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  1. Stygian
    dark and dismal as of the river in Hades
  2. stenographer
    someone skilled in the transcription of speech
  3. salubrious
    promoting health
  4. subterfuge
    something intended to misrepresent the nature of an activity
  5. reproach
    express criticism towards
  6. recondite
    difficult to understand
  7. pique
    call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response
  8. penurious
    excessively unwilling to spend
  9. propitious
    presenting favorable circumstances
  10. prate
    speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly
  11. mercenary
    a person hired to fight for another country than their own
  12. manumit
    free from slavery or servitude
  13. luculent
    (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable
  14. lucre
    informal term for money
  15. loquacity
    the quality of being wordy and talkative
  16. hubris
    overbearing pride or presumption
  17. insensible
    barely able to be perceived
  18. interdict
    command against
  19. imprecation
    the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil
  20. incursion
    the act of entering some territory or domain
  21. inure
    cause to accept or become hardened to
  22. inveigle
    influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
  23. inimical
    tending to obstruct or cause harm
  24. insipid
    lacking interest or significance or impact
  25. hedge
    a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes
  26. grandiloquence
    high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
  27. filigree
    delicate and intricate ornamentation
  28. encomium
    a formal expression of praise
  29. enervation
    lack of vitality
  30. dulcify
    make sweeter in taste
  31. disabuse
    free somebody from an erroneous belief
  32. churl
    a crude or uncouth person lacking culture or refinement
  33. contemn
    look down on with disdain
  34. cozen
    be dishonest with
  35. caesura
    a break or pause in the middle of a verse line
  36. colossus
    someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
  37. cloying
    overly sweet
  38. asperity
    harshness of manner
  39. amanuensis
    someone skilled in the transcription of speech
  40. accretive
    growing by accretion
  41. abeyance
    temporary cessation or suspension
  42. arcane
    requiring secret or mysterious knowledge
  43. traduce
    speak unfavorably about
  44. terminus
    a place where something ends or is complete
  45. tyro
    someone new to a field or activity
  46. quarry
    animal hunted or caught for food
  47. untenable
    incapable of being defended or justified
  48. abase
    cause to feel shame
  49. abate
    become less in amount or intensity
  50. abdicate
    give up power, duties, or obligations
  51. aberrant
    markedly different from an accepted norm
  52. abjure
    formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief
  53. abscond
    run away, often taking something or somebody along
  54. abstain
    refrain from doing, consuming, or partaking in something
  55. abstemious
    marked by temperance in indulgence
  56. abyss
    a bottomless gulf or pit
  57. acidulous
    being sour to the taste
  58. acme
    the highest point of something
  59. adulterate
    make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance
  60. advocate
    a person who pleads for a person, cause, or idea
  61. aerie
    the lofty nest of a bird of prey, such as a hawk or eagle
  62. aesthetic
    characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste
  63. aggrandize
    embellish; increase the scope, power, or importance of
  64. affect
    have an influence upon
  65. alacrity
    liveliness and eagerness
  66. alleviate
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  67. amalgamate
    bring or combine together or with something else
  68. ambiguous
    having more than one possible meaning
  69. ameliorate
    make better
  70. amortize
    pay off a debt by making periodic payments
  71. amulet
    a trinket thought to be a magical protection against evil
  72. anachronism
    locating something at a time when it couldn't have existed
  73. analgesia
    absence of the sense of pain without loss of consciousness
  74. analogous
    similar or equivalent in some respects
  75. anodyne
    capable of relieving pain
  76. anomaly
    deviation from the normal or common order, form, or rule
  77. antagonize
    provoke the hostility of
  78. antipathy
    a feeling of intense dislike
  79. apathy
    an absence of emotion or enthusiasm
  80. apocryphal
    being of questionable authenticity
  81. apostate
    not faithful to religion or party or cause
  82. approbation
    official acceptance or agreement
  83. arbitrary
    based on or subject to individual discretion or preference
  84. arbitrate
    act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
  85. archaic
    so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
  86. ardor
    feelings of great warmth and intensity
  87. arrogate
    seize and take control without authority
  88. articulate
    express or state clearly
  89. assail
    attack someone physically or emotionally
  90. assuage
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  91. attenuate
    become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude
  92. audacious
    disposed to venture or take risks
  93. augury
    an event indicating important things to come
  94. august
    profoundly honored
  95. austere
    of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor
  96. axiom
    a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof
  97. banal
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  98. belfry
    a tower in which bells are hung
  99. bevy
    a flock of birds
  100. bifurcate
    split or divide into two
  101. bilk
    cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money
  102. blight
