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广告招租,e-mail:yesize@hotmail.com aboriginal :: being the first of its kind in a region: primitive: native abortive :: unsuccessful: fruitless abstemious :: temperate: sparing in drink, etc. abstruse :: obscure: profound: difficult to understand acetic :: vinegary acidulous :: slightly sour: sharp: caustic acquiescent :: accepting passively acrid :: sharp: bitterly pungent acrimonious :: stinging: caustic actuarial :: calculating; pertaining to insurance statistics adamant :: hard: inflexible addle :: rotten: muddled; crazy adept :: expert at adipose :: fatty adroit :: skillful adventitious :: accidental: casual adverse :: unfavorable: hostile aesthetic :: artistic: dealing with or capable off appreciation of the beautiful affected :: artificial: pretended agape :: openmouthed aggregate :: sum: total aghast :: horrified albeit :: although alimentary :: supplying nourishment alluvial :: pertaining to soil deposits left by rivers, etc. aloof :: apart; reserved ambiguous :: doubtful in meaning ambulatory :: able to walk amenable :: readily managed; willing to be led amiable :: agreeable; lovable amicable :: friendly amorphous :: shapeless amphibian :: able to live both on land in water ample :: abundant amuck :: in a state of rage analogous :: comparable ancillary :: serving as an aid or accessory; auxiliary animated :: lively anomalous :: abnormal; irregular anonymous :: having no name antediluvian :: antiquated; ancient anthropoid :: manlike apathetic :: indifferent apocryphal :: not genuine; sham apposite :: appropriate; fitting apprehensive :: fearful; discerning aquiline :: curved; hooked arable :: fit for plowing arbitrary :: fixed or decided; despotic archaic :: antiquated arduous :: hard; strenuous aromatic :: fragrant arrant :: thorough; complete; unmitigated ascetic :: practicing self-denial; austere ashen :: ash-colored asinine :: stupid askance :: with a sideway or indirect look askew :: crookedly; slanted; at an angle assiduous :: diligent astral :: relating to the stars astute :: wise; shrewd astringent :: binding; causing contraction atheistic :: denying the existence of God athwart :: across; in opposition atypical :: not normal auspicious :: favoring success austere :: strict; stern autonomous :: self-governing auxiliary :: helper, additional or subsidiary averse :: reluctant avid :: greedy; eager for avuncular :: like an uncle awry :: distorted; crooked azure :: sky blue bacchanalian :: drunken baleful :: deadly; destructive balmy :: mild; fragrant banal :: hackneyed; commonplace; trite baneful :: ruinous; poisonous bantering :: good-natured ridiculing baroque :: highly ornate beatific :: giving bliss; blissful belated :: delayed bellicose :: warlike benevolent :: generous; charitable benighted :: overcome by darkness benign :: kindly; favorable; not malignant bereft :: deprived of; lacking berserk :: frenzied bicameral :: two-chambered, as a legislative body biennial :: every two years bilious :: suffering from indigestion; irritable bizarre :: fantastic; violently contrasting bland :: soothing; mild blasphemous :: profane; impious blatant :: loudly offensive bleak :: cold; cheerless blighted :: suffering from a disease; destroyed blithe :: gay; joyous bloated :: swollen or puffed as with water or air bogus :: counterfeit; not authentic boisterous :: violent; rough; noisy bombastic :: pompous; using inflated language bootless :: useless bountiful :: generous; showing bounty brazen :: insolent bristling :: rising like bristles; showing irritation brusque :: blunt; abrupt bucolic :: rustic; pastoral bumptious :: self-assertive buxom :: plump; vigorous; jolly cadaverous :: like a corpse; pale callous :: hardened; unfeeling calorific :: heat-producing canny :: shrewd; thrifty capacious :: spacious capricious :: fickle; incalculable captious :: faultfinding carnal :: fleshly carnivorous :: meat-eating carping :: finding fault catholic :: broadly sympathetic; liberal caustic :: burning; sarcastically biting celestial :: heavenly celibate :: unmarried; abstaining from sexual intercourse centigrade :: measure of temperature used widely in Europe centrifugal :: radiating; departing from the center cerebral :: pertaining to the brain of intellect chaffing :: bantering; joking chaotic :: in utter disorder chary :: cautiously watchful chaste :: pure checkered :: marked by changes in fortune chimerical :: fantastic; highly imaginative choleric :: hot-tempered chronic :: long established as a disease churlish :: boorish; rude ciliated :: having minute hairs circuitous :: roundabout circumspect :: prudent; cautious clairvoyant :: having foresight clandestine :: secret clarion :: shrill trumpetlike sound climactic :: relating to the highest point cogent :: convincing cognate :: allied by blood; of