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  1. encumber
    hold back, impede, or weigh down
  2. grovel
    show submission or fear
  3. cringe
    draw back, as with fear, pain, or embarrassment
  4. wince
    draw back, as with fear or pain
  5. covert
    secret or hidden
  6. apocryphal
    being of questionable authenticity
  7. anathema
    a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication
  8. manifest
    clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
  9. improvise
    manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand
  10. rue
    feel sorry for; be contrite about
  11. expatriate
    a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country
    exp+traite
  12. expat
    a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country
  13. vitiate
    make imperfect
  14. equivocal
    open to two or more interpretations
  15. plebeian
    of or associated with the great masses of people
  16. delusion
    a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea
  17. exalt
    praise, glorify, or honor
  18. elude
    escape, either physically or mentally
  19. deign
    do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
  20. delineate
    represented accurately or precisely
  21. delineated
    represented accurately or precisely
  22. delectable
    extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
  23. delirium
    a usually brief state of excitement and mental confusion
  24. deleterious
    harmful to living things
  25. enjoin
    give instructions to or direct somebody to do something
  26. recrimination
    mutual accusations
    -crimina-tion: crimina relates to a crime. recrimination means: one accusing the other for a crime. The other "re" accused him of another crime.
  27. reprobation
    severe disapproval
    refer to the its opposite word approbation .. which means approval
  28. dizzily
    in a giddy light-headed manner
  29. invidious
    containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice
    invi seems like "envy" check the meaning of envy and you will understand the mnemonic
  30. insidious
    working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
    insidious= inside+ hideous. think of something terrible, like a disease, hiding inside of the body.
  31. veracious
    habitually speaking the truth
  32. unflinching
    showing courage and determination in the face of danger
  33. rive
    tear or be torn violently
  34. proponent
    a person who argues for a cause or puts forward an idea
  35. feign
    make believe with the intent to deceive
  36. ameliorate
    make better
  37. bucolic
    devoted to raising sheep or cattle
  38. bubonic
    relating to inflamed or swollen lymph nodes
  39. lackadaisical
    idle or indolent especially in a dreamy way
  40. clairvoyance
    apparent power to perceive things not present to the senses
  41. clairvoyant
    someone who can perceive things not present to the senses
  42. insouciant
    marked by unconcern
  43. insouciance
    a casual or lighthearted feeling of unconcern
Created on 五月 23, 2011 (updated 六月 6, 2011)

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