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  1. tepid
    moderately warm
  2. taciturn
    habitually reserved and uncommunicative
  3. furtive
    secret and sly
  4. felicitous
    exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style
  5. poignant
    keenly distressing to the mind or feelings
  6. ochlocracy
    a political system in which a mob is the source of control
  7. plutocracy
    a political system governed by the wealthy people
  8. oligarchy
    a political system governed by a few people
  9. quittance
    a document or receipt certifying release from an obligation or debt
  10. surreptitious
    marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
  11. preeminent
    greatest in importance, degree, or significance
  12. iconoclastic
    characterized by attack on established beliefs
  13. eccentric
    conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
  14. circuitous
    deviating from a straight course
  15. excogitate
    reflect deeply on a subject
  16. impinge
    infringe upon
  17. abnegate
    deny or renounce
  18. emboldened
    made bold or courageous
  19. ineptitude
    unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
  20. nonchalance
    the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care
  21. hedonism
    an ethical system that values the pursuit of pleasure
  22. probity
    complete and confirmed integrity
  23. prophetic
    foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention
  24. activism
    a policy of action to achieve a political or social goal
  25. fortuitous
    lucky; occurring by happy chance
  26. polemical
    of or involving dispute or controversy
  27. exacting
    severe and unremitting in making demands
  28. illiberality
    a lack of generosity with money
  29. thrift
    extreme care in spending money
  30. imperiously
    in a manner showing arrogant superiority
  31. intractable
    difficult to manage or mold
  32. prolixity
    boring verbosity
  33. pellucid
    transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity
  34. peripheral
    on or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary
  35. rumination
    a calm, lengthy, intent consideration
  36. skittish
    unpredictably excitable, especially of horses
  37. vociferous
    conspicuously and offensively loud
  38. anachronistic
    chronologically misplaced
  39. emulate
    strive to equal or match, especially by imitating
  40. stigmatization
    the act of stigmatizing
  41. lionize
    assign great social importance to
  42. panache
    distinctive and stylish elegance
  43. gawkiness
    the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are extremely ungainly and inelegant
  44. brandish
    move or swing back and forth
  45. synoptic
    presenting a summary or general view of a whole
  46. antedate
    be earlier in time than
  47. fleeting
    lasting for a markedly brief time
  48. obsequious
    attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
  49. immutable
    not subject or susceptible to change or variation
  50. profundity
    the quality of being physically deep
  51. virulence
    extreme harmfulness
  52. recalcitrant
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  53. recreant
    having deserted a cause or principle
  54. piquant
    having an agreeably pungent taste
  55. dilatory
    wasting time
  56. cache
    a hidden storage space
  57. rescind
    cancel officially
  58. obstreperous
    noisily and stubbornly defiant
  59. cogitation
    attentive consideration and thought
  60. filial
    designating the generation following the parental generation
  61. approbation
    official acceptance or agreement
  62. conformable
    disposed or willing to comply
  63. exultant
    joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success
  64. defraud
    deprive of by deceit
  65. languish
    become feeble
  66. impeccable
    without error or flaw
  67. fidelity
    accuracy with which a system reproduces its input signal
  68. peregrination
    traveling or wandering around
  69. cavalcade
    a procession of people traveling by foot, horse, or vehicles
  70. hallowed
    worthy of religious veneration
  71. formidable
    extremely impressive in strength or excellence
  72. insinuation
    an indirect (and usually malicious) implication
  73. umbrage
    a feeling of anger caused by being offended
  74. ersatz
    an artificial or inferior substitute or imitation
  75. propensity
    a natural inclination
Created on 九月 17, 2013 (updated 九月 23, 2013)

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