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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

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spin, swirl, whirl, dizzy

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referee

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adjudicator, arbiter, arbitrator, judge

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regress

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1) atrophy, decay, decline, degenerate, deteriorate

2) to go back, retrogress, return

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relapse

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reactivate, regress, retrogress, fall back to worse state 復發 退步

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relentless

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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

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apostate, betrayer, defector, traitor 背教者

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repartee

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witty response, jesting, raillery, badinage, chaff

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repeal

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  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

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1) express discontent, carp, gripe, grouch, grumble

2) yearn, wish, long, lust

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repreive

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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

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1) abhorrent, awful, disgusting
2) conflicting, discordant, incompatible, incongruous
不和谐的，不协调的

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repute

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celebrity, fame, name, renown

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restive

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1) restless, uneasy, marked by impatience 急躁的，忧虑的

2) balky, contumacious, defiant

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retainer

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menial, servant

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retaliate

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avenge, redress, requite, revenge

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retinue

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associate, follower, attendant 随行人员

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retract

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recant, renounce, repeal, repudiate

The newspaper had to retract its allegations against the mayor

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retort

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repartee, reply, response

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requite

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1) make repayment, return for

2) punish in kind, avenge, retaliate, revenge

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retrograde

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moving backward, regressive, receding, decline, descend, deteriorate

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ribald

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bawdy, indecent, nasty, obscene, profane, vulgar

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revolt

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1) disgust, nauseate, repel, repulse

2) defy, insurrect, oppose, rebel, resist

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rift

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1) crack, fissure, fracture, schism
a rift between two once allied nations
2) cleave, divide, split

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rive

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lacerate, rip, shred, split, tear apart

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roil

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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

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celebrator, merrymaker, partygoer

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rile

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aggravate, annoy, enrage, exasperate

The new work schedules riled the employees.

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rue

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feeling of regret, contriteness, contrition, penitence

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runic

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arcane, enigmatic, impenetrable, mysterious

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ruse

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subterfuge

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rustle

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bolt, hasten, hustle, rush

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rostrum

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dais, lectern, podium, stage, stand

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saccharine

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maudlin, mawkish, appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way

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sacrilege

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sacrilegious, defilement, impiety, profanation 褻瀆神聖

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saddle

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burden, encumber, lumber, impose, inflict

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sanctimonious

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deceiving, hypocritical

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sanctuary

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asylum, cover, harbor, haven, refuge, shelter

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sap

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1) debilitate, devitalize, enervate, enfeeble

2) a child full of sap and vivacity, strength, verve, vim, dynamism

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sapient

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discerning, insightful, prudent, sagacious

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saunter

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ramble, stroll, perambulate

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scion

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descendant, child

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scoff

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1) mock, derision

2) gorge, gulp, eat greedily

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scorch

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dehydrate, parch, singe

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scotch

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put an abrupt end to, hinder, thwart

The prime minister scotched the rumors of her illness.

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scrappy

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aggressive, combative, pugnacious, truculent

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scrap

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abandon, abort, drop, revoke, call off

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scuff

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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

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deplorable, despicable 下流

She was beset by a whole scurvy swarm of con artists.

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sedulous

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assiduous, diligent, industrious, laborious

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sentinel

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custodian, guardian, keeper

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sepulchral

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depressing, desolate, dreary, morose, sullen

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sere

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arid, droughty, thirsty

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septic

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infected 腐败的，感染的

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serendipity

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偶然發現有趣或珍貴之物的）機緣，幸運

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serene

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composed, recollected, undisturbed, unruffled

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serried

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compact, dense

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serrate

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notches, not smooth

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shoal

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little depth, shallow

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shred

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mite, speck, sprinkling, scintilla

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shroud

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blanket, cloak, conceal, disguise

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signal

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distinguished, illustrious, notable, noteworthy

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simpleton

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dolt, dullard, idiot

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sinecure

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position that requires little or no work

a lucrative sinecure in a big law firm

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sinew

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energy, force, power, puissance

Money is the sinew of love as well as war.

