Unit 37-40 Flashcards

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Grandiloquent

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Bombastic言语浮夸的

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Gregarious

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Sociable

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Grouse

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To complain

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Guileless

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Artless, free of cunning or deceit

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Guise

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Outward appearance, false appearance

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6
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Gullible

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Easily deceived

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7
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Gustatory

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Affecting the sense of taste

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Halcyon

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Calm and peaceful, prosperous, 翠鸟

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Hallowed

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Holy, sacred

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Harangue

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A long, pompous speech

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Harrowing

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Extremely distressing, terrifying

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12
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Herbivorous

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食草的

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13
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Hermetic

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Tightly sealed密封的,magical

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Heterodox

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Unorthodox, not widely accepted

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Hieroglyphics

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象形文字,高数中的符号,难以理解的书写或符号

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16
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Hirsute

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Covered with hair

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17
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Histrionic

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戏剧性的,戏剧的

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Homeostasis

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动态静止,体内平衡

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Homily

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Sermon, a tedious moralizing lecture, platitude

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Homogeneous

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同类的,均匀的

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Hyperbole

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Purposeful exaggeration for effect

22
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Iconoclastic

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Attacking cherished tradition打破旧习的

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Idolatry

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偶像崇拜,盲目崇拜

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Igneous

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Produced by fire, volcanic

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Imbroglio
Complicated situation, an entanglement
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Immutable
Unchangeable
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Impair
To damage, injure
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Impassive
Showing no emotion
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Impecunious
Poor, having no money
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Impede
To hinder, block
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Impermeable
Impossible to penetrate
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Imperturbable
Not easily disturbed泰然自若的
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Impervious
Impermeable, incapable of being affected
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Impinge
To strike, encroach撞击,侵犯
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Implacable
Inflexible, incapable of being pleased
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Implausible
Unlikely, unbelievable
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Implicit
Implied, understood but not stated
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Implode
内爆
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Imprecation
Curse
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Impute
To attribute