recondite, savant, perspicacious

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  1. recondite
    difficult to understand
  2. savant
    a learned person
  3. perspicacious
    mentally acute or penetratingly discerning
  4. fatuous
    devoid of intelligence
  5. desultory
    marked by lack of definite plan, purpose, or enthusiasm
  6. mettle
    the courage to carry on
  7. explicit
    precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable
  8. plebeian
    of or associated with the great masses of people
  9. nebulous
    lacking definite form or limits
  10. stalactite
    a cylinder of calcium carbonate hanging from a cave roof
  11. innuendo
    an indirect and usually malicious implication
  12. suppliant
    humbly entreating
  13. stultify
    deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless
  14. reclusive
    withdrawn from society; seeking solitude
  15. limpid
    clear and bright
  16. unctuous
    unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating
  17. obdurate
    stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
  18. ribald
    humorously vulgar
  19. calumny
    a false accusation of an offense
  20. fractious
    easily irritated or annoyed
  21. fracas
    a noisy, angry argument or fight between people
  22. embroil
    force into some kind of situation or course of action
  23. billet
    provide housing for (military personnel)
  24. larceny
    the act of taking something from someone unlawfully
  25. somber
    serious and gloomy in character
  26. rococo
    having excessive asymmetrical ornamentation
  27. pedestrian
    a person who travels by foot
  28. incense
    make furious
  29. buffet
    piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room
  30. appropriate
    suitable for a particular person, place, or situation
  31. revel
    take delight in
  32. morbid
    suggesting the horror of death and decay
  33. lugubrious
    excessively mournful
  34. ebullient
    joyously unrestrained
  35. droll
    comical in an odd or whimsical manner
  36. doleful
    filled with or evoking sadness
  37. despondent
    without or almost without hope
  38. dirge
    a song or hymn of mourning as a memorial to a dead person
  39. wanton
    a lewd or immoral person
  40. tortuous
    marked by repeated turns and bends
  41. sinuous
    curved or curving in and out
  42. diminutive
    very small
  43. infinitesimal
    immeasurably small
  44. pittance
    an inadequate payment
  45. plethora
    extreme excess
  46. trifling
    not worth considering
  47. pervert
    corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
  48. convalesce
    get over an illness or shock
  49. punk
    a performer or enthusiast of an alienated rock subculture
Created on 一月 9, 2008

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