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  1. audacious
    disposed to venture or take risks
  2. assuage
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  3. arduous
    characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
  4. approbation
    official acceptance or agreement
  5. anomaly
    deviation from the normal or common order, form, or rule
  6. alacrity
    liveliness and eagerness
  7. aberrant
    markedly different from an accepted norm
  8. abscond
    run away, often taking something or somebody along
  9. austere
    of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor
  10. axiomatic
    evident without proof or argument
  11. canonical
    conforming to orthodox or recognized rules
  12. capricious
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
  13. censure
    harsh criticism or disapproval
  14. chicanery
    the use of tricks to deceive someone
  15. connoisseur
    an expert able to appreciate a field
  16. convoluted
    highly complex or intricate
  17. effrontery
    audacious behavior that you have no right to
  18. disparate
    fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
  19. eloquent
    expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively
  20. ennui
    the feeling of being bored by something tedious
  21. enervate
    weaken physically, mentally, or morally
  22. equivocate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
  23. erudite
    having or showing profound knowledge
  24. exculpate
    pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
  25. exigent
    demanding immediate attention
  26. extemporaneous
    with little or no preparation or forethought
  27. disabuse
    free somebody from an erroneous belief
  28. discordant
    not in agreement or harmony
  29. filibuster
    a tactic for delaying legislation by making long speeches
  30. fulminate
    cause to explode violently and with loud noise
  31. ingenuous
    lacking in sophistication or worldliness
  32. inured
    made tough by habitual exposure
  33. irascible
    quickly aroused to anger
  34. laud
    praise, glorify, or honor
  35. lucid
    transparently clear; easily understandable
  36. magnanimity
    nobility and generosity of spirit
  37. martial
    suggesting war or military life
  38. mundane
    found in the ordinary course of events
  39. nascent
    being born or beginning
  40. nebulous
    lacking definite form or limits
  41. neologism
    a newly invented word or phrase
  42. noxious
    injurious to physical or mental health
  43. obtuse
    of an angle, between 90 and 180 degrees
  44. obviate
    do away with
  45. paean
    a hymn of praise
  46. parody
    a composition that imitates or misrepresents a style
  47. perennial
    lasting an indefinitely long time
  48. perfidy
    an act of deliberate betrayal
  49. perfunctory
    hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
  50. tortuous
    marked by repeated turns and bends
  51. truculent
    defiantly aggressive
  52. veracity
    unwillingness to tell lies
  53. virulent
    extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom
  54. voracious
    devouring or craving food in great quantities
  55. waver
    pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
  56. perspicacious
    mentally acute or penetratingly discerning
  57. prattle
    speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly
  58. precipitate
    bring about abruptly
  59. predilection
    a predisposition in favor of something
  60. prescience
    the power to foresee the future
  61. prevaricate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
  62. qualm
    uneasiness about the fitness of an action
  63. recant
    formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief
  64. refute
    overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof
  65. relegate
    assign to a lower position
  66. reticent
    reluctant to draw attention to yourself
  67. solicitous
    full of anxiety and concern
  68. sordid
    foul and run-down and repulsive
  69. sporadic
    recurring in scattered or unpredictable instances
  70. squander
    spend thoughtlessly; throw away
  71. static
    not in physical motion
  72. stupefy
    make someone dazed or foolish
  73. stymie
    hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
  74. synthesis
    the combination of ideas into a complex whole
  75. torque
    a twisting force
Created on 二月 11, 2010 (updated 二月 16, 2010)

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