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Word List 2 adulation-amend Flashcards

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adulation

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N. /奉承,恭维/flattery; admiration. The rock star thrived on the adulation of his groupies and yes men. adulate,V.

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adulterate

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V. /掺杂/make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances. It is a crime to adulterate foods without
informing the buyer

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advent

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N. /到来,出现/arrival. Most Americans were unaware of the advent of the Nuclear Age until the news of
Hiroshima reached them.

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adventitious

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ADJ. /偶然/accidental; casual. He found this adventitious meeting with his friend extremely fortunate.

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adversary

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N. /对手/opponent. The young wrestler struggled to defeat his adversary.

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adverse

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ADJ. /讨厌,敌意/unfavorable; hostile.

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adversity

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N. /贫困,不幸/poverty; misfortune. We must learn to meet adversity gracefully.

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advocacy

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N. /支持,辩护/support; active pleading on something’s behalf.

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advocate

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V. /辩护/urge; plead for. The abolitionists advocated freedom for the slaves. also N.

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aerie

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N. /猛禽的窝/nest of a large bird of prey (eagle, hawk).

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aesthetic

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ADJ. /审美的/artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciation of the beautiful.

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affable

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ADJ. /平易近人的/easily approachable; warmly friendly.

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affected

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ADJ. /假的,做作的/artificial; pretended; assumed in order to impress.

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affidavit

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N. /宣誓书/written statement made under oath.

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affiliation

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N. /联合,加入/joining; associating with.

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affinity

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N. /亲缘关系/kinship. She felt an affinity with all who suffered; their pains were her pains.

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affirmation

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N. /正面肯定,确认/positive assertion; confirmation; solemn pledge by one who refuses to take an oath. Despite Tom’s affirmations of innocence, Aunt Polly still suspected he had eaten the pie.

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affix

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V. /增加,附于/fasten; attach; add on. First the registrar had to affix her signature to the license; then she had to
affix her official seal.

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affliction

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N. /痛苦/state of distress; cause of suffering. Even in the midst of her affliction, Elizabeth tried to keep up the spirits of those around her.

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affluence

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N. /富足,财富/abundance; wealth.

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affront

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N. /侮辱,冒犯;蓄意蔑视/insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect.

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aftermath

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N. /后果,结果/consequences; outcome; upshot.

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agenda

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N. /议程/items of business at a meeting.

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agent

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N. /方法,工具;代表，代理，特工/means or instrument; personal representative; person acting in an official capacity.

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agglomeration

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N. /聚 集,累积/collection; heap.

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aggrandize

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V. /增加,加强/increase or intensify.

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aggregate

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V. /收集,聚集/ gather; accumulate.

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aggressor

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N. /攻击者/attacker.

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aghast

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ADJ. /吓坏了的/horrified.

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agility

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N. /敏捷/nimbleness.

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agitate

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V. /激怒,打扰，煽动/stir up; disturb. Her fiery remarks agitated the already angry mob.

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agnostic

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N. /无神论者，不可知论者/one who is skeptical of the existence or knowability of a god or any ultimate reality.

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agrarian

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ADJ. /耕 地的 ,耕种 的/pertaining to land or its cultivation.

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alacrity

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N. /欢快的情绪/cheerful promptness.

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alchemy

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N. /炼金术士/medieval chemistry.

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alcove

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N. /小隔间,壁橱/nook; small, recessed section of a room.

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alias

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N. /别名/an assumed name.

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alienate

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V. /孤立,树敌/make hostile; separate. Her attempts to alienate the two friends failed because they had complete faith in each other.

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alimentary

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ADJ. /营养的/supplying nourishment.

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alimony

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N. /(离婚后的)生活费,抚养费/payment by a husband to his divorced wife (or vice versa).

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allay

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V. /平 静 下 来 ,( 使 )冷 静 下 来/calm; pacify.

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allege

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V. /断言/state without proof.

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allegiance

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N. /忠诚/loyalty.

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allegory

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N. /寓言/story in which characters are used as symbols; fable.

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alleviate

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V. /解脱,释放,释然/relieve.

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alliteration

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N. /头韵/repetition of beginning sound in poetry.

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alloy

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N. /合金/a mixture as of metals.

V. /混合,中和/mix; make less pure; lessen or moderate.

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allude

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V. /暗指/refer indirectly.

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allure

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V. /诱惑,引诱/entice; attract.

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allusion

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N. /暗指,暗示/indirect reference.

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aloft

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ADV. /向上/upward.

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aloof

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ADJ. /冷淡的，远离的/apart; reserved. Shy by nature, she remained aloof while all the rest conversed.

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altercation

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N. /大声争吵,激烈争论/noisy quarrel; heated dispute.

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altruistic

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ADJ. /无私的,关心他人的/unselfishly generous; concerned for others.

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amalgamate

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V. /结合,整合/combine; unite in one body.

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amass

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V. /收集/collect.

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ambidextrous

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ADJ. /双手都灵巧/capable of using either hand with equal ease.

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ambience

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N. /环境/environment; atmosphere.

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ambiguous

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ADJ. /模棱两可/unclear or doubtful in meaning.

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ambivalence

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N. /矛盾的观点或情绪/the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes.

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amble

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N. /漫步,缓行/moving at an easy pace.

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ambulatory

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ADJ. /可移动的,不固定/able to walk; not bedridden.

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ameliorate

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V. /改善，变好，改进/improve.

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amenable

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ADJ. /有服从义务的,随时服从的/readily managed; willing to be led.

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amend

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V. /修订,修改,变更/correct; change, generally for the better.

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