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  1. abase
    cause to feel shame
  2. acquiesce
    agree or express agreement
  3. affinity
    a natural attraction or feeling of kinship
  4. alleviate
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  5. alter
    cause to change; make different
  6. ambivalence
    mixed feelings or emotions
  7. amble
    walk leisurely
  8. animated
    having life or vigor or spirit
  9. animosity
    a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility
  10. anomaly
    deviation from the normal or common order, form, or rule
  11. antipathy
    a feeling of intense dislike
  12. arid
    lacking sufficient water or rainfall
  13. ascetic
    someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
  14. assent
    agree or express agreement
  15. assiduously
    with care and persistence
  16. assuage
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  17. astute
    marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
  18. asylum
    a shelter from danger or hardship
  19. auspicious
    indicating favorable circumstances and good luck
  20. austere
    of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor
  21. baneful
    evil or sinister
  22. beseech
    ask for or request earnestly
  23. bombastic
    ostentatiously lofty in style
  24. cessation
    a stopping
  25. charismatic
    possessing an extraordinary ability to attract
  26. circumscribed
    subject to restrictions or constraints
  27. collaboration
    act of working jointly
  28. comply
    act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes
  29. condone
    excuse, overlook, or make allowances for
  30. conduction
    the transmission of heat or electricity or sound
  31. consummate
    having or revealing supreme mastery or skill
  32. convincingly
    in a convincing manner
  33. convoluted
    highly complex or intricate
  34. corrupt
    dishonest or immoral or evasive
  35. counsel
    something that provides direction or advice
  36. cultivate
    adapt something wild to the environment
  37. dazzling
    amazingly impressive
  38. decry
    express strong disapproval of
  39. deleterious
    harmful to living things
  40. devastating
    wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction
  41. devious
    turning away from a straight course
  42. didactic
    instructive, especially excessively
  43. diminutive
    very small
  44. discordantly
    in a discordant manner
  45. disinclined
    unwilling because of mild dislike or disapproval
  46. disingenuous
    not straightforward or candid
  47. dispersion
    spreading widely or driving off
  48. diverting
    providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining
  49. dogma
    a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
  50. eccentric
    conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
  51. egotistical
    having an inflated idea of one's own importance
  52. elan
    enthusiastic and assured vigor and liveliness
  53. empirical
    derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
  54. enigmatic
    not clear to the understanding
  55. enthralling
    able to capture and hold one's interest or attention
  56. epiphany
    a usually sudden insight, perception, or understanding of something
  57. eradicate
    destroy completely, as if down to the roots
  58. ergo
    (used as a sentence connector) therefore or consequently
  59. erroneous
    containing or characterized by mistakes
  60. escalate
    increase in extent or intensity
  61. etiquette
    rules governing socially acceptable behavior
  62. eulogy
    a formal expression of praise for someone who has died
  63. eventuality
    a possible event or occurrence or result
  64. expeditious
    marked by speed and efficiency
  65. exploit
    use or manipulate to one's advantage
  66. facile
    arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth
  67. flippant
    showing an inappropriate lack of seriousness
  68. forecast
    a prediction about how something will develop
  69. fortification
    the act of increasing the strength of something
  70. hesitant
    unable to act or decide quickly or firmly
  71. homogeneous
    all of the same or similar kind or nature
  72. hostility
    a state of deep-seated ill-will
  73. husbandry
    the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
  74. imminent
    close in time; about to occur
  75. immutable
    not subject or susceptible to change or variation
  76. imperious
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  77. impervious
    not admitting of passage or capable of being affected
  78. implore
    beg or request earnestly and urgently
  79. inaudible
    impossible to hear; imperceptible by the ear
  80. incinerate
    become reduced to ashes
  81. incontrovertible
    impossible to deny or disprove
  82. indignation
    a feeling of righteous anger
  83. indisputable
