Unit 37-40 Flashcards by Peng Xue | Brainscape

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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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Gullible

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Easily deceived

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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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Herbivorous

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食草的

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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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Hirsute

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Covered with hair

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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

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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

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Complicated situation, an entanglement

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Immutable

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Unchangeable

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Impair

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To damage, injure

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Impassive

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Showing no emotion

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Impecunious

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Poor, having no money

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Impede

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To hinder, block

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Impermeable

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Impossible to penetrate

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Imperturbable

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Not easily disturbed泰然自若的

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Impervious

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Impermeable, incapable of being affected

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Impinge

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To strike, encroach撞击，侵犯

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Implacable

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Inflexible, incapable of being pleased

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Implausible

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Unlikely, unbelievable

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Implicit

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Implied, understood but not stated

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Implode

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内爆

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Imprecation

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Curse

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Impute

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To attribute