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  1. abhorrent
    offensive to the mind
    She said sanitary conditions in the emergency room were abhorrent. Seattle Times (Jun 5, 2011)
    adjective, abhorrently: adverb
    Collocates: Abhorrent acts or thoughts
    eg. he considers it abhorrent the way she keeps her dogs penned up all the time.
  2. allocate
    distribute according to a plan or set apart for a purpose
    He concludes that this will result in more and more natural resources being allocated through transparent auctions.
    Collocation: Allocate resources
  3. allocate
    distribute according to a plan or set apart for a purpose
    For retailers deciding how to allocate marketing spend, the debate is becoming increasingly complicated. Forbes (Mar 12, 2013)
    transitive verb, adjective: allocatable
    Synonyms: assign, distribute
    Examples: not enough computers to allocate one to every student
    Colocates: allocate tasks
  4. ameliorate
    make better
    Bad statutes are dropped or corrected, constitutions silently ameliorated, all institutions made better. Parker, Theodore
    verb meaning to grow better or more tolerable.
    Synonyms: improve
    other forms: ameliorated, ameliorating, amelioration, ameliorative
    Example: social legislation that must be given credit for ameliorating the lot of millions of deprived people
    Colocates: ameliorate by, ameliorate the conflict
  5. amenable
    disposed or willing to comply
    It found that younger consumers are the most amenable to using mobile wallets. New York Times (Aug 8, 2012)
    adjective,
    Synonyms:willing,inclined,ready
    Example: whatever you decide to do, I'm amenable-just let me know
    even our nation's highest leaders must be amenable to the law.
    Collocates: more amenable to
  6. anomalous
    deviating from the general or common order or type
    an anomalous burst of anger from this usually easygoing person
    Synonyms: abnormal,odd, rare,uncommon
    Adjective, Anomalously:adverb, anomalousness: noun
  7. array
    an orderly grouping
    The table was arrayed with all sorts of delicacies.
    Noun,could also be a verb
    Synonyms: group, bunch, set, cluster
    Collocates: Array of ... services
  8. arrogant
    having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance
    "He's too arrogant, he has gone overboard and constantly violates regulations."
    Collocation: Arrogant Man
  9. avarice
    reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth
    "Just like the interest in sustainability which all sensible people have these days, we are guided to avoid avarice and practice fair dealing," he said.
    noun meaning excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain
    Synonyms: greediness, cupidity
    examples: the bank official's embezzlement was motivated by pure avarice
    Colocates: idle avarice??
  10. bolster
    support and strengthen
    Credit bureaus and the lending industry are stepping up their search for new ways to bolster credit files.
    Colocates: bolstering sales, bolster his/her spirits
    transitive verb, to support or strengthen,
    after looking in the visual thesaurus it could also mean a long pillow
  11. cajole
    influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
    She cajoled her younger brother into doing her laundry for her.
    verb, cajoled;cajoling, cajolement: noun
    Synonyms:coax
    Collocates:
  12. capitulate
    surrender under agreed conditions
    You’ve played this long without getting done, why capitulate now?
    transitive verb, capitulated, capitulating
    Synonyms:negotiate
    example:one side finally capitulated when it became clear that they couldn't win the argument
    Collocates: reluctantly capitulated
  13. chicanery
    the use of tricks to deceive someone
    Instead, Emmerich’s film plods solemnly back and forth between two poorly integrated plotlines, one involving Elizabethan court intrigue, the other, backstage chicanery. Slate (Oct 27, 2011)
    noun: deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry
    Synonyms: artifice, trickery
    Example: that candidate only won the election through chicanery
  14. concurrent
    occurring or operating at the same time
    Most patients ultimately require at least two concurrent treatments to achieve remission of their depression, he said. New York Times (Aug 31, 2011)
    Collocation: Concurrent Validity
  15. curtail
    terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end
    But opposition figures have said these are cosmetic, since they do not curtail the ruling family's grip on ultimate power.
    transitive verb, curtail er: noun
    synonyms: shorten
    example: curtailed the school day because of the stormy weather
    Collocates: curtail inflation
  16. defiant
    boldly resisting authority or an opposing force
    But Sunni protesters have grown more defiant after soldiers opened fire at a Falluja city rally, killing five people a week ago.
    Collocation: Defiant Disorder
  17. dubious
    fraught with uncertainty or doubt
    He recently completed an original screenplay, but is dubious about film or television writing. Seattle Times (Jan 25, 2013)
    adjective, dubiously: adverb
    giving rise to uncertainty
    collocates: dubious authenticity, dubious claim
    example: I'm dubious about our plan to go hang gliding without having had any training
  18. eclectic
    selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
    An eclectic assortment of noteworthy contemporary plays is on offer. Seattle Times (Mar 28, 2013)
    adjective, eclectically: adverb
    could also be a noun
    Synonyms: heterogeneous, assorted, mixed
    Collocates:Eclectic collection, eclectic group
  19. emulate
    strive to equal or match, especially by imitating
    The company, which targets young women looking to emulate celebrity fashions on a budget and has even clothed U.S.
