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  1. incipiency
    beginning to exist or to be apparent
  2. Simon Legree
    the cruel slave dealer in an anti-slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe
  3. beau geste
    a gracious (but usually meaningless) gesture
  4. obloquy
    state of disgrace resulting from public abuse
  5. opprobrium
    a state of extreme dishonor
  6. calumny
    a false accusation of an offense
  7. traducement
    a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions
  8. palaver
    loud and confused and empty talk
  9. syzygy
    the straight line configuration of three celestial bodies
  10. ullage
    the amount that a container lacks of being full
  11. profligate
    unrestrained by convention or morality
  12. dissolute
    unrestrained by convention or morality
  13. dissipated
    unrestrained by convention or morality
  14. chockablock
    packed full to capacity
  15. ingenuous
    lacking in sophistication or worldliness
  16. lucubrate
    discuss in a scholarly way, especially in writing
  17. denizen
    a plant or animal naturalized in a region
  18. emanation
    the act of emitting; causing to flow forth
  19. treacle
    a syrup made of sugar cane
  20. doughty
    possessing courage and determination
  21. cavil
    raise trivial objections
  22. chicane
    the use of tricks to deceive someone
  23. attitudinize
    assume certain affected attitudes
  24. enjoin
    give instructions to or direct somebody to do something
  25. Bluebeard
    a monstrous villain who marries seven women
  26. inimical
    tending to obstruct or cause harm
  27. insouciant
    marked by unconcern
  28. titivate
    make neat, smart, or trim
  29. insipid
    lacking interest or significance or impact
  30. jejune
    lacking interest or significance or impact
  31. puerile
    displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
  32. foursquare
    (geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon
  33. rubric
    category name
  34. puckish
    naughtily or annoyingly playful
  35. gainsay
    take exception to
  36. lucullan
    characterized by extravagance and profusion
Created on 五月 12, 2008

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