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  1. Quonset hut
    a prefabricated hut of corrugated iron having a semicircular cross section
  2. admonish
    scold or reprimand; take to task
  3. ambiguity
    unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning
  4. antecedent
    a preceding occurrence or cause or event
  5. archaean
    of or relating to the earliest known rocks formed during the Precambrian Eon
  6. archaeology
    the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people
  7. aromatherapy
    the therapeutic use of aromatic plant extracts and essential oils in baths or massage
  8. assertion
    a declaration that is made emphatically
  9. boeuf
    meat from an adult domestic bovine
  10. bourguignon
    reduced red wine with onions and parsley and thyme and butter
  11. caricature
    a representation of a person exaggerated for comic effect
  12. cavalierly
    in a proud and domineering manner
  13. cervix
    the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body
  14. chronology
    an arrangement of events in time
  15. culinary
    of or relating to or used in cooking
  16. culpability
    a state of guilt
  17. derivation
    the source or origin from which something comes
  18. deterministic
    following inevitably from previous causes or actions
  19. dysphemistic
    substituting a harsher or distasteful term for a mild one
  20. endow
    give qualities or abilities to
  21. euphemism
    an inoffensive expression substituted for an offensive one
  22. euphemistic
    substituting a mild term for a harsher or distasteful one
  23. extraneous
    not belonging to that in which it is contained
  24. felicitous
    exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style
  25. fractious
    easily irritated or annoyed
  26. genre
    a kind of literary or artistic work
  27. iconoclast
    someone who attacks cherished ideas or institutions
  28. impervious
    not admitting of passage or capable of being affected
  29. incessant
    uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
  30. incongruous
    lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness
  31. inexorable
    impossible to prevent, resist, or stop
  32. multifarious
    having many aspects
  33. multitudinous
    too numerous to be counted
  34. pernicious
    exceedingly harmful
  35. petroglyph
    a carving or line drawing on rock
  36. pontifical
    proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope
  37. primeval
    having existed from the beginning
  38. quixotic
    not sensible about practical matters
  39. soporific
    inducing sleep
  40. tenure
    the term during which some position is held
  41. thesis
    an unproved statement advanced as a premise in an argument
  42. utterance
    the use of spoken sounds for auditory communication
  43. flatulent
    generating excessive gas in the alimentary canal
  44. alimentary
    of or providing nourishment
  45. autonomous
    existing as an independent entity
  46. pertinacious
    stubbornly unyielding
  47. pusillanimous
    lacking in courage, strength, and resolution
  48. malevolent
    wishing or appearing to wish evil to others
  49. ignominious
    deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
Created on 四月 22, 2011 (updated 五月 25, 2011)

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