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  1. aberrant
    markedly different from an accepted norm
  2. alacrity
    liveliness and eagerness
  3. anomaly
    deviation from the normal or common order, form, or rule
  4. approbation
    official acceptance or agreement
  5. assuage
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  6. audacious
    disposed to venture or take risks
  7. capricious
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
  8. censure
    harsh criticism or disapproval
  9. chicanery
    the use of tricks to deceive someone
  10. connoisseur
    an expert able to appreciate a field
  11. discordant
    not in agreement or harmony
  12. disparate
    fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
  13. eloquent
    expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively
  14. enervate
    weaken physically, mentally, or morally
  15. ennui
    the feeling of being bored by something tedious
  16. equivocate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
  17. exculpate
    pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
  18. exigent
    demanding immediate attention
  19. filibuster
    a tactic for delaying legislation by making long speeches
  20. ingenuous
    lacking in sophistication or worldliness
  21. inured
    made tough by habitual exposure
  22. irascible
    quickly aroused to anger
  23. laud
    praise, glorify, or honor
  24. magnanimity
    nobility and generosity of spirit
  25. Martial
    Roman poet noted for epigrams (first century BC)
  26. mundane
    found in the ordinary course of events
  27. nascent
    being born or beginning
  28. nebulous
    lacking definite form or limits
  29. neologism
    a newly invented word or phrase
  30. noxious
    injurious to physical or mental health
  31. obtuse
    of an angle, between 90 and 180 degrees
  32. onerous
    burdensome or difficult to endure
  33. parody
    a composition that imitates or misrepresents a style
  34. perennial
    lasting an indefinitely long time
  35. perfunctory
    hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
  36. prattle
    speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly
  37. prescience
    the power to foresee the future
  38. prevaricate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
  39. refute
    overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof
  40. relegate
    assign to a lower position
  41. solicitous
    full of anxiety and concern
  42. sporadic
    recurring in scattered or unpredictable instances
  43. static
    not in physical motion
  44. stupefy
    make someone dazed or foolish
  45. tortuous
    marked by repeated turns and bends
  46. truculent
    defiantly aggressive
  47. voracious
    devouring or craving food in great quantities
  48. waver
    pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
  49. abscond
    run away, often taking something or somebody along
  50. ameliorate
    make better
  51. arduous
    characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
  52. ascetic
    someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
  53. austere
    of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor
  54. axiom
    a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof
  55. axiomatic
    evident without proof or argument
  56. bucolic
    devoted to raising sheep or cattle
  57. canonical
    conforming to orthodox or recognized rules
  58. contentious
    showing an inclination to disagree
  59. convoluted
    highly complex or intricate
  60. culpable
    deserving blame or censure as being wrong or injurious
  61. disabuse
    free somebody from an erroneous belief
  62. eclectic
    selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
  63. effrontery
    audacious behavior that you have no right to
  64. ephemeral
    anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day
  65. erudite
    having or showing profound knowledge
  66. eulogy
    a formal expression of praise for someone who has died
  67. extemporaneous
    with little or no preparation or forethought
  68. facetious
    cleverly amusing in tone
  69. fulminate
    cause to explode violently and with loud noise
  70. hyperbole
    extravagant exaggeration
  71. lucid
    transparently clear; easily understandable
  72. oscillation
    a complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon
  73. paean
    a hymn of praise
  74. penurious
    excessively unwilling to spend
  75. perfidy
    an act of deliberate betrayal
  76. pernicious
    exceedingly harmful
  77. perspicacious
    mentally acute or penetratingly discerning
  78. pious
    having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity
  79. precipitate
    bring about abruptly
  80. precursor
    something indicating the approach of something or someone
  81. predilection
    a predisposition in favor of something
  82. prolific
    intellectually productive
  83. qualm
    uneasiness about the fitness of an action
  84. quiescence
    a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction
  85. recant
    formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief
  86. redoubtable
    inspiring fear
  87. reticent
    reluctant to draw attention to yourself
  88. satire
    witty language used to convey insults or scorn
  89. sordid
    foul and run-down and repulsive
  90. squalid
    foul and run-down and repulsive
  91. squander
    spend thoughtlessly; throw away
  92. Stoic
    pertaining to Stoicism or its followers
  93. stymie
    hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
  94. supplant
    take the place or move into the position of
  95. synthesis
    the combination of ideas into a complex whole
  96. torpid
    in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation
  97. torque
    a twisting force
  98. ubiquitous
    being present everywhere at once
  99. veracity
    unwillingness to tell lies
  100. vilify
    spread negative information about
  101. virulent
    extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom
  102. abate
    become less in amount or intensity
  103. accolade
    a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
  104. adulation
    exaggerated flattery or praise
  105. aesthetic
    characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste
  106. avarice
    reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth
  107. burgeon
    grow and flourish
  108. cacophony
    loud confusing disagreeable sounds
  109. canon
    a collection of books accepted as holy scripture
  110. castigation
    verbal punishment
  111. catalyst
    substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction
  112. caustic
    capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action
  113. chary
    characterized by great caution
  114. cogent
    powerfully persuasive
  115. complaisance
    a tendency to try to please or yield to the will of others
  116. contrite
    feeling or expressing pain or sorrow
  117. dearth
    an insufficient quantity or number
  118. demur
    politely refuse or take exception to
  119. didactic
    instructive, especially excessively
  120. discretion
    power of making choices unconstrained by external agencies
  121. disinterested
    unaffected by concern for one's own welfare
  122. dogmatic
    pertaining to a code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
  123. ebullience
    eager enjoyment or approval
  124. elegy
    a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
  125. emollient
    a substance with a soothing effect when applied to the skin
  126. empirical
    derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
  127. esoteric
    understandable only by an enlightened inner circle
  128. fallacy
    a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning
  129. furtive
    secret and sly
  130. gregarious
    temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others
  131. harangue
    a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
  132. heretical
    departing from accepted beliefs or standards
  133. impecunious
    not having enough money to pay for necessities
  134. incipient
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
  135. inert
    unable to move or resist motion
  136. innocuous
    not injurious to physical or mental health
  137. intransigent
    impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, or reason
  138. inveigle
    influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
  139. morose
    showing a brooding ill humor
  140. odious
    extremely repulsive or unpleasant
  141. opaque
    not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy
  142. peruse
    examine or consider with attention and in detail
  143. preen
    clean with one's bill
  144. prodigious
    great in size, force, extent, or degree
  145. putrefy
    decay with an offensive smell
  146. quaff
    swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught
  147. sanction
    official permission or approval
  148. urbane
    showing a high degree of refinement
  149. viscous
    having a relatively high resistance to flow
  150. acerbic
    sour or bitter in taste
  151. amalgamate
    bring or combine together or with something else
  152. amenable
    disposed or willing to comply
  153. bolster
    support and strengthen
  154. bombast
    pompous or pretentious talk or writing
  155. bombastic
    ostentatiously lofty in style
  156. credulous
    showing a lack of judgment or experience
  157. diatribe
    thunderous verbal attack
  158. fawn
    a young deer
  159. fervent
    characterized by intense emotion
  160. flout
    treat with contemptuous disregard
  161. fortuitous
    lucky; occurring by happy chance
  162. garrulous
    full of trivial conversation
  163. germane
    relevant and appropriate
  164. glib
    artfully persuasive in speech
  165. halcyon
    a mythical bird said to breed at the winter solstice
  166. hubris
    overbearing pride or presumption
  167. idolatrous
    relating to or practicing idolatry
  168. imminent
    close in time; about to occur
  169. imperturbable
    marked by extreme calm and composure
  170. impetuous
    characterized by undue haste and lack of thought
  171. implacable
    incapable of being appeased or pacified
  172. indifferent
    marked by a lack of interest
  173. intrepid
    invulnerable to fear or intimidation
  174. laconic
    brief and to the point
  175. malleable
    capable of being shaped or bent
  176. maverick
    someone who exhibits independence in thought and action
  177. mendacity
    the tendency to be untruthful
  178. Mercurial
    relating to or having characteristics (eloquence, shrewdness, swiftness, thievishness) attributed to the god Mercury
  179. meticulous
    marked by precise accordance with details
  180. mollify
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  181. obdurate
    stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
  182. obfuscate
    make obscure or unclear
  183. obsequious
    attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
  184. obstinate
    refusing to change one's mind or ways; difficult to convince
  185. opprobrium
    a state of extreme dishonor
  186. ostentatious
    intended to attract notice and impress others
  187. pedantic
    marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning
  188. pervade
    spread or diffuse through
  189. pervasive
    spreading or spread throughout
  190. phlegmatic
    showing little emotion
  191. pirate
    someone who robs and plunders at sea
  192. plethora
    extreme excess
  193. polemical
    of or involving dispute or controversy
  194. pragmatic
    concerned with practical matters
  195. rancorous
    showing deep-seated resentment
  196. rhetoric
    study of the technique for using language effectively
  197. salubrious
    promoting health
  198. sedulous
    marked by care and persistent effort
  199. solvent
    capable of meeting financial obligations
  200. soporific
    inducing sleep
  201. aggrandize
