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Spur

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To incite or stimulate

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Sprightly

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Full of spirit

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Spurious

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Lacking authenticity

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Spurn

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To reject with disdain or contempt, scorn

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Squabble

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A noisy quarrel

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Squalid

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Dirty and wrenched

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Squall

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短暂的混乱

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Squander

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To spend wastefully

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Squat

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Shortness and thickness

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Squint

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To look sideways 斜视

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Squelch

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To completely suppress镇压

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Stalwart

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Physical strength

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Stamina

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Endurance, to withstand illness, hardship

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Stammer

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结巴

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Stanza

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诗的一节

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Stature

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Natural height

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Steadfast

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Firm in belief

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Stealth

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秘密行动

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Steep

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To make thorough wet

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Stench

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A strong, foul odor

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Stencil

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写作模板

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Stentorian

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Extremely Loud

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Sterile

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Not productive or effective

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Stickler

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一丝不苟的人

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Stifle

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To keep in or hols back

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Stigma

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A mark of shame

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Stint

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To be frugal吝惜

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Stingy

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Not generous

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Stipple

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To engrave by dots

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Stipulate

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To specify to arrange In an agreement

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Stockade

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栅栏

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Stodgy

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平庸的

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Stoke

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Supply with fuel

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Stoic

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禁欲的

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Stolid

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Having little emotion

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Stomach

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To tolerate

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Stouthearted

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Brave, courageous

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Stowaway

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无票偷乘者

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Stratagem

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A trick in war for deceiving the enemy

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Strait

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海峡

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Strand

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绳子的一股

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Stratify

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To divine into classes

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Stray

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To move away from group

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Striate

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加条纹

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Stricture

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责难

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Stride

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To move with long steps

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Strident

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Harsh sound

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Strike

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铸造奖牌

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Stringent

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Tight

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Strip

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Removing clothing

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Strut

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To walk with a pompous and affected air

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Stultify

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Inhibiting effect on

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Stupor

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A condition of suspended sense

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Stunt

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阻碍成长

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Sturdy

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Reflecting physical strength

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Stygian

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Extremely dark

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Stylus

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铁笔

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Stymie

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To present an obstacle to

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Subdue

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To conquer and being in to subjection

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Subject

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One that is placed under authority

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Sublime

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Of high spiritual

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Subliminal

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Below conscious perception

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Submissive

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Submitting to others

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Subordinate

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Secondary

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Subpoena

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法院传票

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Subservient

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顺从的

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Subside

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To tend downward

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Subsidiary

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Of secondary importance

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Substantiate

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To support with proof

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Subterfuge

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托辞

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Subtlety

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微妙的想法

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Subvert

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To destroy completely

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Succinct

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Clear, precise expression in few words

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Succor

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To go to the aid for , relieve

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Suffocate

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To deprive of oxygen

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Suffuse

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To spread through with liquid, color or light

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Sulk

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生气

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Sullen

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闷闷不乐的

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Summary

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Done without delay

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Summon

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To call together

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Sumptuous

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Extremely costly

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Sunder

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To break apart

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Supercilious

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高傲的

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Superfluous

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Extra