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nirvana

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1) forgetfulness, obliviousness
The spa experience was a week of pure nirvana
2) heaven, utopia, fantasyland

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wiretap

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eavesdrop, overhear

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renege

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abnegate, forswear, renounce, repeal, repudiate, retract

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rigmarole

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babble, drivel, gabble, jabber, nonsense

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unavailing

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bootless, fruitless, unproductive, useless

an unavailing effort to avert a war

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fiesty

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aggressive, truculent, bellicose, beligerent

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cascade

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small waterfall

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vile

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1) grotesque, hideous, homely, monstrous

2) contemptible, despicable, dishonourable, ignominious

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overwrought

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1) agitated, frenzied, hectic, overactive

2) baroque, flamboyant, florid, ornate

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backfire

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reverse of the desired effect

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baffle

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1) balk, beat, check, discomfit, foil

2) befuddle, bewilder, confound, perplex, puzzle

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debonair

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1) blithe, carefree, insouciant, lighthearted

2) civilised, graceful, polished 风度翩翩

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fabulous

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chimerical, dreamy, illusory, unreal

a story of a fabulous land where the people know nothing of war and live together in perfect harmony

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hobble

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encumber, fetter, hamper, hinder, impede

We were hobbled by the snowstorm from getting out to do some Christmas shopping.

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plush

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1) concentrated, potent, rich, robust, strong
2) deluxe, lavish, luxuriant, luxurious, opulent
a plush castle filled with priceless art and antiques

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thick-skinned

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affectless, callous, heartless, indurate, insensitive, merciless, ruthless 冷漠无情的，不顾及他人感受的

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wily

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狡猾的，狡詐的 beguiling, cunning, foxy, guileful, slick, sly, subtle

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glower

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glare, scowl, stare with anger

Baseball fans glowering at their TVs as they watched their favorite team lose.

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grit

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pluck, fortitude, constancy, 毅力

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madcap

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audacious, bold, brash, daredevil, reckless, temerarious 大胆的，鲁莽

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dudgeon

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umbrage, peeve 怒氣沖沖地，非常氣憤地

After waiting an hour, he drove off in high dudgeon.

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annex

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1) addition, extension
2) adjoin, affix, append, attach 添加，合并
3) acquire, appropriate, seize, takeover吞併；兼併；強佔
The UK annexed this small island west of Scotland in 1955.

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bumble

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1) babble, drivel, gibber, jabber
2) blunder, flounder, lumber, plod
I sort of bumbled through the dance number, hoping that it would soon end.

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chaperone

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accompany, companion

The parents will chaperone the students on the school trip.

