My BlackNotebook Special Set 1-100
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dclaxton-mezzo on March 15, 2009
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this is a thankyou set for the people who are using my blacknotebook vocab~thanks to all, hope this special set is useful;
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 abnegation | the renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others |
| abet | assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing |
| aberrant | one whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group |
| verbose | characterized by the use of many words, talking too much |
| hover | to stay nervously in the same place, especially because you are waiting for something or are uncertain to do |
| hinder | to make it difficult for someone to do something or for something to develop |
| nemesis | an opponent or rival whom a person cannot defeat |
| dilate | become wider |
| empathy | the ability to understand other people's feelings and problems |
| sympathy | the feeling of being sorry for someone who is in a bad situation and understanding how they feel |
| soporific | causing or tending to cause sleep |
| sophomoric | childish and not very sensible |
| seraphic | extremely beautiful or pure, like an angel |
| sedulous | hard working and determined |
| enigmatic | mysterious, and difficult to understand or explain |
| evasive | not willing to answer questions directly |
| euphoria | a feeling of extreme happiness and excitement |
| eschew | to deliberately avoid doing, using, or having something |
| ersatz | artificial, and not as good as the real thing |
| ogle | to look at someone in an offensive way that shows you think they are sexually attractive |
| insatiable | always wanting more and more of something |
| insalubrious | conditions that are dirty or not nice, and are bad for health |
| introvert | someone who is quiet and shy, and does not enjoy being with other people |
| introspection | the process of thinking deeply about your own thoughts and feelings to find out their real meaning |
| blather | to talk for a long time about things that are nor important |
| querulous | complaining all the time in an annoying way |
| agony | very severe pain / a very sad or emotionally difficult |
| extrovert | someone who is active and confident, and who enjoys being with other people |
| banal | ordinary and not interesting because of a lack of new or different ideas |
| vestige | a small part of amount of something that still remains when most of it does not exist anymore |
| circumspect | thinking carefully about things before doing them |
| churlish | not polite or friendly |
| cipher | a system of secret writing / someone who is not important and has no power of influence |
| cloister | to spend a lot of time alone in a room or building, especially because you need to study or work |
| coagulate | to change from a liquid into a thick substance or a solid |
| debris | all the pieces that are left after something has been destroyed in an accident, explosion, etc. |
| dilapidated | old, broken, and in very bad condition |
| dilettante | an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge |
| vulnerable | susceptible to physical or emotional injury |
| vertiginous | causing dizziness; also, giddy; dizzy |
| fey | attractive to interesting but in a slightly strange or childish way |
| beseech | to eagerly and anxiously ask someone for something |
| invoke | to call on for assistance or protection |
| lofty | seeming to think that you are better than other people, or showing this quality |
| paranoid | believing that you cannot trust other people, that other people want to harm you, or that you are always in danger |
| innate | present at birth but not necessarily hereditary, character |
| cornerstone | something that is extremely important because everything else depends on it |
| excursion | a short trip made for pleasure |
| menacing | making you expect something bad |
| scrupulous | careful to be honest and fair, and making sure that every detail is correct |
| magnanimous | kind and generous toward other people, especially people who are not in as good position as you are |
| amiable | friendly and easy to like |
| taciturn | speaking very little, so that you seem unfriendly |
| voluble | talks a lot |
| chagrin | annoyance and disappointment because something has not happened in the way you had hoped |
| domestic | happening or produced within one country and not involving any other country |
| spectacular | very impressing and exciting |
| preclude | to prevent something or make something impossible |
| precocious | characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity (especially in mental aptitude) |
| dilemma | a situation in which you have to make a difficult choice between two, or sometimes more than two actions |
| vehement | showing very strong feelings or opinions |
| sophisticated | marked by wide-ranging knowledge and appreciation of many parts of the world arising from urban life and wide travel |
| ovation | clap hands to show approval |
| jostle | to push or knock against someone, especially in a crowd |
| abhor | to hate a type of behavior or way of thinking, esp. because you think it is morally wrong |
| bigot | someone who has such strong opinions about race, religion, or politics that they are unwilling to listen to any one else's opinions |
| counterfeit | made to look exactly like something else, in order to deceive |
| enfranchise | to give a group of people rights, especially the right to vote |
| hamper | to restrict someone's movements, activities, or achievements by causing difficulties for them |
| kindle | to make something burning |
| noxious | harmful or poisonous |
| placid | calm and peaceful |
| remuneration | to pay someone for something they have done for you |
| talisman | an object that is believed to have magical powers or protection, or a lucky charm |
| abrasive | seeming rude or unkind in the way you behave toward people, especially because you say what you think very directly |
| bilk | to cheat someone, especially by taking their money |
| covert | secret or hidden |
| engender | to be the cause of something such as a situation, action, or emotion |
| hangar | a very large building where aircraft are kept |
| knotty | difficult to solve |
| nuance | a very slight, hardly noticeable difference in manner, color, meaning, etc. |
| plagiarism | the act of using someone else's words, ideas, or work and pretending they are your own |
| renown | fame and admiration, that you get because of some special skill or something that you have achieved |
| tangent | to suddenly start thinking or talking about a completely new and different subject (getting off topic) |
| billow | object moving in wind, object moves like a wave as it rises |
| cower | to bend low and move back, especially because you are frighten |
| enhance | to make something such as a taste, feeling, or ability better |
| harangue | an angry speech that criticizes or blames people, or tries to persuade them that you are right |
| labyrinth | a large network of paths or passages that cross each other, making it very difficult to find your way |
| nullify | to make something lose its effect or value |
| plaintiff | the person in a court of law who sees someone else for doing something wrong or illegal |
| replete | fully suplied with something |
| tangible | proff, results, etc. that are easy to see that there is no doubt |
| abrogate | to officially end a law, legal agreement, practice, etc. |
| blasphemy | something you say or do that is insulting God |
| credible | deserving or able to be believed or trust |
| harbingers | a sign that something is going to happen soon |
| enigma | a person, thing, or event that is strange or mysterious and difficult to understand or explain |
| labyrinthine | something that is in a complicated and incomprehensible way |
| nuzzle | to gently rub or press your nose or head agaisnt someone to show you like them |
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