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  1. oneiric
    of or relating to or suggestive of dreams
  2. nescient
    uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication
  3. reticent
    reluctant to draw attention to yourself
  4. ostentatious
    intended to attract notice and impress others
  5. kitsch
    excessively gaudy or sentimental art
  6. tawdry
    tastelessly showy
  7. gilded
    made from or covered with gold
  8. deracinate
    pull up by or as if by the roots
  9. extirpate
    destroy completely, as if down to the roots
  10. sordid
    foul and run-down and repulsive
  11. squalid
    foul and run-down and repulsive
  12. prevaricate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
  13. palter
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead
  14. equivocate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
  15. desuetude
    a state of inactivity or disuse
  16. asinine
    devoid of intelligence
  17. recede
    pull back or move away or backward
  18. innocuous
    not injurious to physical or mental health
  19. atrocious
    shockingly brutal or cruel
  20. assiduous
    marked by care and persistent effort
  21. sedulous
    marked by care and persistent effort
  22. platitude
    a trite or obvious remark
  23. bromide
    a trite or obvious remark
  24. torrid
    characterized by intense emotion
  25. indignant
    angered at something unjust or wrong
  26. umbrageous
    filled with shade
  27. abash
    cause to be embarrassed
  28. relinquish
    turn away from; give up
  29. renounce
    turn away from; give up
  30. repudiate
    refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid
  31. abdicate
    give up power, duties, or obligations
  32. denounce
    speak out against
  33. stag
    a male deer, especially an adult male red deer
  34. sleuth
    a detective who follows a trail
  35. sleuthhound
    a large dog with a keen sense of smell, often used in tracking
  36. precarious
    not secure; beset with difficulties
  37. duplicitous
    marked by deliberate deceptiveness
  38. intransigent
    impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, or reason
  39. adamant
    very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem
  40. fastidious
    giving careful attention to detail
  41. cathexis
    (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object
  42. lure
    provoke someone to do something through persuasion
  43. coy
    affectedly shy especially in a playful or provocative way
  44. demure
    shy or modest, often in a playful or provocative way
  45. cajole
    influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
  46. inveigle
    influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
  47. palaver
    loud and confused and empty talk
  48. rhetoric
    study of the technique for using language effectively
  49. aloof
    distant, cold, or detached in manner
  50. tenure
    the term during which some position is held
  51. recalcitrant
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  52. insouciant
    marked by unconcern
  53. avid
    marked by active interest and enthusiasm
  54. rabid
    marked by excessive enthusiasm for a cause or idea
  55. astride
    with one leg on each side
  56. dissipate
    cause to separate and go in different directions
  57. denigrate
    attack the good name and reputation of someone
  58. derogate
    cause to seem lesser or inferior
  59. besmirch
    smear so as to make dirty or stained
  60. sully
    make dirty or spotty
  61. reprieve
    postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal
  62. respite
    a pause from doing something
  63. exigent
    demanding immediate attention
  64. composure
    steadiness of mind under stress
  65. equanimity
    steadiness of mind under stress
  66. discomposure
    anxious embarrassment
  67. disconcertion
    anxious embarrassment
  68. vitriolic
    harsh, bitter, or malicious in tone
  69. acrid
    strong and sharp, as a taste or smell
  70. pungent
    strong and sharp to the sense of taste or smell
  71. gingerly
    in a manner marked by extreme care or delicacy
  72. vacuous
    devoid of matter
  73. fatuous
    devoid of intelligence
  74. elude
    escape, either physically or mentally
  75. evade
    avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
  76. elusive
    skillful at evading capture
  77. delusive
    inappropriate to reality or facts
  78. delude
    be dishonest with
  79. exiguous
    extremely scanty
  80. meagre
    deficient in amount or quality or extent
  81. recant
    formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief
  82. resile
    spring back; spring away from an impact
  83. abjure
    formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief
  84. reverberate
    ring or echo with sound
  85. resound
    emit a noise
  86. swindler
    a person who steals by means of deception or fraud
  87. chiseler
    a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud
  88. gouger
    an attacker who gouges out the antagonist's eye
  89. belligerent
    characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
  90. revert
    go back to a previous state
  91. amend
    make revisions to
  92. rectify
    make right or correct
  93. remediate
    set straight or right
  94. ascertain
    learn or discover with confidence
  95. ostracize
    expel from a community or group
  96. blithe
    carefree and happy and lighthearted
  97. recidivate
    go back to bad behavior
  98. redress
    make reparations or amends for
  99. evasive
    avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger
