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Tinge

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To color with a slight shade

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Timorous

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Fearful, timid

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Tinker

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To make unskilled efforts to repair

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Tint

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Apply a slight color to

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Tirade

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A long angry speech

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Toady

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马屁精

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Tonic

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滋补的

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Tong

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钳子

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Topsy-turvy

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Confused or disordered

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Torque

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扭矩,扭转

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Torpid

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Lethargic 倦怠的

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Torpor

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Lethargy 冷淡

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Torrid

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Intensely hot

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Torrential

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Caused by action of rapid stream

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Tortuous

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Marked by indirect tactics , tricky

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Tourniquet

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止血绷带

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Tout

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To promote energetically

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Toy

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To treat without seriousness

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Tractable

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Capable of being easily led

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Transfigure

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To alter the outward appearance of

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Transgress

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To violate a command or law

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Transient

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Passing with time

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Transitory

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Lasting only a short time

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Translucent

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Permitting the passage of light

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Travail

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辛苦劳动

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Traverse

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To travel or pass across

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Travesty

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An exaggerated imitation

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Treacherous

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Betrayal of fidelity

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Treasurer

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财务员

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Trenchant

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Keen, sharp

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Trepidation

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A state of alarm

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Trespass

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Enter onto another’s land wrongfully

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Trickle

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Fall in drops

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Trite

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Boring from much use, not fresh or original

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Troupe

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A group of theatrical performers

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Truant

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Shirking responsibility

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Truce

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休战协定

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Truculent

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Cruel, savage

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Trudge

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To walk in a laborious

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Truncate

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Shorten by cutting off

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Truss

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构架

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Tugboat

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拖船

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Tumult

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骚动

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Turbid

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Deficient in clarity or purity 混浊的

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Turgid

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过分装饰的

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Turmoil

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骚动,混乱

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Turncoat

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One who switches to an opposing side or party

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Turpitude

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卑鄙

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Turquoise

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绿宝石

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Turret

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小塔,塔楼

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Tyro

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A beginner in learning

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Ubiquitous

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Being everywhere at the same time

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Unassailable

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Impossible to disprove

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Uncanny

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Being beyond what is normal or expected

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Uncouth

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Ungrateful

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Unctuous

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Fatty, oily,假装热心的

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Undergird

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To support from beneath

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Underscore

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下划线

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Underdog

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受害者

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Understudy

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替补演员

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Understate

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不充分地陈述

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Understated

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Avoiding Obvious emphasis朴素的

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Unexceptional

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无懈可击的

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Unflappable

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Not easily upset

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Ungainly

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Lacking in smoothness, clumsy

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Unimpeachable

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Unquestionable

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Unkempt

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Deficient in order or neatness

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Unlettered

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文盲

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Unpretentious

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Free from elegance or affection

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Unrequited

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无报答的,无报酬的

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Unruly

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Not readily ruled

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Untenable

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Not able to be defend

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Untold

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Too numerous to count

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Untoward

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Not favorable

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Unwitting

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Not knowing, unaware

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Unwonted

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Not ordinary

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Upbraid

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To reproach severely 严厉的责骂

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Uphold

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To give support to

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Usurp

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篡夺

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Usury

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高利贷

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Utter

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To articulate words

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Vaccinate

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预防接种

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Vacillate

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Hesitate in choice of opinions