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  1. ambiguous
    having more than one possible meaning
  2. antipathy
    a feeling of intense dislike
  3. appertain
    be a part or attribute of
  4. baneful
    evil or sinister
  5. belie
    be in contradiction with
  6. centripetal
    tending to move toward an area in the middle
  7. constituency
    the body of voters who elect a representative for their area
  8. crevasse
    a deep fissure
  9. dyscalculia
    impaired ability to learn grade-appropriate mathematics
  10. ebullient
    joyously unrestrained
  11. endaemonism
    an ethical system that evaluates actions by reference to personal well-being through a life based on reason
  12. eudemonism
    an ethical system that evaluates actions by reference to personal well-being through a life based on reason
  13. expostulate
    reason with for the purpose of dissuasion
  14. facile
    arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth
  15. glower
    look angry or sullen as if to signal disapproval
  16. halcyon
    a mythical bird said to breed at the winter solstice
  17. indolent
    disinclined to work or exertion
  18. inimical
    tending to obstruct or cause harm
  19. intrinsic
    belonging to a thing by its very nature
  20. invigilator
    someone who watches examination candidates to prevent cheating
  21. mellifluous
    pleasing to the ear
  22. mordant
    harshly ironic or sinister
  23. numerate
    determine the number or amount of
  24. onomatopoeia
    using words that imitate the sound they denote
  25. pandiculation
    yawning and stretching (as when first waking up)
  26. pellucid
    transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity
  27. peregrinate
    travel around, through, or over, especially on foot
  28. polysemous
    having many meanings
  29. promulgation
    a public statement containing information about an event
  30. refectory
    a communal dining-hall, usually in a monastery
  31. reticent
    reluctant to draw attention to yourself
  32. sesquipedalian
    a very long word (a foot and a half long)
  33. solemnize
    observe or perform with dignity or gravity
  34. striation
    a groove or ridge
  35. tautological
    characterized by unnecessary repetition
  36. vagary
    an unexpected and inexplicable change in something
  37. viscid
    having the sticky properties of an adhesive
  38. vituperative
    marked by harshly abusive criticism
Created on 一月 18, 2010 (updated 八月 29, 2011)

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