  100. equivocal
    open to two or more interpretations
  101. infallible
    incapable of failure or error
  102. affable
    diffusing warmth and friendliness
  103. genial
    diffusing warmth and friendliness
  104. cordial
    politely warm and friendly
  105. spurious
    plausible but false
  106. specious
    plausible but false
  107. meretricious
    tastelessly showy
  108. gaudy
    tastelessly showy
  109. stoic
    seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive
  110. reprise
    a repetition of a short musical passage
  111. recapitulate
    summarize briefly
  112. disparage
    express a negative opinion of
  113. belittle
    cause to seem lesser or inferior
  114. insidious
    working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
  115. pernicious
    exceedingly harmful
  116. ineffable
    defying expression or description
  117. ostensible
    appearing as such but not necessarily so
  118. ostensive
    represented or appearing as such; pretended
  119. pretentious
    creating an appearance of importance or distinction
  120. euphemism
    an inoffensive expression substituted for an offensive one
  121. aphorism
    a short pithy instructive saying
  122. pedestrian
    a person who travels by foot
  123. prosaic
    lacking wit or imagination
  124. humdrum
    tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
  125. abstruse
    difficult to understand
  126. esoteric
    understandable only by an enlightened inner circle
  127. arcane
    requiring secret or mysterious knowledge
  128. vindicate
    show to be right by providing justification or proof
  129. exculpate
    pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
  130. exonerate
    pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
  131. vitiate
    make imperfect
  132. mar
    cause to become imperfect
  133. debauch
    a wild gathering
  134. deprave
    corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
  135. subvert
    overthrow or destroy completely
  136. thwarted
    disappointingly unsuccessful
  137. warped
    bent or twisted out of normal shape
  138. corpulent
    excessively large
  139. corpulence
    the property of excessive fatness
  140. incumbent
    necessary as a duty or responsibility; morally binding
  141. philanthropic
    of or relating to charitable giving
  142. benevolent
    showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding
  143. malevolent
    wishing or appearing to wish evil to others
  144. resilient
    recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like
  145. repine
    express discontent
  146. foreswear
    turn away from; give up
  147. acquiesce
    agree or express agreement
  148. accede
    yield to another's wish or opinion
  149. assent
    agree or express agreement
  150. dissent
    a difference of opinion
  151. relegate
    assign to a lower position
  152. demote
    assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
  153. plethora
    extreme excess
  154. glib
    artfully persuasive in speech
  155. unscrupulous
    without principles
  156. constituent
    one of the individual parts making up a composite entity
  157. cohort
    a band of warriors
  158. vehemently
    in a forceful manner
  159. autocratic
    characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule
  160. despotic
    having the characteristics of a tyrannical ruler
  161. squelch
    suppress or crush completely
  162. quell
    suppress or crush completely
  163. appease
    make peace with
  164. mollify
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  165. assuage
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  166. concede
    give over
  167. invidious
    containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice
  168. pedant
    a person who is preoccupied with rules and learning
  169. pedantic
    marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning
  170. surreptitious
    marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
  171. litigious
    of or relating to legal proceedings
  172. acrimonious
    marked by strong resentment or cynicism
  173. acquisitive
    eager to attain and possess material possessions
  174. predaceous
    hunting and killing other animals for food
  175. esurient
    extremely hungry
  176. egregious
    conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
  177. calamity
    an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
  178. omnifarious
    of all varieties or forms or kinds
  179. feint
    any distracting or deceptive maneuver
  180. devolve
    pass on or delegate to another
  181. delegate
    a person appointed or elected to represent others
  182. garrulous
    full of trivial conversation
  183. withers
    the highest part of the back at the base of an animal's neck
  184. scathing
    marked by harshly abusive criticism
  185. vituperative
    marked by harshly abusive criticism
  186. taint
    place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
  187. susurrus
    the indistinct sound of people whispering
  188. tout
    advertise in strongly positive terms
  189. predicate
    involve as a necessary condition or consequence
  190. frayed
    worn away or tattered along the edges
  191. muffle
    deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
  192. stifle
    impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
  193. spar
    stout rounded pole of wood or metal used to support rigging
  194. infer
    conclude by reasoning
  195. interject
    speak abruptly, especially as an interruption
Created on 四月 14, 2008

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