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  1. edification
    uplifting enlightenment
  2. synchronicity
    the relation that exists when things occur at the same time
  3. pusillanimous
    lacking in courage, strength, and resolution
  4. tour de force
    a masterly or brilliant feat
  5. lumpen
    mentally sluggish
  6. proletariat
    a social class comprising those who do manual labor
  7. excoriate
    express strong disapproval of
  8. sic
    intentionally so written
  9. surreptitious
    marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
  10. quixotic
    not sensible about practical matters
  11. Zeitgeist
    the spirit of the time
  12. contentious
    showing an inclination to disagree
  13. pernicious
    exceedingly harmful
  14. rational
    consistent with or based on or using reason
  15. platitudinous
    dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality
  16. pretentious
    creating an appearance of importance or distinction
  17. concupiscence
    a desire for sexual intimacy
  18. vicarious
    experienced at secondhand
  19. frisson
    an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
  20. erudite
    having or showing profound knowledge
  21. profundity
    the quality of being physically deep
  22. feckless
    generally incompetent and ineffectual
  23. exegesis
    an explanation or critical interpretation
  24. iconoclast
    someone who attacks cherished ideas or institutions
  25. double entendre
    a word or phrase with two meanings, one of which is indecent
  26. insouciance
    a casual or lighthearted feeling of unconcern
  27. sesquipedalian
    a very long word (a foot and a half long)
  28. Weltschmerz
    sadness on thinking about the evils of the world
  29. meretricious
    tastelessly showy
  30. hullabaloo
    disturbance usually in protest
  31. nonplussed
    filled with bewilderment
  32. profligate
    unrestrained by convention or morality
  33. perspicacity
    the ability to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly
  34. existential
    relating to or dealing with the state of being
Created on 十一月 28, 2007 (updated 十月 6, 2009)

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