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  1. abate
    become less in amount or intensity
  2. aberrant
    markedly different from an accepted norm
  3. abeyance
    temporary cessation or suspension
  4. abscond
    run away, often taking something or somebody along
  5. abstemious
    marked by temperance in indulgence
  6. admonish
    scold or reprimand; take to task
  7. adulterate
    make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance
  8. aggregate
    a sum total of many heterogeneous things taken together
  9. alacrity
    liveliness and eagerness
  10. amalgamate
    bring or combine together or with something else
  11. ambivalence
    mixed feelings or emotions
  12. ameliorate
    make better
  13. anachronism
    locating something at a time when it couldn't have existed
  14. anomalous
    deviating from the general or common order or type
  15. antipathy
    a feeling of intense dislike
  16. apathy
    an absence of emotion or enthusiasm
  17. apprise
    inform somebody of something
  18. approbation
    official acceptance or agreement
  19. appropriate
    suitable for a particular person, place, or situation
  20. arduous
    characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
  21. artless
    simple and natural; without cunning or deceit
  22. assiduous
    marked by care and persistent effort
  23. assuage
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  24. attenuate
    become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude
  25. audacious
    disposed to venture or take risks
  26. austere
    of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor
  27. aver
    declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
  28. banal
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  29. belie
    be in contradiction with
  30. beneficent
    doing or producing good
  31. bombastic
    ostentatiously lofty in style
  32. boorish
    ill-mannered and coarse in behavior or appearance
  33. burgeon
    grow and flourish
  34. burnish
    polish and make shiny
  35. buttress
    a support usually of stone or brick
  36. cacophonous
    having an unpleasant sound
  37. capricious
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
  38. castigation
    verbal punishment
  39. caustic
    capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action
  40. chicanery
    the use of tricks to deceive someone
  41. coda
    the closing section of a musical composition
  42. cogent
    powerfully persuasive
  43. commensurate
    corresponding in size or degree or extent
  44. compendium
    a publication containing a variety of works
  45. conciliatory
    making or willing to make concessions
  46. condone
    excuse, overlook, or make allowances for
  47. contention
    the act of competing as for profit or a prize
  48. contentious
    showing an inclination to disagree
  49. contrite
    feeling or expressing pain or sorrow
  50. conundrum
    a difficult problem
  51. craven
    lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful
  52. decorum
    propriety in manners and conduct
  53. deference
    courteous regard for people's feelings
  54. delineate
    represented accurately or precisely
  55. denigrate
    attack the good name and reputation of someone
  56. deride
    treat or speak of with contempt
  57. desiccate
    lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless
  58. desultory
    marked by lack of definite plan, purpose, or enthusiasm
  59. deterrent
    something immaterial that interferes with action or progress
  60. diatribe
    thunderous verbal attack
  61. diffidence
    lack of self-assurance
  62. dirge
    a song or hymn of mourning as a memorial to a dead person
  63. disabuse
    free somebody from an erroneous belief
  64. discordant
    not in agreement or harmony
  65. discrete
    constituting a separate entity or part
  66. discreet
    marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint
  67. disingenuous
    not straightforward or candid
  68. dismiss
    stop associating with
  69. disparage
    express a negative opinion of
  70. disparate
    fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
  71. disseminate
    cause to become widely known
  72. dissolution
    separation into component parts
  73. dissonance
    disagreeable sounds
  74. distill
    undergo condensation
  75. divest
    take away possessions from someone
  76. dupe
    fool or hoax
  77. ebullient
    joyously unrestrained
  78. effrontery
    audacious behavior that you have no right to
  79. elegy
    a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
  80. emulate
    strive to equal or match, especially by imitating
  81. endemic
    native to or confined to a certain region
  82. enervate
    weaken physically, mentally, or morally
  83. engender
    call forth
  84. ephemeral
    anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day
  85. equivocate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
  86. erudite
    having or showing profound knowledge
  87. esoteric
    understandable only by an enlightened inner circle
  88. eulogy
    a formal expression of praise for someone who has died
  89. euphemism
    an inoffensive expression substituted for an offensive one
  90. exculpate
    pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
  91. exigency
    a pressing or urgent situation
  92. facetious
    cleverly amusing in tone
  93. fallacious
    containing or based on incorrect reasoning
  94. fatuous
    devoid of intelligence
  95. felicitous
    exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style
  96. flag
    a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
  97. fledgling
    young bird that has just become capable of flying
  98. flout
    treat with contemptuous disregard
  99. foment
    try to stir up
  100. forestall
    keep from happening or arising; make impossible
  101. futile
    producing no result or effect
  102. gainsay
    take exception to
  103. garrulous
    full of trivial conversation
  104. goad
    stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick
  105. gouge
    an impression in a surface, as made by a blow
  106. grandiloquent
    lofty in style
  107. gregarious
    temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others
  108. guileless
    innocent and free of deceit
  109. harangue
    a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
  110. hyperbole
    extravagant exaggeration
  111. iconoclastic
    characterized by attack on established beliefs
  112. immutable
    not subject or susceptible to change or variation
  113. impede
    be a hindrance or obstacle to
  114. imperturbable
    marked by extreme calm and composure
  115. impervious
    not admitting of passage or capable of being affected
  116. implacable
    incapable of being appeased or pacified
  117. inchoate
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
  118. indeterminate