the same or kindred nature coincident :: occurring at the same time colossal :: huge combustible :: easily burned comely :: attractive; agreeable commensurate :: equal in extent commodious :: spacious and comfortable compatible :: harmonious; in harmony with complacent :: self-satisfied complaisant :: trying to please; obliging compliant :: yielding concentric :: having a common center concise :: brief and compact concurrent :: happening at the same time condign :: adequate; deservedly severe congenital :: existing at birth conjugal :: pertaining to marriage connubial :: pertaining to marriage or the matrimonial state consummate :: complete contentious :: quarrelsome contiguous :: adjacent to; touching upon contingent :: conditional contrite :: penitent contumacious :: disobedient; resisting authority conversant :: familiar with convivial :: festive; gay; characterized by joviality copious :: plentiful corporeal :: bodily; material corpulent :: very fat corrosive :: eating away by chemicals or disease cosmic :: pertaining to the universe; vast covert :: secret; hidden; implied covetous :: avaricious; eagerly desirous of coy :: shy; modest; coquettish crabbed :: sour; peevish crass :: very unrefined; grossly insensible craven :: cowardly crestfallen :: dejected; dispirited cryptic :: mysterious; hidden; secret culinary :: relating to cooking cursory :: casual; hastily done dank :: damp culpable :: deserving blame dauntless :: bold debonair :: friendly; aiming to please deciduous :: falling of as of leaves decorous :: proper decrepit :: worn out by age deducible :: derived by reasoning defeatist :: attitude of one who is ready to accept defeat as a natural outcome definitive :: final; complete defunct :: dead; no longer in use or existence deleterious :: harmful delusive :: deceptive; raising vain hopes demoniac :: fiendish demure :: grave; serious; coy deprecatory :: disapproving deranged :: insane derelict :: abandoned derogatory :: expressing a low opinion despicable :: contemptible destitute :: extremely poor desultory :: aimless; jumping around devious :: going astray; erratic devoid :: lacking devout :: pious dexterous :: skillful diabolical :: devilish diaphanous :: sheer; transparent digressive :: wandering away from the subject dilatory :: delaying dire :: disastrous discernible :: distinguishable; perceivable discerning :: mentally quick and observant; having insight disconsolate :: sad discordant :: inharmonious; conflicting discrete :: separate; unconnected discursive :: digressing; rambling disheveled :: untidy disingenuous :: not naive; sophisticated disinterested :: unprejudiced disjointed :: disconnected disparate :: basically different; unrelated dispirited :: lacking in spirit disputatious :: argumentative; fond of argument dissolute :: loose in morals distrait :: absentminded distraught :: upset; distracted by anxiety diurnal :: daily divers :: several; differing diverse :: differing in some characteristics; various docile :: obedient; easily managed dogmatic :: positive; arbitrary dolorous :: sorrowful dormant :: sleeping; lethargic; torpid dorsal :: relating to the back of an animal doughty :: courageous dour :: sullen; stubborn droll :: queer and amusing dubious :: doubtful earthy :: unrefined; coarse ebullient :: showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm ecclesiastic :: pertaining to the church eerie :: weird effectual :: efficient effeminate :: having womanly traits effete :: worn out; exhausted; barren efflorescent :: flowering effulgent :: brilliantly radiant effusive :: pouring forth; gushing egregious :: gross; shocking elegiacal :: like an elegy; mournful elusive :: evasive; baffling; hard to grasp elusory :: tending to deceive expectations; elusive emaciated :: thin and wasted eminent :: high; lofty enamored :: in love encomiastic :: praising; eulogistic ephemeral :: short-lived; fleeting equable :: tranquil; steady; uniform equivocal :: doubtful; ambiguous errant :: wandering erudite :: learned; scholarly esoteric :: known only to the chosen few estranged :: separated ethereal :: light; heavenly; fine ethnic :: relating to races eulogistic :: praising euphonious :: pleasing in sound evanescent :: fleeting; vanishing evasive :: not frank; eluding execrable :: very bad exemplary :: serving as a model; outstanding exiguous :: small; minute exorbitant :: excessive exotic :: not native; strange expeditiously :: rapidly and efficiently extant :: still in existence extemporaneous :: not planned; impromptu extraneous :: not essential; external extrinsic :: external; not inherent; foreign exuberant :: abundant; effusive; lavish facetious :: humorous; jocular facile :: easy; expert factious :: inclined to form factions; causing dissension factitious :: artificial; sham fain :: gladly fallacious :: misleading fallible :: liable to err fallow :: plowed but not sowed; uncultivated fancied :: imagined; unreal fanciful :: whimsical; visionary fantastic :: unreal; grotesque; whimsical fastidious :: difficult to please; squeamish fatuous :: foolish; inane fawning :: courting favor by cringing and flattering feasible :: practical felicitous :: apt; suitably expressed; well chosen fell :: cruel; deadly fervent :: ardent; hot fervid :: ardent fetid :: malodorous fickle :: changeable; faithless fictitious :: imaginary filial :: pertaining to a son daughter finicky :: too particular; fussy finite :: limited fitful :: spasmodic; intermittent flaccid :: flabby flagging :: weak; drooping flagrant :: conspicuously wicked flamboyant :: ornate fledgling :: inexperienced florid :: flowery; ruddy foolhardy :: rash foppish :: vain about dress and appearance forensic :: suitable to debate or courts of law formidable :: menacing; threatening fortuitous :: accidental; by chance fractious :: unruly frantic :: wild fraudulent :: cheating; deceitful fraught :: filled frenetic :: frenzied; frantic frenzied :: madly excited frigid :: intensely cold frolicsome :: prankish; gay froward :: disobedient; perverse; stubborn frowzy :: slovenly; unkempt; dirty fulsome :: disgustingly excessive funereal :: sad; solemn furtive :: stealthy fustian :: pompous; bombastic garbled :: mixed up; based on false or unfair selection garish :: gaudy genteel :: well-bred; elegant germane :: pertinent; bearing upon the case at hand ghastly :: horrible glib :: fluent glossy :: smooth and shining glutinous :: sticky; viscous gluttonous :: greedy for food gnarled :: twisted gory :: bloody gossamer :: sheer; like cobwebs hazardous :: dangerous hazy :: slightly obscure heedless :: not noticing; disregarding heinous :: atrocious; hatefully bad heterogeneous :: dissimilar hibernal :: wintry hindmost :: furthest behind hirsute :: hairy histrionic :: theatrical hoary :: white with age homespun :: domestic; made at home homogeneous :: of the same kind horticultural :: pertaining to cultivation of gardens humane :: kind humdrum :: dull; monotonous humid :: damp hypercritical :: excessively exacting hypocritical :: pretending to be virtuous; deceiving hypothetical :: based on assumptions or hypotheses iconoclastic :: attacking cherished traditions igneous :: produced by fire; volcanic ignoble :: of lowly origin; unworthy ignominious :: disgraceful illimitable :: infinite immaculate :: pure; spotless imminent :: impending; near at hand immune :: exempt immutable :: unchangeable impassive :: without feeling; not affected by pain impeccable :: faultless impecunious :: without money impending :: nearing; approaching impenitent :: not repentant imperious :: domineering impermeable :: impervious; not permitting passage through its substance impertinent :: insolent impervious :: not penetrable; not permitting passage through impetuous :: violent; hasty; rash impious :: irreverent implacable :: incapable of being pacified implicit :: understood but not stated impolitic :: not wise impregnable :: invulnerable impromptu :: without previous preparation improvident :: thriftless inalienable :: not to be taken away; nontransferable inane :: silly; senseless inanimate :: lifeless inarticulate :: speechless; producing indistinct speech incarnate :: endowed with flesh; personified incessant :: uninterrupted inchoate :: recently begun; rudimentary; elementary incipient :: beginning; in an early stage incisive :: cutting; sharp inclement :: stormy; unkind inclusive :: tending to include all incognito :: with identity concealed; using an assumed name incommodious :: not spacious incompatible :: inharmonious inconsequential :: of trifling significance incontrovertible :: indisputable incorporeal :: immaterial; without a material body incorrigible :: uncorrectable indefatigable :: tireless indigenous :: native indigent :: poor indisputable :: too certain to be disputed indomitable :: unconquerable indubitably :: beyond a doubt indulgent :: humoring; yielding; lenient ineffable :: unutterable; cannot be expressed in speech inept :: unsuited; absurd; incompetent inexorable :: relentless; unyielding; implacable infallible :: unerring infamous :: notoriously bad infinitesimal :: very small inflated :: enlarged with air or gas ingenuous :: naive; young; unsophisticated inherent :: firmly established by nature or habit inimical :: unfriendly; hostile iniquitous :: unjust; wicked innate :: inborn innocuous :: harmless inordinate :: unrestrained; excessive insatiable :: not easily satisfied; greedy inscrutable :: incomprehensible; not to be discovered insensate :: without feeling insidious :: treacherous; stealthy; sly insipid :: tasteless; dull insolent :: haughty and contemptuous insular :: like an island; narrow-minded insuperable :: insurmountable; invincible