    any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting
  103. blithe
    carefree and happy and lighthearted
  104. bolster
    support and strengthen
  105. bombastic
    ostentatiously lofty in style
  106. bonhomie
    a disposition to be friendly and approachable
  107. boor
    a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking refinement
  108. burgeon
    grow and flourish
  109. burnish
    polish and make shiny
  110. cabal
    a clique that seeks power usually through intrigue
  111. cacophony
    loud confusing disagreeable sounds
  112. calumny
    a false accusation of an offense
  113. canard
    a deliberately misleading fabrication
  114. candid
    openly straightforward and direct without secretiveness
  115. capricious
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
  116. cartography
    the making of maps and charts
  117. castigate
    inflict severe punishment on
  118. catalyst
    substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction
  119. caustic
    capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action
  120. chaos
    formless state of matter before the creation of the cosmos
  121. chauvinist
    a person with a prejudiced belief in his own superiority
  122. chicanery
    the use of tricks to deceive someone
  123. circumspect
    careful to consider potential consequences and avoid risk
  124. coalesce
    fuse or cause to come together
  125. coffer
    the funds of a government, institution, or individual
  126. cogent
    powerfully persuasive
  127. collusion
    secret agreement
  128. condone
    excuse, overlook, or make allowances for
  129. connoisseur
    an expert able to appreciate a field
  130. contrite
    feeling or expressing pain or sorrow
  131. contumacious
    willfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient
  132. convoluted
    highly complex or intricate
  133. corroborate
    give evidence for
  134. cosset
    treat with excessive indulgence
  135. coterie
    an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
  136. craven
    lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful
  137. credulous
    showing a lack of judgment or experience
  138. crescendo
    a gradual increase in loudness
  139. cupidity
    extreme greed for material wealth
  140. curmudgeon
    an irascible, cantankerous person full of stubborn ideas
  141. debutante
    a young woman making her formal entrance into society
  142. declivity
    a downward slope or bend
  143. decorous
    characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste
  144. decorum
    propriety in manners and conduct
  145. deface
    mar or spoil the appearance of
  146. deference
    courteous regard for people's feelings
  147. deleterious
    harmful to living things
  148. demagogue
    a leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions
  149. demur
    politely refuse or take exception to
  150. deride
    treat or speak of with contempt
  151. desiccate
    lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless
  152. desultory
    marked by lack of definite plan, purpose, or enthusiasm
  153. diaphanous
    so thin as to transmit light
  154. diatribe
    thunderous verbal attack
  155. dictum
    an authoritative declaration
  156. diffident
    showing modest reserve
  157. dilatory
    wasting time
  158. dilettante
    an amateur engaging in an activity without serious intention
  159. dirge
    a song or hymn of mourning as a memorial to a dead person
  160. discern
    perceive, recognize, or detect
  161. disparate
    fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
  162. dissemble
    behave unnaturally or affectedly
  163. dissonance
    disagreeable sounds
  164. distaff
    a stick on which wool or flax is wound before spinning
  165. distend
    cause to expand as if by internal pressure
  166. dither
    be undecided or uncertain
  167. diurnal
    having a daily cycle or occurring every day
  168. divine
    a clergyman or other person in religious orders
  169. doctrinaire
    a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions
  170. dogma
    a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
  171. dogmatic
    pertaining to a code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
  172. droll
    comical in an odd or whimsical manner
  173. dupe
    fool or hoax
  174. dyspeptic
    suffering from indigestion
  175. eclectic
    selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
  176. edify
    make understand
  177. efficacy
    capacity or power to produce a desired result
  178. effigy
    a representation of a person
  179. effrontery
    audacious behavior that you have no right to
  180. elegy
    a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
  181. eloquent
    expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively
  182. embellish
    make more attractive, as by adding ornament or color
  183. emulate
    strive to equal or match, especially by imitating
  184. engender
    call forth
  185. enigma
    something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
  186. enumerate
    specify individually
  187. ephemeral
    anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day
  188. equivocate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
  189. erratic
    liable to sudden unpredictable change
  190. erudite
    having or showing profound knowledge
  191. esoteric
    understandable only by an enlightened inner circle
  192. estimable
    deserving of respect or high regard
  193. eulogy
    a formal expression of praise for someone who has died
  194. euphemism
    an inoffensive expression substituted for an offensive one
  195. exacerbate
    make worse
  196. exculpate
    pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
  197. exigent
    demanding immediate attention
  198. exonerate
    pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
  199. explicit
    precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable
  200. fanatical