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skirmish

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hassle, imbroglio, quarrel, controversy, squabble 小冲突，争论

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skirt

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to bypass, circumvent, detour

skirted the construction zone 绕开建筑工地

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slant

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bend, distort, falsify, misrepresent

Reporters slanted the truth in order to push a political agenda.

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slate

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catalog, enrol, inscribe, register

You’ve been slated for a three o’clock interview.

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slew

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large amount, myriad, plentitude, profusion, shipload, scad

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slight

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1) treat with disdain, contemn, disrespect
2) disregard
She slighted several major authors in her survey

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slippery

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1) furtive, shady, sly, sneaking

2) ambiguous, elusive, obscure, unintelligible

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sloppy

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1) blowsy, frowsy, untidy, unkempt, slovenly

2) chaotic, disarranged, disarrayed

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sluggard

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lazy person, slouch, slug

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slur

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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

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a small amount, hint, mite, nip, pittance, trace

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smirk

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to smile in an offensively self-satisfied manner

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smug

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1) complacent, egoistic

2) dapper, good order, kempt, tidy

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snarl

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1) entangle, intertwine, intertwist

2) bark, fulminate, roar

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sneer

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gibe, deride, jeer, jibe

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sober

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1) earnest, grave, sedate, solemn
2) abstentious, abstient
3) firm, justified
a sober assessment of the situation

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secrete

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1) to conceal , cache

The police found the weapon secreted under the driver’s seat of the getaway car

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solder

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associate, unite, combine, connect

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soliloquy

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monologue

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solicitous

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1) attentive, considerate

2) agog, anxious, ardent, eager, desirous

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somatic

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carnal, corporal, corporeal, physical

a somatic disorder

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somber

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1) black, dark, dim

2) depressing, dire, lugubrious, miserable

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spartan

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austere, plain, simple

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spat

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disagreement, dispute, wrangle, squabble

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spate

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scad, slew, volume, myriad, plentitude

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speck

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bit, hint, mite, nip, ounce, pittance, sprinkle

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spleen

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fury, indignation, outrage, wrath

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splice

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associate, combine, conjugate, fuse, join

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spoof

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1) burlesque

2) beguile, cozen, delude, cause believe what is untrue

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sprightly

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full of spirit, vitality, frisky, jaunty, kinetic

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spurious

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bogus, counterfeit, fake, forged, not genuine

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spurn

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decline, disapprove, refuse

spurned his recommendation

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squall

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1) violent windstorm

2) scream or cry loudly and harshly

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squint

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leer, glance sideways

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squelch

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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

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1) bold, courageous, dauntless, gallant, intrepid

2) firm, muscular, sinewy, sound

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stammer

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falter, stutter, speak with pauses or repetition

The frightened child started to stammer.

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stature

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1) natural height
2) quality or status, merit
This club has grown in stature over the last 20 years.

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stench

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fetor, malodor, stink

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stentorian

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blaring, blasting, clamorous, earsplitting, plangent, roaring

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sterile

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1) barren, effete, impotent
a sterile land which used to be a forest
2) aseptic, germfree, hygenic

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stipple

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blotch, dapple, dot, marble, speckle

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stipulate

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claim, designate, particularize

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stitch

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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

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1) arid, dull, pedestrian, stale

2) old-fashioned, conservation

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stoic

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stoic resignation in the face of hunger

impassive, phlegmatic, stolid, tolerant

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stolid

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having little emotion, apathetic, emotionless, impassive, numb 无动于衷的，感情麻木的

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stouthearted

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bold, brave, courageous, dauntless, stalwart

a stouthearted army officer who risked his life to save his men

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strait

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suffering, affliction, agony, torment

in dire straits over the loss of her mother’s cherished necklace

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striate

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to mark with striations, stripe, streak 加条纹

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strut

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1) to walk in pompous way

2) buttress, support, underpinning

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stultify

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stifle, stagnate, render futile, constipate

The accident stultified his previous efforts.

