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  1. nemesis
    a personal foe or rival that cannot be easily defeated
  2. boson
    any particle that obeys Bose-Einstein statistics
  3. horizon
    the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet
  4. lotic
    of or relating to or living in actively moving water
  5. earmark
    give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
  6. ursine
    of or relating to or similar to bears
  7. cotillion
    a lively dance originating in France in the 18th century
  8. tuxedo
    formal evening dress for men
  9. meticulous
    marked by precise accordance with details
  10. proxy
    a person authorized to act for another
  11. vol-au-vent
    puff paste shell filled with a savory meat mixture usually with a sauce
  12. caseous
    of damaged or necrotic tissue; cheeselike
  13. ottoman
    a low seat or a stool to rest the feet of a seated person
  14. acaricide
    a chemical agent used to kill mites
  15. decennary
    a period of 10 years
  16. polka dot
    design consisting of a pattern of regularly spaced circular spots
  17. thither
    to or toward that place; away from the speaker
  18. yearn
    desire strongly or persistently
  19. prerogative
    a right reserved exclusively by a person or group
  20. hierarchy
    a series of ordered groupings within a system
  21. frumpy
    drab, old-fashioned, and unattractive
  22. dude
    an informal form of address for a man
  23. plus fours
    men's baggy knickers hanging below the knees
  24. turgor
    (biology) the normal rigid state of fullness of a cell or blood vessel or capillary resulting from pressure of the contents against the wall or membrane
  25. sine qua non
    a prerequisite
  26. metabolize
    produce by the organic processes necessary for life
  27. sui generis
    constituting a class of its own; unique
  28. captious
    tending to find and call attention to faults
  29. perfidy
    an act of deliberate betrayal
  30. culinary
    of or relating to or used in cooking
  31. ferritin
    a protein containing 20% iron that is found in the intestines and liver and spleen; it is one of the chief forms in which iron is stored in the body
  32. forsooth
    certainly; indeed (now often used ironically)
  33. laird
    a landowner
  34. ballot
    a document listing the alternatives that is used in voting
  35. hawse
    the hole that an anchor rope passes through
  36. habanera
    a Cuban dance in duple time
  37. jeroboam
    a large wine bottle (holds 4/5 of a gallon)
  38. hustle
    move or cause to move energetically or busily
  39. polysemous
    having many meanings
  40. crinoline
    a stiff coarse fabric used to stiffen hats or clothing
  41. umbo
    a slight rounded elevation where the malleus attaches to the eardrum
  42. theophany
    a visible manifestation of a deity to a human person
  43. quid pro quo
    something given in exchange for something else
  44. cantaloupe
    muskmelon vine having fruit with a tan rind and orange flesh
  45. pablum
    worthless or oversimplified ideas
  46. seraglio
    a harem
  47. Main Street
    any small town
  48. balalaika
    a stringed instrument that has a triangular body and three strings
  49. poteen
    unlawfully distilled Irish whiskey
  50. cachexia
    any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease
  51. ballistic
    of the motion of objects moving under their own momentum
  52. sprachgefuhl
    an intuitive feeling for the natural idiom of a language
  53. buckaroo
    local names for a cowboy
  54. terpsichorean
    of or relating to dancing
  55. deja vu
    the experience of thinking a new situation already occurred
  56. solleret
    armor plate that protects the foot
  57. rescission
    the cancellation of a contract
  58. sagacity
    the trait of having wisdom and good judgment
  59. main street
    street that serves as a principal thoroughfare for traffic in a town
  60. usury
    the act of lending money at an exorbitant rate of interest
  61. minuend
    the number from which the subtrahend is subtracted
  62. clabber
    raw milk that has soured and thickened
  63. outre
    conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
  64. steadfast
    marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
  65. Wiffle
    (trademark) a hollow plastic ball with cutouts
  66. prescience
    the power to foresee the future
  67. carioca
    a lively ballroom dance that resembles the samba
  68. burgeon
    grow and flourish
  69. crith
    the weight of a liter of hydrogen
  70. facula
    a bright spot on a planet
  71. reconnoitre
    explore, often with a goal of finding something or somebody
  72. reconnaissance
    the act of scouting, especially to gain information
  73. tamarind
