要你命你3000 (Q-Z) Flashcards
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quack
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charlatan, fake, hoaxer, phony
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quaff
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swill, gulp
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quell
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1) quash, repress, subdue, suppress
2) extinguish, mute, settle, pacify
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quench
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1) put out, douse (for fire)
2) assuage, sate, satiate, slake
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rabble
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disorganized crowd of people
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rabid
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delirious, ferocious, feverish
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racy
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vigorous, lively, vivacious
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raffle
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litter, refuse, rubbish scrap
The front lawn was littered with the raffle that the workers had left behind
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rakish
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debased, debauched, demoralized
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rambunctious
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boisterous, clamorous, riotous, tumultuous
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rankle
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roil, rile, ire, incense, exasperate
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rapacious
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acquisitive, avaricious, avid, covetous
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rapscallion
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miscreant, savage, reprobate, wretch, evildoer
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raspy
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choleric, grouchy, irascible, peevish
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ratiocination
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deduction, reasoning, sense
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ration
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allocate, allot, apportion, assign
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rave
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effuse, enthuse
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ravel
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1) disentangle, extricate, unbraid, separate strands
2) clarify, elucidate, untangle
3) complex, complicate
a ravelled story
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raze
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destroy completely, annihilate, decimate, demolish, pulverize
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reactionary
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conservative, die-hard, hidebound
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ream
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baste, berate, castigate, chastise, hammer, lambaste
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recoil
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cringe, flinch, quail, shrink
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reconnoiter
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probe, scout, survey, preliminary inspection of
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recumbent
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lying down, prone, prostrate, supine
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reel
spin, swirl, whirl, dizzy
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referee
adjudicator, arbiter, arbitrator, judge
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regress
1) atrophy, decay, decline, degenerate, deteriorate
| 2) to go back, retrogress, return
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relapse
reactivate, regress, retrogress, fall back to worse state 復發 退步
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relentless
1) inexorable, ironfisted, merciless, ruthless, unrelenting 残酷的，无情的
2) adamant, dogged, headstrong, mullish 固执的
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renegade
apostate, betrayer, defector, traitor 背教者
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repartee
witty response, jesting, raillery, badinage, chaff
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repeal
1. abort, abrogate, annul, cancel (law) 廢除，廢止，撤銷（法律）
| 2. recant, renege, repudiate, retract, refuse to follow
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repine
1) express discontent, carp, gripe, grouch, grumble
| 2) yearn, wish, long, lust
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repreive
1) postpone or cancel punishment, absolve, acquit, condone
2) prevent from being closed, destroyed , maintain
The library has been reprieved and will remain open for at least another year.
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repugnant
1) abhorrent, awful, disgusting
2) conflicting, discordant, incompatible, incongruous
不和谐的，不协调的
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repute
celebrity, fame, name, renown
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restive
1) restless, uneasy, marked by impatience 急躁的，忧虑的
| 2) balky, contumacious, defiant
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retainer
menial, servant
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retaliate
avenge, redress, requite, revenge
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retinue
associate, follower, attendant 随行人员
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retract
recant, renounce, repeal, repudiate
| The newspaper had to retract its allegations against the mayor
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retort
repartee, reply, response
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requite
1) make repayment, return for
| 2) punish in kind, avenge, retaliate, revenge
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retrograde
moving backward, regressive, receding, decline, descend, deteriorate
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ribald
bawdy, indecent, nasty, obscene, profane, vulgar
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revolt
1) disgust, nauseate, repel, repulse
| 2) defy, insurrect, oppose, rebel, resist
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rift
1) crack, fissure, fracture, schism
a rift between two once allied nations
2) cleave, divide, split
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rive
lacerate, rip, shred, split, tear apart
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roil
1) disorder, disrupt, disturb, mess, rile
2) aggravate, enrage, exasperate, incense
Some of his roommate’s habits began to roil him.
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roisterer
celebrator, merrymaker, partygoer
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rile
aggravate, annoy, enrage, exasperate
| The new work schedules riled the employees.
