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  1. catharsis
    purging the body to stimulate evacuation of the bowels
  2. machination
    a crafty and involved plot to achieve your ends
  3. sardonic
    disdainfully or ironically humorous
  4. unalloyed
    free from admixture
  5. caucus
    meet to select a candidate or promote a policy
  6. exposition
    a collection of things for public display
  7. maelstrom
    a powerful circular current of water
  8. palatable
    acceptable to the taste or mind
  9. prerogative
    a right reserved exclusively by a person or group
  10. unctuous
    unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating
  11. extol
    praise, glorify, or honor
  12. incipient
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
  13. palisade
    a strong fence made of stakes driven into the ground
  14. prescient
    perceiving the significance of events before they occur
  15. devour
    eat immoderately
  16. palliative
    moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear
  17. presentiment
    a feeling of evil to come
  18. scapegoat
    someone who is punished for the errors of others
  19. underscore
    give extra weight to
  20. magnate
    a very wealthy or powerful businessperson
Created on 七月 11, 2013 (updated 一月 3, 2014)

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