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  1. candid
    openly straightforward and direct without secretiveness
  2. conjecture
    believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
  3. didactic
    instructive, especially excessively
  4. effusive
    uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm
  5. euphemism
    an inoffensive expression substituted for an offensive one
  6. extrapolate
    draw from specific cases for more general cases
  7. incoherent
    without logical or meaningful connection
  8. insinuate
    suggest in an indirect or covert way; give to understand
  9. loquacious
    full of trivial conversation
  10. lucid
    transparently clear; easily understandable
  11. rhetoric
    study of the technique for using language effectively
  12. acumen
    shrewdness shown by keen insight
  13. adroit
    quick or skillful or adept in action or thought
  14. ascertain
    learn or discover with confidence
  15. astute
    marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
  16. circumspect
    careful to consider potential consequences and avoid risk
  17. disseminate
    cause to become widely known
  18. erudition
    profound scholarly knowledge
  19. pedantic
    marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning
  20. perspicacious
    mentally acute or penetratingly discerning
  21. pragmatic
    concerned with practical matters
  22. precocious
    characterized by exceptionally early development
  23. prolific
    intellectually productive
  24. prospectus
    a document that sets forth a plan for a business enterprise
  25. rudimentary
    being in the earliest stages of development
  26. abstruse
    difficult to understand
  27. callous
    emotionally hardened
  28. convoluted
    highly complex or intricate
  29. disaffected
    discontented as toward authority
  30. enigma
    something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
  31. inscrutable
    difficult or impossible to understand
  32. reticent
    reluctant to draw attention to yourself
  33. staid
    characterized by dignity and propriety
  34. arcane
    requiring secret or mysterious knowledge
  35. assimilate
    make alike
  36. autonomy
    political independence
  37. cosmopolitan
    composed of people from many parts of the world
  38. derivative
    a compound obtained from another compound
  39. esoteric
    understandable only by an enlightened inner circle
  40. gaffe
    a socially awkward or tactless act
  41. idiosyncrasy
    a behavioral attribute peculiar to an individual
  42. insular
    relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island
  43. orthodox
    adhering to what is commonly accepted
  44. potentate
    a powerful ruler, especially one who is unconstrained by law
  45. castigate
    inflict severe punishment on
  46. censure
    harsh criticism or disapproval
  47. denounce
    speak out against
  48. reclusive
    withdrawn from society; seeking solitude
  49. relinquish
    turn away from; give up
  50. renounce
    turn away from; give up
  51. vituperative
    marked by harshly abusive criticism
  52. circumscribe
    draw a geometric figure around another figure
  53. contiguous
    having a common boundary or edge
  54. conciliatory
    making or willing to make concessions
  55. credible
    capable of being believed
  56. exonerate
    pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
  57. incontrovertible
    impossible to deny or disprove
  58. indict
    accuse formally of a crime
  59. litigious
    of or relating to legal proceedings
  60. partisan
    a fervent and even militant proponent of something
  61. parity
    functional equality
  62. rectitude
    righteousness as a consequence of being honorable and honest
  63. remiss
    failing in what duty requires
  64. repudiate
    refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid
  65. sanctimonious
    excessively or hypocritically pious
  66. scrupulous
    characterized by extreme care and great effort
  67. solicitous
    full of anxiety and concern
  68. substantiate
    establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
  69. veracity
    unwillingness to tell lies
  70. vindicate
    show to be right by providing justification or proof
  71. cajole
    influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
  72. chicanery
    the use of tricks to deceive someone
  73. obsequious
    attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
  74. sycophant
    a person who tries to please someone to gain an advantage
  75. altruism
    the quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others
  76. eminent
    standing above others in quality or position
  77. empathy
    understanding and entering into another's feelings
  78. extol
    praise, glorify, or honor
  79. laudatory
    full of or giving praise
  80. magnanimous
    noble and generous in spirit
  81. philanthropic
    of or relating to charitable giving
  82. reciprocate
    act, feel, or give mutually or in return
  83. defunct
    no longer in force or use; inactive
  84. eradicate
    destroy completely, as if down to the roots
  85. quell
    suppress or crush completely
  86. raze
    tear down so as to make flat with the ground
  87. squelch
    suppress or crush completely
  88. supplant
    take the place or move into the position of
  89. stymie
    hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
  90. abase
    cause to feel shame
  91. deride
    treat or speak of with contempt
  92. derogatory
    expressive of low opinion
  93. disparage
    express a negative opinion of
  94. effrontery
    audacious behavior that you have no right to
  95. ignominy
    a state of dishonor
  96. impugn
    attack as false or wrong
  97. mar
    cause to become imperfect
  98. pejorative
    expressing disapproval
  99. vex
    disturb, especially by minor irritations
  100. vindictive
    disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge
  101. bombastic
    ostentatiously lofty in style
  102. ebullience
    eager enjoyment or approval
  103. exorbitant
    greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
  104. exuberant
    joyously unrestrained
  105. embellish
    make more attractive, as by adding ornament or color
  106. flagrant
    conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
  107. gratuitous
    unnecessary and unwarranted
  108. lavish
    given or giving freely, generously, or without restriction
  109. lugubrious
    excessively mournful
  110. opulent
    rich and superior in quality
  111. ornate
    marked by complexity and richness of detail
  112. penchant
    a strong liking or preference
  113. redundant
    more than is needed, desired, or required
  114. ubiquitous
    being present everywhere at once
  115. vicarious
    experienced at secondhand
  116. vignette
    a brief literary description
  117. amalgam
    a combination or blend of diverse things
  118. inundate
    fill or cover completely, usually with water
  119. multifarious
    having many aspects
  120. multiplicity
    the property of having more than one part or entity
  121. alleviate
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  122. beneficial
    promoting or enhancing well-being
  123. cathartic
    emotionally purging
  124. curative