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rue
feeling of regret, contriteness, contrition, penitence
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runic
arcane, enigmatic, impenetrable, mysterious
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ruse
subterfuge
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rustle
bolt, hasten, hustle, rush
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rostrum
dais, lectern, podium, stage, stand
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saccharine
maudlin, mawkish, appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way
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sacrilege
sacrilegious, defilement, impiety, profanation 褻瀆神聖
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saddle
burden, encumber, lumber, impose, inflict
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sanctimonious
deceiving, hypocritical
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sanctuary
asylum, cover, harbor, haven, refuge, shelter
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sap
1) debilitate, devitalize, enervate, enfeeble
| 2) a child full of sap and vivacity, strength, verve, vim, dynamism
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sapient
discerning, insightful, prudent, sagacious
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saunter
ramble, stroll, perambulate
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scion
descendant, child
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scoff
1) mock, derision
| 2) gorge, gulp, eat greedily
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scorch
dehydrate, parch, singe
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scotch
put an abrupt end to, hinder, thwart
| The prime minister scotched the rumors of her illness.
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scrappy
aggressive, combative, pugnacious, truculent
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scrap
abandon, abort, drop, revoke, call off
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scuff
1) abrade, graze, scratch
a countertop that won't scuff 一块不易磨损的厨房台面
2) lump, plod, pound, move heavily
The miners scuffed past in heavy boots.
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scurvy
deplorable, despicable 下流
| She was beset by a whole scurvy swarm of con artists.
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sedulous
assiduous, diligent, industrious, laborious
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sentinel
custodian, guardian, keeper
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sepulchral
depressing, desolate, dreary, morose, sullen
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sere
arid, droughty, thirsty
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septic
infected 腐败的，感染的
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serendipity
偶然發現有趣或珍貴之物的）機緣，幸運
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serene
composed, recollected, undisturbed, unruffled
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serried
compact, dense
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serrate
notches, not smooth
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shoal
little depth, shallow
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shred
mite, speck, sprinkling, scintilla
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shroud
blanket, cloak, conceal, disguise
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signal
distinguished, illustrious, notable, noteworthy
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simpleton
dolt, dullard, idiot
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sinecure
position that requires little or no work
| a lucrative sinecure in a big law firm
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sinew
energy, force, power, puissance
| Money is the sinew of love as well as war.
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skirmish
hassle, imbroglio, quarrel, controversy, squabble 小冲突，争论
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skirt
to bypass, circumvent, detour
| skirted the construction zone 绕开建筑工地
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slant
bend, distort, falsify, misrepresent
| Reporters slanted the truth in order to push a political agenda.
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slate
catalog, enrol, inscribe, register
| You've been slated for a three o'clock interview.
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slew
large amount, myriad, plentitude, profusion, shipload, scad
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slight
1) treat with disdain, contemn, disrespect
2) disregard
She slighted several major authors in her survey
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slippery
1) furtive, shady, sly, sneaking
| 2) ambiguous, elusive, obscure, unintelligible
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sloppy
1) blowsy, frowsy, untidy, unkempt, slovenly
| 2) chaotic, disarranged, disarrayed
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sluggard
lazy person, slouch, slug
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slur
1) a mark of guilt or disgrace 耻辱，污名
2) bypass, disregard, ignore, overlook
This documentary slurs over certain important facts
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smattering
a small amount, hint, mite, nip, pittance, trace
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smirk
to smile in an offensively self-satisfied manner
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smug
1) complacent, egoistic
| 2) dapper, good order, kempt, tidy
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snarl
1) entangle, intertwine, intertwist
| 2) bark, fulminate, roar
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sneer
gibe, deride, jeer, jibe
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sober
1) earnest, grave, sedate, solemn
2) abstentious, abstient
3) firm, justified
a sober assessment of the situation
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secrete
1) to conceal , cache
| The police found the weapon secreted under the driver's seat of the getaway car
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solder
associate, unite, combine, connect
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soliloquy
monologue
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solicitous
1) attentive, considerate
| 2) agog, anxious, ardent, eager, desirous
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somatic
carnal, corporal, corporeal, physical
| a somatic disorder
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somber
1) black, dark, dim
| 2) depressing, dire, lugubrious, miserable
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spartan
austere, plain, simple
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spat
disagreement, dispute, wrangle, squabble
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spate
scad, slew, volume, myriad, plentitude
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speck
bit, hint, mite, nip, ounce, pittance, sprinkle
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spleen
fury, indignation, outrage, wrath
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splice
associate, combine, conjugate, fuse, join
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spoof
1) burlesque
| 2) beguile, cozen, delude, cause believe what is untrue
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sprightly
full of spirit, vitality, frisky, jaunty, kinetic
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spurious
bogus, counterfeit, fake, forged, not genuine
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spurn
decline, disapprove, refuse
| spurned his recommendation
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squall
1) violent windstorm
| 2) scream or cry loudly and harshly
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squint
leer, glance sideways
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squelch
1) quell, repress, stop sth by force
The authority tried to squelch the workers'protest
2) quiet, mute, put down sb in silence
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stalwart
1) bold, courageous, dauntless, gallant, intrepid
| 2) firm, muscular, sinewy, sound
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stammer
falter, stutter, speak with pauses or repetition
| The frightened child started to stammer.