    not fixed or known in advance
  119. indigence
    a state of extreme poverty or destitution
  120. indolent
    disinclined to work or exertion
  121. inert
    unable to move or resist motion
  122. innocuous
    not injurious to physical or mental health
  123. insipid
    lacking interest or significance or impact
  124. insularity
    lack of openness to new ideas; narrow-mindedness
  125. intractable
    difficult to manage or mold
  126. intransigence
    stubborn refusal to compromise or change
  127. inured
    made tough by habitual exposure
  128. invective
    abusive language used to express blame or censure
  129. irascible
    quickly aroused to anger
  130. irresolute
    uncertain how to act or proceed
  131. laconic
    brief and to the point
  132. lassitude
    a feeling of lack of interest or energy
  133. latent
    potentially existing but not presently evident or realized
  134. laud
    praise, glorify, or honor
  135. levee
    an embankment built to prevent a river from overflowing
  136. levity
    a manner lacking seriousness
  137. loquacious
    full of trivial conversation
  138. magnanimity
    nobility and generosity of spirit
  139. malinger
    avoid responsibilities and duties, often by faking illness
  140. maverick
    someone who exhibits independence in thought and action
  141. mendacious
    given to lying
  142. misanthrope
    someone who dislikes people in general
  143. mitigate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
  144. mollify
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  145. morose
    showing a brooding ill humor
  146. neophyte
    a participant with no experience with an activity
  147. obdurate
    stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
  148. obsequious
    attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
  149. obviate
    do away with
  150. occlude
    block passage through
  151. officious
    intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
  152. onerous
    burdensome or difficult to endure
  153. opprobrium
    a state of extreme dishonor
  154. oscillate
    move or swing from side to side regularly
  155. ostentatious
    intended to attract notice and impress others
  156. paragon
    a perfect embodiment of a concept
  157. paucity
    an insufficient quantity or number
  158. pedantic
    marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning
  159. penchant
    a strong liking or preference
  160. penury
    a state of extreme poverty or destitution
  161. perennial
    lasting an indefinitely long time
  162. perfidious
    tending to betray
  163. perfunctory
    hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
  164. phlegmatic
    showing little emotion
  165. placate
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  166. platitude
    a trite or obvious remark
  167. plethora
    extreme excess
  168. plummet
    drop sharply
  169. pragmatic
    concerned with practical matters
  170. precarious
    not secure; beset with difficulties
  171. prevaricate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
  172. probity
    complete and confirmed integrity
  173. prodigal
    recklessly wasteful
  174. proliferate
    grow rapidly
  175. propensity
    a natural inclination
  176. propitiate
    make peace with
  177. propriety
    correct behavior
  178. proscribe
    command against
  179. quibble
    evade the truth of a point by raising irrelevant objections
  180. quiescent
    being quiet or still or inactive
  181. rarefied
    of high moral or intellectual value
  182. recalcitrant
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  183. recant
    formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief
  184. refractory
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  185. refute
    overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof
  186. relegate
    assign to a lower position
  187. reprobate
    a person without moral scruples
  188. repudiate
    refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid
  189. rescind
    cancel officially
  190. reticent
    reluctant to draw attention to yourself
  191. salubrious
    promoting health
  192. soporific
    inducing sleep
  193. specious
    plausible but false
  194. stolid
    having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
  195. striate
    marked with stripes
  196. supersede
    take the place or move into the position of
  197. supposition
    the cognitive process of conjecturing
  198. tacit
    implied by or inferred from actions or statements
  199. tangential
    of superficial relevance if any
  200. tenuous
    lacking substance or significance
  201. tirade
    a speech of violent denunciation
  202. torpor
    a state of motor and mental inactivity
  203. tractable
    easily managed
  204. truculence
    stubborn and defiant aggressiveness
  205. vacillate
    be undecided about something
  206. venerate
    regard with feelings of respect and reverence
  207. veracious
    habitually speaking the truth
  208. viscous
    having a relatively high resistance to flow
  209. volatile
    liable to lead to sudden change or violence
  210. welter
    a confused multitude of things
  211. zealot
    a fervent and even militant proponent of something
  212. enfranchise
    grant freedom to, as from slavery or servitude
  213. diffident
    showing modest reserve
  214. facetious
    cleverly amusing in tone
  215. hedge
    a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes
  216. industry
    the action of making of goods and services for sale
  217. spunk
    the courage or spirit to carry on
  218. commendation
    an official award given as formal public statement
  219. quixotic
    not sensible about practical matters
  220. restiveness
    the anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters
  221. hallow
    render holy by means of religious rites
  222. chary
    characterized by great caution
  223. stupefy
    make someone dazed or foolish
  224. credit
    an estimate of ability to fulfill financial commitments
  225. mirth
    great merriment
  226. embitter
    cause to be resentful
  227. spur
    a prod on a rider's heel used to urge a horse onward
  228. mealymouthed
    hesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly
  229. nonentity
    a person of no influence
  230. melee
    a noisy riotous fight
  231. impunity
    exemption from punishment or loss
  232. enigmatic
    not clear to the understanding
  233. vitriol
    abusive or venomous language to express blame or censure
  234. prostrate
    stretched out and lying at full length along the ground
  235. foment
    try to stir up
  236. perjure
    make oneself guilty of telling untruths in a court of law
  237. bailiwick
    one's particular area of interest or branch of knowledge
Created on 十一月 29, 2010 (updated 一月 19, 2011)

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