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  1. alacrity
    liveliness and eagerness
  2. metaphor
    a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity
  3. figurative
    not literal
  4. rhetorical
    relating to using language effectively
  5. overarch
    be central or dominant
  6. predominate
    be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
  7. insensitivity
    the inability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment
  8. uneducated person
    an ignorant person
  9. notwithstanding
    despite anything to the contrary
  10. nefarious
    extremely wicked
  11. internecine
    within a group or organization
  12. abridge
    lessen, diminish, or curtail
  13. Decalogue
    the biblical commandments of Moses
  14. Levitical
    of or relating to the book of Leviticus in the Bible
  15. antecedent
    a preceding occurrence or cause or event
  16. deterministic
    following inevitably from previous causes or actions
  17. pugnacious
    ready and able to resort to force or violence
  18. sartorial
    of or relating to tailoring or clothing
  19. pontificate
    administer a pontifical office
  20. reductio ad absurdum
    (reduction to the absurd) a disproof by showing that the consequences of the proposition are absurd; or a proof of a proposition by showing that its negation leads to a contradiction
  21. polemic
    a verbal or written attack, especially of a belief or dogma
  22. fratricide
    the murder of your sibling
  23. somnambulist
    someone who walks about in their sleep
  24. study
    applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject
  25. perusal
    the act of examining or reading carefully
  26. panegyrist
    an orator who delivers eulogies or panegyrics
  27. bicameral
    consisting of two chambers
  28. plebiscite
    a vote determining public opinion on a question
  29. abiogenesis
    a hypothesis that living things arose from nonliving matter
  30. denotative
    having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming
  31. bourgeois
    being of the property-owning class
  32. bourgeoisie
    a socioeconomic group that is neither wealthy nor poor
  33. chatoyant
    varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles
  34. meritocracy
    a social system in which power goes to superior intellects
  35. sagacity
    the trait of having wisdom and good judgment
  36. technocracy
    a form of government in which scientists and technical experts are in control
  37. malleable
    capable of being shaped or bent
  38. nascent
    being born or beginning
  39. profligate
    unrestrained by convention or morality
  40. logomania
    pathologically excessive (and often incoherent) talking
  41. lilliputian
    very small
  42. referent
    something referred to; the object of a reference
  43. normative
    relating to or dealing with typical standards or patterns
  44. egalitarian
    favoring social equality
  45. egalitarianism
    the doctrine of the equality of mankind
  46. incongruous
    lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness
Created on 十一月 1, 2009 (updated 十一月 15, 2013)

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