    marked by excessive enthusiasm for a cause or idea
  201. fawn
    a young deer
  202. fervid
    characterized by intense emotion
  203. florid
    elaborately or excessively ornamented
  204. foment
    try to stir up
  205. fortuitous
    lucky; occurring by happy chance
  206. frugality
    prudence in avoiding waste
  207. garrulous
    full of trivial conversation
  208. gregarious
    temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others
  209. guile
    shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
  210. gullible
    naive and easily deceived or tricked
  211. homogeneous
    all of the same or similar kind or nature
  212. iconoclast
    someone who attacks cherished ideas or institutions
  213. imperturbable
    marked by extreme calm and composure
  214. impervious
    not admitting of passage or capable of being affected
  215. impetuous
    characterized by undue haste and lack of thought
  216. implacable
    incapable of being appeased or pacified
  217. inchoate
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
  218. ingenuous
    lacking in sophistication or worldliness
  219. innocuous
    not injurious to physical or mental health
  220. intransigent
    impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, or reason
  221. inundate
    fill or cover completely, usually with water
  222. irascible
    quickly aroused to anger
  223. laconic
    brief and to the point
  224. lament
    a cry of sorrow and grief
  225. lassitude
    a feeling of lack of interest or energy
  226. latent
    potentially existing but not presently evident or realized
  227. laud
    praise, glorify, or honor
  228. lavish
    given or giving freely, generously, or without restriction
  229. lethargic
    deficient in alertness or activity
  230. lucid
    transparently clear; easily understandable
  231. luminous
    softly bright or radiant
  232. malinger
    avoid responsibilities and duties, often by faking illness
  233. malleable
    capable of being shaped or bent
  234. metaphor
    a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity
  235. meticulous
    marked by precise accordance with details
  236. misanthrope
    someone who dislikes people in general
  237. mitigate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
  238. mollify
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  239. monotony
    the quality of wearisome constancy and lack of variety
  240. naive
    marked by or showing unaffected simplicity
  241. obdurate
    stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
  242. obsequious
    attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
  243. obstinate
    refusing to change one's mind or ways; difficult to convince
  244. obviate
    do away with
  245. occlude
    block passage through
  246. onerous
    burdensome or difficult to endure
  247. opaque
    not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy
  248. opprobrium
    a state of extreme dishonor
  249. ostentation
    pretentious or showy or vulgar display
  250. paradox
    a statement that contradicts itself
  251. paragon
    a perfect embodiment of a concept
  252. pedant
    a person who is preoccupied with rules and learning
  253. perfidious
    tending to betray
  254. perfunctory
    hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
  255. permeate
    spread or diffuse through
  256. pervade
    spread or diffuse through
  257. philanthropy
    the act of donating money or time to promote human welfare
  258. phlegmatic
    showing little emotion
  259. placate
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  260. plastic
    synthetic material that can be molded into objects
  261. plethora
    extreme excess
  262. pragmatic
    concerned with practical matters
  263. precipitate
    bring about abruptly
  264. prevaricate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
  265. pristine
    immaculately clean and unused
  266. probity
    complete and confirmed integrity
  267. proclivity
    a natural inclination
  268. prodigal
    recklessly wasteful
  269. proliferate
    grow rapidly
  270. propitiate
    make peace with
  271. prudence
    discretion in practical affairs
  272. pungent
    strong and sharp to the sense of taste or smell
  273. quiescent
    being quiet or still or inactive
  274. rarefy
    lessen the density or solidity of
  275. repudiate
    refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid
  276. reticent
    reluctant to draw attention to yourself
  277. rhetoric
    study of the technique for using language effectively
  278. satiate
    fill to satisfaction
  279. soporific
    inducing sleep
  280. specious
    plausible but false
  281. stigma
    a symbol of disgrace or infamy
  282. stolid
    having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
  283. sublime
    of high moral or intellectual value
  284. tacit
    implied by or inferred from actions or statements
  285. taciturn
    habitually reserved and uncommunicative
  286. tirade
    a speech of violent denunciation
  287. torpor
    a state of motor and mental inactivity
  288. transitory
    lasting a very short time
  289. vacillate
    be undecided about something
  290. venerate
    regard with feelings of respect and reverence
  291. veracity
    unwillingness to tell lies
  292. verbose
    using or containing too many words
  293. vex
    disturb, especially by minor irritations
  294. viscous
    having a relatively high resistance to flow
  295. volatile
    liable to lead to sudden change or violence
  296. waver
    pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
  297. whimsical
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
  298. zeal
    a feeling of strong eagerness
  299. belie
    be in contradiction with
  300. scimitar
    a curved saber used in Eastern countries
  301. spendthrift
    someone who spends money freely or wastefully
Created on 十月 14, 2009 (updated 十月 25, 2009)

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