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  1. ensconce
    fix firmly
  2. maladroit
    not quick or skillful in action or thought
  3. contumelious
    arrogantly insolent
  4. modulate
    fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of
  5. vitiate
    make imperfect
  6. bruit
    tell or spread rumors
  7. waggish
    witty or joking
  8. quid pro quo
    something given in exchange for something else
  9. iconoclastic
    characterized by attack on established beliefs
  10. internecine
    within a group or organization
  11. salubrious
    promoting health
  12. prescience
    the power to foresee the future
  13. traumatic
    psychologically painful
  14. touchstone
    a basis for comparison
  15. maudlin
    very sentimental or emotional
  16. dictum
    an authoritative declaration
  17. abortive
    failing to accomplish an intended result
  18. portentous
    of momentous or ominous significance
  19. quid
    a wad of something chewable as tobacco
  20. pro
    an argument in favor of a proposal
  21. animosity
    a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility
  22. svelte
    being of delicate or slender build
  23. languish
    become feeble
  24. cavalier
    showing a lack of concern or seriousness
  25. torque
    a twisting force
  26. soubrette
    a pert or flirtatious young girl
  27. eudaemonic
    producing happiness and well-being
  28. sycophant
    a person who tries to please someone to gain an advantage
  29. perspicacious
    mentally acute or penetratingly discerning
  30. lacuna
    a blank gap or missing part
  31. elide
    omit or strike out
  32. marginalia
    notes written in the blank space around the text on a page
  33. rebuff
    a deliberate discourteous act
  34. apotheosis
    model of excellence or perfection of a kind
  35. redactor
    someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication
Created on 六月 24, 2011

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