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1
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acquit

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v. to free or release

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countenance

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n. the face
n. approval; support; sanction
n. calm control; composure

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billious

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adj. bad-tempered; of the bile

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petulant

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adj. impatient or irritable

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pique

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n. resentment

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riposte

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n. retort

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abatement

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n. reduction; subsidence

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respite

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n. delay

n. an interval of temporary relief or rest

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antithetic

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adj. direct opposite

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anathema

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n. adj. (a thing or person) greatly detested

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propitiate

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v. pacify, placate

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propitious

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adj. favorable

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adventitious

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adj. unplanned; foreign

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pernicious

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adj. baleful, harmful

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penurious

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adj. vulgar, covetous, miserly; impoverished

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cavil

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v. to object when there is little reason to do so; quibble (at or about)
n. a trivial objection; quibble

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belabor

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v. to beat; to criticize

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reproof

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n. rebuke

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turgid

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adj. swollen, distended; bombastic, grandiloquent

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sidle

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v. to move sideways, esp. In a shy or stealthy manner

n. a sliding movement

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careen

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v. to cause (a ship) to lean or lie in one side, as on a beach, for cleaning, repair, etc.; to caulk, clean or repair (a ship in this position); to cause to lean sideways, tip, tilt; to lurch from side to side, esp. while moving rapidly

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probity

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n. integrity

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fealty

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n. loyalty

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abeyance

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终止，暂缓；（所有权的）归属待定

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abjure

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恳求

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abnegation

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renunciation, abdication, abjuration, self-denial, abstinence, temperance, continence, asceticism

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abrogate

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revoke, repeal

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decamp

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abscond

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demur

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object, cavil

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recant

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renounce; be apostate, renege

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recidivism

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（罪行）累犯，（病）复发

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remission

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cancellation; respite (2); 宽恕

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renege

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default on, go back on a promise

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rescind

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abrogate

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expatiate

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详说，详写，漫游

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forage

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饲料 fodder；寻食物

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perigrination

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（徒步）旅行；漫谈；人生历程

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sojourn

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stay

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obviate

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排除（困难等），prevent，make unnecessary

40
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apothegm

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格言

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dictum

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声明，权威意见；格言；pronouncement；dictate； precept

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epigram

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quip, dictum, witticism, gnome, proverb

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sententious

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moralistic; sanctimonious; priggish; canting; terse

44
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forlorn

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despondent; desolate

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lugubrious

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doleful, melancholy

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threnody

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elegy, dirge

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dolor

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sorrow

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trepidation

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惊恐；不安

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compendious

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curt, laconic, pithy

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curt

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compendious, brusque, laconic, pithy

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accredit

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v. 授权

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acolyte

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n. （教士的）助手，寺僧

53
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acquiescence

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n. 默许

54
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adulation

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n. 奉承，谄媚，slavish admiration

55
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agoraphobic

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adj./n. 患旷野恐惧症的（人）

56
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amiability

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n. 亲切，友善

57
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amicable

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adj. 有好的

58
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affable

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adj. 和蔼的，友善的

59
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anathema

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n. 被诅咒的人；（天主教的）革出教门（an ecclesiastical ban），诅咒

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antithetical

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adj. 相反的（marked by antithesis），对立的

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apprise

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v. 通知，告知

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approbation

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n. 赞许（commendation）；任何

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apropos

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adj./adv. 适当的（地）；有关（regarding）

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arcane

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adj. 神秘的

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archetypally

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adj. 典型地

66
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arresting

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adj. 醒目的，引人注意的

67
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assail

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v. 质问；攻击（beset）

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assiduous

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adj. 勤勉的；专心的

69
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asunder

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adj./adv. 分离的（地）；化为碎片的（地）

70
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attrition

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n. 摩擦

71
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auspices

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n. 支持，赞助

72
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balk

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n. 梁木，大梁；v.妨碍；畏缩不前【同】bilk, foil, thwart

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banter

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v. 打趣

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bilk

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v. 欺骗，骗取；逃（债），赖（账）；使受挫折 n. 骗局，赖账者

75
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beset

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v. 困扰；围攻；镶嵌；包围住；阻塞（通道）

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beleaguer

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v. 围攻；骚扰

77
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belie

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v. 掩饰 【同】garble, misstate；证明为假

78
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bastion

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n. 防御工事

79
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beneficiary

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n. 受益人

80
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blighted

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adj. 枯萎的（withered）

81
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boon

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n. 恩惠，天赐福利

82
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bootless

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adj. 无益处的；无用的【同】otiose, unavailing

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bonanza

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n. 富矿脉，贵金属矿 【同】eldorado, golconda

84
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bluff

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n. 虚张声势；悬崖峭壁

85
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blithe

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adj. 快乐的，无忧无虑的

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boisterous

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adj. 喧闹的；猛烈地 【同】rambunctious, tumultuous

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