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  1. acumen
    shrewdness shown by keen insight
  2. adulterate
    make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance
  3. amalgamate
    bring or combine together or with something else
  4. archaic
    so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
  5. aver
    declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
  6. bolster
    support and strengthen
  7. bombastic
    ostentatiously lofty in style
  8. diatribe
    thunderous verbal attack
  9. dissemble
    behave unnaturally or affectedly
  10. eccentric
    conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
  11. endemic
    native to or confined to a certain region
  12. evanescent
    short-lived; tending to vanish or disappear
  13. exacerbate
    make worse
  14. fervent
    characterized by intense emotion
  15. fortuitous
    lucky; occurring by happy chance
  16. germane
    relevant and appropriate
  17. grandiloquence
    high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
  18. hackneyed
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  19. halcyon
    a mythical bird said to breed at the winter solstice
  20. hedonism
    an ethical system that values the pursuit of pleasure
  21. hegemony
    the dominance or leadership of one social group over others
  22. iconoclast
    someone who attacks cherished ideas or institutions
  23. idolatrous
    relating to or practicing idolatry
  24. passive
    lacking in energy or will
  25. impassive
    having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
  26. imperturbable
    marked by extreme calm and composure
  27. implacable
    incapable of being appeased or pacified
  28. impunity
    exemption from punishment or loss
  29. inchoate
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
  30. infelicitous
    not appropriate in application; defective
  31. insipid
    lacking interest or significance or impact
  32. loquacious
    full of trivial conversation
  33. malevolent
    wishing or appearing to wish evil to others
  34. malleable
    capable of being shaped or bent
  35. meticulous
    marked by precise accordance with details
  36. misanthrope
    someone who dislikes people in general
  37. mitigate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
  38. obdurate
    stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
  39. obsequious
    attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
  40. occlude
    block passage through
  41. opprobrium
    a state of extreme dishonor
  42. pedagogy
    the profession of a teacher
  43. pedantic
    marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning
  44. pervasive
    spreading or spread throughout
  45. pirate
    someone who robs and plunders at sea
  46. placate
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  47. platitude
    a trite or obvious remark
  48. plummet
    drop sharply
  49. polemical
    of or involving dispute or controversy
  50. profuse
    produced or growing in extreme abundance
  51. proliferate
    grow rapidly
  52. querulous
    habitually complaining
  53. listless
    lacking zest or vivacity
  54. rancorous
    showing deep-seated resentment
  55. recalcitrant
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  56. repudiate
    refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid
  57. rescind
    cancel officially
  58. reverent
    feeling or showing profound respect or veneration
  59. rhetoric
    study of the technique for using language effectively
  60. salubrious
    promoting health
  61. solvent
    capable of meeting financial obligations
  62. insolvent
    unable to meet or discharge financial obligations
  63. specious
    plausible but false
  64. spurious
    plausible but false
  65. subpoena
    a writ issued to compel the attendance of a witness
  66. succinct
    briefly giving the gist of something
  67. superfluous
    more than is needed, desired, or required
  68. surfeit
    indulge (one's appetite) to satiety
  69. tenacity
    persistent determination
  70. tenuous
    lacking substance or significance
  71. denunciation
    a public act of condemnation
  72. tirade
    a speech of violent denunciation
  73. transient
    lasting a very short time
  74. zealous
    marked by active interest and enthusiasm
  75. zealot
    a fervent and even militant proponent of something
Created on 十一月 9, 2010

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