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  1. acute
    ending in a sharp point
  2. anachronism
    locating something at a time when it couldn't have existed
  3. artifice
    the use of deception or trickery
  4. benevolence
    disposition to do good
  5. congruous
    corresponding in character or kind
  6. consternation
    sudden shock or dismay that causes confusion
  7. conundrum
    a difficult problem
  8. credulous
    showing a lack of judgment or experience
  9. deride
    treat or speak of with contempt
  10. despondent
    without or almost without hope
  11. didactic
    instructive, especially excessively
  12. edifice
    a structure that has a roof and walls
  13. egregious
    conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
  14. etymology
    a history of a word
  15. expedient
    appropriate to a purpose
  16. facetious
    cleverly amusing in tone
  17. frivolous
    not serious in content, attitude, or behavior
  18. frugal
    avoiding waste
  19. gratuitous
    unnecessary and unwarranted
  20. grievous
    causing or marked by grief or anguish
  21. guise
    an artful or simulated semblance
  22. iconoclast
    someone who attacks cherished ideas or institutions
  23. idiom
    expression whose meaning cannot be inferred from its words
  24. inane
    devoid of intelligence
  25. incendiary
    capable of causing fires or catching fire spontaneously
  26. incessant
    uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
  27. innocuous
    not injurious to physical or mental health
  28. insipid
    lacking interest or significance or impact
  29. intrinsic
    belonging to a thing by its very nature
  30. invoke
    request earnestly; ask for aid or protection
  31. juxtapose
    place side by side
  32. lascivious
    driven by lust
  33. libido
    (psychoanalysis) a Freudian term for sexual urge or desire
  34. masochism
    sexual pleasure obtained from receiving punishment
  35. melodramatic
    having excitement and emotional appeal
  36. morose
    showing a brooding ill humor
  37. polemic
    a verbal or written attack, especially of a belief or dogma
  38. precocious
    characterized by exceptionally early development
  39. proficient
    having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
  40. propriety
    correct behavior
  41. sadism
    pleasure obtained by inflicting harm on others
  42. satire
    witty language used to convey insults or scorn
  43. smug
    marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction
  44. snide
    expressive of contempt
  45. stratagem
    an elaborate or deceitful scheme to deceive or evade
  46. surreptitious
    marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
  47. trepidation
    a feeling of alarm or dread
  48. venerate
    regard with feelings of respect and reverence
  49. pleasantry
    an agreeable or amusing remark
  50. specious
    plausible but false
  51. pretense
    the act of giving a false appearance
  52. extrapolate
    draw from specific cases for more general cases
  53. conjecture
    believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
  54. dross
    worthless or dangerous material that should be removed
  55. virtue
    the quality of doing what is right
  56. hedonistic
    devoted to pleasure
  57. disposition
    your usual mood
  58. divisive
    causing or characterized by disagreement or disunity
  59. contrived
    showing effects of planning or manipulation
  60. nepotism
    favoritism shown to relatives or friends by those in power
Created on 五月 8, 2009 (updated 六月 20, 2011)

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