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stupor

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coma, dullness, lethargy, lassitude, torpidity, torpor

lapsed into an alcoholic stupor

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stygian

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extremely dark, gloomy

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subjugate

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subdue, conquer, vanquish, overpower

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subliminal

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concealed, hidden, subconscious

subliminal advertising in movies 潜意识广告

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suborindate

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1) inferior, junior, lower

2) conquer, dominate, subdue, subject

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subside

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abate, decline, decrease

Local officials say the flood waters have subsided

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substantive

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fundamental, vital, substantial

substantive information 关键的信

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subtle

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1) faint, evasive, elusive

2) devious, foxy, guileful, shrewd

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sunder

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disassociate, disconnect, disjoint

a city sundered by racial conflict

150
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supine

A

inert, passive, dormant

a supine legislature that is afraid to take action

151
Q

supplant

A

to usurp the place of, supersede, substitute

152
Q

suture

A

join two surfaces or edges by sewing (for doctor)

153
Q

svelte

A

slim, lean, skinny

154
Q

sweltering

A

boiling, scorching, torrid, fiery

155
Q

swindle

A

hustle, cheat

hundreds of people were swindled out of their savings

156
Q

syllogism

A

reasoning, ratiocination, deduction

157
Q

symbiosis

A

the living together 共生关系

the bird lives in symbiosis with the hippopotamus

158
Q

synergic

A

cooperating

159
Q

recapitulate

A

summarize, synopsis, epitome, summary

160
Q

tacit

A

implied, not expressed

tacit consent

161
Q

tamper

A

diddle with, fiddle with, mess with

tamper with tradition// dont tamper with my feelings

162
Q

tangent

A

pungent, strong

163
Q

tantrum

A

blowup, explosion, fury

had a tantrum 大发脾气

164
Q

tardy

A

slowly, sluggish, dilatory, dragging, languid

He was tardy to work 他做事拖拖拉拉。

165
Q

tatty

A

dilapidated, sleazy, threadbare

166
Q

taut

A

1) not loose: taut muscles

2) kept in proper order, neat and tidy, kempt, orderly

167
Q

tout

A

attempt to sell sth

168
Q

teetotalism

A

abstinence from alcoholic drink

169
Q

tempetuous

A

tumultuous, turbulent

170
Q

tenuous

A

a tenuous argument, flimsy, of little substance

171
Q

tepid

A

showing little or no interest, lukewarm, halfhearted, uneager

172
Q

throng

A

flock, swarm

173
Q

tightfisted

A

mean, miserly, parsimonious, penurious, sparing

174
Q

timeworn

A

banal, cliche, commonplace, stereotyped, threadbare 陈腐的

175
Q

tinge

A

tint, pigment, stain 给…着上少量的色彩

176
Q

toady

A

sycophant, flatterer

177
Q

torpid

A

1) lack in sensation
tougne and throat remain torpid after a endoscopy
2) sluggish, lethargic, slow to move or act

178
Q

torrid

A

1) intensely hot, scalding, scorching, sweltering

2) ardent, fervid, impassioned

179
Q

torpor

A

lack of interest, apathy, disinterestedness, nonchalance

180
Q

translucent

A

transparent, limpid, pellucid, lucid

181
Q

travesty

A

caricature, burlesque, parody, mock

182
Q

trickle

A

fall in drops

tears trickled down her cheeks

183
Q

truce

A

a suspension of fighting, armistice, peace, cease-fire

184
Q

trculent

A

1) harsh insulting language, invective, opprobrious 尖酸刻薄的

2) belligerent, combative, aggressive, feisty

185
Q

trumpet

A

to make known,enunciate, declare, proclaim

The losing party lost no time in trumpeting allegations of election fraud.