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crow
1) delight, exuberate, glory, jubilate, rejoice, triumph | 2) blow, brag, swagger
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dashing
adventurous, audacious, emboldened 爱好冒险的，大胆的
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dike
dam, embankment 堤坝
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heckle
badger, bait, hassle, haze, hector, disconcert 打斷；質問；（對…）起哄
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lance
to penetrate, puncture, pierce, jab, spike, stab
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scrimp
conserve, economize, husband, skimp, spare 省吃儉用，節衣縮食 | they had to scrimp and save for years to buy a house
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forage
chase, pursue, quest, search | went foraging for change for the parking meter
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willy-nilly
1) inevitably, perforce, unavoidably | 2) willy-nilly taxing laws, aimless, erratic, scattered, stray 无秩序的，随意的
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plebeian
inferior, baseborn, vulgar 平民的，社会下层的
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squeamish
ill, nauseated, queasy, queerish | the rolling of the ship made the young sailor squeamish
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wrest
to gain with difficulty | farmers who were used to wresting a living from the barren land
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incumbent
compulsory, imperative, necessary, obligatory
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nullification
nullification of treaty, abolishment, annulment, cancellation, negation
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behove
be fitting to, be suitable for, be seemly for it is a duty or responsibility for someone to do something. It behooves you at least to try.
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meretricious
華而不實的; 虛有其表的 showy, gawdy
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risible
愛大笑的；可笑的 provoking laughter through being ludicrous. comic, funny, humorous, entertaining
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waggish
adj.滑稽的；淘氣的
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facetious
flip, glib, frivolous, waggish, playful 滑稽的
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maunder
ramble, drivel, rattle, babble
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mellow
1) pleasantly smooth or soft | 2) tempered by maturity or experience圆润
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fitful
casual, episodic, erratic, intermittent, sporadic
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oaf
stupid person, dolt, dullard, simpleton
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imperishable
inextinguishable, occurring forever, everlasting, immortal, perpetual 不朽的，永恒的
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bustle
1) noisy, bluster, disturbance, welter the hustle and bustle of the big city 2) dash, hustle, rustle, whirl
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canonize
1) adore, adulate too much | 2) deify, elevate, enshrine, glorify 使...崇高，使...神圣
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secede
quit, withdraw | they threatened to secede from the coalition
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pointer
advice, hint, recommendation, tip | Here are a few pointers to help you make a choice
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sacrosanct
hallowed, holy, inviolable, unassailable 极为神圣的，不可侵犯的
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shifty
crooked, deceitful, deceptive, shady, underhanded | shifty practices such as turning back the odometers on used cars
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beige
featureless, indistinctive, characterless
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ill-bred
discourteous, disrespectful, impolite
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menial
1) base, humble, servile, subservient | 2) domestic, retainer 仆人，奴仆
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premediate
forethink, precogitate, predetermine | carefully premeditating each step of his plan of campaign
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atrophy
decay, decline, degenerate, devolve, ebb | The years following the closing of the last textile mill, the town atrophied.
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splutter
babble, drivel, gabble, jabber, stammer
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groggy
1) rickety, rocky, shaky, unstable 虚弱的 She was feeling a bit groggy when I saw her. 2) muzzy, stupefied, not able to think or move
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antedate
antecede, forego, predate, preexist | The church antedates the village itself. 这座教堂甚至在村庄之前就存在了。
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deflect
divert, redirect, swing, whip 使偏斜，使转向 | They are trying to deflect the public attention from the troubled economy.
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foreground
accent, accentuate, emphasize, feature, highlight | He repeatedly foregrounded his experience in international affairs in the course of his campaign for the presidency.
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gawdy
awkward, clumsy, graceless, ungainly
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lurid
1) atrocious, dreadful, ghastly, gruesome We quickly drove past the lurid scene of the crash.我们迅速驶过了可怕的车祸现场。 2) ashen, paled, pallid, wan面色苍白的，病态的
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vouchsafe
accord, award, grant | refused to vouchsafe an explanation
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affectation
guise, pose, pretense, facade
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annotate
commentate, footnote, gloss 注解，注释 The advent of e-books enables user to freely annotate what they are reading without worrying about being fined by libraries.
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antithetical
antipodal, contradictory, contrary, diametric, opposite
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apparition
ghost, phantom, shade, spirit
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array
1) arrange, codify, dispose, organise, lay out 2) adorn, bedeck, blazon, embellish He had already arrayed himself in his best clothes.
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auspicious
hopeful, propitious
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bask
loll, lounge, relax | We blissfully basked at the seashore over the long holiday.
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bluff
1) abrupt, brusque, curt, downright, straightforward 2) beguile, cozen, misguide, mislead 欺骗 I successfully bluffed the interviewer into believing that I could really speak French
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brim
1) edge, fringe, margin 2) overflow, swarm, burst, bulge secondhand bookstore that was brimming with bargains
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cleave
1) adhere, cling, hew 2) cut, disconnect, disjoin His spade cleaved the firm sand with a harsh crunch.
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conjure
1) appeal, beseech, entreat, implore 2) conceive, dream, envisage, envision With certain flowers I instantly conjure up memories of our Caribbean honeymoon.
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consternation
alarm, apprehension, dread, fear
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contend
1) battle, fight, race 2) declare, insist, maintani contended that his opponent was wrong about practically everything
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credit
1) belief, credence, faith I give full credit to this report on the prevalence of cheating among college students today. 2)acclaim, accolade, applause, distinction, endorsement
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deign
condescend 屈尊
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discreet
1) careful, prudent, judicious)谨慎的 2) not readily seen, inconspicuous, unnoticeable followed at a discreet distance远远地跟踪
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doctriniare
dogmatic, partisan, with strongly held opinions
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elude
1) avoid, dodge, eschew, evade 2) escape the perception, baffle, befuddle, confound, perplex a metaphor that eluded them
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enthrall
absorb, arrest, enchant, engross, mesmerize
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excorcise
get rid of, jettison, reject, shed, dump 除去 | exorcise the offensive word from your vocabulary
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extrapolate
deduce, derive, reason | extrapolate from past economic recessions the possible course of the current one
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figment
chimera, delusion, fantasy, hallucination, illusion
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forebode
augur, predict
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halfhearted
lukewarm, tepid, uneager, unethusiastic
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ordeal
severe trial严峻的考验
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outgrowth
consequence, result, sequel, aftermath | crime is often the outgrowth of poverty
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override
disregard, ignore | The Congress overrode the President’s veto and passed the law.
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perquisite
extra benefit | give the movers a perquisite if they do a good job
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petulant
choleric, grouchy, grumpy, irascible, peevish, raspy, testy
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redeem
1) comply, keep, meet redeem his promise实践，履行(诺言等) 2) regenerate, rehabilitate 改过自新
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restitution
indemnity, quittance, redress, remuneration | The victims are demanding full restitution
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reverberate
echo, resonate
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scourge
affliction, bane, curse 祸害
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sectarianism
dogmatism, intolerance, partisanship 宗派主义，顽固
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secular
earthbound, material, mundane, terrestrial, worldly 世俗的
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surmise
1) guess, hypothesis, supposition 2) assume, conjecture, imagine, infer, speculate From his tone I surmised that he was unhappy.
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tame
1) domesticated 2) drab, arid, dready, humdrum, insipid, jejune 3) bridle, check, constrian
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temporal
carnal, fleshly, mundane, secular 世俗的
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voyeur
淫窥狂
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wistful
(带着忧伤而)渴望的，怀念的longing, nostalgic, reminiscent, yearning
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wrongheaded
adamant, willful, headstrong, implacable, intransigent, mullish, unyielding
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wayward
反覆無常的，任性的

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