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  1. abjure
    formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief
  2. grandiloquence
    high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
  3. grandiose
    impressive because of unnecessary largeness or magnificence
  4. miscreant
    a person without moral scruples
  5. obfuscate
    make obscure or unclear
  6. obscurantism
    a policy of opposition to enlightenment or the spread of knowledge
  7. recant
    formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief
  8. repudiate
    refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid
  9. resile
    spring back; spring away from an impact
  10. dipsomaniac
    a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
  11. boozer
    a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
  12. antipyretic
    preventing or alleviating fever
  13. sibyl
    a woman who was regarded as an oracle or prophet
  14. vaticinator
    an authoritative person who divines the future
  15. oracle
    a shrine where a prophet is consulted
  16. prophesier
    an authoritative person who divines the future
  17. acceptation
    acceptance as true or valid
  18. refractory
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  19. expatiate
    add details to clarify an idea
  20. ablation
    the erosive process that reduces the size of glaciers
  21. evanescent
    short-lived; tending to vanish or disappear
  22. vacuity
    the absence of matter
  23. perturbation
    the act of causing disorder
  24. interstice
    small opening between things
  25. casuistry
    argumentation that is specious or excessively subtle
  26. epigram
    a witty saying
  27. abstemious
    marked by temperance in indulgence
  28. tergiversate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead
  29. baneful
    evil or sinister
  30. invigilator
    someone who watches examination candidates to prevent cheating
  31. tautological
    characterized by unnecessary repetition
  32. expostulate
    reason with for the purpose of dissuasion
  33. abjure
    formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief
  34. cabalistic
    having a secret or hidden meaning
  35. extirpation
    the act of pulling up or out
  36. assiduous
    marked by care and persistent effort
  37. sedulous
    marked by care and persistent effort
  38. confutation
    evidence that refutes something
  39. antediluvian
    of or relating to the period before the biblical flood
  40. espouse
    choose and follow a theory, idea, policy, etc.
Created on 五月 30, 2009 (updated 五月 11, 2010)

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