    tending to cure or restore to health
  125. palliative
    moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear
  126. therapeutic
    tending to cure or restore to health
  127. complement
    something added to embellish or make perfect
  128. epitome
    a standard or typical example
  129. felicitous
    exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style
  130. belie
    be in contradiction with
  131. debunk
    expose while ridiculing
  132. dubious
    fraught with uncertainty or doubt
  133. duplicitous
    marked by deliberate deceptiveness
  134. fabricate
    put together out of artificial or natural components
  135. fallacy
    a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning
  136. mendacious
    given to lying
  137. specious
    plausible but false
  138. ambiguous
    having more than one possible meaning
  139. ambivalent
    uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow
  140. apathetic
    showing little or no emotion or animation
  141. capricious
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
  142. equivocal
    open to two or more interpretations
  143. erratic
    liable to sudden unpredictable change
  144. impetuous
    characterized by undue haste and lack of thought
  145. impetus
    a force that makes something happen
  146. sporadic
    recurring in scattered or unpredictable instances
  147. vacillate
    be undecided about something
  148. whimsical
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
  149. flag
    a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
  150. jaded
    exhausted
  151. clandestine
    conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
  152. subterfuge
    something intended to misrepresent the nature of an activity
  153. surreptitious
    marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
  154. dearth
    an insufficient quantity or number
  155. modicum
    a small or moderate or token amount
  156. paucity
    an insufficient quantity or number
  157. squander
    spend thoughtlessly; throw away
  158. temperate
    not extreme
  159. tenuous
    lacking substance or significance
  160. diligent
    quietly and steadily persevering in detail or exactness
  161. maverick
    someone who exhibits independence in thought and action
  162. mercenary
    a person hired to fight for another country than their own
  163. obstinate
    refusing to change one's mind or ways; difficult to convince
  164. proliferate
    grow rapidly
  165. tenacity
    persistent determination
  166. vigilant
    carefully observant or attentive
  167. extraneous
    not belonging to that in which it is contained
  168. juxtapose
    place side by side
  169. novel
    an extended fictional work in prose
  170. superfluous
    more than is needed, desired, or required
  171. synergy
    the working together of two or more things to produce an effect
  172. tangential
    of superficial relevance if any
  173. aesthetic
    characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste
  174. aural
    of or pertaining to hearing or the ear
  175. cacophony
    loud confusing disagreeable sounds
  176. dirge
    a song or hymn of mourning as a memorial to a dead person
  177. eclectic
    selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
  178. incongruous
    lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness
  179. sonorous
    full and loud and deep
  180. strident
    unpleasantly loud and harsh
  181. debacle
    a sudden and complete disaster
  182. debilitate
    make weak
  183. tumultuous
    characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination
  184. anachronistic
    chronologically misplaced
  185. archaic
    so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
  186. dilatory
    wasting time
  187. ephemeral
    anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day
  188. redolent
    having a strong pleasant odor
  189. temporal
    of or relating to or limited by time
  190. onerous
    burdensome or difficult to endure
  191. portent
    a sign of something about to happen
  192. prescience
    the power to foresee the future
  193. austere
    of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor
  194. banal
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  195. hackneyed
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  196. insipid
    lacking interest or significance or impact
  197. prosaic
    lacking wit or imagination
  198. soporific
    inducing sleep
  199. vapid
    lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest
  200. brevity
    the attribute of being short or fleeting
  201. expedient
    appropriate to a purpose
  202. transient
    lasting a very short time
  203. augment
    enlarge or increase
  204. bolster
    support and strengthen
  205. burgeon
    grow and flourish
  206. copious
    large in number or quantity
  207. distend
    cause to expand as if by internal pressure
  208. grandiose
    impressive because of unnecessary largeness or magnificence
  209. prodigious
    great in size, force, extent, or degree
  210. profundity
    the quality of being physically deep
  211. redouble
    double again
  212. scintillating
    having brief brilliant points or flashes of light
  213. averse
    strongly opposed
  214. conspicuous
    obvious to the eye or mind
  215. demure
    shy or modest, often in a playful or provocative way
  216. diffidence
    lack of self-assurance
  217. docile
    easily handled or managed
  218. innocuous
    not injurious to physical or mental health
  219. placid
    calm and free from disturbance
  220. quiescent
    being quiet or still or inactive
  221. concord
    a harmonious state of things and of their properties
  222. concur
    happen simultaneously
  223. dogmatic
    pertaining to a code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
  224. fastidious
    giving careful attention to detail
  225. intransigence
    stubborn refusal to compromise or change
  226. jocular
    characterized by jokes and good humor
  227. meticulous
    marked by precise accordance with details
  228. affable
    diffusing warmth and friendliness
  229. alacrity
    liveliness and eagerness
  230. benign
    kind in disposition or manner
  231. sanguine
    confidently optimistic and cheerful
  232. belligerent
    characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
  233. cantankerous
    stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate
  234. contentious
    showing an inclination to disagree
  235. deleterious
    harmful to living things
  236. exacerbate
    make worse
  237. flippant
    showing an inappropriate lack of seriousness
  238. insolent
    marked by casual disrespect
  239. nefarious
    extremely wicked
  240. pernicious
    exceedingly harmful
  241. rancorous
    showing deep-seated resentment
  242. repugnant
    offensive to the mind
  243. supercilious
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  244. arboreal
    of or relating to or formed by trees
  245. invocation
    the act of appealing for help
  246. stratify
    form, arrange, or deposit in layers
  247. variegated
    having an assortment of colors
  248. verdant
    characterized by abundance of vegetation and green foliage
Created on 七月 11, 2011

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