Week 4 Flashcards by Helen Liu

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Upheaval

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n. Overthrow or violent disturbance

剧变

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Unprecedented

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adj. Having never happened before

空前的

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Veil

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v. To conceal or disguise

隐藏

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Verbose

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adj. Wordy

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Vestige

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n. A visible trace, mark, or impression, of something absent, lost, or gone
遗迹

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Vivacity

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n. Liveliness

快活

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Admonish

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v. To criticize gently but earnestly; to caution

劝告

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Bellow

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v. To utter in a loud deep voice

吼叫

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Abolish

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v. To do away with, annul, destroy completely

废除

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Adroit

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adj. skillful and adept, dexterous

熟练的

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Aggravate

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v. To make heavier, worse, or more burdensome

使恶化

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Allure

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v. To attract with something desirable, entice

引诱

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Ameliorate

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v. To relieve, as from pain or hardship

减轻

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Autonomous

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adj. self-governing

自主的

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Bureaucracy

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n. 官僚主义

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Buttress

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n.支撑物

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Candor

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n. Honesty, sincerity of expression

直率

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Cataclysm

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n. 灾难

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Chauvinism

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沙文主义

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Clemency

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n. Mercy

仁慈

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Coerce

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v. 强制

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Compel

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v. To secure or bring about by force

迫使发生

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Conciliate

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v. 赢得

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Congenial

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adj.意气相投的

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Congregate

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v. To bring together into a crowd

聚集

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Consign

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v.交付

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Debunk

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v.揭穿

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Deficient

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adj. 不足的

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Desecrate

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v.亵渎

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Dishevel

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v. 使凌乱

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Dismantle

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v. 拆除

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Disparage

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v蔑视

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Dispatch

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n. 急件

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Divert

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v. 转移

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Embalm

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v. 防腐

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Emphatic

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adj.着重的

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Empirical

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根据经验的

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Enamor

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v.使迷恋

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Encapsulate

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v.压缩

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Enslave

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v. 束缚

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Epilogue

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n. 尾声

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Ethereal

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adj. 轻的

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Eulogize

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v. 赞颂

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Evanescent

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adj.易消散的

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Expeditious

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adj. 迅速的

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Expound

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v.解释说明

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Extol

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v. 赞颂

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Veil

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v. To conceal or disguise

隐藏

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Verbose

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adj. Wordy

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