    not open to question; obviously true
  84. indomitability
    the property being difficult or impossible to defeat
  85. indubitable
    too obvious to be doubted
  86. ineffable
    defying expression or description
  87. inexorably
    in a manner impervious to change or persuasion
  88. inherent
    existing as an essential constituent or characteristic
  89. insipid
    lacking interest or significance or impact
  90. irrefutable
    impossible to deny or disprove
  91. irrelevant
    having no bearing on or connection with the subject at issue
  92. irrevocably
    in a manner that cannot be taken back
  93. lackluster
    not having brilliance or vitality
  94. lithe
    moving and bending with ease
  95. lucid
    transparently clear; easily understandable
  96. magnanimous
    noble and generous in spirit
  97. magnificent
    characterized by grandeur
  98. malice
    the desire to see others suffer
  99. mediocre
    moderate to inferior in quality
  100. mercurial
    liable to sudden unpredictable change
  101. metaphor
    a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity
  102. meticulous
    marked by precise accordance with details
  103. moderate
    marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes
  104. nefarious
    extremely wicked
  105. negotiate
    discuss the terms of an arrangement
  106. nostalgic
    unhappy about being away and longing for familiar things
  107. obtuse
    of an angle, between 90 and 180 degrees
  108. opportune
    suitable or advantageous especially for a particular purpose
  109. panache
    distinctive and stylish elegance
  110. paradox
    a statement that contradicts itself
  111. patronize
    provide support for
  112. peevish
    easily irritated or annoyed
  113. pernicious
    exceedingly harmful
  114. perpetuate
    cause to continue or prevail
  115. persistence
    the act of continuing or repeating
  116. pertinent
    being of striking appropriateness
  117. petulant
    easily irritated or annoyed
  118. philanthropy
    the act of donating money or time to promote human welfare
  119. phlegmatic
    showing little emotion
  120. plethora
    extreme excess
  121. polarize
    cause to divide into conflicting positions
  122. protocol
    forms of ceremony and etiquette observed by officials
  123. punctual
    acting or arriving exactly at the time appointed
  124. qualified
    meeting the proper standards and requirements for a task
  125. ramification
    a consequence, especially one that causes complications
  126. rationally
    in a rational manner
  127. recrimination
    mutual accusations
  128. repressed
    characterized by the suppression of impulses or emotions
  129. resolute
    firm in purpose or belief
  130. retraction
    a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion
  131. saccharine
    overly sweet
  132. sagacious
    acutely insightful and wise
  133. salutary
    tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health
  134. scour
    rub hard or scrub
  135. servile
    submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior
  136. sobriquet
    a familiar name for a person
  137. solemn
    dignified and somber in manner or character
  138. solvent
    capable of meeting financial obligations
  139. sophisticated
    having worldly knowledge and refinement
  140. soporific
    inducing sleep
  141. spartan
    unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment
  142. squelch
    suppress or crush completely
  143. staid
    characterized by dignity and propriety
  144. steadfast
    marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
  145. stoicism
    an indifference to pleasure or pain
  146. stupefy
    make someone dazed or foolish
  147. subsequent
    following in time or order
  148. superfluous
    more than is needed, desired, or required
  149. supple
    moving and bending with ease
  150. sylvan
    relating to or characteristic of wooded regions
  151. symmetrical
    exhibiting equivalence or correspondence among constituents
  152. tardy
    after the expected or usual time
  153. temperate
    not extreme
  154. tenure
    the term during which some position is held
  155. terminated
    having come or been brought to a conclusion
  156. thwart
    hinder or prevent, as an effort, plan, or desire
  157. truculent
    defiantly aggressive
  158. unassailable
    impossible to attack
  159. undermine
    weaken or impair, especially gradually
  160. unreactive
    (chemistry) not reacting chemically
  161. vapid
    lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest
  162. verbose
    using or containing too many words
  163. wan
    pale, as of a person's complexion
  164. whimsical
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
  165. worthy
    an important, honorable person
Created on 五月 28, 2010 (updated 九月 16, 2011)

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