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  1. apotheosis
    model of excellence or perfection of a kind
  2. apposite
    being of striking appropriateness and pertinence
  3. approbation
    official acceptance or agreement
  4. arrant
    complete and without qualification
  5. asperity
    harshness of manner
  6. approbation
    official acceptance or agreement
  7. augury
    an event indicating important things to come
  8. avarice
    reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth
  9. aver
    declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
  10. blandish
    praise somewhat dishonestly
  11. cadge
    obtain or seek to obtain by wheedling
  12. calumniate
    charge falsely or with malicious intent
  13. chary
    characterized by great caution
  14. choleric
    characterized by anger
  15. contemn
    look down on with disdain
  16. cozen
    be dishonest with
  17. demur
    politely refuse or take exception to
  18. desultory
    marked by lack of definite plan, purpose, or enthusiasm
  19. dilatory
    wasting time
  20. discomfit
    cause to lose one's composure
  21. dissemble
    behave unnaturally or affectedly
  22. enervate
    weaken physically, mentally, or morally
  23. enigmatic
    not clear to the understanding
  24. enormity
    the quality of extreme wickedness
  25. equanimity
    steadiness of mind under stress
  26. equable
    not varying
  27. essay
    an analytic or interpretive literary composition
  28. evince
    give expression to
  29. exhort
    spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
  30. expatiate
    add details to clarify an idea
  31. expiate
    make amends for
  32. expurgate
    edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
  33. extirpate
    destroy completely, as if down to the roots
  34. fatuous
    devoid of intelligence
  35. felicitous
    exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style
  36. froward
    habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition
  37. fulminate
    cause to explode violently and with loud noise
  38. gainsay
    take exception to
  39. hubris
    overbearing pride or presumption
  40. iconoclast
    someone who attacks cherished ideas or institutions
  41. ignominious
    deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
  42. imperious
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  43. importune
    beg persistently and urgently
  44. incipient
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
  45. indolent
    disinclined to work or exertion
  46. ineluctable
    impossible to avoid or evade
  47. inimical
    tending to obstruct or cause harm
  48. inimitable
    matchless
  49. inscrutable
    difficult or impossible to understand
  50. insipid
    lacking interest or significance or impact
  51. insouciant
    marked by unconcern
  52. intransigent
    impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, or reason
  53. inveigh
    complain bitterly
  54. inveigle
    influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
  55. invidious
    containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice
  56. labile
    liable to change
  57. laconic
    brief and to the point
  58. lassitude
    a feeling of lack of interest or energy
  59. limpid
    clear and bright
  60. maunder
    speak in a rambling or incoherent way
  61. mellifluous
    pleasing to the ear
  62. mendacity
    the tendency to be untruthful
  63. meretricious
    tastelessly showy
  64. mettlesome
    having a proud, courageous, and unbroken spirit
  65. militate
    have force or influence; bring about an effect or change
  66. obstreperous
    noisily and stubbornly defiant
  67. officious
    intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
  68. perfidy
    an act of deliberate betrayal
  69. peripatetic
    traveling especially on foot
  70. perspicacious
    mentally acute or penetratingly discerning
  71. decollete
    (of a garment) having a low-cut neckline
  72. ablution
    the act of washing oneself, as for ritual purposes
  73. acclivity
    an upward slope or grade, as in a road
  74. alacrity
    liveliness and eagerness
  75. animus
    a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility
  76. array
    an impressive display or assortment
  77. arroyo
    a stream or brook
  78. asperity
    harshness of manner
  79. benison
    a spoken blessing
  80. callow
    young and inexperienced
  81. captious
    tending to find and call attention to faults
  82. catholic
    comprehensive or broad-minded in tastes and interests
  83. celerity
    a rate that is rapid
  84. chaff
    material consisting of seed coverings and pieces of stem
  85. collation
    assembling in proper numerical or logical sequence
  86. colloquial
    characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation
  87. commodious
    large and roomy
  88. controvert
    prove to be false or incorrect
  89. cupidity
    extreme greed for material wealth
  90. diatribe
    thunderous verbal attack
  91. eulogy
    a formal expression of praise for someone who has died
  92. elegy
    a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
  93. disinterested
    unaffected by concern for one's own welfare
  94. dispassionate
    unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice
  95. dissipate
    cause to separate and go in different directions
  96. edify
    make understand
  97. efface
    remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing
  98. emendation
    a correction by emending
  99. ephemeral
    anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day
  100. strident
    unpleasantly loud and harsh
  101. euphonious
    having a pleasant sound
  102. execrable
    unequivocally detestable
  103. execrate
    curse or declare to be evil or anathema
  104. propitious
    presenting favorable circumstances
  105. fell
    cause to go down by or as if by delivering a blow
  106. formidable
    extremely impressive in strength or excellence
  107. foster
    providing nurture though not related by blood or legal ties
  108. furtive
    secret and sly
  109. gadfly
    any of various large flies that annoy livestock
  110. glib
    artfully persuasive in speech
  111. genuflect
    bend the knees and bow in a servile manner
  112. hapless
    unfortunate and deserving pity
  113. hummock
    a small natural mound
  114. hypocritical
    professing feelings or virtues one does not have
  115. immolate
    kill as a sacrifice, especially by fire
  116. impolitic
    lacking tact, shrewdness, or prudence
  117. importune
    beg persistently and urgently
  118. inculcate
    teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
Created on 九月 1, 2009 (updated 九月 7, 2009)

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