Set 10 Flashcards

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Purge

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Free someone from a feeling or condition

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Blare

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Make or cause a loud, harsh sound

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2
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Undermine

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Damage or weaken (esp. gradually)

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Pyrrhic victory

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(Of a victory) won at too great a cost to have been worthwhile for the victor

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4
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Wont

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In habit of doing something; accustomed to

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5
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Umbilicus

A

The navel (肚臍)

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6
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Catatonic

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Abnormality of movement or behavior from mental state

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7
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Dingy

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Gloom and drab

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Desultory

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  1. Lacking plan, purpose or enthusiasm
  2. Unfocused
  3. Occurring randomly or occasionally
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9
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Speech impediment

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A defect in one’s speech such as stammer or lisp

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10
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Flabby

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Soft, loose or fleshy

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Rake

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  1. Collect, gather or move with rake or other similar implement
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12
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Foolhardy

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Recklessly bold or rash

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13
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Cannula

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A tube inserted to a vein or body cavity

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14
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Askew

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Not straight or level position

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15
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Apothecary

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A person who prepared or sold drugs

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16
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Starstruck

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Fascinated by people who are famous

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17
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Libido

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Sexual desire

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18
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Intermediary

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Arbitrator, mediator

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19
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Disengage

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Separate or release

20
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Skirmish

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  1. A fight

2. Short argument

21
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Shawl

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A fabric worn by women over the shoulders or wrapped around the body of a baby

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Slake

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Satisfy or quench

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Trill

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A quavering or vibrational sound

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Jeer
Make rude and mocking remarks
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Hoisted by your own petard
自食惡果
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Wad
A lump
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Lest
1. Avoid the risk of | 2. For fear that
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True hope is swift and flies on swallows wing
If you have hope, it can raise you above your lot
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Rakishly
Slightly disreputable quality
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Pinging
Contact a person briefly
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Heralding
1. A messenger | 2. A sign or presage
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Turn-off
A junction which the main road branches off
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Heady
(Of alcoholic drink) intoxicating
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Moue
Pouting expression that convey distaste or annoyance
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Moribund
At the point of death
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Flat eyed
Impassive, staid
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Gait
A person's manner of walking
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Sleazy
1. Squalid (dirty,unpleasant) | 2. Seedy (immoral,dirty)
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Overwrought
1. Nervous excitement or anxiety | 2. Over embellished
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Insouciant
Nonchalant
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Parlance
A particular way of speaking or using words
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Dole
To allocate
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Declaratory
Vehement (energetic)/ passionate in speech
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Righteous
Morally right, justifiable
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Reprise
To repeat
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Triage
Decide the order of treatment of patients
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Reams
1. A large quantity of something | 2. 500 sheets of paper
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Sacrament
A Christian sacred ceremony