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stature
1) natural height
2) quality or status, merit
This club has grown in stature over the last 20 years.
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stench
fetor, malodor, stink
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stentorian
blaring, blasting, clamorous, earsplitting, plangent, roaring
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sterile
1) barren, effete, impotent
a sterile land which used to be a forest
2) aseptic, germfree, hygenic
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stipple
blotch, dapple, dot, marble, speckle
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stipulate
claim, designate, particularize
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stitch
ache, smart, sting, a sharp unpleasant sensation felt in body
He had to drop out of the race when the stitch in his side became too painful.
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stodgy
1) arid, dull, pedestrian, stale
| 2) old-fashioned, conservation
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stoic
stoic resignation in the face of hunger
| impassive, phlegmatic, stolid, tolerant
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stolid
having little emotion, apathetic, emotionless, impassive, numb 无动于衷的，感情麻木的
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stouthearted
bold, brave, courageous, dauntless, stalwart
| a stouthearted army officer who risked his life to save his men
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strait
suffering, affliction, agony, torment
| in dire straits over the loss of her mother's cherished necklace
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striate
to mark with striations, stripe, streak 加条纹
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strut
1) to walk in pompous way
| 2) buttress, support, underpinning
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stultify
stifle, stagnate, render futile, constipate
| The accident stultified his previous efforts.
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stupor
coma, dullness, lethargy, lassitude, torpidity, torpor
| lapsed into an alcoholic stupor
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stygian
extremely dark, gloomy
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subjugate
subdue, conquer, vanquish, overpower
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subliminal
concealed, hidden, subconscious
| subliminal advertising in movies 潜意识广告
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suborindate
1) inferior, junior, lower
| 2) conquer, dominate, subdue, subject
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subside
abate, decline, decrease
| Local officials say the flood waters have subsided
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substantive
fundamental, vital, substantial
| substantive information 关键的信
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subtle
1) faint, evasive, elusive
| 2) devious, foxy, guileful, shrewd
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sunder
disassociate, disconnect, disjoint
| a city sundered by racial conflict
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supine
inert, passive, dormant
| a supine legislature that is afraid to take action
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supplant
to usurp the place of, supersede, substitute
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suture
join two surfaces or edges by sewing (for doctor)
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svelte
slim, lean, skinny
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sweltering
boiling, scorching, torrid, fiery
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swindle
hustle, cheat
| hundreds of people were swindled out of their savings
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syllogism
reasoning, ratiocination, deduction
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symbiosis
the living together 共生关系
| the bird lives in symbiosis with the hippopotamus
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synergic
cooperating
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recapitulate
summarize, synopsis, epitome, summary
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tacit
implied, not expressed
| tacit consent
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tamper
diddle with, fiddle with, mess with
| tamper with tradition// dont tamper with my feelings
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tangent
pungent, strong
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tantrum
blowup, explosion, fury
| had a tantrum 大发脾气
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tardy
slowly, sluggish, dilatory, dragging, languid
| He was tardy to work 他做事拖拖拉拉。
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tatty
dilapidated, sleazy, threadbare
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taut
1) not loose: taut muscles
| 2) kept in proper order, neat and tidy, kempt, orderly
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tout
attempt to sell sth
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teetotalism
abstinence from alcoholic drink
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tempetuous
tumultuous, turbulent
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tenuous
a tenuous argument, flimsy, of little substance
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tepid
showing little or no interest, lukewarm, halfhearted, uneager
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throng
flock, swarm
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tightfisted
mean, miserly, parsimonious, penurious, sparing
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timeworn
banal, cliche, commonplace, stereotyped, threadbare 陈腐的
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tinge
tint, pigment, stain 给…着上少量的色彩
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toady
sycophant, flatterer
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torpid
1) lack in sensation
tougne and throat remain torpid after a endoscopy
2) sluggish, lethargic, slow to move or act
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torrid
1) intensely hot, scalding, scorching, sweltering
| 2) ardent, fervid, impassioned
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torpor
lack of interest, apathy, disinterestedness, nonchalance
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translucent
transparent, limpid, pellucid, lucid
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travesty
caricature, burlesque, parody, mock
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trickle
fall in drops
| tears trickled down her cheeks
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truce
a suspension of fighting, armistice, peace, cease-fire
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trculent
1) harsh insulting language, invective, opprobrious 尖酸刻薄的
| 2) belligerent, combative, aggressive, feisty
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trumpet
to make known,enunciate, declare, proclaim
| The losing party lost no time in trumpeting allegations of election fraud.