insurgent :: rebellious interminable :: endless intermittent :: periodic; on and off intransigent :: refusing any compromise intrepid :: fearless intrinsic :: belonging to a thing in itself; inherent introvert :: inclined to think more about oneself inured :: accustomed; hardened inverse :: opposite inveterate :: deep-rooted; habitual invidious :: designed to create ill will or envy invulnerable :: incapable of injury irascible :: irritable; easily angered iridescent :: exhibiting rainbowlike colors ironical :: resulting in an unexpected and contrary manner irreconcilable :: incompatible; not able to be resolved irrelevant :: not applicable; unrelated irremediable :: incurable; uncorrectable irreparable :: not able to be corrected or repaired irreverent :: lacking proper respect irrevocable :: unalterable itinerant :: wandering; traveling jaded :: fatigued; surfeited jaundiced :: yellowed; prejudiced; envious jocose :: giving to joking jocular :: said or done in jest jocund :: merry judicious :: wise; determined by sound judgment lackadaisical :: affectedly languid laconic :: brief and to the point laggard :: slow; sluggish lambent :: flickering; softly radiant laminated :: made of thin plates or scales languid :: weary; sluggish; listless lascivious :: lustful latent :: dormant; hidden lateral :: coming from the side laudatory :: expressing praise lavish :: liberal; wasteful lecherous :: impure in thought and act; lustful; unchaste lethal :: deadly lethargic :: drowsy; dull lewd :: lustful libelous :: defamatory; injurious to the good name of a person libidinous :: lustful licentious :: wanton; lewd; dissolute limpid :: clear linguistic :: pertaining to language lithe :: flexible; supple livid :: lead-colored; black and blue; enraged loath :: averse; reluctant loquacious :: talkative lucent :: shining lucid :: bright; easily understood lucrative :: profitable lugubrious :: mournful luminous :: shining; issuing light lunar :: pertaining to the moon lurid :: wild; sensational luscious :: pleasing to taste or smell lustrous :: shining luxuriant :: fertile; abundant; ornate macabre :: gruesome; grisly Machiavellian :: crafty; double-dealing magnanimous :: generous magniloquent :: boastful; pompous malevolent :: wishing evil malicious :: dictated by hatred or spite malignant :: having an evil influence; virulent malleable :: capable of being shaped by pounding mammoth :: gigantic mandatory :: obligatory maniacal :: raving mad manifest :: understandable; clear marital :: pertaining to marriage maritime :: bordering on the sea; nautical martial :: warlike maternal :: motherly maudlin :: effusively sentimental mauve :: pale purple meddlesome :: interfering mediocre :: ordinary; commonplace mellifluous :: flowing smoothly; smooth mendacious :: lying; false menial :: suitable for servants; low mercantile :: concerning trade mercenary :: interested in money or gain mercurial :: fickle; changing meretricious :: flashy; tawdry metallurgical :: pertaining to the art of removing metals from ores metaphysical :: pertaining to speculative philosophy meticulous :: excessively careful migrant :: changing its habitat; wandering migratory :: wandering mincing :: affectedly dainty mobile :: movable; not fixed modish :: fashionable molten :: melted momentous :: very important monetary :: pertaining to money monotheism :: belief in one God moot :: debatable morbid :: given to unwholesome thought; gloomy mordant :: biting; sarcastic; stinging moribund :: at the point of death morose :: ill-humored; sullen motley :: parti-colored; mixed muggy :: warm and damp multiform :: having many forms multilingual :: having many languages mundane :: worldly as opposed to spiritual munificent :: very generous musky :: having the odor of musk musty :: stale; spoiled by age mutable :: changing in form; fickle mutinous :: unruly; rebellious natal :: pertaining to birth nebulous :: cloudy; hazy nefarious :: very wicked niggardly :: meanly stingy; parsimonious nocturnal :: done at night noisome :: foul smelling; unwholesome nomadic :: wandering noncommittal :: neutral; unpledged; undecided notorious :: outstandingly bad; unfavorably known noxious :: harmful nugatory :: futile; worthless nutrient :: providing nourishment obdurate :: stubborn obese :: fat oblique :: slanting; deviating from the perpendicular or from a straight line obnoxious :: offensive obsequious :: slavishly attentive; servile; sycophantic obsolete :: outmoded obtrusive :: pushing toward obtuse :: blunt; stupid occult :: mysterious; secret; supernatural odious :: hateful odoriferous :: giving off an order odorous :: having an odor officious :: meddlesome; excessively trying to please olfactory :: concerning the sense of smell ominous :: threatening omnipotent :: all-powerful omniscient :: all-knowing omnivorous :: eating both plant and animal food; devouring everything onerous :: burdensome opalescent :: iridescent opaque :: dark; not transparent opportune :: timely; well chosen opprobrious :: disgraceful ornate :: excessively decorated; highly decorated ostensible :: apparent; professed; pretended ostentatious :: showy; pretentious overt :: open to view palatable :: agreeable; pleasing to the taste palatial :: magnificent pallid :: pale; wan palpable :: tangible; easily perceptible paltry :: insignificant; petty parsimonious :: stingy; excessively frugal passive :: not active; acted upon pastoral :: rural patent :: open for the public to read; obvious pathetic :: causing sadness, compassion, pity; touching pecuniary :: pertaining to money pedantic :: showing off learning; bookish pell-mell :: in confusion; disorderly pellucid :: transparent; limpid; easy to understand pendant :: hanging down from something pendent :: suspended; jutting; pending penitent :: repentant pensive :: dreamily thoughtful; thoughtful with a hint of sadness penurious :: stingy; parsimonious peremptory :: demanding and leaving no choice perennial :: lasting perfidious :: basely false perforce :: of necessity perfunctory :: superficial; listless; not thorough peripatetic :: walking about; moving permeable :: porous; allowing passage through pernicious :: very destructive perpetual :: everlasting perspicacious :: having insight; penetrating; astute pert :: impertinent; forward pertinacious :: stubborn; persistent pertinent :: suitable; to the point perverse :: stubborn; intractable pervious :: penetrable pestilential :: causing plague; baneful petulant :: touchy; peevish phlegmatic :: calm; not easily disturbed pied :: variegated; multicolored pious :: devout piquant :: pleasantly tart-tasting; stimulating piscatorial :: pertaining to fishing pithy :: concise; meaty placid :: peaceful; calm plaintive :: mournful plauditory :: approving; applauding plebeian :: common; pertaining to the common people plenary :: complete; full plenipotentiary :: fully empowered plumb :: checking perpendicularity; vertical poignant :: keen; piercing; severe politic :: expedient; prudent; well devised polyglot :: speaking several languages portentous :: ominous; serious portly :: stately; stout posthumous :: after death potential :: expressing possibility; latent practicable :: feasible practical :: based on experience; useful pragmatic :: practical; concerned with practical values precarious :: uncertain; risky precedent :: preceding in time, rank, etc. precipitate :: headlong; rash precipitous :: steep precocious :: developed ahead of time predatory :: plundering preeminent :: outstanding; superior prefatory :: introductory preposterous :: absurd; ridiculous pretentious :: ostentatious; ambitious prim :: very precise and formal; exceedingly proper primordial :: existing at the beginning of time; rudimentary pristine :: characteristic of earlier times; primitive; unspoiled privy :: secret; hidden; not public prodigal :: wasteful; reckless with money prodigious :: marvelous; enormous profligate :: dissipated; wasteful; licentious prolific :: abundantly fruitful prolix :: verbose; drawn out promiscuous :: mixed indiscriminately; haphazard; irregular prone :: inclined to; prostrate propitious :: favorable; kindly propulsive :: driving forward prosaic :: commonplace; dull provident :: displaying foresight; thrifty; preparing for emergencies prurient :: based on lascivious thoughts puerile :: childish pugnacious :: combative; disposed to fight puissant :: powerful; strong; potent pulmonary :: pertaining to the lungs punctilious :: laying stress on niceties of conduct or form; precise pungent :: stinging; caustic punitive :: punishing puny :: insignificant; tiny; weak pusillanimous :: cowardly; fainthearted putrid :: foul; rotten; decayed querulous :: fretful; whining quiescent :: at rest; dormant quixotic :: idealistic but impractical quizzical :: bantering; comical; humorously serious rabid :: like a fanatic; furious rampant :: rearing up on hind legs; unrestrained rancid :: having the odor of stale fat rapacious :: excessively grasping; plundering rarefied :: made less dense of a gas raucous :: harsh and shrill ravening :: rapacious; seeking prey ravenous :: extremely hungry recalcitrant :: obstinately stubborn reciprocal :: mutual; exchangeable; interacting recondite :: abstruse; profound; secret recumbent :: reclining; lying down completely or in part recurrent :: occurring again and again redolent :: fragrant; odorous; suggestive of an odor redoubtable :: formidable; causing fear redundant :: superfluous; excessively wordy; repetitious refractory :: stubborn; unmanageable refulgent :: radiant regal :: royal remediable :: reparable remedial :: curative; corrective remiss :: negligent remunerative :: compensating; rewarding reparable :: capable of being repaired repellent :: driving away; unattractive replete :: filled to capacity; abundantly supplied reprehensible :: deserving blame resonant :: echoing; resounding; possessing resonance resplendent :: brilliant; lustrous restive :: unmanageable; fretting under control retentive :: holding; having a good memory retroactive :: of a law which dates back to a period before its enactment retrograde :: going backwards; degenerating rheumy :: pertaining to a discharge from nose and eyes ribald :: wanton; profane rife :: abundant; current risible :: inclined to laugh; ludicrous risqu?:: verging upon the improper; off-color roan :: brown mixed with gray or white robust :: vigorous; strong rococo :: ornate; highly decorated roseate :: rosy; optimistic rubicund :: having a healthy reddish color; ruddy; florid ruddy :: reddish; healthy-looking rudimentary :: not developed; elementary rueful :: regretful; sorrowful; dejected ruthless :: pitiless sacerdotal :: priestly sacrilegious :: desecrating; profane sacrosanct :: most sacred; inviolable sadistic :: inclined to cruelty saffron :: orange-colored; colored like the autumn crocus sagacious :: keen; shrewd; having insight salient :: prominent saline :: salty sallow :: yellowish; sickly in color salubrious :: healthful salutary :: tending to improve; beneficial; wholesome sanguinary :: bloody sanguine :: cheerful; hopeful sapid :: savory; tasty; relishable sapient :: wise; shrewd sardonic :: disdainful; sarcastic; cynical saturnine :: gloomy scrupulous :: conscientious; extremely thorough scurrilous :: obscene; indecent sebaceous :: oily; fatty secular :: worldly; not pertaining to church matters; temporal sedate :: composed; grave sedentary :: requiring sitting sedulous :: diligent sensual :: devoted to the pleasures of the senses; carnal; voluptuous sententious :: terse; concise; aphoristic serrated :: having a saw-toothed edge servile :: slavish; cringing shoddy :: sham; not genuine; inferior sidereal :: relating to the stars simian :: monkeylike sinister :: evil sinuous :: winding; bending in and out; not morally honest skittish :: lively; frisky sleazy :: flimsy; unsubstantial slovenly :: untidy; careless in work habits solicitous :: worried; concerned solvent :: able to pay all debts somnolent :: half asleep sonorous :: resonant spasmodic :: fitful; periodic spatial :: relating to space specious :: seemingly reasonable but incorrect spectral :: ghostly splenetic :: spiteful; irritable; peevish sporadic :: occurring irregularly sportive :: playful spurious :: false; counterfeit squalid :: dirty; neglected; poor stagnant :: motionless; stale; dull staid :: sober; sedate stellar :: pertaining to the stars stentorian :: extremely loud stolid :: dull; impassive striated :: marked with parallel bands strident :: loud and harsh stringent :: binding; rigid sublime :: exalted; noble; uplifting sub rosa :: in strict confidence; privately subsequent :: following; later subservient :: behaving like a slave; servile; obsequious subsidiary :: subordinate; secondary subversive :: tending to overthrow or ruin succinct :: brief; terse; compact succulent :: juicy; full of richness sultry :: sweltering sumptuous :: lavish; rich sundry :: various; several superannuated :: retired on pension because of age supercilious :: contemptuous; haughty superficial :: trivial; shallow supine :: lying on back suppliant :: entreating; beseeching supposititious :: assumed; counterfeit; hypothetical surly :: rude; cross surreptitious :: secret sycophantic :: servilely flattering sylvan :: pertaining to the woods; rustic synchronous :: similarly timed; simultaneous with synthetic :: artificial; resulting from synthesis tacit :: understood; not put into words taciturn :: habitually silent; talking little tactile :: pertaining to the organs or sense of touch tainted :: contaminated; corrupt tautological :: needlessly repetitious tawdry :: cheap and gaudy temporal :: not lasting forever; limited by time; secular tenacious :: holding fast tentative :: provisional; experimental tenuous :: thin; rare; slim tepid :: lukewarm terrestrial :: on the earth terse :: concise; abrupt; pithy tertiary :: third testy :: irritable; short-tempered therapeutic :: curative thermal :: pertaining to heat titanic :: gigantic titular :: nominal holding of title without obligations torpid :: dormant; dull; lethargic tortuous :: winding; full of curves touchy :: sensitive; irascible toxic :: poisonous tractable :: docile transient :: fleeting; quickly passing away; staying for a short time translucent :: partly transparent transparent :: permitting light to pass through freely; easily detected tremulous :: trembling; wavering trenchant :: cutting; keen trite :: hackneyed; commonplace truculent :: aggressive; savage tumid :: swollen; pompous; bombastic turbid :: muddy; having the sediment disturbed turgid :: swollen; distended ubiquitous :: being everywhere; omnipresent ulterior :: situated beyond; unstated ultimate :: final; not susceptible to further analysis unassuaged :: unsatisfied; not soothed unassuming :: modest unbridled :: violent uncanny :: strange; mysterious unconscionable :: unscrupulous; excessive uncouth :: outlandish; clumsy; boorish unctuous :: oily; bland; insincerely suave unearthly :: not earthly; weird unequivocal :: plain; obvious unfaltering :: steadfast unfeigned :: genuine; real ungainly :: awkward unimpeachable :: blameless and exemplary unique :: without an equal; single in kind unkempt :: disheveled; with uncared for appearance unmitigated :: harsh; severe; not lightened unruly :: disobedient; lawless unseemly :: unbecoming; indecent unsullied :: untarnished untenable :: unsupportable unwitting :: unintentional; not knowing unwonted :: unaccustomed urbane :: suave; refined; elegant uxorious :: excessively devoted to one’s wife vacuous :: empty; inane vainglorious :: boastful; excessively conceited vapid :: insipid; inane variegated :: many-colored vaunted :: boasted; bragged; highly publicized vehement :: impetuous; with marked vigor venal :: capable of being bribed venerable :: deserving high respect venial :: forgivable; trivial ventral :: abdominal venturous :: daring veracious :: truthful verbose :: wordy verdant :: green; fresh vernal :: pertaining to spring versatile :: having many talents; capable of working in many fields vicarious :: acting as a substitute; done by a deputy vindictive :: revengeful virile :: manly virulent :: extremely poisonous viscid :: sticky; adhesive viscous :: sticky; gluey visionary :: produced by imagination; fanciful; mystical vitriolic :: corrosive; sarcastic vituperative :: abusive; scolding vivacious :: animated; gay vociferous :: clamorous; noisy volatile :: evaporating rapidly; lighthearted; mercurial voluble :: fluent; glib voluptuous :: gratifying the senses voracious :: ravenous vying :: contending waggish :: mischievous; humorous; tricky wan :: having a pale or sickly color; pallid wanton :: unruly; unchaste; excessive wary :: very cautious whimsical :: capricious; fanciful; quaint wily :: cunning; artful winsome :: agreeable; gracious; engaging witless :: foolish; idiotic wizened :: withered; shriveled worldly :: engrossed in matters of this earth; not spiritual abysmal :: bottomless acephalous :: headless adulterated :: made impure or spoiled by the addition of inferior materials affable :: courteous afferent :: carrying toward the center agrarian :: pertaining to land or its cultivation amoral :: nonmoral analgesic :: causing insensitivity to pain anthropomorphic :: having human form or characteristics apocalyptic :: prophetic; pertaining to revelations apropos :: with reference to; properly aseptic :: preventing putrefaction or blood poisoning by killing bacteria auroral :: pertaining to the aurora borealis beholden :: obligated; indebted bestial :: beastlike; brutal bifurcated :: divided into two branches; forked blas?:: bored with pleasure or dissipation boorish :: rude; clownish brackish :: somewhat saline brindled :: tawny or grayish with streaks or spots callow :: unfledged; youthful capillary :: having a very fine bore centripetal :: tending toward the center colloquial :: pertaining to conversational or common speech comatose :: in a coma; extremely sleepy convoluted :: coiled around; involved; intricate crepuscular :: pertaining to twilight crotchety :: eccentric; whimsical cursive :: flowing, running d閏ollet?:: having a low-necked dress degraded :: lowered in rank; debased deliquescent :: capable of absorbing moisture from the air and becoming liquid demotic :: pertaining to the people didactic :: teaching; instructional dispassionate :: calm; impartial distaff :: female doddering :: shaky; infirm from old age dulcet :: sweet sounding dynamic :: active; efficient embryonic :: undeveloped; rudimentary emeritus :: retired but retained in an honorary capacity empirical :: based on experience empyreal :: celestial; fiery endemic :: prevailing among a specific group of people or in a specific area enigmatic :: obscure; puzzling equitable :: fair; impartial erotic :: pertaining to passionate love eugenic :: pertaining to the improvement of race ex officio :: by virtue of one’s office explicit :: definite; open febrile :: feverish fiduciary :: pertaining to a position of trust fluted :: having vertical parallel grooves (as in a pillar) fulgent :: beaming; radiant garrulous :: loquacious; wordy gauche :: clumsy; boorish generic :: characteristic of a class or species germinal :: pertaining to a germ; creative hermetically :: sealed by fusion so as to be airtight hortatory :: encouraging