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  1. pesky
    causing irritation or annoyance
  2. saturnine
    bitter or scornful
  3. suffrage
    a legal right to vote
  4. beshrew
    wish harm or evil upon
  5. supererogatory
    more than is needed, desired, or required
  6. garish
    tastelessly showy
  7. gimcrack
    tastelessly showy
  8. berate
    censure severely or angrily
  9. rout
    an overwhelming defeat
  10. thug
    an aggressive and violent young criminal
  11. behemoth
    someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
  12. barnacle
    marine crustacean with feathery food-catching appendages
  13. expedient
    appropriate to a purpose
  14. pernicious
    exceedingly harmful
  15. cleat
    a metal or leather projection ; prevents slipping
  16. hamper
    prevent the progress or free movement of
  17. propositus
    the person immediately affected by or concerned with an action
  18. progenitor
    an ancestor in the direct line
  19. hoist
    raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
  20. limn
    make a portrait of
  21. pandiculation
    yawning and stretching (as when first waking up)
  22. pandiculation
    yawning and stretching (as when first waking up)
  23. buffoon
    a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior
  24. antic
    ludicrously odd
  25. herpetologist
    a scientist who studies reptiles and amphibians
  26. imperturbable
    marked by extreme calm and composure
  27. foment
    try to stir up
  28. genuflect
    bend the knees and bow in a servile manner
  29. pew
    a long bench with a back; used in church by the congregation
  30. curtsy
    a gesture involving bending the knees to show respect
  31. countenance
    the appearance conveyed by a person's face
  32. gauche
    lacking social poise or refinement
  33. uproot
    move forcibly from a homeland into a new foreign environment
  34. exigency
    a pressing or urgent situation
  35. profligacy
    the trait of spending extravagantly
  36. clarion
    loud and clear
  37. devolve
    pass on or delegate to another
  38. limbo
    in Catholicism, the place of unbaptized but innocent souls
  39. reprehensible
    bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
  40. celerity
    a rate that is rapid
  41. erstwhile
    belonging to some prior time
  42. sallow
    unhealthy looking
  43. tutelary
    providing protective supervision
  44. enervate
    weaken physically, mentally, or morally
  45. harbinger
    something indicating the approach of something or someone
  46. thwart
    hinder or prevent, as an effort, plan, or desire
  47. slapdash
    marked by great carelessness
  48. brunt
    the main part, especially of a force or shock
  49. scurvy
    a condition caused by deficiency of ascorbic acid
  50. homily
    a sermon on a moral or religious topic
  51. paroxysm
    a sudden uncontrollable attack
  52. seizure
    the taking possession of something by legal process
  53. inimical
    tending to obstruct or cause harm
  54. brisance
    the shattering or crushing effect of a sudden release of energy as in an explosion
  55. scald
    burn with a hot liquid or steam
Created on 八月 10, 2011 (updated 八月 31, 2011)

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