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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

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1) delight, exuberate, glory, jubilate, rejoice, triumph

2) blow, brag, swagger

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dashing

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adventurous, audacious, emboldened 爱好冒险的，大胆的

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dike

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dam, embankment 堤坝

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heckle

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badger, bait, hassle, haze, hector, disconcert 打斷；質問；（對…）起哄

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lance

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to penetrate, puncture, pierce, jab, spike, stab

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scrimp

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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

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chase, pursue, quest, search

went foraging for change for the parking meter

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willy-nilly

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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

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inferior, baseborn, vulgar 平民的，社会下层的

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squeamish

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ill, nauseated, queasy, queerish

the rolling of the ship made the young sailor squeamish

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wrest

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to gain with difficulty

farmers who were used to wresting a living from the barren land

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incumbent

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compulsory, imperative, necessary, obligatory

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nullification

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nullification of treaty, abolishment, annulment, cancellation, negation

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behove

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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

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華而不實的; 虛有其表的 showy, gawdy

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risible

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愛大笑的；可笑的 provoking laughter through being ludicrous. comic, funny, humorous, entertaining

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waggish

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adj.滑稽的；淘氣的

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facetious

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flip, glib, frivolous, waggish, playful 滑稽的

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maunder

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ramble, drivel, rattle, babble

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mellow

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1) pleasantly smooth or soft

2) tempered by maturity or experience圆润

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fitful

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casual, episodic, erratic, intermittent, sporadic

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oaf

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stupid person, dolt, dullard, simpleton

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imperishable

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inextinguishable, occurring forever, everlasting, immortal, perpetual 不朽的，永恒的

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bustle

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1) noisy, bluster, disturbance, welter
the hustle and bustle of the big city
2) dash, hustle, rustle, whirl

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canonize

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1) adore, adulate too much

2) deify, elevate, enshrine, glorify 使…崇高，使…神圣

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secede

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quit, withdraw

they threatened to secede from the coalition

51
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pointer

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advice, hint, recommendation, tip

Here are a few pointers to help you make a choice

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sacrosanct

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hallowed, holy, inviolable, unassailable 极为神圣的，不可侵犯的

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shifty

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crooked, deceitful, deceptive, shady, underhanded

shifty practices such as turning back the odometers on used cars

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beige

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featureless, indistinctive, characterless

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ill-bred

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discourteous, disrespectful, impolite

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menial

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1) base, humble, servile, subservient

2) domestic, retainer 仆人，奴仆

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premediate

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forethink, precogitate, predetermine

carefully premeditating each step of his plan of campaign

58
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atrophy

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decay, decline, degenerate, devolve, ebb

The years following the closing of the last textile mill, the town atrophied.

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splutter

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babble, drivel, gabble, jabber, stammer

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groggy

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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

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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

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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

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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

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awkward, clumsy, graceless, ungainly

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lurid

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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

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accord, award, grant

refused to vouchsafe an explanation

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affectation

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guise, pose, pretense, facade

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annotate

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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

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antipodal, contradictory, contrary, diametric, opposite

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apparition

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ghost, phantom, shade, spirit

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array

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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

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hopeful, propitious

73
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bask

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loll, lounge, relax

We blissfully basked at the seashore over the long holiday.

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bluff

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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

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1) edge, fringe, margin
2) overflow, swarm, burst, bulge
secondhand bookstore that was brimming with bargains

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cleave

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1) adhere, cling, hew
2) cut, disconnect, disjoin
His spade cleaved the firm sand with a harsh crunch.

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conjure

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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

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alarm, apprehension, dread, fear

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contend

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1) battle, fight, race
2) declare, insist, maintani
contended that his opponent was wrong about practically everything

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credit

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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

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condescend 屈尊

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discreet

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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

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dogmatic, partisan, with strongly held opinions

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elude

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1) avoid, dodge, eschew, evade
2) escape the perception, baffle, befuddle, confound, perplex
a metaphor that eluded them

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enthrall

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absorb, arrest, enchant, engross, mesmerize

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excorcise

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get rid of, jettison, reject, shed, dump 除去

exorcise the offensive word from your vocabulary

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extrapolate

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deduce, derive, reason

extrapolate from past economic recessions the possible course of the current one

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figment

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chimera, delusion, fantasy, hallucination, illusion

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forebode

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augur, predict

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halfhearted

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lukewarm, tepid, uneager, unethusiastic

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ordeal

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severe trial严峻的考验

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outgrowth

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consequence, result, sequel, aftermath

crime is often the outgrowth of poverty

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override

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disregard, ignore

The Congress overrode the President’s veto and passed the law.

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perquisite

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extra benefit

give the movers a perquisite if they do a good job

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petulant

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choleric, grouchy, grumpy, irascible, peevish, raspy, testy

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redeem

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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

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indemnity, quittance, redress, remuneration

The victims are demanding full restitution

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reverberate

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echo, resonate

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scourge

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affliction, bane, curse 祸害

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sectarianism

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dogmatism, intolerance, partisanship 宗派主义，顽固

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secular

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earthbound, material, mundane, terrestrial, worldly 世俗的

102
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surmise

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1) guess, hypothesis, supposition
2) assume, conjecture, imagine, infer, speculate
From his tone I surmised that he was unhappy.

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tame

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1) domesticated
2) drab, arid, dready, humdrum, insipid, jejune
3) bridle, check, constrian

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temporal

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carnal, fleshly, mundane, secular 世俗的

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voyeur

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淫窥狂

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wistful

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(带着忧伤而)渴望的，怀念的longing, nostalgic, reminiscent, yearning

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wrongheaded

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adamant, willful, headstrong, implacable, intransigent, mullish, unyielding

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wayward

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反覆無常的，任性的

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