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Cornucopia

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Overflowing

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Euphoria

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Overwhelming usually pleasurable

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Minutiae

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Minor detail

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Coda

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Concluding passage

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Sequela

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Secondary consequence or result

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anathema

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curse

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enigma

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hard to understand

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stigma

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mark of shame or discredit

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dogma

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doctrine stated authoritatively

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coma

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profound unconsciousness

sluggishness

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stamina

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physical or moral strength

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patina

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Superficial

appearance or aura

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plethora

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excess

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bravura

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brilliant technique or style in performance

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ad-lib

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without previous thought or preparation

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glib

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fluency insincere or deceitful

Lacking depth

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plumb

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measure the depth
examine deeply
vertical
no exceptions

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barb

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Critical remark or comment

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perturb

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trouble the mind

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snub

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contempt or neglect

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archaic

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no longer current, antiquated

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mosaic

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unorganized collection or mixture of various things

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prosaic

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normal course of events

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cherubic

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innocent looking usually chubby and rosy

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sporadic

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not often occurring or repeated

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soporific

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a drug induces sleep
cause sleep
Sleepiness or lethargy

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lethargic

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sluggish

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synergic

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cooperating

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Catholic

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not limited or specialized

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vitriolic

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bitterly scathing

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pandemic

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widespread

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endemic

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to a particular locality, region

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polemic

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argument

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anemic

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lacking force or spirit

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mimic

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in appearance 仿真的，仿造的
copy or exaggerate
model

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laconic

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minimum of words, concise, but seeming rude or mysterious

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histrionic

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of or relating to actors

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chronic

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frequent recurrence

being such by habit and not likely to change

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tonic

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stimulating, vigor, beneficial to body or mind

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runic

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mysterious

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cynic

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a person who believes all people are motivated by selfishness

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stoic

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unaffected by pleasure or pain

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philanthropic

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having concern for the welfare of others

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misanthropic

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deep distrust of human and their motives

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myopic

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lack of foresight

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choleric

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easily angered

Anger, irate

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mesmeric

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induced by mesmerism 催眠的

attracting令人着迷的，难以抗拒的

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esoteric

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difficult to understand

Not known by the general populace

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meteoric

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similar to a meteor in speed, brilliance or brevity

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eccentric

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deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct

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panegyric

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eulogistic oration or writing

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lyric

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musical composition

Suggestive of poetry or music

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analgesic

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medication that reduces or eliminates pain

54
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intrinsic

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Of or relating to the essential nature of a thing

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melodramatic

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exaggeratedly emotion

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phlegmatic

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calm, sluggish temperament, unemotional

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axiomatic

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based on or involving an axiom or system of axioms

Taken for granted, self-evident

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diplomatic

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employing tact and conciliation especially in situations of stress

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monochromatic

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one color

lacking variety

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somatic

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of the body, especially as distinguished from a body part, the mind or the environment

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fanatic

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extreme, unreasoning enthusiasm

excessive enthusiasm and often intense uncritical devotion

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erratic

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not constant

different from the ordinary

63
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didactic

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designed or intended to teach

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apoplectic

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extremely angry

furious

65
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ascetic

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self-denial especially spiritual discipline

a person self-discipline

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prophetic

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foretelling

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bathetic

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exceptional commonplaceness

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anesthetic

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something that relieves pain

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hermetic

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abstruseness or occultism

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peripatetic

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walking about or from place to place

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politic

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shrewdness in managing, contriving, or dealing

suitable for bringing about a desired result under the circumstances

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antic

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clownish extravagance or absurdity

73
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demotic

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Common, popular

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hypnotic

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cause sleep

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despotic

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arbitrary, autocratic, monocratic, tyrannical

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exotic

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excitingly or mysteriously unusual

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quixotic

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more ideals than reality

78
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skeptic

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n. one who instinctively or habitually doubts, questions, or disagrees with assertions or generally accepted conclusions

79
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dyspeptic

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bad-tempered

Suffering from dyspepsia消化不良的

80
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septic

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putrefaction 腐败的，感染的

81
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aseptic

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preventing infection

82
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apocalyptic

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of a revelatory or prophetic nature
Major turning point
wildly unrestrained; grandiose

83
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cryptic

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secret or occult
have a hidden or ambiguous meaning
beyond one’s power to know, understand or explain

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elastic

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resuming shape

Recovering from depression or disappointment

85
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plastic

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susceptible of being modified in form or nature

Lacking in natural or spontaneous quality

86
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pessimistic

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tending to stress the negative or unfavorable or to take the gloomiest possible view

87
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chauvinistic

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showing excessive favoritism towards one’s own country

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egoistic

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centered in or preoccupied with oneself and the gratification of one’s own desires

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caustic

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capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action, corrosive

marked by incisive sarcasms

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