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Christine L. (United States of America)
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  1. diffident
    showing modest reserve
  2. austere
    of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor
  3. banal
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  4. chicanery
    the use of tricks to deceive someone
  5. cogent
    powerfully persuasive
  6. credulous
    showing a lack of judgment or experience
  7. desultory
    marked by lack of definite plan, purpose, or enthusiasm
  8. diffident
    showing modest reserve
  9. dilatory
    wasting time
  10. dilettante
    an amateur engaging in an activity without serious intention
  11. dissemble
    behave unnaturally or affectedly
  12. enervate
    weaken physically, mentally, or morally
  13. exculpate
    pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
  14. exigent
    demanding immediate attention
  15. iconoclast
    someone who attacks cherished ideas or institutions
  16. inchoate
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
  17. ingenuous
    lacking in sophistication or worldliness
  18. inimical
    tending to obstruct or cause harm
  19. insipid
    lacking interest or significance or impact
  20. intransigent
    impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, or reason
  21. laconic
    brief and to the point
  22. malinger
    avoid responsibilities and duties, often by faking illness
  23. misanthrope
    someone who dislikes people in general
  24. obdurate
    stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
  25. obviate
    do away with
  26. occlude
    block passage through
  27. opprobrium
    a state of extreme dishonor
  28. paragon
    a perfect embodiment of a concept
  29. pedant
    a person who is preoccupied with rules and learning
  30. perfidious
    tending to betray
  31. propitiate
    make peace with
  32. rarefy
    lessen the density or solidity of
  33. tacit
    implied by or inferred from actions or statements
  34. sedulity
    the quality of being constantly diligent and attentive
  35. legerdemain
    an illusory feat
  36. cephalic
    of or relating to the head
  37. cupidity
    extreme greed for material wealth
  38. inflammable
    easily ignited
  39. diffident
    showing modest reserve
  40. indolent
    disinclined to work or exertion
  41. phlegmatic
    showing little emotion
  42. imprecation
    the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil
  43. proclivity
    a natural inclination
  44. scintilla
    a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
  45. noisome
    causing or able to cause nausea
  46. multifarious
    having many aspects
  47. hegemony
    the dominance or leadership of one social group over others
  48. cosset
    treat with excessive indulgence
  49. ossify
    become bony
  50. salubrious
    promoting health
  51. sanguine
    confidently optimistic and cheerful
  52. prevaricate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
  53. prodigal
    recklessly wasteful
  54. hoary
    having gray or white hair as with age
  55. voluble
    marked by a ready flow of speech
  56. turgid
    ostentatiously lofty in style
  57. panegyric
    formally expressing praise
  58. prolix
    tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at length
  59. pithy
    concise and full of meaning
  60. partisan
    a fervent and even militant proponent of something
  61. sententious
    concise and full of meaning
  62. paean
    a hymn of praise
  63. rectory
    housing that a church provides for its clergy
  64. refectory
    a communal dining-hall, usually in a monastery
  65. votary
    a priest or priestess in a non-Christian religion or cult
  66. mendicant
    a pauper who lives by begging
  67. potentate
    a powerful ruler, especially one who is unconstrained by law
  68. peregrination
    traveling or wandering around
  69. propitiate
    make peace with
  70. perfidy
    an act of deliberate betrayal
  71. puissant
    powerful
Created on 二月 13, 2010 (updated 二月 14, 2010)

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