avarice - extreme desire for material wealth
"Who in China ever thought that could-have-been, would-have-been companies like eTang.com and Renren.com would be consumed by their own avarice?"
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laconic - short, brief, terse, to the point.
The laconic reply; ‘yes’.
belligerent - inclined or eager to fight; hostile or aggressive. Describing one that is hostile or aggressive.
Update:I was asked to expand on this post, so here goes.
Belligerent is use often to describe a person or group’s inclination toward hostile or agressive response. Response might not be physical, as in
Some belligerent open source supporters are often […]
A pseudo-promotion in which the incompetent person is not really raised in rank (and perhaps not in pay either) but is given a longer title and a new office in a remote part of the building.
Arabesque:
A position in ballet
A complex, intricate design or pattern
A type of ornate design of complex, interwined floral
A type of […]
turpitude: shameful wickedness; Unworthy lack of higher value, principle, words or actions; morally corrupted act.
He avoided charges of moral turpitude, which can quickly heat a situation to combustible levels.
Tending to produce ill will, provoke envy, hateful or resentment.Implication of discrimination, or intend to discriminate.
An invidious remark.
affranchisement - an act of making free.
This word wasn’t found in a number of dictionaries including Merriam-Webster, Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
To make Chinese in character or to change or modify by Chinese influence.
Sinicization, or less commonly Sinification, is to make things Chinese.
I am certainly sincized in this 大æ缸 (dyeing tank) of China.
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