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  1. emissary
    someone sent to represent another's interests
  2. replete
    filled to satisfaction with food or drink
  3. aegis
    armor plate that protects the chest
  4. castigation
    verbal punishment
  5. ex post facto
    affecting things past
  6. paucity
    an insufficient quantity or number
  7. seditious
    inciting action or rebellion
  8. pundit
    an expert who publicly gives opinions via mass media
  9. august
    profoundly honored
  10. contagion
    an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
  11. incredulity
    doubt about the truth of something
  12. inoculation
    taking a vaccine as a precaution against a disease
  13. idiosyncratic
    peculiar to the individual
  14. incitement
    an act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating
  15. incite
    provoke or stir up
  16. assuage
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  17. oblique
    slanting or inclined in direction or course or position
  18. parochial
    relating to or supported by or located in a parish
  19. ennui
    the feeling of being bored by something tedious
  20. incendiary
    capable of causing fires or catching fire spontaneously
  21. sycophant
    a person who tries to please someone to gain an advantage
  22. comestible
    suitable for use as food
  23. besmirch
    smear so as to make dirty or stained
  24. asperse
    charge falsely or with malicious intent
  25. portentous
    of momentous or ominous significance
  26. bete noire
    a detested person or thing
  27. malodourous
    having an unpleasant smell
  28. disport
    occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
  29. pablum
    worthless or oversimplified ideas
  30. pabulum
    any substance that can be used as food
  31. collation
    assembling in proper numerical or logical sequence
  32. augur
    predict from an omen
  33. auspicate
    indicate by signs
  34. meretricious
    tastelessly showy
  35. descry
    catch sight of
  36. machination
    a crafty and involved plot to achieve your ends
  37. coax
    influence or persuade by gentle and persistent urging
  38. smitten
    affected by something overwhelming
  39. palliate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
  40. foil
    hinder or prevent, as an effort, plan, or desire
  41. overbearing
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  42. subjugation
    forced submission to control by others
  43. quash
    declare invalid
  44. myopic
    unable to see distant objects clearly
  45. conjunctivitis
    inflammation of the conjunctiva of the eye
  46. imprudent
    not sensible, responsible, or wise
  47. obloquy
    state of disgrace resulting from public abuse
  48. feign
    make believe with the intent to deceive
  49. immure
    lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
  50. knotty
    tangled in snarls
  51. ingratiate
    gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts
  52. ingratiating
    capable of winning favor
  53. opprobrium
    a state of extreme dishonor
  54. venerable
    profoundly honored
  55. obviate
    do away with
  56. unctuous
    unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating
  57. ramify
    have or develop complicating consequences
  58. adulation
    exaggerated flattery or praise
  59. precedence
    status established in order of importance or urgency
  60. pragmatic
    concerned with practical matters
  61. transmogrify
    change completely the nature or appearance of
  62. conciliate
    gain the good will of or cause to be more favorably inclined
  63. plum
    any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stone
  64. elusive
    skillful at evading capture
  65. ancillary
    furnishing added support
  66. esoteric
    understandable only by an enlightened inner circle
  67. pontificate
    administer a pontifical office
  68. inadvertent
    happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally
  69. remuneration
    paying for goods or services or to recompense for losses
  70. delve
    turn up, loosen, or remove earth
  71. intrinsically
    with respect to its inherent nature
  72. paean
    a hymn of praise
  73. limn
    make a portrait of
  74. perceptible
    capable of being grasped by the mind or senses
  75. promontory
    a natural elevation
  76. obtuse
    of an angle, between 90 and 180 degrees
  77. adroit
    quick or skillful or adept in action or thought
  78. fractious
    easily irritated or annoyed
  79. intrinsic
    belonging to a thing by its very nature
  80. tandem
    an arrangement of objects or persons one behind another
  81. frigid
    extremely cold
  82. exegesis
    an explanation or critical interpretation
Created on 六月 2, 2011 (updated 七月 10, 2013)

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