    long-lived tropical evergreen tree with a spreading crown and feathery evergreen foliage and fragrant flowers yielding hard yellowish wood and long pods with edible chocolate-colored acidic pulp
  74. periodicity
    the quality of recurring at regular intervals
  75. chaise longue
    a long chair for reclining
  76. adobe
    sun-dried brick used in hot dry climates
  77. auto-da-fe
    the burning to death of heretics
  78. gnocchi
    small Italian dumplings made of potato or flour
  79. troglodyte
    one who lives in solitude
  80. vassal
    a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord
  81. mahimahi
    large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii)
  82. galosh
    a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow
  83. gumshoe
    a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow
  84. hawkshaw
    someone who is a detective
  85. dick
    someone who is a detective
  86. desperado
    a bold outlaw
  87. lugubrious
    excessively mournful
  88. mise en scene
    an arrangement that shows where a play or film takes place
  89. saponaceous
    resembling or having the qualities of soap
  90. cantata
    a musical composition for voices and orchestra
  91. janissary
    elite Turkish soldier who was a member of the Sultan’s guard
  92. wincey
    a plain or twilled fabric of wool and cotton used especially for warm shirts or skirts and pajamas
  93. particle
    (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
  94. de rigueur
    required by etiquette, custom, or fashion
  95. aspartame
    an artificial sweetener made from aspartic acid
  96. incandescent
    emitting light as a result of being heated
  97. algometer
    device for measuring pain caused by pressure
  98. rude
    belonging to an early stage of technical development
  99. argosy
    one or more large merchant ships
  100. synecdoche
    using part of something to refer to the whole thing
  101. chateau
    an impressive country house (or castle) in France
  102. sempiternal
    having no known beginning and presumably no end
  103. lagniappe
    a small gift given by a merchant to a customer
  104. sansevieria
    grown as a houseplant for its mottled fleshy sword-shaped leaves or as a source of fiber
  105. pelisse
    a sleeveless cape that is lined or trimmed with fur
  106. asunder
    into parts or pieces
  107. stellar
    being or relating to or resembling or emanating from stars
  108. balmoral
    a sturdy laced walking shoe
  109. remora
    marine fishes with a flattened elongated body and a sucking disk on the head for attaching to large fish or moving objects
  110. ternion
    the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
  111. flannel
    a soft light woolen fabric; used for clothing
  112. frieze
    an ornament consisting of a horizontal sculptured band
  113. toponym
    the name by which a geographical place is known
  114. deign
    do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
  115. piquant
    having an agreeably pungent taste
  116. hendiadys
    use of two conjoined nouns instead of a noun and modifier
  117. metonymy
    substituting the name of a feature for the name of the thing
  118. trope
    language used in a nonliteral sense
  119. metaphor
    a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity
  120. metalepsis
    substituting metonymy of one figurative sense for another
  121. meiosis
    cell division that produces reproductive cells
  122. litotes
    understatement for rhetorical effect
  123. auxesis
    growth from increase in cell size without cell division
  124. circumlocution
    an indirect way of expressing something
  125. periphrasis
    an instance of using more words than needed
  126. ambage
    a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
  127. anaphora
    repetition of a word or phrase to begin successive clauses
  128. epanaphora
    repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses
  129. epistrophe
    repetition of the ends of successive sentences, verses, etc.
  130. epiphora
    repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc.
  131. sumptuary
    regulating or controlling expenditure or personal behavior
  132. plebeian
    of or associated with the great masses of people
  133. parley
    a negotiation between enemies
  134. parlay
    exploit a skill or resource in order to get something of greater value
  135. peradventure
    by chance
  136. gustatory
    of or relating to the sense of taste
  137. cicerone
    a guide who conducts and informs sightseers
  138. oracle
    a shrine where a prophet is consulted
  139. annular
    shaped like a ring
  140. cicatrize
    form a scar, after an injury
  141. cicatrix
    a mark left by the healing of injured tissue
Created on 十月 21, 2008

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