Bowen - The Professor and the Madman Chapters 7-8

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  1. meticulous
    marked by precise accordance with details
  2. assiduously
    with care and persistence
  3. prosaic
    lacking wit or imagination
  4. genial
    diffusing warmth and friendliness
  5. asperity
    harshness of manner
  6. maverick
    someone who exhibits independence in thought and action
  7. buffoon
    a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior
  8. balk
    refuse to proceed or comply
  9. collate
    assemble in proper sequence
  10. extrapolate
    draw from specific cases for more general cases
  11. ferret
    a small domesticated mammal with a flexible, elongated body
  12. trawl
    a long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys)
  13. fascicle
    an installment of a printed work
  14. lexicography
    the act of writing, editing, and examining dictionaries
  15. malaise
    a feeling of mild sickness or depression
  16. parsimonious
    excessively unwilling to spend
  17. quibble
    evade the truth of a point by raising irrelevant objections
  18. asceticism
    rigorous self-denial and active self-restraint
  19. precocious
    characterized by exceptionally early development
  20. amity
    a state of friendship and cordiality
  21. purview
    the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated
  22. obsequious
    attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
  23. inundate
    fill or cover completely, usually with water
  24. quantitative
    expressible as an amount that can be measured
  25. happenstance
    an accidental event that seems to have been arranged
  26. concise
    expressing much in few words
  27. accurate
    characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth
  28. detached
    showing lack of emotional involvement
  29. inundate
    overwhelm or fill quickly beyond capacity
  30. poor
    deserving or inciting pity
Created on 十一月 19, 2013 (updated 五月 12, 2014)

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