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truss
after stuffing the turkey, the chef quickly trussed it so the forcemeat wouldn't fall out
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turgid
bombastic, pompous
| turgid prose 浮华的散文
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turncoat
traitor, apostate, betrayer
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turpitude
abjection, debasement, debauchery, decadency
| moral turpitude
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twig
apprehend, recognize, discern, perceive
| It took me a while to twig the true nature of
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uncanny
phenomenal, supernormal, preternatural, transcendent
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uncouth
crass, rude, disgracious, crude粗俗的，没有品位
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underdog
victim, loser
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undergrid
strengthen, support, reinforce, bolster
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unexceptionable
indisputable, irrefutable
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unflappable
collected, composed, disimpassioned
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ungainly
clumsy, awkward, maladroit
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untold
incalculable, countless, numerous
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untoward
1) unlucky, misfortunate
| 2) headstrong, recalcitrant, refractory, wayward willful
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unwonted
uncommon, unordinary
| honored for the unwonted courage he showed in battle 因在战争中表现出的过人的勇气受到嘉奖
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vapid
dull, inane, insipid, jejune, sapless
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varnish
1)to give a smooth, glossy finish
2) to conceal, gloss, palliate, sugarcoat, veneer
she tried to vanish her mistakes
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vault
bound, hop, jump, leap
| The horse vaulted over the obstacle with ease
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vaunt
boast, brag, brandish, swagger
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veer
avert, deviate, deflect, divert
| veer the car abruptly to the right to avoid a collision
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venial
condonable, excusable, forgivable
| Taking the restaurant's menu as a souvenir seems like a venial offense
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verbatim
in exact words, directly
| you can't just copy the encyclopedia article verbatim for your report
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vernacular
nonstandard language, informal, conversational
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vestigial
rudimentary, undeveloped, incomplete (organism)
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vestige
remnant, residual, trace
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vicarious
substitute, surrogate
| use internet as a vicarious form of social life
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vim
animation, verve, vibrancy, vitality
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virulent
1) poisonous
| 2) cruel, malevolent, malicious
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vitriolic
acerbic, acrid, bitter, causic, corrosive
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vituperate
abuse, assail, belabor, berate, lambast, upbraid
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voluptuous
luxurious, indulgent, sensual, sensuous 奢侈逸乐的
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votary
adherent, disciple, fanatic, partisan, zealot 崇拜者
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wag
1) comedian, comic, droll
| 2) dog wagged its tail
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waft
buoy , drift, glide
| heavenly aromas wafted from the kitchen
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waddle
careen, dodder, teeter
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wan
ashen, ashy, lurid, pale, pallid
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wastrel
profligate, spender, spendthrift, squander
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watershed
. 重要关头 climax, crucial turning point
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welter
state of disorder, furor, pandemonium, turmoil
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whet
grind, hone, to sharpen
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whiff
1) bliss vs blast
a whiff of fresh air reinvigorated him
2) imperceptible sign of sth, flicker, glimmer, suggestion
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windy
verbose, circumlocutory, garrulous, prolix, circuitous
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wince
shrink, cringe, tremble, quiver
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wit
illuminati, pundit, sage, savant
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wizen
to become dry and wrinkled, wither, shrivel
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wrangle
controversy, dispute, fight, squabble
| there was a bit of wrangle over how much money to give
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wry
1) twisted, bent, crooked
| 2) headstrong, obstinate, pertinacious 坚持错误的
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zesty
piquant, pungent, savory, spicy
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yokel
bucolic, churl, rustic
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yoke
chain, interconnect, join, link, unite