186
Q

truss

A

after stuffing the turkey, the chef quickly trussed it so the forcemeat wouldn’t fall out

187
Q

turgid

A

bombastic, pompous

turgid prose 浮华的散文

188
Q

turncoat

A

traitor, apostate, betrayer

189
Q

turpitude

A

abjection, debasement, debauchery, decadency

moral turpitude

190
Q

twig

A

apprehend, recognize, discern, perceive

It took me a while to twig the true nature of

191
Q

uncanny

A

phenomenal, supernormal, preternatural, transcendent

192
Q

uncouth

A

crass, rude, disgracious, crude粗俗的，没有品位

193
Q

underdog

A

victim, loser

194
Q

undergrid

A

strengthen, support, reinforce, bolster

195
Q

unexceptionable

A

indisputable, irrefutable

196
Q

unflappable

A

collected, composed, disimpassioned

197
Q

ungainly

A

clumsy, awkward, maladroit

198
Q

untold

A

incalculable, countless, numerous

199
Q

untoward

A

1) unlucky, misfortunate

2) headstrong, recalcitrant, refractory, wayward willful

200
Q

unwonted

A

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

201
Q

vapid

A

dull, inane, insipid, jejune, sapless

202
Q

varnish

A

1)to give a smooth, glossy finish
2) to conceal, gloss, palliate, sugarcoat, veneer
she tried to vanish her mistakes

203
Q

vault

A

bound, hop, jump, leap

The horse vaulted over the obstacle with ease

204
Q

vaunt

A

boast, brag, brandish, swagger

205
Q

veer

A

avert, deviate, deflect, divert

veer the car abruptly to the right to avoid a collision

206
Q

venial

A

condonable, excusable, forgivable

Taking the restaurant’s menu as a souvenir seems like a venial offense

207
Q

verbatim

A

in exact words, directly

you can’t just copy the encyclopedia article verbatim for your report

208
Q

vernacular

A

nonstandard language, informal, conversational

209
Q

vestigial

A

rudimentary, undeveloped, incomplete (organism)

210
Q

vestige

A

remnant, residual, trace

211
Q

vicarious

A

substitute, surrogate

use internet as a vicarious form of social life

212
Q

vim

A

animation, verve, vibrancy, vitality

213
Q

virulent

A

1) poisonous

2) cruel, malevolent, malicious

214
Q

vitriolic

A

acerbic, acrid, bitter, causic, corrosive

215
Q

vituperate

A

abuse, assail, belabor, berate, lambast, upbraid

216
Q

voluptuous

A

luxurious, indulgent, sensual, sensuous 奢侈逸乐的

217
Q

votary

A

adherent, disciple, fanatic, partisan, zealot 崇拜者

218
Q

wag

A

1) comedian, comic, droll

2) dog wagged its tail

219
Q

waft

A

buoy , drift, glide

heavenly aromas wafted from the kitchen

220
Q

waddle

A

careen, dodder, teeter

221
Q

wan

A

ashen, ashy, lurid, pale, pallid

222
Q

wastrel

A

profligate, spender, spendthrift, squander

223
Q

watershed

A

. 重要关头 climax, crucial turning point

224
Q

welter

A

state of disorder, furor, pandemonium, turmoil

225
Q

whet

A

grind, hone, to sharpen

226
Q

whiff

A

1) bliss vs blast
a whiff of fresh air reinvigorated him
2) imperceptible sign of sth, flicker, glimmer, suggestion

227
Q

windy

A

verbose, circumlocutory, garrulous, prolix, circuitous

228
Q

wince

A

shrink, cringe, tremble, quiver

229
Q

wit

A

illuminati, pundit, sage, savant

230
Q

wizen

A

to become dry and wrinkled, wither, shrivel

231
Q

wrangle

A

controversy, dispute, fight, squabble

there was a bit of wrangle over how much money to give

232
Q

wry

A

1) twisted, bent, crooked

2) headstrong, obstinate, pertinacious 坚持错误的

233
Q

zesty

A

piquant, pungent, savory, spicy

234
Q

yokel

A

bucolic, churl, rustic

235
Q

yoke

A

chain, interconnect, join, link, unite

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