mock 1 (kaplan 8)

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synergetic

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协同作用的

involving interaction/cooperation between organization, substance

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precipitous

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险峻的；陡峭的

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ephemeral

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短暂的，转瞬即逝的

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viable

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可行的

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pervasive

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普遍的；

弥漫的(permeating)

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prodigious

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惊人的；

庞大的

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aberrant

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异常的

aberrant forms of belief etc.

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sublime

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令人赞叹的，卓越的，崇高的

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surrealistic

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超现实主义的

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definitive

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最终的；

最权威的

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opaque

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不透明的；难以理解的

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plausible

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貌似合理的

seeming reasonable

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cogent

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有说服力的；
中肯的

They put forward content arguments…

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ameliorated

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improve

to ameliorate living standard

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emancipated

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liberate, set free (mind, slave etc…)

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embryonic

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初期的，萌芽期的；

胚胎的 an embryonic chickie

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overt

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公然的；蓄意的

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amorphous

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shapeless, formless;

not clear or not determined

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secular

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non-religious

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monolithic

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巨大的：
a monolithic building/organization

static, rigid
he reveals how static and monolithic his thinking is

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fulsome

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过分恭维的

fulsome praise/apology

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politic

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明智的，有策略的，考虑周到的；

狡猾的

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heretical

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异教的； 离经叛道的

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lest

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以免

lest it undermine the entire decoration

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dejected

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沮丧的，垂头丧气的

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satiric

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讽刺的

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jubilant

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欢腾的，喜气洋洋的

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prolific

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多产的

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meticulously

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小心翼翼的；一丝不苟的

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frantically

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疯狂地，狂热地，混乱的【hectically】
hurried, excited, disorganized

they worked frantically through out the day

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subversively

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颠覆性地；破坏性地

He subversively briefed against the president throughout the crisis.
Her writing is subversively funny.

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hectically

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hectic, frantic 【frantically】

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fastidious

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一丝不苟；

挑剔的；过分讲究的

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hysterically

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歇斯底里地,
with uncontrolled emotions

Laughing/crying hysterically

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cursory

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草草的 【perfunctory】

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derisive

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嘲弄的

mocking, ridiculing

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superficial

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肤浅的；粗略的，外表的

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artless

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天真的，质朴的；

缺乏艺术性的

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extraneous

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无关的；

外部的，外来的

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perfunctory

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敷衍的 【cursory】

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fauna

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动物群

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chastened

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restrained, disciplined

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efficacious

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有效的

n. efficacy

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bellicose

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好斗的

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diatribe

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抨击

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encomium

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赞颂

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eulogies

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赞颂，颂词

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magnanimous

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宽宏大量的

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imperious

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专横的，傲慢的

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vindictive

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报复心的