    Collucation: Emulate model
  20. endowment
    natural abilities or qualities
    South Africa's rich mineral endowment appears to have helped breed complacency among its ruling class.
    Collocates:Water endowment, Endowment funds
    Noun, the act or process of endowning
    Example: it's a sin to waste one's God-given endowments
    synonyms: aptitude, talent, gift
  21. entrench
    fix firmly or securely
    The charter will be entrenched in statute so it cannot be changed by ministers.
    verb, entrenchment: noun
    synonyms: embed, fix, impact
    Collocates: entrench power
  22. happenstance
    an accidental event that seems to have been arranged
    It was not going to happen just by happenstance.
    noun; a circumstance especially that is due to chance
    happenstance: adjective
    Collocates: sheer happenstance,happenstance muddle
  23. hindrance
    any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
    Rational thinking is useful in many situations, but a hindrance in others. Forbes (Dec 31, 2012)
    noun
    Synonyms: block, deterrent
    Example: made a survey if all the hindrances to wheelchair access, such as curbs and stairs
    Collocates:socioeconomic hindrance
  24. hyperbole
    extravagant exaggeration
    Saying Noel is the best shot blocker ever might be slight hyperbole. Seattle Times (Jan 30, 2013)
    noun: extravagant exaggeration
    Collocates: overblown hyperbole
    Example:“enough food to feed a whole army” is a common example of hyperbole
    Synonyms: caricature, coloring, elaboration, embellishment,
  25. imbecility
    mental retardation
    Know you not that human imbecility in those identical comments reaches its absolutely 'lowest deep' of abject folly and crazy inconsequence. Various
    noun, imbecilities pl.
    the quality or state of being imbecile (fool, idiot)
    Example: he was arrested for the sheer imbecility of speeding down dark road with no lights on
    Collocates: imbecility of
  26. inane
    devoid of intelligence
    Foolish and inane in amatory “attentions” to young ladies, George was no fool. Cutting, Mary Stewart Doubleday
    adjective,
    definition: empty, insubstantial,or lacking significance, meaning, or point : silly
    Collocates: inane comments
    Examples:The film's plot is inane and full of clichés.
    All around us swirls the battering of gargantuan films, Styrofoam epics with megatons of special effects, gleefully inane adolescent films, horror films that really are horrible.
  27. incessant
    uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
    Over the following days contact was incessant, requesting feedback and offering more opportunities to see the player in action.
    adjective, incessantly: adverb
    continuing or following without interruption
    synonyms: continual
    Collocates: incessant noise
  28. incur
    make oneself subject to
    Lenders charge a premium to cover the risk they are incurring by giving such stable terms.
    Collocates: incurring costs
    verb, to become liable or subject to
  29. indolent
    disinclined to work or exertion
    Her tone was lazily indolent, but her eyes were set on him in mockery. Hope, Anthony
    adjective,
    Definition: causing little or no pain, or slow to develop or heal
    Collocates:indolent tumors, indolent ulcers
    Examples:She is indolent and irresponsible.
  30. insipid
    lacking interest or significance or impact
    Oscars had become soo bland, plodding and insipid that I had given up watching entirely in recent years, Seth brought me back. 
    adjective meaning lacking taste or savor, or lacking qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge.
    Collocates: insipid food, insipid prose
    examples: an apple pie with a mushy, insipid filling that strongly resembled soggy cardboard
    an insipid and somewhat boring movie about teenagers in love.
    Synonyms: dead, flat, falvorless,tasteless
  31. intrepid
    invulnerable to fear or intimidation
    The audience, including one intrepid fan in a motorized wheelchair, didn't much mind.
    Colocates: intrepid traveler
    adjective; intrepidity: noun
    Synonyms: bold, courageous, fearless
    Example: an intrepid explorer who probed partsof the rain forest never previously attempted
  32. irrigate
    supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams
    Irrigated cropland attracted the most interest, given the worst drought in 50 years in the world's top food producer, the Kansas City Fed said.
    Collocates: Irrigated agriculture
    Synonyms: wet, mouisten, wash
    transitive verb, noun:irrigator
    Example: if you get the chemical in your eye irrigate the eye thoroughly with water.
