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  1. acumen
    shrewdness shown by keen insight
  2. capitulate
    surrender under agreed conditions
  3. bracing
    refreshing or invigorating
  4. iconoclast
    someone who attacks cherished ideas or institutions
  5. demur
    politely refuse or take exception to
  6. catholic
    comprehensive or broad-minded in tastes and interests
  7. insurgent
    in opposition to a civil authority or government
  8. prevail
    be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
  9. fecund
    capable of producing offspring or vegetation
  10. vigil
    a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe
  11. stultify
    deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless
  12. poignant
    keenly distressing to the mind or feelings
  13. detritus
    loose material that is worn away from rocks
  14. encompass
    include in scope
  15. soporific
    inducing sleep
  16. reproof
    an act or expression of criticism and censure
  17. invigorate
    give life or energy to
  18. hackneyed
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  19. tycoon
    a very wealthy or powerful businessperson
  20. remonstrate
    argue in protest or opposition
  21. mordant
    harshly ironic or sinister
  22. catalyst
    substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction
  23. forestall
    keep from happening or arising; make impossible
  24. inimical
    tending to obstruct or cause harm
  25. buttress
    a support usually of stone or brick
Created on 三月 24, 2011

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