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  1. rhetoric
    study of the technique for using language effectively
  2. sundry
    consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds
  3. profane
    grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
  4. disingenuous
    not straightforward or candid
  5. obsequious
    attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
  6. dilatory
    wasting time
  7. impecunious
    not having enough money to pay for necessities
  8. revile
    spread negative information about
  9. ingenuous
    lacking in sophistication or worldliness
  10. chagrin
    strong feelings of embarrassment
  11. abstemious
    marked by temperance in indulgence
  12. convoluted
    highly complex or intricate
  13. austere
    of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor
  14. ruminate
    reflect deeply on a subject
  15. noisome
    causing or able to cause nausea
  16. execration
    hate coupled with disgust
  17. gallimaufry
    a motley assortment of things
  18. refractory
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  19. berate
    censure severely or angrily
  20. contingent
    determined by conditions or circumstances that follow
  21. sanguine
    confidently optimistic and cheerful
  22. restive
    in a very tense state
  23. gratuitous
    unnecessary and unwarranted
  24. stalwart
    having rugged physical strength
  25. vicissitude
    a variation in circumstances or fortune
  26. condescend
    behave in a patronizing manner
  27. hackneyed
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  28. careen
    move at high speed and in an uncontrolled way
  29. replete
    filled to satisfaction with food or drink
  30. staid
    characterized by dignity and propriety
  31. drudge
    a laborer who is obliged to do menial work
  32. dissemble
    behave unnaturally or affectedly
  33. succumb
    give in, as to overwhelming force, influence, or pressure
  34. erratic
    liable to sudden unpredictable change
  35. perverse
    deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper
  36. seamy
    morally degraded
  37. dour
    showing a brooding ill humor
  38. copious
    large in number or quantity
  39. ephemeral
    anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day
  40. embody
    represent in physical form
  41. fervid
    characterized by intense emotion
  42. ostensible
    appearing as such but not necessarily so
  43. overt
    open and observable; not secret or hidden
  44. inert
    unable to move or resist motion
  45. obviate
    do away with
  46. obstinate
    refusing to change one's mind or ways; difficult to convince
  47. meretricious
    tastelessly showy
  48. redolent
    having a strong pleasant odor
  49. circumvent
    surround so as to force to give up
  50. discretion
    power of making choices unconstrained by external agencies
  51. imbue
    spread or diffuse through
  52. apropos
    of a suitable, fitting, or pertinent nature
  53. pillage
    steal goods; take as spoils
  54. augur
    predict from an omen
  55. quarry
    animal hunted or caught for food
  56. cur
    an inferior dog or one of mixed breed
  57. musing
    deeply or seriously thoughtful
  58. vapid
    lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest
  59. bourgeois
    being of the property-owning class
  60. reckon
    expect, believe, or suppose
  61. betoken
    be a signal for or a symptom of
  62. execrable
    unequivocally detestable
  63. morbid
    suggesting the horror of death and decay
  64. lampoon
    ridicule with satire
  65. prosaic
    lacking wit or imagination
  66. vitiate
    make imperfect
  67. spate
    a sudden forceful flow
  68. innate
    present at birth but not necessarily hereditary
  69. gall
    a digestive juice secreted by the liver
  70. delineate
    represented accurately or precisely
  71. vernacular
    the everyday speech of the people
  72. manifest
    clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
  73. dismally
    in a dreadful manner
  74. articulate
    express or state clearly
  75. myriad
    a large indefinite number
  76. prompt
    according to schedule or without delay
  77. deplorable
    of very poor quality or condition
  78. precede
    be earlier in time
  79. adjure
    command solemnly
  80. reprimand
    an act or expression of criticism and censure
  81. respite
    a pause from doing something
  82. vagrant
    a wanderer with no established residence or means of support
  83. dissent
    a difference of opinion
  84. humble
    marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful
  85. peculiar
    beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
  86. flux
    a state of constant change
  87. terrestrial
    of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth
  88. parry
    impede the movement of
  89. assuage
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  90. veracity
    unwillingness to tell lies
  91. yoke
    a wooden frame across the shoulders for carrying buckets
  92. neutral
    having no personal preference
  93. mobilize
    make ready for action or use
  94. wan
    pale, as of a person's complexion
  95. strident
    unpleasantly loud and harsh
  96. conflate
    mix together different elements
  97. opaque
    not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy
  98. parry
    impede the movement of
Created on 十一月 13, 2013 (updated 十月 7, 2014)

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