  33. laudable
    worthy of high praise
    Dunaway said Freshwater had a laudable teaching record and his students scored well on standardized science tests. Salon (Feb 27, 2013)
    adjective
    Synonyms from the visual thesaurus: Applaudable, commendable, praiseworthy
    It only has one meaning.
    definition: worthy of high praise
    Collocates: Laudable achievement, laudable goal
  34. lucrative
    producing a sizeable profit
    At the same time, the business is becoming less lucrative, causing more insurers to walk away. Wall Street Journal (Mar 8, 2013)
    adjective, lucratively: adverb, lucrativeness: noun
    producing wealth
    Example: the hired gun's mission was to turn the failing store into a lucrative operation
    Collocates: lucrative business deal
  35. malleable
    capable of being shaped or bent
    The fact that Marine General John Allen has agreed to the accelerated pullout means that general officers, like human beings in general, are malleable.
    Collocation: Malleable ear
  36. meager
    deficient in amount or quality or extent
    Many residents used their meager savings to replace spoiled food and in some cases find shelter.
    Collocations: meager resources
  37. milieu
    the environmental condition
    Perhaps he wanted to invoke the kind of humanist milieu that educated Romans enjoyed. New York Times (May 31, 2012)
  38. myriad
    a large indefinite number
    These finance their operation in myriad ways: Some are small, community-based, volunteer-run affairs. Scientific American (Jan 23, 2013)
    collocation: myriad ways
  39. nomadic
    relating to persons or groups who travel in search of food or work
    His people were nomadic and they lived by hunting and gathering.
    Collocations: Nomadic Tribes
  40. obviate
    prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
  41. ostentatious
    intended to attract notice and impress others
    The monster homes, ostentatious diamond rings or luxury sports cars of California and New York are virtually nonexistent in North Dakota.
    adjective, marked by or fond of conspicious and pretentious display
    adverbL ostentatiously
    Synonyms: flamboyant, flashy, glitzy
    example: wears an ostentatious diamond ring on his little finger
    Collocates: ostentatious man
  42. pervasive
    spreading or spread throughout
    "What we're looking to work on is pervasive issues," ones that affect many manufacturers, he said.
    Collocation: Pervasive culture
  43. pithy
    concise and full of meaning
    Knowing some pithy facts about our tax system and how you fit in may not make you feel any better. Forbes (Mar 24, 2013)
    Adjective
    Synonyms from visual thesaurus:sententious
    It only has one meaning.
    Origin: "pith" which meansmost essential or most vital part of an idea
    Collocates: Pithy response, pithy phrase, pithy comment
  44. pretentious
    creating an appearance of importance or distinction
    First of all, pretending to know Google is indeed ... pretentious.
    Collocates: pretentious name
  45. primitive
    characteristic of an earlier ancestral type
    And somehow, new research is showing, these primitive clapping and chanting games have endured around the world, despite competition from hand-held technology.
    Adjective, primitively: adverb, primitiveness: noun
    Collocations: primitive concepts, primitive church, primitive mammals
  46. proliferate
    grow rapidly
    His prepared testimony ranged over the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, cybersecurity threats, climate change, competition for natural resources and potential pandemics.
    noun, proliferate: transitive verb
    to grow by rapid production of new parts
    synonyms: multiply
    Collocates: rumors proliferated
  47. putrid
    of or relating to the process of decay
    Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid. Webster, Noah
    Collocation: putrid smell
  48. repercussion
    a remote or indirect consequence of some action
    In the subsequent 22 years, she lost nearly all hearing in both ears for no apparent reason, a physical mystery with deep psychological repercussions.
    noun, re percussive: adjective
    reflection, reverberation
    example: your decision not to go to college will have repercussions you'll feel for years to come
    Collocates: with repurcussion
  49. rustic
    characteristic of rural life
    For example, the city slickers have smaller territories, live at higher densities and live for longer than their rustic cousins.
    Adjective or noun,Rustically: adverb, rusticity: noun
    Synonyms: clumsy, graceless, uneasy, wooden
    Collocation: Rustic boots
  50. salient
    conspicuous, prominent, or important
  51. sprawling
    spreading out in different directions
    The kids sprawled on the floor to watch TV. One punch sent him sprawling to the floor.
    verb or noun depending
    Collocations: Sprawling suburbs
  52. stark
    severely simple
    Even though revenue is rising and spending is decreasing, the overall budget outlook remains stark. Chicago Tribune (Feb 5, 2013)
    Collocations: Stark nonesense
    adjective, starkly: adverb, starkness: noun
    Synonyms: mild,gentle, tender,
  53. wonderment
    the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
    The doctor and Mrs. Mandeville simply looked at each other in speechless wonderment, one thought engrossing them. Butler, Maude M.
    noun, a cause of or occasion for wonder
    Synonyms: admiration, amazement, astonishment, awe
    Callocates: shaking head in wonderment
Created on 二月 26, 2013 (updated 四月 9, 2013)

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