hyperborean :: situated in extreme north; arctic; cold idiosyncratic :: private; peculiar to an individual illusive :: deceiving impalpable :: imperceptible; intangible imperturbable :: calm; placid imponderable :: weightless importunate :: urging; demanding impotent :: weak; ineffective incongruous :: not fitting; absurd incontinent :: lacking self-restraint; licentious incredulous :: withholding belief; skeptical inductive :: pertaining to induction or proceeding from the specific to the general ineluctable :: irresistible; not to be escaped insouciant :: indifferent; without concern or care interlocutory :: conversational; intermediate, not final internecine :: mutually destructive intractable :: unruly; refractory irksome :: repetitious; tedious irrefragable :: not to be disproved; indisputable jejune :: lacking interest; barren; meager kinetic :: producing motion lachrymose :: producing tears laudable :: praiseworthy; commendable lissome :: agile; lithe ludicrous :: laughable; trifling maladroit :: clumsy; bungling manifold :: numerous; varied mawkish :: sickening; insipid militant :: combative; bellicose minatory :: threatening morganatic :: describing a marriage between a member of a royal family and a commone myopic :: nearsighted nascent :: incipient; coming into being nautical :: pertaining to ships or navigation neap :: lowest nubile :: marriageable obligatory :: binding; required obstreperous :: boisterous; noisy omnipresent :: universally present; ubiquitous optimum :: most favorable orotund :: having a round, resonant quality; inflated speech overweening :: presumptuous; arrogant parlous :: dangerous; perilous pass?:: old-fashioned; past the prime pathological :: pertaining to disease pejorative :: having a deteriorating or depreciating effect on the meaning of a word pendulous :: hanging; suspended pennate :: having wings or feathers personable :: attractive perspicuous :: plainly expressed pharisaical :: pertaining to the Pharisees; self-righteous; hypocritical physiological :: pertaining to the science of the function of living organisms picaresque :: pertaining to rogues in literature piebald :: mottled; spotted plangent :: plaintive; resounding sadly platonic :: purely spiritual; theoretical; without sensual desire plausible :: having a show of truth but open to doubt; specious postprandial :: after dinner potable :: suitable for drinking prehensile :: capable of grasping or holding premonitory :: serving to warn prognathous :: having projecting jaws prophylactic :: used to prevent disease provincial :: pertaining to a province; limited psychopathic :: pertaining to mental derangement purblind :: dim-sighted; obtuse putative :: supposed; reputed queasy :: easily nauseated; squeamish reactionary :: recoiling from progress; retrograde recherch?:: choice, sought after; rare resilient :: elastic; having the power of springing back resurgent :: rising again after defeat, etc. reticulated :: covered with a network; having the appearance of a mesh rustic :: pertaining to country people; uncouth saltatory :: relating to leaping sanctimonious :: displaying ostentatious or hypocritical devoutness sartorial :: pertaining to tailors sensuous :: pertaining to the physical senses; operating through the senses septic :: putrid; producing putrefaction sequacious :: eager to follow; ductile serried :: standing shoulder to shoulder; crowded sibylline :: prophetic; oracular simpering :: smirking somatic :: pertaining to the body; physical sophomoric :: immature; shallow staccato :: played in an abrupt manner; marked by abrupt sharp sound stalwart :: strong, brawny; steadfast statutory :: created by statute or legislative action stereotyped :: fixed and unvarying representation stertorous :: having a snoring sound stilted :: bombastic; inflated suave :: smooth; bland subjective :: occurring or taking place within the subject; unreal subliminal :: below the threshold substantive :: essential; pertaining to the substance sudorific :: pertaining to perspiration sumptuary :: limiting or regulating expenditures supernal :: heavenly; celestial supple :: flexible; pliant tantamount :: equal taut :: tight; ready temerarious :: rash tendentious :: having an aim; designed to further a cause tenebrous :: dark; gloomy tessellated :: inlaid; mosaic timorous :: fearful; demonstrating fear traumatic :: pertaining to an injury caused by violence tutelary :: protective; pertaining to a guardianship unilateral :: one-sided untoward :: unfortunate; annoying ursine :: bearlike; pertaining to a bear valedictory :: pertaining to farewell verbatim :: word for word vermicular :: pertaining to a worm vertiginous :: giddy; causing dizziness viable :: capable of maintaining life vitreous :: pertaining to or resembling glass
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