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  1. fiat
    a legally binding command or decision
  2. vernal
    suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh
  3. machination
    a crafty and involved plot to achieve your ends
  4. luxuriant
    produced or growing in extreme abundance
  5. elliptical
    rounded like an egg
  6. jocose
    characterized by jokes and good humor
  7. privation
    the act of stripping someone of food, money, or rights
  8. affect
    have an influence upon
  9. seemly
    according with custom or propriety
  10. besmirch
    smear so as to make dirty or stained
  11. potentate
    a powerful ruler, especially one who is unconstrained by law
  12. yeoman
    a free man who cultivates his own land
  13. missive
    a written message addressed to a person or organization
  14. convivial
    occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company
  15. appellation
    identifying words by which someone or something is called
  16. redress
    make reparations or amends for
  17. tutelary
    providing protective supervision
  18. knell
    the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death
  19. gorge
    a deep ravine, usually with a river running through it
  20. picayune
    small and of little importance
  21. conceit
    the trait of being unduly vain
  22. harangue
    a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
  23. apprise
    inform somebody of something
  24. rarefy
    lessen the density or solidity of
  25. aureate
    elaborately or excessively ornamented
  26. circumspect
    careful to consider potential consequences and avoid risk
  27. conciliate
    gain the good will of or cause to be more favorably inclined
  28. sophism
    a deliberately invalid argument intended to deceive
  29. ad hominem
    appealing to personal considerations rather than to reason
  30. loftiness
    impressiveness in scale or proportion
Created on 九月 16, 2011 (updated 九月 16, 2011)

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