    embellish; increase the scope, power, or importance of
  202. alchemy
    a pseudoscientific forerunner of chemistry in medieval times
  203. anachronism
    locating something at a time when it couldn't have existed
  204. astringent
    tending to draw together or constrict soft organic tissue
  205. contiguous
    having a common boundary or edge
  206. convention
    the act of meeting formally
  207. cynicism
    a pessimistic feeling of distrust
  208. decorum
    propriety in manners and conduct
  209. derision
    the act of treating with contempt
  210. vesicate
    get blistered
  211. dilettante
    an amateur engaging in an activity without serious intention
  212. disparage
    express a negative opinion of
  213. divulge
    make known to the public information previously kept secret
  214. immutable
    not subject or susceptible to change or variation
  215. inimical
    tending to obstruct or cause harm
  216. intractable
    difficult to manage or mold
  217. neophyte
    a participant with no experience with an activity
  218. presumptuous
    going beyond what is appropriate, permitted, or courteous
  219. pristine
    immaculately clean and unused
  220. probity
    complete and confirmed integrity
  221. proclivity
    a natural inclination
  222. profligate
    unrestrained by convention or morality
  223. propensity
    a natural inclination
  224. prosaic
    lacking wit or imagination
  225. pungent
    strong and sharp to the sense of taste or smell
  226. quixotic
    not sensible about practical matters
  227. quotidian
    found in the ordinary course of events
  228. rarefy
    lessen the density or solidity of
  229. recondite
    difficult to understand
  230. refulgent
    radiating or as if radiating light
  231. renege
    fail to fulfill a promise or obligation
  232. shard
    a broken piece of a brittle artifact
  233. sparse
    not dense or plentiful
  234. spendthrift
    someone who spends money freely or wastefully
  235. subtle
    difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
  236. tacit
    implied by or inferred from actions or statements
  237. terse
    brief and to the point
  238. tout
    advertise in strongly positive terms
  239. trenchant
    having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought
  240. unfeigned
    not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed
  241. untenable
    incapable of being defended or justified
  242. vacillate
    be undecided about something
  243. variegated
    having an assortment of colors
  244. vexation
    anger produced by some annoying irritation
  245. vigilant
    carefully observant or attentive
  246. vituperate
    spread negative information about
  247. volatile
    liable to lead to sudden change or violence
  248. acumen
    shrewdness shown by keen insight
  249. adulterate
    make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance
  250. archaic
    so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
  251. aver
    declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
  252. dissemble
    behave unnaturally or affectedly
  253. eccentric
    conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
  254. endemic
    native to or confined to a certain region
  255. evanescent
    short-lived; tending to vanish or disappear
  256. exacerbate
    make worse
  257. grandiloquence
    high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
  258. hackneyed
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  259. hedonism
    an ethical system that values the pursuit of pleasure
  260. hegemony
    the dominance or leadership of one social group over others
  261. iconoclast
    someone who attacks cherished ideas or institutions
  262. impassive
    having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
  263. impunity
    exemption from punishment or loss
  264. inchoate
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
  265. infelicitous
    not appropriate in application; defective
  266. insipid
    lacking interest or significance or impact
  267. loquacious
    full of trivial conversation
  268. luminous
    softly bright or radiant
  269. malevolent
    wishing or appearing to wish evil to others
  270. misanthrope
    someone who dislikes people in general
  271. mitigate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
  272. occlude
    block passage through
  273. pedagogy
    the profession of a teacher
  274. penury
    a state of extreme poverty or destitution
  275. pine
    a coniferous tree
  276. pith
    spongelike central cylinder of the stems of flowering plants
  277. pithy
    concise and full of meaning
  278. placate
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  279. platitude
    a trite or obvious remark
  280. plummet
    drop sharply
  281. prodigal
    recklessly wasteful
  282. profuse
    produced or growing in extreme abundance
  283. proliferate
    grow rapidly
  284. querier
    someone who asks a question
  285. querulous
    habitually complaining
  286. recalcitrant
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  287. repudiate
    refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid
  288. rescind
    cancel officially
  289. reverent
    feeling or showing profound respect or veneration
  290. specious
    plausible but false
  291. spurious
    plausible but false
  292. subpoena
    a writ issued to compel the attendance of a witness
  293. succinct
    briefly giving the gist of something
  294. superfluous
    more than is needed, desired, or required
  295. surfeit
    indulge (one's appetite) to satiety
  296. tenacity
    persistent determination
  297. tenuous
    lacking substance or significance
  298. tirade
    a speech of violent denunciation
  299. transient
    lasting a very short time
  300. zealous
    marked by active interest and enthusiasm
  301. misogynist
    a misanthrope who dislikes women in particular
Created on 八月 26, 2007

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