a twisting or contorted motion
Created on 十一月 6, 2013 (updated 十一月 6, 2013)

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